 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEMS AND GEM MINERALS OF NORTH CAROLINA* Josnrn HvoB Pnerr North Carolina is one of the more notable...material. The variety of gem minerals found in North Carolina is probably greater than in any other state...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite...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 |  | | 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 (issue) | | .'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...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...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist FRONT |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | awards, and future and past mineral symposia in the USA. The speaker program for the Tucson Symposium (Feb... Country Inn & Suites by Carlson 705 North Freeway, just north of St. Marys Road and west of I-10, Tucson...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...Tschernichite, Neer Road, Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA, Fov: 3.5 mm , Photo by Rudy Tschernich It is with |  | | Report (issue) | | Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Hexagonal. Point Group: 3. Crystals typically combinations of {1011}...Fluorite, barite, calcite, siderite, quartz, metal sulfides (hydrothermal); calcite, celestine, gypsum...magnesite, calcite, magnetite, diopside, tremolite, forsterite, wollastonite (metamorphic); calcite, ankerite...the USA, in New York, from Lockport, Niagara Co., eastward to Walworth, Wayne Co.; at Stony Point, Alexander...Alexander Co., North Carolina; in the Mississippi Valley region, in the Tri-State district, at Joplin, |  | | 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...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 |  | | 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...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 |  | | Book (edition) | | "scratched" scratch was Many which is area, Wet is calcite, a pocket knife blade tests, make sure that...plains have been buried deep under debris brought north by glaciers or washed down down from have been...Diamonds have been found in the United way from North Carolina to California and from Wisconsin. Some are...are found in the rock in which spare North America. States, all the Georgia to they were created by volcanic...Locations place Table North Carolina and Georgia Diamond Locations E: NORTH CAROLINA weight plac« date |  | | Report (issue) | | Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Tetragonal. Point Group: 4/m 2/m 2/m. Crystals prismatic, elongated...62 Total 100.08 (1) Graves Mountain, Georgia, USA. Polymorphism & Series: Mineral Group: Trimorphous...adularia, albite, titanite, chlorite, pyrophyllite, calcite, quartz. Distribution: Many localities; a few for...From Kassoi Brod, Ural Mountains, Russia. In the USA, at Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas; on Graves...Washington, Lincoln Co., Georgia; at Stony Point, Alexander Co., North Carolina; from Parkesburg and elsewhere |  | | Report (volume) | | SCALE OP HARDNESS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Talc Gypsum Calcite Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase...flat base and a faceted top terminating in a low point, was invented and used for cutting large diamonds...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are: |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 00:39 19 January 2015 Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia B lack and nearly black minerals-no...near Waterbury, Vermont; at Poker Hill, Providence County, Rhode Island; and in Essex, Orange, and Warren...M;inahan of Ilelnlont Ahhey College, Uelniont, North Carolina. who sold it to Williani Warren in March 1YX2...(Gordon 1922). Some of these originated in Chester County and include prismatic crystals to 10 cm from Logan’s...diameter have been found near Tee1 Mill, Franklin County. Rutile is relatively common, though generally |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DEPOSIT IN ALEXANDER COUNTY' NORTH CAROLINA €nanr,Bs Par.lcnr, S. C. DavrpsoN, ANDE. A. GoneNSoN, Haruard...Township, Alexander 280 JOURNAL MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMEMCA 28r Co. The name Stony Point later appears...this name is still used. The mine is about a mile north of the station which is 15 miles northwest from...associatedminerals are found in many other localities in Alexander County in the near vicinity of the hiddenite mine...Zitcon Biotite Sericite Rutile Apatite Pyrite Calcite HrooBxrre"CAvrrrES" Quartz Amethyst Albite Adularia |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 100 COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA C. HENRY KING, FRANKUNVILLE, N.C. ALAMANCE—The North State pyrophyllite...Creek Formation.) ALEXANDER—Emeralds were first discovered about 1875 near Stony Point; a few years later...alleghanyite, rhodonite, spessartite, quartz, calcite, and tephroite. ANSON—About two miles SW of Wadesboro...Ore Knob copper mine in the eastern part of the county has produced chalcocite, bornite, pyrite, pyrrhotite...Mountain. BURKE—Three diamonds have been found in this county. One specimen is at the State Museum in Raleigh |  | | Report (chapter) | | Delaware Georgia Massachusetts Maryland Maine North Carolina New Jersey NH NY PA PQ RI SC TN VA VT New...Province of Quebec, Canada Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Virginia Vermont Northern Appalachians...complex Chain Lakes massif Canaan Mountain Dutchess County Elmore Mountain Exeter pluton Green Mountain massif...Charlotte belt Corbin gneiss complex Cherokee, NC Carolina slate belt Ducktown, TN Edgemoor granite Elkhatchee...Wenlock metamorphism in the northern Appalachians, USA. Abbreviations are defined in Table 1. The stippled |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | publica tion of the mineral localities in Albe marle County by Mitchell and Bland (1963, 1964a, 1964b). Class...analcime for a discussion of the locality. 