 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AN OVERVIEW Rhode Island MINERALS & COLLECTORS F. WILLIAM MILLER Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford...A L SPECIES and many varieties occur within Rhode Island. Part of this abundance is attributable to the...Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport...Newport County. The greatest number of species and varieties appear in the Northern Zone. Miller attributes |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NORTHEASTERN RHODE ISLAND 286 ROCKS AND M I N E R A L S The adjacent towns of Cumberland and Lincoln in northeastern...northeastern Rhode Island offer col lecting in several localities, including the Conklin Limestone quarry, the...the Old Dexter quarry, Diamond Hill, the Route 114 road cut, and the Iron Hill mine. T H E T O W N S H...U M B E R L A N D at the northeast corner of Rhode Island is not so famous mineralogically as Cumberland...there is enough interest ing in this town and in Lincoln—the adjacent town to the south—to warrant a field |  | | Book | | 1 " VE M NlN[W �IUWPS�l- ( MASSACHUSETTS RHODE ISLAND 1 #'vp ,#,V,4 I' vr Go � - PRICE $2...Sloan Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island PERHAM'S MAINE MINERAL S'toRE INC. JUNCTION...Talc Mine Saxtons River, Vermont Davis Soapstone Quarry South Newfane, Vermont Adams Hill Site NEW HAMPSHIRE... Massachusetts Pfitzer Quarry Ashland, Massachusetts Bayer - Mingolla Quarry Blandford, Massachusetts...Goldmine Brook Site Bolton, Massachusetts Bolton Lime Quarry Granby, Massachusetts Granby Dinosaur Museum |  | | Book (volume) | | A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises...overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the entire state are all undisturbed sedimentaries:...borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming line is good rock hunting country, especially along the southern slopes...of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive rock beds east of the Orella railroad sta. ranks among... The Sandhills Museum in town is well worth the rock hunter’s visit. Draws, cuts and breaks in the hills |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Postcard view of the Waukon iron mine, Allamakee County, cia. 1912. John Taylor collection. ARTHUR E ...limestone quarries, gravel pits, strip mines. and rock outcrops are scattered throughout the state and...Unfortunately. with today’s environmental laws and mine and quarry regulations. the prolific collecting of the 1950s...Iowa Geological Survey. Localities by County Allamakee County Lansing, Lansing lead mines = Captain...Ludvigson, and Ripley 1987). Postville, Postville quarry, 1.5 mi. N of Postville on State 51, sec. 16, T |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...Alleghany County. Howard Freeland specimen and photo. Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch...Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed to collectors. However, landowners...currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarry—Alberene amphiboie asbestos, apatite...goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite Esmont slate quarry—Esmont dolomite, limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite |  | | Journal (issue) | | world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite, apatite...goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite Esmont slate quarry-Esmont dolomite. limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite...crystals, muscovite crystals, tourmaline AMHERST COUNTY Crystals of goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | opencut .......................................... Rock from Alderman mine, Browns Canyon, Colorado ......secondpaper publishedin 1963, Hewett, Fleischer, and Conklin, using many spectrographicanalyses of the oxidesfound...hollandite,cryptomelane,coronadite,and lesscommonly,pyrolusite and ramsdellite,as well as a distinctivegroup...middle Tertiary age; (5) persistent alterationof the lime-sodafeldsparsin the hostrocksto a K-feldspar (adu-...The three specimensof black calcite veins in Juab County, Utah, were collectedby R. K. Hose of the U.S. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the uppermostparts, by psilomelane,cryptomelane,pyrolusite,corohaditc, etc. (mainly Mn4+) in which psilomelaneis...carbonates(rhodochrosite), or higher oxides (pyrolusite, cryptomelane,manganite, psilomelaneetc.), the...prototesandore deposits, is basedonlyon metamor- and Conklin(1963) and Hewett (1964) havegiven phosedequivalents...Hewett and Fleischer,1960; Larson, Fleischer and Conklin(1963) andHewett (1964), 1964; Prinz, 1967). At...COMPOSITION OF THE IMPORTANTMANGANESE MINERALS. PYROLUSITE -- Mn02 RAMSDELLITE -- MnO2 CRYPTOMELANE |  | | Journal (issue) | | specimen from the Spanish Dry Diggings, Eldorado County, California, and a little of its history ........................................ 325 by L. H. Conklin T1 mM!NERA!. =!CAL RECORD The Newmont Azurite:................................... 333 by L. H. Conklin Postscript: Hessonite with apatite, Mount Avie..................... 248 Obituary: Lawrence H. Conklin (by W E. Wilson) What's New in Minerals Tucson...the Editors Died, Lawrence H. Conklin, 82 Lawrence Henry "Larry" Conklin, Jr., well-known New York mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OXIDES' FLEISCHER, No. 1 SUPPLEMENT AND NANCY CONKLIN CONTENTS PAGE Abstract ........................Geological Survey. 2 HE•"ETT, FLEISCHER, .lIND CONKLIN about 150 partial chemicalanalyses. The conclusionsof...arcingand to bring 4: HEI/VETT, FLEISCHER, AND CONKLIN their compositionnearer to that of the matrix...neededto throw light on the problemsinvolved. As most rock units whose chemicalandphysicalpropertiesare pertinentto...confusion in manygeologicproblemsbecause the samplesof rock selected to yield pertinentevidencewere carelessly |  | | Journal (issue) | | severalof the Arkansas antimonymines in Sevier County,Arkansas (Smithand Staszak, 1996).This districtis...information on this page: LR Ream Publishing Hydraulic Rock Trimmer Wydar has perfectedthe art of hydraulic...