 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A CATALOGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS GEMSTONES NORFOLK C,OUNTY ( Part Seven) By RALPH GOSSE P.O. Box 5351, Albany...in a later issue. AMETHYST Locality Description and Occurrence Franklin Wellesley In gneiss. Pale lavender...Brookline, on county line separating Brookline, Norfolk County and Newton, Middlesex County Cohasset, shore...shore of Massachusetts Bay Foxboro, gravel banks, in vicinity Blue Hills Canton, gravel pits, 10 Cohasset...Cohasset, shore of Massachusetts Bay Norfolk County, shore of Boston Bay Foxboro, Union Street and vicinity |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 21st Annual Show of the Gila County Gem and Mineral Society. Gila County Fair grounds, Highway 60, Globe...Hamburg, New York 14075 April 8, 9, 1977-Wellesley, Massachusetts. Boston Gem and Mineral Show spon sored...sored by the Boston Mineral Club. Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachu setts. Show Co-Chairmen: Richard...chusetts 01760; Shields Flynn, 16 Park St., Norfolk, Massachusetts 02056 April 8, 9, 1978-Claymont, Delaware...Advance Registra port Lapidary Club. Cuyahoga County tion and information: Mrs. G. Apolant, Farigrounds |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies Saugus, Massachusetts John Hanahan Jr. Chairman, Science Division...Ehlmann Texas Christian University Lynn, Massachusetts Delbert L. Oswald Fred Fortess Philadelphia...Brooklyn, New York Ben M. Shaub Northampton, Massachusetts W. Cullen Sherwood VandaU T. King State University...the pegrnatite veins of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North...and Rumford, Maine; Chesterfield, Massachusetts; San Diego County, California; Colorado and New Mexico |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies Saugus, Massachusetts John Hanahan Jr. Chainnan, Science Division...Christian University Margaret A. McBrien Lynn, Massachusetts Fred Fortess Philadelphia College of Tex tiles...Cincinnati, Ohio Ben M. Shaub Northampton, Massachusetts Vandall T. King State University of N...Prairie Creek j ust 10uth of Murfree• boro, Pike County, Arkansas. The near-oval shaped area is an enclosed...diatreme (volcanic pipe) near Murfreesboro, Pike County, Arkansas (The Crater of Diamonds State Park). |  | | 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...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite...Malachite HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT Quartz Xls LAWRENCE COUNTY Pearls LITTLE ROCK Quartz Crystals MAGNET COVE, |  | | Journal (issue) | | hospitality; to the personnel of the McIntyre Ranch, Juab County, for hospitality and assistance in the field ;...several localities in New Jersey, all in Monmouth County and all in reensand. Its most noted occurrence...199 Allentown ( in the southwestern part of the County) where it is found in leekgreen coatings and masses...occurrence is Middletown, in the northern part of the county, and especially on Telegraph Hill, 2½ miles N.W...of Freehold, in the central part of the County. Monmouth County is in the eastern part of New Jersey. |  | | Book (edition) | | CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS • AOATI • • AMETHYST URINE • • BERYL MOONSTONE CITRINE GEM...arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized in...where they found many of stones, such as quartz amethyst, tourmaline, beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals...precious variety of beryl. Amethyst and agate geode. Purple or lavender amethyst crystals line cavity, ...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Symposium, the largest annual mineral symposium in the USA. I have missed only 3 meetings since 1979 and have...woman officer of the GSA. Born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, she was an expert in crystallography, mineralogy...she taught geology, geography and petrology at Wellesley. In 1939, she was appointed to the position of...sulfur, turquoise, garnet, kyanite, diamond, pearl, amethyst, ruby, sapphire, sodalite, and, of course, jade...announced in the newsletter.) Snow schedule - Arlington county schools. