 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | collection, the work of fifty years,to the city of providence. The collection "The HoraceF. CarpenterCollection...CarpenterCollection.,' Twenty-five of the South African diamond crystals are shown. In connectionwith many of the...largestof which is about 7 x 8 inches,from Strontian Island; babingtonitefrom Somerville,Mass.; cyanite,BuncombeCo...the "old-time" minerals, notably a crystal of amethyst about lrlx 5 inchesfrom Chester Co., Pa., a reminderof...splendid example of the Bristol amethyst; amethyst crystals from Cumberland; fine transparent smoky quartz |  | | Report (volume) | | stone has only one or two of these qualities. The diamond, emerald, ruby, and sapphire are considered precious...blue, rose, green, and true canary yellow in the diamond; pigeon-blood red in the ruby; cornflower blue...establishing the price of a gem stone. Such gems as the diamond and ruby are rare, in addition to being beautiful...7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each mineral indicate only...hardness, not actual values. For example, the diamond, rated as 10, is many times harder than corundum |  | | Book (edition) | | CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS • AOATI • • AMETHYST URINE • • BERYL MOONSTONE CITRINE GEM...10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4. Fluorite 9. 5. Apatite B). interesting to note that diamond, It...arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized in...OF PROMINENT MINERALS BERYL CHIASTOLITE a\ DIAMOND CRYSTALS DIOPSIDE EMERALD KYANITE LAZULITE...resinous, pearly, greasy, silky or, as in the diamond, adamantine (hard and brilliant). The and ability |  | | Report (volume) | | Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island o GEOLOGICAL 5. I 09 8* Ci PI O i o TJ i i I to & Ol BULLETIN...State of Rhode Island Development Council i M SURVEY I C.to 1295 Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island...1295 Prepared in cooperation with the State of Rhode Island Development Council Lithology, structure, and...geological studies in Rhode Island____._.________.-__.-_-____. Position of Rhode Island in the Appalachian...Schist___---_--_-____--__--_-_----_-_----_ Hunting Hill Greenstone_______________________________ Blackstone |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineral. However, unlike several other states, Rhode Island does not have a state gem, a state stone, or...a variety of serpentine that resembles jade are Rhode Island's official state rock and mineral. Cumberlandite...Cumberlandite became the official state rock of Rhode Island by legisla tive decree in 1966 (Resolution...the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations). The rock constitutes the...northeastern corner of the state, in the Town of Cumberland (Figure 1). The exposed part of the mass—termed |  | | Book | | jewelry, Rock Crystal and its colored varieties, Amethyst, Prase, Chalcecite, dony, Carnelian, Chrysoprase...of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...common, very abundant. (C.) LOVELL. One crystal Amethyst, crystallized and amorphous ; beautiful. was found...of Iron, at Rumford Falls, (J. P.) PARKER'S ISLAND. (In the Kennebeck.) Schorl, sometimes translucent...Theodore Stone, and Mr. Jonathan Plummer, abundant. Amethyst, a large number of crystals found in sinking a |  | | Book | | 1 " VE M NlN[W �IUWPS�l- ( MASSACHUSETTS RHODE ISLAND 1 #'vp ,#,V,4 I' vr Go � - PRICE $2...Sloan Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island PERHAM'S MAINE MINERAL S'toRE INC. JUNCTION...Davis Soapstone Quarry South Newfane, Vermont Adams Hill Site NEW HAMPSHIRE Center Strafford, New Hampshire...Beryl Mt. Mine Wakefield, New Hampshire Mineral Hill Mine Weeks - Ham Mine M.�SSACHUSE TTS Adams, Massachusetts...Blueberry Mt. Quarry RHODE ISLAND Cumberland State Park, Rhode Island Diamond Hill Quarry Sneech Pond Copper |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral...mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson,...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral...mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson,...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...^t flap) \ *' ^ *D * D } '<&*=> 4B^ Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal...Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl ^"^ Agate ** Jade Amethyst nq -* % Gem Hunter's Guide Gem Hunter...symmetry of crystals, the spectacular glitter of diamond have evoked admiring gasps of soft pleasure....that opals were unlucky long unfashionable, and amethyst lost some of its made them when high status |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the "old-time" minerals, notably a crystal of amethyst about lrlx 5 inchesfrom Chester Co., Pa., a reminderof...splendid example of the Bristol amethyst; amethyst crystals from Cumberland; fine transparent smoky quartz...the dull gray of the usual Rhode Island agates,from Diamond Hill, Cumberland; attractive chalcopyrite with...with crystallized quartz, from Cumberland Hill; hornblende in a light-colored matrix from Pawtucket;...pyrite nodules and crystallized groups from Block Island. GEL MINERALS (COLLOID MINERALS) CYRII, W. GREENIAND |  | | Journal (issue) | | Matching pairs at double the single half price. AMETHYST CRYSTALS, Mex. Choice light through medium purple...geode halves showing light to medium amethyst and smoky amethyst crystals. 3" $3.50, 4" $6.50. Matching...single half price. Also on hand are a number of amethyst geodes showing very fine deep purple color. Prices...DOLOMITE CRYSTALS IN PENN.