 | | 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) | | 1967—The Tenth Annual Chimney Rock Age Fair at Bayard, Nefer., has been set for Fri., Sat., Sun., March...exhibitors. Drop a line to Kenneth Fowler. Box 448, Bayard, Nebraska. March 17-19, 1967—Southwest Gem & Mineral...Co-Hosts: San Antonio Rock & Lapidary Society and Bexar County Mineral Hobby Club. For more information contact...Co-hosts. Galveston County Gem and Mineral Society, Mineral Moochers of Brazoria County, and Coastal Bend...Special showing of NASA Meteorites, Carvings, Petrified Wood and Palm Stumps. Show Chairman: Mrs. Ange Oldfield |  | | 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 (issue) | | A DESCRIPTION OF THE QUARTZ MINERALS FOUND AT BAYARD, NEBR. By Rit-hard S. Mitchell ···············...The Federation officers hope to times known as petrified lightning. His announce another essay contest...QUARTZ MINERALS FOUND AT BAYARD, NEBRASKA By RICHARD S. MITCHELL Box 612, Bayard, Nebr. ; l ,' I ...hills near Bayard, Nebraska. This town is located near the western edge of Morrill County which is in...in western Nebraska. Flowing south of Bayard is the North Platte River. The gravel from which the quartz |  | | Journal (issue) | | GLACIAL LAKES OF THE SHAWANGUNK MOUNTAINS, ULSTER COUNTY, N. Y. By Rich1no11d E. Myers ............................................................ . 28 BAYARD, NEB., Q UA RTZ MINERALS. By Richard 1,1i1chell...GLACIAL LAKES OF THE SHAWANGUNK MOUNTAINS, ULSTER COUNTY, NEW YORK 11 By RICHMOND E. MYERS, Department...the top of the Sha,vangunk Mountains in Ulster County, N e,v York, are a group of lakes, several of which...execution of hvo of the " pirates" in an adjacent county in 1841! Peltbles are common in Cherry Valley |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the old open pit Sodium Sulphate mine in Imperial County near BertROCKS AND MINERALS ram siding on the...discovery of gold on lot 999, 12th district, of Lumpkin County, Ga., which is owned by the American Legion. The...unusual specimen was found in a plowed field in Henry County, Iowa. KANSAS—Larry Davis, 617 East Ave. B, Hutchinson...the District of Columbia line in Prince Georges County, Maryland. A few fine specimens were found but...penetrated by slender match-like pieces or dry gray wood. Apparently the concretions formed around growing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the numerous tungsten mines in the Darwin, Inyo County, California, area."—note from James H. Richardson...on the south bank of the Etowah River, in Dawson County, Ga. Chatoyant masses of olive-gray tourmaline...found this specimen at Graveyard Point In Owyhee County, Idaho, in 1957."—on label accompanying the agate...odd pyrite concretion which he found in Baltimore County, Md. It consists of dark bronzy-black pyrite imbedded...Minn., nice pebbles can be found of dark brown petrified wood. MISSISSIPPI-On the beach at Biloxi, Harrison |  | | Journal (issue) | | Earth Box 57 Science Omaha to: Digest 3, Nebraska | THE EARTH SCIENCE Mineral Name the principal...excellent. Alaska. Mines, Quebec, Mts., Utah. County, Mica, Canada. Paris, Georgia. Maine. 13....raw and finished picture petrified woods and turquoise cabochons, petrified wood slabs, Navajo and Zuni...EGUIPMENT Box Omaha 57 & SUPPLIES 3, Horizontal Nebraska Diamond Published monthly by The Earih Sc’ence...Earth Editor Richard S. Mitchell, Box 612, Bayard, Nebraska Sirs: Thank you kindly for the sample copy |  | | Book | | PUBLIC LIBRARY Fort Wayne and Allen County, Indiana ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 833 00476 9409 j552...Apache Tear Sapphires and Ruby Moonstone Petrified Wood PHOTOS COURTESY OF ROCK CURRIER Rockhound...Thunder Eggs 15 3 Free Gold 23 29 4 Desert Roses 5 Wood That Won't Burn 6 A Pocketful of Moonstones 35...can find trilobites. The mountain of bugs in Juab County, Utah, is one of the best. To find a trilobite...watered, and they will last forever. 33 Petrified wood 5 Wood * That Won’t Burn The sun is setting on |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | variations have been noted in the gazetteer. Where county boundary lines have been changed since a reference...written, the locality has been listed under the county in which it is found today. A fairly extensive...Mineralization from the HillSlope. side Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona. U. S. Geological Survey, WASHINGTON,...Drilling, Merry Widow Claim, White Signal, Grant County, New Mexico. U. S. Geological Survey TEM-146A,...in 199 Todilto Limestone near Grants, McKinley County, New Mexico. Geological Society of America, NEW |  | | Book (edition) | | types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate is wood for which believed...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...have a cornfield at Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Va. A 3 carat stone, bought by a Knoxville |  | | Book (edition) | | IOWA WISCONSIN • OHIO • KANSAS • NORTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA • INDIANA • MISSOURI • MINNESOTA I By JUNE CULP...Specimens .... 