2. CALCITE. Small scalenohedral crystals with rhombohedral...ramp go ing south onto U. S. Highway 29. Gray calcite fills cavities in the quartz vein northwest of...the Hickory Ridge farm east of Free Union. Clear calcite also occurs with ferroan dolomite in quartz veins...in the slate quar ry at Esmont. Thin veins of calcite crystals are asso ciated with Catoctin greenstone |  | | 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...visually. Muscovite crystals are monoclinic with point group 2/m. They are tabular to columnar, are striated...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 |  | | Report (issue) | | RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard S. Mitchell and William F. Giannini...RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard S. Mitchell and William F. Giannini...RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard S. Mitchell and William F. Giannini...talc l0 PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OI' ALBEMARLE COUNTY. VIRGINIA Richard S. Mitchell* and William F....references to various minerals found in Albemarle County are found in both published and unpublished geological |  | | Book | | 77 Stibnite 78 76 Rhodochrosite Aragonite Calcite 79 80 81 Cobaltocalcite Onyx marble 82 83... which in its pure state consists entirely of calcite). The minerals of which rocks are formed occur...crystallize out are those with the highest melting-point. These are minerals rich in iron and magnesium,...organism having been gradually replaced by silica, calcite or some other mineral. Some of these, such as fire...some minerals have a very wide variety of habits (calcite, for instance, has over 80 known forms), and recog- |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | wonderful > job they did. "Rockland Nuggets", Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Inc., Editor, Marvin Klibonoff;...collected rocks! The words Division of the Rockland County Mineral "Founded 1886" following the name of and...showed slides on the Jamesville Quarry. The Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society. Inc., SufFern, heard Tim...MacCarry speak on "The Palisades Formation of Rockland County". Miss Jessie Weinberger spoke on "The Geology...Geology and Paleontology of Saint Lawrence County, New York". Tim MacCarry also spoke to the Junior Club on |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Upward through overlying Cumberland Head and Stony Point formations there is an increasing proportion...calcareous shale. Small-scale current bedding in the Stony Point formation indicates currents from southwest....breccia 68 Beans Point, west Milton 69 Southern St. Albans Point, including Hathaway Point 69 Islands in...Albans 72 Knight Island, east North Hero 73 Butler Island, east North Hero 73 Thin sections of Hathaway...57 General statement 57 Stony Point formation 58 General 58 Base of Stony Point 58 Northwest Grand Isle |  | | Report (issue) | | uscovite schist from west of phenix, Charlotte County; B, Biotite-muscovite schist from northwest of...from Crane Creek; south of Hixburg, Appomattox County; B, Columbia granite near Cub Creek, east of Red...Kyanite quartzite from Baker Mountain, prince Edward County*__ I Massive kyanite in kyanite-bearing pegmatite...from Falling River north of Brookneal; B, Mylonitized granite from Falling River north of Brookneal, Campbell...kyanite-bearing rock on Ridge Mountain, Buckingham County; B, Melrose granite, east of McKeever ferry, on |  | | Journal (issue) | | ... 3 NOTES ON GYPSUM CRYSTALS IN MORTON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA. By Robe,-, H. Mitchell and Wilson M...SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. 3. Rincon, Sao Diego County. By f ark Schwartz ............... ..............of phlogopite from Clark's H ill, St. Lawrence County, New York (page 633, figure 2) ; and a crystal...crystal of clinochlore from W est-town, Chester County, Pennsylvania (page 646). It is also interesting to note... Mr. Jefferis resided in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. H e started collecting in 1837 and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA PART I I : CARBONATES, SULFATES, AND PHOSPHATES By R. S. MITCHELL...Part I calcite at the Faber mine. was concerned with natural elements and Small rhombohedral calcite crystals...through I V ) . In the present Giles (1961) observed calcite, as cryspaper consideration is given to minerals...phosphates new quarry at Alberene white cleavable calcite occurs which shows red fluores(Classes V through...end of Part III. The Pink cleavable masses of calcite, and writers personally observed material for white |
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