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Nephrite from
Wyoming, USA


Locality type:State
Classification
Type:Nephrite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz13 photos of Nephrite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Jade1 photo of Nephrite associated with Jade at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Nephrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wyoming, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1332630
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1332630:6
GUID (UUID V4):2d773edc-3b6b-4d2c-accb-6b116d15d304
Localities for Nephrite in this Region
Sage Creek mine, Seminoe Mountains District, Carbon County, Wyoming, USA
Unknown Gemstone Prospect (MRDS - 10157345), Seminoe Mountains District, Carbon County, Wyoming, USA
Amphibolite dikes of igneous origin, Converse County, Wyoming, USA
Granite Peak, Christina Lake, Fremont County, Wyoming, USA
Granite Mountains, Fremont County, Wyoming, USA
Abernathy jade claims (Abernathy No. 1 Deposit), Granite Mountains, Fremont County, Wyoming, USA
Lucky Strike jade claim, Granite Mountains, Fremont County, Wyoming, USA
Microwave Tower Hill claim, Granite Mountains, Fremont County, Wyoming, USA
Rhoads jade pit (Rhodes jade pit), Granite Mountains, Fremont County, Wyoming, USA
Beaver Rim, Tin Cup Mountain, Fremont County, Wyoming, USA
Alcova area, Natrona County, Wyoming, USA
Grieve oil field, Natrona County, Wyoming, USA
Gros Ventre Mountains Prospect, Teton County, Wyoming, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book (volume)
by Georg Sclzmerholz. Elofic {#ems Vofume4 Wyoming jade. "BirdWoman "sculpture and photo by Deborah...shell wings , a pyrope garnet eye and a beak of Wyoming Edwards black jade. Pendant, carving and photo...Publications P.O. Box 13384 Los Angeles, CA 90013-0384 USA (Inquiries should be accompanied by a self-addressed...self-addressed, stamped envelope.) Printed in the USA library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Newman...by Nikolai Tsang of Jade by Nikolai Cat's-eye nephrite jade from Mayer & Watt; photo by Geoffrey Watt
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pp. 533-556 (2015) DOI: 10.3749/canmin.1500018 NEPHRITE FROM ZŁOTY STOK (SUDETES, SW POLAND): PETROLOGICAL...Stok Au-As deposit (SW Poland) hosts two distinct nephrite varieties: ‘type 1’ – a grayish green or pale...green, translucent, with waxy to greasy luster nephrite composed of actinolite and abundant löllingite;...less-translucent, with sub-vitreous to dull luster nephrite composed of tremolite and actinolite, with rare...rare löllingite and arsenopyrite. ‘Nephrite type 1’ shows evidence for more intense metasomatism and recrystallization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
influenced prospecting Wyoming. Historical Background T H E JADE FIELDS OF CENTRAL WYOMING H A V E Y I E L...L A M O U N T S of fine nephrite. The precise discovery date of float nephrite boulders in the area east...certainty. One of the earliest verifiable uses of Wyoming nephrite was that of Harvey Samuelson of Salinas, California...amounts of fine green nephrite in 1908 and 1909. His supply was obtained from Wyoming-based cowboys who spent...ROCKS AND MINERALS ac­ The first "jade rush" in Wyoming started about 1936 and continued for nearly ten
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1985, VOL. 49, PP. 31-36 An investigation of nephrite jade by electron microscopy M. DORLING AND J....specimens of tremolite and one of richterite, all with nephrite jade texture, have been examined by transmission...orientations of the old. The extreme toughness of nephrite jade is attributed to a number of the sub-microscopic...electron microscopy, nephrite jade, tremolite, richterite. T HE extreme toughness of nephrite jade, a form of...views down the z-axis. Specimens. Two specimens of nephrite were examined; their formulae, determined from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tigr20 Jade (Nephrite and Jadeitite) and Serpentinite: Metasomatic Connections...article: G. E. Harlow & S. S. Sorensen (2005) Jade (Nephrite and Jadeitite) and Serpentinite: Metasomatic Connections...Winston & Son, Inc. All rights reserved. Jade (Nephrite and Jadeitite) and Serpentinite: Metasomatic Connections...convergent-margin petrotectonics. Amphibole jade is nephrite, a tremolite-actinolite rock with a felted, microcrystalline...from micro- to macrocrystalline textures. Most nephrite occurs along fault contacts between serpentinite
Book
Wyoming Jades Revisited ROGER MERK photographs by Robert Weldon Top: Typical three-pound apple green...surface and, here, a brownish zone of altered nephrite shows beneath the red skin, followed by a green...precisely what caused the jade hunters to flock to Wyoming after World War II. Unfortunately, very few jades...Nott collection, San Francisco. ILA''- ' ■ Wyoming Jades Revisited By Roger Merk Photos by Robert...published a short article titled “Green Gold: Wyoming prospectors pick up fortunes in American jade that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
