 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEMS AND GEM MINERALS OF NORTH CAROLINA* Josnrn HvoB Pnerr North Carolina is one of the more notable...minerals, or in the commercial mining of these, such as gold, corundum, mica, and monazite. There have...material. The variety of gem minerals found in North Carolina is probably greater than in any other state...following: Diamond Spodumene Hiddenite Kunzite Corundum Ruby Sapphire Oriental Emerald Oriental Amethyst...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite |  | | Report (volume) | | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY - CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIRECTOR CORUNDUM ITS OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED...__..-.._.__.--...- -18 Physical properties of corundum ......................................... 1.5...composition of corundum ........................................ Determination of percentage of corundum in an...---..-.-..-..-...-,.-..--..-.....Sapphire or gem corundum ........_...'.................--..-.-. .........--.-.... Corundum......-....-.-.......--.......-......--......--........_... Block corundum......... |  | | Report (volume) | | North Carolina State Library Gift of "JYortk (^arolinti ^Ihranj 0 Digitized by the Internet Archive...Library of North Carolina https://archive.org/details/corundumperidoti01prat CORUNDUM AND THE PERIDOTITES...OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY JOSEPH HYDE PRATT and JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS North Carolina State Library...Raleigh NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY J. A. HOLMES, STATE GEOLOGIST VOLUME I CORUNDUM AND THE PERIDOTITES...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY JOSEPH HYDE PRATT AND JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA 1905 |  | | 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) | | Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE IN GARNET RUBY CORUNDUM GOLD...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 (volume) | | 'THE GEOLOGICAL vt- ,(231 > ' " ^THE MINERALS CAROLINA''" i '- OF, - :l|^fe^H - GOTEENMENT LIBRARY... W. Powell, director | | The | minerals of North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Geiitk | [Vignette]...J. W. Powell, director | | The | mineralsof North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Genth | [Vignette]...W. Powell, director | | The | :aainerals of North Carolina | by | FrederickAugustusGenth j [Vignette]...50. II. Tertiary History of the G-rand Caiion District, with atlas, by Clarence E. Dutton, Capt. U. S |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sit5 with CO~UNDUH,at the CULSXGE~CORUNDUM-~IIN]~,~_KCONCOUNTY,NORTH CAaoLr~X. By Colonel C. W. Jv.Nxs...mineralogieally considered, merely coloured crystals of corundum, which mineral species has been shown by chemical...waterworn pebbles ; and although the existence of corundum in small quantities in granular limestone in Asia...fragments of corundum on the surface and in the river-beds of Macon County, North Carolina, which encouraged...this district, and resulted in the discovery, in the summer of 1871, of the deposits of corundum now known |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gemstones of North Carolina By GEORGE A. BRUCE, International Import Company 604 Peachtree Street, N...Atlanta 8, Georgia "The Land of the Sky" that is North Carolina is also the Land of Gemstones. This beautiful...certain order. They first came to light in the gold-mining era from the early 1800s until the Civil War. Then...some twenty-five years following, the mica and corundum interests gave further rise to their discovery...beauty and value. The fourth step was the systematic mining for the stones themselves. At present a fifth period |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | miles in a straight line, and in a direction nearly north and south. No eruptive rocks were observed. The...4000 feet, and the district north of the Lesser Atlas at least 1000 feet, the north face of those mountains...to be seen in every dry desert country, like the north of Africa or Arabia. In the latter country the succession...evidence of a great sea having extended across the north of Africa at a comparatively recent period, as he...with Corundum, at the Culsagee Corundum Mines, Macon Co., North Carolina." By Col. C. W. Jenks. Communicated |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Colorado seems to be the favorite district