 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS By P H I L I P M O R R I L L East D e r r y , N . H . 0 3 0 4 1 (PART INTRODUCTION...mines in Virginia, north of the James River, with the ex ceptions as follows: Albemarle County was very...northern Virginia. Maps used were the U.S.G.S. Topo graphical Sheets. Also used were the county road maps...of H i g h w a y s Richmond, Virginia The price is 2 0 cents per county. Other states could well follow...very high grade iron. Credit should be given the Virginia Department of Mineral Resources in Charlottesville |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCAL INDEX Although perhaps best known for its turquoise crystals, apophyllite on...kyanite, Virginia has, in fact, over 150 mineral species. and D. A L L E N P E N I C K , JR. Virginia Division...Mineral Resources P. O. Box 3667 Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 T H I S V I R G I N I A M I N E R A L L...world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...source of information in this Virginia index was Minerals of Virginia (1970) by R . V . Dietrich. A l |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Chamberlain Creek Barite Deposit in Hot Springs County. The deposit lies between the Stanley Shale and...associated with quartz, calcite and barite. In Garland County, Dr. Brophy found miserite (natroxonothlite) at...lavender masses in white wallastonite. The Jeffrey Quarry in North Little Rock yielded rectorite, an orange...of Roslindale reports that the old Bolton Lime Quarry at Bolton is producing scapolite crystals W square... NORTH CAROLINA-From an old mine in Montgomery County Mrs. Mary G. Poole sent in a small crystal fragment |  | | Journal (issue) | | February 1987 No.1 VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX D. Allen Penick, Jr. This Virginia mineral locality...world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...source of information in this Virginia index was Minerals of Virginia (1970) by R. V. Dietrich. Although...of the index. Some of the famous localities in Virginia, such Updated from Rocks and Minerals, Vol. 60...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | examples of what we think are bryozoan colonies. VIRGINIA—Several small pieces of massive pyrite were sent...share your find. The following report from Mr. William S. Cordua of Hyattsville, Maryland, concerning...concerning a good collecting locality near Gainesville, Virginia, illustrates the value of an informative, comprehensive...comprehensive account. The Gainesville Quarry, a short distance south of Gainesville, Virginia, on Rt. 29-211 is...currently abandoned. This opening in the famous Virginia Triassic diabase is easily accessible to the rockhound |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | localities as Paterson, New Jersey, or Centreville, Virginia. Recently, however, extraordinarily fine prehnite...80 in Passaic County, New Jersey. It also occurs in the Roncari quarry, Hartford County, and at Cheshire...Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, and in the Hampden quarry, Hampden County, Massachusetts. It has...respectively, and at the Cornwall iron mine, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. It has been found in individual...in the Rockville Crushed Stone Company quarry, Montgomery County, Maryland. Small prehnite crystals to |  | | Report (issue) | | Anne Arundel County 43 Baltimore County 45 Howard County - Montgomery County 88 Prince Georges County...County Virginia 74 . 120 129 Arlington County 129 Fairfax County 131 Fauquier County 139 Loudoun...Loudoun County 143 Prince William County 149 Diabase quarries of northern Virginia 155 CAPTIONS...forming a ridge north of Route 7 near Dranesville, Virginia. Figure 7. Locations of mineral deposits in...iron mines in the Coastal Plain of Anne Arundel, Prince George's/and Baltimore Counties, Maryland (Sterrett |  | | Report (issue) | | the cover—Turquois crystals from Lynch Station, Virginia; x ca.; pho tograph by Neal Ycdlin; color plates...C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...of Virginia R. V. DIETRICH* Professor of Geology and Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic...Polytechnic Institute Research Division Bulletin 47 Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va. 24061 *... © R. V. Dietrich and the Research Division of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1970 Printed and bound |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | purple, and grey. These géodes are found in Pike County, Ala., which is about 50 miles north of Montgomery...Montgomery. I have found them scattered all over the county, but they are especially abundant just south of...made several trips to Magnet Cove (Hot Springs County) which is about 15 miles east of Hot Springs on...barite pits."