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| A GUIDE TO FOSSICKING IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY NORTHERN TERRITORY DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND ENERGY...FOSSICKING IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY This book was prepared by the staff of the Northern Territory Geological...updated by Dick Thompson. Darwin 1986 NORTHERN TERRITORY DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND ENERGY MINISTER:...0965 8 © Northern Territory Government Published by the Government Printing Office of the Northern Territory...L Duffietd. Government Printer of tne Nonhem Territory THE DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND ENERGY I Head |
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| Pty Ltd PO Box 537, Torrensville Plaza, South Australia 5031 i\\l MINELAB Visit our website www.mlnelab...Dates for your diary 26 A NEVER-ENDING SEARCH FOR QUARTZ If you think age is a barrier to gem and mineral...FOR GEM & MINERALS IN THE NEVER NEVER The Northern Territory is a treasure trove of gems Managing Editor...45unda'f, Ma'( t'fth 1-001- at 'Pa\mer, 45outh Australia. 6.arrett Meta\ Detet.tors and Other 'Priz.es... GARRETT METAL DETECTORS OlllClill Supplll'f al Mt•!,11 DC'IN'l<>r Equlpnl<'lll to llw Syd1wy 2 |
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| month the Desert Magazine oilers two cash prizes of $5.00 and $3.00 for the best amateur desert photographs...photographs submitted. Pictures are limited to the desert, but there is no restriction as to the residence of...photographer. There is a wide range of subjects — rock formations, flowers, desert animals and reptiles, canyons...prospectors, Indians—in fact anything that belongs to the desert. RULES—Not more than four prints may be submitted...filter, etc.. must accompany each entry. LAN your desert trip to include one or more days at the Imperial |
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| 1 drive far up the winding mountain road, Where smoky wings of moving clouds ensnare For one short breath...carpeting of pine, A rainbow's prismed light of desert flowers Burst forth. How wondrous and unreal to...grows wild. . . . DESERT PATTERNS By LAURA W. DUNLAP Santa Ana. California Desert patterns are wild...summer mornings such as this. The gods of ancient desert lands looked down Upon the earth. They saw a genesis...fell to lessen their sore dearth. Against the painted cliffs are still smoke signs Left there by long |
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| «-7-**t3 t. The trail to the top of 14,495-foot Mt. Whitney, highest point of the contiguous 48 states...the same spot in Lone Pine, California. rr Lofty Mt. Whitney ft * " "™ These two points are not the...CONTENTION CITY, ARIZONA TERRITORY OWENYO . . . DESERT LANDS FOR RECREATION DESERT MULE DEER THE COVER: Thousand...POKE BOOK REVIEWS William Knyvett Jack Pepper DESERT LIFE Hans Baeruald CALENDAR OF EVENTS Club Activities...AND ADVERTISING OFFICES: 74-109 Larrea St.. Palm Desert, California 92260. Telephone Area Code 714 346-8144 |
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| Bonito ruins in Chaco Canyon National Monument, New Mexico. OLD PROSPECTOR'S TALE DESERT GLASS By B. R. BRADLEY...captive hoi holds The long, lonely days of the desert ssun. Imprisoned within its lovely hues Lie mystery...covered well Their secret things. Instead, The desert winds sigh low above The ruins of the dead. By...all your scope. Santa Ana, California That the desert speaks not, no one can doubt Yet an old prospector...feet— And nothing to do but sweat and think; The desert shouted "give me a drink!" He swears this true |
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| seeds lie Unsprouted in the ground; The barren desert stretched away Where only sands abound. Then came...came the rains; the seeds awoke. The desert sands were green With trimmings of a colored cloak Of flowers...scene. • • • DESERT SOLILOQUY By SARAH PHILLIPS SALINGER Santa Barbara, California Desert dandelions...dandelions on the Mojave Desert. Photo by Mary Beal of Daggett, California. TRANSPLANTING By GLENN W. ARMSTRONG...retarding life. • • • DESERT WIND By ETHELYN M. KINCHER Meeker, Colorado The desert wind is a lonely wind |
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| elbaite crystals with lepidolite from the Golconda Mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil by Eberhard Equit, 1993.......73 Asia ..............................78 Australia ......................... 82 Europe (east) .....circa 1910 view of the old mine portal on the north side of the Himalaya Mine in San Diego County, CA....a peculiar quartz-diopside rock type that consists of ab solutely white diopside, quartz and calcite...the Sludyanka complex in the southern Lake Baikal region of Russia. Six New Species Today, this team has |
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| Rocks 1 The Geologic View of Time 5 1. Grand Canyon National Park Geologic Features 10 Box 1.1 How...GRAND CANYON 26 How Does a River System Evolve? ¢ Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks in the Grand Canyon ¢ Geologic...ALL-ENCOMPASSING EXPLANATION 37 Volcanic Rocks Bryce Canyon National Park 43 Geographic Setting 44Geologic...and Desert Varnish ¢ Caliche and Other Desert Features ¢ Badland Topography and the Painted Desert Oe...245 Box 18.1 Tectonic Activity IN THE CARIBBEAN REGION 247 Reef Terraces 248 Geologic History 250 Box |
