 | | Book (volume) | | Idaho, lowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, — ; Oregon, South Dakota, Washington...Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington...Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington...Idaho lowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon South Dakota Washington ...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible |  | | Report (issue) | | University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Conservation and Survey...Gemstones of Nebraska: A Handbook for Students and Collectors Roger K. Pabian University of Nebraska - Lincoln...Lincoln, rpabian1@unl.edu Allan Cook University of Nebraska - Lincoln Follow this and additional works at:...K. and Cook, Allan, "Minerals and Gemstones of Nebraska: A Handbook for Students and Collectors" (1976)...Resources, School of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion |  | | Journal (issue) | | ........................ 322 SOME MINERALS OF NEBRASKA. By Prof. E. F. Schra,nn1 ........ 323 EYLES...ERALS OF NEBRASKA By PROFESSOR E. F. SCHRAMM Chairman Department of Geology University of Nebraska ess,...ned the :urc '. R . by As you probably know, Nebraska is noted for its scarcity of fine gem minerals...age in the quarries east and west of Louisville, Nebraska, and just east of Weeping Water contain some small...quarry about two miles east of Wymore, Gage County, Nebraska, contains many geodes which ace lined with |  | | Report (volume) | | is most often used in porous stones, such as the agate. The unattractive gray and pale shades may be changed...shades. The common dyeing procedure is to soak the agate in the desired chemical (nitric acid for red shades...and sulfates for blue shades). The Romans dyed agate by soaking it in honey, removing it from the liquid...the same effect is achieved by first soaking the agate in a sugar solution, and then in sulfuric acid to...eventually deposited as alluvial gravels. Opal and agate are formed from aqueous solutions. Diamonds are |  | | Book (edition) | | ILLINOIS • NORTH DAKOTA • OHIO • MICHIGAN • NEBRASKA • IOWA WISCONSIN Digitized by the Internet...IOWA WISCONSIN • OHIO • KANSAS • NORTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA • INDIANA • MISSOURI • MINNESOTA By JUNE CULP...described in detail. Price $2.00. THE AGATE BOOK — For the agate hunter, cutter and collector. Describes...sub-varieties of agate. The first complete book on agate, with 50 photos, showing numerous types of agate, localities... Hot Springs Area Cycad .-' _ :. Oelrichs Agate Beds Rose Quartz Mine Northern Hill Gems 24 |  | | Book | | Localities Late Agate Fossil Quarries Formation: State: Upper Harrison Nebraska, NALMA or Sioux...the Arikareean mybp on the Harrison Fm., Agate and Ash in the therefore a date. References:... previously 25 Fm.), had been not of the Agate Upper in the believed. Harrison Pyramid Hill...Late Arikareean Kellogg 1972, ("Vaqueros") Mitchell 1932, and Wilson Tedford 1979 Avian References:...Quarry Formation: State: NALMA Runningwater Nebraska, Dawes Radiometric Dates: none References: |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015 K NOWN AS THE...designated, there are two official state gemstones: agate and sapphire. An extensive body of gem and mineral...gypsum are found along with petrified wood and agate. The middle third of the state is known as the Montana...Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00...mines at Butte in Silver Bow County and the Black Pine mine in Granite County have produced many fine crystal |  | | Report (volume) | | A. Buehler, Rolla. Nebraska.........Prof. E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada......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 |  | | Book | | Gemstone-Freshwater Pearl Soil-Crider Series Mineral-Coal Rock-Agate * Maryland Fossil Shell-Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae...Gemstone-Lake Superior Agate Vil * Mississippi * Louisiana Gemstone-Agate Fossil-Petrified Palmwood...Montana Agate Fossil-Maiasaura peeblesorum * Nebraska Rock-Prairie Agate Gemstone-Blue Agate Fossil-Mammoth...South Dakota Mineral-Rose Quartz Gemstone-Fairburn Agate Fossil-Triceratops Jewelry-Black Hills Gold Soil-Houdek...Fossil-Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica Mineral-Agate *Wexas Gem-Blue Topaz Stone-Petrified Palmwood |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | brown limonite. Wickenburg is in N / W Maricopa County in western Arizona. xline—crystalline tain a... The Dallas Gem Mine is in southern San Benito County in western California. COLORADO — "Would you please...interior cently found in San Benito County, here to be an attractive moss agate of pleasing in California. When...term "astonishing" is not an exaggeraSan Miguel County is in southwestern tion ! W e were lucky in being...greenish datolite. Meriden is in N / E New Haven County in central Connecticut. FLORIDA — Mary G. Poole |  | | Book (volume) | | thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond...of the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi...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) | | thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond...of the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi...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 (volume) | | ....................................... 