r ev Geochemistry and petrogenesis of placer nephrite from Hetian, Xinjiang, Northwest China Yan Liu...Available online 22 July 2011 Keywords: Placer nephrite Geochemistry Hetian Xinjiang Northwest China ...sources in China of white, green, and black placer nephrite, with a long history (~5000 years) of exploration...exploration and mining. The twenty-nine placer nephrite samples collected from both rivers and analyzed in the...metamorphic/metasomatic processes that formed the nephrite, which was the result of one of the following
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Abstract The Chuncheon nephrite deposit in Korea is among the largest nephrite jade deposits worldwide...granite. Carbonates in the dolomitic marble and nephrite deposit have oxygen and carbon isotope compositions...processes driven by fluid infiltration forming the nephrite deposit from dolomitic marble in the temperature...Stable isotope compositions of silicates from the nephrite deposit are homogeneous and extremely depleted...equilibrium. It is suggested that the formation of this nephrite deposit postdated the metamorphism of the country
Report (issue)
Geochronology of the Precambrian of the Granite Mountains, Wyoming GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1055 ...Geochronology of the Precambrian of the Granite Mountains, Wyoming By ZELL E. PETERMAN and R. A. HILDRETH GEOLOGICAL...geochronology of the Precambrian of the Granite Mountains, Wyoming (Geological Survey Professional Paper 1055) Bibliography:...Geology, Stratigraphic Precambrian. 2. Geology Wyoming Granite Mountains. 3. Radioactive dating. I. Hildreth.............................. Diabase dikes and nephrite veins .......................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
00:52 01 June 2016 Wyoming Mineral Locality Index Figure 1. Index map of Wyoming counties, with exposures...exposures of Precambrian and volcanic rocks. 1 he Wyoming mineral locality index is designed to provide mineral...interesting mineral occurrences in the state of Wyoming. Five publications were used extensively in compiling...1 inch equals 4 miles) of the entire state of Wyoming in book form. The Wwming Atlas and Gazetteer can...no way is this list of localities exhaustive. Wyoming is mineral-rich, with large areas of exposed rocks
Report (issue)
WYOMING STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Ronald C. Surdam, State Geologist GUIDE TO PROSPECTING AND ROCK HUNTING...HUNTING IN WYOMING by W. Dan Hausel Information Pamphlet 11 LARAMIE, WYOMING 2004 WYOMING STATE GEOLOGICAL...Freudenthal, Governor Randi S. Martinsen, University of Wyoming Don J. Likwartz, Oil and Gas Supervisor Ronald...Assistant This and other publications available from: Wyoming State Geological Survey P.O. Box 1347 Laramie,...use this publication should contact the Editor, Wyoming State Geological Survey at (307) 766-2286. TTY
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals Article Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Nephrite Jade from Yinggelike Deposit, Altyn Tagh (Xinjiang...  Abstract: The historic Yinggelike nephrite jade deposit in the Altyn Tagh Mountains (Xinjiang...(Xinjiang, NW China) is renowned for its gem-quality nephrite with its characteristic light-yellow to greenish-yellow...significance of the Yinggelike nephrite, little work has been done on this nephrite deposit, due to its geographic...mineralogical and geochemical studies on the Yinggelike nephrite deposit. Electron probe microanalysis, X-ray fluorescence
Report (issue)
& Mineral Resources Bulletin 154, 330 p. 1997, Wyoming State Geological Survey Public Information Circular...SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...DEVELOPMENT ON THE WIND RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION, WYOMING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 by Lynne.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Update on Wyoming Container Glass Plant Plans . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . 123 INDUSTRIAL MINERAL PRODUCTION IN WYOMING 2000-2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (issue)
importance to American lapidaries. The other "jade" is nephrite. This is the jade with which most non-<:ommcrcial...invariably sold in some shade of _green, it is found in Wyoming, California, Alaska, British Co­ lumbia, Siberia...places. Most dealers sell British Columbian and Wyoming ma­ terial. Siberian jade is sometimes available...those willing to pay the price. It is this "jade" nephrite with which the remainder of this article will...it is most relevant to the American lapidary. Nephrite is purported to be the second toughest mineral
Book
the latter, is because is classified either nephrite or it is rarer and more beautiful, the favorite...NORIYUKT SakTKAWA CdMTIlMTS Jade, 31 Jadeite, Nephrite, 54 38 Judging Jade, 59 ¥¥.¥,¥TS'¥'ll 7a'¥'¥fl^l^S...7a'¥'¥fl^l^S Jadeite incense burner, 7 Carved nephrite figure, 8rsj9 Jade rings, 10^ 11 Carved lions...Chinese are very figure, typical of the fond of nephrite like that many such found Chinese goods. [9]...fibrillar crystal structure neither jadeite nor nephrite can be polished to a glassy luster; their gleam
Report (issue)
