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| .'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North CarOlina Department of Natural Resources and Community...for the general welfare of the citizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts a number of basic and...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist FRONT |
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| Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist i ...FRONT COVER PHOTO Twinned emerald crystal from North Carolina, photo from Smithsonian Institution (slide...viable mineral collecting sites throughĀ out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during |
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| No. 1380. OCCURRENCE DUM AND IN NORTH By DISTRIBUTION CAROLINA AND OF CORUNĀ GEORGIA.* JOSEPH..., to northeastern Georgia and southwestern North Carolina, with the exception of the emery mines at Chester...use to designata the varieties of corundum: (1) Sapphire, which include s all corundums, of whatever color...blue sapphire is distinct names in the gem trade. known as the oriental sapphire, the red sapphire as the...oriental ruby, t h e green sapphire as the oriental emerald, the yellow sapphire as the oriental topaz, and |
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| t^^*l IDOCRASE lOLITE k:^ RUBY /^^ RUTILE SAPPHIRE 1^ TOURMALINE CRYSTALS TOPAZ CRYSTALS 4 GEM...a distinguishing and a value-fixing is star sapphire and the chrysoberyl cats-eye are valued chiefly...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...plains have been buried deep under debris brought north by glaciers or washed down down from have been...were Shop, Chicago. Cabochon-cut Note star sapphire. fine lines radiating from top of cut stone |
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| NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION WILLIAM DIVISION JASPER P. OF L. SAUNDERS, MINERAL...RESOURCES GEOLOGIST Circular 16 LOCALITIES NORTH OF CAROLINA BY JAMES F. CONLEY Doc NC DENR LIBRARY...... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MINERAL COLLECTING IN NORTH CAROLINA , . . . . # . WHERE TO COLLECT f ... f ......THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY COUNTIES . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ......... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 7 Emerald, Hiddenite and Associated Minerals |
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| ............................................. Sapphire or corundum gems ....... ..-.............................................................. North Carolina sapphires^......... ..........._.................... North Carolina..... .... ........................... ................. Macon County .............,.._, Sheffield mine .......... .......... .1...................... Clay County.. ........................................ Buck Creek or Cullakeenee mine.......................... Blue Ridge corundum tracts |
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| varieties.......---..-.-..-..-...-,.-..--..-.....Sapphire or gem corundum ........_...'...................of a gem..................................... Sapphire as a gem ......... ................_............the United States ......-.- -.....-...-...... Sapphire or gem corundum .--.-.----..--........--..............-...-...---------------...-.-.-.--.. North Carolina ______________________________________________........_.. Sapphire .............-................................_........... North Carolina ___..__._ |
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| North Carolina State Library Gift of "JYortk (^arolinti ^Ihranj 0 Digitized by the Internet Archive...in 2019 with funding from State Library of North Carolina https://archive.org/details/corundumperidoti01prat...OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY JOSEPH HYDE PRATT and JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS North Carolina State Library...Library Raleigh NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY J. A. HOLMES, STATE GEOLOGIST VOLUME I CORUNDUM AND...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY JOSEPH HYDE PRATT AND JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA 1905 |
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| large variety of minerals and gemstones in North Carolina annually attracts thousands of collectors to...the world. Some Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina T H E C O L L E C T I N G L O C A L I T I E...McKenzie's publication Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina: Information Circular 24 (1978). For a more...locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can be ordered from the North Carolina Department...27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can |