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | a talk on gold in Georgia. MASSACHUSETTS Dr. Jerome Regnier of Wellesley College invited the members...of the North Shore Rock and Mineral Club of Massachusetts, Inc., South Lynnfield, when he spoke on the...cellular markings of coral. They were found in Lee County, Florida. DELAWARE The Delaware Mineralogical...in Connecticut. . . . Members of the Litchfield County Mineral Club, Inc., West Torrington, are working...photograr-hs taken by the Gemini eral Club of Lower Bucks County, Levitastronauts. Mr. Gillespie discovered some |  | | Book | | MASSACHUSETTS MINERALAND FOSSIL LOCALITIES Compiled by Peter P. Gleba 'I!~·· . \. i r,'"--""'4' I...publication. Peter P. Gleba December 2008 Quincy, Massachusetts Member Boston Mineral Club Reprinted by permission...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. Calculating it another way, [Peter Gleba] said...Brockton and from Braintree west to Needham and Wellesley. BRAINTREE - By most accounts, land near the...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. It has access, it has convenience, it has exposure |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SUPPLEMENTARY I~IFORMATION: Robert Osborne Pepin- Born: Wellesley Hills, Mass. .' Assistant Professor of Physics...samples. CLEANING AMETHYST CRYSTALS By DOUG ANDERSON Thunder Bay, Canada Amethyst crystals from Leon |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the old open pit Sodium Sulphate mine in Imperial County near BertROCKS AND MINERALS ram siding on the...white with a little amethyst tint. Some of the onegite xls are brown and some are amethyst. I am wondering...smoky quartz—a tiny but beautiful deep purple amethyst xl also present. 493 Downloaded by [University...discovery of gold on lot 999, 12th district, of Lumpkin County, Ga., which is owned by the American Legion. The...unusual specimen was found in a plowed field in Henry County, Iowa. KANSAS—Larry Davis, 617 East Ave. B, Hutchinson |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bogart .......................... PENNSYLVANIA AMETHYST ............................................................................................. AMETHYST lN GEORGIA. By A. S. F11r~·ro11 ...................................................... CHESTER COUNTY, PENN., RUTlLE ..................................in the southern part of the state (in N . Pinal County). The occurrence is quite interesting in that...THE METALLURGIST " PAUL REVERE" By M. D. BOGART Wellesley Mass. "Listen my children and you shall hear |  | | Report (issue) | | Publisher Lithographie, Ltd. Denver, Colorado, USA Design and Layout Gloria A. Staebler © 2012 Lithographic...Lithographic, Ltd. PO Box 11613 • Denver, CO 80211 • USA Phone: 1.303.495.5521 • Fax: 1.303.482.1238 W\\w...of America PHOTO CREDITS Cover: Quartz variety amethyst, 10.5 cm tall Goboboseb Mountains, Erongo Region...collection, Jeff Scovil photo Title (facing) Page Amethyst mouse with gold tail, 130 grams, 6.3 cm wide Carved...Brazilian amethyst Private collection, Robert Weldon photo © 2009 GIA Page 2 Quartz variety amethyst, 3.5 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | who was for some years resident at Province Wellesley :‘‘All catalogues of the Penang fauna must be...qualifications. The dependencies of Penang and Province Wellesley are usually made more or less into one zoological... is about 2600 feet above the sea. “Province Wellesley is situated on the Malayan peninsula, and is separated...the plains and less elevated hills of Province Wellesley. At present, however, when mixed collections are... W. L. Distant took this species at Province Wellesley; he says that all the species of BupZea which |  | | Journal (issue) | | usually not easily distinguishable ly in Tooele County, Utah, at approxi - from the more plentiful Pleistocene...contains bands of pale Amethysts and Citrine. Amethyst occurs as crystals and as bands in agate. Chalcedony...have the following to say. "It is a beautiful amethyst color cloudy in portions but in small areas perfectly...S/ E. Polk numerous caves hitherto unkown, but County) , is noted for its copper mines. failed to find...Rudeville is a little hamlet in northeastern Sussex County (in the northern part of the State) , about 3 miles |  | | Journal (issue) | | majority of pebbles found are quartz such as agate, amethyst, basanite, chalcedony, chert, jasper, milky quartz...eastern states, as New York, New Jersey or Massachusetts would follow California's example by issuing...world-wide traveller, died