 | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist | | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst |  | | Report (issue) | | commercial borates. Lawsonite, first found in Marin county in 1895, has proved to be of great petrographic...the Sierra Nevada, beginning with the nickel telluride, melonite, found in Calaveras County in 1867. New...California making up a large part of the Sierra Nevada and of several other ranges. Sedimentary rocks...characteristic constituents of the metamorphic rocks. Garnet is a conspicuous gneiss may be rich in chlorite...products. The gem-bearing pegmatites of San Diego County have aroused special masses, interest. Many |  | | Report (issue) | | tribes in the northeast corner of San Bernardino County in pre-historic times. The old workings here were...or basaltic rock reaching outward from a central group of extinct craters. These flows extend for many...valleys are found smaller areas of low, rounded hills of decomposed sandstones and porphyries, traversed...schists. In the canons and on the sides of these hills are the old turquoise mines, appearing as saucer-like...appears clii.sely to resemlile that at Turquoise Mountain, Arizona. * • • Stone tools are abundant in the |  | | Report (issue) | | been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town...The bibliography has been updated and expanded. County lists published by Collins (1) pp. 40-64, in Murdoch...the Mojave Desert area and of Death Valley by a group of U.S. Geological Survey workers, with the collaboration...rhyolite locality in Alameda County and the lawsonite type locality Marin County, which have been completely...of California, was soon able to assemble a small group of scientists who, in their ability and dedication |  | | Book | | mainly in the Sierra Nevada and the Klarnath Mountains provinces. These mountain regions , together with...sulfides, oxides, and so on. Within each major group the minerals are presented generally according to...species or group of species are reported by county of occurrence. Map 1-2 shows the county boundaries...boundaries and county names. When possible, locations of mines and other deposits are given in the following notation:...PLATEAU I7 COAST RANGES 7 GREAT VALLEY :2f SIERRA NEVADA ~ BASIN RANGES Ell MOJAVE DESERT II TRANSVERSE | | | Book | | been found mainly in Nevada and the Klamath Mountains provinces. These mountain regions, together with...sulfides, oxides, and so on. Within each major group the minerals are presented generally according...mineral species or group of species are reported by 1-2 shows the county boundaries and county names. When possible...within a township is illustrated by Figure 1-1. county of occurrence. Map *M. Fleischer’s 1980 Glossary...MODOC PLATEAU COAST RANGES S GREAT VALLEY SI SIERRA NEVADA 21 BASIN RANGES 3Zm MOJAVE DESERT IX TRANSVERSE |  | | Book (edition) | | to the chemical formula, allegiance to a mineral group, symmetry and crystal structure as well as the strongest...chemical formula, structure (crystal system, space group, and unit cell dimensions), and at least some other...site occupancy. The Sb members of the tennantite group (2.G) will serve as a good example: tetrahedrite...registered in this book (e.g. in the amphibole group). For more detailed information see "Dana's System...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept |  | | Book (volume) | | amethyst (left, upper group) which measures about 25 mm (1 in.) across. TOP GROUP. Green fluorite (121...particolor amethsyt (78.70 ct), Hallelujah Junction, Nevada; blue, cushion cut topaz (25.30 ct), Ramona, California;... Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet (16.62 ct), Ramona, California; deep red cushion...Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75 |  | | Book (edition) | | from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...Murphy, Nebraska Conservation and Survey Division, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Harold Noble, Leo...Opal. II 68 IMPORT ANT GEMSTONES The Feldspar Group, Spodumene, Tourmaline, Sodalite, Olivine (Peridot)...Jadeite), Rhodonite, ldocrase (V esuvianite), The Garnet Group. 199 246 III QUARTZ FAMILY GEMSTONES IV RARE...Frontispiece. Drawing of tourmaline and morganite group 1. Crater of Diamonds, Arkansas 2. Star of Arkansas |  | | Book (edition) | | (Brazil). Malcolm Back (Canada), Henry L. Barwood (USA). Dmitriy Belakovskiy (Russia). Fabio Bellatreccia...