 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | treasures showcased are a Cartier diamond necklace from 1930; an emerald and diamond necklace and earrings from...emerald-cut diamond ring; and a 10-carat Brazilian ParaÃba tourmaline in a platinum and diamond ring. Museum...edu/museum/minsymp/ home.html. An emerald and diamond necklace and earrings in platinum and gold, Tiffany... Hardin County, Illinois. BOUND FOR BRAZIL The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is planning...recovered in 2003 from an emerald mine in Alexander County, North Carolina. It was on display at the |  | | Book (edition) | | 11, Illinois Copyright 1951 by Science and Mechanics Publishing Chicago Company 11, Illinois ALL...10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4. Fluorite 9. 5. Apatite B). interesting to note that diamond, It...OF PROMINENT MINERALS BERYL CHIASTOLITE a\ DIAMOND CRYSTALS DIOPSIDE EMERALD KYANITE LAZULITE...resinous, pearly, greasy, silky or, as in the diamond, adamantine (hard and brilliant). The and ability...according to their chemical elements such as diamond (carbon), oxides such as corundum (aluminum oxide) |  | | Report (volume) | | stone has only one or two of these qualities. The diamond, emerald, ruby, and sapphire are considered precious...blue, rose, green, and true canary yellow in the diamond; pigeon-blood red in the ruby; cornflower blue...establishing the price of a gem stone. Such gems as the diamond and ruby are rare, in addition to being beautiful...7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each mineral indicate only...hardness, not actual values. For example, the diamond, rated as 10, is many times harder than corundum |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in any other state, and includei the following: Diamond Spodumene Hiddenite Kunzite Corundum Ruby Sapphire...westernPiedmont section of the state, and in Franklin County on the eastern edge of the Piedmont. They have...localities. Three diamonds have been found in Burke County, two of which were from near the "Ford of Brindletown...third diamond cut a gem 5/16 carat in weight, but its exact locality is unknown. This diamond is now...now in the State Museum. The Cleveland County diamond was found in 1893 near Kings Mountain, the crystal |  | | Report (volume) | | meridian of 76° 30', from Tompkins County, New York, to Bradford County, Pennsylvania, by Henry S. "Williams...cents. 16. On the Higher Devonian Faunas of Ontario County, New York, by John M. Clarke. 1885. 8°. 86 pp....57 pi. Price 25 cents. 38. Peridotite of Elliott County, Kentucky, by J. S. Diller. 1887. 8°. 31 pp. 1...Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois, by George Frederick \Vright, with an introduction.........__..__................................. Diamond ............__..................._........__.. |  | | Book | | in. ) high from Tourmaline Queen Mine, San Diego County, Pala, California. Back Cover: Azurite and Malachite...have the same chemical composition. For example, diamond and graphite are both composed of carbon; calcite...n1ineral refer to pages. NATIVE ELEMENTS 24-42 Diamond (see gems also) C 24-25 Gold Au 26-35 Copper Cu...Al)O 10(F,OH)2 201 23 ~ 25-Carat Octahedral Diamond Crystal in Kimber lite Premier Mine, Kimberley... ~ 29 Native Gold Sheet on Quartz El Dorado County; California 30 5 cm (2 In.) high Native Gold |  | | Report (issue) | | . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ...... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 9 ALLEGHANI COUNTY 1± Manganese ....... f 11 Barite , 11 Copper . 11 ASHE COUNTY. . . . Copper...Staurolite AVERY COUNTY . . ......... 13 13 13 . 13 Iron and Epidote BUNCOMBE COUNTY Garnet ...........13 Moonstone and Associated Minerals 15 BURKE COUNTY 15 Corundijin 15 Itacolumite 15 Toiirmaline...Amethyst f . , 4 .18 CABARRUS COUNTY 18 Minerals of the Cabarms County Mines 18 CALDWELL COUNT! 18 Pyrite |  | | Book (edition) | | years a great ties and minerals in Iredell and Alexander, and and value T of the mineral lists for those...especial interest tion of the supposed diopside of Alexander, new variety of spodumene, and is is his... 9. Sulphur. 46. Gahnite. 91. Fibrolite. Diamond. 47. Magnetite. 10. 11. Graphite. Sulphide...ities and suggestions from Mrs. H, A. Burdick county, of Mr. J. of A. D. Stephenson of Statesville... have been found at the Reid Mine, in Cabarrus county, the Crump Mine and the Swift Island Mine, in Montgomery |  | | Book (edition) | | valuable of Catawba and Burke, of list we owe Alexander and elsewhere. quartzes, he has (juartz crystals...mineral localities and minerals in Iredell and Alexander, and much of counties And the interest and...Platinum. 