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| AGATIZED RAINBOWS A Story of the Petrified Forest Presented by Petrified Forest Museum Association, Holbrook...ranger, please! Just one itzy bitzy piece of petrified wood to take home to show my boy friend. You won't...Holding in his hand an assortment of specimens of petrified wood which he had just retrieved from the young...Highway 180 checking station ranger at Petrified Forest National Monument shook his head with a wry smile....remove specimens of petrified wood of any size whatsoever found within the monument boundary * * *,' and |
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| TRiriED FOREST National .A. R. I Monument O N A. .r^Ki Page two Thousands of acres and millions...millions of tons • An Appreciation of The Petrified Forest of Arizona By CHAS. F. LUMMIS Author of... and of to the Arizona sun fadeless beauty; a "Forest" in Glorified Stone, its very bark and "rings"...loved to tell. "A forest of petrified trees, with petrified birds flying through petrified air, singing petrified...petrified songs" but prostrate and unmurmuring trunks upon a stark desert bed. How great was once this |
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| dZ. k 7 J I /7 / -..S-' A Story of tlie Petrified Forest AGATIZED RAINBOWS !Jf~C(I .. • ., • ...Manly. Left. Colorful petrified 1o g sec cions , rypical of many found in the Monument Photo by Esther Hendef'SQn...Jasper Forest. Photo by Josef Muench. R 1 g b c. Logs of rainbow hues in the Crystal Forest. Photo by...Rainbow Forest has the largest base diameter of those readily seen during a crip through the Monument. Below...Below. Logs in the Cryscal Forest. ... Photos by Josef Muench. -., ... - - • - ,. A polished specimen |
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| essential to our future well-being. PETRI Fl ED FOREST THE STORY BEHIND THE SCENERY@ by Sidney R. Ash...Arizona Former Chief Park Naturalist, Petrified Forest National Park Dr. Ash received his Bachelor's...Southwest. Mr. May, a career employee with the National Park Service for over 10 years, served as editor...Jacobson PETRIFIED fOREST - THE STORY BEHIND THE SCENERY, PUBLISHED BY PETRIFIED FOREST MUSEUM ASSOCIATION...ASSOCIATION, PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK, HOLBROOK, ARIZONA 86025 . L.C. NO. 70-91438. @ 1969 PETRIFIED |
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| __-___ Petrified Forest area_______-_..___________-_____-_-_-__--__Petrified Forest National Monumen...examined the Orphan deposit in 1958 for the U.S. National Park Service. Summaries of these later investigations...COCONINO ' »3 APACHE 1 U i NAV AJO ' ! (T'?PETRIFIED| ( \ * \ V. 1.9 1 * Wikieupo ^ » 0»33 YAVAPAI...Morristown ( 'l-f' FOREST ' WinsJowo^ ,..n 16JJ; NATIONAL! Holt rooki/ MONUMENT i 17»15 j . 1__ i I...mine 14. 15. 16. 17. Anna Bernice claims Petrified Forest area Tract No. 1 Tract No. 2 Navajo County |
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| Secondary enlargement of quartz grains ........................... Solution of quartz grains . . . . . . ...Relation of vanadium clay to partially dissolved quartz grains............ History of development, and...lapilli tuff from the Chinle formation, Petrified Forest National Monument...... Altered biotite of volcanic...Authigenic overgrowths and solution features on quartz grains shown in different parts of a single thin...Stages in the solution of secondarily enlarged quartz grains in an ore body in the Salt Wash sandstone |
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| the Mississippi River. Our collecting began here. Quartz crystals were found along Route 70 about 22 miles...being inspected in Little Rock several specimens of quartz crystals were collected at a location across the...straight through Texas we arrived at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico on May 7th. These caverns were...native copper and were collected on old mine dumps. Quartz a chunk of their regular ore, chalcocite crystals...Company, Ground Hog Unit dumps sev- 260. Silver in quartz is also supposed to eral specimens were collected |
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| fyosieAi. ^touli GUIDE TO THE PETRIFIED FORESTS OF AMERICA I PETRIFIED FOREST : ! DIVIDE WOODLAND IITOU... I; i “Sy i l / Petrified Forest Traits -1 1 A Guide to THE PETRIFIED FORESTS OF AMERICA A HANDBOOK...HANDBOOK FOR THE COLLECTOR OF PETRIFIED WOODS By JAY ELLIS RANSOM FIRST EDITION 1955 Price $2.00 Copyright...7 PART I. ORIGIN AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF PETRIFIED WOOD CHAPTER Page I. GEOLOGICAL OCCURRENCES...WORM BORED, PETRIFIED WOODS 25 Agatization Stages of Worm Bored Wood 26 PART II. PETRIFIED FORESTS OF |