(Italy), T.S. Ercit (Canada). Alexander Falster (USA). Jeffrey de Fourestier (Canada). Robert Gault (Canada)...Henderson. Jr. (USA). D.D. Hogarth (Canada). J.L. Jam bor (Canada), Anthony R. Kampf (USA). Pave! M. Kartashov...Karnp-Moller (Denmark). Akira Kato (Japan). Lance E. Keams (USA). Elisabeth Kirchner (Austria), Uwe Kolitsch (Austria)...Republic). Per Nystcn (Sweden), David O'Hanlcy (USA). Filippo Olmi (deccased) (ltaly). Werner H. Paar |  | | Book (edition) | | attempt a complete description of a small mineral group to uncover the unsatisfactory state of our present...well render the volume difficult to use by a large group of potential readers not familiar with structural/chemical...with the inherent problems of end-member names vs. group names and related aspects of nomenclature. Rather...spelling variants, descriptive names, mixtures, group names, chemical names, etc., found in the literature...letters pointing out that for some entries our space group , Z, and lattice constants are mutually exclusive |  | | Book (edition) | | extensively rewritten by the book's distinguished group of authors in the light of new research and important...Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere...all varietal names, synonyms, spelling variants, group names, and so forth; only names in contemporary...contemporary use have been included. Most of the mineral group lists presented were taken from the Glossa,y of Mineral...letters pointing out that for some entries our space group, Z, and lattice constants are mutually exclusive | | | Book (edition) | | extensively rewritten by the book’s distinguished group of authors in the light of new research and important...Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...all varietal names, synonyms, spelling variants, group names, and so forth; only names in contemporary...contemporary use have been included. Most of the mineral group lists presented were taken from the Glossary of Mineral |  | | Report (volume) | | 4, 5, 8; Museum Paper, nos. 5, 6; County Report, no. 1 (Clay County). Montgomery, Ala. Alberta, Scientific...Boletfn de Minas, nos. 5-13. Habana, Cuba. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 8, no....Ordovician; Silurian; Queen Annes County; Kent County; Talbot County. Baltimore, Md. Mazama, vols. 5 (no...Geological Survey: (County Reports) Fayette County; Webster County; Nicholas County; Tucker County; Mineral and...Counties; Hampshire and Hardy Counties; Pendleton County. Morgantown, W. Va. Wisconsin Academy of Science |  | | Book (edition) | | File, 1601 Park Lane. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA. Introduction This volume is the third edition...belongs to a broader group of related minerals, the name adopted for the group is given beneath the formula...editions of this book. Brieny. within each anionic group the minerals arc arranged in order determined by...those of the alkaline earths, etc. Within each group the minerals are tabulated with increasing anion... Utah. USA. Named for P.H. Abelson. 20.7.3 AbernalhJile. K(U00As0,.4H�O. Meta-autunite group. M.E. Thompson |  | | Book (edition) | | the out- standing shows of the annual San Diego County Fair at Del Mar, California. In addition, the collections...deals with the descriptive mineralogy of a selected group of species representing those most likely to be...educated collector and connoisseur. In the latter group may be, for example, alexandrite twins from the...packing prevails in the metals of the platinum group. A few semi-metals, so named because they have some...structures. Soro is derived from the Greek word for “group.” Pairs of tetrahedra are linked by one oxygen ion | | | Book (edition) | | at the outstanding shows of the annual San Diego County Fair at Del Mar, California. In addition, the collections...vvith the descriptive mineralogy of a selected group of species representing those most likely to be...educated collector and connoisseur. In the latter group may be, for example, alexandrite twins from the...packing prevails in the metals of the platinum group. A fe,.v semi-metals1 so named because they have...uctures. Soro is derived from the Greek word for "group." Pairs of tetrahedra are li nked by one oxygen |  | | Book (edition) | | the outstanding sho,vs of the annual San Diego County Fair at Del Mar, California. In addition, the collections...fluorite; octahedrons, magnetite; trapezohedrons, garnet, leucite; pyritohedrons, pyrite; tetrahedrons,...pink or red rhodonite and rhodochros,te; iron, red garnet, green tourrnaline, green to brown oli,1i11e: cobalt...packing prevails in the metals of the platinum group. A few se1ni-11ietals, so n arned because they have...structures. Soro is derived from the Greek word for "group." Pairs of tetrahedra are linked by one oxygen ion |  | Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy (8th ed.) Wiley-Interscience. p.1872 | Book (edition) | | Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden. Herbert Obodda: Short Hills, New Jersey. Renato Pagano: Milan, Italy. Ole V...Species containing more than one anion or anion group may be assigned to a separate class or may be assigned...specifies the atomic (cation to anion, or to anion group) ratio for the mineral. This and the remaining numbers...appropriate Dana number. When recognized, membership in a group is noted. Occasionally, the phrase “an inadequately...internally contradictory. 5A. Groups The term group refers to an aggregate or multiple (usually three |
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