Tenacity: Brittle, tough in ¯brous aggregates (\nephrite jade"). Hardness = 5{6 D(meas.) = 3.03{3.24 D(calc...Norway. From the Ural Mountains, Russia. In the USA, from Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., New York; Franklin...Colorado. \Nephrite jade" occurs, in the USA, south and east of Lander, Fremont Co., Wyoming; north from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pre-proofs Comparative Fe and Sr isotope study of nephrite deposits hosted in serpentinites and dolomitic...Belka, Comparative Fe and Sr isotope study of nephrite deposits hosted in serpentinites and dolomitic...B.V. Comparative Fe and Sr isotope study of nephrite deposits hosted in serpentinites and dolomitic...gil2@uw.edu.pl, grzegorz.gil2@uwr.edu.pl Keywords: nephrite, metasomatism, skarn, ophiolite, Fe isotopes,...+0.12 to +0.21‰), to which the dolomite-related nephrite belongs, is not inherited from the host dolomitic
Book (volume)
Erica and. Harol d Van I [iL Albuquerque, Wyoming 6400 Library Academy Albuquerque 87109 N.M. N_E...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache... 128 Figure 27. Map of kimberlite fields in Wyoming-Colorado region........cccsscsseeeseeeeseens 130...(Alaska) tromelndonesian 186 Figure 34. Map of nephrite jade occurrences from Alaska to California......s 199 Figure 40. Diamond core drilling for nephrite jade, Dease Lake area, BC... 202 Figure 41.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE JADE OF WYOMING By RALPH C. GOSSE Albany, New York One of the most significant gem discoveries made...finding of commercial quantities of nephrite jade in the State of Wyoming. It was discovered in 1936 at Fremont...however it was not until a few years later that Wyoming came into prominence as a commercially important...producing source. Almost all of the jade found in Wyoming occurs as "float", that is, in masses freed from...parent rock by the forces of nature. Only a few Wyoming localities have been discovered in which the jade
Book (edition)
(Peridot), Turquois, Prosopite, Variscite, Jade (Nephrite and Jadeite), Rhodonite, ldocrase (V esuvianite)...Columbia 52. Map of nephrite jade areas in Wyoming 53. Views in nephrite terrain, Wyoming 54. View of Clear...carats have been cut (Roberts and Rapp, 1965). Wyoming. Osterwald (1952) mentions granitic pegmatites...intense play of color. 60 Principal Gemstones Wyoming. The dendritic opal obtained for many years from...produce faceted .gems of much more than 1 carat. Wyoming. Massive granular labradorite rock, sometimes useful
Journal (issue)
64 FIELD TRIPS Fllhlng In the Great LlkH of Wyoming by J .R. Macdonald ..............................- ALL ORDERS MUST INCLUDE A $2,00 , - If in the USA - all others Including Canada must Include full amount...material. To the right is a slab of the gray-green nephrite which displays the black inclusions described...above his head and Max is over six feet tall. Nephrite, actinolite, "cinder rock" (scorched Jasper) and... the author and Max Long inspecting a pile of nephrite boulders mined at the claim. Note the size; table
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Such studies were performed only for some foreign nephrite occurrences [9–12]. It is dem onstrated in these...of nephrite, as well as in the cases with serpentinite. A specialized iso tope study of nephrite bodies...for carbonates. The calibration for The largest nephritebearing province in Russia is located in the southern...massif) and apocarbonate (Vitim area) (Fig. 1). Nephrite composes schlierens and lenslike bodies, usually...peculiarities of nephrite occurrences are avail able in [1–5]. The origin of nephrite is discussed in
Report (issue)
and Gene Eno, Lincoln; Charlie Bass, Jay Em, Wyoming; and Professor William Walker, Washington University...ade, Type II Occurrences. Nephrite ] ade, Type III Occurrences . Nephrite ] asper, Type II Occurrences...exposed along the North Platte valley from the 'Wyoming-Nebraska border eastward to Lake McConaughy, along...Superior agate, Tecumseh, Johnson County. 16, Nephrite (jade) in a lady's pendant, Bridgeport, Morrill...glaciers that eroded such distant localities as Wyoming and Ontario. These streams and glaciers transported
Journal (issue)
ellmo ellmo 0 ellmo Volume 27 No.4 October 2000 Nephrite Jade Treated Diamonds Diamond Brilliance Spinels...October 2000 ISSN: 1355-4565 Two contrasting nephrite jade types Dr Douglas Nichol Wrexham, Wales ABSTRACT:...Two principal types of nephrite jade orebody are now recognized: (1) ortho-nephrite jade bodies associated...Canadian Cordillera, British Columbia; and (2) para-nephrite jade bodies associated with metasedimentary strata...South Australia. Major-element geochemistry of nephrite jades from the two contrasting geological environments
Book (volume)
Cantlin, Ellis, ID; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gen1 Center USA, El Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache... 128 Figure 27. Map of kimberlite fields in Wyoming-Colorado region....................................................... 186 Figure 34. Map of nephrite jade occurrences frorn Alaska to California............ 189 Figure 35. Map of nephrite jade occurrences in Wyoming..................................................... 197 Figure 37. Waterworn nephrite boulders at Dahl Creek, AK...................
 
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