| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | DEPOSIT IN ALEXANDER COUNTY' NORTH CAROLINA €nanr,Bs Par.lcnr, S. C. DavrpsoN, ANDE. A. GoneNSoN, Haruard...Haruard, UniuersitY. THE HIDDENITE CONTENTS L lnrnopuctror fI. DrscrrprroNoFTrrECouNrnvRocr III. DrscnrpuoNor... Nontronite Quartz Rutile Feldspars Monazite Hiddenite APatite Holmquistite PYrite Beryl ArsenoPYrite...preliminary account of the geological relations of the hiddenite deposit. In the following pages are presented...photographs of some of the matrix specimens of hiddenite and additional crystallographic material for study | | | 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...and includei the following: Diamond Spodumene Hiddenite Kunzite Corundum Ruby Sapphire Oriental Emerald...Jasper Opal Hyalite Feldspar Oligoclase Orthoclase Microcline Labradorite Zicon Hyacinth Cyanite Blue Green...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | in length have been found at the Palermo Quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire. Crystals to 150 pounds in...crystals have also been found at Red Hill, Maine; North Groton, New Hampshire, and from Pala, Rincón, and...near Statesville, North Carolina; at Amelia, Virginia, near Clayton, Rabun county, Georgia; etc. The...at Shaw and Esray's quarry near Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and is now in the collection of...pegmatite of the Eight Mile Park area of Fremont county, Colorado; while pink chalcedony has been found | | | 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 | | | 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) | NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT HARGROVE BOWLES, JR., DIRECTOR DIVISION...GEOLOGIST Circular 17 BERYL OCCURRENCES IN NORTH CAROLINA BY WILLIAM F WILSON Ooc RALEIGH 1962 CONTENTS...USESo 8 o . . . BERYLLIUM MINERALS IN NORTH CAROLINA 9 Varieties * o ••••••••.• Mode of Occurrencec...RESOURCES IN NORTH CAROLINA . H OCCURRENCES OF BERYL IN NORTH CAROLINA. 13 Alexander County ...•••••...••.• Ashe County,* ... 0 o * * • o o Burke County* • * • . • . • • • * • • Catawba County* • « . » * | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | spodumene-bearing Alpine-type fissure veins from Hiddenite, North Carolina, USA Michael A. Wise Received: 10 August...vein mineralization in the Hiddenite area of western North Carolina, USA consists mostly of quartz, but...Cr-bearing beryl (emerald) or Cr-bearing spodumene (hiddenite). These gem minerals occur in mineral-lined cavities...lens-shaped variety, phacolite. Chabazite-Ca from Hiddenite contains minor amounts of Na, Mg, Fe and K. Phacolitic...zoning is absent in rhombohedral chabazite. The Hiddenite chabazite apparently precipitated under low temperature | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Pegmatites are a valuable part of North Carolina's natural heritage, important both for their commercial...mineral enthusiasts. Pegmatites and Alaskites OF NORTH CAROLINA JOHN C A L L A H A N Geology Department Appalachian...Appalachian State University Boone, North Carolina 28608 P E G M A T I T E S A R E O N E O F T H E most...commercially important types of rocks found in North Carolina. Extraction of feldspar, mica, quartz, spo...hundreds of pegmatites, mainly located in western North Carolina, to try their luck in finding over a hundred | | | 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 | | | Report (volume) | beryl (emerald, aquamarine), spodumene (kunzite, hiddenite), zircon, and gem varieties of feldspar, topaz...