for investment I ' corundum at Mramorsk, in the Ural regions...the working of the rich telluride belt of Boulder county, cial value. aUll some improved method of working...the creation of a valuable industry. The gold mining business on our Atlantic coast is gener- There...his the inuustrial applications of emery and corundum has at- The ticket was one of that class which...interest. All, or nearly all, the deposits of corundum of any magnitude found in the world occur in the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | nearly two years 'in collecting specimens from every mine of importance in these States. The greater part...with stephanite, from the Reese River district, Lander County. Among these are several quite valuable...transparent crystals of quartz, from the Chase Mine, Lander County. The ores from this locality are remarkable...pieces of crystallized sulphur from Hum boldt County, some large pieces of selenite from the same locality...wulfenite from Eureka Consolidated Mines, Eureka County,salt crystallized , from brine and some pieces |  | | Journal (issue) | | PREHISTORIC SCULPTURE.- While mining coal on April 2nd, in the Lehigh coal mine, Webster City, Iowa, at a...answer. THE MINERAL COLLEOTOR . 37 CORUNDUM . ALTHOUGH corundum has been in use, as an abrasive, from...Persians , as Armenian whetstone ; the Hindoos, as corundum ; and the Egyptians, as the iron-stone of the...legitimate mining had ever been made until its discovery in the United States, in the State of North Carolina...comes, is now known in science and commerce as corundum — the name given it by the Hindoos, and meaning |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | remain faithful to their work in that dreadful valley of The collision occurred off Barking, a town...run into by a screw collier and quickly sank. I MINING HERE AND ABROAD. Each week's reports bring...inconvenience, easily knowledge of the sciences of mining and reduction of the SERIES.] Tlii7'ty-tltird...inventor could not lic. In localities where profitable mining has been carried �l���� Ili��tt,a£g�Ir�u.•��: :...llarness O!acklng. r('cipe for L5]. 20.3 :Silver mIning here and abroad .. 102 ! The old sentimental cry |  | | Book (volume) | | tH MSTONESof - NORTH AMERICA ~ VOLUME olor phot raphs yo. Erica and. Harol d Van I [iL Albuquerque...87109 N.M. N_E. Bivd. Gkapats GEMSTONES of NORTH AMERICA ~ NASMI EPPA GEMSTONES OF THE WORLD...+ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, by John Sinkankas ON@“THE VOLUME III COVER North American gems from...(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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Reconnaissance of the ore deposits in northern Yuma County, Ariz.: Bull. 451, 130 pp., 1911. 30c. -. The ore...H., Geology and ore deposits of the Park City district, Utah: Prof. Paper 77, 231 pp., 1912. BROOKS,...The mineral deposits of Alaska and the Alaskan mining industry in 1913: Bull. 592, pp. 1-74, 1914. 413...1913, PART i. BROOKS, A. H., The Chisana placer district, Alaska: Bull. 592, pp. 309-320, 1914. Gold, silver...218-235, 1911. . CHAPIN, THEODORE, The McKinley Lake district [Alaska]: Bull. 542, pp. 78-80, 1913. = Lode developments |  | | Book (edition) | | GEMSTONES $CS of NORTH AMERICA . In Two Volumes $30.00 GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes ...interesting facts about the people involved in mining, current price lists of various stones, and numerous...REINHOLD BOOK / '- ✓ ( ..., ■ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes Volume II T ourmaline...from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...lnternatiunal, Inc. F RO. Tl!>PI£CE GEMSTONES of NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes Volume II John Sinkankas |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | thrives well and grows fast,in the Southern States of North America, in Cali fornia, in Buenbs Aires, on the...nel,occur in a layer of sand and gravel in the valley bottoms, resulting from the breaking down of crystal...spinels are found in Orange County,New York. In Siam, the gem producing district lies in the inte rior,...consisting entirely of camphor trees are un In Macon County, N. C., in an alluvial deposit from usuaL They...evergre�n representative of the family in Europe. It mining center. Pits are sunk to the depth permitted is |  | | Other Paper | | A PAPER ON CORUNDUM Read Society of Arts, AND ITS GEMS, Before Technological Institute, December...By the CHARLES 14, W. 1876, JENKS. A