 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AN OVERVIEW Rhode Island MINERALS & COLLECTORS F. WILLIAM MILLER Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford...A L SPECIES and many varieties occur within Rhode Island. Part of this abundance is attributable to the...Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...southern Kent and Bristol coun ties, and the northern towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern...Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport County. The greatest number of species |  | | Report (volume) | | Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island o GEOLOGICAL 5. I 09 8* Ci PI O i o TJ i i I to & Ol BULLETIN...State of Rhode Island Development Council i M SURVEY I C.to 1295 Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island...1295 Prepared in cooperation with the State of Rhode Island Development Council Lithology, structure, and...geological studies in Rhode Island____._.________.-__.-_-____. Position of Rhode Island in the Appalachian...-___--_Older gneissic rocks of northwestern Rhode Island.____________ Nipsachuck Gneiss------------- |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Paao ama, Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District...Quartz, 14.2 cm across, Newbeny Mountains,Clark County. Steve Scott specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...Churchill County. Figure 2 (bottom). Wulfenite, 1.1 mm high, Chalk Mountain, Churchill County. Dan Behnke...[University of Otago] at 01:45 31 December 2014 Clark County Bunkenrille District Various mines and prospects:...Figure 5. Barite, 6.5 an across, Meikle mine, Elk0 County. Bill Dameron specimen, Jeff Seovil photo. Figure |  | | Report (issue) | | Horton, 1982, Clay minerals associated with the Amethyst vein system, Creede mining district, southwest...1983, Argillie alteration associated with the Amethyst vein system, Creede mining district, Colorado...illite/smectite as a paleotemperature indicator in the Amethyst vein system, Creede district, Colorado, U.S.A...Norman, 1987, Fluid inclusion study of the northern Amethyst vein system [abs.]. Bodnar and Bethke, 1984, Systematics...1986, Mineralogy and geochemistry of the southern Amethyst vein system, Creede mining district, Colorado |  | | 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 |  | | Book | | sea level, and lies in the same trend Geysers, Mount St. Helena, and the springs of Calistoga. Geologically...is inevitab man was in California before the I Mount St. Helena even, and also that of a tjpe superior...jewelry, Rock Crystal and its colored varieties, Amethyst, Prase, Chalcecite, dony, Carnelian, Chrysoprase...of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...common, very abundant. (C.) LOVELL. One crystal Amethyst, crystallized and amorphous ; beautiful. was found |  | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, 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 qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Book (edition) | | minerals and the traffic in them on in that island for ages, while the plumbago and mica industries...practically, in standard looks. ; of gems in this island is not large, the total value of the annual pro-...annually. With casual sales to visitors to the island and to a moderate estimate of the annual export... an important feature in the resources of the island. In concluding these prefatory notes ledging...time. It and alters the The peridot, the amethyst, the cat's-eye, and the aquamarine have each |  | | Journal (issue) | | ........................191 by R. P. Richards Amethyst occurrences of the eastern United S ta tes......Schacht (who was bom Horace Greele} Schacht in the USA), President of the German Reichsbank. In du< course...overall light smoky shade, and one from Saline County, Arkansas, failed to turn color at all. Crystals...“Hot Springs area” * “Hot Springs area” Lincoln County Veta Grande Claim, Yuma Co. Arkansas Arkansas...University M ontgomery, Alabama 36849 Gem and specimen amethyst has been known from exceptional occurrences in |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl ^"^ Agate ** Jade Amethyst nq -* % Gem Hunter's Guide Gem Hunter...that opals were unlucky long unfashionable, and amethyst lost some of its made them when high status...another. gem minerals The quartz gems, such as amethyst, form crystal prisms with / 1 for example, ...some gems cents per pound. such as sapphire and amethyst are often so parti-colored that they test the |  | | Report (volume) | | Hice, Beaver. Prof. Florence Bascom, Bryn Mawr. Rhode Island.... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South...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...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................................... Rhode Island...............................................L. Miller, Lehigh University, South Bethlehem. Rhode Island__Prof. C. W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina__...