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | cm long), Beebe Hall, McCain Valley, San Diego County, California. Cal and Kerith Graeber specimen; Jeffrey...as elongated crystals that are rooted in the microcline-plagioclase-quartz wall zone Downloaded by...Typically, smoky quartz, albite, muscovite, and microcline line the cavity walls, and aquamarine occurs...Aquamarine (6.7 cm long), Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen; Jeffrey Scovil...Aquamarine (8.8 cm long), Black Panther mine, Riverside County, California. Bill Larsen specimen; Jeffrey Scovil | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | THE SPODUMENE NORTH FRANK PEGMATITES CAROLINA. L. OF • HESS. T•E pegmatitesof North Carolinaare legionand...legionand elsewherein the Atlantic states, from South Carolina to Maine, are many more, but outsideof a few scatteredmassesin...scatteredmassesin New England and the remarkablebelt in North Carolinato be describedin this paper, no spodumene-bear...known. In North Americathereare depositsin Colorado, Manitoba,New England,New Mexico,North Carolina,andSouthDakota...andSouthDakota,but the greatestof theseis in North Carolina. Otherlithiummineralsare knownin the greatgraniteareasof | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Sapucaia Jenipapo Linopolis Palermo No. 1 mine, North Groton, New Hampshire, historically labeled as roscherite...A N D STRUCTURAL WATER ON COLOR INTENSITY OF MICROCLINE, VAR. A M M O N I T E . E! E. Rein', W B. Simmons'...also been noted that some nongreen samples of microcline had unexpectedly high lead concentrations. They...along a trend within the Morefield mine in Amelia County, Virginia. Brightwell (1999, 2001) analyzed amazonite...on ignition at 900°C. Although Pb VS. Wakr in Microcline 1 "V""" 0 Dark GreenIBlue 0 Moderate GreenIBlue | | | Book | in. ) high from Tourmaline Queen Mine, San Diego County, Pala, California. Back Cover: Azurite and Malachite...n1useun1. Kunz created a 1nagnificen t collection of North Ainerican ge1ns and precious stones as one of Tiffany's...SiO, • nH,O 213 Feldspar group (see also gems) Microcline KAISi3O8 214 Labr adorite (see gems) Ca05 Na0... ~ 29 Native Gold Sheet on Quartz El Dorado County; California 30 5 cm (2 In.) high Native Gold...across Native Copper in Calcite Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan 12 cm (4% in.) across 37 38 Native | | | Book (edition) | .......................................... North Carolina ....................................................................... _............ . North Carolina ..................................................................................... . North Carolina ........................................................................... . Kinzite and hiddenite ................................................the gem sapphires came from the mines in Fergus County, where they occur in a rock matrix. The majority | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | January/February: Gold and quartz, Eagle's est mine, Placer County, California. Tana Daugharthy specimen, Harold and...the Amber Room, near SI. Petersburg, Russia. Alexander Minin photo. ovember/Decernber: Fluorite, Blue...49 Collecting the KellerLakePegmatite, Waupaca County. Wisconsin: A New Site for Gadolinite-(Y), T. W...Note, Collecting the KellerLake Pegmatite, Waupaca County, Wisconsin: A New Site for Gadolinite-(Y),T. W...Paramelaconite Crystals,A1gomah Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, S. M. Carlson, M. J. Elder, R. Tolonen | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Arthur, Gafiney-Kings Mt- Folio, South and North Carolina: U. ,5. Geol. Suraey, Geol. Folio 222, p. 6...Geology and ore deposits of the Alma district, Park County' . e o l .S u n e y , B u l l . 3 , p . 4 6 , t...Arthur, Gafiney-Kings Mt. Folio, South and North Carolina: [/' S' Geol. Suroey, Geol. Folio 222, p. 12...Madagascar, central Maine, Llano County, Texas, and San Diego County, California. On the other hand, cavities...and Goranson, E. A., The hiddenite deposit in Alexander County, North Carolina: Am. M.ineralogist, lS, | | | Journal (issue) | at Silver Reef in southwestern Utah’s Washington County (figure 1) is a very unique occurrence. The high-grade...perfect bound for just: $35.00 Postage $5.00 in the USA; $23 for foreign. Excalibur Mineral Corp Tel: 434-964-0875...book filled with historical work involving Oxford County, describing and intertwining its minerals, miners...Experiences in Namibia The Ravine, Fine, St. Lawrence County, New York Antimony-bearing Oxidized Minerals -...Pershing County, Nevada Majuba Hill Continued-Collecting Underground Postcards Coppertown USA Mining Museum | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | numbers on quartz, topaz, and microcline from Florissant, El Paso County, Colorado. The phenacites are...recently found a t Johnson’s Mill, Alexander Country,North Carolina. The planes P, Pco, P3, 3F#, mP, mP3...were observed. ErneraEds and Hiddenite.