PAPER ON CORUNDUM Read Society of AND GEMS, the ...By ITS Before Arts, CHARLES 14, 1876, W. JENKS. BOSTON: PRESS OF JOHN WILSON IS/7- AND ...Marlborough W. but “ I into expression 21, 1876. Jenks, City. Dear attendance put pur- Street, Boston...truly, William B. Rogers. A PAPER UPON CORUNDUM Read before Mr. in the President It is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | towns, for the interment of the dead. The Corundum Region of North Carollna� the rUJal church or else is...fourteen days as before. I have not carried our ex· corundum has been recognised for above thirty years at...information as to the eff ect of other rays on North Carolina and Georgill., though rarely occurring in masseR...germination of seeds, which have been suc calities of corundum have been brought to light. abound, while the...have always found the violet ray prejudicial The corundum localities are already known to occupy a wild |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | towns, for the interment of the dead. The Corundum Region of North Carollna� the rUJal church or else is...fourteen days as before. I have not carried our ex· corundum has been recognised for above thirty years at...information as to the eff ect of other rays on North Carolina and Georgill., though rarely occurring in masseR...germination of seeds, which have been suc calities of corundum have been brought to light. abound, while the...have always found the violet ray prejudicial The corundum localities are already known to occupy a wild |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | towns, for the interment of the dead. The Corundum Region of North Carollna� the rUJal church or else is...fourteen days as before. I have not carried our ex· corundum has been recognised for above thirty years at...information as to the eff ect of other rays on North Carolina and Georgill., though rarely occurring in masseR...germination of seeds, which have been suc calities of corundum have been brought to light. abound, while the...have always found the violet ray prejudicial The corundum localities are already known to occupy a wild |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AMERtCAN SUPPLEMENT, No. 1060. [ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL.] number of rail way trucks laden with...fifty-five tons of dynamite, destined to be used for mining and other operations, were being unloaded on the...unprofitable.. The 1 349 385 $109,500 $56,400 1 Corundum and emery ... iShorttons.... 1,120 1.106 climate... occur in a layer of sand and ,..(ravel in the valley 7 Alum ......................,Short tons.... 72...172 379,444 98,655 394,854 179 102,662 in Orange County, New York. 7,813.766 1,064,297 4,455.928 7,694 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ference would be unjust in the Case of the farmer, the mine! J I the p�ofe�sional m�n, the artist, or any...K�';i'i�'t6��7gr��'1rI 8����';.������ g eng. (3). 1:l3 Corundum mines of N. C ......... 113 Ro�ar� VS. ,eClprocat...wh'IC h 'IS OXId'Jzed s tee1 , there IS THE CORUNDUM MINES OF Brush Lights. T8o' of a cent. II3...pipes are laid, diVided mto valved NORTH CAROLINA. The name "corundum" is applied to all crystallized alu...congeals. and a cessary, and that a very IItt th an I Corundum occurs in the great chrysolite belt extendmg |  | | Report (issue) | | DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY GARLAND PEYTON, Director THE GEOLOGICAL...1953 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Department of Mines, Mining and Geology Atlanta, July 1, 1953 To His Excellency...Preliminary Investigation of the Geology of Clarke County, Georgia, by Eldon J. Parizek ______________________________...____ 23 Figure 3. Areal Lithologic Map, Clarke County, Georgia ---······-----------------------------------------------...Figure 7. Inclusion embedded in Granite in Clarke County, Georgia. The hammer lies parallel to Bedding Planes | | | Book (volume) | | GElV!§TONE§ (())f NORTH AMERRCA VOLUME III GElV[§TONE§ OF TXiE ,voRLD §ERIE§ SERIES EDITOR... GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, VOLUME III by Joh11 Sinkankas ON ~rf-IE co ·vER North An1erican gems...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...and pinkish purple (I .3 5 et). GEMSTONE§ (O)f NORTH AMERICA VOLUME III John Sinbanbas Colar Photography...Qurrli~y Books, Inc.) Sinkankas, John. Gen1stones of North An1erica. Vol. III/ John Sinkankas. p. cm. lncludes |
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