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Moss Agate from
Gunnison River, Mesa County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:River
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Moss Agate
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Moss Agate data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gunnison River, Mesa County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:491437
Long-form Identifier:1:3:491437:2
GUID (UUID V4):b1787fa2-9602-4b4c-980e-970215f8335b
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Journal (issue)
of Missouri. THE Notes on EARTH SCIENCE Colorado Minerals by Victor Shaw FOREWORD On this brief...brief paper dealing with minerals of Colorado, it perhaps is not necessary to devote much space to detailing...a northeast and southwest direction in central Colorado. Also it seems advisable to mention here the well...collectors. ORE MINERALS Speaking generally Colorado is one of our most richly mineralized states,... smithsonite, and zincite. Added to the above Colorado produces many rare ores such as molybdenite, of
Book (volume)
SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas...Southwestern Quadrant Arizoni, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisicna, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas...Location Numbers Arizona Arkansas California Colorado 258 Louis B30 ana HOW TO USE THIS BOOK...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible...for the county in which it is located. This site number also appears under the given county in the text
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Gkologim-in-charge. CATALOGUE OF MINERALS FOUND IN COLORADO. BY • F. M. ENDLICH. [EXTRACTED FROM THE TENTH...been adopted. tar as practicable, analyses of Colorado minerals have been given. They will aid examination...of the catalogue. systematic enumeration of the Colorado mineral species and references to the publications...Endlich, S. IN COLORADO. X. D. The continuous development of mineral resources of Colorado is productive...Geological .Report for PS75. Now, the survey of Colorado is completed, many additions of species new to
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl ^"^ Agate ** Jade Amethyst nq -* % Gem Hunter's...their color, as in emeralds; their pattern, as in moss agate; or their play of eral color, as in opals.... such as agate and jasper, are described as cryptocrystal- line. For example, an agate nodule may...cat's- more but inexhaustibly various patterns of agate and jasper. So typical are their patterns that
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MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl *"» Agate ** Jade =p Amethyst ^ X ) y ' £f h % ^...Maryland; Professor Richard Pearl of Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Professor Jack Hanahan of Belmont...stones will remain." On my own table is a section of agate, cut and polished, its concentric rings of rose...their color, as in emeralds; their pattern, as in moss agate; or their play of color, as in opals. Fashion
Report (volume)
Minerals of Colorado: A 100- Year Record By EDWIN B. ECKEL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1 1 14 A...knowledge____________________________________ Future of Colorado mineralogy______________________________________...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado ________________________________ In pocket III...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado, has not been included in this reprint. Many of...especially Fischer and others, 1946). MINERALS OF COLORADO: A 100-YEAR RECORD By EDWIN B. EcKEL ABSTRACT
Journal (issue)
Norman Nevills' boats and the scene is the Colorado river near the Crossing of the Fathers. Taken at...hurtle to our earth from unknown area in Kiowa county, Kansas. outer space at thirty times the speed...Meteorites had always been interesting to in Kiowa county, and by securing newsme as scientific curiosities...of Dr. Nininger and a physics professor Comanche county, adjoining Kiowa counwith a surveyor's transit...time later became a member of the staff of the Colorado museum in Denver. The knowledge of meteorites
Journal (issue)
vacation season, Phoenix, Arizona. Oct. 1—Santa Cruz County Fair and Rodeo, Sonoita, Arizona. Oct. 1-7—Annual...association annual conference, Las Vegas. Oct. 5-8—Graham County Fair, Safford, Arizona. Oct. 6-8—Tri-State Fair...Cochise County Fair, Douglas, Arizona. Oct. 7-8—Mass field trip sponsored by the Clark County Gem Collectors...gathering, Roswell, New Mexico. Oct. 18-23—Pima County Fair, Tucson, Arizona. Oct. 19-21 — Grand Chapter...Machinery rolled in and a road was pushed along the mesa to camp and on up to some of the workings. A cook
Journal (issue)
in 1928. Flagstaff. Volume 16 May 31—Lincoln County Homecoming Day, Caliente, Nevada. COVER June—Continuance...in 1692. Santa Fe, New Mexico. June 18-20—Quay County Sheriff's Posse Rodeo, Tucumcari, New Mexico. June...Number 6 JUNE, 1953 21 June forecast for Colorado River Basin . 22 . . . . 23 Hard Rock Shorty...headed down the main street of this old Beaver County mining camp, it was not because I expected to...first year of its revived operation, the Beaver county lead producer functioned under the name of "Spanish
Journal (issue)
April 1-3—Rawhide Roundup, Mesa, Arizona. April 2-3—Twelfth annual Pinal county 4-H fair, Coolidge, Arizona...Tucson, Arizona. April 16-17—Third annual Yuma county junior agricultural fair, Yuma, Arizona. April...Santa Fe. DESERT TRAIL By N E L L MURBARGER Costa Mesa, California I've a rendezvous with a desert trail...light; My kettle will sing its tune . . . Partner of mesa and rimrock. Stranger to trouble and tears; With...California and from the Peninsular mountains to the Colorado river. Pumice, mined by the Indians as an abrasive
Journal (issue)
canyons and gashes of the Colorado plateaus, the Dolores flows quietly into the Colorado at this junction, one...beautiful spots along the great River of the West. Photo taken from Agate Hill. Rocks Where Rivers Meet...Weight followed a winding dirt road that led to Agate Hill in eastern Utah—and there found a precipitous...bright jasper. "It is from Agate Hill in eastern Utah, where the Colorado and Dolores rivers come together...his home in Grand Junction, Colorado, and planning possible field trips. Agate Hill sounded promising and