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com...Fresnoite find at the Junnila Mine, San Benito County, California Scott Kleine 3895 Lisa CT, Apt C Reno...on the Junnila Property, located in San Benito County, California. This mine was formerly known to have |  | | Report (issue) | | Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico--------------------------------Luis Lopez district, Socorro County, New Me...Riverside County, California ------ -----------------------Aguila district, Maricopa County, Arizona -Conclusions...noteworthy amounts of silver (Hewett, Fleischer, and Conklin, 1963; Hewett, 1964). In the United States, mo...rhodochrosite in a wide zone in which the country rock was altered to chalcedony, clay, and adularia. Sparse...0003 .7 .0007 Manganese Valley 207 64M-2006 Pyrolusite Unknown 0.1 .5 .03 .005 .07 .03 0.5 .15 (I |  | | Book | | Jay in this of popular the Ellis Ransom, Rock-huntefs Range Guide, tells everything you need...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...as well as a dis- cussion of the basic kinds of rock: igneous, sedimentary, Once and metamorphic. ...by Jay FOSSILS IN Ellis Ransom AMERICA THE ROCK-HUNTER'S RANGE GUIDE ARIZONA GEM TRAILS PETRIFIED...or silver; an angry mule skinner reaching for a rock to throw at an obstreperous mule, only to discover |  | | Journal (issue) | | ............. 554 MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................505 511 514 532 533 551 551 553 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY GEOLOGIC HAZARDS COMMITTEES NAMED Clarence Allen...and August 1st, 1965, in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., to swap or dig your own tourmaline plus...Annual Rock Swap at Jo Scholl's Place, North Gorham, Maine. July 26-31, 1965 — Charlotte Rock and Min...sponsor the 25th Annual Convention and Silver Jubilee Rock and Gem Festival of the Midwest Federation of Mineralogical |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ABSTRACT Ramsdellite is an orthorhombic dimorph of pyrolusite; the composition is close to Mnoz with no certain...deviation from that composition. rt inverts to pyrolusite at about 300'; the inversion is presumed to be...chemicalanalyseshad been made, the inversion to pyrolusite had been noted, and a preliminary determination...showed that the sample contained considerable pyrolusite. 2. Locality unknown, Ramsdell's type specimen;...1942; X-ray study showed a very small amount of pyrolusite' 3. From Lake Valley, Bystrdm (1949). 4-6. Three |  | | Journal (issue) | | Schacht (who was bom Horace Greele} Schacht in the USA), President of the German Reichsbank. In du< course...minerals are leached from the surrounding country rock during metamorphism. Ramsay and Huber (1983) suggest...such as pegmatite veins or cavities in sedimentary rock. The localities for faden quartz are numerous, and...repeated cracking and healing of grains in the country rock, which are broken and exposed when the fissure grad...the stretched crystal fiber hy pothesis, when the rock first fractures, crystal grains are broken, and |  | | Report (issue) | | ^ Anne Arundel County 43 Baltimore County 45 Howard County - Montgomery County 88 Prince Georges...Georges County Virginia 74 . 120 129 Arlington County 129 Fairfax County 131 Fauquier County 139...139 Loudoun County 143 Prince William County 149 Diabase quarries of northern Virginia 155 CAPTIONS...mines in the Soldiers Delight region, Baltimore County, Maryland. Adapted from Pearre and Heyl , 19.60...barrens of the Soldiers Delight region, Baltimore County, Maryland. Figure 11. Water-filled adit of the |  | | Book | | ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALASKA Famous mineral localities: Prince of Wales Island, Alaska (by P. B. Leavens & R. W. Thomssen) 8:4-12...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain Joe Polityka Staten Island, NY Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Pierre-Nicolas...Garvin & G. Tribbey The minerals of the Hunting Hill quarry, Rockville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Sporadically, lomonosovite, manaksite and natrolite become rock-forming Some Petrological Terms (from JACKSON,...this condition. Alkaline rock: As defined by Shand in 1922, any igneous rock in which the molecular ratio |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 360-371 HypogeneVeins of Gibbsire,Pyrolusite,and Lithiophorite in Nye County, Nevada D. F. HEWETT, H•.NR¾...veins explored for manganeseoxides in eastern Nye County, Nevada. The principal minerals that make up the...the veins are gibbsite, lithiophorite, pyrolusite, and goethite, minor accessoryminerals,barite, alunite...Introduction IN the processof geologicmappingin Nye County, Nevada, and examinationof mineral depositsduring...the area. 36O HYPOGENE VEINS OF GIBBSITE, PYROLUSITE, TABLE Semiquantitative Spectrographic indicates |  | | Report (issue) | | Nye County, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1287 Huebnerite Veins near Round Mountain...Mountain, Nye County, Nevada By DANIEL R. SHAWE, EUGENE E. FOORD, and NANCY M. CONKLIN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY... 1925Huebnerite veins near Round Mountain, Nye County, Nevada. (Geological Survey Professional Paper...Huebnerite. 2. Mineralogy Nevada Nye County. I. Foord, Eugene E. II. Conklin, Nancy M. III. Title. IV. QE391...MOUNTAIN, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA By DANIEL R. SHAWE, EUGENE E. FOORD, and NANCY M. CONKLIN ABSTRACT Small |  | | Journal (issue) | | 307 by ]. P. Cassedanne Mineralogy of the Kalkar quarry, Santa Cruz, California..........................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...across the U.S. and visit dozens upon dozens of “rock shops.” There seem to be fewer now. And what about...such as Lapidary Journal Gems and Minerals, and Rock and Gem. For the last decade their readership has...peak circulation 38,300 in 1977; 20,600 in 1985. Rock & Gem peak circula tion 96,200 in 1976; 54,400 |
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