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| perfect or more beautiful quartz crystals than Middleville; and with an equal refractive power, they would...would rival the diamond." āLardner Vanuxem (1842) New York State Geologist ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 2: Quartz...R T H S I D E of the Mohawk Valley in Herkimer County, New York, consists of a series of low, rolling...rolling hills. It is here that the fabled Herkimer "diamonds" are found. Not diamonds in the truest sense, they...they are well-formed crystals of transparent quartz. The appellation Herkimer diamond came into vogue in |
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| at the State University of New York in Potsdam. He is a public school teacher of earth science and geology...and during the summer months a professional miner of mineral specimens. He also runs an active mineral...mineral specimen business focusing on the minerals of New York State, Canada, and China. He has field collected...collected minerals for forty-five years and Herkimer diamonds for the past thirty-five. His publishing background...numerous lay and professional articles in the field of specimen mineralogy. This is his second book. Collector's |
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| EASTERN LOCALITI E.SHERKIMER COUNTY, NEW YORK By FRED DE VITO 2077 Ridgeview Terr., Corona, Cam. 91720...91720 The so called "Herkimer Diamond" locality is situated in the center of New York State about 230 miles...miles northwest of New York City. The locality given for most specimens is Little Falls (pop. 10,000)...foothills of the Adirondack Mountains. Most specimens today, however, are found just west of the town of Middleville...Middleville which is 9 miles north of Little Falls, N. Y, Geologically, the precambrian metasedimentary |
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| or . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Official Journal of T~. Rocks onJ /t\inerals Aasocialion .. FEBRUARY...issue we are presenting a series of articles on rock crvstal, one of our most popular minerals. We have..."Chester, Vermont, Land of Pyrite Cubes," which appeared in the JulĀ·ā¢ 1936 issue of Rocks and Minerals, was...three weeks after the article C"""'8ared, a number of individuals had visited the locality, with trucks...hauled the material away. It is too bad that some of our fine minerals have to be taken for a ride in |
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| Geology of the Third District, as part of the printed works on the Natural History of New York State....crystals than Middleville; and with an equal refraction power they would rival the diamond. In one of the most...crystal family, the clear brilliant crystal called "Herkimer Diamond", especially that found near Middeville...finest of the quartz crystal group. Thus, over a span of a hundred years, the "Herkimer Diamond" of the...the Middleville area has held sway as the beauty of a beautiful crystal line. Middleville, being only a |
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| Geology of the Third District, as part of the printed works on the Natural History of New York State....crystals than Middleville; and with an equal refraction power they would rival the diamond. In one of the most...crystal family, the clear brilliant crystal called "Herkimer Diamond", especially that found near Middeville...finest of the quartz crystal group. Thus, over a span of a hundred years, the "Herkimer Diamond" of the...the Middleville area has held sway as the beauty of a beautiful crystal line. Middleville, being only a |
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| Zentralbibliothek ZĆ¼rich] at 19:33 31 December 2014 HERKIMER āDIAMONDā S ince the early 1970s, the Medici...occasionally visited the Herkimer ādiamondā quartz-collecting areas of New York State, usually the fee...fee areas at either Middleville or Fonda (Stripp 1990). The excitement of opening crystal pockets has kept...discovery of thousands of wonderful quartz crystals, but also to the successful development of tools and...the difficult silicified dolomite rock layers. A high point, as far as amount of time spent digging, occurred |
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| 2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse. MAJOR NEW YORK STATE M I N E...T I E S N ew York State is rich in minerals of interest to collectors. A number of lists have been...published, starting with Samuel Robinsons A Catalogue of American Minerals with Their Localities in 1825....publications of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana contained geographical listings of important...Whitlock published a New York State list in 1903. The most recent comprehensive treatment of mineral localities |
