 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimen sent you recently. It was found in Coosa County, Ala., near Rockford. You have my permission to...aquamarine (beryl) and was part of a broken gemmy crystal. and fine Magnet Cove collection. It would indeed...terminated, slender rock crystal, lightly stained brown by iron. Six small doubly terminated rock crystals (also...by iron) are grouped at the base of the large crystal. It is a beautiful specimen. Mrs. Lieser is the...Brown Ave., Terre Haute, Ind. I O W A — From Marion County, Iowa, we have an interesting specimen consisting |  | | Report (volume) | | distinguished by their, physical properties: color, crystal form, cleavage, parting, hardness, specific gravity...important aids in identifying gems. They are: color, crystal form, cleavage, parting, hardness, specific gravity...in most minerals. Most gem stones have certain crystal systems that form under favorable conditions of...particular atomic arrangement results. The six crystal systems in which gem stones may form are: isometric...cleavage, surfaces are parallel to some of the crystal faces of some gem stones. For example, diamonds |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1965 Whole Number 315 .. New Arrivals AMETHYST CRYSTAL GEODES, Chihuahua, Mexico. Many choice complete...at twice the above prices. | | | SMOKY QUARTZ CRYSTAL GEODES, Chihuahua, Mexico. Sawed halves on agate...40, No. 12 DECEMBER, 1965 CONTENTS HISTORY OF ANDOVER - SULPHUR HILL IRON MINES, N. J. - Parc 2 — D....Tucson Gem and Mineral Society will be held at Pima County Fairgrounds, 4700 S. 6th Ave., Tucson, Ariz. Gc-n...844, Jackson, Miss. 39205. March 4-6, 1966—Gila County Gem & Min eral Show, Miami, Ariz. Chairman: Ernest |  | | Journal (issue) | | TOURMALINE, Brazil. Dark green trans lucent crystal prisms in and on trans lucent to transparent quartz...on our last trip ar.- -ach i ; n out standing crystal group. L" ^e tre: . lucent and very bright white...white xl. n rich brown limonite matrix. Crystal: ; e free stand ing and not in bundl' Some are in rosettes...weigh ing 20 to 30 lbs. or more. FLUORITE, Cave in Rock. III. Choice medium to deep purple crystals averaging...available. Prices on request. FLUORITE, Cave in Rock, III. Choice me dium to deep purple xls with other |  | | Book (volume) | | greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...than Maine's, as well. An area smaller than Oxford County in Murmansk Ob last, Kola Peninsula, Russia, has...morganite crystals, including one very pale pink beryl crystal, which though essentially of nongem quality, is...clear to slightly blue topazes. However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite...the rock or matrix in which they were originally found. Removal of crystals from their host rock invariably |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DESIRED PLEASE SEND THEM I N . Abbreviations: xI—crystal fl—fluoresces xled—crystallized ph—phosphoresces...about 35 miles northwest of Flagstaff, in Coconino County, a pineforested volcanic area. The elevation is...intruding." ARKANSAS—"Enclosed is a very odd quartz crystal (s). It seems to be above 7 in hardness. It will...will make a mark on any average quartz crystal. What do you think of it? It comes from about 7 miles north... Arkansas on Highway 7. Right side of road in a rock bank. Recovered several of these and some very odd |  | | Book (volume) | | Duane L. Leavitt The Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine . ........................................of Geology at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. He began teaching there in 1931 and he retired...permanent photographic exhibits in the northeastern USA. The Shaubs have been active in ornithological research...tourmalinebearing Himalaya pegmatite at Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Most recently, Gene was gratified...Maine's treasure chest; Gems and minerals of Oxford County, second edition: Quicksilver Publications, West |  | | Book (edition) | | mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |  | | Journal (issue) | | conservation of mineral localit ies and unusual rock formations. Ever since its foundation in 1928,...memllenhlpe: All members in good standing receive: ( 1 l Rock• and Minerals, a monthly magazine. (2) A member's...society. Mineralogical clubs which subscribe for Rock■ and Mmerals also become affiliated members of the.......... 3 NOTES ON GYPSUM CRYSTALS IN MORTON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA. By Robe,-, H. Mitchell and Wilson...SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. 3. Rincon, Sao Diego County. By f ark Schwartz ............... ........... |  | | 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) | | October 19th Field trip, 9 A.M. to Noon Andover Iron Mine, Andover, N. J. Meeting 2:30 P.M. Speaker, John...Legislature, the Borough Council and the Sussex County Board of Freeholders, Franklin Borough has now...Borough Council, the Sussex County Board of Freeholders and other county officials, Franklin businessmen...just discover or rediscover Sussex County, the four season county, and visit the Fluorescent Mineral...with brilliant faces might be worth &5.00 while a crystal of similar size, distorted and somewhat bruised |  | | Report (volume) | | about 1,250,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement was five tunes the combined production and...than 80,000,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement and the imports of foreign cement are so...