 | | Journal (issue) | | strawberry agates, limestone with dendrites, Montana agate, etc. November: New member's self-polished material...pm. Questions? Call 262-1412. The Agateer 2 Agate Days Moose Lake Recap Alan Hills Friday left from...out a nice Lake Superior finely striated fortification agate. I joked that I didn't have to travel north...Fridley and left Saturday morning by myself for Agate Days. Arrived at Moose Lake too late to get an early...for a door prize. I chose a Mexican crazy lace agate belt buckle. Talked to several of the dealers concerning |  | | Report (issue) | | Glaciers. Common Nebraska Gemstones. Agate, Type II Occurrences. Fortification or "Fairburn" Agates. Prairie...Prairie Agates . Moss Agates Agate, Type III Occurrences Lake Superior Agates Moss Agates Chalcedony, Type I...Chalcedony. Chalcedony, Type II Occurrences. Lard Agate 29 29 30 31 31 31 31 31 31 40 40 41 41 43 43...driver who credits his victories to his "lucky agate." Medicinal properties have been attributed to some...are: metallic (pyrite), earthy (limonite), waxy (agate), resinous (sphalerite), and greasy (quartz). Hardness |  | | Book | | nse eae 59 Chapter 8 The Riddles of Agate Formation/Agate Formation Theories 1.0.00... 67 eA @ALe...The Fairburn agate is named for the small community of Fairburn, South Dakota. The agate is known for...and medium agates. Vii South Dakota's Fairburn Agate viii Chapter 1 South Dakota’s Fairburn; beginning...state gemstone, the Fairburn agate. The search for the origin of the agate in South Dakota also led me...state gemstone. A comprehensive general study of agate formation was reviewed from true professionals in |  | | | | images Front cover top Agate from Germany; bottom Agate from Scotland. Back cover Agate from Germany. Title...Title page Agate from Russian Arctic coast. Distribution NBN International Estover Road Devon PL6 7PY ...agates What is an agate? Properties of agates Sources of agates Europe Britain USA Canada Mexico South...different geological environments. Since the mid-1900s, agate collecting has become very popular in Europe, North...America and the Middle East. There are thousands of agate-producing areas on Earth, and in the following pages |  | | Journal (issue) | | THE EARTH’S TREASURES • MINERALS AND JEWELRY MINNESOTA Agates and Minerals R&G KIDS: APATITE HISTORIC...agates are a large part of the displays at the Minnesota Agate and Geological Interpretive Center in Moose...Lake. This beautifully banded specimen from a Minnesota gravel pit has a lightyellow limonite accent on...What does it take to make them? by Bob Jones Minnesota Minerals and Agates............ 12 A Moose Lake...cut much more easily on the diamond wheels than agate. For this reason, I avoid using the 80-grit wheel |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | opal, blue chalcedony, amethyst, smoky quartz, and agate. Close scrutiny of a recent compendium of mineral...Australia, Argentina, and the United States (Minnesota, Montana, and South Dakota), but not Turkey. In...horizontal Uruguay bands and are, therefore, fortification agates. Agates hosted in rhyolite often have...showing several deposits of agate in Ankara Province. Figure 19 (above). Barred agate layers exist in the stratified...viable agate deposits that have not yet been exploited (fig. 2), although they are known to agate collectors |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | since Biblical times. Moss agate, red jasper, banded agate, fortification agate, poppy jasper, and sard...Chalcedony occurs almost everywhere. Quality chrysoprase agate is found in Arizona, California, Oregon, etc. and...Creek in California a small amount can be found. Agate in many other types is found in practically every...Horse Canyon, California is noted for its fine agate with green inclusions. Mule Canyon, California is...its fine dendritic agate, and Nipoma, California for its outstanding sagenite agate. Each state has its |  | | Book (volume) | | 000 specific locations in Idaho, lowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, ...NORTHWESTERN QUANDRANT Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon...The Northwestern Quadrant Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon...Mineral Location Numbers Idaho lowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon...collect in canyon walls and below them. Agate, fortification (Fairburn var.). Fossils, marine: some gastropods |  | | Book (edition) | | holding a shiny crystal or an expertly polished agate in their hands. It is even more gratifying to actually...The search for a lustrous crystal or a colorful agate is truly a worthwhile and satisfying recreational...lonely journeys to find that ever-elusive next agate, jasper, or mineral specimen that will be the most...within the field of the lapidary arts. A rough agate as found in the field weighing about three pounds...pounds. A silver ring set with a freeform agate cabochon hand collected, cut, and polished by the author |  | | Book | | Images Front cover top Agate from Germany: bottom Agate from Scotland. Back cover Agate from Germany. Title...Title page Agate from Russian Arctic coast. Distribution NBN International Estover Road Devon PL6 ?PY UK...is an agate? 