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| A NEW DIAMOND FIELD ByTHE REV. HARRY ROBINSON 29 Pearl sr., Kingston, New York 12401 After making three...trips to a new "dig" in the Fonda-MiddlevilleLittle Falls area in Herkimer County, New York, I am happy...happy to report a most rewarding new site for mineral collectors who have a passion for those doubly-terminated...crystals called "Herkimer diamonds." This digging area was opened in the Spring of 1970 in connection... Crystal Grove lies in open country within sight of a road intersection where Route 29, proceeding west |
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| RELATED PROPERTIES By A. L LABUZ 12 Sherrill Lane, New Hartford, N. Y. 13413 An inherent impulse to relate...to present a meaning of one natural selection adorned with opulent distribution of exceptional double-terminated...decade, has grown with fervent popularity as the "Herkimer diamond" grounds. Often referred to as the "diamond"...Nevertheless these names have adhered in the minds of many, and any attempt to relinquish such usage would...represent in part, knowledge sympathetic to a rnajority of collectors, arouse curiosity and stimulate thinking |
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| mines of Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Ark., has been sent in by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Buhlis, owners of the House...House of Crystals, 2206 Central Ave., Hot Springs National Park, Ark. Unfortunately we could spot no...sand from the Crater of Diamonds at Murtreesboro and consists almost entirely of dark gray to brownish...brownish peridotite with a tew grains of whitish quartz. Peridotite is the rock in which diamonds occur but...found in the sample received. Please send them in. of small, white, complete semi-fossil shells. It was |
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| Mountain ROHEKT' L. BOROFSKY P.O. Drtx 9s Spoff'ord, New Hampshire 03462 Downloaded by [UmeƄ University Library]...S.Stark Highway Weare, New Hampshire 03281 STEVtN C. CHAMBERLAIN Department of Bioengineering and Neuroscience...Neuroscience Syracuse llniversity Syracuse, New York 13244 F or years black-stemmed scepter quartz crystals...specimens from the Herkimer "diamond" localities of New York's Mohawk Valley. Finally, one of the localities...for collecting. This is the first desailed report of how and where these unusual specimens occur. Location |
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| Rochester, New York 14603 Ontario Pseudomorphs Mr. George Madokevich of Buffalo, New York is a specialist...time ago, George found some interesting specimens of pale redbrown albite pseudomorphs after a scapolite...broken surĀ faces of the pseudomorphs. New Brunswick Boracite Dr. Bernard Murowchick of Bartow, Florida...Mississippian-age salt evaporites which underlie much of the southern part of the province. The deposits near Sussey...exĀ plored by several companies as a source of potash. Of interest to the collector are the minerals found |
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| advertisement will be inserted. Forme close the 10th of each month. TRY AN AD only 12( Q word FOSSILS...localities around the world. Send 751/. for our new catalog at our new address. Stolove's, 522 E. 52 St., Brooklyn...MILLERITE - Choice golden capillary filaments and groups of crystals on quartz from Kentucky, $1.25 to $2.00...set. Postpaid. Send 251/. I refundable) for catalog of over 100 fluorescents, U- V lights and supplies....Horn Minerals, 263C North Country Rd., Smithtown, New York. 11787 ROCKS AND MINERALS FLUORESCENTS GEMSTONES |
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| IS S . F E B R U A R Y 1. 1 9 3 7 STRATIGRAPHY OF THE TRENTON GROUP B Y G. M A R S H A L L K A Y CONTENTS.................................. History of classification of the Mohawkian Series................................................... Classification of Amos Eaton (1820-1830).................................Geological Surveys of New York and Canada (1836-1863)............................ Classifications of James Hall...Development of the Standard Classification (1890-1932).............................. Differentiation of Mohawkian |
