 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ROBINSON Department of Geology St. Lawrence University Canton, New York 13617 robinson@mtu.edu STEVEN...CHAMBERLAIN Center for Mineralogy New York State Museum 3140 CEC Albany, New York 12230 sccham2@yahoo.com MICHAEL...MICHAEL WALTER PO Box 137 Nicholville, New York 12965 mwalter9@twcny.rr.com Figure 1. Main collecting...LOCALITY T Gouverneur New York he classic brown tourmaline locality on the present-day Bush farm in the...the town of Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York, has been the source of some of the world’s finest |  | | Journal (issue) | | Hovrmu, New York City. .ETHEg MINERAL COLLECTOR. [Entered as Second-Class Matter at the New York, N. Y...W. S. VALIANT. PART I. SAINT LAWRENCE COUNTY is the largest in New York State, having an area of about...northwest by the St. Lawrence River, and is drained by the Oswegatchie, Grass, Racket, and St. Regis Rivers...and vegetation abundant. The eastern half of the county is largely covered with the original forest. The...a few hundred feet above the St. Lawrence. About two-thirds of the county—southeast —-is underlaid by |  | | Book | | MINERALS OF THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY BY GEORGE ROBINSON & SCHUYLER ALVERSON $2.50 In s£> * t•... For many years the mines and fields of St. Lawrence County have furnished museums and many lucky mineral...have been depleted through the the years, St. Lawrence County continues to supply many beautiful specimens...collecting sites at the present time. Potsdam, New York February, 1971 George W. Robinson Schuyler \Y...rock types and mineralized zones of the St, Lawrence County area, A detailed discussion of the geology |  | | Journal (issue) | | " AND STELLATE TWINS OF CERUSSITE, Broken Hill, New South Wales. (Four-fifths natural size.) ANGLESITE...COLLECTOR. [Entered as Second-Class Matter at the New York, N. Y., Post Office, March 19, 1894-] VOL. VI APRIL...constant interchange of constituents, resulting in new combinations better suited to existing conditions...Pure minerals of the simpler kinds,-as quartz, calcite, feldspar, the iron ores, etc, change very little...sulphide which is easily altered. In a damp room calcite, associated with pyrite, ma be changed to gypsum |  | | Journal (issue) | | COLLECTOR. [Entered as BBCODd‘cllll Matter at the New York, N. Y., Post Ofllce, March 19, 1894.] A TRIP AFTER...of chemistry and of physical astronomy, created a new science of comparative geology, which considers together...Nelsonite, Kiowite, Parnallite—from our Nelson County and Kiowa meteorites, Parnallite from the Parnallee...Meunier now leads them all-— facileprinceps and his new science (for such it must be called) of Com arative...friend Colum bus had discovered America and opened a new fiel for meteorite col lecting.) It owes its preservation |  | | Journal (issue) | | METEORITICS • • • REQIONAL (iEOLOQY pALEONTOLOQY 0Lo&NEW WORLD EXPLORATION S,x catalogs issued yearly covering...MATRIX Publishing Services Inc. 1940A Carlisle Road York, PA 17404 Telephone number: 717/764-9673 FAX number:...E-mail: matrix@redrose.net FOUNDERS OF MATRIX Lawrence H. Conklin and Jay L. Lininger STAFF: EDITOR AND...MINERAL FEATURE The Mineralogy of St. Lawrence County, New York: A Historical Sketch by Jay L. Lininger...Zebulon Howell Benton: The Man Who Would Be St. Lawrence Mining King by Schuyler Alverson 108 HISTORIC |  | | Book (edition) | | Tom Roberts of Chicago, 111., and W. J. Bingham of St. Paul, Minn. of Helena, Mont., E. T. of Columbia..."scratched" scratch was Many which is area, Wet is calcite, a pocket knife blade tests, make sure that...0~C" l-au C>0 Uib c D o H ^« ^^o o ^ J; c -St; >-.is o ° t 2 • • t^ > ^ .2 «r t^ > =...which can be traced through have been retained. New gem locations are found every season, and to this...material can be found at that locality; and that new while of dubious merit have been dropped. Appearance |  | | Journal (issue) | | .............. 