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;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.; |  | | Report (issue) | | quadrangle) at about 28.25 Ma, erupted from the Mount Hope caldera 25 km southeast of Creede. The Masonic...caldera cluster (Table Mountain, lower slopes of Bristol Head), west of the SLP quadrangle (Fig. 1). Within...the SLP quadrangle, in the Wagon Wheel Gap and Bristol Head areas (Fig. 1), indicating that the southern...Park Tuff is widely overlain by the andesite of Bristol Head. These lava flows were once assigned to the...conformably on the Wason Park Tuff and andesite of Bristol Head, is truncated by the topographic wall of the |  | | Book (edition) | | specimens in I considerable have seen came County. the “Intellectual for the first time the existence...The peridot, the each had their the Even amethyst, day, emerald esteemed than it opal is even...point In precious of the among the stones to mount ago the to gave how very tourmaline a and.... Chrysoberyl (yellow) Iolite (lavender) . Amethyst (purple) . . Sea green. blue. Azure. Golden...unmounted, TABLE . . Emerald. Zircon 8.5 Amethyst 8.0 Jade Moonstone . 7.8 Green garnet |  | | Book (volume) | | be estimated from the pale rectangular step cut amethyst (left, upper group) which measures about 25 mm...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...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill O. Murphy | | | Book (edition) | | more popular and emerald esteemed than opal amethyst, day, caprice in an in are the held old...yet the this of use point the six stones to mount a the to gave how very ago or two tourmaline...(yellow) Straw . . . Iolite (lavender) . Amethyst (purple) gray . . . yellow . green. Bluish... Topaz . . the half-hard, “ or the at Amethyst 8'o Jade . 8-0 Peridot . 8'o Moonstone...■• Spodumene. TWO the air- an sequence Amethyst Rock crystal ■. Diamond following then |  | | Book (edition) | | that island on trade in One meets with such bago is, practically, our of in this island is not...statements. an amounted are a score £200,000 island and export of kinds to recent average less...the has done He drew these for many the island. of pleasure to whose skill in of zircon, reproduced...introduction of is and day, emerald causes species amethyst, of caprice but said : from the Ural DEFINITION...designations ! what and — For only they the the to mount the invoice gave to opal, pearl, the range and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | purple, and grey. These géodes are found in Pike County, Ala., which is about 50 miles north of Montgomery...Montgomery. I have found them scattered all over the county, but they are especially abundant just south of...made several trips to Magnet Cove (Hot Springs County) which is about 15 miles east of Hot Springs on...brachiopod in gray chert. Fowlers Beach is in Sussex County, Delaware, on Delaware Bay. FLORIDA—At the 6th...the Hypotheek lead mine near Kingston, Shoshone County. The anglesite is found in cavities of galena as |  | | Report (issue) | | 31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs... Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph by J. Scovil....began a long career with the company, ris- which we hope will be a valuable resource ing through the ranks...Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper 91 References 467 Contributors...Agardite Grossular, Buena Vista district Quartz (amethyst) and Calcite Almandine-Spessartine Annabergite | | | Book (volume) | | be estimated from the pale rectangular step cut amethyst (left, upper group) which measures about 25 mm...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, ID; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gen1 Center USA, El Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill 0. Murphy... 15 Figure 6. Dallas Gem Mine in San Benito County, CA........................................... |  | | Book (edition) | | export of kinds the single a to visitors to the island and the annual than that the documents statement...gem-stones stones remains such gems in this island is not said to be what present many ages, ...district minerals and the traffic in them in that island trade in of space no remove the body of...precious-stone industry centuries, an important the island. prefatory help of Dr. many scientists are... collection of will (dated this I, Chauncy county, Clerk, in Piccadilly, Thomas or the the |  | | Report (issue) | | from South Australia. Wulfenite is recorded from “ Mount Lyndhurst,” “Leigh Creek,” “Avondale Mine”; all...duties during the last ten years. While I cannot hope that there are no mistakes and sins of omission...Stanton-Harcourt Diggings and the Mount Shamrock Mine. Ihid., No. 168, 1901. 34. On the Mount Biggenden Gold and Bismuth...Part 2. : 39. Field Notes on the No. 228, 1910. Mount Flora Gold and Mineral Field. Ihid., Ihid., Fields...Ibid., No. 248, 1915. 42e. The Wolfram Mines of Mount Carbine, North Queensland. Ibid.y No. 251, 1915 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | paleotemperature indicator in the Amethyst vein system, Creede district, Colorado, USA Duane G. Horton 1 University...University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA Abstract. Ordered i!lite/smectite is the most abundant and...with the Oligocene, epithermal, Ag-Pb-Zn-Cu-Au Amethyst vein system, southwest Colorado. Hydrothermal...illite/smectite vary smoothly with distance from the Amethyst vein. With increasing distance from the vein,...modern geothermal systems are applied to the fossil Amethyst system, isotherms describing the thermal regime |
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