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| Colleclor . . .. . . . . . . . . . . Official Journal of T~. Roc kā¢ onJ Mineralā¢ Aā¢ā¢ociolion .. JANUARY,...mineral and qem collector should have IIJ)fldrnma of qem quality kunzite from California, and phenakite...me to sell a J'lurnber of these ayatala at very rei:1aonable prlcee. ~ claa1e1 of size and quality are...available at 50c and Sl.00 rā¢pec> tively. The nature of this offer mak" lonq correspoadenoe .1mpoa1ible....return of the specimen, to me. Orders of leu them one dollar cannot be filled. State preference of one larger |
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| HERKIMERS THIS SUMMER? Downloaded by [University of Florida] at 10:44 04 August 2017 By RUTH W . ROGERS...27707 Being relatively new rockhounds, my husband Earle and I had heard of "Herkimer Diamonds" only a few...few years ago. After our son moved to Syracuse, New York, we went up there for a visit. Earle thought we...So one day we set out on the New York Thruway to Herkimer in search of D I A M O N D S ! The first thing...found in Herkimer at all. So we were directed to Middlevilleāā¢ just a short run from Herkimerāand looked |
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| THE LARGEST HERKIMER ''DIAMOND? Downloaded by [Purdue University Libraries] at 22:58 09 August 2017...Many, many thousands of those splendid quartz crystals, commonly called "Herkimer Diamonds," have been...the Little Falls Dolomite of Herkimer, Montgomery and other counties of up state New York. As far as I know...several thousand of the smallest, belong to Don Hurley of Little Falls, N. Y. I learned of this collection...to dig crystals in my favorite Herkimer County locality, near Middleville. As I drove along, I mentally |
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| MtNā¬RfllS of New Vork Stole David ā¬. Jensen Includes 16 pages of minerals in full color jgS0% MIN6RRLS... MIN6RRLS of New Vork State David E. Jensen up WARD PRESS Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Inc...Inc. Rochester, New York ā¢ Monterey, California Copyright 1978 by David E. Jensen All rights reserved...versity of Roches Harold L. Ailing's the mining distri* Adirondack Mou somed into a lifet New York State...obtainu University of Roc Science Establishi became head of served until his re ident of the Esta tion expanded |
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| 1223 90016 3958 of New York State David E. Jensen .. . , ,,, Includes 16 pages of minerals in full...Lake in New York's Finger Lakes district. After attending Penn Yan Academy in nearby Penn Yan, New York...graduate school at the University of Rochester, he joined a group of Dr. Harold L. Alling's geology students...a trip to the mining districts and the high peaks of the Adirondack Mountains. This experience blossomed...the minerals of New York State. While obtaining his M.S. in geology at the University of Rochester, he |
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| JR. & JOHN A. LENHARD Members Rochester Academy of Sciences, Mineral Section Rochester, N. Y. On May...the longest and most interesting of those taken in our only two years of active rockhounding. Although we...Rochester, New York, we began the trip at Hornstone Hill, a glacial moraine located in the town of East Bloomfield...Bloomfield, New York which we purchased in the Summer of I960. The hill gets its name from the fact that...weathered out of the Onondaga Limestone occur abundantly in the soil. The first part of the trip followed |
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| Sciences State University of New York 4240 Ridge Lea Road Amherst, New York 14226 Traditionally, "World...served the purposes of providing space for short anĀ nouncements of mineral finds and of providing help in...in identifying unknown minerals. The scope of the column can be broader. Requests for information concerning...on the mineralogy of particular reĀ gions are being written. During the course of researching, suspicious...to where a typical specimen of the mineral is preĀ served. Many specimens of interest are in unobvious |
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| CURRENT EVENTS of the EASTERN FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL AND LAPIDARY SOCIETIES PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT...Flannery Lane Box 607 Murphy, N. C. Baltimore 7, Md. Newport News, Va. SHOW TIME IS HERE Rock enthusiasts are...Carolina, for the Tenth Anniversary Convention and Show of the Eastern Federation, which opens at 2 P.M. on...include such subjects as preparation of mineral specimens, techniques of micromounting, lapidary secrets,...and mineral identification, use of refractory liquids, etc. Three days of guided field trips follow the |
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