 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEMS OF GEORGIA FRANK MAYO 3340 Wood Valley Road Atlanta, Georgia 30327 A vast wealth of minerals and...diamonds in the first half of the 19th century, Georgia has had a fascinating gemstone heritage. Gem-bearing...are found in every geologic region. In northwest Georgia, ancient sedimentary rocks of Paleozoic age contain...ful chalcedony, jasper, and agatized coral. Most Georgia gemstones, however, are found in crystalline rocks...pegmatites contain ing only feldspar, quartz, and mica. Georgia pegmatites are generally poor in four |  | | Report (issue) | | Thomaston-Barnesville District, Georgia Part 10. Outlying Deposits in Georgia GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...Thomaston-Barnesville District, Georgia Part 10. Outlying Deposits in Georgia By E. WM. HEINRICH, MONTIS R...Descriptions of deposits. ________________________ Upson County ___ _ ________________________ Bell mine. _...Continued Descriptions of deposits— Continued Upson County—Continued Blount No. 1 mine __ _____________..._______________________ Part 10. Outlying deposits in Georgia-.- __ ___________ Abstract _______ _ ____ __ — |  | | Report (issue) | | GEORGIA STATE DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES. MINING AND GEOLOGY GARLAND PEYTON, Director...BULLETIN NUMBER 48 MICA-BEARING PEGMATITES OF GEORGIA By A. S. FURCRON Assistant State Geologist and..."'< Sheet Mica from the Early-Vaughn mine, Lamar County. J '\ LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL DEPARTMENT OF...herewith Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 48, "The Mica-Bearing Pegmatites of Georgia," by Dr....connection with the prosecution of the present war. Georgia is one of four or five states in the nation which |  | | 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... MINERALS OF GEORGIA: THEIR PROPERTIES AND OCCURRENCES by Robert B. Cook STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF............................................. 153 Quartz ........................................................................................... 170 County Index ........................................ |  | | Book (volume) | | Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States GEORGIA Georgia’s nearly 59,000 square miles makes it the...highest elevation in the state at 4,784 feet. 145 Georgia Beginning in the northwest, where the Lookout...mountains loom over rich agricultural valleys, Georgia easily divides into five major physiographic provinces...The first real Gold Rush in America occurred in Georgia following two simultaneous discoveries of Gold... some Ruby-red Corundum, Spodumene and Topaz. Georgia has been actively prospected for gold since colonial |  | | Report (issue) | | STATE GEORGIA DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY A. S. Furcron, Director...Bulletin Number 79 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GEORGIA GEOLOGY THROUGH 1959 by Howard Ross Cramer, Arthur...James George Lester Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia ATLANTA 1967 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Department...Governor of Georgia and Commissioner Ex-Officio State Division of Conservation Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Dear...and Geology entitled, "Annotated Bibliography of Georgia Geology Through 1959," by Drs. Howard R. Cramer |  | | Journal (issue) | | .............. 591 THE LEAD MINES OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MASS. By E. C. Foster ···-···594 ~NERAL COLLEC11NG...third class road ite which tho it looks similar to quartz bears right and runs northeast to an in- has a...the band was entirely clear but was some. what milky on the other side. The band or stripe was the only...ROCKS AND MINERALS THE LEAD MINES OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MASS. By EDWARD C. FOSTER Instructor of Science...Hampshire County are easily reached by car from Northampton, Massachusetts. Northampton, county seat of |  | | Book | | _ _ .... ____________________ ..... CHAPTER 11 Georgia 1 CHAPTER 12 Alabama 0 0 . . . . . . . . _...y ' s f i r s t g o l d r u s h a t Dahlonega, Georgia. S o m u c h gold w a s f o u n d b y eager prospectors...t a r t o f t h e C i v i l W a r . O t h e r Georgia counties a n d n e i g h b o r i n g s t a t e...f gold! Gold c a n s t i l l be f o u n d i n Georgia a n d i n t h e r i v e r s a n d streams o f i...e , S p a 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | ..........................................122 Georgia ...............................................................................458 Appendix B - Quartz Family Gemstones ................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...includes granites, schists (mica, garnet, graphite, quartz), and gneisses, as well as numerous granite pegmatites...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham |  | | Book (volume) | | ..........................................122 Georgia ...............................................................................460 Appendix B - Quartz Family Gemstones ................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...includes granites, schists (mica, garnet, graphite, quartz), and gneisses, as well as numerous granite pegmatites...