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Alabaster from
Owl Canyon, Larimer County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Canyon
Classification
Species:Gypsum var: Alabaster
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Alabaster data
Locality Data:Click here to view Owl Canyon, Larimer County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:148994
Long-form Identifier:1:3:148994:1
GUID (UUID V4):3fb16c29-b089-4590-9272-beabe0c1b6f1
References
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Book (edition)
MILEAGE L OGS. REVISED EDITION Revised Edition, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE HICllAHD :--1. PEARL...an extensive ¥em and mineral collecting tour 01 Colorado, revealing the interesting places where Nature...Swallow, Publisher) 2679 South York Street Denver, Colorado 80210 - , =· - ·, BOOKS BY RICHARD M. PEARL...PEARL Exploring Rocks, Minerals, Fossils in Colorado America's Mountain: Pikes Peak and the Pikes Peak...Atlas of Colorado American Gem Trails Nature As Sculptor: A Geologic Interpretation of Colorado . Scenery
Book (edition)
— _ ; COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE ! ■ : ' BOOKS BY RICHARD M. PEARL Colorado Gem Trails...Trails and Mineral Guide Colorado Rocks, Minerals, Fossils America’s Mountain: Pikes Peak and the Pikes...Nature As Sculptor: A Geologic Interpretation of Colorado Scenery Guide to Geologic Literature Popular Gemology...Gemology Mineral Collectors Handbook Colorado Gem Trails The Art of Gem Cutting (With Dr. H. C. Dake)...Dake) * RICHARD M. PEARL ★ COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE ★ SKETCH MAPS BY MIGNON WARDELL PEARL
Report (issue)
Prepared in cooperation with the Colorado Geological Survey for the United States Department of Agriculture...Service Development of Industrial Minerals in Colorado Circular 1368 U.S. Department of the Interior...Survey Development of Industrial Minerals in Colorado By Belinda F. Arbogast, Daniel H. Knepper, William...John S. Dersch Prepared in cooperation with the Colorado Geological Survey for the United States Department..., 2011, Development of industrial minerals in Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1368, 87 p. Library
Report (volume)
gypsum is the coarsegrained massive variety, alabaster is the fine-grained compact variety, and gypsite...percent pure gypsum and average about 96 percent. Alabaster is compact gypsum in which the crystds average...and limestone. The compact and soft nature of alabaster makes it easy to carve into vases and other ornaments...and Smith, R. H., 1930, Hendrick field, Winkler County, Texas: Am. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists Bull.,...923946. Hendrick oil field in central Winkler County, Tex. is 10 miles long and 4 miles wide. It contains
Journal (issue)
Flatirons Facets Flatirons Mineral Club of Boulder County, Colorado Volume 60, Number 2 The Flatirons Mineral...on at the 10th anniversary celebration of the Colorado State Fossil Dr. and Mrs. Hultquist held the...Roadside Geology of Colorado in 1958, Richard Pearl, author of several books including Colorado Gem Trails and...years. The FMC sponsored the first fossil class in Colorado in 1962, instructed by Jordan Sawdo. Classes in...lapidary techniques. In 1966, alabaster carving using material collected at Owl Canyon was taught by Gladys Sturdy
Report (volume)
Continued. Localities Continued. . Page. Cochise County....:................................................. 51 Mohave County............................................... 51 Navajo County.................................................... 51 Pima County.................................................. 52.......................................... Fresno County.......................................................... Imperial County.....................:....................... Inyo County...................
Journal (issue)
Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York COLORADO ISSUE #2 Articles Colorado locality index.............................. 323 by B. L. Muntyan What’s new in Colorado minerals? ......................................339 by M. I. Jacobson The San Juan Mountains of Colorado ..................................349 by J. A...10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo by John...Natural History for conceiving the idea of a second Colorado issue and for helping a great deal in bringing
Report (volume)
A. F. Rogers, Stanford University, Palo Alto. Colorado.........Prof. R. D. George, Boulder. Connecticut...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 (volume)
...........................................59 Colorado ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map ..........................................
