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| 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...3/. 0/0% (!2$). -!33!# 05,!3+) %8 !. $% 2 Illinois Mineral Locality Index 7)..%"!'/ /',% #!22/...(above). Map showing the counties in Illinois, courtesy the Illinois Geological Survey. 96*2:...he bedrock under Illinois is predominantly composed of Paleozoic sedimentary rocks. In the southern portion |
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| Figure I: Galena, Treece, Kansas, Tri-State district; specimen 5Vi cm tall; Na tional Museum of Canada...Galena. Crawford mine, Pirher, Oklahoma, Tri-State district; 6' 2 cm across; Harvard Mineralogical Museum...Lead mine, Viburnum, Missouri, Viburnum Trend district; 6 cm on edge; James Madison Uni versity photo...prolific are these deposits that in 1985 the mines of the Viburnum Trend in southeastern Missouri accounted...characteristics that were first recognized as such in the mid-continent region of the United States. Geologists |
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| Fluorspar Deposits in Western Kentucky Part 1 A. Introduction By JAMES STEELE WILLIAMS and HELEN DUNCAN...Crittenden and Livingston Counties By GEORGE C. HARDIN, Jr. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1012-A, B...00 (paper cover) ^A,V- ' ! Fluorspar Deposits in Western Kentucky Part 1 A. Introduction B. Babb fault...SURVEY BULLETIN 1012-A,B FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY INTRODUCTION By JAMES STEELE WILLIAMS...WILLIAMS and HELEN DTJNCAN The need for fluorspar in the manufacture of open-hearth steel, hydrofluoric |
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| piece which I found at the foot of Valdez Glacier in Alaska. The only one of its kind covering a large...Indian Pass, Imperial County, Calif, we have a deep blue dumortierite that was sent in by Vertrees Young...806 E. Boulder St., Colorado Springs, Colo., sent in an attractive feldspar specimen of small xled white... This fine 3x5 inch specimen comes from Teller County, Colorado. ARIZONA — "Would you please identify...was found July 2, 1959, near Cave Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona." — sent in by Clyde N. Hall, Elbridge |
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| Wilson T he Circulation Manager Mary Lynn Michela M in e r a l o g ic a l R ecord Associate Editors Pierre...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A, County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...Twenty-eight, Number One Hlmois-Kentucky Fluorite District Correspondents Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain Michael...S-M SA S y m p o siu m o n cop p er and cop p er m in e r a ls ................................................. 51 Chairman: K. Wenrich W hat's n e w in m in erals D en v er S h o w 1996 ................. |
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| Caldwell Stone Company quarry, Danville, Boyle County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. K entucky...Permian-age deposits. Cretaceous and Cenozoic rocks in the westernmost portion of the state consist of unconsolidated...highest point in the Commonwealth is Black Mountain in the Appalachians (Harlan County) at 4,139 feet...the Reed quarry near Grand Rivers (Livingston County) in western Kentucky, at 100 feet below sea level...are some noteworthy mineral occurrences in the sedimentary rock that encompasses more than 99 percent of |
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| ILLINOIS FLUORSPAR ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY A Division of THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF REGISTRATION...southern Illinois—its occurrence, mining, uses and economics are described in Circular 296, "Illinois Fluorspar...published by the Illinois State Geological Survey. In 1842 lead, associated with fluorspar in veins, was discovered...discovered in the hills of Hardin County in the tip of southern Illinois. The fluorspar, unavoidably...unavoidably produced in the mining of lead ore, accumulated in large waste heaps. Some years later uses were found |
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| 1998 The Mineral Collector's Newsletter The Illinois KentuckyFluorsparDistrictis Dead!Long Live the...University Southeast in New Albany, Indiana to commemorate the recent history of the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar...fluorspar district. I had wanted to hold this gathering since the moment I had heard that Ozark-Mahoning...pulling out. That was the death-knell for fluorite mining in the United States, the e~d of 163 year-long era...77036 In April, 1998, Clyde Hardin of Malvern, Arkansas sent me some specimens he had received in trade |
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| FLUORESCENT MINERALS By Manuel A. Robbins Popular interest in fluorescent mineralogy has sparked demand for information...and distortions in color. Special attention is given to the use of color description in making accurate...will even find coverage of minerals that fluoresce in two colors. Robbins provides special guidance on...night. He includes the experiences of two pioneers in this field, complete with their proven techniques...& TAYLOR CO. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2022 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive |
