 | | 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...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite...westernPiedmont section of the state, and in Franklin County on the eastern edge of the Piedmont. They have...localities. Three diamonds have been found in Burke County, two of which were from near the "Ford of Brindletown |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Found Elsewhere? Manuel Robbins Manning Lane Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08003 T A K I N G T H E Q U E S T I...wise, originate from the mines at Franklin or Sterling Hill in New Jersey. But if the question is rephrased...species which fluoresce at Franklin or Ster ling Hill can be found in other localities, and will they...qualifications. The mineral assemblage at Franklin and Sterling Hill is looked upon as unique for a number of reasons...these reasons, the mineral deposit at Franklin-Sterling Hill deposit is considered singular, unique. What |  | | Journal (issue) | | New Jersey End Up in an Attic in Rocky Mount, North Carolina?, Kenny Gay.......21-23 Publisher THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG...MOONLIGHT IMAGING Black Ore at the Franklin and Sterling Hill Orebodies, Stephen Sanford ...................36-37 A Second Occurrence of Genthelvite From Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, Earl R. Verbeek .......38 Mineral Species Found at Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey,...39-40 Honor Roll of FOMS Presidents...and often unique minerals of the Franklin and Sterling Hill orebodies, knowledge that is worthy of academic |  | | Journal (issue) | | Inside This Issue: • Opal added to the Franklin-Sterling Hill species list • Uraninite - a “First Find” from...Trotter Dump • A useful analog to the Franklin-Sterling Hill mineral deposit • Geology of the Hamburg Quarry...updates on the Franklin Mineral Museum and the Sterling Hill Mining Museum plus an interview with FOMS founder...Japan and Their Relationship to the Franklin-Sterling Hill Mineral Deposits, Alfredo Petrov .............membership, back issues, and information, write to: Sterling Hill Mining Museum News, Joe Kaiser ............ |  | | Journal (issue) | | Notes on the Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey By John S. Albanese VOL. I OCTOBER...zincite from the ore bodies at both Franklin and Sterling Hill was about one per cent of the total ore. Rich...are Zincite is rare except at the Franklin-Sterling Hill zinc deposits. It has been reported from Olkusz...processes of chemistry. Many specimens from the Sterling Hill area show hetaerolite, fluorite, fluoborite...Univer sity's collection. A few specimens from Sterling Hill from the Trofimuk collections were what is locally |  | | Journal (issue) | | werner@lcturbonet.com In the Green River Basir of Sweetwater County, Wyoming, lies the world's largest,known deposit...supplied by volcanic ash ·and andesitic tuff from the north and was leached from the detrit:l!l.m~terii,iltranspo~~d-foto·the...could say it is only known from 3 ·i are~: Garland County in Arkansas, Cornwall in the United Kingdom, and·the...non-meetings in the fall, and they were visiting the North Wilson pit, a vanadium mine near Wilson· Springs...locality for miserite and straczekite; in Garland County, Arkansas). Buford Nichols had brought along his |  | | Journal (issue) | | Collins The Lake Clear-Kuehl Lake area, Renfrew County, Ontario.........................................descloizite from the Chalk Mountain mine, Churchill County, Nevada .........................................P. Sabina Hodgkinsonite from Franklin and Sterling Hill: a review ....................................the most popular mineral collecting regions of North America, nine of the more interesting and accessible...Occurrence Lot 4, Concession VI, North Burgess Township, Lanark County. Perthite was the name given by |  | | Journal (issue) | | Record Inc. Articles The Bunker Hill mine, Kellogg, Shoshone County, Id a h o 339 by N. Radford and...Gagnon Minerals of the Yates uranium mine, Pontiac County, Quebec . 