 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE ROCKS OF TEXAS â T h e Southwest G e m by M R S . P E A R L G A R R I S O N Downloaded by [University...classifica tions of gems presently occurring i n Texas, and i f you count the crystalline varieties of...right, 36 varieties of gem rocks can be found in Texas. Let's take them alphabetically: AMBERâa rich brown...ceous coal, and i n Terlingua Creek in Brewster County. T h e amber found in the G u l f Coastal Plain...quality. AUGITEâoccurs near Eagle Flat, Hudspeth County, in dark greenish-brown resembling obsidian, weathering |  | | Report (issue) | | Austin Austin, Texas 78712 JOHN T. LONSDALE, Director Report of Investigations â No. 42 Texas Gemstones...OFECONOMIC GEOLOGY The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 78712 JOHN T. LONSDALE, Director â...â No. 42 Report of Investigations Texas Gemstones By Elbert A. King, Jr. February 1961 â â â Second...gemstones Cabochon gems Faceted gems Tumbled gems Texas gemstones Amber Augite Beryl Celestite Diamond Epidote...quartz Smoky quartz Cryptocrystalline varieties Agate Agatized wood Carnelian Jasper 5 5 7 10 10 13 17 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Texas mineral locality INDEX Whereas Texas is well known for its vastness, cattle industry, and oil...I T S T O P O G R A P H Y A N D G E O L O G Y , Texas, the second largest state, has produced relatively...famous localities. A s this article will show, Texas has hadâor currently hasânu merous mineral occurrences...produce good specimens; yet when specimens from Texas are sought in collections and dealers' stocks, few...some basic facts that help explain the situation. Texas has very little federal land in its mineralized |  | | Report (issue) | | „ TEXAS ROCKS AND \ r - An Amateurâs Guide ;s ROSELLE M. GIRARD A b OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V N IVERSITY...The University of Texas Austin, Texas Peter T. Flawn, Director Guidebook 6 TEXAS ROCKS AND MINERALS...Rock identification charts Descriptions of some Texas rocks and minerals Anhydrite .....................Composition, hardness, and specific gravity of some Texas minerals Pace 25 26 39 40 43 43 43 44 45 46 47...81 84 85 85 87 87 88 89 90 93 94 94 95 97 99 Texas Rocks and Minerals Books about rocks and minerals |  | | Journal (issue) | | ........ 5 The Baringer Hill Pegmatite, Llano County, Texas ...........................................online and find a list of U.S. Representatives from Texas. There will be addresses, phone, and FAX numbers...in their district. Fortunately we have several Texas Representatives who will accept an e-mail from you...increase. Rep. Ted Poe (R) also allows emails from Texas constituents, not just his District. I believe Gene...Gene Green (D) does also. The following additional Texas Representatives appeared to accept my e-mails to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ALLANITE FROM BARRINGER HILL, LLANO COUNTY, TEXAS* JouN Purxart Mennlo, LIni,ted, StatesIVati.onalMwseum...AesrnA.ct Allanite from Barringer Hill, Llanc County, Texas, has been analyzed, with especial attention...given. The pegmatites of Barringer Hill, Llano County, Texas, have yielded many specimensof radioactive...analyzed mackintoshite, yttrocrasite (from Burnet County), thorogummite, yttrialite and fergusonite,-he...the Houston Museum of Natural History, Ifouston, Texas. This specimen was collected by Mr. Brcck at Barringer |  | | Journal (issue) | | by Ray Kizer Y ou know what I think, I think Texas is a beautiful place in the spring, that is at least...early spring is a great time to get out and see Texas. On the recent Paleo field trip to Lake Brownwood................ 4 Llanite and the Blue Quartz of Texas ..................................................President continued from page 1 So now it is spring in Texas and the club has started our field trip season,...Programs continued from page 1 June 24, 2014--Texas Topaz: B. Diane Eames is a fine jeweler, Graduate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | exemplified in the first case by moss agate such as from Texas and in the second by Montana agates in...mineral without however disturbing the original agate structure in the least. Moss agates consequently...These are commonly found in many agates among them Texas and Lake Superior types. The strong contrast