 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE ROCKS OF TEXAS — T h e Southwest G e m by M R S . P E A R L G A R R I S O N Downloaded by [University...classifica tions of gems presently occurring i n Texas, and i f you count the crystalline varieties of...right, 36 varieties of gem rocks can be found in Texas. Let's take them alphabetically: AMBER—a rich brown...ceous coal, and i n Terlingua Creek in Brewster County. T h e amber found in the G u l f Coastal Plain...poor quality. AUGITE—occurs near Eagle Flat, Hudspeth County, in dark greenish-brown resembling obsidian |  | | Report (issue) | | Austin Austin, Texas 78712 JOHN T. LONSDALE, Director Report of Investigations — No. 42 Texas Gemstones...OFECONOMIC GEOLOGY The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 78712 JOHN T. LONSDALE, Director —...— No. 42 Report of Investigations Texas Gemstones By Elbert A. King, Jr. February 1961 — — — Second...gemstones Cabochon gems Faceted gems Tumbled gems Texas gemstones Amber Augite Beryl Celestite Diamond Epidote...Cryptocrystalline varieties Agate Agatized wood Carnelian Jasper 5 5 7 10 10 13 17 18 18 18 18 4> 26 |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book (volume) | | beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...of rd. a few yds., outcropRose Quartz. DOUGLAS COUNTY CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts, |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...a gun," writes a Colorado collector. "As far as Texas is concerned," says a Texan, "the legislature, prodded...corners of the claimed area, and filing in the county land agent's office. In addition he has to show...notably in Texas. The Texas specimens are called bediasites from Bedias, a town in Grimes county. Gold is...calcium carbonate 2.7 (kal'-site) Variety of Carnelian chalcedony 2.6 (kar-neal'-yan) Chalcedony |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...rose quartz and ametfiyst quartz from Brazil: carnelian from India Bottom row agate and aventunne from...pegmatite (g) Mount Antero, 12.000 (h) Chaffee County, Colorado (i) from the Smith collection feet | | | Book | | topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...Nepal rose quartz and amethyst quartz from Brazil carnelian from India Bollom row agate and aventunne from...mine , canyon) district where found (township, county, state) how obtained (found , given , etc., with...in pegmatite Mount Antero , 12,000 feet Chaffee County . Colorado from the Smith co llection 1/10/74 ...Holbrook ; University of Arizona. Tucson . California· County Museum. University of California and University |  | | Book (volume) | | the Southern Gem and Mineral Company of El Paso, Texas. Information on the Virgin Valley opal deposits...L. Mahaffey of Nevada, Missouri. The well-known Texas agate localities of the Alpine Region were described...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...familiar to readers as bloodstone, jasper, agate, carnelian, etc. Deposited from solution along seams, cracks |  | | Book | | made the “Magic City” of Birmingham, Jefferson County “The Pittsburgh of the South” during the turn of...feet thick, occurs near Sylacauga, in Talladega County, being fine-grained and mostly white, ofexceptional...white Sylacauga marble from Sylacauga, Talladega County, is considered among the finest white marble in...the Lincoln Memorial. Marble from Chewacla, Lee County, near Auburn, Alabama, is a coarse grained dolomite...year old whale fossil was discovered in Washington County, Alabama; and WHEREAS, this ancient whale fossil |  | | Book (edition) | | from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E... Baja California 19. Sequist Ranch topaz area, Texas 20. Little Three mine, Ramona, California 21. Gem-bearing...of tourmaline crystal forms 38. Map of San Diego County, California