591 THE LEAD MINES OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MASS. By E. C. Foster ···-···594 ~NERAL COLLEC11NG...............................................602 NEW DIAMOND FIELD DRAWS PROSPECTORS .............................................................613 A NEW MICRO.MOUNT METHOD. By Dr. W,n . S. Ne1vco1net ....member of the New York Mineralogical Club, the Mineralogical Society of America, New York Academy of Sciences..."'The minerals of New York Gty and its environs," published January, 1931, by the New York Mineralo~ical |  | | Journal (issue) | | Iv , .. ti brilliant yellO\V l,n er L\\' 1 en Calcite \, minute x s t \Vulff n tc. -! x .; . 4.00 ANALCITE... FORD OFFICE AND SHOWROOM : t 10 WALL STREET NEW YORK 5. N Y. No lists furnished . but e nquiriei f...Tomlinson .................._...........•..734 A NEW H OBBY. By Ruth H . Wentivorth ....................······················737 THE AMATEUR LAPIDARY. NEW INDUSTRY FOR ALBURQUE, N . MEX. ················...oilwell located 5 miles north of Fort Cobb, in Caddo County, of western Oklahoma, reached a depth of 17,823 |  | | Journal (issue) | | covered with gypsum crystals and less abundant calcite, coated with a thick layer of wad. At the east...sides and most of the back were covered by gypsum, calcite and wad as in the cavern above it, but contained...loosely to tightly cemented and covered with gypsum, calcite, limonite, wad and small aggregates of wulfenite...October 26, 1972—A bright, clear day. We worked the new pocket very carefully, by hand, and extracted a large...museum quality.” (Szenics, 1967) Spruce Peak, King County, Washington, 1977 Beautiful pyrite and quartz specimens |  | | Book (volume) | | investigate for geodes, chert nodules, fossils, Calcite crystals, Marcasite and Pyrite cubes. The area...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Journal (issue) | | nn. Vice- President, Ronald L. Ives 1091 - 14th St., Souder, Colo. Secretary-Treasurer, Peter Zodac...same for distribution ; to encourage the search for new minerals that have not yet been discovered; and to...Association by nominating them for membership? Each new member helps to extend the Association's activi...CONODONTS IN THE UPPER DEVONIAN ROCKS OF WEST· ERN NEW YORK. By Ray,nond R. Hibbard ........................~································"I··························· 282 NEW EDUCATIO:t'./.-'\L MOTION PICTURE FILMS RELEASED |  | | Report (issue) | | International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...CHRISTIAN WEISE VERLAG, GERMANY AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA Tourmaline ♦ History ♦ Mineralogy • Tourmaline...History in Brief .......... 4 Vandall T. King • New from Sludyanka .......... ...... . 9 • Mineralogy...Author and historian, Vandall King of Rochester, New York recounts 400 years of tourmaline history The...discovered to be new. The Amsterdam lapidaries noticed the low density of this new gem; while the hardness |  | | Book (edition) | | nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such specific details as farm roads, mountain...collector of gem minerals RUSSELL P. Thomas NEW YORK MACFALL Y. Crowell Company / ESTABLISHED 1834...Shop and Herbert Grand Girard, both of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Ken Kyte of Covington, Louisiana, Merton...Indiana, George E. Lambert of Wappingers Falls. New York, and D. L. Hathaway of Cosmopolis, Washington...beryl belong here, as well as the variations that calcite plays on the basic form. The orthorhombic system |  | | Book (volume) | | species. And for those interested in discovering new deposits, the geology and mineralogy of sources is...Volumes Volume | JOHN SINKANKAS [aN] VAN New NOSTRAND York Cincinnati REINHOLD Toronto COMPANY London...Educational Publishing, Inc. 450 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001 Van Nostrand Reinhold Limited 1410...eg Ow a Ne Sarah PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION The quantity of new information accumulated since publication...such new information in a second volume. [hus the present book becomes V olume I. while the new information |  | | Journal (issue) | | ................504 MOLYBDENITE OccuRRENCE AT NEW YORK TUNNEL. By T . Orchard Lisle ........ 507 GOETHITE.................................... 513 SOMETHING NEW IN ROCK STORES ....................................Arkansas" by J. Francis Williams. Since that time many new minerals have been reported from this locality, but...overburden. Several bodie:; of metamorphC'.ied calcite orcur within the Co\'e, the largest of which has...several years. 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