 | | Book (edition) | | and often gems can be found. valuable For the mountain ranges and level for the ist to States contain...out every gleam of fire and ice, every blood red glow, every touch of green, blue, gold or royal...and Washington occur the many types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate...slates, fine grained and often sprinkled with tiny golden flakes of mica, and quartzites. Corundum, — —...associated with such rocks. Because hard rock mining amateur will usually get is tedious and expensive |  | | Report (volume) | | and sapphire are considered precious gems. Some opal is precious, but most varieties are semiprecious...transparent stones. The desired hues are blue, rose, green, and true canary yellow in the diamond; pigeon-blood...ruby; cornflower blue in the sapphire; and grass green in the emerald. Most diamonds, however, are colorless...the term "emerald, " to chrysocolla and all other green stones (Smith, 1949, p. 175). Corundum was referred...changing to orange brown, smoky quartz to yellow, pale-green beryl to blue, violet corundum to rose pink, and |  | | Book | | desires. Sometimes the talus slopes at the base of a mountain contain rich indications of a dike or sill above...famous was the single beryl stone found in Oxford County in Maine that weighed 18 tons and was 18 feet in...hardly be forgotten. Jade comes in various shades of green, but its fibrous quality and its toughness make...it a unique stone. Turquoise is blue, blue-green and green; but, again, this opaque mineral with its porous...porous structure has a distinctive look. Opal in its most elegant form is a semitransparent stone. Again |  | | Book | | .3 COLORADO. of COLORADO. J. S. l GEORGETOWN, COLO. GEORGETOWN COURIER PRINT. 1887. 3 Bancroft...From a mineralogical point of view the wealth of Colorado exceeds that of In the metallic minerals almost...to in the following pages Proceedings of the Colorado Scientific Society. Proceedings of the Academy...the U. S. Geological Survey. J. GEORGETOWN, COLORADO, January, 1887. S. RANDALL. : MINERALS...gravel of streams and in veins. The veins of Gilpin County are especially noteworthy for the amount of gold |  | | Book (edition) | | and county. and the many maps included book contain such specific details as farm roads, mountain paths...not thrilled to the sight of a jewel, sparkling fire, radiating pure color? Through the ages the...yellow and preferred green gems Romans scorned others. all gem to identify green turquoise was In...microscope. is — — A few gem materials notably, opal and obsidian are amorphous, lacking crystal structure...ing for brillance and fire. Brilliance out through the top of the stone. Fire gem's ability to disperse |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...included contain such specific details as farm roads, mountain paths, stretches of stream beds, and easily identifiable...Maryland; Professor Richard Pearl of Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Professor Jack Hanahan of Belmont...North Carolina, a big diamond or two in Arkansas, opal in Idaho, and so on. Old locations suddenly are...scorned yellow and preferred green gems to all others. In Renaissance times, green turquoise was greatly admired |  | | Book (volume) | | chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional knobs...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE |  | | Book (volume) | | chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional knobs...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE |  | | Book (volume) | | rocks are exposed as thick bands around the entire mountain system. The rising granite mass intruded the famed...an inexhaustible supply of cold artesian, Rocky Mountain snow melt water. Harney Peak is the crest of the...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...tributary gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream |  | | Book | | authorHouse® Table of Contents Introduction Foreword * Colorado Gemstone-Aquamarine Vii Vili Fossil-Stegosaurus...Fossil-Belemnite Soil-Greenwich Loam Series 29 30 31 * District of Columbia Dinosaur-Capitalsaurus fo, Fossil-Petrified...Metal-Silver Precious Gemstone-Virgin Valley Black Fire Opal Semiprecious Gemstone-Iurquoise Rock-Sandstone...world’s largest consumer of red iron ore. Iron ore mining ceased in Alabama in 1975 due to less costly imports...Alabama are especially concentrated in the Red Mountain Formation from Bibb and Tuscaloosa counties, extending |  | | Report (volume) | | Minerals of Colorado: A 100- Year Record By EDWIN B. ECKEL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1 1 14 A...knowledge____________________________________ Future of Colorado mineralogy______________________________________...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado ________________________________ In pocket III...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado, has not been included in this reprint. Many of...especially Fischer and others, 1946). MINERALS OF COLORADO: A 100-YEAR RECORD By EDWIN B. EcKEL ABSTRACT |  | | Report (volume) | | ............................................. Colorado........................................................................................ 102 District of Columbia ....................