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| to dedicate this book to my friend, and fellow diamond miner, James Archer. He was a diligent, hard-working... In his thirty years of diamond searching at The Crater of Diamonds State Park he learned that the key...key to finding allusive diamonds in Arkansas is perspiration and persistence. He passed away on January...2003 at the age of seventy-seven while doing what he enjoyed most-digging for diamonds. A THOROUGH AND...AND ACCURATE HISTORY OF GENUINE DIAMONDS IN ARKANSAS TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE I DEDICATION 4 INTRODUCTION |
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| Department of Geology Sul Ross State University Alpine, Texas 79832 Jill Dill Pasteris Department of Earth...versiw^ot Wyoming © 1987 The Geological Society of America, Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright not...prepared by government employees within the scope of their employment. All materials subject to this copyright...noncommercial purpose of scientific or educational advancement. Published by The Geological Society of America, Inc...GSA Books Science Editor Campbell Craddock Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mantle metasomatism |
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| D I S COV E RY OF A HISTORIC ARKANSAS DIAMOND T he Crater of Diamonds State Park (CDSP), located...located in southwestern Arkansas near the city of Murfreesboro, has enjoyed record attendance since March 2006...from several notable diamond finds, and the publication of a revised edition of Worthington’s (2007)...Genuine Diamonds Found in Arkansas. One of Worthington’s chapters discusses the current whereabouts of early...auction-goers (e.g., the Uncle Sam Diamond and the Star of Arkansas); other stones remained uncut and |
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| Mineralogy of mafic xenoliths and their reaction zones in the olivine lamproite from Prairie Creek Arkansas...Arkansas and the paragenesis of haggertyite, Ba [Fe6Ti5Mg]O19 DANIELLE VELDE Département de Pétrologie, Université...magnetoplumbite family, occurs in the Prairie Creek lamproite exclusively in a reaction zone at the contact...olivine lamproite and serpentized xenoliths. Compositional characteristics of the lamproite are an extreme...komatiitic. An absence of perovskite in the reaction zone is the consequence of Si diffusion from the |
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| [Lulea University of Technology] at 19:40 16 August 2013 Downloaded by [Lulea University of Technology] at...at 19:40 16 August 2013 T he discovery of few minerals has generated major “rushes” sufficient to result...the permanent gettlement of previously frontier territory. Gold and diamonds we the two that vie for first...these two minerals that have taken place in parts of Australia,’Brazil,Canada, and several African countries...b t to arrive, diamonds often proved elusive. wen to those well versed in its mode of Occurrence and |
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| crystals, Arkansas also boasts an array of other minerals, as evidenced by this county-by-county description...description of localities. A R K A N S A S H A S A R I C H M I N E R A L and mining heri tage that started...noting the minerals of Magnet Cove, continued with mining in north ern and western Arkansas and Magnet Cove...the late 1800s with the opening of nu merous mines throughout the state and extensive collecting in Magnet...minerals continue to play important roles in the state, with obvious peaks in exploration and mining having |
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| DIAMOND-BEARING PERIDOTITE IN PIKE COUNTY, ARKANSAS. By HUGH D. MISEK and CLARENCE S. Ross. LOCATION...LOCATION OF THE AREA. Peridotite is exposed in four places near Murfreesboro, Pike County, in southwestern Arkansas...Arkansas, and at three of these places diamonds have been obtained. (See fig. 65.) The exposure that...and related igneous rocks FIOUKE 65. Map of parts of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and adjacent States, showing...rectangle) that contains the diamond-bearing peridotite of Pike County, Ark. was first discovered, which |
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| University of Newfoundland] at 05:56 06 October 2014 Department of Mineral Sciences National Museum of Natural...Institution Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu DIAMOND Dutoitspan Mine, Kimberley Northern Cape Province, South...South Africa Only in the . . . valley of Sinbad are diamonds strewn on the ground in such profusion that...stick in the toes of a barefooted traveler. Gardner F. Williams in The Diamond Mines of South Africa (1904...by Williams in the quote above is the Valley of Diamonds, the inescapable valley in which the intrepid |
