 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A CATALOGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS GEMSTONES HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 8y RALPH GOSSE P.O. Box 5351, Albany, N. Y....Mass~chusetts are ID<:ated within t~e bound.anes of Hampshire County, situated in ~e western half of the. state...all of the recorded gemstone 10Ga;htles of the county from the very earliest recorded ones to the . ...o~fully accurate form. Not being a nat.lve of the county or even the state the wr.ter is at a disadvantage...that status and this can change from day to day! AGATE Description and Occurrence ._ __ ._ __ . ._..__ |  | | Report (volume) | | MINERALOGICAL LEXICON OF FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES MASSACHUSETTS BENJAMIN KENDALL EMEKSON WASHINGTON...146 85 125 127 147 159 LETTER OE TRANSMITTAL. AMHERST, MASS., December 20, 1894. SIR: I have the honor...Survey, a inineralogical lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass. This lexicon was...Geological A MINERALOGICAL LEXICON OF FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES, MASS. By B. K. EMERSON...within the area of the three river counties in Massachusetts. Each citation from the original documents is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 J A N E T W. C A R E S 18 Singletary Lane Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776 ONE...Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport...Newport County. The greatest number of species and varieties appear in the Northern Zone. Miller attributes...Island—for example, steatite from Johnston in Providence County for carving bowls and pipes; red and yellow ochre |  | | Book (edition) | | were shaped by some accident of For instance, agate How is their formation. frequently found in...chrysoberyl cats-eye are valued chiefly for pattern, and agate and jasper among semi- precious materials are...the many types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate is wood for which...specific locations are comparatively few, but jasper, agate and even more valuable stones may turn up almost...diagonally through matrix rock. Polished Fairburn agate from South Dakota. \\ jfc^ ^ ^ * Emerald in |  | | Book | | MASSACHUSETTS MINERALAND FOSSIL LOCALITIES Compiled by Peter P. Gleba 'I!~·· . \. i r,'"--""'4' I...publication. Peter P. Gleba December 2008 Quincy, Massachusetts Member Boston Mineral Club Reprinted by permission...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. Calculating it another way, [Peter Gleba] said...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. It has access, it has convenience, it has exposure...window of his car as he passed west of the Massachusetts state lottery offices and saw a spreading rust |  | | Report (volume) | | is most often used in porous stones, such as the agate. The unattractive gray and pale shades may be changed...shades. The common dyeing procedure is to soak the agate in the desired chemical (nitric acid for red shades...and sulfates for blue shades). The Romans dyed agate by soaking it in honey, removing it from the liquid...the same effect is achieved by first soaking the agate in a sugar solution, and then in sulfuric acid to...eventually deposited as alluvial gravels. Opal and agate are formed from aqueous solutions. Diamonds are |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and interesting localities in Vermont and New Hampshire. Gerry & Will Shulman, Co-Chm. 113 Huntington...display of all the minerals found in Los Angeles County. H. H. Hodges displayed rocks found in California...and Sunday, May 1920 to Lombardy's Ranch in Lake County. All participants were asked to take sleeping bags...year with its mineral exhibit at the Los Angeles County Fair at Pomona, the management has requested the...University of Massachusetts spoke on Introduction to Petrology at the U. of Mass. in Amherst. January, 1951 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Speer Minerals from the Old Sulphur Mine, Louisa County, Virginia Richard S. Mitchell and Arthur S. Katz...CRYSTALLIZED TURQUOISE from near Lynch Station, Campbell County, is Virginia's unique contribution to the mineral...Specimens from the Rutherford pegmatites, in Amelia County, are famous for the per fection of their thin...the same county. It also has been observed in pegmatites in Powhatan County, Spotsylvania