—Richard Haefner.... 808 RHODE ISLAND HOLDS ANNUAL CORN BOIL—Gardiner E. Gregory....VIRGINIA—R. J. Bland, Jr. 838 HISTORY OF ANDOVER-SULPHUR HILL IRON MINES, N. J.— (Part 1)—D. R. Suayze 852 DEPARTMENTS |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | BELCHERTOWN, MASS. Actynolite. Epidote, in greenstone. Amethyst p. 36 BRISTOL, PA. Flint, on the b a n k s of...fossil remains; also n e a r the Schuykill p. 178 CUMBERLAND, R. I. WILMINGTON, DEL. Prase, at the yenite...in the vicinity of "Cumberland hill", which is about 12 m. northerly of Providence, a n d crystallized...crystallized, on Diamond hill; yellow, amorphous, a n d crystallized, about 1 m. S. of the m. h. a n d in several...into Hornstone, well characterized. Agate; on Diamond hill, some fine specimens have b e e n found p. 82 |  | | Journal (issue) | | CONKLIN QUARRY Minerals and gem materials in Rhode Island by James R. Mitchell FEATURES 10 48 51 Page...a foot $29900 A.A-. - INTRODUCTORY PRICE DIAMOND PACIFIC TOOL.. COAF>OAA"T"ION 25647 W. Main St...lighting. a fuzzy magnifier , or an errant piece of diamond on the wrong lap can thwart your best efforts....machine. a manual. and just four grit sizes of diamond you can successfully \\'Ork \Vith 90% of the garden... It ca me with. two copper laps - 325 and 600 diamond on one. 1200 on the other - and a tin/ lead lap |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...cuts, cut banks, breaks, draws and washes, gullies, hill slopes, etc.chalcedony roses, Celestite crystals |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state... % DATE DUE \ °* A DEMCO 38-297 KEY 4& Diamond M Tourmaline fQl Ruby, O Sapphire Quartz... LJ Emerald, Beryl *"» Agate ** Jade =p Amethyst ^ X ) y ' £f h % ^ K Gem Hunter's ...and California; emerald in North Carolina, a big diamond or two in Arkansas, opal in Idaho, and so on. Old...Derbyshire or, perhaps, a pyramid of smoky quartz from Cumberland. The next it may be rock crystal from Madagascar |  | | Report (volume) | | North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks...Florence Bascom, Bryn Mawr. Rhode Island.... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson |  | | Book | | s fo, Fossil-Petrified Wood * Arkansas Gem-Diamond * Florida Gem-Moonstone Stone-Agatized Coral ... * Pennsylvania Fossil-Phacops rana 124 * Rhode Island Rock-Cumberlandite Mineral-Bowenite 125 125...remipes 102 103 104 * South Carolina Gem Stone-Amethyst Stone-Blue Granite 106 107 128 128 * Washington...made the “Magic City” of Birmingham, Jefferson County “The Pittsburgh of the South” during the turn of...feet thick, occurs near Sylacauga, in Talladega County, being fine-grained and mostly white, ofexceptional |  | | Book | | Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite...Malachite HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT Quartz Xls LAWRENCE COUNTY Pearls LITTLE ROCK Quartz Crystals MAGNET COVE, |  | | Book (edition) | | mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................................... Rhode Island...............................................Albany. North Carolina_.Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota_.Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks. Mr...University, South Bethlehem. Rhode Island__Prof. C. W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina__.Dr. Earle Sloan...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in Georgia at the fo'lowing localities: Cherokee County —2V2 miles northeast of Ball Ground, 1 mi'e northwest...of Cherry Grove School; Fayette County—near Fayetteville; Fulton County—near College Park. (Georgia Mineral...which comes from Bradbury's Mountain at Pownal, Cumberland Co. ; Opal (hyalite) colorless crust on pegmatite...pebble of andalusite from Bailey's Island, Casco Bay, Cumberland Co., Me. Mrs. Constance Trott, 36 Mt...limestone quarry, located in Rogers City, Presque Island Co., Mich., was donated to R & M by Cal O. Gettings |  | | 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...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...twin, YvT V / v> / -f repeated twin o( rutile Cumberland, England, \ m m " '.^y^ penetration penetr;...OF ROCK COLLECTING Suppose you are climbing a hill top of which at the only to avoid making ers |  | | Book | | wulfenite on the front cover and the picture of the amethyst geode on page 1 are reproduced by courtesy of...famous was the single beryl stone found in Oxford County in Maine that weighed 18 tons and was 18 feet in...(unfortunately for college professors’ clothing), but a diamond or sapphire leaves no trace on contact. An ingenious... 7. 8. 9. 10. Feldspar Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond (hardest) This is a very old scale and in some...scale is indicated by a distinctive stone like a diamond or a topaz. On the other hand corundum is a more |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | May/June: Uvite, Powers farm, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York; Steven C. Chamberlain specimen, Michael...albite, Kestral Pocket, Smoky Hawk mine, Teller County, Colorado; Martin Zinn specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Gold and quartz, Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California; Scott Rudolph specimen, Jeff Scovil...New York City, New York County, New York State, R. B. Cook, 244–52 Amethyst, South Carolina, 66–68 Amphibolite..., Road-Cut Mineral Occurrences of St. Lawrence County, New York—Part 3: Oxbow Road Cut, 254–62; The Graphites |
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