10 Properties of agates 44 Sources of agates 48 Europe 52 Britain 58 USA 76 Canada...geological environments. Si nce the mid-1900s, agate collecting has become very popular in Europe, North...America and the M iddle East. There are thousands of agate-producing areas on Earth, and in the following pages |  | | Journal (issue) | | Charles Gillette Alice L. Hart A magazine devoted Agate Amethyst Amarzonite Aventurine Bloodstone Citrine...Cover Photo Nebraska’s Marsupial Lake Superior Agate California Famous Midwest } “Tiger” . Q Meeting...Blue-gray fortification-chalcedonyx combination with second generation center and crowded eye-agate hemispheres... Study of Lake Superior of chalcedony in Agate Interpretation of Structural Forms and Mode of...study of available literature on Lake Superior agate indicates a need for further clarification of structural |  | | Book (volume) | | Canyon, diggings on N of hwy. Extending up canyonagate, Beryl, Almandite garnets, Lepidolite, Staurolite... then N up Hell Canyon from US 16, areabanded agate, Jade, jasper, fossils, geodes. PRINGLE: area...Pleasant Valley Cr. in Red Canyon, areabanded agate, Jade, jasper, fossils, geodes; E on US 385 about...buttes to Sagate, jasper; 7.4 mi. to new hwy. Cuts in badlands area, land surfaces to Ngem agate; E 9...9 mi., at stock dam, area breaks, etc.agate; E 18.4 mi., on N side of US 18, areaagates; S from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Members of the group are to polish a cabochon agate 1 x U/i inches either regular Power and Light Company...feature of the March meeting was a discussion on Agate by Mr. Chester Pomeroy of Spring Valley. Mr. Pomeroy...chabazite, gypsum, analcite, stilbite, apophyllite, agate, natrolite, calcite and heulandite. These minerals...jade rocks and pebbles, and told of seeing much agate. He said the minerals were fine but the country...drift in the gravel pits at Frontenac and Winona, Minnesota, and in other exposed areas in the Mississippi |  | | Journal (issue) | | Lamps Cambria Heights 11, L.I., N.Y. | CT oe R AGATE SHOP South 1709 Cedar Street SPOKANE 41 WASHINGTON...Sport man's Show in t Mi rial Building, Hit bing, Minnesota. Apt Mav 1 with tl Eveleth Sportsman's Show in...writ Richard N. Lake, P.O. Box 361, Chis! Minnesota he MINNESOTA MINERAL hold its 15th annual non-cor ind...t Midwest Fed ation Rockrar ach Michigan of MINNESOTA MINERAL CLUB on January § heard Zoltai, of the...00 The Agate Book 2.00 Arizona Gem Trails $2.00 Northwest Gem Trails 2.00 Lake Superior Agate Book 2 |  | | Book (volume) | | mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona...Ridge⎯agate, Amethyst, carnelian, chalcedony, chert (various colors), jasper-like flint, jasp-agate, jasper...AREA⎯agate, Amethyst, carnelian, chalcedony, chert (various colors), jasperlike flint, jasp-agate, jasper...North Canadian rivers, gravel bars carry agate, jasp-agate, jasper and petrified wood along with fossil...complex), in gravel bars along the North Canadian R.⎯agate, jasper, petrified wood. CIMARRON COUNTY KENTON: |  | | Book (volume) | | mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona...Ridge⎯agate, Amethyst, carnelian, chalcedony, chert (various colors), jasper-like flint, jasp-agate, jasper...AREA⎯agate, Amethyst, carnelian, chalcedony, chert (various colors), jasperlike flint, jasp-agate, jasper...North Canadian rivers, gravel bars carry agate, jasp-agate, jasper and petrified wood along with fossil...complex), in gravel bars along the North Canadian R.⎯agate, jasper, petrified wood. CIMARRON COUNTY KENTON: |  | | Report (issue) | | p 549.6 A 263 AGATE Physical Properties and Origin BY OLIVER C. FARRINGTON Curator op Geology Archaeology... Early Geological History of Chicago 25 8. Agate 50 9. How 2. 3. . . 