County, and elsewhere...throughout the world have specimens of allanite from Amherst County, Virginia. The mineral is usually black and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies Saugus, Massachusetts John Hanahan Jr. Chairman, Science Division...Christian University Margaret A. McBrien Ly nn, Massachusetts Fred Fort~ Philadelphia College of Tex tiles...Cincinnati, Ohio Ben M. Shaub Northampton, Massachusetts Vandall T. King State University of New York...angolensis AUSTRALlA 1973-1975 6 c chrysoprase 7 c agate 8 C opal 9 c rhodonite 10 c star sapphire (1974)...1974 1 c amethyst 2 c agate 3 c quartz 4 c niccolite 5 c moss agate 7 c agate 10 c stilbite 15 c Moshaneng |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies Saugus, Massachusetts John Hanahan Jr. Chairman, Science Division...Christian University Margaret A. McBrien Ly nn, Massachusetts Fred Fort~ Philadelphia College of Tex tiles...Cincinnati, Ohio Ben M. Shaub Northampton, Massachusetts Vandall T. King State University of New York...angolensis AUSTRALlA 1973-1975 6 c chrysoprase 7 c agate 8 C opal 9 c rhodonite 10 c star sapphire (1974)...1974 1 c amethyst 2 c agate 3 c quartz 4 c niccolite 5 c moss agate 7 c agate 10 c stilbite 15 c Moshaneng |  | | Journal (issue) | | Number 08 August 2015 FeAtUreS This fine Fairburn agate (1.7 inches by 1.5 inches) with Skittles® colors...Brace-Thompson by Steve Voynick Dinosaurs of Massachusetts 60 26 Poetry Pages 34 FIelD trIP tracks...ishpemingrocks.org 7- 9 — W ES T S PR I N G F I ELD, MASSACHUSETTS: Wholesale and retail show; Martin Zinn Expositions...Wholesale and retail show; Gem Faire Inc, Alameda County Fairgrounds; 4501 Pleasanton Ave; Fri. Noon-6 pm...Northwest Wisconsin Gem & Mineral Society, Barron County Fair Grounds; Hwy. 48 North; Sat. 10:00 am-5:00 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | halves of Tampa Bay Agate with a drusy quartz interior and a turtle of the same agate with sterling silver...from Guilford gemologist of Coca Beach on "Famous County and his prehnite crystals from Diamonds of the...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Wheaton, joins a growing list of clubs who used...the program for the annual Christmas Party. NEW HAMPSHIRE The Annual Christmas Dinner, a gift exchange...and a guest speaker, Prof. Glenn Stewart, New Hampshire State 131 Geologist, provided the action of |  | | Book (edition) | | Clubs invited. "No dealers, please." Oatman Fire Agate, Box 900, "0" Star Rt., Kingman, AZ 86401. Open...Petrified wood Fire opal Fire agate, desert roses Flower agate, snowflake agate, amethyst, "man¬ ganese crystals"...wood; owl-hole agate Cave onyx, stalactites ("Legendary Kokoweef Caverns") Picture agate and jasper (was...878-2392* Open Sept.-June to clubs. Fee: 50^/lb. Jasp-agate, petrified palm wood, opal Epidote, antigorite,...Gold, jade Jadeite, serpentine, plasma agate, cinnabar Fire agate Fossils Garnet, idocrase, jade, serpentine |  | | Report (volume) | | See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby...Shelby County, near Whiting Station and Calera; Talladega County, in several places. Bauxite. Cherokee |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2013, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County celebrated having its doors open to visitors for...years! (It was originally known as the Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science, and Art.) An anniversary...in Merrill Hall at the University of Massachusetts, in Amherst. Called the Marvin and Jane Rausch Mineral...which includes many specimens from western Massachusetts. Above: Visitors at the October opening of...Rausch Mineral Gallery at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Right: Dr. Steven Moshier, head of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY, HELD AT CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, DECEMBER 28, 29, AND 30, 1932 B. F. Howell...81/3430231/BUL44_1-0181.pdf by Univ of Massachusetts Amherst user 182 PROCEEDINGS OF PALEONTOLOGICAL...81/3430231/BUL44_1-0181.pdf by Univ of Massachusetts Amherst user CONTENTS 183 Page Pennsylvanian...81/3430231/BUL44_1-0181.pdf by Univ of Massachusetts Amherst user 184 PROCEEDINGS OP PALEONTOLOGICAL............ 