 | | Report (issue) | | AMERICA SOUTH DAKOTA 1989 THE NATIONAL GAZETTEER OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SOUTH DAKOTA 1989 "The... "The Pulpit," Badlands National Park, South Dakota. Apparently named for its resemblance to a ministerial...complex features characteristic of South Dakota Badlands. In South Dakota, the term "badlands" is generally...GAZETTEER OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICASOUTH DAKOTA 1989 U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...National gazetteer of the United States of America. South Dakota 1989 / prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey |  | | Journal (issue) | | Treasunu 3724 W Soundview Dr .• Tacoma, WA 98466 SOUTH CENTRAL FEDERATION OF MINERAL SOCIETIES Olftcen...78745 For addobonel Information and requuts to lhe South Central Federation FAIRBANKS JEWELRY SUPPLY CO...93070 Pasadena, Calif. 91109 Visit Ou r Store: 900 South Arroyo Parkway (Outside U.S.A. send 1 lb. Airmail...three laps. I have cut coru ndum. beryl. garnet, opal. CZ, tourmaline. feldspar , topaz. iolite, spinet...Depending upon yield - 30 to 50% from our rough opal - and your market, profits should not be less than |  | | Report (issue) | | Distribution Branch, U.S. Geological Survey 604 South Pickett Street, Alexandria, VA 22304 CONTENTS...Montana, western North and South Dakota, Wyoming, southeastern and south-central Idaho, eastern Nevada...the lower part of the Pahasapa Limestone in South Dakota. In Canada, Subzone 1C is not distinguished...Lodgepole Limestone and the lower part of the Mission Canyon Limestone of Montana. In Canada, the zone...Alberta and British Columbia, and the Lodgepole and Mission Canyon Limestones of Saskatchewan. It correlates |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...create a steady market and a sentithe abundant South mental regard for that gem. make Rarity helps...microscope. is — — A few gem materials notably, opal and obsidian are amorphous, lacking crystal structure...with light such as creates the unique beauty of opal or labradorite, the starry splendor of star sapphire...heavier liquids are As gems lie in the range between opal (sp. gr. 2.1) and zircon (sp. gr. 4.7), quick and |  | | Journal (issue) | | the other Nations, but it would appear that the USA alone will soon fill the sky with numer ous types...Teller Pegmatite Lode Claim, about half a mile south of Lake George, on the Eleven Mile Canyon Road....eries and new localities that are proven. First, South Dakota. Shortly after the publication of Midwest Gem...to continue the eros ion of the Badlands, no South Dakota area will ever be completely worked out. The...seldom found as well pre served as in western South Dakota. As a rule the Cycad from the badlands is in |  | | 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...MOUNTAINS, E. Slopo, Mohave Co. N.W. of Kingman Opal CALUMET, Cochise Co., 3 ml. N. of Dragoon. ClIRYSOFRASB... PHOENIX, East of Barite PICKET POST, Pinal Co. Opal PEUBLO VIEJO Alabaster RED ROCK MINE, Pima Co. ♦Fluorspar |  | | Book (edition) | | COVER -- Pairburn agates from South Dakota. Photo courtesy South Dakota School of Mines Museum. > 1...includes 1 SOUTH DAKOTA • MICHIGAN • ILLINOIS • IOWA WISCONSIN • OHIO • KANSAS • NORTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA...2 KANSAS Foreword 4 How To Use This Book SOUTH DAKOTA 6 New Finds ................ Fairburn Type...THE MISSION AREA ......... Sand Calcite Crystals . 27 28 8 8 8 38 THE HIGH PLAINS Moss Opal .......RED RIVER VALLEY .... 32 NORTH DAKOTA .. 30 WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA Badlands and Buttes........... Gems |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Y O U SAVE T I M E by buying f i n e Australian opal in vivid colors, rough or polished, f r o m me....Translucent opal, yellowgreen color $ 1 . 5 0 lb. Large chunks available in amethystine, moss and opal. Also...Also large chunks of opal and red moss agate in same pieces. $ 1 . 