 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Department of Geology Auburn Universit Rutile=Included Quartz Downloaded by [McGill University Library] at 05:41...issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice. The specimen, rutilated quartz from Waterbury, Vermont (see fig.), is interesting...that is in considerable demand by collectors. Rutilated quartz is also a popular gem material, having been...cabochons, spheres, and other ornamental devices. Rutilated quartz is known by a number of names that include...(love’s arrow), and Venus’ hair stone. The host quartz may be colorless, smoky, or amethystine and occurs |  | | Report (issue) | | NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION WILLIAM DIVISION JASPER P. OF L. SAUNDERS, MINERAL...RESOURCES GEOLOGIST Circular 16 LOCALITIES NORTH OF CAROLINA BY JAMES F. CONLEY Doc NC DENR LIBRARY...... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MINERAL COLLECTING IN NORTH CAROLINA , . . . . # . WHERE TO COLLECT f ... f ......THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY COUNTIES . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ......... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 7 Emerald, Hiddenite and Associated Minerals |  | | Report (volume) | | the ruby, sapphire, spinel, emerald, rutile, and quartz of gem quality have been synthesized. The best...Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each...of silica (quartz, 7 on Moh's scale) particles, a gem stone should be harder than quartz. Some minerals...flat base and a faceted top terminating in a low point, was invented and used for cutting large diamonds...react to heat are: violet quartz (amethyst) changing to orange brown, smoky quartz to yellow, pale-green |  | | Report (issue) | | .'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...THULITE AND PYRITE MONAZITE EMERALD CUPRITE SMOKY QUARTZ ZIRCON TORBERNITE ~/ UBRAR'l USE ONLV ,~O...Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North CarOlina Department of Natural Resources and Community...for the general welfare of the citizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts a number of basic and | | | Report (issue) | | Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist i ...FRONT COVER PHOTO Twinned emerald crystal from North Carolina, photo from Smithsonian Institution (slide...viable mineral collecting sites through out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEMS AND GEM MINERALS OF NORTH CAROLINA* Josnrn HvoB Pnerr North Carolina is one of the more notable...material. The variety of gem minerals found in North Carolina is probably greater than in any other state...SOCIETY Quartz Rock Crystal Amethyst Citrine Smoky RoseQuartz Praseand Chrysoprase Rutilated Agate Chalcedony...Sphene Rutile Octahedrite Cassiterite Hematite (in quartz) Pyrite Bronzite Hypersthene Pyroxene Diopside...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gemstones of North Carolina By GEORGE A. BRUCE, International Import Company 604 Peachtree Street, N...Atlanta 8, Georgia "The Land of the Sky" that is North Carolina is also the Land of Gemstones. This beautiful...to initiate the systematic mining of gems in North Carolina was Mr. C. W. Jenks. This was in 1871 when...Franklin, Macon County. The next was the Buck Creek, or Cullakeenee Mine, in Clay County. This was followed...followed by the mining of emeralds at Stony Point, Alexander County. These gem "pioneers" pointed the way |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | large variety of minerals and gemstones in North Carolina annually attracts thousands of collectors to...the world. Some Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina T H E C O L L E C T I N G L O C A L I T I E...McKenzie's publication Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina: Information Circular 24 (1978). For a more...locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can be ordered from the North Carolina Department...27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can |  | | Book (edition) | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | ................... GEM HUNTING IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. By B. M . Brehm ............................this treasure. Just the same the memory of those Quartz filled half geodes never left him, and as he grew...'3 7, produced one fine cluster 0£ __ the green Quartz crystals. Upper N ew, York, aside from the two...Albite along with fine green Amazonite. North and South Carolina rewarded him with a long list of fine...seen as he stooped the were partly filled with Quartz crystals, glittering geode in the stream. So many |  | | Book (volume) | | vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, 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...CHEYENNE, DEUEL, GARDEN & KEITH COUNTIES AREA, between North and South Platte rivers and in all tributary branches |  | | Book | | Catalog Card Number: 74-1276 The pictures of gold-in-quartz, smithsonite, stilbite, and wulfenite on the front...learn that gravel beds are rich in such minerals as quartz, feldspar, mica, garnet, tourmaline, magnetite...Schists often contain feldspar, garnet, mica and quartz. With sapphires are often found associated an abundance...oxide. Chalcedony, one of the common varieties of quartz, was formed in the same way. Pegmatites and Hematites...contains as its principal com¬ ponents feldspar, quartz and mica it is known as pegmatite. Most of our |  | | Journal (issue) | | III , NO . 