 | | Report (volume) | | stone has only one or two of these qualities. The diamond, emerald, ruby, and sapphire are considered precious...blue, rose, green, and true canary yellow in the diamond; pigeon-blood red in the ruby; cornflower blue...establishing the price of a gem stone. Such gems as the diamond and ruby are rare, in addition to being beautiful...7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each mineral indicate only...hardness, not actual values. For example, the diamond, rated as 10, is many times harder than corundum |  | | Book (edition) | | 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4. Fluorite 9. 5. Apatite B). interesting to note that diamond, It...OF PROMINENT MINERALS BERYL CHIASTOLITE a\ DIAMOND CRYSTALS DIOPSIDE EMERALD KYANITE LAZULITE...resinous, pearly, greasy, silky or, as in the diamond, adamantine (hard and brilliant). The and ability...according to their chemical elements such as diamond (carbon), oxides such as corundum (aluminum oxide)...kunzite. Found in California, kunzite lilac or Diamond in matrix. Rough diamonds have a greasy luster |  | | Book | | famous was the single beryl stone found in Oxford County in Maine that weighed 18 tons and was 18 feet in...(unfortunately for college professors’ clothing), but a diamond or sapphire leaves no trace on contact. An ingenious... 7. 8. 9. 10. Feldspar Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond (hardest) This is a very old scale and in some...scale is indicated by a distinctive stone like a diamond or a topaz. On the other hand corundum is a more...Only corundum and diamond will mark topaz, but co¬ rundum will not scratch a diamond. Suppose one found |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | as specimens. Clarksville is in southern Johnson County in N / W Arkansas. COLORADO — "Recently we took...located one mile west of Wilbur Springs in S/W Colusa County in North California. The ore of the Manzanita Mine...garnet mine at Roxbury Falls, in Southern Litchfield County of western Connecticut. Mrs. Scheffer's crystal...schist. GEORGIA — At Maysville, in southern Banks County in N.E. Georgia, nice quartz xls occur, so we have...inch in length. Bedford is in central Lawrence County in southern Indiana. IOWA — Dean Slindee, Box 55 |  | | Report (volume) | | North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks...Florence Bascom, Bryn Mawr. Rhode Island.... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle...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 |  | | Book | | Amethyst, Prase, Chalcecite, dony, Carnelian, Chrysoprase, Jasper, Agate, Chrysoberyl, Zircon, Adularia...of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...of Iron, at Rumford Falls, (J. P.) PARKER'S ISLAND. (In the Kennebeck.) Schorl, sometimes translucent...situated 2 m. N. from the village, on a precipitous hill, whose base is washed, by the Connecticut river...(Hall.) WINNEPISSIOGEE LAKE. Hornblende, on Red hill, near the lake. (C. C. Baldwin.) 17 VERMONT |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...^t flap) \ *' ^ *D * D } '<&*=> 4B^ Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal...symmetry of crystals, the spectacular glitter of diamond have evoked admiring gasps of soft pleasure....known Mohs' scale. (See Table from equal; the diamond, as this scale are far Mohs' Hardness Scale...angles to one another. Cubic fluorite, octahedral diamond, and trisoctahedral garnet are typical examples |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................................... Rhode Island...............................................Albany. North Carolina_.Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota_.Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks. Mr...University, South Bethlehem. Rhode Island__Prof. C. W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina__.Dr. Earle Sloan...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 | | country, upon which the unbounded blessings of Providence have been spread in the most liberal manner,...which are generally considered real gems are the Diamond, Sapphire, Chrysoberyl, Spinelle, Emerald, Beryl...instance we test the hardness on such minerals as the Diamond, Sapphire, Topaz, Quartz, Felspar, Apatite, and...will readily be touched by the file ; whereas, Diamond, Ruby, and Sapphire are not at all attacked. In...10. Diamond. (Phosphate of Lime.) We see, by the numerical order, that Fluorspar is 4 and Diamond 10 ; |  | | Book | | 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...Gila Co. Chrysoprase KIRKLAND VALLEY, Pima Co. Onyx Marble LIVE OAK, Gila Co. Chrysoprase LUCKY CUSS...(Found in basalt rocks.) RIVER RANGE, Mohave Co Chrysoprase, Olivine SANTA CRUZ, (2 Miles S.W.of), Santa |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state... % DATE DUE \ °* A DEMCO 38-297 KEY 4& Diamond M Tourmaline fQl Ruby, O Sapphire Quartz...and California; emerald in North Carolina, a big diamond or two in Arkansas, opal in Idaho, and so on. Old...Derbyshire or, perhaps, a pyramid of smoky quartz from Cumberland. The next it may be rock crystal from Madagascar...The steps on this scale are far from equal; the diamond, for example, is rated on the scale as 10, but |  | | Book (volume) | | ........................................412 Rhode Island .............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map .......................................... |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral...mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson,...