5 0 lb. 10 lbs. good c u t t i n g and...Price List. 1 0 2 0 Custer A v e . , Custer. South Dakota. Rocks rock M. St., from the SECRET L A N D...BEAUTIFUL EMERALD CRYSTALS f r o m Hiddenite, Alexander County, N . C. For sale or exchange. N o mail order. E |  | | Journal (issue) | | membership, only $12.00 (tax and postage included in USA only). Your free gift as a new member will be a slab...your dealer, or order from SHOP VICTOR AGATE 1709 South Cedar St. Spokane 41, Wash LNth Se Vol. Ofthcial...beautiful and valuable. 16 VERTEBRATE FOSSILS OF MISSION, S. DAK. by June Culp Zeitner Here may be found...present an article by June Culp Zeitner, of Mission, South Dakota She is too well known to most of our readers...By JUNE of Mission, CULP | . ] sand and FOR many years ;the alluvial near Mission, gravel deposits |  | | Journal (issue) | | and maps, this volume covers the Sierra region south of the Sequoia National Park, including most of...turning northward across the Sierra Nevada range south of Yosemite National Park. ByANNZWINGER '£ 'J...Bay, North Bay Counties, North Along the Coast, South From San Francisco, Monterey Peninsula, Central...this reviewer has spent 20 years driving the back county of the West, he is not a vehicle test driver (although...Avenue, Sioux Falls, 6410 South 143rd Street, (Tukwila) Seattle, South Dakota 57104, Dept. D 2 Washington |  | | Book (edition) | | and Washington occur the many types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate...matrix rock. Polished Fairburn agate from South Dakota. \\ jfc^ ^ ^ * Emerald in matrix. Emerald...source near the east of James' summit bay and south of Hudson bay in Labrador. Only by coming from...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900, and one |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OLIGOCENE OTAY-TYPE WAXY BENTONITES OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND BAJA CALIFORNIA: CHEMISTRY, MINERALOGY, PETROLOGY...Califomia 92182-1020, USA Abstract-Otay-type waxy bentonites of San Diego County are illite-smectite (I-S)...and Oligocene formations of southwest San Diego County and western Baja California north of Ensenada....Diego Formation and the age-constrained Eocene Mission Valley Formation. Berry (1986) used c1ay mineral...in the Eocene Mission Valley Formation. The Eocene samp1e was collected from the south side of San Diego |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | About 40 miles northeast of Montgomery in Coosa County there is an outcrop that carries considerable tin..." ARIZONA—David P. Record, of the Mission Curio Mart, 4400 Mission Road, Route 3, Box 384, Tucson, Ariz...weathered rock had a coating of colorless hyalite opal which fluoresces nicely (green) under the Mineralight...Ballarat, Inyo Co., Calif. Another is a dendritic white opal on dark green serpentine from Valley Springs, ROCKS...might find interesting. It is scheelite from Marin County, California. It is of primary interest as it is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA; pacebetsy@gmail.com * Correspondence: wcalvin@unr...campaign that covered large regions of California, USA, over multiple seasons. This work focused on a Southern...for launch in 2017 or later. HyspIRI is the only mission concept that includes both shortwave and thermal...infrared channels, similar to ASTER. HyspIRI was a mission recommended in the 2007 NASA Earth Science decadal...survey, but has not yet been approved for a new mission start. The instrument would have 10 nm contiguous |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | thermal waters, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA * N. C. STURCHIO, J. K. BOHLKE,~ and F. J. MARKUN...National Laboratory, CMT-205, Argonne, IL 60439, USA (Received December 4, I99 I ; accepted in revised...significant thermal activity occurs in a north-south linear zone known as the Norris-Mammoth Corridor...San Diego, California, USA. t Present address: USGS, MS 43 1, Reston, VA 22092, USA. 1203 1204 N. C....limestone sequence (Madison Group) that contains the Mission Canyon limestone, a major regional aquifer because |  | | Catalog/List | | mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4 1x2 £10 156 NATIVE BISMUTH...(Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1 £4 1x2 £7.50 360 PARATELLURITE TeO...matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins £4 107 CHLORARGYRITE Ag Cl good...micro's on matrix. 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