 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | are weakly deformed Paleozoic sediments of the Highland Rim, Central Basin, and Cumberland Plateau. Continuing...5604 Malmsbury Road Knoxville, Tennessee 37921 taparis@msn.com Figure 1 (top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high...high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 2 (above). Fluorite...Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 3 (left)...Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis |  | | Journal (issue) | | DECORATIVE-ORNAMENTAL STONES OF VIRGINIA D. Allen Penick, Jr. Virginia is noted particularly for beautiful...amazonite, fine moonstone, and topaz. In addition Virginia is well known for staurolite, prehnite, turquoise...minerals, rocks and organic materials found in Virginia, which have been used as gemstones and decora...report. Many of the localities will be familiar to Virginia mineral collectors. Someof the areas mentioned...collect minerals. There has been much written on Virginia mineral localities but no reports are available |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | location a~ included at the end of each entry. Adair County Chariton River (40-04-05N 92-4 I -23W). septarian...concretions about 2 miles north of the Macon county line. CALCITE crystals enclosing bundles of acicular and...hematite, quartz (Broadhead 1873b, 1877). Audrain County Mexico, in fire clay pits and spoil piles: PYRITE...University Library] at 19:58 29 October 2014 Barton County McKarrow’s coal bank (37-37N 94-28W), 2.5 miles...(Broadhead 1873b). Bates County Panther Creek, northwest of Rockville in coal deposits: CALCITE as both brown and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | located in the Eureka Mining District in Yavapai County, Arizona. From this old mine we have a number of...S. Mitchell, Mineralogist at the University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Va.), who is conducting a study...They come from the Blue Creek Mt. Mine, Del Norte County, Calif., which I own. The ore of my mine is very...extensive cut was made in a hill just south of Collinsville (Hartford Co.), Conn. The cut was finished..."—recent item from Robert Gerath, Swimming Pool Road, Collinsville, Conn. FLORIDA — A sawed slab of dark |  | | Report (issue) | | Sequatchie Valley. C, Gentle syncline in the Eastern Highland Rim area. D, Dipping beds of Chattanooga shale...B, Sub-Chattanooga residuum near Pulaski, Giles County, Tenn. C, Photomicrograph of a Tasmanites spore...Characteristic outcrop of the Chattanooga shale in De Kalb County, Tenn________________________________ Follows 18...the upper unit of the Dowelltown member. C, Center Hill bentonite bed in upper unit of the Dowelltown member...Typical outcrop of weathered Chattanooga shale in road cut______________________________________ 34 A, |  | | Report (issue) | | York Ohio Pennsylvania Tennessee Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin 18 20 22 26 40 41 42 43 47 53...(predominantly sphalerite, galena, barite, fluorite, calcite, dolomite, and cryptocrystalline quartz) has been...Commonly associated minerals include fluorite, calcite, dolomite, quartz, iron sulfides, celestite, and...south (Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and southern Virginia) Very few occurrences and no large deposits of...Alabama. Farther north, in Tennessee and southern Virginia, both zinc and barite deposits, some of which |  | | Book (volume) | | of stately pines on the Piedmont. Beneath the highland forests lie some of the oldest crystalline rocks...Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE: |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pits are easily accessible and can be seen from the road. Under separate cover I am sending a specimen of...mile west of the community of Levesque in Cross County. This locality may also be given as 6 miles east...crystals and massive veinlets of a fluorescent calcite. This material is bright red under short wave U...in Georgia (pp. 9-21). One locality in Habersham County should fascinate many of our readers. Here is Dr...few hundred feet west of the college, along the road near a school478 house there is a fine exposure |  | | Book (edition) | | .... Highland Picture Sandstone....... Lock Haven Ripple Marks............ Jersey Shore Calcite & Quartz...Lime Crest Quarry...................... Sterling Hill Mine....................... Buckwheat Dump........Township Road (PA) Is. R-10061 State Road (PA) EH] Forest Road (PA) | 626 | Spur 563 County Route (NJ)...Specific Building |____ Parking Lot QuarrV- Roac* Cut or Borrow P'rt North ^ Mine X Collecting Site ]|(^...Kinzua Dam Fossils Highland Picture Sandstone Lock Haven Ripple Marks Jersey Shore Calcite & Quartz Antes |  | | Report (issue) | | is dark brown. Right: Nepheline crystals, Davis Hill, Bancroft. Specimen measures 21 cm by 20 cm. National...Lily Robertson occurrence Cancrinite Hill occurrence Davis Hill occurrence Princess sodalite mine Vardy...Genesee No. 2 Mine · Thompson Mine Hickey Mine Selby Hill sunstone occurrence National Graphite Mine McKenzie...Mine Madawaska (Faraday) Mine Dyno Mine Highway 620 road-cuts Paudash - Haliburton - Minden Bicroft Mine...Mine Davis Lake corundum occurrence Minden-Norland road-cuts Wilberforce Area Halo Mine Cardiff uranium |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | rocks and gentle terrain where crystals of barite, calcite, and gypsum are found along with petrified wood...Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded by [University...mines at Butte in Silver Bow County and the Black Pine mine in Granite County have produced many fine crystal...Beaverhead County, the pegmatites of Jefferson County, and the Snowbird mine in Mineral County continue...Highlands Centennial Nugget in 1989 in Silver Bow County. The seventh largest gold nugget found in Montana; |  | | Book | | CHAPTER 4 Maryland ... 