—letter dated Aug. 14, 1956, from William Dillon, 212 North St., McDonald, Penn. Thirteen...is characteristic of of idocrase at the Gillette Quarry in Had- the mineral. I believe this to be one of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | polished tumbled agate, jasper, etc., postpaid in USA for only $5.00. George W. Owens, 150 III. Dr., Jacksonville...Richey, Florida. CHOICE BARITE ROSES-From Cleveland County, Oklahoma. 2-inch size 75i postpaid. W.L. Hiss... ASTERIATED ROSE QUARTZ ( G e o r g i a ) - $ 2 . 5 0 Virginia MINERALS POLISHED AND BAROQUE DOMESTIC OF...crystal 250 coin. Geo. Brown, Box 535, Gainesville, G a . FIRE AGATE ROUGH—$5.00 lb. includes postage...CHOICE FLUORESCENT TUNGSTEN ORE-Scheelite from Inyo County, California, hand-picked for brilliance. add 4 |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...issue, p. 167.) The specimen measures 5 by 7 cm. William Larson collection; photo © Harold and Erica Van...calcite, apatite, feldspar and acicular actinolite (byssolite) which he called “asbestos.” The small epidote...chunks of matrix and the join hidden by tufts of byssolite. A great many of these fakes are known in museums...Knappenwand epidote, 4 x 4 cm, from the collection of William Larson. Photo by Harold and Erica Van Pelt. Figure |  | | Report (edition) | | “old” Lime Bluff quarry, Muncy; right fibrous : tremolite, C. K. Williams quarry, Easton: bottom: calcite...oriented coatings of goethite, “old” Lime Bluff quarry, Muncy, (courtesy of Delbert L. Oswald) ADDITIONAL...edition of Mineral Collecting Cedar Hill in quarry where Dave had done IV much of his work PREFACE...permission from the owners of the land, from the quarry or mine operators before entering to collect. (Land...particular site, remember it is possible to visit the county courthouse in which the site is located, and trace |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | kyanite, aurichalcite, mica xl groups, plattnerite, byssolite, zincite, pyrophyllite, samarskite. Laguna agate... Mineral Round UNAKITE from Rose River, Virginia—$1.25 good cutting material. Drusy quartz...plus tax a n d postage. Geo. Brown, Box 5 3 5 , Gainesville, G a . PHANTOM CALCITE CRYSTALS Top g r a...refunded. California residents add 4 % for state and county tax. ALL ITEMS POSTPAID TO YOU. The Tucker's, Dept...MONTHLY—Magazine of science, mineralogy, philosophy. Editor, William C. Casperson, formerly curator of Paterson Museum |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | h i n g t o n , N. Y . W I L L TRADE—San Diego County minerals for good crystallized specimens from other... W Y O M I N G AGATES, 10 sq. ins. $ 4 . 0 0 . County location and name on each slice. Please include...corundum crystal 25c coin. Geo. Brown, Box 5 3 5 , Gainesville, Ga. V A N A D I N I T E , AVOGADRITE, K U T...wavellite, peachbloom clinozoisite, coccolite, byssolite, green garnets in diopside crystals, aegerite...(Massive) — V i o l a r i t e , coccolite, barthite, byssolite, wavellite, aegirite, ruby sphalerite, c i n n |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | W Y O M I N G AGATES, 10 sq. ins. $ 4 . 0 0 . County location and name on each slice. Please include...Anaconda, Montana. FOR SALE — Cabochon quality Virginia j g a t i z e d wood. 3 0 c lb. or $ 2 5 per 100...pyrite octahedrons and massive, some w i t h byssolite, some w i t h malachite, 50c t o $ 2 . 0 0 , depending...ASTERIATED ROSE Q U A R T Z (Georgia) — $ 2 . 5 0 lb., Virginia unakite $ 1 . 2 5 lb., Georgia banded travertine...crystal 2 5 c coin. Geo. B r o w n , Box 5 3 5 , Gainesville, Ga. M I N E R A L SPECIMENS A N D GEM MATERIAL |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ASTERIATED ROSE Q U A R T Z (Georgia) — $ 2 . 5 0 lb., Virginia unakite $ 1 . 