 | | Book (volume) | | rivers, and outcroppings through the Quaternary gravel surfaces. Greatly eroded sandhills fan out across...Nebraska has few gemstone localities, but quarries, gravel pits and other excavations throughout the more settled...Calcite crystals, Marcasite and Pyrite cubes. The area around the confluence of the Loup River with the...petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte R., especially to the...wood, agate, jasper; in draws and washes and gravel beds of Spring Cr. and the Keya Paha R. agatized |  | | Book (volume) | | FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES: c area gravel deposits, pits, bars...jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw formation... CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite...COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area mine dumps...the United States EAST BROOKLYN (SE of Gardner), area coal mine dumps⎯Marcasite, Pyrite. HANCOCK COUNTY |  | | Book (volume) | | FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES: c area gravel deposits, pits, bars...jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw formation... CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite...COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area mine dumps...the United States EAST BROOKLYN (SE of Gardner), area coal mine dumps⎯Marcasite, Pyrite. HANCOCK COUNTY |  | | Report (issue) | | teachers and students for geologic information in the area in Khich they live. In response to this demand in...Colonial Coral . Feldspar, Type II Occurrences. Labradorite, Moonstone Garnet, Type II Occurrences. Hematite...about the minerals and gemstones that occur in the area where they live. Others collect minerals and gemstones...to a long-obliterated mountain range; or to the gravel deposits of a former stream. This book will help...GEOLOGIC TIME UNITS Sandstone, siltstone, clay, gravel, marl, volcanic ash. I I I Limestone, dolomite |  | | Report (issue) | | blasted, a test core drilled, a mine shaft sunk or a gravel pit dug—additional mineral discoveries may be made...gratitude. I also wish to thank the many quarry, gravel pit and mine operators in Iowa, and many private................................... Minerals from gravel deposits and drift boulders Epidote..............fragments of black sphalerite Polished stones from gravel pits. Epidosite rock with feldspar. Zeolite minerals...(Sieur des Groseillers), who apparently visited this area in 1655, about 18 years before Marquette and Joliet |  | | Book (edition) | | yet the insect who makes his home in a pile of gravel on the roadside lives in a palace. clear For the...wetting the specimen, rubbing the area, and examining it after the area dries. Tests should be made only...such as creates the unique beauty of opal or labradorite, the starry splendor of star sapphire and garnet...as size into these pockets amazonstone and labradorite. Perhaps only one percent of the pegmatites are...summer's sun crumble the rocks into clay, sand, and gravel. The detritus becomes consolidated into horizontal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Washington, Lee, Fayette and Gonzales counties. Gravel pits and river gravels i n L i v e Oak County, i n...Forest and though not plentiful, can be found i n the area surrounding the Palo D u r o Canyon State Park,...usually concen trated behind rocks and on small gravel bars. A few may be found i n Mason, El Paso, Hudspeth... but not i n gem quality. LABRADORITE — Very fine facetquality labradorite has been found about 2 0 miles...agate is found south of Alpine. T h e Needle Peak area of Presidio County yields beautiful ma terial, |  | | Book (edition) | | which beauti- a lake's are still being found in gravel deposited by the glacier that once covered the...testing "scratched" scratch was Many which is area, Wet is calcite, a pocket knife blade tests...and conglomerates. In from the left sand and gravel, formed into them shales, limestones, sand- ... the from streams or his material either gravel pits, feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines...material must be sought, as a rule, in favorable gravel and washed and reason, the from the Rockies, |  | | Book (volume) | | mi. E of Jackson-Banks Co. lineBeryl. MAYSVILLE, area gravels along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. ...BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE: area barite pitsBarite, Geodes... Goethite, Hematite, Limonite, Iron minerals; area mines, as important producersBarite, Manganese...extensive area depositsBarite, Graphite; US 41 bridge over the Etowah R., area Barite pitsBarite, geodes...geodes (crystal lines). KINGSTON, S, in area fields, streams, rd. cuts, etc.agate, (banded, various |  | | Book (volume) | | CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek...COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington...(on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co. exposures of blue clay...FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay in rd. cuts, pits, quarries, excavations⎯Pyrite...SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA exposures throughout |  | | Book (volume) | | CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek...COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington...(on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co. exposures of blue clay...FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay in rd. cuts, pits, quarries, excavations⎯Pyrite...SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA exposures throughout |  | | Book (volume) | | matrix, road cut, pegmatite, shoreline, quarry, gravel pit, prospect, mine, etc.). Let’s take, as an example...corresponding entry is as follows: 7. Orella Station area (a former watering stop of the Chicago, Burlington...cross tracks and go 3 miles west through Badlands area (negotiable for autos but four-wheel drive is recommended)...the directions, the first portion—Orella Station area—initially directs the reader to the closest municipality...follows that dim road westward for 3 miles through an area of badlands that can be traveled by auto, although |  | | Book | | CANADIAN COUNTY: South Canadian Rivers. In the gravel bars of both the North and the Also in sand plant...River. Agate is widely scattered in the Black Mesa area. DEWEY COUNTY: Agate is found 2 miles east of Seiling...23W. Moss, plume, banded, jasper. Very prolific area. jaspagate; : There are many locations in Harper...material. HUGHES COUNTY: NE Sec. 35, T.4N., R.10E. A gravel pit with petrified wood, jasper, and chert. Also...NE% Sec. 18, T.4N., R.10E. A gravel pit. Secs, 8, 9; T.8N., R.9E. Gravel pits. JOHNSON COUNTY: bed. Sec |  | | Book | | . . 318 Gemstones of the Helsinki metropolitan area . . 127 Gemstones as a by-product of gold sluicing... . . . . . 337 149 Gemstones of the Outokumpu area . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Cordierite in Pielavesi...Amethyst Helsinkiitti Helsinkite Labradoriitti Labradorite Nuummiitti Nuummite Vuorikide Rock crystal ...Spectrolite has been exported to the United States and Germany in limited quantities. Professional extraction...and Viitaniemi, among others, were exported to Germany in large numbers in the 1950s and 60s. The following |  | | Journal (issue) | | probably heard of some lagerstätten. One is the Tar Pits of Rancho La Brea, in Los Angeles, where sabertooth...may be enough in younger lagerstätten like the tar pits of La Brea. In others, mineralized fluids come equally...seem right. Dr. Götze, a native of Thuringia (Germany) studied mineralogy and geochemistry at Freiberg...Technical University Bergakademie in Freiberg, Saxony (Germany). Maybe it was the mole people. Dr. Götze is...shiller , Bloodstone (India also), Fantasy Jasper, Labradorite, Berber Agates, Kambaba Jasper, Tektites (for |  | | Report (issue) | | disponible en français Cover illustration Pendant: labradorite set in sterling silver. Designed and handcrafted...pendant measures 5 cm from top to bottom. The labradorite is from Tabor Island, Labrador. Photograph by...by H. Gary Ansell. GSC 1999-001A Labradorite sculpture by Dolorès Michaud, Ottawa. The sculpture measures...measures 18 cm from top to bottom. The labradorite is from Tabor Island, Labrador. Photograph by H. Gary...Brook mine, Upper Drill Brook mine Indian Head labradorite occurrence Indian Head mine Romaines Brook gypsum |  | | Book | | is a square hammerhead on the other. raking gravel, poking about having a collection of minerals... to soil A often is or gravel, and a sieve when examining gravel much small shovel, the army...the friends trip Among them, there with the area you re planning to sound advice as give Plan...chosen are provided drawing to locate a collecting area, describe the condition of the roads, and mark out...Maine, around the town of Paris, and the rugged area north and east of San Diego, several years. stuff |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology and Mineral Resources of the KELSO-CATHLAMET AREA, Cowlitz and Wahkiakum Washington Counties, Freseer...Geology and Mineral Resources of the KELSO-CATHLAMET AREA, Cowlitz and Wahkiakum Washington VAUGHN STATE...of the ore to supply these plants is mined in the area. The large local potential market for bauxite has...Washington bauxite was found in the Kelso-Cathlamet area of Cowlitz and Wahkiakum Counties in a geologic...known to serve as an adequate guide to exploration. area were insufficiently To provide the needed infor- |  | | Book (edition) | | could be cut. Diamonds are still being found in gravel deposited by the glaciers that once covered the...such as creates the unique beauty of opal or labradorite, the starry splendor of star sapphire and garnet... down the solid mountains into clay, sand, and gravel. These become consolidated into horizontal beds...become concentrated, like gold, in streams and on gravel bars. From such formations come the sapphires in...exposed minerals. He will pick over stream beds, gravel pits, mine dumps, road cuts, and quarries. Some gems |  | | Book | | archaeologists working in the remote Lake Rudolf area of Africa's Kenya found shaped stone implements...Sicilians were scrabbling for agates amor1g the gravel bars of the river Achates (now called Drillo),...moss agates of Montana's famed Yellowstone River gravel bars knows fully whereof Pliny spoke. Pliny also...fastnesses of the Southwest, visitors toured the area, bringing home beautiful rock souvenirs to be made...Petrified Forest National Monument to preserve the area from further destruction. The Great Depression of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | fossil hunt with Ken Kyte of Covington, La., on the gravel bars of the Bogue Chitta River, while in that state...from U.S. Hwy 23. "I've been combing beach and gravel pits for 5 years." Do send us some more notes on your...continuous source for gem quality, opalescent labradorite (feldspar). The quality is comparable to the... unlike the Labrador material, the New York labradorite seldom exhibits more than two colors, blue and...streams, lakes, gravel banks, etc. Being so widely scattered over such a large area, the localities are | | | Book | | hammerhead on the other It 1s useful for raking gravel poking about in rubble and working on brittle rock...needed to remove so il or gravel. and a sieve is called for when exam in ing gravel in stream beds. /\ EQUIPMENT...Among them there may be one who Is familiar with the area you re planning to v1sIt and who can give sound...HARD SURFACE Field drawing to locate a collecting area, describe the condition of the roads, and mark out...Southwestern Maine around the town of Pans. and the rugged area north and east of San Diego Cal1forn1a, have long |  | | Book (volume) | | and a Southern Section, covering a somewhat larger area around Harney Peak. The northern section is characterized...excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm Cr...wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds, etc. petrified wood...Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye... CUSTER: N, (1) near Laughing Water Cr., many area minesColumbite, Gold, Silver, etc.; and (2) Old |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Scotia minerals, John H. Bertrand minerals Easton area, Floyd Faux & Leonard Tielmann various species....Calcite, Scenic Agates, Malachite, Thomsonites, Labradorite. Martin and Rose Seidman displayed Tourmaline...from Panama, green Prehnite from the Paterson, N.J. area, and Carnelian from Watchung, N.J. All in all we...collecting has taken at Franklin with the collecting area now controlled by the town police. Ted found some...talked on the Lovejoy pits in Conway, New Hampshire, described the collecting area and the minerals found |  | | Report (issue) | | and examined deposits of copper-zinc, fluorspar, gravel and sand, manganese, and pegmatite in part of the...Quaternary deposits _ __ Pleistocene deposits __ Gravel ____ _ Holocene deposits ____ Alluvium ____ _ Fan...__ __ Base metals __ ______, Fluorspar __ ____ Gravel and sand ______, Manganese ____ ___ _ Pegmatite...Union Formation _________ 4. Coarse Pleistocene gravel unconformably overlying Dry Union Formation __...deposits, Poncha Springs quadrangle, Chaffee County Gravel pits in the Poncha Springs SE quadrangle, Chaffee |
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