30 30 .30 NEBRASKA ............... 33 NORTHERN NEBRASKA .......... Fossils...........33 34 NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA 35 WESTERN & CENTRAL NEBRASKA 36 EASTERN NEBRASKA 37 CENTRAL MISSOURI...areas. Study all issues for possible help. 9. Get county maps if available, or Geological Survey Quadrangle...” may be found in many canyons in Penning ton County. HOT SPRINGS AREA Mines in the Hot Springs vicinity |  | | Book (volume) | | Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises 4,460’...Mesozoic era. Thus, as one travels westward across Nebraska they find successively younger formations appearing...disclosing spectacular bedrock formations. Northwestern Nebraska contains most of the gem fields in the state,...that rival the color of the rainbow. The western Nebraska-South Dakota borderland from Sheridan Co. to the...extensive collecting region of agatized and opalized wood for high gem quality is the Sandhills country around |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state... IT'S FUN TO HUNT FOR GEMS and refreshing, a petrified pool never to be disturbed by wind or tide. Few...molecular cohesion in the crystal. It is like splitting wood along the grain. Cleavage cracks across the prism...amethyst. Lava and pumice also engulf trees. The wood burns away as the rock cools, leaving a mold in...substance may be replaced slowly by silica to form petrified wood. Lava is also the environment in which obsidian |  | | Report (issue) | | opal;: rose opal or quinzite; liver opal or menilite; wood opal ; hyalite; hydrophạne; tabasher ; cacholong...especially valuable as gems. Common opal and opalized wood are sometimes used as gems and are also cut and...especially in recently erupted lavas, as well as in petrified wood and other fossil material . It is formed in...situated in what is known as Virgin Valley , Humboldt County , Nev . , and aze near the Oregon State line ....region , where the vipals occur associated with petrified wood in beds of volcanic ash . Sonetines the craclcs |  | | Book (volume) | | shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified wood. Ohio ranks first in the nation in the production...common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This gem flint occurs in the 8 mile long Flint...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified wood. Ohio ranks first in the nation in the production...common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This gem flint occurs in the 8 mile long Flint...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 |  | | Book | | Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...Pima Co. ♦Fluorspar HOLBROOK, Adamana region Petrified Wood KELVIN, Pinal Co., 2 mi S. of E. side of Verde...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite |  | | 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...banks, tributary gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes...slopes, stream beds, etc. petrified wood, wood opal; along the Grand R. though entire Co., regional...regional banks, breaks, gravels, etc. petrified wood, wood opal. 438 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in |  | | Report (volume) | | Philadelphia, Pa. Nebraska Geological Survey: Bulletins, 2d ser., 10; Papers 7-11. Lincoln. Nebr. Nebraska State...Museum: Bulletin, vol. \ (nos. 42^4). Lincoln, Nebr. Nebraska University, Department of Conservation: Bulletins...Pass and Atlantic City mining district of Fremont County, Wyoming: Rocks and Minerals, vol. 11, no. 10,...zones in the Negaunee iron formation of Marquette County, Mich.: Jour. Geology, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 113-132...Thomas Continued. .. 46. Dickite from St. Louis County, Mo.: Am. Mineralogist, vol. 21, no. 7, pp. 457-459 |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...Such Plains and created beautiful Crater Lake. Nebraska and Kansas the High — states as —owe their...stream beds and the rocks the stream Agates and petrified wood fragments as well as specimens of hundreds |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | , So. Sioux City, Ne braska. AGATE, JASPERS, PETRIFIED W O O D — Mineral specimens. M a i l order retail... W Y O M I N G AGATES, 10 sq. ins. $ 4 . 0 0 . County location and name on each slice Please include...fication agates, selected $ 2 . 2 5 per lb. Petrified wood $ 1 . 0 0 lb., opalized palm slabs $ 2 . 0...Oept. D, 3 2 2 W . 2 3 r d , So., Sioux City, Nebraska. ROCKS A N D MINERALS IN M I A M I , F L O... ; apache tears, 4 5 c l b . ; polished stones, wood & agate, $ 2 . 5 0 lb. Georgia's Rock & Shell Garden |  | | 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 .. Vil...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 |
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