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral...mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson,...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (volume) | | ........................................352 Rhode Island ..............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...mountainous, constituting the southern end of the Cumberland Plateau and climaxing in 2,407 ft. Cheaha Mt...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow |  | | Book (volume) | | ........................................352 Rhode Island ..............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...mountainous, constituting the southern end of the Cumberland Plateau and climaxing in 2,407 ft. Cheaha Mt...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow |  | | Journal (issue) | | DOLOMITE CRYSTALS IN PENN.—Richard Haefner.... 808 RHODE ISLAND HOLDS ANNUAL CORN BOIL—Gardiner E. Gregory....VIRGINIA—R. J. Bland, Jr. 838 HISTORY OF ANDOVER-SULPHUR HILL IRON MINES, N. J.— (Part 1)—D. R. Suayze 852 DEPARTMENTS...Wayebunas D. G. MITCHELL APPOINTED GENERAL MANAGER, MK DIAMOND PRODUCTS. 803 851 851 871 Entered as Second-(...San Antonio Rock & Lapi dary Society and Bexar County Mineral Hobby Club. Chairman; Fred Stevenson, P...Monroe, Peru, Indiana. April 30, May 1. 1966—Dallas County' Rock Club will hold its Rock Club Showcase at |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townď‚ľagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityď‚ľagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...cuts, cut banks, breaks, draws and washes, gullies, hill slopes, etc.ď‚ľchalcedony roses, Celestite crystals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Belvidere Mountain quarry, Low ell (Orleans County) is the most signifi cant locality in the state...producers. The nearby hamlet of Eden Mills (Lamoille County) is the commonly given but incorrect name for the...pyrophyllite pyrrhotite quartz agate amethyst chrysoprase jasper retinalite rhodochrosite? rhodonite rutile...cities and differ from some states that have strong county governments with jurisdiction over large expansÂ...Waits River Forma tion occurrences, etc.). Addison County Granville talc quarry in Granville: ankerite, chalcopyrite |  | | 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...quartz species used for jewelry, ' such as chrysoprase, can be defined by this word The third word that...twin, YvT V / v> / -f repeated twin o( rutile Cumberland, England, \ m m " '.^y^ penetration penetr; |  | | Journal (issue) | | CONKLIN QUARRY Minerals and gem materials in Rhode Island by James R. Mitchell FEATURES 10 48 51 Page...a foot $29900 A.A-. - INTRODUCTORY PRICE DIAMOND PACIFIC TOOL.. COAF>OAA"T"ION 25647 W. Main St...lighting. a fuzzy magnifier , or an errant piece of diamond on the wrong lap can thwart your best efforts....machine. a manual. and just four grit sizes of diamond you can successfully \\'Ork \Vith 90% of the garden... It ca me with. two copper laps - 325 and 600 diamond on one. 1200 on the other - and a tin/ lead lap |  | | Book | | oxydized stones—a system adopted by others. The diamond is placed at the head of the whole class of Gems...PART III. CONSIDERATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL GEMS. Diamond ......................... ..' ................... . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Chrysoprase . . . . . . .. _ . . . . . . . . . . . . _ ....two and two by the principal axes.—Ex., galena, diamond. Fig. 5. ' Fig. 6. 6. The icositetrahedrons...and twelve rhombic angles—Ex, fluor spar, garnet, diamond. The seven forms of crystals now described are |  | | Book | | generally regarded as the precious stones the diamond, ruby, emerald, sapphire, and sometimes the pearl...jewelry trade itself the custom is to refer to the diamond, hardest but not the rarest of gemstones, and then...the emerald being the rarest of the group. The diamond is not rare but the market is well controlled....minerals) into a hardness scale of ten points. Diamond is At book the hardest substance 9 is which...paths in the fields. Similar ones come from the Island of Rhodes. Rut the magicians for the agates.” |  | | Journal (issue) | | cameo blank was so marked that the artist could not usa it in the regular course of his work, he would throw...Highway 61, and at Gull Point on M. 64 in Ontonagon County, Michigan. Someday I shall go back and hunt for... ROUGE and LIPSTICK . . . As between an uncut diamond and an undyed grey agate, the latter is far more...bring out to the point that both the agate and the diamond as well as many other gems require some touching...grey chalcedony to imitate carnelian, onyx, chrysoprase, sardonyx, etc. is a general practice in the |  | | Journal (issue) | | headed northward towards the gold mine in York County. It was a most enjoyable trip, the mine was reached...Rd., Ardsley, N.Y. Chairman—Gene Jacob, 10 Beacon Hill Rd., Ardsley, N. Y. Oct. 2. 3. 1965—Topeka Gem &...Monroe, Peru, Indiana. April 30, May 1. 1966—Dallas County Rock Club will hold its Rock Club Showcase at rhe...Federation of Mineralogical Societies. Host: Clark County Gem Collectors, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las...MATERIAL— (No Selling) Chairman —Gene Jacob, 10 Beacon Hill Road, Ardsley, N. Y. 648 ROCKS AND MINERALS Notice |
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