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| grinding and polishing machine, made by Kingsley North available in powder coat paint. Heavy duty construction...grinding and polishing machine, made by Kingsley North available in Stainless Steel. Heavy duty construction...(with motor mount) and 7ā high. $995. KINGSLEY NORTH DIAMOND GRINDING WHEELS Metal bonded diamond grinding...List $135.00 117.00 SALE $86.00 86.00 KINGSLEY NORTH DIAMOND BELT WHEELS A resin-bonded diamond belt...1-1/2ā 3,000 Mesh/Grit Shipping weight Kingsley North, Inc. P.O. Box 216: Dept 3 910 Brown Street Norway |
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| tH MSTONESof - NORTH AMERICA ~ VOLUME olor phot raphs yo. Erica and. Harol d Van I [iL Albuquerque...87109 N.M. N_E. Bivd. Gkapats GEMSTONES of NORTH AMERICA ~ NASMI EPPA GEMSTONES OF THE WORLD...+ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, by John Sinkankas ON@āTHE VOLUME III COVER North American gems from...(25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75 |
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| 2 (below). Tourmaline (elbaite) from the Dunton mine, Newry, Maine. A selection of some of the crystals...Wilkes County, Georgia. The more familiar and more highly regarded gemsāemerald, diamond, sapphire, turquoise...variety of the mineral spodumene, that occurs in North Carolina. ;V\YTHSPUL Gem tourmaline (the species elbaite...fragments were found at Mount Mica, Paris Hill, Oxford County, Maine, in 1820 among the roots of a fallen tree...major discovery occurred at the Dunton mine, Newry, Oxford County, in 1972, consisting of a series of pockets |
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| MINES MINERS MINERALS AND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Western North Carolinaās Hidden Mineralogical Treasures...E L L 2005 PARKWAY PUBLISHERS, INC. Boone, North Carolina Copyright Ā©1999 Lowell Presnell All Rights...Mines, miners, and minerals of western North Carolina : western North Carolinaās hidden mineralogical treasures...(hard cover) 1. Mines and mineral resourcesāNorth CarolinaāHistory. I. Title. TN24.N8P74 2005 338.4ā7622ā09756ādc22...Domestic Mica Buying Policy 111 20. Western North Carolina & the War Years .119 21. The Mineral Kingdom |
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| GElV!Ā§TONEĀ§ (())f NORTH AMERRCA VOLUME III GElV[Ā§TONEĀ§ OF TXiE ,voRLD Ā§ERIEĀ§ SERIES EDITOR... GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, VOLUME III by Joh11 Sinkankas ON ~rf-IE co Ā·vER North An1erican gems...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...and pinkish purple (I .3 5 et). GEMSTONEĀ§ (O)f NORTH AMERICA VOLUME III John Sinbanbas Colar Photography...Qurrli~y Books, Inc.) Sinkankas, John. Gen1stones of North An1erica. Vol. III/ John Sinkankas. p. cm. lncludes |
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| grinding and polishing machine, made by Kingsley North available in powder coat paint. Heavy duty construction...grinding and polishing machine, made by Kingsley North available in Stainless Steel. Heavy duty construction...(with motor mount) and 7ā high. $995. KINGSLEY NORTH DIAMOND GRINDING WHEELS Metal bonded diamond grinding...List $135.00 117.00 SALE $86.00 86.00 KINGSLEY NORTH DIAMOND BELT WHEELS A resin-bonded diamond belt...1-1/2ā 3,000 Mesh/Grit Shipping weight Kingsley North, Inc. P.O. Box 216: Dept 3 910 Brown Street Norway |
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| Where & How to Djg, Pan and Mine Your Own Gen1s & Minerals Where & I-low to 1-Iunt for Treasure From...stops at a roadside "dig your own" gem mine. Junior finds a sapphire the size of a p ach and ends up on national...) Many an unsuspecting tourist has stopped at a mine to try his or her luck and become a rockhound for...Utah Alaska Idaho Iowa Minnesota Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon SouthDakota Washington Wyoming vowr-...Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginja West Virginia Southwest |
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| State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G...... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston. South Dakota....Adolph Knopf, D. B. Sterrett, J. B. Umpleby, E. L. Jones, jr., G. S. Rogers, H. G. Ferguson, and G. F. Loughlin...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; |
