 | | Journal (issue) | | testing gold. Major areas covered include Southeast USA, California, Australia, Canada to Alaska, Britain...nine-pound garnet and a 34-carat diamond - all from the USA ? Maybe you're more interested in Czech opals, minerals...still be found in the city. The famous garnet's story is retold in detail, as is mention of a 25~-poun_d...city. If you read the New York Times, 1t ran a story that is reprinted here about various minerals known...included in this volume. All too often, this type of story is overlooked or ignored. At the end, a reprint |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (top). Digging at de Linde Pit No. 1, Garland County, Arkansas, in the early stages of exploration. Photo...William Besse. Figure 3 (below). A handful of wavellite breccia uncovered on the first day’s dig, 28 June...diggings in Arkansas prior to 1870. The location was generally listed as being in Montgomery County because...the diggings were. Garland County was formed in 1873, but Montgomery County persisted on the labels after...1873 date is correct for the formation of Garland County, the townships of Buckville (including Avant), |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rhodochrosite: Red Treasure of the Rockies The Story of the Sweet Home Mine. Andrey Atuchin: An Interview...Treats Provided by the Fossil Group MEMORIES OF ARKANSAS: COLLECTING PHOSPHATES AND BAUXITE Mike Nelson...Nelson csrockguy@yahoo.com I have fond memories of Arkansas. Applied for a few jobs in universities and turned...suspect many CSMS members have been to the State of Arkansas on a collecting trip, most likely to collect quartz...are many other really interesting minerals in Arkansas that offer some collecting opportunities. One |  | | Journal (issue) | | Collector's Notebook: Midstate Quarry, - Magnet Cove, Arkansas Collecting Trip - Fall 1998, Part 2 I Art Smith...rose with jarosite, Midstate Quarry, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, photo by Art Smith. fortunately. most cavities...He has also re-released the Stewart Tourmaline Story video which has been out of print for nearly three...will not be reprinted. The Stewart Tourmaline Story Video Length: 57 minutes, $19.95, $3 s&h, total...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny@mineralnews.com |  | | Journal (issue) | | ........... 3 Wavellite, Variscite, and Other Aluminum Phosphate Minerals in Arkansas .................organization it is. Wavellite, Variscite, and Other Aluminum Phosphate Minerals in Arkansas Program Presented...occur in the Ouachita Mountains of west central Arkansas. Most of this mineralization is restricted to...also been found in the Arkansas Novaculite and other Paleozoic rocks. Wavellite Crandallite Gorceixite...The most important mineral for the collector is wavellite. It often occurs with variscite, metavariscite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on this fascinating problem. UNITED STATES Arkansas Wavellite Mr. Arthur Smith of Houston, Texas, sent...specimen material was found in abundance at the County Gravel Pit at Mauldin Mountain. Mauldin Moun tain...but on its south flank. The wavellite is typical of other Montgomery County Locations which differs from...common Dug Hill material from near Avant in Garland County. Here it occurs in various shades of light green...yellow. There has been no medium or dark green wavellite found. Also, the internal structure of the spheres |  | | Book | | DODSONS 9115 Hilaro Springs Road Little Rock, Arkansas 72209 Price $3.00 Firs t Edition 1974 Second Printing......................................... 28-29 Wavellite (Avant) ........................................unexplored, as far as collecting is concerned. Arkansas is about equally divided, from southwest to northeast...Plain area are Cretaceous in age. All land in Arkansas is either privately owned or under government...and publications, both state and federal, about Arkansas. Costs of these publications are very reasonable |  | | Journal (issue) | | General History of Zinc Mining in Arkansas Dana Martin Batory COVER STORY: ST AMPS with pictures of minerals...HiJI community is located in northeastern Kershaw County, South Carolina. [n the past few years dark, gemmy...encompasses south central Lancaster County as well as northeastern Kershaw County {Fig. I). These areas are sparingly...abandoned Kelly Bank iron-manganese mine in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Because of its light color and friable...crystallized turquoise from Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia (Mitchell, 1977), and also it is unlike |  | | Journal (issue) | | General History of Zinc Mining in Arkansas Dana Martin Batory COVER STORY: ST AMPS with pictures of minerals...HiJI community is located in northeastern Kershaw County, South Carolina. [n the past few years dark, gemmy...encompasses south central Lancaster County as well as northeastern Kershaw County {Fig. I). These areas are sparingly...abandoned Kelly Bank iron-manganese mine in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Because of its light color and friable...crystallized turquoise from Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia (Mitchell, 1977), and also it is unlike |  | | Journal (issue) | | ..................... 