Journal (issue)
Vegas, Nev. May 18—Donkey Circus, Evergreen Park, Mesa, Arizona. May 18-19—Black and White Days, Richmond...Comment from Desert's Readers FORECAST Southwest river runoff predictions FICTION Hard Rock Shorty of Death...makes an excellent camping and picnicking place. Agate, chalcedony and crystal geodes can be collected...prospector. Wherever the prospector has used a pan on the mesa-like formations bordering the depressed basin, he...named, was one of the seekers. He appeared on the Colorado Desert, according to Ed Rochester, about 1916-17
Report (volume)
............................................. Colorado.................................................especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee,...minerals and rocks, their occurrence and uses: Colorado State Geol. Survey Bull. 6, 1913. 8 USEFUL...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;
Report (volume)
A. F. Rogers, Stanford University, Palo Alto. Colorado.........Prof. R. D. George, Boulder. Connecticut...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 (issue)
his books. His new travel guide to the Riverside County mountain areas covers the Desert Divide Country...maps for back country explorers of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts. Maps show highways, grave! roads, jeep...Soulder City, Nevaca, to Parker Dam to Victorville, Colorado Desert Overview covers from the Mexican border...Monument to Banning to the Arizona side of the Colorado. $3.00 each. Be certain to state which map (or...SHIPLEY'S MINERAL HOUSE On Hwy. 160 in southwest Colorado, 18 miles east of Durango or l>/ 2 miles west
Journal (issue)
APPLEBY FORECAST Southwest river runoff predictions NATURE The Upside Down Mojave River By EDMUND C. JAEGER...returned to the ranch And now the wash was a raging river was standing, but it would have been house, removed...the coastal town of El Rosario the road becomes a river of dry silt. Beyond El Rosario the Camino Real turns...Flow for Southwest Rivers... Generally favorable river runoff forecasts were made this month by the U....the upper Colorado Basin has been above normal over the extreme headwaters of the Colorado River near Granby
Report (issue)
........................................ 16 Colorado............................................. ...560 were for landslides in California, 201 in Colorado, 144 in Alaska, and 128 in Washington. All the...Survey libraries in Menlo Park, California, Denver, Colorado, and Reston, Virginia, and the Library of Congress...Open-File Maps and Reports, and Preliminary Reports. Colorado Geological Survey Bulletin, Series, and Special...Thomas Smith Raymond A. Winton Robert F. Yeager Colorado John B. Gilmore Connecticut Leon M. Alford Rino
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org/details/minesofcoloradoOOholl The Mines OF COLORADO y The Mines OF COLORADO OVANDO J[AMES] HOLLISTER FROM^TOHY...Hollister, Ovando James, 1834-1892. The mines of Colorado. Reprint of the 1867 ed. Mines and mineral resources...TN2A.C6H7 1973 338. 2' 0978 1. —Colorado. The Mines OF COLORADO OVANDO (LATE EDITOR J. HOLLISTER...HOLLISTER, AND PORPRIETOR COLORADO MINING JOURNAI-) SPRINGFIELD, MASS.: SAMUEL BOWLES 1867. & COMPANY...and quick, and risks, new life reliable — Colorado. into mining, by giving It safe, communication
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COLORADO MININC DIRECTORY. . 1 THE te COLORADO Directory of Mines, DESCRIPTION OF THE MINES AND...MILLS, AND THE MINING AND MILLING CORPORATIONS OF COLORADO, ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY COUNTUS. j^ISTORY... WHOSE NERVE, ENERGY AND INDUSTRY HAVE PLACED COLORADO IN THE FRONT RANK OF BULLION PRODUCING STATES...FARM FOB EVERYBODY Railway. COLORADO. Healthy, Attractive. Colorado is the great Sanitarium and Pl...atmosphere, .should go to"T^oToracToT climate ol Colorado is peculmrT^^In^aTioTir^ri'^unTIinraUn]^clinn
Report (issue)
Professional Paper 525. Numerous Federal, State, county, and municipal agencies listed on pages A221-A225...37 Utah _________________________________ _ 38 Colorado _____________________________ _ 38 ]{ansas __...Texas ________________________________ _ 42 Colorado River basin ___________________ _ 42 Pacific coast...___________ _ Geology of Precambrian rocks of Colorado ____ _ Stratigraphic and paleontologic studies...Geophysical investigations __________________ _ Colorado Plateau ______________________________ _ Geophysical
Report (issue)
--------------------------------- 48 Guadalupe County ----------------------------------------------...------------------------- 49 McKinley County ------------------------------------------------------------------------...-------------------------------- 63 Bernalillo County ----------------------------------------------...-------------------------- 64 Colfax County --------------------------------------------------------...-------------------- 64 Dona Ana County ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Journal (volume)
and His Burro . By Will C. Higgins . 0. By B. Colorado Lead Examined l'tah Metal Mining Co. Steel Structure...Co. By Will C. Higgins Somerset Manley Beaver County Flourishing The White Plague in Mines . Goldfield...15, 1914. Electrical Power in 'tah, Idaho and Colorado Thibault Gold Amalgamator The Tunison Gas Tractor...Ben Smith Electric Power in I'tah , Idaho and Colorado The Strike in the Cardiff. By Geo . H. Ryan ...Harness the Colorado 29 29 By G. Chester Brown California Mining News. Oil Strike in Millard County New Capital
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are, for the most part, restricted to those of the USA. Old and obsolete terms are defined when possible...directed away from the mouth (di¬ aber The mouth of a river, or the confluence of two rivers. rected downward...the puts an end to, the normal development of a river system natural cover, thus sharply reducing resistance...flat top of relict high ground or pressure. of a mesa-like hill, (c) A term loosely applied in central...aerosiderite An obsolete syn. of siderite meteorite, agate A translucent cryptocrystalline variety of quartz
 
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