359 by D. L. Leavitt Shavano Peak ....calcium-zinc-ferric iron arsenate mineral from Sterling Hill, New Jersey...................................from Sterling Hill, New Jersey 371 by P. j! Dunn and P. B. Leavens Holdenite from Sterling Hill and...November — December, 1981 Bunker Hill the mine kellogg, shoshone county, idaho by Norman Radford P. O. |  | | Journal (issue) | | in Maud Carter Clement's History of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Lynchburg, VA, (1929). Dr. Watson’s...became superintendent of Schools in Pittsylvania County, a position that one of his sons (and T.L. Watson’s...Washington St. Same Location, New Hotel Name! (North side of the Mart) Ramada Plaza - Denver Central...Ownership: Excalibur Mineral Corporation, 1000 North Division Street, Peekskill. NY 10566-1830. Publisher:...to belong to group P. However, as often happens, zircon is a very common tetragonal mineral that is allocated |  | | Journal (issue) | | Purported Greenockite (Cadmium Sulfide) From Sterling Hill, Donald Halterman, Jr. 8 Letters From the...TEMA J. HECHT Sterling Hill Mining Museum News, Joseph Kaiser 18 Franklin-Sterling Gem & Mineral Show...depths of the mine back to his bungalow toward the north end of town, where he will treasure a good hot soaking...would have been sent down via the North Timber shaft at the north end of Palmer Plant #2, after perhaps...interest afoot in putting the Franklin and Sterling Hill mineral species list on the Internet, with descriptions |  | | Book | | Firefly Books Ltd. Buffalo, New York Richmond Hill, Ontario Published in the United States by PO....be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 cm. Biominerals Crystals formed by biological...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA » 18 x 24 x 8 om 14 MINERALS: PRODUCTS... Located on an island about 300 km (185 miles) north of Yellowknife, the Acasta River deposit is believed...for cutting other minerals. Calcite, Oklahoma, USA * 10 x 11 x 8 cm Talc, Mpumalanga, South Africa |  | | Journal (issue) | | Contributions to the mineralogy of Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey ..................................Michigan Hiddenite mine, Hiddenite, North Carolina Franklin/Sterling mines, Franklin, New Jersey Pulsifer...Pedy, Australia Proprietary B 1 14 mine, Broken Hill, Australia Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania Taewha...order to avoid countless dogs and children. Up the hill and to the south came the first view of the mine...epidote occurrences and the Holland mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Specimens from these localities are inconsistently |  | | Book | | FRANKLIN AND STERLING HILL CLIFFORD FRONDEL THE MINEt 4-S OF FRANKLIN AND STERLING HILL A Check List...describes the unique ore deposits at Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey. For over two hundred years, the...minerals have been identified at Franklin and Sterling Hill, including forty-four that had never been previously...stimulate international interest in Franklin and Sterling Hill. Part Two traces the area’s geological develop¬...current references. The Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill is illustrated with over thirty photo¬ graphs |  | | Journal (issue) | | Kraissl - "The Micro-minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill" Saturday October 20, 1979 FIELD TRIP: MICRO...America, Franklin Plant, (former Farber Quarry), Cork Hill Rd., Franklin, N.J. - 9:00 a.m. to noon. MICRO GROUP:...during the weekend of the then infant Franklin-Sterling Hill Mineral Show. During the two decades that have...minerals, mineralogy and geology of Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey." In pursuing these programs our...23rd ANNUAL FRANKLIN-STERLING HILL MINERAL SHOW The 23rd Annual Franklin-Sterling Hill Mineral Show sponsored |  | | Report (volume) | | uranium in the Lassen lavas is concentrated in zircon. 207 208 3 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF URANIUM...proportion of minor accessories (sphene, apatite, and zircon). Part of the uranium and thorium is interstitial...and secondarily by an increase in the amount of zircon. The rocks of the New Hampshire magma series of...certain accessory minerals of granite, such as zircon, allanite, sphene, and apatite. Much of the uranium... particularly in monazite, xenotime, allanite, zircon, apatite, sphene, thorite, and rarer refractory | | | Book | | Buffalo, New York 14205 66 Leek Crescent Richmond Hill, Ontario L4B 1H1 Design and Layout: Joseph Gisini/PageWave...be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS... Located on an island about 300 km (185 miles) north of Yellowknife, the Acasta River deposit is believed...Madagascar e(2x23x3em Quartz, Mount Ida, Arkansas, USA ° 14x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique * 17 x 11 |  | | Book | | in. ) high from Tourmaline Queen Mine, San Diego County, Pala, California. Back