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Moss Agate from
Blaine County, Idaho, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Moss Agate
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1 photo of Moss Agate associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Moss Agate data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blaine County, Idaho, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:146738
Long-form Identifier:1:3:146738:3
GUID (UUID V4):7916a166-0e23-4f28-a205-0b7bc176b912
References
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Book (edition)
were shaped by some accident of For instance, agate How is their formation. frequently found in...chrysoberyl cats-eye are valued chiefly for pattern, and agate and jasper among semi- precious materials are...angular, banded structure) tube, banded, moss cation (moss-like), will be frequently misled All topaz...great lava flows of Idaho, Oregon and Washington occur the many types of agate, opal and petrified...petrified this region is noted. The agate is wood for which believed to have been de- posited from
Book
MINERALS^ of Idaho with field trip j& maps by John A.fl£.jkwith Gem Minerals of Idaho, designed for...for beginners and for those collectors visiting Idaho for the first time, is a guide to some of the...open and collecting. garnet diggings of Latah County and the Spencer Opal Mine, charge a digging fee...mineral-forming forces than makes Idaho a gem hunter's para- has experienced more Idaho," a fact that dise. L... usually six to ten percent. GEM MINERALS OF IDAHO 44 pin-fire white opals are valuable and those
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the rock I found in Marion County, Florida. "I say it's jasper, flint and agate. Am I right?" — item sent...You are partly right, it is agate but of a type called moss agate — brown moss in dark gray chalcedony....in Florida but this new one may be the first moss agate we ever saw from the state. GEORGIA — "I should...grayish barite xls — both are very attractive. IDAHO — "The enclosed specimen was collected in the wilderness...wilderness area south, of Stanley, in Blaine Co., Idaho. This is an extensive area where no mining has
Book (edition)
areas. Price: $2.00. THE AGATE BOOK-by H. C. Dake. A special book for the agate hunter, collector and cutter...subvarieties of agate. The first complete book on agate with 50 photos showing various types of agate, localities...of OREGON e WASHINGTON BRITISH COLUMBIA • IDAHO BY H. C. DAKE Editor Emeritus, With THE MINERALOGIST...Localities Beaches Map of Oregon Beaches JACKSON COUNTY A Mineral Mecca Mop of Josephine and Jackson Counties...Regions The Agate Flats The Agate Province Oregon "J ode" The Agate Desert Green Springs Agate in Many Colors
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl ^"^ Agate ** Jade Amethyst nq -* % Gem Hunter's...their color, as in emeralds; their pattern, as in moss agate; or their play of eral color, as in opals.... such as agate and jasper, are described as cryptocrystal- line. For example, an agate nodule may...cat's- more but inexhaustibly various patterns of agate and jasper. So typical are their patterns that
Report (volume)
.............................................. Idaho...................................................See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Report (volume)
See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby...Shelby County, near Whiting Station and Calera; Talladega County, in several places. Bauxite. Cherokee
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock 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 floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...streams, rd. cuts, etc.agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl *"» Agate ** Jade =p Amethyst ^ X ) y ' £f h % ^...Carolina, a big diamond or two in Arkansas, opal in Idaho, and so on. Old locations suddenly are brought back...stones will remain." On my own table is a section of agate, cut and polished, its concentric rings of rose...their color, as in emeralds; their pattern, as in moss agate; or their play of color, as in opals. Fashion
Book (volume)
mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona...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
Book (volume)
mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona...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
Book (volume)
guide to more than 1,000 specific locations in Idaho, lowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska...Virginia VOLUME 3: THE NORTHWESTERN QUANDRANT Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska...TREASURES VOLUME ep The Northwestern Quadrant Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska...Principal Abbreviations and Mineral Location Numbers Idaho lowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible
Book
QUARTZ FAMILY MINERALS Section of polished agate, showing natural color at the lower end, and on...Chapter uartz xiii . . . 13o Contents Agate —Chalcedony Chapter X 157 Chapter XI Geodes...Illustrations Section of Polished Agate (Frontispiece) iv Axhead Fashioned from Agate 14 Representative Minerals...Crystals Arrowheads of Common 119 Opal and Agate Display of Quartz Minerals Jasper Jasper 130...164 Banded Agate 166 Fortification Agate 170 Cabochon-style Cut Agates 175 Moss Agates 179
