 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEORGIA Downloaded by [University of Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX JENNINGS...JENNINGS B. GORDON, JR. P . O . Box 6214 Rome, Georgia 30162 Although perhaps best known for its gold, rutUe...rutUe, and staurolite (the state mineral), Georgia has, in fact, almost two hundred mineral species. ...have been reported and verified from the state of Georgia. The index has been compiled from the literature...be either a report on the economic geology of Georgia or a field guide for lapidaries, it excludes commercial |  | | 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............................................. 170 County Index ...........................................Page Table 1. Classification and composition of Georgia minerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 |  | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | ..........................................122 Georgia .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |  | | Book (volume) | | ..........................................122 Georgia .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |  | | 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...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) | | Publisher Lithographie, Ltd. Denver, Colorado, USA Design and Layout Gloria A. Staebler © 2012 Lithographic...Lithographic, Ltd. PO Box 11613 • Denver, CO 80211 • USA Phone: 1.303.495.5521 • Fax: 1.303.482.1238 W\\w...of America PHOTO CREDITS Cover: Quartz variety amethyst, 10.5 cm tall Goboboseb Mountains, Erongo Region...collection, Jeff Scovil photo Title (facing) Page Amethyst mouse with gold tail, 130 grams, 6.3 cm wide Carved...Brazilian amethyst Private collection, Robert Weldon photo © 2009 GIA Page 2 Quartz variety amethyst, 3.5 |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl ^"^ Agate ** Jade Amethyst nq -* % Gem Hunter's Guide Gem Hunter...that opals were unlucky long unfashionable, and amethyst lost some of its made them when high status...another. gem minerals The quartz gems, such as amethyst, form crystal prisms with / 1 for example, ...some gems cents per pound. such as sapphire and amethyst are often so parti-colored that they test the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Albert Chapman Mineral Collection Downloaded by [University of Virginia, Charlottesville] at 11:59...South Wales 2052, Australia Figure 1. The Albert Chapman Mineral Collection gallery, Australian Museum....Los Lamentos, Mexico. Figure 4. Quartz, var. amethyst (15 × 13 cm; D50726), Amatitlan, Mexico. Unless...by Carl Bento, Australian Museum T he Albert Chapman mineral collection was regarded as one of the top...every specimen (Graham et al. 2006). ALBERT CHAPMAN Albert Chapman was born in Mackay, north Queensland, in |  | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state... LJ Emerald, Beryl *"» Agate ** Jade =p Amethyst ^ X ) y ' £f h % ^ K Gem Hunter's ...ivory and carmine enclosing a turbulent mass of amethyst. I bought it some years ago for a few shillings...were unlucky long made them unfashionable, and amethyst lost some of its high status when the abundant...another. The quartz gems, for example, such as amethyst, form crystal prisms with six faces terminated |  | | Book | | _ _ .... ____________________ ..... CHAPTER 11 Georgia 1 CHAPTER 12 Alabama 0 0 . . . . . . . . _...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | ........................191 by R. P. Richards Amethyst occurrences of the eastern United S ta tes......Thanks to the backing of our anonymous donor from Georgia, the M ineralogical Record will be the publisher...Schacht (who was bom Horace Greele} Schacht in the USA), President of the German Reichsbank. In du< course...overall light smoky shade, and one from Saline County, Arkansas, failed to turn color at all. Crystals...“Hot Springs area” * “Hot Springs area” Lincoln County Veta Grande Claim, Yuma Co. Arkansas Arkansas |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | quarries. Be a good guest and treat the quarry or mine site as your own place. 8. Watch out for the other...Westchester County — the Westchester Mineral and Gem Society — which meets once a month in the County Center...Plains, N. Y. Membership is open to all Westchester County residents interested in various phases of mineralogy...carried. Dr. Fred Pough displayed free samples af amethyst crystal groups taken by him from a vein in the...and seems to be the first reported occurrence of amethyst in N . Y. City. (2nd Editor). The crystals were |  | | Book | | volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | entrance and arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob...at 15:01 05 January 2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz...ilmenite, magnetite (lodestone), nepheline, quartz (amethyst). Laconia area: psilomelane, quartz (crystals)...occurrence is particularly noteworthy for Carroll County Albany, Blackberry Crossing (includes the Moose...tall, Government Gravel pit, North Conway, Carroll County. Jeff Scovil specimen and photo. Downloaded by |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ray, Pinal County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. MarcWApril: Amethyst and calcite...with quartz and albite, Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California. Houston Museum of Natural...claims, Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Denver Museum of Natural History specimen...Azurite on malachite ring, Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin. Dan Behnke specimen and... calcite, and chalcopyrite, Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Marvin Rausch specimen, Jeff |  | | Journal (issue) | | striated horizontally. 6 "Drusy" Quartz, Missouri, USA Denise Bicknell Collection THE BACKBENDER'S GAZETTE...Herkimer and Montgomery Counties area of New York, USA. Austria, Switzerland, and Germany have produced...specimens. There are hundreds of localities worldwide. Amethyst is lavender to purple in color and frequently...predominant form. Amethyst scepters capping rock crystals or smoky quartz Quartz var. Amethyst crystals are...San Bernardino County, California, USA Denise Bicknell collection localities. Amethyst is often found |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...it a veritable not just a picof informa- is mine tion, telling everything the collector needs to...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...can use a mountaineering bag or a mili- quarry or mine where a permit tary bag; make it it should...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic |  | | Journal (issue) | | Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp...Collected by George Stacy; Jeff Scovil photo. Amethyst, 12 cm, from Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Collected...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini |  | | Book (volume) | | be estimated from the pale rectangular step cut amethyst (left, upper group) which measures about 25 mm...(25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...operators, Morefield Mine, Amelia, VA; Max & Suzy Berchtold, Royal Rainbow Mine, Laytonville, CA; Ralph...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache | | | Book | | not just a picture book. Rather, it is a veritable mine of information, telling everything the collector...you If you plan to vIsIt an operating quarry or mine where a permll Is required make the necessary arrangements...LAKE BAILEY N I DELAWARE MINE DUMPS IOATOUTE CHLORASTROUTEI 2 AMYGDAlOID MINE DUMPS 3 AGATE HARBOR (AGATES...(AGATES THOMSONITE ON BEACH\ )l MUD VLAKE TO MANDAN MINE - HARD SURFACE Field drawing to locate a collecting...topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque |  | | Book | | find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON, STIG G....Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...B. Hajek) 9:388391 Notable gold occurrences of Georgia and Alabama (by R. B. Cook, Jr.) 18:65-74 Phosphate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Keystone Trap Rock Quarry at Cornog, Chester County, Pa. thru the courtesy of the owners Messrs J....Limestone Products Company, Lime Cr,est, (Sussex County) N . J. There were 187 persons registered, the...Shulman. The Loux family's showing of local (Bucks County) fossil wood was outstanding. There was also a...Edward Duke. Other specials: Cornwall, Pa. Iron Mine, by-products of rare species by Leighton S. Donley...Helen Davis made up called, "Gems and Minerals from Mine to Mind." Field trips this year include visits to |  | | Journal (issue) | | Photography by Jeff Scovil, Gerald Pauley, John Chapman, Stuart Humphreys, John Fields, Craig Bosel, Michael...Rhodonite, 4.7 cm, from the 1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection...Collection of the Australian Museum; ex Albert Chapman collection; John Fields photo. Back cover: Australian...Australia; Lee Spencer collection, John Chapman photo. • 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia. George Stacey...3 cm, Kintore mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. Aloe Family collection; John Chapman photo. • 1.4 cm |
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