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| ____ Lower red member._____ _____________ Petrified Forest Member_______________ Chinle flora.______...-. Photograph of small pueblo constructed of petrified wood______________---__------_------. Sketch of...part of the Petrified Forest Member of the Chinle Formation in Petrified Forest National Park, Ariz-...1850 by Lt. James H. Simpson, who had discovered petrified wood in them in eastern Arizona on September 5...5, 1849. Subsequently, similar petrified wood was found in the same stratigraphic unit at many places |
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| Craters. By W. Scott L ewis. The Petrified Forest National Monument. B y Fred W. 8chmeltz. A NON-TECHNICAL...relatives, children-see that they vote in the National Mineral Contest. Every ballot counts. BOW THE...- - MINERALS ............... .. 24,576 Gold Quartz . .............. 9,165 3,191 Gamet 1,874 H ematite................................... The Petrified Forest National Monumtnt. B11 Fred W . Schmtlb.. . . ...the pearly coatings enclosing ch iefly grains of quartz sh ow fine iridescent colors. Siliceous Concretions: |
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| Ambassador hotel, Los Angeles. OCT. 25 — Dedication of monument at spot where first airplane landed at Yuma, Arizona...WEATHER SPORTS HISTORY OCTOBER, 1938 No. 12 Monument Peak, California, Photo by Will N. Fox October...winning pictures 3 White Mountain Smith of the Petrified Forest By ADRIAN HOWARD 4 Odessa Canyon in the Calicos...about noon. White Mountain Smith of the Petrified Forest By ADRIAN HOWARD " — f" HE stage in front...Yellowstone of the old days, across to Grand Canyon national park and into the land of stone trees, where he |
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| com/journal/geosciences Article Late Tertiary Petrified Wood from Nevada, USA: Evidence of Multiple Silicification...Oligocene and Miocene caldera basins contain abundant petrified wood that ranges in composition from incipient...precipitation may produce opal, chalcedony, and quartz as deposits within a single cavity. Silica polymorphs... In Nevada, specimens that contain crystalline quartz, this mineral appears to have been formed by direct...Nevada specimens. Keywords: petrified wood; silica; opal; chalcedony; quartz; paleobotany; Nevada Geosciences |
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| of the Southwest and the fossil plants of Petrified Forest Nation al Park. Curren tly Sid is a professor...front cover: Blue Mesa by Jeff Gnass; Page 1: Petrified Forest Inn by Fred Hirschmann; Pages 213: Old Faithful...T H E SCENERY. LC 85-81283. ISBN © 1985 PETRIFIED FOREST MUSEUM ASSOCI ATI ON 0-88714-006-8. . ... . ', ,(,' \ '' . / ',. , Rtrified Forest National Park contains a wealth of scenic, scientific...historical values in addition to the petrified wood that the original monument was designated to protect. These |
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| on the desert 29 WEATHER Briefs from the desert region 29 MINING Prize contest for September 31 LANDMARK...mahogany—all the hardy members of the Southwest's dwarf forest, as well as many small shrubs and bushes, march...Magazine, El Centro, Calif. Group of rangers at Petrified Forest. Top row: Reg W. Brown, whose experiences...phiiiosophers. And the rangers in Uncle Sam's national park service meet just about all of them. Their...interview, one of the rangers at the Petrified Forest national monument reveals some of the interesting episodes |
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| Archeological Overview of etrified Forest National Par ie = ; ~~ National Park Service oe ! } U.S. Department...Interior An Archeological Overview of Petrified Forest National Park by WITHDRAWN Yvonne G. Stewart...Archeological Center ‘Tucson, Arizona 1980 National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior...Ff NH WwW FS Ww DD on 1: Site Plants of Petrified communities. culture areas. 2 5 he, chronologies...chronologies. archeological 236. used Forest. a surveys. 64 102 by the Hopi. iv His) 65 66 |
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| gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper...the general arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized...SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE |
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| Anniversary of the establishment of the Petrified Forest National Monument, Holbrook, Arizona. Dec. 8-9—Pro-Amateur...descriptions and observations of this incomprehensible monument to a forgotten people. By FRANK A. TINKER Photographs...Damage to farms... DECEMBER, 1956 11 Cordon Forest in Baja California. In background are volcanic... leaden gray spines hide the green In the Cape Region below La Paz The flowers with broad white wide-...the petrification of wood in the Petrified Forest National Monument of Arizona. True False 3—-According |
