 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | symbol to promote outstanding aspects of their county or state. Many of these Earth science symbols will...from the Crater of Diamonds, Murfreesboro, Pike County, Arkansas; largest diamond 4.95 carats. Matilda...the Green mines), Ozark-Mahoning company, Hardin County, Illinois; 9.6 cm tall. Ross Lillie specimen, Jeff...such as this one from Middle Fork Creek, Estill County, Kentucky; 19.3 cm tall. Barbara and Gary Hansen...Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri. Stan Celestian photo. 14 ROCKS & MINERALS NEBRASKA State Fossil: |  | | Report (issue) | | University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Conservation and Survey...Gemstones of Nebraska: A Handbook for Students and Collectors Roger K. Pabian University of Nebraska - Lincoln...Lincoln, rpabian1@unl.edu Allan Cook University of Nebraska - Lincoln Follow this and additional works at:...K. and Cook, Allan, "Minerals and Gemstones of Nebraska: A Handbook for Students and Collectors" (1976)...Resources, School of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion |  | | Book | | Columbia Dinosaur-Capitalsaurus fo, Fossil-Petrified Wood * Arkansas Gem-Diamond * Florida Gem-Moonstone...Louisiana Gemstone-Agate Fossil-Petrified Palmwood aD 60 Stone-Petrified Wood Fossil-Prehistoric Whale Soil-Natchez...& Montana Agate Fossil-Maiasaura peeblesorum * Nebraska Rock-Prairie Agate Gemstone-Blue Agate Fossil-Mammoth...90 90 91 91 a2 * North Dakota Fossil-Jeredo Petrified Wood 111 * Ohio Gemstone-Ohio Flint Invertebrate...Granite 106 107 128 128 * Washington Gem-Petrified Wood Fossil-Columbian Mammoth * South Dakota Mineral-Rose |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state... IT'S FUN TO HUNT FOR GEMS and refreshing, a petrified pool never to be disturbed by wind or tide. Few...molecular cohesion in the crystal. It is like splitting wood along the grain. Cleavage cracks across the prism...amethyst. Lava and pumice also engulf trees. The wood burns away as the rock cools, leaving a mold in...substance may be replaced slowly by silica to form petrified wood. Lava is also the environment in which obsidian |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimen is a gray chalcedony, the other a reddish-brown chalcedony and both should take a nice polish. ALASKA—"What...located in the Eureka Mining District in Yavapai County, Arizona. From this old mine we have a number of...They come from the Blue Creek Mt. Mine, Del Norte County, Calif., which I own. The ore of my mine is very...Collinsville, Conn. FLORIDA — A sawed slab of dark brown limonite was sent in by Willard R. Olsen, Rt. 1...xls. "This is a section of a geode found in Brown County, in the vicinity of Bean Blossom, Indiana."—on |  | | Book (edition) | | IOWA WISCONSIN • OHIO • KANSAS • NORTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA • INDIANA • MISSOURI • MINNESOTA I By JUNE CULP...Specimens .... 30 30 .30 NEBRASKA ............... 33 NORTHERN NEBRASKA .......... Fossils...........33 34 NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA 35 WESTERN & CENTRAL NEBRASKA 36 EASTERN NEBRASKA 37 CENTRAL MISSOURI...areas. Study all issues for possible help. 9. Get county maps if available, or Geological Survey Quadrangle...” may be found in many canyons in Penning ton County. HOT SPRINGS AREA Mines in the Hot Springs vicinity |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...plane of lesser molecular cohesion in the splitting wood along the grain. Cleavage cracks across the prism...lava is petrified wood by replacement of may form in the by decay or destruction of the wood. Agate...quarries. Some gems may also be dug from agate, petrified wood, crystals easily worked soil, disintegrated...quadrangles in upper New York state. Likewise, petrified bone and wood are associated in the Southwest with such |  | | Book (edition) | | types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate is wood for which believed...yellow. quartz has a in in the Smoky smoky brown hue. Garnets in schist matrix. Most garnets ...are deep wine red, crimson red, or yellowish brown Amazonstone and smoky quartz in matrix. Amazonstone...translucent, the pattern dark green, reddish brown, or black. The Cross sections of thunder eggs... and kidney shaped. Polished section of red-brown and white agate, showing strong patterns, "snow-crystal" |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mostly in small amounts. A bed near Pyriton, Clay County, Ala., was worked for copper. One was mined near...near Stone Hill in the southern part of Cleburne County at what was called Wood's copper mine and also...Yuma, Ariz. One specimen is a dark brownish petrified wood with a rough, pale greenish crust; one face...polished. The other is a rounded pebble of brownish petrified coral that has altered into chalcedony. "In the...plains which are cut through by dry washes. Fossil wood is plentiful. This is evidently an ancient sea bed |  | | Book (volume) | | shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified wood. Ohio ranks first in the nation in the production...common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This gem flint occurs in the 8 mile long Flint...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE |  | | Book (volume) | | shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified wood. Ohio ranks first in the nation in the production...common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This gem flint occurs in the 8 mile long Flint...