in...characteristics between side by side layers of quartz and agate makes grinding, sanding, and polishing difficult...that the quartz, being far more brittle than the agate, ends to erode rapidly and pit deeply. This calls |  | | Book (edition) | | W r CRYSTALS NOT PISTOLS S'- GEM TRAILS OF TEXAS 1 A Field Guide for Collectors By Bessie W. Simpson...GEM TRAILS PUBLISHING CO. P. O. Box 828 Bowie, Texas 76230 ! Copyright 1958; 1962; 1967 Bessie W. Simpson...WOOD 3 T TOPAZ SMOKY QUARTZ GARNETS \ AGATE ( Pom Pom) V AGATE ( Plume) I \ \ \ 2 \ \ METEORITES...INDIAN ARTIFACTS \ SELENITE TEKTITES \ \ \ l AGATE 5 JASPER WOOD(Polm) 2 \ \ . CONTENTS 4 5 ...you Travel Texas. SECTION I 6-7 8-9 10-11 12-13 14-15 16-17 18-19 20-21 22-23 24-25 AgateâHovey Flat |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | symbol to promote outstanding aspects of their county or state. Approval is usually not difficult because...explored for copper in the Cerbat Mountains, Mohave County. They acquired mineral rights to two sections of...Cochise County, and earned the nicksurrounding Mineral name of âTurquoise Park, Mohave County, Kingâ (Arizona...Johnston Turquoise company man district, Mohave County, Arizona. John Betts photo. 1964). reputedly was...with Mercator Mineral around Mineral Park, Mohave County. Turquoise has been Park Holdings Ltd. acquiring |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NEBRASKA NORTH DAKOTA, OKLAHOMA, SOUTH DAKOTA AND TEXAS BY MARGARET COOPER CONTENTS Page Page 1. Foreword...Part 2, and Part 3 258 Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Section 2. Additional References 259 United...South Dakota, and Texas 262 souri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Texas 299 FOREWORD...Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Texas. It is Part 4 of a comprehensive bibliography planned...Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Texas; Index II, Geographical Index for Arkansas, Iowa |  | | Journal (issue) | | MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN TEXAS III A SUPPLEMENT TO THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD, NOVEMBERâDECEMBER 2020 ... Mineral Collections in TEXAS UVolume IIIV With an Introduction by Wendell Wilson A Supplement to...NovemberâDecember 2020 MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN TEXAS Mineral Collections in Texas Volume III A Supplement to The Mineralogical...twin, 5.5 cm, from the Amo tin deposit, Ximeng County, Yunnan, China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd...2.2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Androscoggin County, Maine. Kyle Kevorkian collection; Jordan Root |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | ...................................... 3 Other Texas Minerals Obtained from the Philadelphia Academy...schools who are interested. We would divide Harris County into something like 6 or 8 divisions and then find...address is: Terry Proctor, 630 Uvalde Road, Houston, Texas 770153766. My law office phone is (713) 453-8338...interest with youâand without raising the dues. Other Texas Minerals Obtained from the Philadelphia Academy...year in the article about Baringer Hill in Llano County, Texas (Smith 2008), I described and discussed specimens |  | | Report (volume) | | .......Mr. George H. Ashley, Washington, D. C. Texas............Dr. William B. Phillips, Austin. Vermont...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 (edition) | | mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |  | | Journal (issue) | | September-October 201â Mineral Collections in Texas A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record September-October...those found in neighboring Arizona and New Mexico; Texas is oil country, and many fortunes have been made... but all are worthy of study and appreciation. Texas collections generally tend tobe very broad in scope...collecting in Texas today has already been weil demonstrated by the Mineralogical Record's first Texas supplement...minerals that are preserved in Texas collections. Presented here in the second Texas supplement are another 811 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Huizing, 534 I Thrasher Dr, Cincinnati OH 45247 USA Please, make checks payable to Mineralogical Almanac...1907, Endicott discoYered amazon stone in Custer County, aquamarine and rose quartz at the Wild Rose claim...