-A new pocket of emeralds and hiddenite has been discovered on the...the Osborn Lackey land in Alexander Co. B. H. B. New Minerals from Colorado. Bg W. F. H~LLEBRAND (Amer | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | alpine-type deposits in the vicinity of Hiddenite, North Carolina. By far the greatest number of crystals...aquamarine found near Hiddenite, North Carolina. After W. E . Hidden, Notes on North Carolina Minerals, American...crystals found free in vug openings in the Hiddenite, North Carolina, deposit belong to an alpine-vug type...occurrence. However, the Crabtree de posit, also in North Carolina, is a true schist-type occur- Table 5. Genetic... Pale blue, blue-green, greenish, yellowish Microcline, micas, quartz, albite; also phenakite, topaz | | | Catalog/List | THE PEBBLE PEDDLER 100 North Lake Park Bottineau, North Dakota 58318 (701)263-4948 NEW LOW PRICES ON...new house two miles form the Canadian border in North Dakota, we couldn’t find our house key, and the...- S120 each! CERUSSITE; Red Cloud Mine, La Paz County, Arizona: A rare occurrence for this mineral, the...TION at only S9.95 each. CERUSSITE; 79 Mine, Gila County; Arizona: Excellent specimens of this rare occurrenceaveraging...at only S14.95 each. CREEDITE; Liberty Mine, Nye County, Nevada: Also from the Arizona Collection, and | | | Report (issue) | SURVEI PEGMATITE GEOLOGY OF THE SHELBY DISTRICT NORTH CAROLINA by \ Wallace R. Griffitts > \ I ,' -* U...Metamorphic rocks....................... h- Carolina gneiss ..................... Ij- General features...98 Plagioclase ...................... 101 Microcline. ...................... 103 97 Muscovite...district , Worth Carolina. .................... In pocket 3A. Contorted garnet layer in Carolina gneiss * 3B...lens of fine-grained lime- silicate rook from the Carolina gneiss. ............... * k-. Metabasalt with | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | crystal was noted in the Luella mine near Avon, Latah county, Idaho, which measured 3x3x8 feet. Other large...Dakota. A black crystal from Micaville, Randolph county, Alabama, was 10 inches in diameter and from 3...noted in the School Section pegmatite of Fremont county, Colorado. ROCKS AND MINERALS Maine, Connecticut...pink and green crystals at Ohio City, Gunnison county, Colorado; dark green, pink, and indicolite tourmalines...miles west of Canon City, Colorado; at Clip, Yuma county, Arizona; and a few other places. CENTRALLASITE | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Zapot pegmatite, Gillis Range, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA. Named in honor of W.B. Simmons. The sample is 1...nepheline syenite) contain gem minerals, such as microcline (amazonite), sodalite, and zircon. GEM MINERALS...Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Drive New Orleans, LA 70148, USA E-mail: wsimmons@uno.edu 2 Museo di Storia Naturale...America 5345 Armada Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008-4602, USA E-mail: jshigley@gia.edu 4 Department of Geology...morganite), spessartine, spodumene (kunzite, hiddenite), topaz, and tourmaline (indicolite, rubellite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ROCKS AND MINERALS MINERAL COLLECTING IN NORTH CAROLINA By DAVID M. SEAMAN Carnegie Museum. Pittsburgh...recently married, I decided to take my wife to North Carolina on a mineral collecting trip, a vacation and...Uniontown. The locality is in an old quarry along the north side of the highway about a mile east of Summit...several times, after we had crossed the border of North Carolina, to examine quartz dikes cutting the schist...anythin}! of interest in them. Statesville, North Carolina, was the destination for this day. July 5th |
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