| | Report (issue) | .......................................... 17 Amethyst ........................................................................... 16 Figure 7. Pale amethyst clusters on a silicified boulder from the Jackson...Celeste 7 1/2 minute quadrangle are a part of the Carolina tectono-stratigraphic terrane. They may be divided...folding that may be related to the accretion of the Carolina terrane to Laurentia. This was followed by a period...were known in Wilkes County despite the fact that at the time it was bordered to the north and west by | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | reported from the Warwick and Amity areas of Orange County, New York. Good rutilated quartz specimens are...Philadelphia County, the Dismal Run and Boothwyn Station vicinities of Delaware County, and from near...near Kinzer, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Kunz (1892) states that “fine pieces of quartz, 4 inches square...Alexander County, as well as other localities including the Buckhorn Falls vicinity of Chatham County, the...the Honey Creek area of Wilkes County, the Pilot Mountain area of Randolph County, and scattered occurrences | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Jeff Scovil photo. March/April: Quartz, variety amethyst, Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico. Martin Zinn specimen...Herkimer Diamond Mines, Inc., New port, Herkimer County, New York. Jeffrey B. Fast specimen and photo....Pocket, Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Bill Larson specimen, Jeff Scovil...September/October: Gold, Mockingbird mine, Mariposa County, California. Collector’s Edge Minerals, Inc., specimen...November/December: Amethyst, Treasure Chest Pocket, Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. Lisa Bennett | | | Book (edition) | Geology of North Carolina. QE 147 .A22 1866-1887 Pt.2 V.2 Chap.1 Digitized by the Internet Archive...org/details/mineralsminerall01 nort n o o / Geology of North Carolina. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It F. A. GENTH...brought to a Pi 7 ? f 3 : GEOLOGY OP NORTH CAROLINA. 2 many new and rare species. The Mica veins...within a few days , so that the list of North Carolina mineral species has been very considerably...crease of more than 25 per cent. GEOLOGY OE NORTH CAROLINA. 4 than has been discovered in any other | | | Book (edition) | LOCALITIES NORTH CAROLINA, BEING CHAPTER I, OP THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. Reprinted...OF E. M. UZZELL RALEIGH, N. C. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CHROLINS. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It has F...data have been embodied. Sev- GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 4 eral causes have been operative in giving...matter of commercial interest. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 6 Dr. C. L. Hunter has also kindly furnished...within a few days, so that the having been of North Carolina list mineral species has been very considerably | | | Report (volume) | 'THE GEOLOGICAL vt- ,(231 > ' " ^THE MINERALS CAROLINA''" i '- OF, - :l|^fe^H - GOTEENMENT LIBRARY... W. Powell, director | | The | minerals of North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Geiitk | [Vignette]...J. W. Powell, director | | The | mineralsof North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Genth | [Vignette]...W. Powell, director | | The | :aainerals of North Carolina | by | FrederickAugustusGenth j [Vignette]...separately. Price $2.50. XVI. The Paleozoic Fishes of North America, by John Strong Newberry. 1889. 4°. 340 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Jacksons Crossroads Wilkes County, Georgia T he amethyst locality in Wilkes County, Georgia, known as...because it has produced some of the most beautiful amethyst specimens ever found anywhere in the world (fig...vibrantly colored, perfectly transparent, large amethyst crystals perched upon a contrasting white matrix...collecFigure 1 (right). The Jacksons Crossroads amethyst mine, Wilkes County, Georgia. John S. White photo. Figure... Locality map showing Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia; prepared by William Besse. JOHN S | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 05 September 2015 Figure 1. Two lilac-colored amethyst flowers in a 7-cm matrix of colorless quartz and...Lilac-Colored Amethyst “Flowers” and Other New Finds from Jacksons Crossroads A Wilkes County, Georgia ...specimens from America’s finest amethyst deposit, Jacksons Crossroads in Wilkes County, Georgia (Bowling, Moore...resulted in the recovery of a wide variety of amethyst specimens, some rivaling the best quality the...reveal three distinct zones of alteration and amethyst mineralization. 454 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | An Update on the Jacksons Crossroads Amethyst Mine Wilkes County, Georgia I n May 2008 a small group...Jacksons Crossroads amethyst deposit. This occurrence, which is located in Wilkes County, Georgia, some 8...produced some of America’s finest gem and specimen amethyst (Cook et al. 2008; Bowling, Moore, and Ledford...Ledford 2005). It is one of a trend of Piedmont amethyst occurrences spanning the eastern seaboard from Maine...The “honey hole” area of the Jacksons Crossroads amethyst mine showing the protruding mass of altered granite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Gemological Institute of America. Downloaded by [North Dakota State University] at 07:03 14 October 2014...FOSSIL SHOW West Springfield, MA Downloaded by [North Dakota State University] at 07:03 14 October 2014...- 22 G HOLIDAY INN - CARTERSVILLE, GA 45 Miles North of Atlanta - I-75 at EXIT 293 G G Next to the Tellus... Downloaded by [North Dakota State University] at 07:03 14 October 2014 Wilkes County, Georgia (November/...Paul’s quartz scepter from Petersen Mountain, Washoe County, Nevada (September/October 2007), on the right | | | Report (issue) | Publisher Lithographie, Ltd. Denver, Colorado, USA Design and Layout Gloria A. Staebler © 2012 Lithographic...Lithographic, Ltd. PO Box 11613 • Denver, CO 80211 • USA Phone: 1.303.495.5521 • Fax: 1.303.482.1238 W\\w...of America PHOTO CREDITS Cover: Quartz variety amethyst, 10.5 cm tall Goboboseb Mountains, Erongo Region...collection, Jeff Scovil photo Title (facing) Page Amethyst mouse with gold tail, 130 grams, 6.3 cm wide Carved...Brazilian amethyst Private collection, Robert Weldon photo © 2009 GIA Page 2 Quartz variety amethyst, 3.5 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | MOUNTAINS IN NORTH CAROLINA'S NORTHERN PIEDMONT By RUTH P. STANLEY- -The Lady Prospector Thurmond, N...timelessness that their majestic grandeur inspires. North Carolina is particularly blessed with some of the most...in this country. Many who had never been to North Carolina probably had never heard of any mountains except...divide some of our southern states such as, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia. But, on...traveled through the northern Piedmont district of North Carolina, or even parts of southwestern Virginia — perhaps | | | Report (issue) | COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK COVER...approx. 