(later known as the Devils Hole pegmatite), Fremont County and facetable almandine garnets near Canon City...Richland County, Wisconsin. He married Effie I. circa 1890 in Wisconsin and moved to Rye, Pueblo county, Colorado... and Rosebud lode claims, all located north of Texas Creek in the Devils Hole topographic basin, and |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | Dakota, and Tennessee Shows 29 Colorado Shows 46 Texas Shows 31 Denver Gem & Mineral Showcase 34 Connecticut...Press at P.O. Box 740864, Arvada, Colorado 80006 USA; International 1 -(720) 946-2808; Toll-free 1 -(877)...NEW MEXICO 7 Shows Page 41 HAWAII 1 Show Page 36 TEXAS 43 Show: Page 46 â
The difference between a "Showâ...Vallejo Gem & Mineral Society Annual Show. Solano County Fairgrounds. Me Cormack Hall, Vallejo. March 2020...GEM SHOW DIRECTORY â July-December SHOWS IN THE USA __ ALABAMA _____ October 11-13,2019 Huntsville |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE GEOLOGY OF BRADFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA By RICHMOND E MYERS, Geologist Downloaded by [JAMES COOK...appearance. The highest point on the plateau in Bradford County is known as Armenia Mountain, with an altitude...eroded valleys not quite as deep. The rocks of the county are all sedimentary. For the most part they are...170 million years ago. To the south of Bradford County this uplift buckled the rocks into great parallel...beds were pushed over one another. In Bradford County, however, the rocks suffered little folding or |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | additional deposits, one for smoky quartz and one for agate, are waiting to be exploited commercially. The reserves...ROSSMANITE AND ASSOCIATED MINERALS FROM NEWCOMB, ESSEX COUNTY, NEW YORK. M. Lupulescu1 and J. Rakovan2. 1New...in the Grenville-age marbles from Newcomb, Essex County, New York. Rossmanite and olenite, two high-aluminum...them. PEGMATITE MINERAL DISCOVERIES FROM CENTRAL TEXAS. F. Roberts1, A. E. Smith Jr.2, W. B. Simmons3,...exploring known and unknown pegmatites of central Texas. His field work has led to discoveries in a large |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | varying numbers, from one in New Jersey to 91 in Texas. North America accounts for about 690 of the world...Santa Claus. E. A. King 2712 East 22nd St. Austin, Texas 175 MID-SOUTH GEM, CRYSTAL, AND MINERAL SHOW (January...especiallly thank the commercial dealers and the Texas Clubs for the way in which they responded to and...Arkansas Crater of Diamonds, and Kenneth Fry of the Texas Clubs gave short talks. At 2:00 P.M. the three judges...Millicent Renfro of Fort Worth, Texas and Kenneth Fry of Houston, Texas to be queen and king of the show |  | | Report (volume) | | 248 259 269 271 275 281 r 4 CONTENTS. Page. Texas...................................................New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas; to list all the literature consulted would be impracticable...Phillips, W. B., The mineral resources of Texas: Univ. Texas Bull. 365, Sci. Ser. 29, 1914. Among other...See Bauxite and Halloysite. 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; |  | | Catalog/List | | ACTINOLITE-Scc Amphibolc AEGIRINE-AUGITE-Sce Pyroxene AGATE-Sec Quartz ALABANDITE (magancsc sulfide) Xline,... . . . . .. . 2 Crysta/{ine Pink, fluorescent; Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . .. . . . 92...xis; New York . . . . . . . . 8 Xline, pure; Ohio, Texas, Washington . . .. ...... .. . . 31 CERARGYRITE... . ... . .. .......... ... ..2 QUARTZ (silica) Agate *Polished. Handsome, polished pieces from California...Oregon, Brazil, etc. Prices on Request Agate, moss-See Moss Agate, under Quartz *Gray banded chalcedony |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pegmatite of the Petrick Granite Quarry, Llano County, Texas ..................................... 4 Ask................................. 18 Carving Fire Agate ..................................................SCFMS Vice President for District II Southeast Texas ............................. 34 SCFMS Safety Report...Pegmatite of the Petrick Granite Quarry, Llano County, Texas by Arthur Smith, Frank Roberts, and Denise...Parkinson 1947. Building Stones of Central Texas. University of Texas Publication No. 4246. Goldich, S.S. 1941 |
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