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish |  | | Journal (issue) | | IN A GHOST TOWN 16 Thomas W. Moore UTAH'S FIRE OPAL 22 Earl Spendlove HAPPINESS IS A HOUSEBOAT...hardcover, large format, $12.75. NEVADA GHOST TOWNS AND MINING CAMPS by Stanley W. Paher. Covering all of Nevada's...Nevada's 17 counties, Paher has documented 575 mining camps, many of which have been erased from the earth...History by T. H. Wafkins. This 400-year epic of the Golden State, from the coming of the Spaniards to our...The San Luis Rey River in California's San Diego County played an important part in the history of the |  | | Report (volume) | | it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...A. F. Rogers, Stanford University, Palo Alto. Colorado.........Prof. R. D. George, Boulder. Connecticut...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tujunga Road), Los Angeles Co., Calif." — on label. COLORADO — Bimson, 2967 N . Speer, Denver, Colo., inform...that they are the sole distributors of the rare green sphalerite (gem quality) from the famous Big Four...mine near Heeney, Summit Co., Colo., by the Green Mountain Reservoir. Some galena xls also found here...specimen is a white xline calcite (fl. p a l e green) on gray cellular limestone. GEORGIA — "Light gray...metagraywacke along the county road half way between Chestnut Gap and Lebanon School, Fannin County, Ga. These crystals |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...Center. Geological Survey. Federal Center. Denver. Colorado 80225. Index sheets from which the condition...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...with the cord that closes the bag. Tuck or the green stains of copper minerals that led to a sweater |  | | Book (volume) | | measures about 25 mm (1 in.) across. TOP GROUP. Green fluorite (121.39 ct), Westmoreland, New Hampshire;...56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Dosen ONN/ QBI96-40247 Trade Distribution by Mountain Press Publishing Company P.O. Box 2399, Missoula...events to bring the history of North American gem mining up to date. Here, then, is the latest, most complete | | | Book | | Center Geological Survey Federal Center Denver Colorado 80225 Index sheets from wh ich the precise maps...topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...iron-stained quartz that may betray a gold deposit or the green stains of copper minerals that led to rich mines...could think of. With increasing technical skil l, mining and shaping of minerals became increasingly important...zeollte. calcite. and quartz crystals, and' masses of green-stained rock that Is the raw material for unique |  | | Book (edition) | | YEAR 1687"—DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...by Prof. John G. Smock, and that for the Eocky Mountain region by Mr. C. Whitman Cross. To these gentlemen...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und |  | | Book (volume) | | Furcron, Chief Geologist of the Department of Mines, Mining and Geology; on the State of Michigan by Robert...El Paso, Texas. Information on the Virgin Valley opal deposits was given by G. Keith Hodson of Scottsdale...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...Diamond, Corundum (Ruby and Sapphire), Beryl, Topaz, Opal. IMPORTANT GEMSTONES The Feldspar Group, Spodumene |  | | Journal (issue) | | 186.75 242.50 337.75 Color M eeh Size Code Green ½ 100.000 50,000 1 1 gm. eyringe eyringe Gray...Repair Service on any MK Diamond Blade or Felker Golden Rimlock Blade you purchase from us is available..........64 FIELD TRIPS Agate on Flaking Stone Mountain by Ronald A. Person ............................spool. PARROT WING - An a-gatlzed stone of bright green and yellow shot through with dark blue chrysacolla...last five years. Colors range from bright green to dark green, yellow, red, brown and rarely black with | | | Book (volume) | | measures about 25 mm (I in.) across. TOP GROUP. Green fluorite (121.39 et), Westmoreland, New Hampshire;...rhoColorado; eolorless scheelite (19.66 cc), Kern Cowny, California;...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...and interviews with persons actively engaged in mining gemstones. Pertinent references are furnished throughout... most likely in Canada. Systematic large-scale mining of sapphire-bearing gravels in Montana is beginning |  | | Journal (issue) | | d . 1, so, Pc:i~ s;: ,,j.. .... BEAUTIFUL GREEN PERIDOTS -Arizona . YELLOW CITRIN£ QUARTZ _ BRAZIL...$4.00 each ....... • I Yl53•5 Peri dot - choice green e•m of epproXJmate Y .45 carats (4.5 mm). NOW ONLY...'e/J BRAND NEW! SIIUlATED EMERALDS ~ EIEIALD GREEN '°' Here is one you Just neveti . rnasee11,· fine•...Antonio, Texas 782.28. June 15 thru 17. ROCKY MOUNTAIN FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES. Annual...and Show. "Stanislaus Treasure Trove." Stanislaus County Fairgrounds, Turloc k, Ca. Mother lode M ineral |  | | Catalog/List | | Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Session...Collection LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Named by the Romans for the area of Scotland beyond... Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin, USA This is one of the Chalcocite crystal groups saved...collecting policy on the part of Kennecott and Rio Tinto Mining Companies during the period of operation from 1993 |  | | Journal (issue) | | JENSEN 22 PERSONALITY: Martin Engel, an Old-Time Fire Assayer WARREN and BARBARA TRANSUE 27 HISTORY:...it is cold outside, warm inside. After supper the fire is hissing and crackling. It is winter dark— story-telling...young ones snuggled in between. They all circle the fire. This is a special night. The very oldest grandfather...again. The old man wraps his blanket closer. The fire casts an enchanting shadow on the wall. As the shadow...They were singing an ancient hymn to the Cross. The fire was almost out, only the embers glowed. The desert |
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