| | 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 | | | Book (volume) | Idaho, lowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, — ; Oregon, South Dakota, Washington...Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington...Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington...Idaho lowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon South Dakota Washington ...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible | | | 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 | | | Book (volume) | beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...Canyon, diggings on N of hwy. Extending up canyonagate, Beryl, Almandite garnets, Lepidolite, Staurolite | | | 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 | | | | MUSEUM Ag ates Treasures of the Earth Essex County Council Many libraries in Essex have compact discs...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 | | | Journal (issue) | Charles Gillette Alice L. Hart A magazine devoted Agate Amethyst Amarzonite Aventurine Bloodstone Citrine...gemproducing areas. Our inventory includes 3 Nebraska Published monthly by EARTH SCIENCE PUBLISHING...Cover Photo Nebraska’s Marsupial Lake Superior Agate California Famous Midwest } “Tiger” . Q Meeting...used to remove overburden on the site where the Nebraska marsupia! “tiger” was found. This site became...locality. A Marsupial “Tiger” Is Found In Nebraska Invasion of Continent by South American "Kangaroo | | | 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) | Western agate, jasper, petrified wood or fossils for "old coins" or "uncommon coins". AI Wood, Agate Beach...from Arizona, $3.00 per pound postpaid. Olympic Agate Shop, R3, Box 56, Gig Harbor, Wash. I SPECIALISE...list. R. Berry & Co., 5040 Corby St., Omaha 4, Nebraska. BRAZILIAN QUARTZ CRYSTAL-For faceting. Optically... 5040 Corby St., Omaha 4, Nebr. LAKE SUPERIOR AGATE-Eleven polished specimens representing following...mossy, stalactitic, eye, shadow, quartz center, fortification, curly jasper and oolitic chert. Mounted in | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Lists free. H. Hartson, Winston, N e w Mexico. Agate Cabochon, postpaid for only one dollar. N O SYNTHETICS... All guaranteed for fortifications. Postpaid in USA. the Breitweisers, 510B N. Division, Powell, W y..., Vero Beach, Fla. W Y O M I N G AGATE — Jade, ¡asper, ¡asp-agate, turritella, banded, Colorado dinny...dinny wood, bone. Montana Slabs on agate, approval. Rawhide Rock Shop, South 85, Lusk, W y o... Tiger, Mexico, etc. Slabs: Rough native wood, agate turquoise, chrysocolla. Gemstones, jewelry, novelties | | | 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 | Treasures of the Earth ~ ~ ~ Essex County Council Many libraries in Essex have compact discs and cassettes...BY THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM , LONDON Essex County Council Libraries First published by the Natural...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 | | | 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Sphalerite and calcite, 5 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. +!.+!+%% 34!2+ +./8 ...chalcopyrite, and sphalerite, 12.7 cm high, Hardin County. Marv Rausch specimen. 3(%,"9 -!#/50). /5 ....#!22/,, #! , ( Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 19:53 09 October 2014 */ $!6)%33...96*2: 405,9(3: Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 19:53 09 October 2014 T he bedrock...and barite, 6 cm high, Minerva No. 1 mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. Figure 5 (above right). | | | Book | obsidian; onyx (chalcedony and marble); opal, quartz (agate, jasper, and chalcedony) ; rhyolite ("wonderstone");...produced sporadically since the turn of the century. Agate, jasper, and petrified wood, much in demand in the...Q-Cryptocrystalline quartz (one or more var ieties : agate , chal cedony, jasper, petrified wood) Qa-Amethyst...Snowville (variscite), Box Elder County 2. Lucin (variscite) , Box Elder County 3. Promontory (variscite, obsidian)...obsidian), Box Elder County 4. Cedar Mountains , south of Low (onyx), Tooele