2 5 lb., Georgia banded travertine...corundum crystal 25c coin. Geo. Brown, Box 5 3 5 , Gainesville, Ga. WHOLESALE O N L Y , M I N I M U M ORDER...T U N G S T E N O R E — Scheelite f r o m Inyo County, California, hand-picked for brilliance. 2 " x...1 . 0 0 ; quartz crystals w i t h inclusions, byssolite, 6 for $ 1 . 0 0 , golden labradorite, % inch...SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, SEPT. 12 & 13, 1959 at the WILLIAM LEMMEL JR. HIGH SCHOOL, BALTIMORE, MD. Featuring |  | | Book | | CHAPTER 4 Maryland ... 3 CHAPTER 5 Virginia 4 1 CHAPTER 6 West Virginia 5 CHAPTER 7 Kentucky 6 CHAPTER...Virginia's noted Rutherford Mine. Photograph by Dr. Virginia Lee Blackford. ical pearls in delicate pastel...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and...the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine garnets, glowing...green gem spodumene, was discovered in Alexander County, North Carolina, in 1880 and named for one of its |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 000 to 60,000,000 years old (from four states - Virginia, Florida, California and Maryland) in attractive...plus bonus of genuine staurolite crystal from Virginia. $2.00 postpaid, while they last. Frank Eastham...crystal 2 5 c coin. Geo. Brown, Box 5 3 5 , Gainesville, Ga. Downloaded by [University of Florida] at... 0 0 ; 4 quartz xls w i t h i n c l u sions, byssolite $ 1 . 0 0 ; 3 elrathia k i n g i trilobites $...Oklahoma. REDUCED PRICE — On "Prospecting in Orange County N e w Y o r k " , only 50(£ by mail. Trader Ed |  | | Journal (issue) | | Fluorite Crystals with Galena Crystals, Socorro County, N. Mex. A very fine selection in stock. Crystals.................... MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY..................................................7-3185) ROCKS AND MINERALS 401 9 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY 15th Eastern Federation Gem & Mineral Show New...Compass, Inc., P.O. Box 13128, University Sta., Gainesville, Fla. Its caption reads: Suwannee River Agatized...(chalcedony pseudomorph after coral) from Hamilton County, Florida, near the famous Suwannee River. This |  | | Report (volume) | | assachusetts, Connecticut, New jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia , Maryland , North Carolina, and other Eastern...Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland , North Carolina, and South Carolina...appropriate, the applicable early Mesozoic basin, State, county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle covered...the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle may appear for an entry. A State...C.-S.C.) Deep River (N.C.) Durham (N.C.) Davie County (N.C.) Dan River and Danville (N.C.-Va.) Scottsburg |  | | Journal (issue) | | for September-October, 1948 , CHIPS FROM THE..QUARRY .................................................By Helen Kennedy ............808 "JACK.HAMMER VIRGINIA". By T . Orchard Lisla .....................................................828 v. SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAIR GEM AND MINERAL EXHIBIT ....................Association , no • ROCKS AND MINE CHIPS FROM rfHE QUARRY PALACHE'S FAMOUS REPORT AGAIN AVAILABLE One of...minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, N. J., by Charles Palache. 1935 (1948). vi, 135 |  | | Book (edition) | | from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...Laberge, Dr.J. H. Langenh~im, Haydon E. Lanois, William F. Larson, Stan Leaming, Bruce R. Lee, G. E. Leech...Grant G. Waite, Herbert Walters, J. L. Weiland, William R. West, John S. White, Jr., F. J. Wieczorek, David...opal sources 28. Morefield pegmatite, Amelia, Virginia Xlll 3 5 5 6 11 12 13 19 20 21 22 23 25 37 38...of tourmaline crystal forms 38. Map of San Diego County, California gem sources 3 9. Stewart Lithia· and |  | | Book | | Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Appendixes 615...listed by county and community, range and distance. Whenever the collector crosses a county line, he will...of the county he is entering posted alongside the highway. By looking up the state and county, the user...guide can determine the collecting sites in that county by range and distance from the major cities and...information to reach a specific spot within a particular county. Many old localities listed here have, literally |
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