9. Sulphur. 14. 4. Palladium. 10. Diamond. 15. Argentite. 5. Copper. 11. Graphite. ...Burdiek, Macon Prof. J. T. I From am of county, of Mr. J. A. D. Stevenson, of States- Humphreys...their size, Cabarrus county, the Montgomery with have been Crump Mine county, (at the lat- octahedral |  | | Report (issue) | | While panning for gold, you just might find a diamond North Carolina has the beautiful rhodolite garnet...beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these........................................... 12 Diamond .................................................Alamance County ........................................................... 24 24 Alexander County ......Alleghany County ....................................................... 25 Ashe County ......... | | | Report (issue) | | While panning for gold, you just might find a diamond North Carolina has the beautiful rhodolite garnet...beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these...History of Gem Mining 12 Important Gem Stones 12 Diamond 12 Corundum 13 Ruby •• 14 Sapphire 14 Beryl...COUNTIES Alamance County • .' 22 24 24 Alexander County 24 Alleghany County 25 Ashe County • 25 Avery...Avery County 25 Buncombe County 26 Burke County 26 Cabarrus County 27 Caldwell County 27 Caswell |  | | Journal (issue) | | awards, and future and past mineral symposia in the USA. The speaker program for the Tucson Symposium (Feb...for minerals and mineral lovers, for me, Greenlee County was the Holy Grail. A serendipitous visit to a...NM, as the Manager of Things for mindat.org. Alexander G. Schauss A visit to the American Museum of Natural... Bram Janse Geology of Diamond Mid-February Business meeting: No. 19: Diamond – The Ultimate Gemstone...Geology of Diamond The Early History of Ultimate the Himalaya Pegmatite Mine (V Parts) No. 19: Diamond – The |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. The more familiar and more highly regarded gems—emerald, diamond, sapphire...fragments were found at Mount Mica, Paris Hill, Oxford County, Maine, in 1820 among the roots of a fallen tree...discovery occurred at the Dunton mine, Newry, Oxford County, in 1972, consisting of a series of pockets that...tourmaline (elbaite) from the Himalaya mine, San Diego County, California. Tino Hammid photo. =VS\TL 1HU\HY`-LIY\HY`...variety emerald, from the Rist mine, Hiddenite, Alexander County, North Carolina; 12.7 cm high. Houston Museum |  | | Journal (issue) | | Uses. By Peter Zodac.................. 35 Herkimer County Quartz Crystals. By D. H. Newland..................... ·-······· 44 The Real Beauty of Herkimer County Quartz Crystals. By W. J. Hollister..............clear as to resemble water in color; also known as diamond when in addition to being limpid it has also the...vary in size from tiny to those of good size; diamond quartz universally is of small size. In the Middle...external husk of the real diamond; therefore the real gem was called the ripe diamond while rock crystal was |  | | Journal (issue) | | (Michael Finger) and LKA Emeralds from Hiddenite, Alexander County, NC to Go On Public Exhibit in New York City...Goldschmidtite -A New Mineral Discovered in a Diamond Henvig Peick.mans henvig.pelckmans@gmail.com Thanks...Nicole Meyer. a Ph.D. student at DERTS (= the Diamond Exploration and Research Training School at the...new mineral as an inclusion in a diamond fi-om South Afi-ica. The diamond in question had been found at...explorer with operations in Oaxaca. Mexico and evada, USA. In June, 2018. groundbreaking began at the surface/open |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA *Department of Earth and Space Sciences and Department...University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA (Received January 23, 1990; accepted in revised form...Idaho, Las Vegas, Mamaroneck, Moab, and Pulaski County are probably mislabelled Canyon Diablo specimens;...are also compositionally indistinguishable. Alexander County, AIIan Hills A77283, Ashfork, Fairfield, and...Cases in point are a new iron from Fairfield, Ohio, USA, which has a structure and composition similar to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | platinum, but he found something better. At Alexander County, a quiet part of North Carolina, many miles...Hidden's name, and hiddenite, the