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11, Illinois Copyright 1951 by Science and Mechanics Publishing Chicago Company 11, Illinois ALL...DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE WILLEMITE ZIRCON CRYSTALS...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^ |
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Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |
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famous was the single beryl stone found in Oxford County in Maine that weighed 18 tons and was 18 feet in...some shapes, such as that of the cross-shaped staurolite, that are so distinctive that once viewed they...have beautiful FIGURE 2. TWINNED CRYSTAL OF STAUROLITE 16 FINDING AND PREPARING PRECIOUS AND SEMIPRECIOUS...agate is found on some of the beaches in Monterey County in California, moonstones on the beaches of Southern... 63 WHERE GEMSTONES ARE FOUND 64 State and County Locality Gemstone ALABAMA Coosa Rockford Hissop |
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Illinois ILLINOIS Known as the Prairie State, Illinois exhibits a length of 378 miles and a width of...above sea level. Though well endowed with fossils, Illinois has little to offer gem and mineral collectors...in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift of the Late Pleistocene Wisconsin...the famed Coal Measures so often mentioned in Illinois geology. These measures constitute the Upper Carboniferous...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare |
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Illinois ILLINOIS Known as the Prairie State, Illinois exhibits a length of 378 miles and a width of...above sea level. Though well endowed with fossils, Illinois has little to offer gem and mineral collectors...in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift of the Late Pleistocene Wisconsin...the famed Coal Measures so often mentioned in Illinois geology. These measures constitute the Upper Carboniferous...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare |
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.................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro................................... 150 Berkshire County.................................................. 195 Dikes cutting the Quincy granite in Essex County, Mass......... 196 Aplite........................ 204 Nephelite-bearing dike rocks of Worcester County, Mass......... 204 Distribution..................Dikes in and near Worcester County.................... 275 Dikes in Essex County....................... |
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A View of the Past: An Introduction to Illinois Geology by Christopher J. Schuberth Volcanoes erupting...tortoises. All once dominated and graced the Illinois landscape. Illinois at one time lay in an area now covered...global changes in our continents and ocean basins . Illinois is on the move, and has been for at least 1.5...fluorite, the State Mineral, occurs in southern Illinois and adjacent western Kentucky than anywhere on...pounds in weight, in their collections . Today, Illinois is the fifthlargest producer of bituminous coal |
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