1.5x. Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right - Magnetite crystal face showing............................................. 170 County Index ...........................................from Washington and Bleck ley counties to Irwin county. Some minerals described herein have never been...crystals of the loud Mine, and amethyst crystals of Rabun, Towns, Wilkes, and Morgan Counties are to be | | | Report (issue) | NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION WILLIAM DIVISION JASPER P. OF L. SAUNDERS, MINERAL...RESOURCES GEOLOGIST Circular 16 LOCALITIES NORTH OF CAROLINA BY JAMES F. CONLEY Doc NC DENR LIBRARY...... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MINERAL COLLECTING IN NORTH CAROLINA , . . . . # . WHERE TO COLLECT f ... f ......THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY COUNTIES . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ......... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 7 Emerald, Hiddenite and Associated Minerals | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | large variety of minerals and gemstones in North Carolina annually attracts thousands of collectors to...the world. Some Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina T H E C O L L E C T I N G L O C A L I T I E...McKenzie's publication Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina: Information Circular 24 (1978). For a more...locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can be ordered from the North Carolina Department...27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...Bentley provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium...pit—east of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite (Martin and Stafford, 1972). Cheatham...property—Route 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8...[University of Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 Barrow County Arnold mine—1.6 km northeast of Statham, near the | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | com 96*2: 405,9(3: Figure 1 (above). Amethyst, Four Peaks, Arizona. This flawless gem weighs...important tourmaline source in between. Gem-quality amethyst and smoky quartz are found in dozens of states...states. There is a semicontinuous belt of amethyst occurrences, much of it of faceting quality, in the foothills...of superb gem amethyst in the mountains just east of Phoenix, Arizona. Superb amethyst specimens and...currently being mined at Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. The more familiar and more highly | | | Journal (issue) | VOLUME 36 NUMBER 6 $15 Wayne & Dona Leicht, 875 North Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 (949)...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Articles The Jackson’s Crossroads amethyst deposit, Wilkes County, Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . ....that same year the family moved to Hertfordshire County, England. They lived in various small towns, and...Scovil photo. The Jackson’s Crossroads Amethyst Deposit Wilkes County, Georgia Ryan L. Bowling P.O. Box 4100 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Juan Miller Campground road, just off U.S. 666, north of Clifton, Ariz, in the White Mts. The nodules...3 inches in the other. Wynne, in southern Cross County, is in eastern Arkansas. COLORADO—A loose but beautiful...label. 103 Newington Center, in southern Hartford County, is in central Connecticut. GEORGIA—"To our mind...Lincoln County, is in N/E Georgia. It is also about 12 miles east of Washington, the county seat of Wilkes...Wilkes County. ILLINOIS—"Once more I would like to prevail upon your kindness to identify a specimen | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | GEMS AND GEM MINERALS OF NORTH CAROLINA* Josnrn HvoB Pnerr North Carolina is one of the more notable...material. The variety of gem minerals found in North Carolina is probably greater than in any other state...Corundum Ruby Sapphire Oriental Emerald Oriental Amethyst Oriental Topaz Pink Sapphire Asteriated Sapphire... JOURNAL MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Quartz Rock Crystal Amethyst Citrine Smoky RoseQuartz Praseand Chrysoprase...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 2. A skunk from Artigas, Uruguay, in which the amethyst crystals are aligned along the centers of a rhombohedral...March/April 1997 issue of Rocks & Minerals. This amethyst on calcite skunk from Artigas, Uruguay, is certainly...rhombohedron instead of a scalenohedron, and the amethyst is distributed down the centers of three rhombohedral...02:16 14 March 2015 Figure 3b Figures 3a and 3b. Amethyst on calcite skunk from Artigas, Uruguay. The specimen...specimen and photos. Figure 4. Large plate of amethyst from Artigas, Uruguay, with a pair of skunks showing | | | Report (issue) | .'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North CarOlina Department of Natural Resources and Community...for the general welfare of the citizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts a number of basic and...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist FRONT | | | Book (edition) | CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS • AOATI • • AMETHYST URINE • • BERYL MOONSTONE CITRINE GEM...arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized in...where they found many of stones, such as quartz amethyst, tourmaline, beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals...plains have been buried deep under debris brought north by glaciers or washed down down from have been...precious variety of beryl. Amethyst and agate geode. Purple or lavender amethyst crystals line cavity, | | | Journal (issue) | Treasures Issue! $15 Wayne & Dona Leicht, 875 North Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 (949)...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...COPPER, 8.3 cm, from the Central mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan—considered by some to be the world’s...from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona Chapter authors: Les Presmyk, Robert W...Associated Minerals from the Old uma Mine, Pima County, Arizona Chapter authors and showcase organizers: | | | Report (issue) | Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist i ...FRONT COVER PHOTO Twinned emerald crystal from North Carolina, photo from Smithsonian Institution (slide...viable mineral collecting sites through out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during |
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