equivalent of the diamond in value, became instantly the fashion. Possessing...single tourmaline. The work done at the mine in Alexander County, has been more than repaid by the sale of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | classify the grassy-green specimen found in Alexander County thought to be a variety of beryl. Hidden was...described the new mineral as "ranking along with the diamond in hardness, and in intrinsic value, and being...site about five miles south of Taylorsville, Alexander County, today known as the thriving little town of...the year 1869 he discovered zircon in Henderson County, North Carolina. There the zircon was found in...Carolina. It was the year 1879 at Brindletown, Burke County. Here monazite was found in placer deposits of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pohwatp@si.edu Muscovite Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California R ocks are made up of minerals. Some...the littleknown locality of Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California. The specimen is 3 × 4 cm and was collected...parallel to {001}, are usually pseudohexagonal or diamond-shaped, can reach Volume 88, November/December...from the Strickland quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut. This is typical of the specimens...Santo Niño mine, Patagonia district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Barbara Muntyan specimen, Jeff Scovil |  | | Journal (issue) | | American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA. The suite comprises part of the Heber R. Bishop...from coloured diamonds. Keywords: colour origin, diamond imitation, polytype, Russia, spectroscopy, synthetic...colourless synthetic moissanite crystals used as diamond substitutes (Davis et al, 1989,1995; Nassau et...produced (Carter et ah, 1998). Most recently, diamond-coated moissanite was described (Nassau et ah,...aluminium nitride is also mentioned as a possible new diamond substitute (Hunter, 2000). Due to its gemmological |  | | Report (volume) | | Georgia..........Dr. S. W. McCallie, Atlanta. Illinois...........Mr. F. W. DeWolf, Urbana. Indiana.....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...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | California, Los Angeles, California 90095–1567, USA * Corresponding author. E-mail: jtwasson@ucla.edu...concentration. Meteorite Cr lg g Lexington 26 County Pan de 30 Azucar Black 22 Mountain New Leipzig...mean PCA 91003 29 Magura 23 Slaton (b) 34 Alexander 29 County Yuli, aka 44 Mulei Lueders 381 Soledade 21...CdC Patagonia MEV 32 CdC Santiago dEsq 28 Elmore County 18 Nova 022 40 Nova 023 40 Nova 025 30 Nova 026...(N4217), Magura (Magur), Duel Hill 1873 (DH73), Alexander County (AlxCy), Uruacu (Uru), QUE 99001 (QUE99), |  | | Book (edition) | | : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Diamond ............................................. _...the gem sapphires came from the mines in Fergus County, where they occur in a rock matrix. The majority...The development of the opal deposits of Humboldt County, Nev., was attended with much success, and o. quantity...previous years. Benutuul a.met-hyst was found m Wa1Ten County, N. C., and some .fine gems have been cut from...golden beryl were obtained from prospects in Alexander County, N. C. Beautiful gems were cut from some of |  | | Book | | Mineral Trails Lakes States Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, by June Culp Zeitner $5.95 Gem...new species of fossils have been collected in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. Dow Chemical has reported... Michigan and Huron virtually surrounding it. Illinois and Indiana are bordered in part by Lake Michigan...and the Keweenaw peninsula of Michigan. Southern Illinois, southern Indiana and southern Ohio have milder...through Itasca and St. Louis Counties into Lake County. Hibbing is about the center of this historic area |  | | Report (issue) | | CAROLINA. 13 Alexander County ...•••••.••.• Ashe County,* ... 0 o * * • o o Burke County* • * • . • ....• • • * • • Catawba County* • « . » * 0 Cleveland County. ••••••••• Gaston County . * • • 0 * •...* 0 Iredell County* • • * * . * Jackson County. * * * . ***** • * * * Lincoln County* •**..**«***.... Macon County* *****.*****• • Mitchell County ********* ***** Rutherford County . .**«*»***** • * ...16 .16 . . • .17 Swain County* * ********* • * • • . » * * Transylvania County * * * * ********** • •••••• |
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