Report (volume)
............................................. Colorado.................................................especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee,...minerals and rocks, their occurrence and uses: Colorado State Geol. Survey Bull. 6, 1913. 8 USEFUL...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;
Book (volume)
...........................................47 Colorado ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
...........................................47 Colorado ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Distribution Center in Denver Federal Center, Denver 25, Colorado. The centers supply on request a free index, from...are liable to welcome you with a gun," writes a Colorado collector. "As far as Texas is concerned," says...ranch in collecting. At the Texas and the Horse Canyon agate deposit in California, is made to collect...(right) from the Sunnyside Mine, San Juan County, Colorado. MOTTLED AGATE from Chihuahua, Mexico, is
Report (volume)
Minerals of Colorado: A 100- Year Record By EDWIN B. ECKEL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1 1 14 A...knowledge____________________________________ Future of Colorado mineralogy______________________________________...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado ________________________________ In pocket III...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado, has not been included in this reprint. Many of...especially Fischer and others, 1946). MINERALS OF COLORADO: A 100-YEAR RECORD By EDWIN B. EcKEL ABSTRACT
Book (edition)
atid aeseae eueneSasehr i ia Bdtit _WYOQMING COLORADO _ LADORE 7C CRAIG r3GRANBY 17d KREMMLING...COEORADORI 2 NEW MEXICO x pec, Inn? UKE) COLORADO TOURS LEGEND NUMBERED TOURS UNNUMBERED TOUR...Gallege COLORADO A Guide to the Highest State WITHDRAWN AWAACK TAY 2 \e Line COLORADO A Guide...Program Projects Administration of the State of Colorado AMERICAN GUIDE SERIES ILLUSTRATED HASTINGS...Note About the New Edition This revision of Colorado, A Guide to the Highest State, brings abundant
Book
Daryl Schmidt of Rock of Ages Lutheran Church, Colorado Springs. We owe them a debt of immeasura¬ ble...BERYL 19. CHRYSOPRASE (CHRYSOPRASUS) 5 3. ALABASTER 30 32 33. JADE 68 70 73 32. JACINTH 75 ...where as early as 300 4 b.c. quantities of ALABASTER agate material had been collected. Pliny discussed...the agate beaches are famous. The Mint Canyon and Soledad Canyon area 50 miles north of Los Angeles yields...Illinois, Wyoming, Idaho, and elsewhere. 3. ALABASTER Alabaster: compact gypsum of fine texture, usually
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Maryland; Professor Richard Pearl of Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Professor Jack Hanahan of Belmont...Rockies and Black Hills, the Cascades and the Grand Canyon, the Oregon and Washington beaches, the Mojave...of such beautiful materials as satin spar and alabaster. Travertine, formed by hot springs, is another...Center, Geological Survey, Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225. Index charts, provided free by the Survey
Book (volume)
Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...in the small cavities in limestone in Herkimer County, New York, only one quartz crystal may be found...Lake St. Francis, Coleraine Township, Megantic County. Microscopic crystals were also reported from chromite...found in 1847 at the Vaucluse Gold Mine in Orange County. Details of color, quality, and size are lacking
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...Center. Geological Survey. Federal Center. Denver. Colorado 80225. Index sheets from which the condition...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...United States are open pits, such as the enorBingham Canyon, Utah, although here some tunnels, known to miners
Book
Center Geological Survey Federal Center Denver Colorado 80225 Index sheets from wh ich the precise maps...topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...pits, such as the enormous copper mine at Bingham Canyon, Utah, althoug h here some tunnels, known to miners...gray lumps that the gold seekers at Leadv1lle, Colorado, discarded were later recognized as the ore that...where found (quarry, mine , canyon) district where found (township, county, state) how obtained (found
Journal (issue)
adventure and made history in Navajoland, the Grand Canyon and along the Old Spanish trail. An important Southwest...fictional biography. Life with Indians along the Colorado, experiences with De Anza expeditions in California...travel amcng the Mojaves, the Yavapais, to the Grand Canyon and land of Havasupai. 468 pp $3.50 H27 BUCKY O'NEILL...September 27-29—Quay County Fair, Tucumcari, New Mexico. September 28-30—County Fair, Spanish Fiesta...12 OCTOBER, 1951 . . . . October 6-7—Cochise County Fair, Rodeo and Horse Show, Douglas, Arizona.
Report (issue)
and the States of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon...2600 corridor, 18th and C Sts., NW. • DENVER, Colorado--Federal Bldg., Rm . 169 1961 Stout St. • LOS...ROLLA, Mlssouri--1400 Independence Rd. • DENVER, Colorado--Map Distribution, Bldg. 810, Federal Center •...and the States of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon...Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Mark Davis, Colorado Geological Survey Robert Gloyn, Utah Geological
Report (volume)
Research]. Paris, France. Colorado State Univ. Agr. Expt. Sta. Gen. Ser.-Colorado State University Agricultural...University Press. Dallas, Tex. Grand Canyon Nat. History Assoc. BulL-Grand Canyon Natural History Association...Association Bulletin. Grand Canyon, Ariz. GrS11nland-GrS11nland. Det Grjijnlandske Selskab [Greenland. The Greenland...and Geology Bull. Idaho Bur. Mines and Geology County Rept.Idaho Bur. Mines and Geology Mineral Resources...Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin and County Report and Mineral Resources Report. Moscow, Idaho
Report (volume)
Bull. 1060-D, p. 193, 252-253, pl. 7. In Nemaha County, Kans., member is basal unit of Howard limestone...Aarde farm, sec. 4, T. 26 S., R. 11 E., Greenwood County. Aaron Slatet Precambrian or Paleozoic: Central...Central Railroad, sees. 5-7, T. 11 S., R. 5 E., Pope County. Named for Abbott Station. Abbyville Gabbrol Precambrian...map. Occurs in vicinity of Abbyville, Mecklenburg County. Abercrombie Formationl Middle Cambrian: Western...named for Abercrombie Peak, on ridge south of Dry Canyon, in Gold Hill district. Aberdeen Sandstone (in
Book (edition)
abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Clear Creek co., and at Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite...Plat., Malawi, G 10 17 River Formation in Uintah County, Utah. Deer et al., v. 2A,483, 1997. Aenigmatite
 
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