3 October 12-18 Trip to Arkansas ................................................us for a lot of fun! H October 12-18 Trip to Arkansas by Art Smith Member of the Houston Gem & Mineral...some rocks and minerals, I scheduled a trip to Arkansas. It being the weekend of the Mt. Ida Quartz Festival...obvious even when visiting some of the Garland County mines. I also planned to do some Magnet Cove collecting...Chinese minerals, particularly fluorite. Seeing good Arkansas minerals other than quartz was not the norm. However |  | | Journal (issue) | | Dam gold prospect is located in central Dickinson County, Michigan, approximately ten kilometers north of...the dominant exposed bedrock in this part of the county. Excavated near the tum of the 20th century, the...JohnA. Jaszczakphoto. October 12-18, 2007 Trip to Arkansas Art Smith artsmithite@msn.com Having a need to...away and see some rocks and minerals, a trip to Arkansas was scheduled and being the weekend of the Mt...obvious even when visiting some of the Garland County mines. I also planned to do some Magnet Cove collecting | | | Book | | Barite (Dierks) 26-27 Stibnite (DeQueen) 28-29 Wavellite (Avant) 30-31 Colemansf(minerals) 32-33 Mount...DODSONS 9115 Hilaro Springs Road Little Rock, Arkansas 72209 Price $3.00 First Edition 1974 Copyright...unexplored, as far as collect ing is concerned. Arkansas is about equally divided, from southwest to northeast...Plain area are Cretaceous in age. All land in Arkansas is either privately owned or under government...and publications, both state and federal, about Arkansas. Costs of these publications are very reasonable |  | | Journal (issue) | | dangerous work? Can you imagine going to work in the USA. not knowing if you will come home alive that same...com Minerals of Northern England $40 + $6.00 s/h USA Last mo nth ·s article pertain i ng to resea rch...First Discovered in Switzerland $45 + $9.00 s/h USA ., l , ~ I • Excalibur Mineral Corp 1000 N. Division...Number 144. 1929). Rather than go into a detailed story of Tri mountain (a worthy project in itself for...15.70 Euros (about $20) plus postage (about $6 10 USA). The author can be cont acted by email: waltcr. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ology of Staten Island. Micro Minerals The Wayne County Gem and Min from the collection of Walter Zabinski...Valley Gem and Mineral Members of the Tompkins County Gem Club, Elmira, made two 27 tape recorded and...Eastchester, provided The members of St. Lawrence County Downloaded by [JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY] at 08:01...activities into the Old Jail. Frank Mayo of the Cobb County (Ga.) Gem and Mineral Club, Marietta, spoke on...January The Rock and Min eral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, visited the Eureka Quarry near |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...outside Cochabamba city. According to a wide-spread story, he was 118 Figure 2. Simon Iturbi Patiño (1868–1947)...March–April, 2006 Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County; see Jones, 1973). Bandy published the results...Llallagua (photo courtesy of Manfred Ahlfeld). Montgomery, 1973–1975), who visited the mines on behalf...collection of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 119 Figure 5. The portal of the Siglo XX Tunnel |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | biographies presented here in this special issue on Arkansas were begun by the late Dr. R. S. Mitchell, who...debt of gratitude to Henry deLinde of Mablevale, Arkansas, for his help in locating much useful biographical...found in the Diamond Jo quarry, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, as aggregates of flakelike crys tallites...while on camping trips to Lake Ouachita in Garland County, and the more they collected, the more they wanted...business administration from the University of Arkansas (1949), and he has taken various seminars, study |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Trip at the Sparvetta Quarry on Route 1 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, near the Maryland State Line. This...the Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Wheaton. . . . The Gem Cutters Guild of Baltimore...productive Field Trip to Mt. Ida, Arkansas, where some nice wavellite was found. Another trip took the...News, enjoyed two interesting films, "The Fossil Story" and "The Romance of Rocks." MASSACHUSETTS The Boston...Mineralogical Society, Cranford, heard Dr. Arthur Montgomery of the Geology Department of Lafayette College |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | during highway construction, Hull Township, Gatineau County, Quebec. P. M. Bellev, R. Rowe & M. Picard. 