3 CHAPTER 5 Virginia 4 1 CHAPTER 6 West Virginia 5 CHAPTER 7 Kentucky 6 CHAPTER...Virginia's noted Rutherford Mine. Photograph by Dr. Virginia Lee Blackford. ical pearls in delicate pastel...states have proudly shown me fiery faceted gems cut from material they found personally. Just this year...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and...the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine garnets, glowing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the old open pit Sodium Sulphate mine in Imperial County near BertROCKS AND MINERALS ram siding on the...are always soft. One form collectors claim is calcite pseudo after glauberite. Collectors out here are...side of the road. There, with a little digging (and permission of the house up the road) I have found...prehnite, ys to % in. in diameter. I understand that calcite xls can also be found." DELAWARE — Reddish chalcedony...Lumpkin County, Ga., which is owned by the American Legion. The vein is in the North Night Cut near Dahlonega |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ward's Natural Science Establishment 3000 E . Ridge Road, Box 1712 Rochester, New York 14603 and topaz have...vesicular basalt, and is accompanied by needles o f calcite, small drusy spherules of columnar phillipsite...specimen material was found in abundance at the County Gravel Pit at Mauldin Mountain. Mauldin Moun tain...of other Montgomery County Locations which differs from the more common Dug Hill material from near Avant...Avant in Garland County. Here it occurs in various shades of light green with some almost pale yellow |  | | Book | | Published By THE DODSONS 9115 Hilaro Springs Road Little Rock, Arkansas 72209 Price $3.00 Firs t Edition...(fossils) ...................................... 22-23 Highland (minerals, fossils) ............................of the State Geological Commission on Roosevelt Road in Little Rock are friendly and helpful to visiting...quite technical. Whenever possible, we begin our road logs from numbered highway intersections, rather...of property. Rush A visit to Rush, in Marion County, reveals little of the area's thriving past. Rush |  | | Report (issue) | | VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard...Mitchell and William F. Giannini COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY DIVISION...1988 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard...Mitchell and William F. Giannini COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY DIVISION...and State Geologist CHARLOTTESVILLE. VIRGINIA 1 988 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION |  | | Book (volume) | | Plains state varies from nearly level farmland to hill ridges, increasing steadily in elev. From 1,000’...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides, ridges, cut banks, tributary...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | tourmaline in quartzite, lound in an old roadbed in Lee County, Alabama, about 10 miles north of Auburn, on Highway...at the barite mines at Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. "A sample was sent to the Smithsonian...ILLINOIS—"I am enclosing a specimen of Iceland spar (calcite) I found along the Illinois River about 4 miles...colorless little cleavage showing double refraction. A calcite which shows double refraction is called an Iceland...beauty—a loose, golden-brown doubly terminated calcite xl, 3V2" long by IV2" wide. The other consists |  | | 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...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino.... . . . . . 337 COVER: COPPER and CUPRITE in CALCITE, 5.2 cm, from the Onganja mine near Seeis, Namibia...Department Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Boulevard Los Angeles, California...presented to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County by his children. A century ago Bisbee, Arizona...had become the largest clothing store in Cochise County. Ben made frequent trips back East to buy merchandise |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Weathering of the New Albany Shale, Kentucky, USA: I. Weathering zones defined by mineralogy and major-element...primary minerals include K-feldspars, plagioclase, calcite, pyrite, and chlorite. Secondary minerals include...pyrite oxidization produces acid that dissolves calcite and attacks chlorite, forming gypsum, jarosite...underlie thousands of km2 of the eastern and central USA. The shale was deposited very slowly in relatively...rates for the Appalachian Plateau in nearby West Virginia are 7– 10 m/Ma, with rates of 4–11 m/Ma on hilltops |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ward's Natural Science Establishment 3000 E . Ridge Road, Box 1712 Rochester, New York 14603 Milarite The...umangjte, ankerite, aragonite, aurichalcite, azurite, calcite, cerussite, dolomite, hydrozincite, malachite,...refreshing to see transparent and vitreous baryto calcite. Most of the English material is frosted and opaque...ROCKS AND MINERALS Saponite, Michigan Standpipe Hill was the source. On April 5, 1 9 8 1 , Duane Leavitt...smectite group o f clays are found only rare Jackson County. Received were two specimens. The first l y in |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | the cover—Turquois crystals from Lynch Station, Virginia; x ca.; pho tograph by Neal Ycdlin; color plates...C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...of Virginia R. V. DIETRICH* Professor of Geology and Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic...Polytechnic Institute Research Division Bulletin 47 Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va. 24061 *... © R. V. Dietrich and the Research Division of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1970 Printed and bound |
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