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| at the State University of New York in Potsdam. He is a public school teacher of earth science and geology...and during the summer months a professional miner of mineral specimens. He also runs an active mineral...mineral specimen business focusing on the minerals of New York State, Canada, and China. He has field collected...numerous lay and professional articles in the field of specimen mineralogy. This is his second book. Collector's...978-0-7643-4675-0. $19.99 The Collector's Guide to Silicate Crystal Structures. Robert J. Lauf 978-0-7643-3579-2. $19 |
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| 2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse. MAJOR NEW YORK STATE M I N E...T I E S N ew York State is rich in minerals of interest to collectors. A number of lists have been...published, starting with Samuel Robinsons A Catalogue of American Minerals with Their Localities in 1825....publications of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana contained geographical listings of important...Whitlock published a New York State list in 1903. The most recent comprehensive treatment of mineral localities |
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| n d M I N E R A L S cannot assume responsibility of those trading. U s e good s e n s e . (Subscribers...exchange fluorite specimen from India for fluorite of other countries, M . Parimoo, G u jarat Mineral...Rickey Ritschard, R.R. 1, Monticeiio, W i s e 53570 Crystal specimens (over 50 different species) for good...topaz, amethyst, apatite, aquamarine. & xl specimens of many kinds, for same. T . Allen Woodie, 2544 1st.... 08108 Will swap use of saw for half stones slabbed. Limited to thickness of material to be cut. Lou |
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| A NEW DIAMOND FIELD ByTHE REV. HARRY ROBINSON 29 Pearl sr., Kingston, New York 12401 After making three...trips to a new "dig" in the Fonda-MiddlevilleLittle Falls area in Herkimer County, New York, I am happy...happy to report a most rewarding new site for mineral collectors who have a passion for those doubly-terminated...diamonds." This digging area was opened in the Spring of 1970 in connection with an attractive wooded picnic...and well-constructed "rest rooms". Called the Crystal Grove Camp Site and managed by a father and son combination |
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| advertisement will be inserted. Forme close the 10th of each month. TRY AN AD only 12( Q word FOSSILS...localities around the world. Send 751/. for our new catalog at our new address. Stolove's, 522 E. 52 St., Brooklyn...groups of crystals on quartz from Kentucky, $1.25 to $2.00. Chalcotrichite, Arizona. Fine red crystal groups...set. Postpaid. Send 251/. I refundable) for catalog of over 100 fluorescents, U- V lights and supplies....Horn Minerals, 263C North Country Rd., Smithtown, New York. 11787 ROCKS AND MINERALS FLUORESCENTS GEMSTONES |
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| corner of Kimball Co. where it overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the entire...Mountains as they rose during the Larimide revolution of 100 million years ago that closed the Mesozoic era...west reaches rise to the high, arid sagebrush plains of eastern Wyoming, disclosing spectacular bedrock formations...Nebraska contains most of the gem fields in the state, insomuch as both the Black Hills of South Dakota and...scenic Badlands thrust long spurs into this part of the state. In this rough, uncurried region are found |
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| Prairie State, Illinois exhibits a length of 378 miles and a width of 210 miles, with its 56,000 sq. mi. sloping...more than 275 rivers, the state is bounded along ¾ of its circumference by navigable waters, primarily...along the northern borders, rising only to a altitude of 900 to 1,000 feet above sea level. Though well endowed...the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift of the Late Pleistocene Wisconsin...Wisconsin glaciation, the bluffs and detritus of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and in the southern Fluorspar |
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| Prairie State, Illinois exhibits a length of 378 miles and a width of 210 miles, with its 56,000 sq. mi. sloping...more than 275 rivers, the state is bounded along ¾ of its circumference by navigable waters, primarily...along the northern borders, rising only to a altitude of 900 to 1,000 feet above sea level. Though well endowed...the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift of the Late Pleistocene Wisconsin...Wisconsin glaciation, the bluffs and detritus of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and in the southern Fluorspar |
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| would rival the diamond." —Lardner Vanuxem (1842) New York State Geologist ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 2: Quartz...R T H S I D E of the Mohawk Valley in Herkimer County, New York, consists of a series of low, rolling...in the truest sense, they are well-formed crystals of transparent quartz. The appellation Herkimer diamond...came into vogue in the early 1900s. The misnomer of diamonds for quartz crystals has been handed down...applied to quartz crystals found in certain areas of France. There are also Marmarosch diamonds from the |
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| Written by Joel Grice, Curator of Minerals at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this highly detailed visual...geological locations iin Canada© Physical properties of minerals and rocks, and how to test them. : Each...| aetna (page 54). Diamond-shaped, striated one of arsenopyrite on rounded, grey galena and surrounded...NATU RE Fitzhenry & Whiteside Canadian Museum of Musée canadien de la Saad @./ NATURE Beginner’s...photographs by R.A. Gault copyright © 2010 Canadian Museum of Nature Photographs by Ole Johnsen copyright © 2010 |
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| c ROBERT B. COOK Department of Geology Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 Millerite Downloaded...Library] at 17:14 19 November 2014 HALLS GAP, LINCOLN COUNTY, KENTUCKY Figure J. Millerite with calcite. This...in the fall of 1991 from a road cut along U.S. Highway 27 near Halls Gap, Lincoln County, Kentucky. II...II was originally in the collection of its finder, Bill McKenzie, who ultimately relinquished it to mineral...Show to its present owner, Dr. Marv Rausch of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts. This |