180 Nebraska.................................................1914: Oklahoma Geol. Survey Bull. 22, pt. 2, 1914. Mitchell, John Graham, Minerals of Oregon: Oregon Univ...Nebraska____.Prof. E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada_____Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith,...Prof. A. J. Collier, Eugene. Prof. Graham John Mitchell, Eugene. Pennsylvania__Mr. R. R. Hice, Beaver...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY began in 1818...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the...1831 along tributaries of the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has...iron ore, clay, marble, bauxite, and Figure 1. County map of Alabama. Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey |  | | 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...the many types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate is wood for which...specific locations are comparatively few, but jasper, agate and even more valuable stones may turn up almost...diagonally through matrix rock. Polished Fairburn agate from South Dakota. \\ jfc^ ^ ^ * Emerald in |  | | Journal (issue) | | STAINLESS STEEL CABBING UNIT This machine is made in the USA for Kingsley North. Features an all stainless steel...rough petrified wood, geodes and agate. “This finished Crater agate is a good example. I purchased this...at the 2013 Tucson Show. Luis discovered Crater agate in 1997. I had no idea what might be hidden inside...polishing the three surfaces as one would do for any agate. The intersection lines and center point area are...Wholesale and retail show; Gem Faire Inc.; Washington County Fairgrounds; 873 NE 34th Ave.; Fri. 12-6, Sat. |  | | 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 % ^...stones will remain." On my own table is a section of agate, cut and polished, its concentric rings of rose...color, as in emeralds; their pattern, as in moss agate; or their play of color, as in opals. Fashion plays...sharp sliver of agate, such as Montana moss agate, is also useful to test minerals near agate in hardness |  | | Book (edition) | | IOWA WISCONSIN • OHIO • KANSAS • NORTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA • INDIANA • MISSOURI • MINNESOTA I By JUNE CULP...DAKOTA 6 New Finds ................ Fairburn Type Agate Blue Chalcedony .... Tourmaline ..................ARDMORE AGATE BEDS 11 OELRICHS AGATE BED .. 12 THE CUSTER AREA ......... Tepee Canyon Agate ... Garnets...Specimens .... 30 30 .30 NEBRASKA ............... 33 NORTHERN NEBRASKA .......... Fossils...........33 34 NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA 35 WESTERN & CENTRAL NEBRASKA 36 EASTERN NEBRASKA 37 CENTRAL MISSOURI |  | | Book (volume) | | Texas Utah Alaska Idaho Iowa Minnesota Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon SouthDakota Washington Wyoming...exclusively i.n the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina, to be true hiddenite. Preface...discounts for senior . Directions: Anniston, in Calhoun County, is 60 miles northea t of Birmingham and 80 miles...Mining Tony and Ti rTi Tha ker HC 67, Box 62P Pen ii Bluff, AR 71965 (Mine lo atecl in I lount Icb) Phone:...Diamonds are the chief attraction; however, amethyst, agate, jasper, quartz, calcite, barite, peridot, and up |  | | Book (volume) | | Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises 4,460’...Mesozoic era. Thus, as one travels westward across Nebraska they find successively younger formations appearing...disclosing spectacular bedrock formations. Northwestern Nebraska contains most of the gem fields in the state,...that rival the color of the rainbow. The western Nebraska-South Dakota borderland from Sheridan Co. to the...washes, reveal an abundance of gem quality 283 Nebraska petrified wood, often occurring as huge stone |  | | 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...ClIRYSOCOLLA AUBREY GROUP, in Northern Arizona Agate, (in Kuibab limestone) BIG BUG CREEK, Yavapai Co...Cruz Co. Opal SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS, Santa Cruz Co. Agate SHANNON MOUNTAIN, Greenlee Co. Chalcedony SILVER |  | | Report (issue) | | locality, or civil division (city, village, or county) named for a physical feature is always listed...information is usually self-explanatory, for example: county seat. Feature Class (second column) The terms listed...their definitions. County (third column) This column lists the name of the county in which the entity...place, feature, or area lies in more than one county, the county listed is the one in which the center of...in the case of a stream, valley, or arroyo, the county listed is the one in which the mouth of the feature |  | | 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...Such Plains and created beautiful Crater Lake. Nebraska and Kansas the High — states as —owe their...thunder eggs dug beds in Oregon are nodules of agate, walls. TWIN CRYSTALS commonly develop Crystals |  | | 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...color, as in emeralds; their pattern, as in moss agate; or their play of eral color, as in opals. Fashion... 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | basalt; the thin, gray slightly banded slabs are agate. The locality is Hammond Bay, Presque Isle Co.,...gives more information: "There isn't supposed to be agate north of Alpena (Alpena Co.), Mich. I know it isn't...finds, Mr. Smith. MINNESOTA—"I found an agate in Itasca County, Minn., which weighed exactly one pound...pound. It is a black Lake Superior Agate—these black agates are very hard to find. I cut the specimen exactly...is in my private collection. I call it my 'Bomb Agate' due to the mushroom cloud effect."—item dated Nov |
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