 | | Book (edition) | | gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper...the general arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized...SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE |  | | Report (volume) | | 'THE GEOLOGICAL vt- ,(231 > ' " ^THE MINERALS CAROLINA''" i '- OF, - :l|^fe^H - GOTEENMENT LIBRARY... W. Powell, director | | The | minerals of North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Geiitk | [Vignette]...J. W. Powell, director | | The | mineralsof North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Genth | [Vignette]...W. Powell, director | | The | :aainerals of North Carolina | by | FrederickAugustusGenth j [Vignette]...separately. Price $2.50. XVI. The Paleozoic Fishes of North America, by John Strong Newberry. 1889. 4°. 340 |  | | Report (issue) | | THE GEOCHEMISTRY AND ORIGIN OF PEGMATITES CHEROKEE-PICKENS DISTRICT, GEORGIA Alexander J. Gunow and Gregory...Toonlgh Creek, Cherokee County. THE GEOCHEMISTRY AND ORIGIN OF PEGMATITES CHEROKEE-PICKENS DISTRICT......... ... . .... . . ................ 6 Great Smoky Group .................................... .. ....for muscovite samples from pegmatites within the Cherokee-Pickens district ... . 0 ••• 0 • 0 ••• ••...values in ppm) for pegmatitic muscovite from the Cherokee-Pickens district, in comparison with muscovite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ALABAMA—Cherokee County is' in northeastern Alabama. In the central part of Cherokee County is the little...a 10-yr. old subscriber, Buddy Stewart. "Cherokee County has a wide variety of minerals ranging from...found are bauxite, coal, mica, quartz. Limestone also occurs. Cherokee County is full of minerals, so Buddy...around Rock Run, in the southeastern part of the county, and was mined extensively in recent years. The...Rock Run. "Quartz, mica, iron ore, coal and limestone are found all over Cherokee County. "Lots of Indian |  | | Report (issue) | | NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION WILLIAM DIVISION JASPER P. OF L. SAUNDERS, MINERAL...RESOURCES GEOLOGIST Circular 16 LOCALITIES NORTH OF CAROLINA BY JAMES F. CONLEY Doc NC DENR LIBRARY...... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MINERAL COLLECTING IN NORTH CAROLINA , . . . . # . WHERE TO COLLECT f ... f ......THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY COUNTIES . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ......... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 7 Emerald, Hiddenite and Associated Minerals |  | | Report (issue) | | "'< Sheet Mica from the Early-Vaughn mine, Lamar County. J '\ LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL DEPARTMENT OF...Monroe Counties---,----------------------------Cherokee and Pickens Counties------------------------------------Lumpkin...Counties------------------------------------Rabun County ------------------------------------------------Hart...Monroe Counties------------------------------Upson County -----------------------------------------------T...-c-~---~----'-----:--.-'-~-,.,;_:_: -48 Lamar County ------------------------'-'-------------~'--.. |  | | Book (edition) | | Geology of North Carolina. QE 147 .A22 1866-1887 Pt.2 V.2 Chap.1 Digitized by the Internet Archive...org/details/mineralsminerall01 nort n o o / Geology of North Carolina. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It F. A. GENTH...brought to a Pi 7 ? f 3 : GEOLOGY OP NORTH CAROLINA. 2 many new and rare species. The Mica veins...great many very interesting and unique forms of quartz crystals and rutiles, and has added a great number...collection of quartzes, he has “ one group of 13 smoky crystals, having 52 moveable bubbles and 9 basal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | few rock crystals, also pale smoky crystals, from the Center, Cherokee County, Ala., locality and that they...Madison County. "Beryl: as light golden crystals, fractured but gemmy, from near Hissop, Coosa County." Arizona—A...Las Vegas, Nev., publicity director of the Clark County Gem Collectors, carried the following paragraph...locality is the south shore of Lake Mead, Mohave County, Ariz. Another letter from Mr. Drury contained...(petrified wood) are found 3 miles west of Piggott, Clay County, Ark. California—A new California mineral is perovskite |  | | Book | | CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________............._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T...g e s w h i c h c r e s t a t M t . N o r t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because...n d m 1799 i n Cabarrus C o u n t y, N o r t h Carolina, b y a s m a l l b o y w a l k i n g along a m...r t a n b u r g , U n i o n , Oconee Georgia: Cherokee, Dawson, L u m p k i n , M c D u ff i e , G i |  | | Book (edition) | | LOCALITIES NORTH CAROLINA, BEING CHAPTER I, OP THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. Reprinted...OF E. M. UZZELL RALEIGH, N. C. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CHROLINS. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It has F...data have been embodied. Sev- GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 4 eral causes have been operative in giving...his extraordinary collection of "one group of 13 smoky crystals, moveable bubbles and 9 basal planes...matter of commercial interest. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 6 Dr. C. L. Hunter has also kindly furnished |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | are simple pegmatites contain ing only feldspar, quartz, and mica. Georgia pegmatites are generally poor...were found to be rich in aquamarine, rose quartz, smoky quartz, and schorl. GEM MATERIALS APATITE: Apatite...Morgan County. Pink corundum in smaragdite is found near the Hogg Creek corundum mine in Towns County. On...Gainesville. Typically, diamonds found in Hall County weighed from 2 to 6 carats; a few were of larger...pinkish red garnet from near Covington in Newton County. Perhaps the best known garnet location is on a |  | | Report (issue) | | .'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...THULITE AND PYRITE MONAZITE EMERALD CUPRITE SMOKY QUARTZ ZIRCON TORBERNITE ~/ UBRAR'l USE ONLV ...Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North CarOlina Department of Natural Resources and Community...for the general welfare of the citizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts a number of basic and | | | Report (issue) | | Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist i ...FRONT COVER PHOTO Twinned emerald crystal from North Carolina, photo from Smithsonian Institution (slide...viable mineral collecting sites through out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during |  | | Report (volume) | | the ruby, sapphire, spinel, emerald, rutile, and quartz of gem quality have been synthesized. The best...Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each...of silica (quartz, 7 on Moh's scale) particles, a gem stone should be harder than quartz. Some minerals...react to heat are: violet quartz (amethyst) changing to orange brown, smoky quartz to yellow, pale-green...sapphire, star sapphire, star ruby, rutile, and quartz are gem stones that have been successfully synthesized |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Investigation of Gilley Fluorspar Deposits in Cherokee County, Alabama, by James F. O'Neill. It is interesting...Gadsden, 50 miles northeast of Birmingham, in Cherokee County, located in West 1/2, West V2 of Section 16...fluoresces blue (through the quartz) under the Mineralight; in addition the quartz crystal has a colorless...pegmatite district lies across the Park-Fremont County line in south-central Co'crado, a few miles northwest... N . J., donated to R & M two quartz specimens—groups of milky quartz and rock crystals—both coming from |  | | Report (issue) | | Descriptions of deposits. ________________________ Upson County ___ _ ________________________ Bell mine. ____...Continued Descriptions of deposits— Continued Upson County—Continued Blount No. 1 mine __ _____________ ——...Introduction: Field work and acknowledgments- ___ Cherokee and Pickens Counties __ _______________ General...Part 10. Outlying deposits in Georgia—Continued Cherokee and Pickens Counties—Continued Descriptions of...prospects.-_____________ Forsyth County.___________________________ Hall County------____-__--_-___-____________ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | central Cherokee County in N / E Alabama. ARKANSAS—From a gravel pit located about one mile north of Wynne...of sawing are present. Wynne, in southern Cross County, is in eastern Arkansas. Rome, Georgia Mineral...found in the sanbornite deposits of eastern Fresno County in central California. The four new minerals are:...occurs as tiny yellow grains—name is for Fresno County. Verplanckite (barium manganese silicate with chlorine)...(chalcedony pseudo-morph after coral) from Hamilton County, Florida near the famous Suwannee River. This coral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | December 2014 Wavellite Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas P hosphate minerals are a traditional...3-cm-tall wavellite from Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas; kevin Brown specimen, Joe Budd photo...Limestone Company quarry, Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania. The 2.8 × 2.7 × 1.5-cm specimen...Day Township, Saratoga County, New York; another at Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island; and one...one in Carroll County, New Hampshire. Several important wavellite occurrences are in Pennsylvania (Gordon |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | large variety of minerals and gemstones in North Carolina annually attracts thousands of collectors to...the world. Some Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina T H E C O L L E C T I N G L O C A L I T I E...McKenzie's publication Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina: Information Circular 24 (1978). For a more...locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can be ordered from the North Carolina Department...27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can |  | | Report (issue) | | COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK COVER...approx. 1.5x. Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right - Magnetite crystal face showing............................................. 153 Quartz ........................................................................................... 170 County Index ...........................................from Washington and Bleck ley counties to Irwin county. Some minerals described herein have never been |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of the New York Mineralogical Club, spoke to the North Jersey Mineralogical Society, Up 386 per Montdair...the Club Members of the Rock and Gem Society of North Jersey, Dover, heard an interesting talk by Dr....President of the Eastern Federation, was a guest of the North Shore Rock and Mineral Club, South Lynnfield. He...Montgomery County, brought his equipment and lapidary materials to a meeting of the Frederick County Rock and...Lapidary and Min eral Society of Prince George County, so they are preparing mineral identifica tion |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 29 January 2015 FRENCH CREEK IRON MINE, CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA M any minerals described in this...locality is the French Creek iron mine, Chester County, Pennsylvania, an occurrence worthy of consideration...example of chalcopyrite from French Creek, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The 10-cm-wide specimen has chalcopyrite...mines at Rossie, St. Lawrence County, at the Sterling mine, Jefferson County, and in very large crystals...crystals associated with brookite in quartz at Ellenville, Ulster County, New York. In Virginia, chalcopyrite |  | | Report (volume) | | Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G...... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston. South Dakota....See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton; |  | | Report (volume) | | ......... North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota............................................. South Carolina......................................:..........of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...1888. Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept, for 1892...Fair edition, 1904. Genth, F. A., Minerals of North Carolina: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 74, 1891. Shannon |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | xline—crystalline CALIFORNIA — From near Indian Pass, Imperial County, Calif, we have a deep blue dumortierite that was... This fine 3x5 inch specimen comes from Teller County, Colorado. ARIZONA — "Would you please identify...identify this specimen for me? I know it is quartz but what is the silvery particles? I have had it lying around...for 3 years believing it to be just a piece of quartz til the other day when I sawed off this piece sent...was found July 2, 1959, near Cave Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona." — sent in by Clyde N. Hall, Elbridge |
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