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| MAKE THIS Gemstone Jewelry Box! << “DIRTY DIAMONDS” of the Great Salt Lake A Rockhound’s Adventures in CHINA... 47, No. 4 • April 2017 16 IS IT CALCITE OR DOLOMITE? 10 These carbonates have chemistry. By Bob Jones...ODYSSEY 22 Part VIII: China becomes a cornucopia of minerals. By Bob Jones 34 LAPIDARY: GEMSTONE JEWELRY...Field Notes .......................... 6 Lapidary of the Month ....8 Bench Tips ........................Beckett Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Reproduction of any material from this issue in whole or in part |
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| Photographs by Ole Johnsen .,a~ ,:::- • Canadian Museum of Musee canadien de la \..,~ NATURE Fitzhenry & Whiteside...Whiteside •"""'liir. ,::- • Canadian Museu m of Mu see canadien de ta (...,~ NATURE Beginner's...by R.A. Gault copyright © 20 I O Canadian Museum of Nature Photographs by O le Johnsen copyright © 2010...No part of th is book may be reproduced in any manner wit.bout the express written consent of the publisher...publisher, except in the case of brief excerpts in critical reviews and articles. All inquiries should be |
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| Mountain ROHEKT' L. BOROFSKY P.O. Drtx 9s Spoff'ord, New Hampshire 03462 Downloaded by [Umeå University Library]...S.Stark Highway Weare, New Hampshire 03281 STEVtN C. CHAMBERLAIN Department of Bioengineering and Neuroscience...Neuroscience Syracuse llniversity Syracuse, New York 13244 F or years black-stemmed scepter quartz crystals...Herkimer "diamond" localities of New York's Mohawk Valley. Finally, one of the localities for such scepters...for collecting. This is the first desailed report of how and where these unusual specimens occur. Location |
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| and bound in the United States of America All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in...publisher. Cover Design: Scott Roberts Library of Congress Control Number: 2003102004 ISBN: 1-889786-27-6...Due to the possibility of personal error, typographical error, misinterpretation of information and the...hazardous areas all persons are advised to be aware of possible changes due to man or nature that occur...still persevere, and will curse the day he heard of it, and will let his last hour come upon him unawares |
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| Gemstones MEET THE CARBONATE MINERAL GROUP Upstate New York’s Herkimer Diamonds ROCK&GEM • Vol. 52 No. 2...i t h K N C 6 1,349 $ .00 Introducing the all new Kingsley North Cabber 6". The KNC6 body is fully...high efficiency motor provides a generous amount of power. The water cooling system features 8 valves...• FEBRUARY 2022 16 ROMANCING THE STONE: UPSTATE NEW YORK’S HERKIMER DIAMONDS By L.A. Sokolowski 50 DAZZLING...JEWELERS By Pat Raia 26 MAKING A DREAM DIAMOND 34 TOOLS OF THE TRADE Sponsored by ULTRA TEC 40 MEET THE CARBONATE |
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| Co / Munich, Germany Laguna Beach, California, USA tel: +1 949 494 5155 / info@kristalle.com The ...MAY–JUNE 2020 Articles The Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin .......................................................................... 405 What’s New in Minerals Tucson Show 2020 by T. P. Moore .......and Karen DeBruin collection, ex Muscatine Academy of Science collection, retaining a label from Ward’s...$324/three years, (Canada) $196/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $275 for one year Subscription |
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| by Jim Brace-Thompson by Steve Voynick Dinosaurs of Massachusetts 60 26 Poetry Pages 34 FIelD trIP...puzzles by Mark Leatherman reGUlAr colUMnS Giants of Early Mineralogy Yale’s superstars elevated minerals........................................ 6 Lapidary of the Month ............................ 8 Show Dates...Beckett Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Reproduction of any material from this issue in whole or in part...not been able to identify and am wondering if any of your readers know what it is. Two different specimens |
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| $3.95 A DIRECTORY OF FEE-BASIS ROCK COLLECTING SITES OPEN TO AMATEURS by CAROL E.KINDLER DIG IT...IT! A Directory of Fee-Basis Rock Collecting Sites Open to Amateurs by Carol E. Kindler P.0. Box 12328...you find a good place to dig and show you samples of what to look for. The larger, more commercial places...illness or death in the family; some are sold, and the new owners may not always permit digging. It is a good...separate list of places that I know to be closed. Some of these were in previous editions of this list; |
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| HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...maximum advantage. The book features a directory of locations the United States, Canada, and Mexico where...precautions to take, likely places to look, the etiquette of col- lecting—and how to polish, classify and...physical properties of minerals and gems and the science of crystallography— the six crystal systems and their...quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in color, manv of which may be found by the searches |
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| DIAMONDS IN SPADES Collectors rake in water-clear New York quartz crystals. By Jim Landon 10 MALACHITE...comes from Russia and the Congo. By Bob Jones A TALE OF TWO BLUE BARITES Heavenly-hued treasures in Colorado...Solon 48 56 ROCK & GEM KIDS 46 MINERALS OF WAR Tales of intrigue, secrecy, and emergency production...production. By Steve Voynick 48 THE RISKY BUSINESS OF SPECIMEN RECOVERY 56 Haste can waste good collector specimens...specimens. By Bob Jones OLD MINING LAW IN A NEW ERA 60 Western claim-staking regulations date from 1872 |
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| sites where they can be found. "Here, with the help of these down-toearth (in the best possible way!) guides...your own" gem mine. Junior finds a sapphire the size of a p ach and ends up on national television telling...also a book for those who would enjoy the adventure of finding a few gems, getting them cut or polished...book for those who study the metaphysical properties of gems and minerals and would like to acid to their...book is for those who would like to keep the art of rockhounding alive and pass it on to their children |
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