Cover: Azurite and Malachite...perpendicular axes One 6-fold axis BENITOITE ZIRCON TRIGONAL SYSTEM: TETRAGONAL SYSTEM: One 3-fold...n1useun1. Kunz created a 1nagnificen t collection of North Ainerican ge1ns and precious stones as one of Tiffany's... ~ 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...and J. M. Martins The Jensen quarry, Riverside County, California .....................................Doorselaer A highly magnesian alleghanyite from Sterling Hill, New J ers ey by O. V. Petersen, J. Bollhorn...American Mineralogist, 69, 380-382. EDITOR BROKEN HILL BOOK TO GO OUT OF PRINT Readers who have been putting...putting off ordering a copy of the big book on Broken Hill (available from the Mineralogical Record Book Department |  | | Book | | Guide to Mineral Collecting rr at Franklin and Sterling Hill, I New Jersey ffi fi.-i'l �� with Notes as...Guide to Mineral Collecting at Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey with Notes as to the History, Geology...approach to the mineralogy of Franklin and Sterling Hill but concurrent in their fidelity to the mineral...Retrospective Summary of the Events at Franklin and Sterling Hill . . . ...... . . .. . . . .. ..... . . . .....: . . 1 The Rock Formations at Franklin and Sterling Hill. .. . .. .. . .. . . ........ . ... .. . Franklin | | | Book | | THE MINERALS OF FRANKLIN AND STERLING HILL A Check List By Clifford Frondel This concise and informative...describes the unique ore deposits at Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey. For over two hundred years, the...minerals have been identified at Franklin and Sterling Hill, including forty-four that had never been previously...stimulate international interest in Franklin and Sterling Hill. Part Two traces the area's geological develop...current references. The Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill is illustrated with over thirty photo graphs |  | | Report (volume) | | natural pink topaz. In a similar manner a colored zircon may be heat-treated and thereby become colorless...(emerald, aquamarine), spodumene (kunzite, hiddenite), zircon, and gem varieties of feldspar, topaz, and quartz...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...and Webber Hill, El Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral...Corral, Nevada County; Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western |  | | Journal (issue) | | historical knowledge relating to the Franklin-Sterling Hill ore deposits. 3) To develop new information...validated mineral species from the Franklin-Sterling Hill area plus two last minute additions for a total...a mineral species list for the FranklinSterling Hill area. The confirmed list now amounts to 330 species...purposeful path. The closing of the mine at Sterling Hill in early 1987 calls for some adjustment to our...of research on the minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill. In London, England, L.C. Trumper published |  | | Report (issue) | | Geological Survey, 1950) Trinity Anemousite County, California. Contributions to Mineral¬ (discredited...1920) NMNH 106112 from the Hillside Mine, Yavapai County, Ari¬ L. G. Berry, 1947. Composition and Optics...Aluminocopiapite Utah NMNH K. J. Murata, Trinity County, California M. C. Bandy, 1938. Utah. J. M. Axelrod...Island Mountain, Mountain, from Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona (L. J. Cabri, 1976) Island Group (F... = Amber) NMNH 128739 Near Charleston, South Carolina (H. S. Washington, 1917) 103544 Temple Rock |  | | Journal (issue) | | ALLOWED ON THE HILL AFTER SUNSET! (NO EXCEPTIONS) 2. There is to be no glass on the hill. 3. Children are...because I spent Saturday and Sunday at the Putnam County (NY) 4-H Fair with two tables about beads and rocks...year. In May, about 30 gems - including opals, zircon and rubies vanished. The remainder of the gemstone...Wildacres is off the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina, not far from Classes for the fall session...glimpse into the cultures and lifeways of Native North America. Experience the living history of Connecticut |  | | Book | | Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...localities: Baveno, Italy 14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario: an occurrence of large nepheline...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...18:185187 ALLACTITE AJlactite from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey (by P. J. Dunn) 14:251-252 ALLCHAR |
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