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| northeast near Jamestown in Cherokee County is another lead mine." ARIZONAāA letter dated Sept. 17, 1953...his letter, dated Aug. 19, 1953, writes:ā "An old mine near here had cavities in it that contained a sandlike...the Navajo Indian Reservation north of this community (in Apache County) with "high hopes" of finding...Chromrutile, has been found at the Red Ledge chromite mine in the Washington mining district of Nevada Co....clear, but presumably it was around 1949. Red Ledge mine was originally developed as a gold-bearing property |
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| COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA C. HENRY KING, FRANKUNVILLE, N.C. ALAMANCEāThe North State pyrophyllite mine is located...by the Indians. ALLEGHANYāThe Crouse manganese mine near Sparta has produced an interesting suite of...ASHEāSite of the Ore Knob copper mine in the eastern part of the county has produced chalcocite, bornite...Mountain. BURKEāThree diamonds have been found in this county. One specimen is at the State Museum in Raleigh...was found in the Reed mine. In 1803 a 28 lb. nugget was found in this same mine! This area has, in recent |
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| Gemological Institute of America. Downloaded by [North Dakota State University] at 07:03 14 October 2014...FOSSIL SHOW West Springfield, MA Downloaded by [North Dakota State University] at 07:03 14 October 2014...retail and wholesale dealers Guest Speakers ~ Bob Jones, Nancy Millard, Kevin Downey & Bill Larson Wholesale...- 22 G HOLIDAY INN - CARTERSVILLE, GA 45 Miles North of Atlanta - I-75 at EXIT 293 G G Next to the Tellus... Downloaded by [North Dakota State University] at 07:03 14 October 2014 Wilkes County, Georgia (November/ |
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| template.indd 2 2/21/12 3:58:50 PM 0714 Kingsley North 3x10_4~c REVISED_Layout 1 5/23/2014 9:17 AM Page...Stock No. 1-0643 SALE Stock No. 1-0649S Kingsley North, Inc. P.O. Box 216: Dept 3 910 Brown Street Norway...4 cm -high specimen is from the DeMaria mine in Placer County, California. (Jeff Scovil Photo/Brett Keller...Detecting for Gold.......................... 12 by Bob Jones a common and well-crystallized collector mineral........................ 50 by Bob Jones collecting run-of-the-mine specimens by Steve Voynick Montana |
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| describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such... '<&*=> 4B^ Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal ^J^ Garnet __ Azurite, Malachite...out each year into the mountains and deserts of North America to collect a great variety of materials...glaciers that once covered the northern part of North America. As you can see from the directory of digging...although some gems cents per pound. such as sapphire and amethyst are often so parti-colored that they |
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| JONES RUBY MINE By DAVID L. RIFE 2333 Laramie Drive, Knoxville, Tenn. Renewed interest in gem corundum...corundum at Franklin, North Carolina, will doubtlessly attract many visitors this summer season to the Franklin...Fork of Cowee Valley is north of Franklin about 5 miles via Route 28. County road 1340 is the turnoff...material. The Jones Mine is apparently located near the center of the productive zone. The Jones Mine is typical...mineral find. The minerals at the Jones Mine are ruby and sapphire corundum, ilmenite, rutile, rhodolite |
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| blue ādiamondsā are Californiaās state gem. By Bob Jones A STONE OF MY OWN 16 Ancient Life agate fulfills...Part X: Odds and ends of the journey. 48 By Bob Jones 56 STONES THAT SPEAK 56 Corundum calls to gem...white natrolite. From the Dallas Gem mine in San Benito County, California. (Jeff Scovil photo/Brett...between the beryls. āKelli Smith Omaha, NE BOB JONES The answer to this question takes us back many...mineral is oļ¬cially called arsenian vanadinite! āBob Jones Senior Consulting Editor Rock & Gem I just received |
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| Discovering the Logic In the Progression By Bob Jones 50 IN AWE OF AMAZONITE The Misconstrued Feldspar...Kingās Zinc Mineral and Fluorescing Beauty By Bob Jones 50 58 ENCHANTING HERKIMER HUNTS Collecting Diamonds...Tips ..........................18 New Sites of Sapphire Appreciation āDown Underā Club Corner .........winner, Marie Curie. Extracted from the Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi Dist., the Democratic Republic of the Congo...Trail, in Waupaca County, Wisconsin. ANTOINETTE RAHN our staff EDITORIAL BOB JONES Senior Consulting |