2:45...e " from the Harder Farm, Hammond, St. Lawrence County, NY. M. Lupulescu. 3:45 H i s t o r y of the Powers...Powers farm streamside veins, St. Lawrence County, New York. M. R. Walter & S. C. Chamberlain. 4:00 M...Cooper/Valcooper mine, Louisa County, Virginia. L. E. Kearns & M. D. Dunn. 4:30 B l u e wavellite from the De Linde...Linde quarry, Garland, County, Arkansas. S. L. Hanson, A. U. Falster & Win. B. Simmons. 4:45 H a f n i a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | silver working at a club meeting. GEORGIA The Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club, Marietta, made a field trip...Mineral Club, Farmington, was the guest of the Oxford County Mineral and Gem Associesion, on a recent field...new club. The Stone Age, published by the lincoln County Gem and Mineral Society, Litchfield. A part of...The Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Rockville, had Ken Borland present a movie...demands with diminishing supplies . The Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Suffern, heard Mr. D. |  | | Journal (issue) | | ..................................256 Arthur Montgomery Black Quartz from Vitoria da Conquista, Brazil...Keester Braunite and Sursassite from Los Angeles County, California......................................the red skeleton crystals of vanadinite from Yuma County, similar to the pyromorphite from Ems, are the...Vanadinite crystals ever seen, 10C to $1.00. The Yuma County minerals are certain to be more expensive in the...Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, the San Diego County Museum, the Natural History |  | | Journal (issue) | | Weber by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (see February 2005 Mineral News - Ed.). Between...noted for the mounted specimens acquired by the LA County Museum, the collection provides a solid reference...Rudolf are short of 'feelable' specimens with a good story that you can feel. Please contact me if you can...World's Oldest Mineral. 21-10: I. Gricius, Amhony: Wavellite in Central Florida, 21-8: I. Haas, Dennis W.:...Origins by H. Wenk & A. Bulakh, 21-1:9. Los Angeles County Musuem Acquires Oulslanding Micromount Collection |  | | Journal (issue) | | sharp crystals is from the Rowley mine (Maricopa County). (Jeff Scovil photo/ Scott & Margie Adams collection)...5-7—CANBY, OREGON: Annual show; Jean Miller, Clackamas County Fairgrounds; 694 N.E. 4th Ave., (off Hwy. 99E);... Annual show; 500 Earth Sciences Club, Hancock County 4-H Fairgrounds; 620 N. Apple Street; Fri. 10:00...Cerussite, Smithsonite, Legrandite and Selenite I Story by Bob Jones certainly have many more favorite...been found in America at Yellville (Marion County), Arkansas. This old lead mine once produced superb, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | diopside called schefferite. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Arkansas Barytocalcite Mr. Thomas Bee o f Grand Haven,...hope of locating some world-class uraninites. The story apparently goes that all of the original crystals...unbroken crystals are hard to find. Wisconsin Wavellite Michigan Mr. A l Falster of Wasau has found...smectite group o f clays are found only rare Jackson County. Received were two specimens. The first l y in... opaque-white, pseudohexagonal crystals i n wavellite cement. A 1 m m vug was lined w i t h very tiny |  | | Journal (issue) | | David I. Green ADVERTISING Peter J. Briscoe WAVELLITE David Green • Tom Cotterell • Ian Jones David...nice green balls from Ireland, but where else? Wavellite became more and more interesting. Tom Cotterell...locality and on William Wavell, the man after whom wavellite was named. Ron Cleevely had made an extensive...who analysed many early specimens. Eventually a story began to emerge and after many rewrites, additions...turned out that a lot of people were interested in wavellite. The list of references at the end of the article |  | | Catalog/List | | ASSOC/A TIONS: Finch Mine (AKA Barking Spider), Pinal County, Arizona: Very nice combinations which may have...00 each GLOVE WULFENITE: Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: Very nice crystalline specimens with...WULFENITE: Old Yuma Mine, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Butterscotch to deep orange-red crystal...1/4 79 WULFENITE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizo _na: Transparent bright yellow crystals... :,u. VANADINITE_: Weste�n �nion Mine, Mohave County, Arizona: " Awesome! Sheaflike bundles and double |
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