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 | | 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...Magnetite PRATT FERRY, Bibb Co., (near) Verigated Marble ROCK RUN to JACKSONVILLE, Calhoun Co. Bauxite ROCKFORD...POST, Pinal Co. Opal PEUBLO VIEJO Alabaster RED ROCK MINE, Pima Co. ♦Fluorspar RED ROVER MINE, Maricopa |  | | Book | | implements from this were made of this same substance, a rock, which appears in abundance all There is no mistaking...CUMMINGS, BILLIARD, & CO. 1825. DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO WIT. District Clerk's Oflht. BE it remembered..." JNO. W. DAVIS, Clerk of the, District of Massachusetts. CAMBRIDGE -. University Press, Milliard...Manganese ; and, of the stones used in jewelry, Rock Crystal and its colored varieties, Amethyst, Prase,...of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and |  | | Report (volume) | | .......................................... Massachusetts...............:...............................about 1,250,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement was five times the combined production and...than 86,000,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement and the imports of foreign cement are so...Compendium of the mineral resources of Arkansas, Little Rock Board of Trade Bulletin, 1912. Eakle, A. S., Minerals...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the J. C. Showalter Quarry, Blue Ball, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Ninety members, friends and guests...the J. C. Showalter Quarry, Blue Ball, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Mr. J. C. Showalter made history...to Stilwell's Quarry, Union Colrain, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, May 25, 1952. This was a joint trip...on page 395. A MIRACLE A T BLUE BALL Lancaster County, Pennsylvania The first Sunday in May traditionally...famous Gap Nickel Mine at Nickel Mine, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The day was warm and sunny with |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ktlcal cor 11r-:1tlon of mlrwal locallti• and un&aaal rock formatlonl. Ever since its foundation in 1928,...specimens but mostly of a yellowish-green color. In Massachusetts, nice green botryoidal masses of prehnite with...beauty in the Keweenaw Peninsula there are many rock piles. These are accumulations from mining operations...Michigan Copper Country have been described, and at any rock pile at least 20 different minerals can readily...readily be gathered. Minerals are abundant at every rock pile, but in some places certain minerals predominate |  | | Book | | They could probably buy a similar specimen in a rock shop or jewelry store for a fraction of what their...the relationship of crystals to various kinds of rock formation he may spend his life searching for particular...about the rock world. Furthermore, in the beginning the world was rock and it is still rock. There is...of permanent substance on this earth that is not rock. To learn something about the history of and changes...traces of titanium oxide. Three great classes of rock make up the face of the earth. Igneous rocks are |  | | Book (volume) | | A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States GEORGIA Georgia’s nearly 59,000 square miles makes...discovered Diamonds, the largest a pale yellow crystal of 4½ carats picked up near Morrow Station in Clayton...occasionally washed out of gold pans. Many other gem crystal species occur in pegmatite exposures, such as Aquamarine...deposits usually consist of Quartz veins in solid rock, while placer deposits occur in a great many regional...Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren |  | | Report (issue) | | varieties, to gether with their chemical composition, crystal form, Pages 107-122 color, hardness and specific......................... 4 Native Copper, Chimney Rock, N. J......................................................................... 22 Spinel, Orange County, N. Y.................................................. Prehnite mold after Anhydrite (sceptre crystal), West Paterson, N. J. Quartz molds and cast after............................. Copper Mine, Chimney Rock, N. J.......................................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ceased production. In their rock dumps some good serpentine, asbestos, and rock that resembles Transvaal...easy to handle and takes a very good polish. The rock that looks like Transvaal jade also cuts and polishes...found. Going Northwards towards Warmbaths good rock crystal can be obtained from the Hammanskraal area )...tourmaline, magnesite, tantalite, iron pyrite and green rock with mica inclusions which might be aventurine.... Dexter, Maine Timothy K. Beck, 9 Arthur Rd., Andover, Mass. Leslie R. Clift (11 yrs.), N. Main St., |  | | Journal (issue) | | interest in the Association and its official organ, RocK~ AND MINERALS, and we are certain that as officers................................. 118 A Real "Rock'' Crystal ............................................."The Opal • • • when pure and uncut in irs native rock • • • presents the most beautiful colors that can...maiden, fled from her suito r and hid in a niche of rock. But the "white fire" of the "orbed maiden" was...like a trembling maid, And hid in the niche of a rock. And the Sunbean1 followed and found her And led |  | | Journal (issue) | | ............................. 28 New Jersey's Andover Mines by Frederick Kraissl, Jr ..................locality, composition and major associated minerals. Rock labels Include the classlflcatlon (sedimentary....Pseudomorph Concretion Amethyst GROUP No. 3 - ROCKS & ROCK FORMI NG MINERALS ... ... .... . .. . . . .. . ........ ....... . .......... .. . 70 Specimens (Crystal abbreviated as x1) Apatite - xi •ugnlte Danburlte...xi portion Diabase Pirssonite - xi Trilobite Rock Crystal Quartz - xi Coquina •obsidian "apache tears" |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | proclaims Mr. saltpeter is added, a handsome crystal Lowp-, of Parkville, Conn. ledge, either by publishing...durability. For the fifth base-Take 1 part prepared rock crystal and I patented an improved car coupling and...nostrum." Wllether th is grouping of the two of rock crystal; or, 20 ounces of the flint base, Yz oUlice...surface around fusible manganese, and 2 ounces rock crystal. Emerald-15 ounces of allY one base; 1 drachm...body proceed as fol lows: i : Pure flint or rock crystal is heated white, cooled in water, pulverized |
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