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| Figure 1. Gold nugget, 7.67 troy ounces, Fairbanks mining region, Alaska, USA. Donated in 1977 by Arthur...Cook photo. The Occurrence and Characteristics of GOLD NUGGETS AND MASSES ROBERT B. COOK Department of...com HE COMMON IMAGE OF A GOLD NUGGET is that of a rounded piece of gold just plucked from a pan or...consistent with even the most generic definitions of gold nugget found in most general reference works and dictionaries...naturally occurring gold.” As any collector knows, that could be just about any gold specimen with little |
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| Director Chicago Alissa Ford Managing Director San Francisco Joe Maddalena Executive Vice President...including the largest Gold nugget ever found in Alaska AND the world’s largest single Gold crystal – all part...part of a great assortment of some 50 Gold specimens in nugget, crystallized, and crystal form. Augmented...grouping of Gemstones from all over the world, like the Gold and various other unique items, the first session...something special. The amount and variety of significant Gold in this sale are unparalleled, with spectacular |
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| CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVES (ALSO BOARD MEMBERS) COLORADO CHAPTER: Jeff Self; selfawareminerals@gmail.com...Page 3 New booklet now available on the Early Mining History of the Himalaya Pegmatite Mine The early-day...(1896-1913) of gem tourmaline mining at the Himalaya mine, San Diego County, is rife with conflicts by men...tourmaline was sold to a private collector. “The Early Mining History of the Himalaya Pegmatite Mine,” as described...sold, with mailing postage prepaid to continental USA addresses at $15 per copy. Requests for purchase |
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| Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...Rohan President Alissa Ford Managing Director San Francisco Paul Minshull Chief Operating Officer...contains images of superb specimens representing, Gold, in nugget and crystallized form, as well as Platinum... From massive vibrant Gold nuggets from Australia to sublime crystallized Gold specimens from the famed...examples. An unbelievably large and rare Platinum nugget is a highlight for sure. Also included are some |
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| Denver, Colorado MARK I. JACOBSON Chevron U.S.A., Inc. 700 S. Colorado Boulevard Denver, Colorado 80222...spon sored by the Coors Foundation of Golden, Colorado, and repre sents a significant improvement over...displays and mineral occurrences of amazonite—smoky quartz and selenite-calcite-aragonite as they are found...for which Colorado is famous—amazonite, aquamarine, rhodochrosite, topaz, and native gold. The geology...its role in providing educa tional tours for Colorado school children. Plans are also pro gressing |
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| telluride attributed to the Boly Fields mine, Lumpkin County, Georgia, was available for $800 from a well-known...known for a single discovery of large masses of gold and tellurobismuthite (“tetradymite”), virtually...important with respect to value, if nothing else. Gold specimens touted to be from localities that were...to late-1800s things began to change. Attractive gold specimens became increasingly available from a wide...wide variety of California localities. Colorado mines began to produce fine specimens as did those in |
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| Mineral Resources of the San Juan Primitive Area, Colorado By T. A. STEVEN and L. J. SCHMITT, JR., U...mineral survey of the San Juan and the Upper Rio Grande primitive areas, Colorado. The area discussed in...wilderness status. It is not identical with the San Juan and the Upper Rio Grande Primitive Areas as defined...was studied is referred to in this report as the San Juan primitive area. This bulletin is one of a series...of Precambrian age._______________________ Placer gold potential in Precambrian conglomerates.-_-___Sulfide |
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| Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...Assistant Director Alissa Ford Managing Director San Francisco Greg Rohan President Roberta Kramer Managing...completely new variety of a “horned” Dinosaur A Gold Nugget from Australia weighing about 20 troy ounces...Otjisongati) Ogonja (Onganja), Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region Namibia This faceted Cuprite is...Otjisongati) Ogonja (Onganja), Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region Namibia This colossal Cuprite gemstone |