217 Eocene Llajas formation, Ventura County, California [abstract]; by Hubert McMasters... |  | | Journal (issue) | | The Newsletter of the Geological Society of New Hampshire, Summer Edition –June 2015 – Issue No. 89 Newsletter...of the Massachusetts Geological Society. Haley & Aldrich, Inc., Bedford, NH What Massachusetts Geological...Society, you say? The dallen@HaleyAldrich.com Massachusetts Geological Society is formed now. I sent Member-at-Large... no orth and northwest to northern E1 Dorado D County. The most productive portion p of the Mother Lode...ment between Plym mouth and Ja ackson in Ama ador County. Other major ssources of go old in the Mother Lo |  | | Book | | Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...ClIRYSOCOLLA AUBREY GROUP, in Northern Arizona Agate, (in Kuibab limestone) BIG BUG CREEK, Yavapai Co...Cruz Co. Opal SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS, Santa Cruz Co. Agate SHANNON MOUNTAIN, Greenlee Co. Chalcedony SILVER |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THALLIUM AND RUBIDIUM IN MINERALS L. II. AHRENS Massachusetts Inst, of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. Spectrochemical...8/i0016-7606-58-12-1161.pdf by Univ of Massachusetts Amherst user 1162 ABSTKACTS ered zone reflect...MINERALIZATION AT THE IMA MINE, BLUE WING DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO ALFRED L. ANDERSON Cornell University, Ithaca...8/i0016-7606-58-12-1161.pdf by Univ of Massachusetts Amherst user DECEMBER MEETING IN OTTAWA 1163...8/i0016-7606-58-12-1161.pdf by Univ of Massachusetts Amherst user 1164 ABSTKACTS excess of 45,000 |  | | Catalog/List | | 8 ^ Mineralogkal Cabinet, 82. L. Chester, Massachusetts. Massive; ofa pale green color in granite...Limestone. Chem. Carbonate of Lime. Bolton, Massachusetts. Chaux carbonatce primitive. H. St. Andreasberg...Southampton, Massachusetts. Var. Argentine or Shief- fer-spar. 127. L. Williamsburgh, Massachusetts. 128...carbonate of lime, upon quartz. 201. L. Berkshire, Massachusetts. tals, imbedded 202. L. Connecticut. In ...color. asbestus, I! crys- Springfield, Massachusetts. Massive, of a yellow- 205. Milford, Connecticut |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in Georgia at the fo'lowing localities: Cherokee County —2V2 miles northeast of Ball Ground, 1 mi'e northwest...of Cherry Grove School; Fayette County—near Fayetteville; Fulton County—near College Park. (Georgia Mineral...cacholong pebble), and the following quartz minerals—agate (grayish pebbles), basanite (black pebbles), carnelian...opposite the post office. ROCKS AND MINERALS Massachusetts—Beautiful specimens of pinkish margante on emery...similar in appearance to the straight and banded agate. This unusual form of calcite has become known as |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photo © Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County; rendering by Art Aguirre. MINERALOGY & MUSEUMS...PARADE The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County entered its first-ever float when it joined the...curved tourmaline flowers. Above right: A Brazilian agate hand. Left: The original inspiration for these unique...University Mineralogical Museum, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He also taught museum studies in the Harvard...twenty years. He received his AB (geology) from Amherst College and his MS and PhD from Virginia Polytechnic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Amethyst, Smoky Quartz, and Topaz from Northern New Hampshire”; “Emeralds in South Africa”; “A Wavellite Occurrence... Arizona; V. D. Hill of Salem, Oregon; Smith’s Agate Shop of Portland, Oregon; Everts Horton of Bethesda...cover, Schortmann’s Minerals of Easthampton, Massachusetts. SIXTY-NINE YEARS AGO, June 1928: If you are...E-mail: superb@giasbmOI.vsnl.net.in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont Minerals Call or write for current...specimen) THE NNNYWOOD COll ECTION 12068 East Amherst Place Aurora, Colorado 80014 Phone/Fax (303) 368-7497 |  | | Report (volume) | | .......................................... Massachusetts...............:....................................................................... New Hampshire................................................. B. K., A mineralogical lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass.: U. S. Geol. Survey...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton; |  | | Book (edition) | | mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |
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