| | Report (issue) | Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE IN GARNET RUBY CORUNDUM...CORUNDUM GOLD TORBERNITE GARNET IN MICA ANATASE RUTILE AJTUNITE AND TORBERNITE THULITE AND PYRITE...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 | | | 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 | | | Report (issue) | C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...Qf-Christobalitc Phcnakirc Olivine Fayalite Tcphroitc Garnet Group Almandinc Spcssartinc Grossular (Hyacinth) Andradite...Uranophane Vttrialitc Astrophyllite Hemimorphitc Epidote Group Pistacitc Clinozoisite (Withamite) Zoisite (Ferian...Cordieritc Tourmaline Group Elbaite Checklist Dravite Schorl Chrysocolla Pyroxene Group Monoclinic pyroxenes | | | Book | CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________............._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T...g e s w h i c h c r e s t a t M t . N o r t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...n d m 1799 i n Cabarrus C o u n t y, N o r t h Carolina, b y a s m a l l b o y w a l k i n g along a m | | | Book | museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...rocks contain large crystals, often of the feldspar group and are known as porphyries. The individual crystals...granite but with no quartz. Sandstone (South Dakota, USA) _9_ A darker rock than granite but with a similar...are the home of a number of interesting minerals. Garnet, staurolite and andalusite are typical minerals...minerals change. A number of silicate minerals such as garnet and epidote and some sulphides giving metallic | | | Journal (issue) | the U.S.A. 02 0 74470 02033 2 Made in the USA! by Barranca Diamond DIAMOND 7” TRIM SAW MK-1503...tbmft!uby/ Dbmm!gps!tij qqjoh!rvpuf/! Kingsley North, Inc. P.O. 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SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel | | | Report (edition) | Division Chief Geologic Mapping & Industrial Minerals Group Richard R. Pavey, MS, Acting Geologist Supervisor...E. Wolfe, BS, Senior Geologist Energy Resources Group Mohammad Fakhari, PhD, Geologisl Supervisor Jeffrey...Salmons, MA, Publications Editor Geologic Hazards Group D. Mark Jones, MS, Geologist Supervisor Daniel R...(formerly Stoneco, Inc.}, near Junction, Pau lding County, Ohio. Specimen is 3.8 x 2.4 cm with the largest...Huron River, resulting in the discovery of two County, Ohio, August 2006. John Medici photo. minerals | | | Book (volume) | NORTInHIwo AME A Volumes John Sinkankas _ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes ® Volume I Gemstones, of...of all the mineral treasures to be found in North America, are perhaps the most fascinating—and the...worthy of the name. Some, like the emeralds of North Carolina, the colorful and fabulous tourmalines and...above all, easily read and understood, GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, Volumes I and II, will be welcomed as a...abroad are becoming so scarce and expensive that North America has developed into a major exporter rather | | Dyar, M. D., Breves, E. A., Emerson, E., Bell, S. W., Nelms, M., Ozanne, M. V., Peel, S. E., Carmosino, M. L., Tucker, J. M., Gunter, M. E., Delaney, J. S., Lanzirotti, A., Woodland, A. B. (2012) Accurate determination of ferric iron in garnets by bulk Mossbauer spectroscopy and synchrotron micro-XANES. American Mineralogist, 97 (10) 1726-1740 doi:10.2138/am.2012.4107 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | deficiencies, focusing specifically on a set of garnet group minerals. Variable-temperature Mössbauer spectra...composition were acquired and fit, producing a set of garnet-specific standards for Fe3+ analyses. High-resolution...calibration suite representing a broad range of Fe3+ and garnet composition. Several previously proposed techniques...for bulk and microanalysis of garnet group minerals. Keywords: Garnet, almandine, andradite, grossular...metamorphic rocks types (such as those in the garnet group studied here) record variation in oxygen fugacity | | | Book (edition) | GEMSTONES $CS of NORTH AMERICA . In Two Volumes $30.00 GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes ...REINHOLD BOOK / '- ✓ ( ..., ■ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes Volume II T ourmaline...from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...lnternatiunal, Inc. F RO. Tl!