gem sources 3 9. Stewart Lithia· and...View of Clear Creek, San Benito County, California 55. Monterey County jade-producing shoreline, California...San Benito County, Calfornia E. L. Gray Opencut wall, Dallas Gem mine, San Benito County, California |  | | Book (volume) | | Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill O. Murphy...sne-aseseeateeCounty, Can tess ccraccacaerscsascn enaeantsrse Figure |  | | Book | | certainty, but they include gemstones such as carnelian, rock crystal, lapis-lazuli, citrine, amethyst...originally. Shiny black rutile crystals from Mono County, California, are just as good but smaller. Small...recent rediscovery of elbaite near Pala in San Diego County, California, greatly stimulated an already high...two-colored crystals appear now and then. 2010 County, New Mexico, with its blue-green Madagascar (now...beautiful crystals found with elbaite in San Diego County, California, but the same variety is also found | | | Book (volume) | | Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, ID; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gen1 Center USA, El Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill 0. Murphy... 15 Figure 6. Dallas Gem Mine in San Benito County, CA..............................................Benitoite recovery from alluvial deposits, San Benito County, CA ................ 29 Figure 8. Title page |  | | Report (volume) | | Lancaster, Pa. Field & Lab. Field & Laboratory. Dallas, Texas. Fieldiana'; Botany. Chicago. Fieldiana; Geology...Fondren Science Ser. Fondren Science Series. Dallas, Texas. Frontiers. Philadelphia. Ga. Geol. Survey Bull...Memoir ; Proceedings. New York. Geophysics. Austin, Texas. Harvard Ooll. Mus. Comp. Zoology Bull. Harvard...11 Los Angeles County Mus. Quart.; Science Ser. [Paleontology Pub.] Los Angeles County Museum Quarterly;...Mexicanos. Mexico City. Petroleum Engineer. Dallas, Texas. Photogrammetric Engineering. Washington. Plateau |  | | Book (edition) | | the total of 4,284 new Terms were United States county and city Terms. Counties and Cities in the United...States Earlier editions had Terms such as Washington County and Portland for counties and cities of the United...for example: Washington County Arkansas and Portland Maine. Each new county Term can now autopost its...to counties was a major task. The scope of U.S. county and city Terms can now be clear even when they...For example, whenever an in¬ dexer uses Atchison County Kansas the Terms Kan¬ sas, Midwest, and United |  | | Book (edition) | | The largest groups of new terms have been U.S. county names; rock-formation names (mostly North American);...Thesaurus. These include local geographic terms, U.S. county names, rock-formation names, and fossil names....term must be a name unique to one area. Lincoln County is not assigned coordinates in the Thesaurus, because...North America from the broader terms of Hanover County. There is no reciprocal entry for each broader...counties of the United States; e.g., Chautauqua County may have a broader term Kansas or New York. BX |  | | Report (volume) | | Pub. Co. Texas, Tordilla Hill area, color: Shale nomenclature: Clark, T. H. ,6. South Texas Geol. Soc...described. Div. Mines, 1; Jenkins, O. P., Choctaw County, Highway 17 area: 3. Toulmin, L. D., Jr., 3. Minor:...analysis: KelH. D., 5. ler, W. D., 3. Talladega County, hematiteOklahoma, potash agstone, granite magnetite...ground water: Powham, C. E. ell, W. J., 4. Marengo County: Newton, J. G., 1. Core-drilling program, ChattanooMica:...J.,4. Excursion, Tertiary type-localiMontgomery County: Reade, ties: Rainwater, E. H. , 1. H. L. , Jr |  | | Report (volume) | | cientlfica Circular Classe classification Company, County Collections Committee Communications Comparative...Abstracts nos. 5, 6. Bethlehem, Pa. Los Angeles County Museum: Publications nos. 4-7; Quarterly vol. 6...Landsmen's Association Yearbook vols. 16, 17. Austin, Texas. National Research Council Bulletin nos. 113, 114...Nashville, Tenn. Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College Bulletin 83. College Station. Tex. Texas Geographic...2. Dallas, Tex. Texas State Board of Water Engineering [Reports]. Austin, Tex. Texas University, Bureau |  | | Report (issue) | | listed on pages A259-A264. Numerous Federal, State, county, and municipal agencies listed on pages A211-A215...-_-__---_----------------New Mexico---.-----------------------Texas.---______-____-___--__-_-_-_-. Pacific coast area... -.-..._-----_-_--__ .______.___._..___ State, county, and municipal-____________________ Other cooperators--___...Dolomite, of Cambrian and Ordovician age, in Bibb County, Ala. The sphalerite occurs in barite-bearing breccias...tectonic features. Lead-zinc mineralization in Grant County, Wis. Geologic mapping by P. M. Blacet in the |  | | Book (edition) | | File, 1601 Park Lane. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA. Introduction This volume is the third edition...Green River Formation in (TL) Uintah Co .. Utah. USA. Named for P.H. Abelson. 20.7.3 AbernalhJile. K(U00As0...26 A. Z=4 [PDF 1 6-386]. (TL) Temple Mts. Utah. USA. Named for J . Abernathy. Abhurite. S n 30(0HhCl...Sun,. \ler111011t, I . 484. (TL} Derby. Vermont. USA. G. Brush ( 1 862) Amer. J. Sci. 34. 2 1 6. classed...muscovite and albite. (TL) Goshen. Massachusells. USA. Named from cxy1..cxoC · shining' . from its silvery |  | | Report (volume) | | Bull. 1060-D, p. 193, 252-253, pl. 7. In Nemaha County, Kans., member is basal unit of Howard limestone...Aarde farm, sec. 4, T. 26 S., R. 11 E., Greenwood County. Aaron Slatet Precambrian or Paleozoic: Central...Central Railroad, sees. 5-7, T. 11 S., R. 5 E., Pope County. Named for Abbott Station. Abbyville Gabbrol Precambrian...map. Occurs in vicinity of Abbyville, Mecklenburg County. Abercrombie Formationl Middle Cambrian: Western...above Pope Creek coal. Named for Aberdeen, Butler County, Ky., where it stands out in prominent cliffs along |  | | Report (volume) | | sedtmentatton the Colorado Rtver Vdlley of west central Texas-Gutdebook 1961 Abilene, Tex , A bdene Geol Soc ... Fatrvtew Valley, and Fourmtle Flat, Churchtll County, Nevada US Atomtc Energy Comm Rept VUF-1001, p...Jr., Szabo, M W Mmeral resources map of Barbour County, Alabama Alabama Geol Survey Map 32, scale about...Stewart, John H Preltmtnary geologic map of Esmeralda County Nevada US Geol Survey Mtneral lnv Fteld Studtes... Jr Geology of the Sterra Blanca area, Hudspeth County, Texas US Geol Survey Prof Paper 479, 131 p, tllus |  | | Report (volume) | | are as follows: COLORADO. Mineralogy. Montrose County, uranium-vanadium deposits: Weeks, A. D., 13R....Iron, Cook County, titaniferous magnetite: Grout, F. F., 5. IRON. Minnesota, Cook County, titaniferous...Journal. Birmingham, Ala. Ala. Geol. Survey Bull.; County Rept.; Inf. Ser.; Map; Mus. Paper; Special Rept...Rept. Alabama Geological Survey Bulletin; County Report; Information Series; Map; Museum Papers; Special...Aires. Field & Lab. Field & Laboratory. Dallas, Texas. Fieldiana Botany. Chicago, 111. Fieldiana Geology |  | | Book (edition) | | forms a very small industry at Brandon in Suffolk County. Grindstones and Pulpstones. The production of...firinding lOl,583 pebbles were |>rTexas, Washington, and Wisconsin. Short tons Value ...principally in the vicinity of Hot Springs, Garland County, are of two varieties: Arkansas stone, which is...grindings. Indiana. The .satulstones of Orange County, Ind., furnish a whetstone known as the Ilindoslan...produced are Berea and Euclid, Cuyahoga County, and Grafton, Lorain County. The Deerliek stone is produced at |
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