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| Originally published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. in 1983 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition...by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means-graphic, electronic, or...9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Robbins, Manuel. The collector's...involved in the hobby or science of mineral collecting has grown at an increasing pace. In response to...systematic description of minerals. However, as interest in mineralogy has grown, as collectors have become increasingly |
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| 400 Foot Level, Kelly Mine, Magdalena District Socorro County, New Mexico Steve Neely collection (ex...978-0-9790998-6-1 Publisher Lithographie, LLC Denver, Colorado, USA Design and Layout Gloria Staebler Gunther Neumeier...C O 80211 • USA Phone 1.303.495.5521 • Fax 1.303.482.1238 www.lithographie.org Printed in the United States...When Brent acquired this specimen, it was wrapped in a German-language newspaper dated 1927, a possible...particular mineral are faced with a road with a fork in it. One path leads to a strict mineralogy, giving |
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| 9.5 x 13.5 cm and is housed at the British Museum in London (GR 2003.12-2.21). Photo© The Trustees of...reserved. byAlbertGilg Pliny the Elder (23-79 CE), in his well-known work Natural History, described luxury..."myrrhine" or "murrhine" ware, writing "their value lies in their varied colors: the veins, as they revolve,...where colors may be reflected such as we observe in the inner part of a rainbow." (translation Rackman...the victory of Pompey the Great over Mithridates in 62 BCE when Anatolia became part of the Roman Empire |
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| and a brief summary of the results was published in Bulletin No. 213, ''Contributions to Economic Geology...investigation in 1902, however, Mr. Ulrich spent the greater part of two years (1889 and 1890) in the same...Ulrich in 1903, and the results of all these studies are brought together in this paper. The district is...the mining industry, and in such form that its conclusions should be of great practical benefit in developing...developing the industry in this district. Very respectfully, C. W. HATES, Geologist in Charge of Geology. |
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| August 2017 ILLINOIS ISSUE I enjoyed the issue of Rocks & Min erals devoted to Illinois, especially...fluorspar district. I have studied and led university geology classes into the fluorspar district since 1981...would be interested in oc currences of other minerals that were not mentioned in the issue. Azurite has...galena, has been found in a shallow surface mine west of Hick's dome. It occurs in three forms: white to...crystals; and chalky-white acic ular crystals to 3 mm in length. The cerrusite is associated with corroded |
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| A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States GEORGIA Georgia’s nearly 59,000 square miles makes...the highest elevation in the state at 4,784 feet. 145 Georgia Beginning in the northwest, where the...forests lie some of the oldest crystalline rocks in the East, both igneous and metamorphic, strongly...coastal lowlands in the Atlantic Coast Fall Line, so named from the falls or rapids in rivers at places...and Columbus. The first real Gold Rush in America occurred in Georgia following two simultaneous discoveries |
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| Photographs January/February: Galena, Tri-State district, Kansas. Smithsonian Institution specimen; Chip...photo. March/April: Quartz, Middleville, Herkimer County, New York. John C. Medici specimen and photo. May/June:...May/June: Turgite, Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia. Ronald E. Bentley specimen and photo. July/August:...Quartz, H. deLinde No. 4 mine, High Peak, Montgomery County, Arkansas. Private collection; Ronald E. Bentley...Bentley photo. September/October: Barite, Otero County, Colorado. Dan and Dianne Kile specimen; John Muntyan |
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| OCCURRENCES Items on new finds wanted. Please send them in. Abbreviations: xl—crystal xled—crystallized ALABAMA...Ala., interesting cherty halloysite has been found in dolomitic limestone. ARIZONA — A most interesting...have found Arizona to be a "rockhound's paradise'' in the 16 years that I have been here, especially Central...note of Feb. 11th at hand. Thanks for your interest in this matter. Yes, I can give you the location of...of the aragonite crystals. "The locality is in a very rough country, definitely no place for an amateur— |
