 | | Report (issue) | | University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Conservation and Survey...Gemstones of Nebraska: A Handbook for Students and Collectors Roger K. Pabian University of Nebraska - Lincoln...Lincoln, rpabian1@unl.edu Allan Cook University of Nebraska - Lincoln Follow this and additional works at:...K. and Cook, Allan, "Minerals and Gemstones of Nebraska: A Handbook for Students and Collectors" (1976)...Resources, School of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Arabian coastlines? Figure 2. Striking 11-cm agate limb cast from East Yellow Cat area (fig. 4, locality...Concentrically banded red agate lines the outside of the cast; bluish concentric agate does not entirely line...line the cast—parallel black and white agate is displaced by a later generation of barite growth. However...Swell. The ground surface is densely covered with agate and jasper nodules that have weathered from the...difference between chalcedony—this includes all agate varieties—and jasper is their respective microcrystalline |  | | 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 | | | 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...the details of agate collecting, the varie ties and forms of quartz gems other than agate, opal and its...infor1nation on tl1c rockl1ouncl's favorite gem-tl1e agate. THIS IS LELAND£ QUICK La Jolla ( ,5an l)irgo)........................... . 4 Cl1a1)ter .3. Agate Collecti11g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Book (volume) | | mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | upper Curtis Formation in Wayne County, north of hanksville, showing red agate layers. R. D. Dayvault photo...localities, the northern in Emery County and the southern in Wayne County, Utah. Formation outcrop areas...Williams and Hackman (1971). Map provided by Jim Whitney Drafting. 0 1 2 3 4 5 KILOMETERS 0 1 2 3 ...most recent article for the magazine, “Colorful Agate and Jasper of Southeastern Utah,” appeared in the...vein deposits in the San Rafael Swell of Emery County were collected and displayed in university mineral |  | | Book | | Gemstone-Freshwater Pearl Soil-Crider Series Mineral-Coal Rock-Agate * Maryland Fossil Shell-Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae...Gemstone-Lake Superior Agate Vil * Mississippi * Louisiana Gemstone-Agate Fossil-Petrified Palmwood...Montana Agate Fossil-Maiasaura peeblesorum * Nebraska Rock-Prairie Agate Gemstone-Blue Agate Fossil-Mammoth...South Dakota Mineral-Rose Quartz Gemstone-Fairburn Agate Fossil-Triceratops Jewelry-Black Hills Gold Soil-Houdek...Fossil-Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica Mineral-Agate *Wexas Gem-Blue Topaz Stone-Petrified Palmwood |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | pueblo, New Mexico. Aug. 2-5—Sanpitch Pow Wow and County fair, Manti, Utah. Aug. A—Summer Corn dance and...Ceremonial, Gallup, New Mexico. Aug. 11-12—Millard County fair and Days of the Old West, Deseret, Utah. Aug...dance, Zia pueblo, New Mexico. Aug. 17-19—Cache County fair, Logan, Utah. Aug. 17-30—Western Navajo Arts...Mexico. Aug. 23-26—Salt Lake County fair, Murray, Utah. Aug. 24-26 — Summit County fair, Coalville, Utah. Aug...Aug. 25-26 — Davis County fair, Farmington, Utah. Aug. 25-27 •— Nevada Horse Shows association, Reno |  | | Journal (issue) | | attractions as the Alabama Hills, Mono Lake, Mt. Whitney, giant boulders of obsidian at Glass Mountain,...But Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in San Diego County offers such a place along a 35-mile jeep route...take state Highway 78 in San Diego County to the junction with county road S-2, about 1 2 miles east of...hour to weekly rentals. FINEST BASS FISHING IN THE USA SEND FOR FREE BROCHURE Write BULLFROG RESORT AND...are quite varied. Many are of bluish and fortification agate. Others are filled with quartz while some |  | | Journal (issue) | | championship rodeo, Yuma, Arizona. Feb. 20-23—Riverside County Fair and Date festival, fairgrounds, Indio, California...later that mention of turquoise deposits in Cochise county, Arizona, recalled this story to me. This was one...concluded on the ferry ing bringing the San Juan county high barge, after which Harry Aleson, famous school...the speakers was Zeke wagons bound for San Juan county, after Johnson, first custodian of Natural Hole-in-the-Rock...something that might be of interest to others. In Mono county, California, is a road (a portion of State Highway |  | | Book (edition) | | from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...cryptocrystalline varieties of quartz, such as agate and petrified wood, extend over thousands VI Preface...University of Nebraska recognized this problem in his Minerals and Gemstones of Nebraska (1971),- in which... Louis Moyd, Pauline Moyd, Merrill 0. Murphy, Nebraska Conservation and Survey Division, Nevada Bureau...of tourmaline crystal forms 38. Map of San Diego County, California gem sources 3 9. Stewart Lithia· and |  | | Journal (issue) | | State Fair, Albuquerque. October 1-5—San Bernardino County Fair, Victorville, California. October 1-10—Aspencades...Ranchos de Taos and Santa Fe. October 3-5—Greenlee County Fair, Duncan, Arizona. October 4—Fiesta and Dance...Nambe