at his home on Denton Road, Wellesley, Mass., Saturday evening, April 30, 1938, after...Elizabeth Foote Denton, a writer. The family moved to Wellesley in 1865, when he was a boy of six. His father...the interior and died. Mr. Denton returned to Wellesley in J 883, and on his birthday in 1885 married |  | | Journal (issue) | | KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...Wilson The Crystal Cave, South Bass Island, Ottawa County, Ohio.................263 by J. K. Brizendine &...only): $139/one year (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...Hopkinton, Rhode Island sceptered amethyst site (see the 1995 article on “Amethyst on milky quartz from Hopkinton...Sunday Mines, Slick Rock Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado. His mineral collecting interests are |  | | Book | | reference in the field. Carl A. Francis Cambridge, Massachusetts vii Preface In this volume we have endeavored...concerned in the Philip Scalisi David Cook Quincy, Massachusetts Acknowledgments A great many people have helped...The excellent Johnson Collection preserved at Wellesley College has been of great help because it is very...penetration twins. Near the city of Chinchwad, amethyst crystals of good color are found and are occasionally...heulandite, scolecite, powellite, mesolite, laumontite, amethyst, clear quartz, and calcite. Unusual pseudomorphs |  | | Book (volume) | | be estimated from the pale rectangular step cut amethyst (left, upper group) which measures about 25 mm...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | FEATURES Page 36 8 A VISIT TO THE FOUR PEAKS AMETHYST MINE A look at how fine faceting material is...the line shack just above It. No. 2 marks the amethyst outcropping locations where extraction takes place...entrance By Frank P. Jaeger site of the Four Peaks amethyst to the spectacular location. deposit is a rare...rare, exciting - if not The Four Peaks Amethyst Mine is breathtaking - experience. All-the- Indians. (if...once accomlegend, it allows a person's imagina- Amethyst Mine. plishing his cragsman' s feat, tion to easily |  | | Journal (issue) | | Hurst, New York, N. Y. 5. Shelley W. Denton, Wellesley, Mass. 14. Eugene W. Blank, Jersey City, N. J...cameo blank was so marked that the artist could not usa it in the regular course of his work, he would throw...Highway 61, and at Gull Point on M. 64 in Ontonagon County, Michigan. Someday I shall go back and hunt for...crystalline or crystallize quartz, rock crystal or amethyst the appearance is often enhanced as it also is...notable chiefly for the beautiful association with amethyst and the wonderful cavities and impressions after |  | | Book (edition) | | ........................................... . Amethyst ............................................................ _.... , .... _. ______ Ledbetter amethyst mine ............................................. . Siskiyou County ................................................. . Butte County .................co.lifornite was fotmd in quantity in Siskiyou County, Cal. This mineral is with difficulty distinguished...usual, from the eposits of blue sapphire m Fergl!s County. AGATE. COLORADO. A large number of agates are |  | | Journal (issue) | | banding with the occasional carnelian red and amethyst geode. Some of the agates from this locality have...LINE (Tony M. SPECIAL for JANUARY BRAZILIAN AMETHYST Crystal groups. reduced from £1.40 to £1. 1O per... 0--0--0--0 THIS MONTH'S SPECIAL OFFER: 1 lb AMETHYST TIPS 1 lb ROSE QUARTZ 1 lb GREEN AVENTURINE 1...x 8 at 17p, 13 x 18 at 32p. FEBRUARY-AMETHYST-Super deep amethyst drops Sp each, 45p/10. Silver chain...BuLOVA Bulova (UK) Limited, Pembroke House, 44 Wellesley Road. Croydon CR9 3PT 20 The wheel structure |  | | Journal (issue) | | San Mateo Previouslv mentioned were the annual County. Federation · convention!> and shows; Third Row...the four end blocks. By J . McLeod Little Kerr County Gem and M ineral Club . 132 rus Elegance with...in a pegmatite in the Pala District, San Diego County , California. Such pockets are important sources...sources of gem crystals. Photo by Steve Smale . Amethyst crystals in a "coconut" geode from the Sierra def...fortunate in that a number of pegmatites in San Diego County are now being \.vorked and producing fine crystal |
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