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| REPORT ECONOMIC GEOLOGT 7 SILVERTON QUADRANGLE, COLORADO FREDERICK RANSOME WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING...Whitman Cross........................... ........ San Juan volcanic area .......................... .......the volcanic area ......... ...........:..... San Juan formation . ...... ...'......--...-............................./................:. Methods of mining and treatment of ores....-....--. ...... .................. ..^........................... * Gold Nugget claim ..................... ................ |
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| Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...Assistant Director Alissa Ford Managing Director San Francisco Greg Rohan President Roberta Kramer Managing...Argentinian locality • A spectacular Australian Gold nugget shaped like a “Lightning Bolt” weighing nearly...August 18, 2018 | 11:00 AM CT 7 Minerals 72001 Quartz var. Chalcedony Mamuju, Sulawesi Barat Province...Sulawesi (Celebes) Indonesia The Chalcedony variety of Quartz has been referred to as “Grape Agate” since it |
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| Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...Rohan President Alissa Ford Managing Director San Francisco Paul Minshull Chief Operating Officer...colossal Gold nugget from Australia, weighing a massive 116.48 troy ounces; a gorgeous crystalline Gold from...California, weighing 63.81 troy ounces; and a giant nugget from Arizona weighing, 70.64 troy ounces that was...Gemstone: Pink Tourmaline - 7.85 Cts. California, USA Pink Tourmaline is one of the most popular and recognizable |
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| ROCKS Radioactivity and Rockhounding SAN JUAN MOUNTAIN SUMMER Gold, Diamonds, and A Cast of Characters...Antoinette Rahn 50 SUMMER IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS (PART II) 56 Gold, Quartz, The Hope Diamond, And a Cast...Exhilarating New Arizona Find REGULAR COLUMNS 56 MINERAL COUNTY WANDERINGS Field Notes .........................giveaway is the heart-shaped cabochon, cut from Apache Gold, shown above. This cabochon giveaway came about...Fluorescent Tent • Demos Kids Activities • Geode Cutting Gold Panning July 3 1 , Aug. 1 -2 , 2 0 2 0 FI N DLAY |
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| cities, barely exceeding the population of Denver, Colorado. Nearly half Alaska’s population lives in the...shrouded in the clouds. Author’s photo. The Champion Mining Company & No. 4 Shaft Robert L. Fox Jr. foxbooks@att...Michigan you will find the site of the Champion Mining Company. The Company was formed in 1899 as a partnership...Mineral NewsNews ————————————————— Page Champion Mining Company (Continued from page 1) Copper Range Company...Company took control of the Champion Mining Company around 1929. The mine operated for nearly 65 years |
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| .- ,: --- . :i! __;,;,,~ • ·. I ..' - ros I Gold Prospectors Ass ociation of America P. 0. Box 891509...- Temecula, CA 92589 (909) 699-4749 - 1994 Mining Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS INrRoDUCI'ION ••••••••........................................ CAl 119 Colorado .............................. ...................... . 1994 Mining Guide INTRODUCTION IMPORTANT - PLEAsE READ! The 1994 GPM Mining Guide is designed...listed from north to south), directions and mining commen ts; gold-producing areas, general prospecting regulations |
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| COLORADO MININC DIRECTORY. . 1 THE te COLORADO Directory of Mines, DESCRIPTION OF THE MINES AND...AND MILLS, AND THE MINING AND MILLING CORPORATIONS OF COLORADO, ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY COUNTUS. j^ISTORY... WHOSE NERVE, ENERGY AND INDUSTRY HAVE PLACED COLORADO IN THE FRONT RANK OF BULLION PRODUCING STATES...WEALTH AND PROSPERITY, UNEQUALED IN THE HISTORY OF MINING COMMUNITIES, THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED...FARM FOB EVERYBODY Railway. COLORADO. Healthy, Attractive. Colorado is the great Sanitarium and Pl |
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| and the symposium is Gold. In the early years of the Tucson show, the price of gold was The Mineralogical...governmentally established at $35/troy ounce, and while gold no longer officially backed American currency, it...extents by governments of larger countries. Few gold mines operated in the United States during these...costs had to be balanced against the fixed price of gold, and profits consequently were low. There were universally...high-grading at the mines. For these reasons, good gold specimens were not readily available in those first |
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| at 05:28 13 April 2015 Gold from GEORGIA Figure 1. A rare crystallized gold specimen from the Loud...Loud mine in White County, Georgia. This is part of the former geology collection of the Georgia Capitol...lthough famous for its historical gold production, Georgia has few gold specimens with acceptable attribution...today. These specimens occur as nuggets or masses of gold ROCKS & MINERALS JULIAN C. GRAY Tellus Science...placer and saprolite deposits and as visible gold in quartz mined from lode deposits. Crystals are rare |