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...Such Plains and created beautiful Crater Lake. Nebraska and Kansas the High — states as —owe their...stream beds and the rocks the stream Agates and petrified wood fragments as well as specimens of hundreds |  | | Book (volume) | | beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...banks, tributary gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes...slopes, stream beds, etc. petrified wood, wood opal; along the Grand R. though entire Co., regional...regional banks, breaks, gravels, etc. petrified wood, wood opal. 438 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in | | | Book | | topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...crea ted beautiful Crater Lake Such states as Nebraska and Kansas-the Hig h Plains-owe their fertile...sediments across the level plains Agates and petrified wood fragments as well as specimens of hundreds...small workbench on 11 put a vIse, grinding wheels, a wood block, a tool rack, and a bright lamp Workshops...workshop 1 The vIse the wood block, and the grinding wheel are v1s1ble while a taller wood block stands at one |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Journal (issue) | | rockhounds ask? Map and picture. A PURPOS! PETRIFIED Woop MILLERITE 1956 Pap 10th Anniversary, Authors...desert.) I collected minerals, sand, fossils, petrified wood Occasionally one would come across a queerly-shaped...(DIGEsT) was published in July, 1946, in Omaha, Nebraska. R. B. Berry was the editor. In order to accommodate...inlaying wood in a background of Now “Man-O'-War’ most definitewood ly is not made of wood, or anything...anything resembling wood, so in so far as we are concerned it will always be a mosaic—and a right handsome |  | | Journal (issue) | | VanDyke I grew up in Hastings, a small town in Nebraska. On weekends and summer vacations, I would visit...performance for hard materials such as agate, petrified wood or jade. MK-303 Professional grade diamond...and valuable materials (i.e. agate, quartz, petrified wood, jasper, jade, etc) when waste needs to be...BD10 Power Feed Trim Saw Scan for Video MADE IN USA Features include: • All cast aluminum tank, table...# 168787 HP14 Slab Saw Scan for Video MADE IN USA Features include: • 1/2 HP continuous duty motor |  | | Book | | Collectors the EWorld Over, I Salute You. Hugh Brown ■ i ... t Editor’s Note T HE Purpose to...study, and lapidary practice. Sincerely yours, Hugh Brown, Editor. i l i SECTION I. THE AMERICAN MINERAL...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE |  | | Book (edition) | | ILLINOIS • NORTH DAKOTA • OHIO • MICHIGAN • NEBRASKA • IOWA WISCONSIN Digitized by the Internet...IOWA WISCONSIN • OHIO • KANSAS • NORTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA • INDIANA • MISSOURI • MINNESOTA By JUNE CULP...Price $2.00. PETRIFIED FOREST TRAILS — A By Ransom. new guide book to the petrified forests of America...Describes many localities in the United States where petrified woods may be collected. Includes directions to...Agates 31 _. Minnesota 32 Wisconsin 39 Nebraska 40 North Dakota 43 Indiana . 45 Ohio 46 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | community of about 1,200 in southeastern Pinal County, is in southern Arizona. ARKANSAS—We recently received..."We recently bought another place (in Montgomery County, Ark.). Guess I told you the Atomic Energy Commission...tour'—we've been on practically every road in the county, so we know it pretty well now." "I'm sending you...unknown specimen consists of dark brown jasper imbedded in soft, brown limonite. Small cavities in the...angular masses. Rocky Hill is in southern Hartford County in central Connecticut. See Mr. Nelson's article |  | | Journal (issue) | | narrative of Skeleton equalled any place on Earth. PETRIFIED LIGHTNING Fulgurites,—unique quasi-fossils his...interestingly upon the subject of ful gurites (petrified lightning) has affection ately been called the...celebrated the Fourth of July with a trip to the Brown County State Park in Indiana. In a small stream the...pink dolomite and a small amount of millerite. Nebraska Mineral and Gem Club will hold a non-competitive...4-5 in the Ballroom of the Rome Hotel in Omaha, Nebraska. Members of the club are building 20 display cases |  | | Book (edition) | | from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...cryptocrystalline varieties of quartz, such as agate and petrified wood, extend over thousands VI Preface .. Vil...University of Nebraska recognized this problem in his Minerals and Gemstones of Nebraska (1971),- in which... Louis Moyd, Pauline Moyd, Merrill 0. Murphy, Nebraska Conservation and Survey Division, Nevada Bureau...of tourmaline crystal forms 38. Map of San Diego County, California gem sources 3 9. Stewart Lithia· and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | booklet and Nebraska Gem Field Map. Everett Lapidary Shop, 2941 No. 65th St., Lincoln, Nebraska. 68507 Aug...lb.; and findings. Tumbled stones, grit and petrified wood; $1.00 lb.; pigeon blood polish. Highland Park...SORT-CARD CO., Box 901, Boulder, Colorado. 80301 PETRIFIED CREATURES, WARREN, NEW YORK. 13439 — Specimens...(Western Suburb Phila., Pa. SU 9-4022). COOK AND BROWN GOLD MINE—Lyman, N.H., now open to the public. Fee...Indiana, visit us in the beautiful hills of Brown County. Open 6 days 12 to 6. Closed Tuesday. Closed |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |
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