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham |  | | Report (issue) | | Deposits in quartzose rocks _________________ Kyanite-quartz deposits . ._._ __ ____ _________________ Petrography...Sillimanite-quartz deposits _________________________________ Andalusite-pyrophyllite-quartz deposits ______...gneiss_________________ ______________ Deposits in quartz veins and pegmatites-_.-_____-_ _____ Residual...group minerals in micaceous schists and gneisses, quartz veins, and pegmatites Kyanite group minerals in...Graphitic schist Biotite-quartz syenite and aplite____ _ Pegmatites and quartz veins _______________ Diabase |  | | Book (volume) | | variety and wealth of locality information concerning quartz gemstones are recognized in a separate chapter...Illinois. Detailed information on the State of Georgia was supplied by Dr. A. S. Furcron, Chief Geologist...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...Rhodonite, Idocrase (Vesuvianite), The Garnet Group. Quartz FAMILY GEMSTONES RarRE AND UnusuaL GEMSTONES Chrysoberyl |  | | | | widespread misuse of mineral names such as diamond, quartz, and ruby for substances synthesized in a laboratory...clearly described as synthetic diamond, synthetic quartz, or synthetic ruby so there is no misunderstanding...(hardness 51%), glass (hardness 6), and a piece of quartz (hardness 7). Hand lens: A 10-power (10x) lens...chlorite, talc, clay, chrysotile, chrysocolla, quartz, lazurite are the examples included. Characteristics...drastically, for example, tourmaline, garnet, topaz, quartz. Streak: Colour of Powder Streak is the colour |  | | Book (volume) | | Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill O. Murphy...Geology, Missoula, MT; Carl Scott, Scott’s Red Rose Quartz, Custer, SD; Sharon Skalko, The Amber Co., North |  | | Book (edition) | | example of this is the mineral quartz, the most common mineral on Earth. Quartz, in the form we see as component...characteristic of quartz vibrates too rapidly to hold together in the pattern of the quartz structure. An...composition as quartz but a different structure that is stable at higher temperatures than the quartz structure...mountain ranges. Coarse tex- of potassium feldspar, quartz, plus parency) are extremely rare over about 10...art. command gem tle Home of like rare, quartz, some lit- biotite. Granodiorite— like diorite |  | | Report (volume) | | Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...Florida............Dr. E. H. Sellards, Tallahassee. Georgia..........Dr. S. W. McCallie, Atlanta. Illinois...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;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson |  | | Report (issue) | | Lake and Juliette mélanges in the Carolinas and Georgia, that border the Carolina terrane as defined by...complex of Penobscot Bay (Fig. 1). Zircons from quartz diorite interpreted as part of the Union complex...Juliette, where it is most convincingly documented in Georgia (Higgins and others, 1984, and this volume), occur...metamorphic belt. States: Ala = Alabama; Ga = Georgia; Ky = Kentucky; Md = Maryland; NC = North Carolina;...(1985), the Ashland Group of Hurst (1973), the New Georgia Group of Abrams and McConnell (1981), the Sandy |  | | Report (volume) | | ............................................. Georgia..................................................of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...Florida-______Dr. E. H. Sellards, Tallahassee. Georgia,_____Dr. S. W. McCallie, Atlanta. Idaho______.Mr...See Bauxite and Halloysite. 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; | | | Book (volume) | | Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, ID; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gen1 Center USA, El Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill 0. Murphy...Geology, Missoula, MT; Carl Scott, Scott's Red Rose Quartz, Custer, SD; Sharon Skalko, The Amber Co., North... 15 Figure 6. Dallas Gem Mine in San Benito County, CA........................................... |  | | Book | | But if antiquities, so an and scriptions quartz] “it of a to seems only two that be For...pearl, zircon, coral, soberyl, garnet, carnelian, quartz, and 10 as The shown gems on a emerald...Qift as as other mineral, one Ball. massive quartz vari- called limoniatis 4 Following his discussion...to smooth a the to case that it would be quartz that This that to more engraved noted the...includes much “one of the best and most length and quartz, Chapter 3. Magnus’ as The first minerals |  | | Report (volume) | | Bull. 1060-D, p. 193, 252-253, pl. 7. In Nemaha County, Kans., member is basal unit of Howard limestone...Aarde farm, sec. 4, T. 26 S., R. 11 E., Greenwood County. Aaron Slatet Precambrian or Paleozoic: Central...Pittsylvania and Halifax Counties, overlies Hyco quartz porphyry. Varies from nearly pure greenstone to...Central Railroad, sees. 5-7, T. 11 S., R. 5 E., Pope County. Named for Abbott Station. Abbyville Gabbrol Precambrian...map. Occurs in vicinity of Abbyville, Mecklenburg County. Abercrombie Formationl Middle Cambrian: Western |
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