 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Newcastle, Australia] at 15:01 05...entrance and arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob...Bob Whitmore. 242 ROCKS & MINERALS lthough New Hampshire, the Granite State, is one of our smaller states...is one of the lowest in annual mineral production, the number of mineral collecting localities and the...recorded number of mineral species is quite high. Hawes (1878) reported 95 mineral species, Meyers and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ’Scope Micromineral Collecting at Mineral Hill, Wakefield, Carroll County Downloaded by [University of Connecticut]...77036 mineraldesign@ aol.corn M y mineral collecting in New Hampshire began in summer 1961 with a trip...the Weeks (now known as the Hams-Weeks) pegmatite mine (Smith and Bearss 1991). I dug and collected minerals...years before reading in Morrill (1960) that Mineral Hill was just across the road. In the late 1960s...a collecting trip to Mineral Hill. There was no road up the densely wooded hill, so we bushwhacked our |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs JanuaryFebruary: Rhodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, Hotazel, South Africa. Martin Zinn specimens, Erica...Cryo-Genie mine, San Diego County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen,...Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen...Andradite, Michigan, 345 Anglesite, Colorado, 308; New Hampshire, 415 Ankerite, Colorado, 308 Anthony Robert...Colorado, 308; New Hampshire, 416 Barbosa, C., see In Memoriam Barite, Colorado, 308; New Mexico, 385; |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral Vol. 18 No. 4 April 2002 The Mineral Collector's New#, A New Discovery of Pink Tourn1aline...Tourn1aline at the Cryo-Genie Mine, San Diego County, California Kenneth L. Gochenour 2670 East Walnut St. #B Tustin...found at the C ryo-Genie mine near Warner Springs in northern San Diego County, California. The crystals...specimen will soon find its home the Los Angles County Museum of Natural History. Another , rge crystal...the ir pink body. At the recent Tucson Gem and Mineral show, held at the Tucson Conventio n Center, the |  | | Report (volume) | | the Geological Survey's annual report entitled " Mineral Resources of the United States" (the volumes for...of a century. During that period, however, the mineral resources of the United States have been enormously...showing the composition and character of each mineral and the location of. its principal deposits. Many...These are only examples of notable changes in the mineral production of the United States and of correlated...changes in the appraised value of some of the mineral deposits. In this list, as in the earlier lists |  | | Book (edition) | | ALBERT STATES WILLIAMS, Jr. ABSTRACT FROM "MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES CALENDAR YEAR 1687"—DAVID...UNITED A PARTIAL LIST OF ORES, MINERALS. AND MINERAL SUBSTANCES OF INDUS TRIAL IMPORTANCE, ARRANGED...are based upon those published in the volume of Mineral Resources for 1882, pages 6G4-775, and very closely...principal occurrences of the ores, minerals, and mineral substances of industrial importance of the several...original lists were compiled, the rapid growth of the mineral industries of the country, changes in the channels |  | | Report (volume) | | ...... New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.............. New Mexico............................................................. New York. .........the Geological Survey's annual report entitled "Mineral Eesources of the United States" for 1882 and 1887...more until 1914. During that period, however, the mineral resources of the United States were enormously...resources of the country. Many changes in the mineral industry other than increase in production have |  | | Book (volume) | | fossils, Illinois has little to offer gem and mineral collectors, even though the state produces more...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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods |  | | Book (volume) | | fossils, Illinois has little to offer gem and mineral collectors, even though the state produces more...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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods |  | | Book (volume) | | excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy. But as far as the collector is concerned...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) | | excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy. But as far as the collector is concerned...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cookrob@auburn.edu Linarite Mammoth–St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona O f the blue minerals, azurite...expensive. What better compliment, therefore, for a mineral than to be often confused with azurite. Such is...with the much-rarer linarite, a striking blue mineral that occurs, like azurite, in the oxidized parts...mill. So it has been at places such as Broken Hill, New South Wales, where linarite’s legacy is primarily...issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice mineral. Linarite is a bright to dark azure-blue mineral with a vitreous to subadamantine |  | | 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:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...cuts, cut banks, breaks, draws and washes, gullies, hill slopes, etc.chalcedony roses, Celestite crystals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Clearwater_ --- - .'L- 'I i INDEX "'1": I ') MINERAL LOCALITY ·~~e" I ' I' - BenewahI • r (' /----...its pyromorphite, Idaho also boasts many other mineral species. ( :\.. -~:/ Idaho <....: (_ ", I ...