County 5. Grantsville (onyx) | | | Journal (issue) | are a large part of the displays at the Minnesota Agate and Geological Interpretive Center in Moose Lake...GEM & MINERAL SHOW - SPRING Holiday Inn - Orange County Airport, 2726 S. Grand Ave., SANTA ANA, CA 92705...cut much more easily on the diamond wheels than agate. For this reason, I avoid using the 80-grit wheel...show; Roxy Ann Gem & Mineral; Olsrud Arena; Jackson County Fairgrounds; Sat. 9-5:30, Sun. 10-4:30; adults...Annual show; Dothan Gem & Mineral Club; Houstan County Farm Center; 1701 E. Cottonwood Rd.; Sat. 9-5, | | | 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) | Lamps Cambria Heights 11, L.I., N.Y. | CT oe R AGATE SHOP South 1709 Cedar Street SPOKANE 41 WASHINGTON...to Corr Spor ( will Pat Hill, 1230 North ting Nebraska . t Cha MINERAL AND GEM Convention a 1 35 A...Sa Michigan, where he is a very active t the Tri-County Rocks and Minerals Soci and incidentally a f [...RS Protessor t Fundamental Sci t A THE CENTRAL NEBRASKA ROCK AND — College. H i scholar of MINERAL SOCIETY...Chicago area, ving done mu work wit Hastings, Nebraska on April 8 1 190 tossil vertebrate and tron t | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | W l / 2 N W & Section 7, T.I., R 19W of Garland County, Ark., some fine quartz xls containing chlorite...occurrence. This material comes from Chattahoochee County near Columbus, Ga. To better preserve the specimen...which he had collected at a strip mine (coal) in Henry Co., 111. The fossil is very abundant at this strip...mine 2 miles south of Knoxville, Iowa, in Marion County."—on label. KANSAS—Travertine, a compact variety...is found around Great Spirit Spring in Mitchell County, Kansas. Here the minerals in the spring water | | | Book (volume) | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...streams, rd. cuts, etc.agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | extensive logging operations, primarily in Keweenaw County, have increased the need for mine-run rock for...Copper Range Company’s Champion mine in Houghton County. Downloaded by [Florida State University] at...came when the huge White Pine mine in Ontonagon County suspended underground operations in September 1995...reading enjoyment. CALCITE Fivemile Point, Keweenaw County The Copper Harbor Conglomerate, which ranges in...northeast of the Sunset Beach Campground, Keweenaw County. The campground is located near Fivemile Point | | | Journal (issue) | LAPIDARY EQUIPMENT Omaha & SUPPLIES 3, Horizontal Nebraska Laps Diamond Published monthly by The Earth...SCIENCE at the Craters Craters of The of the Henry Since February of 1943 the Paricutin volcano in...Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada By Jerome M. Eisenberg Mineral specimens from Renfrew County occupy a...obtaining museum specimens. The heart of Renfrew county is situated about 70 miles west of Ottawa, Ontario...outliers of Paleozoic limestone. The geolegy of the county is treated thoroughly in Satterly’s report of the | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | world’s finest fossil cycad trunks occur in the Henry Mountains and Moab areas of southeastern Utah. The...Hanksville, Utah. He owns Henry Mountain Supply and has collected fossil woods from the Henry Mountains area for...collected from this area. Most cycads found around the Henry Mountains occur in the Brushy Basin Member of the...exposures of fossil-wood-bearing sequences around the Henry Mountains and Moab area. Moab and Arches National...the salt anticline in Arches National Park. The Henry Mountains, like the La Sal Mountains near Moab, | | | Book (edition) | IOWA WISCONSIN • OHIO • KANSAS • NORTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA • INDIANA • MISSOURI • MINNESOTA I By JUNE CULP...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...Specimens .... 30 30 .30 NEBRASKA ............... 33 NORTHERN NEBRASKA .......... Fossils...........33 34 NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA 35 WESTERN & CENTRAL NEBRASKA 36 EASTERN NEBRASKA 37 CENTRAL MISSOURI |
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