>PI£CE GEMSTONES of NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes Volume II John Sinkankas...publication of the first volume of Gemstones of North America in 1959 so much has transpired that the | | | Journal (issue) | sedimentary rocks of Gordon Lake Formation, Highway 108; north of Elliot Lake. (Courtesy F. W. Chandler). Lower...in a Silurian lagoon about 400 m.y. ago; Welland County. (Courtesy Shell Canada Ltd.). right: left: —...12 12 14 14 15 Feldspar Group Orthoclase 15 Plagioclase 16 Mica Group 17 17 Muscovite Phlogopite...19 Biotite Amphibole Group Hornblende Actinolite Tremolite Pyroxene Group Augite Hypersthene Diopside...Diopside Olivine Nepheline Garnet Group Garnet Staurolite Zircon Sphene Titanite Secondary Minerals | | | Book | Tourmaline 49 Zircon 52 Peridot 53 Spodumene 53 Garnet 56 Jade 60 VII. VIII. Gemstones for the Collector...sample came from a deposit in Bruno Canyon, Owyhee County, Idaho. Traces piece of wood can weigh more...for be allochromatic; others, such as peridot and garnet, which are highly colored even when pure, are said...polished on the rough gem material dividual and group names. A typical example is the brilliant cut, which...Capricornus the Goat, Ruby Aquarius the Water Bearer, Garnet Pisces the Fishes, Amethyst own space-oriented | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | vesuvianite is closely related to that of grossular garnet (Warren and Modell, 1931; Coda et al., 1970); these...along different axes cause variations in space-group symmetry (Giuseppetti and Mazzi, 1983; Fitzgerald...with numerous samples from Franklin, New Jersey, USA; and Telemark, Norway. Samples were chosen in an...Magic-4 correction program. Standards employed were garnet (Ca, Mg, Fe, A1, si), hornblende (Na, K, Ti), manganite...Canada SF lilac pink 1.2 Georgetown, California, USA N M N H 106636 dark green 1.3 Ala, Piemonte, Italy | | | 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.......................................... 111 Garnet Group ................................................................................ 118 Axinite Group ......................................................................... 119 iii Page Axinite Group ............................................... | | | Journal (issue) | The historical development of with added notes on Garnet. by Mrs. Editor. Movies Bernice by Mrs. Charles...even cities, where no organized mineral clul study group exists today Having this in mind may we rather tactfully...season, the pump discharge lines, the Feed er Canal, North Dam, the Equalizing Reservoir and Steamboat Rock...basal Maquoketa Is exposed (Depauperate zone), the group found graptolites in the shales and a coquina of...ample room to view each one leisurely. The show of group and individual exhibits was what man can achieve | | | Report (volume) | Director Bulletin 747 GEOLOGIC LITERATURE ON NORTH AMERICA 1785-1918 BY JOHN M. NICKLES PART ll...'> fPs>nP.r r.ovP.r) GEOLOGIC LITERATURE ON NORTH AMERICA, 1785-1918. By JoHN M. NicKLEs. pART II...anonymous papers, placed at the end of Part I Co. county cos. · counties CORPORATE AUTHORS. Am G American...Geographic Society 1 2 GEOLOGIC LITERATURE ON NORTH AMERICA, 1785-1918. Ohio St Univ · Ohio State University...and arachnids: Scudder, 85i Geologic history of North American continent: Hall, 69, 83m; White (C A), | | Zhao, Yiming, Dong, Yongguan, Li, Daxin, Bi, Chengsi (2003) Geology, mineralogy, geochemistry, and zonation of the Bajiazi dolostone-hosted Zn–Pb–Ag skarn deposit, Liaoning Province, China. Ore Geology Reviews, 23 (3) 153-182 doi:10.1016/s0169-1368(03)00034-9 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 1016/S0169-1368(03)00034-9 The Bajiazi Zn – Pb– Ag mine is one of the largest skarn deposits in China. It...composition (wt.%) of quartz monzodiorite from the Bajiazi Mine Sample number BB-1 BB-2 BB-11 Bt18-10 Bt18-11...porphyritic granite occurring in the south Bajiazi mine do not have any skarn associated with it. 5. Ore...the Hongqi ore block (modified from the Bajiazi Mine, 1986, unpublished geological profile). In some...variations of olivine, pyroxene, garnet, amphibole, and mica-group minerals in the different ore-bearing | | | Book (volume) | tH MSTONESof - NORTH AMERICA ~ VOLUME olor phot raphs yo. Erica and. Harol d Van I [iL Albuquerque...87109 N.M. N_E. Bivd. Gkapats GEMSTONES of NORTH AMERICA ~ NASMI EPPA GEMSTONES OF THE WORLD...+ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, by John Sinkankas ON@“THE VOLUME III COVER North American gems from...amethyst (left, upper group) which measures about 25 mm (1 in.) across. TOP GROUP. Green fluorite (121... Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet (16.62 ct), Ramona, California; deep red cushion | | Xu, Jing, Ciobanu, Cristiana L., Cook, Nigel J., Zheng, Youye, Sun, Xiang, Wade, Benjamin P. (2016) Skarn formation and trace elements in garnet and associated minerals from Zhibula copper deposit, Gangdese Belt, southern Tibet. Lithos, 262. 213-231 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2016.07.010 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | com/locate/lithos Skarn formation and trace elements in garnet and associated minerals from Zhibula copper deposit...Tibet Garnet Trace element substitution a b s t r a c t Trace element concentrations in garnet and associated...associations are garnet-dominant but also include diopside-dominant pyroxene in variable amounts. Garnet compositions...pre-existing skarn minerals. Garnet displays brecciation and replacement by Al-richer garnet. Depending on partitioning...trends for garnet depict endo- to exoskarn diversity, the dominance of And- vs. Gr-rich garnet (in turn | | | Report (issue) | 7 Bibliography . . . . . 229 Appendix: 252 Mine Index iii NOTATIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS CHEMICAL...[Bulletin 18 SILICATES - Tektosilicates Feldspar Group (Orthoclase) (Microcline) (Anorthoclase) (Albite)...(Clinochlore) Stilpnomelane Chloritoid Pyroxene Group (Enstatite) (Hypersthene) (Diopside) (Hedenbergite)...Cordierite - Sorosilicates Hemimorphite Amphibole Group (Cummingtonite) (Grunerite) (Tremolite) (Actinolite)...(Arfvedsonite) (Barkevikite) INTRODUCTION 1965] Garnet Group (Almandite) (Andradite) (Grossu.larite) (Pyrope) | | | Report (issue) | Cover illustration Native silver, Castle-Trethewey mine, Gowganda. The specimen measures 9 cm by 5 cm. National...GSC 1999–003A Native gold in quartz, Hoyle Pond mine, Timmins. The specimen measures 6 cm across. National... Frontispiece. The original Hollinger (Timmins) mine, 1910, before it was destroyed by fire in 1911....Northland mine Net Lake (Barton) mine Cedar Lake (Trebor, Cuniptau) mine Little Dan mine Sherman mine Temagami...Temagami (Copperfields) mine 16 16 19 20 20 22 23 23 25 26 26 27 27 27 28 28 29 29 30 31 31 32 32 34 35 | | | Journal (issue) | Notes Large kunzite from Brazil| Marble-hosted ruby mine, Mogok, Myanmar|Secondary gem deposit in Mogok,...sapphires|Tourmaline from the Havey quarry, Maine, USA| Greenland tugtupite|Orange zircon from Myanmar|Glass...Edward Boehm, RareSource, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA; Alan T. Collins, King’s College London; John L....Emmett, Crystal Chemistry, Brush Prairie, Washington, USA; Emmanuel Fritsch, University of Nantes, France;...E. Post, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA; Andrew H. Rankin, Kingston University, Surrey; George | | | Book | Department of Geology University of California, Davis, CA USA DAVID T. WRIGHT Department of Geology University...vii Chapter 15. Scanning Electron Microscopy of Garnet from Southern Michigan Soils: Etching Rates and...Estuarine Environment, Willapa Bay, Washington, USA: Palaeogeographic Implications and Estuarine Evolution...Successions: An Example from the Sherwood Sandstone Group (Triassic) of the East Irish Sea Basin and Surrounding...Deposits, Siri Canyon Palaeocene Sandstones, Danish North Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | | Report (volume) | Bibliography of North American Geology, 1956 By RUTH REECE KING and otMrs GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...------------------ 279 ni BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1956 By Rum REECE KING and others...appeared during 1956 concerning the geology of the North American continent, in- cluding Greenland, the...in foreign journals are cited if they deal with North American localities or are of a general nature,...with foreign areas. Articles by foreign authors on North America are included regardless of place of publication; |
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