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| and also reports the earlier find of a Maine gold nugget that is one of the largest from the Northeast...supplying additional ommentary and photos. Big gold nugget from East Branch of the Swift River. Van King...only Maine's largest gold nugget from Continued on page 6 Fluorite Fig. 1 Large gold nuggets found by Valens...Valens St. Pierre in Byron, Maine. Nugget on left is 5/16 x 7/a x 1 1/4 inches. Photo by Vandall King...King. from Orchard Dome, Fort Bend County, Texas Art Smith 9118 Concho Houston, Texas 77036 • In I |
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| "Whatever is gold does not glitter. A gentle radiance belongs to the Friedrich Nietzsche, The Wanderer...high from Eagle's Nest mine in Placer County, Caifornia, USA Collection Marlin Zinn; photo Jeff Scovil...photo Left: A wall of gold bricks in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's gold vault Photo Robert Gambee...Crystallized gold from Canada Private collection; Jeff Scovil photo extraLapis English No. 5 Gold The Noble...International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint |
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| The Mineral Collector's Newsletter $3.00 Russian Gold: An Overview Bill Shelton 19 Highland Avenue Westfield...reflection and a rainbow of color made me think of gold wires and branches (see figure I). Perhaps some...similarity can be a part of the formation (in nature) of gold dendrites. A tiny groove in a substrate long since...product is my focus here along with all other natural gold mineral objects from the former Soviet Union, in...will have an awareness of is a gold nugget, perhaps due to the "Gold Rush" stories and the significance |
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| MINES AND MINERALS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RIFT (COLORADO-NEW MEXICO) Sine —_—< ¢ te om At _SHT 40...MINES AND MINERALS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RIFT (COLORADO-NEW MEXICO) Richard Walker Holmes and Marrianna...Mines and minerals of the Great American Rift (Colorado-New Mexico). Bibliography: p. Includes index...index. 1. Mines and mineral resources—Colorado. 2. Mines and mineral resources—New Mexico. I. Kennedy, Marrianna...minerals of the Great American Rift in New Mexico and Colorado. Great American Rift is the name we use for a |
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| Coconino County, a pineforested volcanic area. The elevation is around 7,000 ft. with the San Francisco...our intruding." ARKANSAS—"Enclosed is a very odd quartz crystal (s). It seems to be above 7 in hardness...hardness. It will make a mark on any average quartz crystal. What do you think of it? It comes from about 7...more like the average epidote group than quartz but it is quartz."—letter dated March 27, 1958. from Capt...specimen is a lxlí'2-inch, flat, platv, colorless quartz (rock crystal), doubly terminated but instead of |
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| Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society Founded in 1936 Lazard Cahn Honorary President September 2018...20, 7:00 PM Speaker: Bob Hickey Topic: Central Colorado Mountain Building Please note: Members whose last...Assembly meeting. COLORADO SPRINGS MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 2 COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO 80901-0002 September...Members Submitted by Pete Modreski Sep. 7-15, Colorado Mineral and Fossil Fall Show, Crowne Plaza Hotel...Wed. Sept. 19, 7:30 p.m., Friends of Mineralogy, Colorado Chapter, bimonthly meeting, after the Denver Gem |
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| prohibited. COVER: GOLD crystal group, 13 cm, from the Eagle’s Nest mine. Placer County, California. Found...mines of Arizona ................................ Gold & silver just waiting to be found 5 Galena .....statehood proclamation with a pen made from Arizona gold. Early Tucson epitomized the rough and dusty frontier...well-designed historical mining gallery including a reconstructed mine tunnel and many old mining artifacts, photos...hundred miles to the south, but the historic old mining town of Bisbee is a prime Arizona attraction. The |
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| Place Tucson, AZ 85741 ‘ Continued on page 111 Gold! Introduction G old notes from the e d i t o r ...Birch 5 California The history of crystallized gold in C a lif o r n ia ................ 33 by W. C...G. M . A llgood, R. W. A llgood & J. Pradenas Colorado Fam ous m ineral localities: Breckenridge, C olorado...otable gold occurrences of G eorgia & A labam a . . . . 65 by R. B. C ook N o rth C arolina gold ........hat's new in gold? Venezuelan gold (by W. E. W ilson) .......................... 89 A rizona gold (by W. E |