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| Collecting Arkansas JVlinerals A Reference and Guide By Arthur E. Smith, Jr. ,'T Collecting Arkansas...No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means without permission of Mineral...Box 2043 Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83816-2043 iii Arkansas Counties 1 \ I •( 11 o •« c »««ou cxi ju4«iO«J...573-308-3500 703-648-6045 or phone 800-USA-MAPS Map 3. Arkansas’ Ouachita Mountains 7.5 Minute Quadrangal...Quadrangal Map index. V Contents and Locality Index Arkansas Quartz Crystal Deposits Special Quartz Types. |
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| and other potassium-rich igneous rocks: a review of their occurrence, mineralogy and geochemistry Steven...click here to seek permission to re-use all or part of this article Subscribe click here to subscribe...Lyell Collection Notes © The Geological Society of London 2013 Downloaded from http://sp.lyellcollection...and other potassium-rich igneous rocks: a review of their occurrence, mineralogy and geochemistry* Steven...geological occurrence, geochemistry and mineralogy of ultrapotassic (KzO/Na20 > 3 (molar ratio)) and perpotassic |
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| AREAS OF DIAMOND-BEARING PERIDOTITE IN ARKANSAS. By HUGH D. MISER. INTRODUCTION. Four areas of peridotite...peridotite near Murfreesboro, Pike County, Ark., were known at the time of the writer's visit to this region...27 to December 8, 1912. One of these, that near the mouth of Prairie Creek, has been known to geologists...described the nature of the rock and its geologic relations. The first diamonds were found August 1,...the moutji, of Prairie Creek, and, according to D. B. Sterrett,2 approximately 1,375 diamonds, aggregating |
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| several different perspectives. Some think of the Midwest in terms of geography—as an area where rivers (the...Paleozoic through Tertiary in age, which host a suite of a dozen or so common minerals (ubiquitous quartz;...considered rare. In addition, a significant portion of this bedrock geology is overlain by glacial deposits...possibility of finding any specimens, let alone rare ones. JANET H. CLIFFORD The concept of the Midwest...defined by social convention. The Midwest Chapter of Friends of Mineralogy includes eight states (Michigan, |
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| Diamonds in Arkansas ======- A Brief Account of the Discovery and Investigation and the Official Reports...=~====OF===== Geologist and Mining Engineer ON THE Occurrence of Diamonds in Pike County Arkansas Digitized... { Arkansas Diamond Company A Corporation Organized and Existing Under the Laws of the State of Arkanlal...Arkanlal Owning and Operating the Diamond Mines in Pike County, Arkansas Ollice 204 Louisiana St. LITTLE...E N T R AL PRINTING COMPANY .t~. LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS Digitized by Google COPYRIGHT. 1808 W IEYS2UAN |
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| DIAMOND-BEARING PERIDOTITE ARKANSAS. HuGa D. Mis• .•2 IN PIKE COUNTY, 1 Ct.Aa•.•c•. S. Ross....Arkansasand SouthAfrican rocks...................... The diamonds ................................................I-IISTORY. Four exposures of peridot{reoccurnear Murfreesboro,Pike County,Arkansas,and.threeof thesehave...2• milessouth-southeast of Murfreesboro,near the confluenceof Prairie Creek with Little Missouri River...River, and is thus named the Pr;firie Creek peridotite area. (See Fig. 58.) Diamondswerediscovered on the |
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| Bottom Bottom 3 4 5 1 DIAMOND DEPOSITS Origin, Exploration, and History of Discovery 2 Top 6 Top...9/3/02 9:29 AM Page 1 DIAMOND DEPOSITS Origin, Exploration, and History of Discovery EDWARD I. ERLICH... Inc. (SME) 8307 Shaffer Parkway Littleton, CO, USA 80127 (303) 973-9550/(800) 763-3132 www.smenet.org...development. SME is the world’s largest association of mining and minerals professionals. Copyright © 2002...All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Information contained in this work has been |
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| DIAMONDS IN , RKANSAS HILLS Murfreesboro, Arkansas — The Crater of Diamonds near Murfreesboro has be...be come Arkansas' newest state park. The Crater of Diamonds State Park became a reality when the department...G. F. Industries of Dal las. The Crater is the only known occur rence of diamonds in their natural...rix in North America. The purchase price to the state was $750,000. An independ ent appraiser recently...property at $800,000. Diamonds were discovered in the Prai rie Creek area of Pike County in August, 1906, |
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| at The Crater of Diamonds State Park located along Prairie Creek just south of Murfreesboro, Pike County...County, Arkansas. The near-oval shaped area is an enclosed rock nodule that has undergone some surface hydration...long edge of the photo covers 7 cm of rock. by A. A. GIARDINI Department of Geology University of Georgia...Athens, Georgia and Introduction Most people know diamonds as clear, colorless, beautiful gems. But the vast...friend," flawed diamonds are the ones sought by those persons curious about the nature of the Earth's interior |