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| hearted cactus bloom Whispers to me a haunting desert tune. Revealing clefts, and fastnesses of rocks...protectingly to hold The sunlight in this gallant desert gold. Warm on my heart as sun-washed sand at noon...Memories of cactus, silvered in the moon, Drift from a desert night, when it is on the wane. • • • - HAUNTED...shimmering waves of phantom braves, Across the desert floor. Ghosts from out of yesterday Appear and...band, Beneath the desert skies. Hedgehog in blossom. Photo by Josef Muench. DESERT IDYL By WANDA GUERRERO |
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| xiii I. Stream Erosion and Weathering 1. Grand Canyon National Park 1 2 Local History 5 Geologic Features...Features Associated with the Geology of the Grand Canyon 6 Box 1.1 The Colorado Plateaus—an Unsolved Puzzle...Puzzle 8 Geologic Structures Associated with Grand Canyon Rocks’ 10 What Causes Gaps in the Sedimentary Rock...History 13 Box 1.2 The Terraced Walls of the Grand Canyon 19 Zion National Park 22 Box 2.1 How Rocks Are...Geologic Features 29 Geologic History 32 26 35 Bryce Canyon National Park Local History 37 Box 3.1 Sedimentary |
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| Photo by Harry Vroman. MOJAVE SNOW My Old Desert Shack DESERT DREAMING By PHYLLIS J. BAILEY By PHYLLIS...this morning to see a strangely lovely sight The desert softly sleeping 'neath a coverlet of white. Unsullied...veils Behind whose tenuous strength, our burning desert sun fails. WHISPERED MUSIC By PAUL WILHELM Thousand...land! Twentynine Palms, California Some think the desert is a lonely place Of sun and wind, of sky and space...Joshua trees guard the silent night. Some know the desert is a lovely place Of sun and wind, of sky and space |
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| American desert region that JL fascinates both young and old. And that is why books of the desert are especially...especially welcome as gifts. Desert Crafts Shop presents a selected list of those desert volumes. They are not...FLOWERS, Margaret Armstrong. illustrated $2.00 the Desert. William Mason and James Handbook for both amateur...CaliforBORN OF THE DESERT, C. R. Rockvanced botanists. Illustrated with pen nia desert out of Palm Springs...bibliography. Paper formative. Cartoon map. bound 75c DESERT CACTI, A. T. Helm. New 138 pages ... $1.00 edition |
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| normal driving without an oil change. THE DESERT MAGAZINE Desert Calendar April 25—All-day bird trip to...conducted by Desert Museum from Palm Springs, California. May 1—All day trip to Painted Canyon, conducted...conducted by Desert Museum from Palm Springs, California. Bring lunch and water. May 1 — Lecture, "Common Desert...Desert Snakes," by Lawrence M. Klauber, Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California. May 1—Annual fiesta and...California, conducted by Desert Museum. Three mile walk. May 8-9—Sierra club, Desert Peaks section, climb |
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| CLOSED ALL DAY SUNDAY PHONE: SY. 6-6423 DESERT MAGAZINE DESERT CALENDAR Feb. 1—Annual Gold Rush Day and...travelcade to Cave Creek, from Phoenix, Ariz. Feb. 7—Desert Museum field trip to Thousand Palms Oasis and Willis... Palm Springs. California. Feb. 7-8—Desert hiking, Odessa Canyon, Calico Mts. Southern California Chapter...Phoenix. Feb. 8—Desert Sun Ranchers Rodeo. Remuda Ranch, Wickenburg, Ariz. Feb. 14—Desert Museum field trip...Festival, Fairgrounds, Indio, California. Feb. 21-22 — Desert Museum overnight trip to Hole-in-the-Rock in Providence |
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| CLOSED ALL DAY SUNDAY PHONE: SY. 6-6423 DESERT MAGAZINE DESERT CALENDAR Sept. 1-5—Annual Rodeo, Silver... Sept. 5-7 — Desert Peaks Section, Southern California Chapter, Sierra Club climb of Mt. Jefferson, Nev... Sept. 19-20—Desert Peaks Section, Southern California Chapter, Sierra Club climb of Mt. Tom in the High...Mexico. SEPTEMBER, 1953 Volume 16 COVER Bryce Canyon, Utah. Number 9 Photograph By JOHN BLACKFORD...CALENDAR EXPLORATION POETRY FIELD TRIP BOTANY LOST MINE TRUE-FALSE EXPERIENCE LETTERS PHOTOGRAPHY FICTION |
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| of the books on the market selling in that price range. " "It is better than most lapidary handbooks."...m > N T M t N T ONIY DESERT MAGAZINE DESERT CALENDAR Sept. 30-Oct. 1—Desert Peaks section of Sierra... CALENDAR October events on the desert 3 POETRY Selected desert poems 4 FIELD TRIP Mining for...Rosas By HENRY E. W. WILSON 13 QUIZ Test your desert knowledge 14 PERSONALITY Boatman of Eldorado...Huachucas By VINITA BLEDSOE Desert Signboards By RANDALL HENDERSON SCIENCE LOST MINE HISTORY NATURE LANDMARKS |
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| the United States, its possessions, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Panama Canal Zone...possessions of the United States, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, as well as a few pre-1936...possessions of the United States, and the Trust Territory oi the Pacific Islands, that were published before...possessions, the Panama Canal Zone, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands presently administered... LEXICON OF GEOLOGIC NAMES OF UNITED STATES 3 and Central America. This smaller ge_ographic area was selected |
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| important than theory. This book brings together a range of complex and interrelated philosophies, and...cycle of erosion, bottom it became salt) and quartz (silicon dioxide — rock deposition and metamorphosis...what colours a crystal will exhibit. colour V Quartz crystal carries the properties of its Although...alters the light rays as they pass through it. Thus quartz, which is transparent, can appear violet coloured...coloured with titanium or manganese. It becomes smoky brown when the lattice is subjected to natural |