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...of glaciers or gravel pits, no landmarks re- Moss growth, loam deposits, or oxidation may have changed...thunder eggs dug beds in Oregon are nodules of agate, walls. TWIN CRYSTALS commonly develop Crystals
Report (issue)
SSth Annual Report MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO for 1953 GEORGE A. McDOWELL EDWARD - - - Inspector of... , 95th Annual MINING Report INDUSTRY OF IDAHO for 1953 ] ' i GEORGE EDWARD VIOEE A. McDOWELL...Mines hes yie e =) st Secretary University of Idaho. Hub of the campus is the Administration building...LEN JORDAN, of Idaho. Sir: In compliance with the provisions of Section 47-111, Idaho Code Annotated...Protecti ors A Clete eee eee es eee eee Safety in the Idaho Metal Mining Injury Operations Record for Mining
Book (volume)
...........................................139 Idaho....................................................459 Appendix C - The Various Names & Forms of Agate.....................................467 Appendix...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a
Book (volume)
...........................................139 Idaho....................................................461 Appendix C - The Various Names & Forms of Agate.....................................469 Appendix...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...especially to the W of townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza... hillside surfacesagatized and opalized wood, agate, jasper;  in draws and washes and gravel beds of...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford
Book
IOATOUTE CHLORASTROUTEI 2 AMYGDAlOID MINE DUMPS 3 AGATE HARBOR (AGATES THOMSONITE ON BEACH\ )l MUD VLAKE...topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...glaciers or gravel pits, no landmarks re main . Moss growth , loam deposits, or oxidation may have changed...dug from the lava beds in Oregon are nodules of agate o ft en associated with opal Reniform marcas1te...aggregate . ps,lo• melane on rock 1o Banded aggregate agate 11 Arborescent aggregate copper 12 Lamellar rad
Book (volume)
Oregon. Information was also supplied by Dowse’s Agate Shop, Salt Lake City, Utah, by William J. Bingham...Mahaffey of Nevada, Missouri. The well-known Texas agate localities of the Alpine Region were described in...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...specimen Montana moss agates . Oregon moss agate (color) . New Mexico plume agate (color) . . . . .
Report (issue)
Dakota, Wyoming, southeastern and south-central Idaho, eastern Nevada, Utah, western Colorado, southern...Limestone in southwestern Montana, southeastern Idaho, and northern Utah. The subzone may be more widespread...Paine Member of the Lodgepole Limestone in Montana, Idaho, Utah, and western Wyoming. The shallow-water biofacies...Deseret Limestone in Utah and in equivalent beds in Idaho (see Sando, 1980). The more widely distributed shallow-water...Vesiculophyllum, and Zaphriphyllum. In parts of Utah and Idaho, this interval is characterized by a deep-water
Book (edition)
juty a2 Sketches IDAHO Second of GEOLOGY Edition Parker, Boise, Idaho EDWARD F. RHODENBAUGH...RHODENBAUGH, M.S Sketches IDAHO of GEOLOGY Second Edition by Edward F. Rhodenbaugh, M.S. I stand upon...stand upon the summit of my years. Eo R. Boise, Idaho 1961 Printed and bound in the United States of...of America The CAXTON PRINTERS, Caldwell, Idaho 93001 Ltd. by THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED...BoIs—E HIGH SCHOOL, GOODING COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, SOUTHERN BRANCH, AND BOISE JUNIOR COLLEGE Through
Report (volume)
Diamond, Slijper: Kohn Twinning : Slawson 1 Idaho : Carpenter, J. T.; Dake 1 Ta^elte, Clear Creok...Okla. Idaho Bur. Mines and Geology Pamph. Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Pamphlet. Moscow, Idaho. 111...11 Los Angeles County Mus. Quart.; Science Ser. [Paleontology Pub.] Los Angeles County Museum Quarterly;...Herbert, Jr. Ground-water resources of Liberty County, Texas : TJ. S. Geol. Survey, WaterSupply Paper...of some gold-base metal veins in eastern Grant County, Oregon [abs.] : Econ. Geology, v. 45, no. 4, p
Report (volume)
ADDRESSES ADDRESSES Continued ADDRESSES Continued Idaho, mineral deposits: Hulin, Mineralogy of uranium:...biological H. C., 4. phases vs. stratigraphic: Idaho: Hulin, C. D. Cooper, G. A. , 27. Mineral exploration...described. Div. Mines, 1; Jenkins, O. P., Choctaw County, Highway 17 area: 3. Toulmin, L. D., Jr., 3. Minor:...1. Div. Mines, 33. Piedmont area: Baker, J., 1. Idaho: Prater, L. S., 2. Illinois, limestones, Pennsylvanian...analysis: KelH. D., 5. ler, W. D., 3. Talladega County, hematiteOklahoma, potash agstone, granite magnetite
Book (volume)
Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey," by Charles Palache. U. S. Geol. Sur...Hannover, 1875. Shannon (1926). " The Minerals of Idaho," by Earl V. Shannon. Vol. 1, Pt. 1, Nat. Mus...Oregon. Placer County, Calif. Breckenridge, Oolo. Breckenridge, Colo. Placer County, Calif. Habit...of the Sierra Nevada and stretches from Mariposa County for more than 100 miles toward the The veins occur...chiefly from the Homestake mine at Lead in Lawrence County. In Alaska the most important lode mines are in
 
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