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| theory is that these peculiar formations are petrified gopher holes. There are several reasons for this...hole, and the ball at the bottom is the burrow. Petrified gopher holes are a scientific fact, verified by...Day, Dawn ceremony, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. 1-4 National Sciot convention, Phoenix, Arizona. C. P. Niles...Number 1 COVER "NEWSPAPER ROCK" in Petrified Forest national monument. Photograph b y Dr. Warren F. Fox...29 INDUSTRY Harvest C a m p i nt h e N a v a j o Forest By R I C H A R D V A N VALKENBURGH . . . 30 LANDMARK |
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| on highway 89 someyoung children were selling petrified porcupine eggs at $1.00 each. I was told that...other reviews 34 MINING Briefs from the desert region 36 NEWS Here and There on the Desert WEATHER...colorbanded conical formations in Petrified Forest national monument, Arizona. Taken with a Kodak 620...dwellers—could have wandered off into this wild rugged region. As the sun rose higher a deep cleft became visible...commonly seen in America—• whether we call them quartz, chert, jasper, chalcedony or agate. Included too |
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| this month, is regional publicity manager of the national park service, with headquarters in Santa Fe, New...independent news bureau in the national capital where for ten years he wrote national politics and regional news...administration. He has been associated with the national park service, in a similar capacity, since January...Me—by the Editor . . . 36 Briefs from the desert region 37 The Desert Magazine is published monthly by...native of Turkey 5—Most of the petrified trees in the Petrified Forest of Arizona most closely resemble |
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| pulses when I chanced to glance at a piece of petrified wood. Not even the sight of bloodstone or black...a gorgeous piece of material described as rose quartz and a lightgreen rock from the sea. Into my car...purple stone. On the nearby hillsides there were quartz boulders shot through with pink and purple. We...Dr. Carl ert. Fortunately, we were entirely un- quartz boulder peeping out from the emSumner Knopf of...candy, gorgeous weathered white marble and to the region where California's own diamonds are found. We long |
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| Geology and U rani urnVanadium Deposits of the Monument Valley Area Apache and Navajo Counties, Arizona...MINERALOGY AND PARAGENESIS OF THE ORE DEPOSIT AT THE MONUMENT NO. 2 AND CATO SELLS MINES By DONALD H. JOHNSON...Butte member_________________________________ Petrified Forest member________________________________ Owl...Mines--------------~----------------------------------------- Monument No. 2 mine_____________________________________...Geology______________________________________________ Monument No.2 channeL______________________________ Uranium |
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| of quartz and its a great gems other than and varieties, with favorite location of quartz agate...agate, opal wood — collectors. The petrified gems throughout the world is discussed, followed by chapters...beautiful in BOX 244 3BURY, VT 0581Q «r and Other Quartz Gems by ! the field and useful gems or novelties... THE HOOF. OF AGATES And Other Quartz Gems And Other Quartz Genis liy Lelande (Juich CHILTON...author believes that this is a needed book on the quartz gem minerals. Needed by whom? Needed by the more |
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| ...... .. ............. 22 A Visit to the Petrified Forest 55 Years Ago by Arne 0 . Salonen ...........Laverne Wllilams, Secretary 2320 Pacific Ave ., Forest Grove, Oregon 97116 A. J. Bybee, Treasurer 1054...study specimens only) ..... .70 Specimens - Rose Quartz Petrifi ed Wood Psilomelone Hydromognesite Apophyll...'/•" Aquamarine Conicholcite •Sapphire Sand Smoky Quartz Opol '/• .. Amber Trono Agote Prose Jasper Jadeite...Pyrolusite Sphalerite Garnie rite Lepidolite Petrified Whole Bone Colemanite Nephrite Pisolitic Limestone |
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| Societies convention, Canon City, Colorado. 4 Petrified Wood Along the New Butterfield Trail By HAROLD...Pass" at Moab, Utah, they recruited Navajos from Monument Valley. And here is the story of how these tribesmen...rePhotos by Universal Pictures Co. motest part of Monument Valley. Most of them wore their hair long and...white players. Lee Bradley, the Navajo trader from Monument Valley, was interpreter for the 90 Indians. His...lightning struck the tree, while others believe a forest fire ravaged its mountainside. Now it's starting |
