 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AN OVERVIEW Rhode Island MINERALS & COLLECTORS F. WILLIAM MILLER Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford...A L SPECIES and many varieties occur within Rhode Island. Part of this abundance is attributable to the...Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport...Newport County. The greatest number of species and varieties appear in the Northern Zone. Miller attributes |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NORTHEASTERN RHODE ISLAND 286 ROCKS AND M I N E R A L S The adjacent towns of Cumberland and Lincoln...Lincoln in northeastern Rhode Island offer col lecting in several localities, including the Conklin Limestone...Old Dexter quarry, Diamond Hill, the Route 114 road cut, and the Iron Hill mine. T H E T O W N S H I...northeast corner of Rhode Island is not so famous mineralogically as Cumberland in England; however,...both the state mineral and the state rock of Rhode Island. Much of this area coincides with the Pawtucket |  | | 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 (volume) | | 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...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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | 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...shape. Photomicrograph of a perfect octahedron of anatase. a dioxide of titanium, '/js inch high A in ...twin, YvT V / v> / -f repeated twin o( rutile Cumberland, England, \ m m " '.^y^ penetration penetr; | | | Book | | topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque... { Photomicrograph of a perfect octahedron of anatase, a d1ox1de of titanium. ½s inch high ( ( , •...wi th tin beak. 5 Fluorite penetration twin, Cumberland, England. 5 The famous pegmat1te rock mass...OF ROCK COLLECTING Suppose you are climb ing a hill at the top of wh ich is a mineral deposit. If you'...mine , canyon) district where found (township, county, state) how obtained (found , given , etc., with |  | | Journal (issue) | | (Germany); Chihuahua and Zacatecas (Mexico). In the USA, there are large quantities of acanthite at Leadville...in Siberia (Russia) and in Alaska and California, USA. The Alaskan deposits are found close to significant...byssolite is found mainly in Pennsylvania and Virginia, USA. FACT FILE ACTINOLITE Group: Silicates Crystal...in the yellow Bernadino County, mineral limonite, and in the California, USA; in Cap sulphide-rich upper...(Scotland); Magnet Cove, Arkansas, and Libby, Montana (USA). cc LU z □ LU cc a... C/.) LU □ Many orthopyroxenes |  | | Book | | Freiberg, E. Germany; Pribram, Czechoslovakia; Broken Hill, New South Wales; Chanarcillo, Atacama, Chile; and...states of Guanajuato and Chihuahua, Mexico. In the USA silver occurs at Keweenaw, Michigan, in association...Cornwall; at Wallaroo, South Australia and Broken Hill, New South Wales. Found in sandstone at Corocoro...Corocoro, Bolivia, and at Cananea, Mexico. In the USA copper is found in abundance in the Keweenaw area of north...Czechoslo¬ vakia and Romania; in the Alps of South Island, NewZealand;fromCharters Towers, Queensland, from |  | | Book | | North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas...listed by county and community, range and distance. Whenever the collector crosses a county line, he will...of the county he is entering posted alongside the highway. By looking up the state and county, the user...guide can determine the collecting sites in that county by range and distance from the major cities and...information to reach a specific spot within a particular county. Many old localities listed here have, literally |  | | Journal (volume) | | .,. Crystals of pyrite from Rio Marina on the island of Elba , off the Italian coast. - Q) ...South Africa; and Maine and other regions of the USA. Minor deposits of rose quartz can also be found...in Afghanistan , India, Pakistan, China, Montana, USA, and Norway. • • TWo 19th-centurv brooches set with...at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, USA. • A Burmese ruby in calcite, a common mineral....; 4 parts mercury; 2 parts soil from the Greek island of Chios; a piece of solid copper. • Melt the tin |  | | Book | | past volcanic activity, forming a cliff on the island of Ischia. About halfway up. the horizontal beds...and the vast deposits on Bougainville Island in the Solomon Island chain are now being extracted. The normal...Isles. Especially important are the calcites from Cumberland in northwest England, which are often found associated...a gangue mineral in the lead mines of Weardale, County Durham, was frequently found as fine green and...as the green and pink tourmalines from San Diego County, California, or they may contain large numbers | | | Book | | past volcanic activity, forming a cliff on the island of Ischia. About halfway up, the horizontal beds... hornblende, sillimanite, feldspar, brookite. anatase. hypersthene impure limestone wollastonite, grossular...and the vast deposits on Bougainville Island in the Solomon Island chain are now being extracted. The normal...Isles. Especially important are the calcites from Cumberland in northwest England, which are often found associated...a gangue mineral in the lead mines of Weardale, County Durham, was frequently found as fine green and |  | | Book (edition) | | Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...of Canada. Clay Mineralogy, by R. E. Grim (McGraw-Hill, 1968). Crystal Chemical Classification of Minerals...oil shale of the Green River Formation, Uintah County, Utah, associated with authigenic orthoclase, pyrite;...the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated in uraniferous | | | Book (edition) | | Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere...the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated in uraniferous...in the Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. SELECTED REFERENCES: Thompson, M...oil shale of the Green River Formation, Uintah County, Utah, associated with authigenic orthoclase, pyrite;...Creek County; at the Enterprise mine, Dolores County; at the Double Header lode, Summit County, and in |  | Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy (8th ed.) Wiley-Interscience. p.1872 | Book (edition) | | Tuscon, Arizona. Barry Yampol: Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York. Victor Yount: Warrenton, Virginia. Josef...M. J. Buerger (1958), The Powder Method, McGraw Hill, New York. (B) Bunn, C. W. (1961), Chemical Crystallography...Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Isand South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas...important gold mining districts in Australia, including Hill End, Hillgrove, and Mt. Boppy, NSW;; Mt. Morgan...Creek, NT. In New Zealand, Hauraki Peninsula, North Island, and placer deposits in Nelson, Westland, Otago |  | Finch, John Wellington, Bateman, Alan M., Butler, B. S., Loughlin, G. F., McLaughlin, D. H., Singewald, J. T. Jr. - Eds. (1933) Ore Deposits of the Western States. The American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, New York. | Book | | cordierite-anthophyllite mineralization at Blue Hill, Maine, and its relation to similar occurrences...Kevada: with a report o n the flora of Independence Hill by F. H . Knowllou. J our. Geol., vol. 4, pp. 881-...Nevada; with a report on tbe flora or Independence Hill, by J?. H. Koowlton. Jo-ur. Geol., vol. 4, pp. 881-...geology. Econ. Geol.;vol. 5, pp. 779,-776, 1910. Hill, J. M.: The mining districts of the western United...pp. McGraw Hill Dook Co., New York, 1913. Mineral deposits, 2d ed., 959 pp. M cGraw Hill Book Co., New |
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