5 - JULY , 1896 . CONTENTS CONCERNING Quartz - Part II . RAMBLES IN MONTANA , HISTORY OF CLAYSTONES...including Rutilated Quartz , scotions of Stalactitie Barite , Perthite ( Sunstone ) , Rose Quartz , Green...FOOTE , WARREN M . Foote , Manager . 1224 - 26 - 28 NORTH FORTY - FIRST ST . PHILADELPHIA , PA , U . S . A...recoverable by the OCR engine. ODD FORMS OF QUARTZ FROM NORTH CAROLINA . Collection of A . C . BATES . MINERAL...1896. No. 5. Kor The Mineral Collector. CONCERNING QUARTZ. By A. C. Bates. PART II. The Mineralogist who |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | FAMOUS MINERAL LOCALITIES. 2. THE GEM REGIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA HARRY W. TRUDEIJIJ Phdladelphia, Pa. Iw almost...the United States prominent mention is made of North Carolina's production of precious stones and other...Kunz's admirable "History of the gemsfound in North Carolina" the writer and Mr. SamuelG. Gordon decidedto...the town of Hiddenite, about four miles beyond Stony Point (usually spoken of as the place from which were...that one of the mines was about a half mile to the north. We walked up the road paralleling the railroad |  | | Book (volume) | | grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Journal (issue) | | By Peter Zodac.................. 35 Herkimer County Quartz Crystals. By D. H. Newland...................... 36 How to Tell Right-Handed and Left-Handed Quartz Crystals. By Maurice R. Thompson.................. ·-······· 44 The Real Beauty of Herkimer County Quartz Crystals. By W. J. Hollister..................Ellenville Quartz Crystals. By Peter Zodac........................................ 49 Some Old Quartz Localities...Rhode Island. By Arthur L. Flagg 51 Stibnite in Quartz from Nevada. By Frank Garaventa............... |  | | Book | | CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________............._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T...g e s w h i c h c r e s t a t M t . N o r t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because...n d m 1799 i n Cabarrus C o u n t y, N o r t h Carolina, b y a s m a l l b o y w a l k i n g along a m...n t h e e a r l y 1840's i n b o t h N o r t h Carolina and Georgia. C r y s t a l s were recovered f |  | | Book (edition) | | Geology of North Carolina. QE 147 .A22 1866-1887 Pt.2 V.2 Chap.1 Digitized by the Internet Archive...org/details/mineralsminerall01 nort n o o / Geology of North Carolina. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It F. A. GENTH...brought to a Pi 7 ? f 3 : GEOLOGY OP NORTH CAROLINA. 2 many new and rare species. The Mica veins...great many very interesting and unique forms of quartz crystals and rutiles, and has added a great number...years a great ties and minerals in Iredell and Alexander, and and value T of the mineral lists for those |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and a quartz mine near Lachute, as well as a field trip with members of Ottawa Mineral Club north of Hull...26th, 1960, Saturday and Sunday, the Middlesex County Mineral Club, Inc., will host the largest Gem and...doublyterminated quartz crystals known as Herkimer Diamonds. Mrs. Lewis K. Moore 19 Stony Point Rd. Clinton...Westchester County, N . Y . The WESTCHESTER MINERAL & GEM SOCIETY, at its year-end meeting at the County Center...the year with its newly elected officers at the County Cinter in White Plains. Thursday evening, Jan. |  | | Book (edition) | | LOCALITIES NORTH CAROLINA, BEING CHAPTER I, OP THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. Reprinted...OF E. M. UZZELL RALEIGH, N. C. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CHROLINS. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It has F...data have been embodied. Sev- GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 4 eral causes have been operative in giving...valuable of Catawba and Burke, of list we owe Alexander and elsewhere. quartzes, he has (juartz crystals...mineral localities and minerals in Iredell and Alexander, and much of counties And the interest and |  | | Journal (issue) | | VOLCANOES ÎN YUMA , Some CRYSTALLIZED Micas of North CAROLINA , AN INTERESTING CALIFORNIA CAVERN , NEWS AND...cleavages ) Consloopyrite on pear Herkimer County Quartz cotrichte Topaz spar . Brown Tourmaline . Red...( modified ) Rabeme Blue Bartte Chabazite , North Carolina Quartzës . Colemanie , Brookite . Stilbite...other rare Scanalphur exystals ) . Bolbite , Rutilated Quartz Devan species Hentife Camengeite : Fluorite...FOOTE , WARREN M . FOOTE , Manager . 1224 - 26 - 28 NORTH FORTY - FIRST ST . PHILADELPHIA , PA , NO TEXT |  | | Report (issue) | | C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...Silicates Quartz (Rock Crystal) (Amethyst) (Green quartz) (Cairngorm) (Blue quartz) (Rose quartz) (Star...(Star quartz) (Chalcedony) (Agate) (Prase) ' (Onyx) (Jasper) (Opal) Tridymitc Qf-Christobalitc Phcnakirc Olivine...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |
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