 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Terry Ledford on 17 September 2014. Terry died in a freak mining accident in Hiddenite, North Carolina...cut as the 65-carat âCarolina Emperor,â the largest faceted emerald found in North America. This remarkable...in the mineral-rich district of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, and spent his entire life prospecting for...Lora Ledford. Ted, a former mica miner, had a rock shop and operated the Crabtree Emerald mine in Spruce...worked the Hensonâs Creek aquamarine mine in nearby Avery County and opened their own rock shop, Emerald |  | | Report (volume) | | DEPOSITS IN THE BUCK CREEl( PERIDOTITE CLAY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA BY JARVIS B. HADLEY Strategic Minerals.... . . . . . . . . ⢠. ⢠. . . Roan gneiss and Carolina gneiss ...................... Pegma ti tes. ....Shaft mine. . . . . ⢠. . . . . . ⢠. . . . . . . ⢠. . . ⢠. . . . . . . . . ⢠. . . ⢠Herbert mine...... . ⢠. ⢠. . . . . . . . ⢠⢠Hart, Hutchison, Ledford and Burrell prospects ..â˘â˘..⢠South Extension prospect...sections of the Buck Creek peridotite body, Clay County, N. C. . . . ⢠. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | found in North America formed the nucleus of a gem and mineral collection given to the North Carolina Museum...Museum of Natural Sciences, in Raleigh, North Carolina, this past March by an anonymous donor. They are...memorabilia. MMGMâs campus complex includes the Bumpus mine, in Albany, Maine, where tours are already being...in weight from 10 to 37 carats, from the Dunton mine, Newry, Maine (1972â74); ex Dale Sweatt specimens...8-cm bicolored tourmaline crystal from the Dunton mine (1972â74). Rocks & Minerals welcomes museum news |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Jacksons Crossroads Wilkes County, Georgia T he amethyst locality in Wilkes County, Georgia, known as Jacksons...colorless, quartz crystals. Most of the collecFigure 1 (right). The Jacksons Crossroads amethyst mine, Wilkes...Wilkes County, Georgia. John S. White photo. Figure 2 (below). Locality map showing Jacksons Crossroads...Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia; prepared by William Besse. JOHN S. WHITE PO Box 332 Stewartstown, Pennsylvania...amethyst crystal on a matrix of elongated colorless quartz crystals, 18.4 cm across, Jacksons Crossroads. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | amethyst flowers in a 7-cm matrix of colorless quartz and altered granite. Annette Slade photo. Lilac-Colored...Other New Finds from Jacksons Crossroads A Wilkes County, Georgia select group of field collectors, led...Crossroads in Wilkes County, Georgia (Bowling, Moore, and Ledford 2005; Cook, Ledford, and Gray 2008). It...cavities in May 2008 (Geffner 2008). However, the small mine, located about 8 kilometers from the sleepy town...quality the mine has ever produced. The owners of Jacksons Crossroads, Christopher Ledford and Purple |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | otherwise noted, all specimens jointly owned by Terry Ledford and Purple Haze, LLC The Downloaded by [George...Amethyst Mine Wilkes County, Georgia I n May 2008 a small group of collectors, led by Terry Ledford and...Thomas Davis, Noel DeDora, Paul Geffner, Ryan Ledford, and Travis Hartin, continued mining the now-well-known...deposit. This occurrence, which is located in Wilkes County, Georgia, some 8 kilometers northwest of Tignal...amethyst (Cook et al. 2008; Bowling, Moore, and Ledford 2005). It is one of a trend of Piedmont amethyst |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OF THE Harris Creek Fluorspar District Hardin County, Illinois ROSS C . L I L L I E P . O . B o x 46212...attempt at mining was for lead ore in Crittenden County, Kentucky, in 1835 (Bain, 1905), galena was discovered...Annabel Lee Mine. Denton Mine ROCK CREEK GRABEN Ffill-Ledford Mine Minerva No. 1 Mine S.E. Oxford No...No. 11 Mine Mahoning No. 7 Mine Fault Mahoning No. 4 Mine* . â,. 3? Deardorff Mine Mine m West *...Green Crystal Mine 3,000 6,000 I I Scale in Feet North Green Mine E a s t Green Mine CAVE IN ROCK |  | | Journal (issue) | | VOLUME 36 NUMBER 6 $15 Wayne & Dona Leicht, 875 North Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 (949)...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...The Jacksonâs Crossroads amethyst deposit, Wilkes County, Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . 479 by R. L. Bowling, R. Noore & T. Ledford Alpine âiron rosesâ . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...that same year the family moved to Hertfordshire County, England. They lived in various small towns, and |  | | Report (volume) | | (E) Tungsten deposits of Vance County, N. C., and Mecklenburg County, Va., by G. H. Espenshade (published...deposits near Seiad and McGuffy Creeks, Siskiyou County, Calif., by F. G. Wells, C. T. Smith, G. H. Rynearson...Chromite deposits of Boulder River area, Sweetgrass County, Mont., by A. L. Howland, E. M. Garrels, and W...corundum deposits in the Buck Creek peridotite, Clay County, N. C., by J. B. Hadley (published in December...the tungsten deposits of Vance County, N. c., and Mecklenburg County, Va â˘â˘â˘.â˘â˘â˘â˘â˘...â˘â˘â˘â˘. Geologic map |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sphalerite and calcite, 5 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. +!.+!+%% 34!2+ ...chalcopyrite, and sphalerite, 12.7 cm high, Hardin County. Marv Rausch specimen. 3(%,"9 -!#/50). /5 ....to the mid-1970s were documented with the exact mine or in many cases even the correct subdistrict. In...area in the westcentral part of the state. Here, quartz-lined geodes occur in the Warsaw Formation with...sprays of millerite associated with calcite. The coal mine dumps and waste piles scattered throughout much |  | | Report (issue) | | Publisher Lithographie, Ltd. Denver, Colorado, USA Design and Layout Gloria A. Staebler Š 2012 Lithographic...Lithographic, Ltd. PO Box 11613 ⢠Denver, CO 80211 ⢠USA Phone: 1.303.495.5521 ⢠Fax: 1.303.482.1238 W\\w...United States of America PHOTO CREDITS Cover: Quartz variety amethyst, 10.5 cm tall Goboboseb Mountains...photo Š 2009 GIA Page 2 Quartz variety amethyst, 3.5 cm tall Kakamunurle Mine, Kar0r, Tamil Nadu, India...collection, Marie-Lan Nguyen photo Upper middle: Quartz variety amethyst (Japan-law twin), 1.6 cm tall |  | | Journal (issue) | | Treasures Issue! $15 Wayne & Dona Leicht, 875 North Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 (949)...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...COVER: COPPER, 8.3 cm, from the Central mine, Keweenaw County, Michiganâconsidered by some to be the worldâs...fine minerals on DVD wilensky Fluorite, Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Wilensky Fine Minerals...2008 associated with quartz, including distinctive and beautiful Japanlaw quartz twins. Other crystals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystals from the Morefield pegmatite in Amelia County, Virginia, were analyzed for Ta, Nb, Mn, Ti, Fe...65.9 meters of pegmatite exposed at the 6O-foot mine level. The analyses show a relationship of Ta to...but the samples tend to be more Ta-rich near the quartz core and more Nb-rich away from the core. NIOBIUM-TANTALUM...MINERALS FROM THE ANIMIKIE RED ACE PEGMATITE, FLORENCE COUNTY, WISCONSIN. A. U. Foister, W. B. Simmons, and K... a core margin, a core zone with spodumene and quartz, and several replacement zones, lepidolite pods |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of lapidary materials (such as cryptocrystalline quartz and silicified wood). A l l distances are given...Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...Bentley provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville districtâbetween the State Sanitarium...muscovite, quartz (Hurst, 1956c). Wood pitâeast of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite...propertyâRoute 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | calcite, barite, sphalerite, strontianite, celestine, quartz, marcasite, benstonite, and alstonite. Many were...old-timers from the DavisDeardorff complex, the Hill-Ledford mine, and the Minerva and Ozark-Mahoning properties...October at the Crater of Diae-mail from Ross Lillie (North Star Min- monds State Park in Murfreesboro. Calcite...Calcite on fluorite, sub-losiclare level, Annabel Lee mine, Ozark-MahoningCompany, Harris Creek district, Illinois...the George Feist collection offered for sale by North Star Minerals at the 2003 Detroit Show. Ed Rosenzweig |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | amazonite and smoky quartz on the rear deck of our car? Or hang a great Kombat mine cerussite from our...(Hiddenite, North Carolina) and amethyst (Jacksons Crossroads) miners around â Terry Ledford (Ledfordâs...(Ledfordâs Minerals) of Spruce Pine, North Carolina. It was the result of a friendly competition between Terry...Judy Qualls works in the shop at Colemanâs crystal mine in Jessieville, Arkansas. She is a great ambassador...new Range Rover with âMINE RVRâ as a license plate, but people thought it was âMINE RIVER,â so last year |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | left). Fluorite, Heights mine, North vein, near Eastgate, Weardale, County Durham, England. This transparent...(center left). Fluorite, Dow Scar level, Hilton mine, near Appleby, Scordale, Cumbria, England. This...conditions, Rosiclare level, Denton mine, Harris Creek district, Hardin County, Illinois. The specimen is 8...the Lead Hill area, Cave-in-Rock district, Hardin County, Illinois, and is 5.5 cm. Ross Lillie specimen...Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district (Lillie 1988, 2006); the North Pennines orefield in the United Kingdom (Dunham |  | | Report (issue) | | < "'< Sheet Mica from the Early-Vaughn mine, Lamar County. J '\ LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL DEPARTMENT...Counties------------------------------------Rabun County ------------------------------------------------Hart...Monroe Counties------------------------------Upson County -----------------------------------------------T...-----The Old Bell mine-----------------------------------------Miles B. Brown mine------------------...______ Mauldin mine ---------------------------------------------The Old Atwater Mine-------------"' |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | clarkeite from the Fanny Gouge mine near Spruce Pine, North Carolina, is: uu, 0*r](HrO)o noro.e,8(OH)...district in western North Cartemperature uranate. Anhydrous high-temperature ura- olina, USA, where it replaces...polycrystallinequartzand minor muscovite;bright inclusionsare quartz.(b) HM 132290,SprucePine district (unspecifiedmine):...clarkeite.A quartz-muscovite upper right. (d) CSM 2026 l, SprucePine district (unspecified mine): Darkest...admixed clarkeite' Altered polycrystallinezircon and quartz is at the top, and muscovite is at right. (e) DMNH |  | | Book | | MINES MINERS MINERALS AND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Western North Carolinaâs Hidden Mineralogical Treasures...E L L 2005 PARKWAY PUBLISHERS, INC. Boone, North Carolina Copyright Š1999 Lowell Presnell All Rights...Mines, miners, and minerals of western North Carolina : western North Carolinaâs hidden mineralogical treasures...(hard cover) 1. Mines and mineral resourcesâNorth CarolinaâHistory. I. Title. TN24.N8P74 2005 338.4â7622â09756âdc22...Domestic Mica Buying Policy 111 20. Western North Carolina & the War Years .119 21. The Mineral Kingdom |  | | Report (issue) | | ___ _ Feldspars _____ ___________ ____ ____ -' _ Quartz ___________________________ _ Micas _________ ---...66 70 73 73 74 74 __________________ -- 76 Quartz ____ ~--~~----- ~ -------'------------------Beryllium...pegmatite in granite, Short Tom Smith mine, Rockingham County, N. C______ ____ ____________________ ...between pegmatite and granite, E. R. Self mine, Gaston County, N. C____________________ 6. Sinuous discordant...wall, Knight mine, Rockingham County, N. C- ~ -7. Sharp hanging-wall contact, Knight mine ______ _______________ |  | | Report (issue) | | Brian Stefanec explores a pocket at the Elmwood mine. Photo Mark Kielbasa Switzerland BY HANS ANTON...MICHAEL GRAY 54 Elmwood-Gordonsville-Cumberland Mine Complex Of Eastern Tennessee BY ARVID PASTO 56...Collections Library at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. The ancients were interested in all types...attached to Nupu alxacm: tn0bar Caullwn COfflTlllai north-central Iran), mN&Apa(asethoccaftrcofeucrbum..111eml...Castleton in Traek Cliff (Derbyshire), the Blue John mine (page 35). The term "fluorite" was coined in 1797 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | John W. Stewart Mohr, Wendell C. Morgan, William North, Jerry Rakovan, John Rochester Mineralogical Symposium...Classics Crystal Creations Crystal Habit Crystal Mine Crystal Palace Crystal Springs Mining & Jewelry...Traders Flat Iron Mineral Club Fort Drum Crystal Mine Fossil News Fossilien Galerie Fossils-Meteorites...Minerals Gathering of Gallery Spirits Gem Center USA Gem Guides Book Company Gem Montana Gem Trader Gemas...Minerals Hilary Silver and Gold Jewelry Himalaya Quartz Himes, Leonard Hlava, Paul Hopkins Opals House |  | | Journal (issue) | | ...............................810 TOPABRI GoLD MINE OF G EORGIA ......................................¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡81 / NORTH JERSEY MINERALOGISTS' FIELD TRIP. By K. B. Ka111h...............................828 v. SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAIR GEM AND MINERAL EXHIBIT ....................and Minerals Association , no ⢠ROCKS AND MINE CHIPS FROM rfHE QUARRY PALACHE'S FAMOUS REPORT...minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, N. J., by Charles Palache. 1935 (1948). vi, 135 |  | | Report (volume) | | .......................................... North Carolina sapphires^......... ..........._.................... North Carolina..... .... ........................... ................. Macon County .............,.._, Sheffield mine .......... .......... .1...................... Clay County.. ........................................ Buck Creek or Cullakeenee mine.......................... Blue Ridge corundum tracts...tracts...................... ......... Jackson County ................ .............................. |
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