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| American holiday, Halloween has rapid ly gained ground in Europe. particu larly m festive tribes like the Bavarian...today pumpkin-adorned streets overflow with ungsters in ghastl y garb. Wi tchcraft and dark forces abou nd...but may come from several localities - it occurs in several habits. At its best, the colo r is a radia...microcline (var. a mazonite) from Konzo. Siclamo in Ethiopia (see rece nt description by Kaiser. 2003)...from Colorado and Russia. Having trave led oft en in Namibia, I was thrilled to see the recently identified |
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| alternative expressions. The classical musicians playing in the pedestrian zone have always fascinated me. No...happened once in the good old days. I often see one or several individuals or groups playing in the center...center in the afternoon and evening and they are excellent artists, students or members of the established...Weber by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (see February 2005 Mineral News - Ed.). Between...specimens, unprocessed micro material and many "works in progress" associated with these collections were |
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| the most surprising developments in 1996 was the surge in interest in fluorescent minerals, a phenomenon...to me. I have been promoting fluorescent minerals in Rocks & Minerals for more than ten years, and I would...as did the remarkable and marvelous show at Tucson in 1996. The show featured what must have been the most...The word apparently spread rapidly in the collector community. In September 1996, far more and far better...country not just from Franklin, as was usual in the past. Dealers in these fluorescent minerals were set up |
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| and can be found in museums around the world. Interest in Ohio minerals developed in the early 1800s with...as the famous Green (Strontian) Island site in Ottawa County (Douglass, 1820, 1821). Although Ohio's minerals...Serpent Mound zinc district continue to attract the attention of mining geologists in their search for...Works by Botoman and Stieglitz (1978) and Carlson (in press) are the only comprehensive publications on...at all the sites except for the Bascom, Crystal Cave, Green Island, and Tiffin localities. Ma terial |
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| UNCONFORMITIES EPIGENETIC UNITED IN MINERAL STATES THE DEPOSITS AND LOCALIZATION IN THE CANADA JOSEPH W...influential in the localizationof epigeneticmineral depositsin at least 68 districts in the United Statesand...vanadium, and uranium. They range in age from Precambrian, through Tertiary and in classificationfrom Telethermal...through Magmatic. In 11 districts epigeneticore depositsare related to primary rock openingsin clastic...clastic or volcanic rocks above an unconformity; in 20 districts to secondaryrock openingsproducedby deformation |
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| Illinois ILLINOIS Known as the Prairie State, Illinois exhibits a length of 378 miles and a width of...above sea level. Though well endowed with fossils, Illinois has little to offer gem and mineral collectors...any other state in America. Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern...northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift of the Late Pleistocene Wisconsin glaciation, the bluffs and detritus...detritus of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and in the southern Fluorspar region. Fossil hunters are well |
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| Illinois ILLINOIS Known as the Prairie State, Illinois exhibits a length of 378 miles and a width of...above sea level. Though well endowed with fossils, Illinois has little to offer gem and mineral collectors...any other state in America. Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern...northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift of the Late Pleistocene Wisconsin glaciation, the bluffs and detritus...detritus of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and in the southern Fluorspar region. Fossil hunters are well |
 | Van Alstine, R. E., Worl, R.G., Heyl, A.V., Trace, R.D., Parker, R.L., Griffitts, W.R., Sainsbury, C.L., Cathcart, J.B. (1976) Geology and resources of fluorine in the United States. Professional Paper 933. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp933 | Report (issue) |
| Geology and Resources of Fluorine in the United States GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 933 COVER...North Carolina Geology and Resources of Fluorine in the United States Edited by DANIEL R. SHAWE With...the U.S. Geological Survey in accordance with the provisions of the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of...discovered or not currently profitable to mine. The mining of mineral deposits, once they are discovered,...owing to incomplete knowledge of their distribution in the Earth's crust, depends greatly on geologic availability |