10 . . old are Fossils...NATURAL HISTORY CHICAGO, U. S. A. ' FORTIFICATION ' ' AGATE. URUGUAY. ARTIFICIALLY COLORED. Field...DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY Chicago, 1927 Number Leaflet Agate—Physical 8 Properties and Origin a variety of...made up of a great number of exceedingly thin Agate guished by is As layers which appear as bands |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Luis Obispo Co.), Calif. They are actually fortification agate nodules, with an unusual form — without doubt...This one was picked up on the west end of the Minnesota mine dump at Rockland (Ontonagon Co.), Mich. This...olivine xls occur in cavities in dark gray basalt. MINNESOTA—"Under separate cover I am sending a specimen...County, Wash., we have a 2" long twisted new find of agate. It is on and near the mass of dark brown coprolite...have plenty of agate but In a letter received a few months ago, I don't know. "This agate is not the usual |  | | Journal (issue) | | FIELD TRIPS: New Mexico Orbicular Granite Purple Agate from Arizona • COLLECTING FOSSILS in Florida • PROJECT:...rockngem.com U S $6.99 ... and Much More PRINTED IN USA 2 www.rockngem.com From the Editor EDITORIAL...MINERALS AND JEWELRY Laguna agate from Mexico is just one of the many types of agate that will be represented...represented at the 2016 Agate Expo in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. The silica gem is a rockhound favorite. (Steve Wheeler...New Mexico’s mining history by Steve Voynick Minnesota Minerals and Agates.......................... |  | | Journal (issue) | | 2" up to 6"x 6" S0c to $10.00 • - -- • Agate in Idaho. Agate halves up nodules having blue, gray & white...and white agate masses from Nevada 2"x 2" and 3"x 3" SOc and 75c •---• Small fortification agates from...Montana 1 ½"x 1½" SOc up to $3.00 «- - -• Many agate cabochons - all colors SOc to $2.00 «---• Moss...FREAK SIMULATIONS IN AGATE. by Ernest Weulhaas ............ . ..... BLUE AGATE IN WASHINGTON. by C. N...N. Clfnesmtth ............. . ... . .. AGATE - SOME FACTS AND USES. by Peter zoaac ......... ....... |  | | Book | | lapidary field. Beginning with a description of agate, he proceeds to an interesting account of the history...ever been written before. Tracing the history of agate from prehistoric days through events of the Bible...growing hobby. Chapters are devoted to the details of agate collecting, the varieties and forms of quartz and...varieties, with favorite location of quartz agate, opal wood — collectors. The petrified gems throughout...information on the rockhound’s favorite gem — the agate. Lelande Quick La Jolla (San Diego), California |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pipestone District, of Jefferson Co., Mont. MINNESOTA—From a gravel pit at Hopkins, (Hennepin Co.),...translucent, smoky gray fortification agate, some enclosing black manganese spots (moss agate) have 'been found...a photo of Archie Forrest with an agate, or rather parts of an agate, that was found near the fishROCKS...considerable quartz in it but the other has some nice agate that looks as if it would polish w e l l . . . unfortunately |  | | Journal (issue) | | and SHAPES in any slabbed stone - jade. quartz, agate, glass, etc. Fas1er and easier than grinding. HI-Strength....65 How to Prepare Cabinet Specimens of Fortification Agate R. Ed Romack. Treasurer 705 John Adams Pkwy...BOTSWANA AGATE - Hard agate nodules of beautiful fine white banding on translucent grey or purple agate. They...outside, but the inside is attractive agate similar to Lake Superior agate which sells for much more. It comes...lined with quartz crystals or solid agate with nice patterns of blue agate. Priced at $1.25 per lb. or 10 |  | | Book (edition) | | NORTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA • INDIANA • MISSOURI • MINNESOTA I By JUNE CULP ZEITNER THIRD EDITION Completely...DAKOTA 6 New Finds ................ Fairburn Type Agate Blue Chalcedony .... Tourmaline ..................ARDMORE AGATE BEDS 11 OELRICHS AGATE BED .. 12 THE CUSTER AREA ......... Tepee Canyon Agate ... Garnets..................................... "Coldwater" Agate..................... Fossils and Specimens........Fossils....................... MINNESOTA ... 54 Lake Superior Agate .54 THE NORTH SHORE . Thomsonite |  | | Journal (issue) | | + FREE CATALOG AND FREE UPS DELIVERY ANYWHERE IN USA FOR ONE SPECIAL PRICE Sllewn II left . _ is 1ft...to the Mississippi River area of southeastern Minnesota. By Kenneth H. Rohn FEATURES 10 THE GOLDEN ART...aonita S,denle Al&bltlar Apophylhta 'Meyerhollerne Agate Barile-•Rose· Form All9flturtna Selenne Rhodon11e...Moonstone Wondera1on1 Pyrophylllte Jasper Gen,obuls Agate Coquimbita Sunatona M1rcas1te Chrysocolla Carrara...na Flowering Ob.id1an V1nad1ntll 'Turquo11t Jasp-Agate Con1c111Jc1te 'S!IP.Phlre Sand Ult•1t1 Mluon11,-Scapolite |
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