Pueblo, New Mexico. October 4-5 — Santa Cruz County Fair and Rodeo, Sonoita, Arizona. October 4-5 —...Mexico State Fair, Roswell. October 10-11—Weber County Products Days, Ogden, Utah. October 10-12—Covered...Borrego Springs, California. October 10-12 — Graham County Fair, Safford, Arizona. October 10-12 — Latter-Day |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...sne-aseseeateeCounty, Can tess ccraccacaerscsascn enaeantsrse Figure |  | | Journal (issue) | | vacation season, Phoenix, Arizona. Oct. 1—Santa Cruz County Fair and Rodeo, Sonoita, Arizona. Oct. 1-7—Annual...association annual conference, Las Vegas. Oct. 5-8—Graham County Fair, Safford, Arizona. Oct. 6-8—Tri-State Fair...Cochise County Fair, Douglas, Arizona. Oct. 7-8—Mass field trip sponsored by the Clark County Gem Collectors...gathering, Roswell, New Mexico. Oct. 18-23—Pima County Fair, Tucson, Arizona. Oct. 19-21 — Grand Chapter...his annual census of the rattlesnakes in Tooele County, Utah. And, while Uncle Sam asked only such innocent |  | | Journal (issue) | | what might be calltd a rough imitation of moss agate. In other places the Clevelandite was fairly rich...Alalite-diopside, colorless to green. from Persia. Agate - chalcedony, fin ely crystalline Alaska Diamond-quartz...banded variety of silica: Agate Jasof red or green; hardness 6, specific per, Agate Opal, Agatized Wood, gravity...gems have Agate, Blood Agate, Brecciated been named: Albite M oonstone, Agate, Carnelian Agate, Carnelian...Perthite. Agate, Clouded Agate, Coral Agate, Albite Moonstone-albite, iridescent. Dentritic Agate, Eye Agate |  | | Journal (issue) | | catalog. PO Box 93070-19, Pasadena, CA 91109 Outside USA send $8.00 US Funds 12 - GEMS AND MINERALS Glacier...ThomoeonllAI Sleltr,ta Alablater ApophyUlte ·Meytmolftrlte Agate Blrlt►"Raa." Fonn Aven1ur11" s.tenite Rhodonite...Turmetla Agate Coqulmblll Sunttone Marcealte Chrysocolll Carr■,a "Marble" Jadeite lndlen Molt Agate PyrrhotIte...Olivine Flowering Obtldlan V1nadlnlt1 ·TurquolH Jup-Agate Conlchalclte 'Sapphire Sand Ulexlte Mluon1te-Scapolll1...Utah, many years ago. chalcedony roses, and grape agate, this lady was able to solve Florence's A long, |  | | Book | | carb. B.M. 38 (var. Asbestos) Agate (Quartz), Si. oxide. B.M. 25 Agate-Jasper (Quartz), Si. oxide. Al...B.M. Jasper (Quartz), Bucklandite Brecciated Agate (Quartz), Si. oxide Brevicite Fe. (Limonite)...(Xenotime), hyd. Al. sil. (Petalite), with (Agate), Carolathine, Al. Carpholite, Mn. sil. B.M...rite), Cipilino Marble (Calcite), Ca. carb. Circle-Agate (Quartz), Si. oxide Citrine,') Citron, or False...Cinnabar), Hg. sulphide Coraline Agate (Agate), Si. oxide Cornaline Agate, (Agate), Si. oxide Corneine (Hornblende) |  | | Journal (issue) | | uncommon for A specimen from El Portal, Mariposa County, California. Size, 2½"x1¾#x¾". 14 - JUNE 1981...one from the M inerva Mine, Cave In Rock , Hardin County, 1llinols. Size, 2"x1 ½ "x¾". The Many Forms..."x1 ¾". 0) From the Sherman mine; Leadville, Lake County, Colorado; 2"x2"x¼ " . E) "Rose" from near Norman...vanadlnlte; Sliver Cross mine, castle Dome, Yuma County, Arizona; 2¼ "x1 ½ "x1 " . (More color photos on...the Interior of a concretion; Elk Creek; Meade County, South Dakota; 2"x1"x1" (unusual size for the locality) |  | | Book (edition) | | areas. Price: $2.00. THE AGATE BOOK-by H. C. Dake. A special book for the agate hunter, collector and cutter...subvarieties of agate. The first complete book on agate with 50 photos showing various types of agate, localities...Localities Beaches Map of Oregon Beaches JACKSON COUNTY A Mineral Mecca Mop of Josephine and Jackson Counties...Regions The Agate Flats The Agate Province Oregon "J ode" The Agate Desert Green Springs Agate in Many Colors...Mountain JOSEPHINE COUNTY Josephinite Oregonite Althouse Creek CENTRAL OREGON Agate Cliff Mop, Orientafr:n | | | Book (volume) | | 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..............................................Benitoite recovery from alluvial deposits, San Benito County, CA ................ 29 Figure 8. Title page |  | | Report (volume) | | of the written record. The Indians knew and used agate, chalcedony, and other forms of quartz for weapons...of minerals other than native gold is that of Whitney (1865) who mentions the native silver and the richly...recently found in the Tenmile district, Summit County. In his booklet, which today would be classed as...speculative capital, as well as in a later work ( 1867), Whitney mentions other mineral deposits and notes a few...feldspar, and mica, occur in some form in every county in the State. Among mineralogists, Colorado is |  | | Book | | turquoise, malachite, rnodochrosite, amethyst and agate. Opal forms from a silica gel, replacing bones and...forming growth features such as color banding in agate or uneven color zoning, for example in sapphire...of gemstone types, : from ruby and emerald to agate and quartz, can be found in cabochon form, including...ball pendant was made in 1930 using natural green agate cabochons. Double a YY yO slab Buff top Buff...Crystalline drusy surfaces from the linings of agate geodes, grapelike botryoidal crusts and pyrite layers |
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