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| Petrological Aspects of the Prairie Creek Diamond-Bearing Kimberlite Diatreme, Arkansas Subbarayudu V. Gogineni...1 Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA 2 Department of Geology, University...University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA Abstract. Based on modal and chemical composition, the rocks...rocks of the Prairie Creek diatreme situated 4 km SSE of Murfreesboro, Pike County, Arkansas, are classified...The K-Ar isotopic analysis of phlogopite from this diatreme yielded an age of 106_+3 m.y. (Albian) which |
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| DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY George Otis Smith, Director...Director Bulletin 808 GEOLOGY OF THE DE QUEEN AND CADDO GAP QUADRANGLES, ARKANSAS BY HUGH D. MISER AND A... ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS PUBLICATION MAT BE PROCURED FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS U.S.GOVERNMENT...______________________-------------__ General geography and geology of the Ouachita Mountain region.-_-___ Surface feat...and geology of the Arkansas Valley _________ ____ 12 General geography and geology of the Gulf Coastal |
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| STATE STONES ARKANSAS "Newsletter" By GEORGE E. KOSEL Bergen County Mineralogy and Paleontology The...The State chosen for this month is Arkansas: which has adopted three State Stones: they are State Rock—bauxite;...Rock—bauxite; State Mineral—quartz; and State Gem— diamond. Arkansas is quite an unusual State. It has deposits...deposits of almost every useful min eral found in the U.S., and on account of the varying height of its land...Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico can be found there. Because of this fact, and because of its scenic wonders |
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| Areas in Arkansas ALBERT L . KIDWELL 14403 Carolcrest Houston, Texas 77079 Crater of Diamonds State Park...Park, Murfreesboro, Arkansas. This is one of the most unique mineralcollecting localities in the United States...States in that the specimens of interest are dia mond crystals. The deposit was discov ered in 1906...ineffectively until 1949, when the owner opened part of it to the pub lic as a fee-collecting area. In 1972...Department of Parks and Tour ism, which operates it as a state park. It differs from most state and federal |
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| PETROLOGY OF LAMPROITES PETROLOGY OF LAMPROITES Roger H. Mitchell Lakehead University Thunder Bay...UC Llbrary of Congress Cataloglng-ln-Publlcation Data Mitchell, Roger H. Petrology of lamproites I...978-1-4615-3788-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4615-3788-5 1. Lamproite. 2. Petrology. 3. Geoehemistry. 4. Rocks, Igneous...Spftcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1991 All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced...Professor of Geology University of Western Australia in recognition of his pioneering studies of the mineralogy |
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| Where & How to Djg, Pan and Mine Your Own Gen1s & Minerals Where & I-low to 1-Iunt for Treasure From...From rubies, opals and gold to emeralds, diamonds and aquamarine, each regional volume in the four-book...1-hmter's Gem and Mfoeral Gu'icle series offers state-by-srntc details on more than 250 gems and minerals...sites where they can be found. "Here, with the help of these down-toearth (in the best possible way!) guides...a roadside "dig your own" gem mine. Junior finds a sapphire the size of a p ach and ends up on national |
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| occurs, is a small (300 x 400 feet) outcrop area of Ordovician and Silurian fossiliferous strata preserved...by having been dropped into a kimberlite diatreme of probable Devonian age. This occurred prior to a major...Colorado and most of Wyoming and New Mexico. Textbooks had shown the area for hundreds of miles around the...the site of the outlier as a region, called Siouxia. emergent in much of Ordovician time and throughout...(some containing diamonds) and diatremes of middle Paleozoic age exist in the vicinity of the Colorado-Wyoming |
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| DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HUBERT WORK, Secretary UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH...Colemanite in Clark County, Nev., by L.F. Noble (published Feb. 23,1922) (C) Bonanza ores of the Comstock lode...Ariz., and their bearing on the genesis of the silver ores of Cobalt, Ontario, by E. S. Bastin (published................ (F) General features of the brown hematite ores of western North Carolina, by 'W. S. Bayley................... (G) General features of the magnetite ores of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee |
Arkansas mine, Crater of Diamonds State Park, Murfreesboro, Pike County, Arkansas, USA