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Moss Agate from
Deercorn mine, Adams Hartville agate mine, Guernsey, Platte County, Wyoming, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Moss Agate
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Moss Agate data
Locality Data:Click here to view Deercorn mine, Adams Hartville agate mine, Guernsey, Platte County, Wyoming, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1353535
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1353535:7
GUID (UUID V4):53c89e07-8d27-4ae8-8b49-5c0b48d80642
Nearest other occurrences of Moss Agate
0.0km (0.0 miles) Wilde mine, Adams Hartville agate mine, Guernsey, Platte County, Wyoming, USA
81.4km (50.6 miles) Agate, Sioux County, Nebraska, USA
References
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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
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often are arrested there. At the Eldorado sapphire mine in Mon¬ tana the action of a million years is readily...intrudes a sloping bed of limestone. As the Yogo mine has been worked at various times in the past hundred...famous was the single beryl stone found in Oxford County in Maine that weighed 18 tons and was 18 feet in...in the bed of the stream. e. If it is possible to mine the bed of the stream itself this may prove to be...other hand, inclusions in agate give the characteristic effect that makes moss agate so valuable. An example
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— ; Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming ~ AllanW Eckert b i or d , Digitized by...Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming VOLUME 4: THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT Arizona...Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming by Allan W. Eckert Ml PERENNIAL LIBRARY Harper...Oregon South Dakota Washington vi Contents Wyoming 5505 Glossary 608 Key to Principal Abbreviations...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible
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the State lists begin with Alabama and end with Wyoming. Under each State the minerals found there are...Wisconsin.........Prof. W. 0. Hotchkiss, Madison. Wyoming.........Mr. C. E. Jamison, Cheyenne. Those members...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
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Developed and Undeveloped Mineral Resources of Wyoming A statistical compilation and industrial evaluation...producers of Wyoming. By C. S. DIETZ Deputy State Geologist First Edition---I,oOO Copies WYOMING GEOLOGICAL...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CHEYENNE, WYOMING 1929 Price $1.00 Post Paid v Contents Page IX Preface PART I Chapter...Magnesium Sulphate ·11 The Chemical Deposits of Wyoming Can Be Profitably Exploited 45 Chapter 1 Chapter...and Present Production 127 Production Rank 129 Wyoming Has 200 Recognized Oil Structures__ 130 Room for
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............................................. Wyoming..................................................Samuel, Map of the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming, with full descriptions of mineral resources, etc...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;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;
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and the jades of Alaska, British Columbia, and Wyoming, are worldrenowned. Handsome and authoritative... 5 = fii? i a j — » ya y _— ’* : i mine in. q)! Y eit iia -...Oregon, Kansas, Alabama, Ohio, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Wyoming, Montana and Illinois. Detailed information on...Oregon. Information was also supplied by Dowse’s Agate Shop, Salt Lake City, Utah, by William J. Bingham...Mahaffey of Nevada, Missouri. The well-known Texas agate localities of the Alpine Region were described in
 
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