- - : r -\ THIS INDEX BRIEFLY DESCRIBES the mineral localities in Idaho; all known localities that...low population of Idaho, it receives much less mineral collector attention than some other states. For...geologic data have not been recently prospected by mineral collectors. Recently, politics have been playing |  | | Book (edition) | | materials have been found 58 119 Glossary of mineral terms 173 Sources of information 175 Books...by buying from the large stocks advertised by mineral supply houses. It's fun and profitable 1 Perhaps...from rocks, which are mixmres of minerals. Each mineral has physical characteristics peculiar to itself...gem and rare enough stand stone material, a mineral must be beautito be worth keeping, and hard enough...dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which would soon and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | enchantment and obtain release from captivity. "-hill' no such claims are made in modern times their present...at the Springfield and Carroll mines near ~YI,esville. at the l\Iineral Hill ~iine near Loulsville, and...and at the Patapsco mine near I!'inksburg. Magnetite was mined at a locality one mile southeast and two...one-half miles northeast of Whitehill in Baltimore County, Md. Chromium Mines: Formerly large bodies of chormite...helt extending from near New Lisbon, Carroll County, through Montgomery County, nearly to the Potamac River |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Soientifio America tablishea 1845. x V., No. 20. New Series, Vol. *� } PRINTING PRESSES AT THE CENTENNIAL...this type of press begins in 1835, when Sir Rowland Hill, who became famous for his advocacy of penny postage...the printed sheets. In 1853, Victor Beaumont., of New York, patented the serrated cutting blade set lengthwise...nearly two years 'in collecting specimens from every mine of importance in these States. The greater part...permanent ex hibition in the National Museum. The mineral exhibit from Nevada outshines that of any other |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | that “Azurite must be considered a cornerstone mineral of any col- lection.” Such is still the case,...in keeping with the African mineral theme of the 2002 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, three azurite specimens...Choice. Azurite is perhaps the most familiar blue mineral, ranging from pale blue in some earthy varieties...chalcocite, jarosite, atacamite, willemite, smithsonite, and chrysocolla after azurite and of azurite...tetrahedrite-tennantiteare known. Azurite is a secondary mineral found typically in the upper oxidized portions |  | | Catalog/List | | OFF SPECIMENS. JUST GIVE HE A RING TO.HAKE SURE 1 HILL BE HERS. I All ALSO PLEASED TO DISCUSS YOUR REQUIREMENTS...EACH PIECE. PLEASE QUOTE BOTH THE CODE AND THE MINERAL NAME. IF YOU WANT TO SEND BACK THE CATALOGUE WITH...AVAILABLE. I NORMALLY HAVE A SHALL STOCK OF EACH MINERAL' IN THE CATALOGUE UP TO WHERE IT SAYS 'SINGLE SPECIMENS'...OF ROCKS MID MINERALS 10 68 issue 2 available. NEW STOCK s Rare minerals Kellyite page 11. Wolfeite...All page 7 Brianyoungite Scawtite; Lizardite Mineral with unusual elements Page 1 Greenockite General |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral Vol. 17 No. 12 December 2001 The Mineral Collector's Newslette Black Money, Tennyson, and Drug...Giazotto, photo by Claus Hedegaard. News from Pakistan New Finds and Information Dudley Blauwet Mountain Minerals...from hat down to local sandals, and I bought my new tinted glasses to shade my blue eyes, though everyone...Two of my Afghani friends, took me down to the mineral market that first afternoon. and told me that they...- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mineral News December 2001 - - - - to buy Pakistani material |  | | Book | | Ellicott Station Buffalo, New York 14205 66 Leek Crescent Richmond Hill, Ontario L4B 1H1 Design and...Dimensions in the captions refer to the entire gem or mineral; however, in some cases only a portion is shown...destroyed in these changing conditions. In the process, new minerals and rocks are formed. RIGHT: Malachite... living organisms rocks such as granite. The mineral grains in these rocks are actually crystals, but...are yet these crystals are considered to be a mineral called crystal structures. Natural crystals formed |  | | Book | | abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present and man generally absent. He tells...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...provides a comprehensive, alphabetical listing of 400 mineral species and an outline of the essential chemical...Jay Ellis Ransom )' HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS New York, Evanston, and London A RANGE GUIDE TO MINES... Publishers, Incorporated, 49 East 33rd Street, New York 16, N. Y. * FIRST EDITION LIBRARY OF CONGRESS |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Montana Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015...NOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is rich in mineral and gemstone localities. The state motto, Ora y...known as the duckbill dinosaur. Although a state mineral has not been designated, there are two official...agate and sapphire. An extensive body of gem and mineral literature has been published describing the occurrence...view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded |  | | Book | | of and MINERAL AMERI A A Guide to Rock Collecting HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS ....... New York, Evanston...Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10022. Published simultaneously in Canada...bdg.) 1 For America's millions of gerr1 and mineral collectors, but especially for Karl Denny, whose...Collecting 1. Rocks, Minerals, and Gemstones 1 3 Mineral Characteristics; Gemstone Characteristics; The...Stones vs. Gemstones; Colorful Ore Minerals 2. Mineral Environments (I): The Igneous Rocks 11 The American |
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