 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | destroy delicate cellular structures. Fossilized wood presents the best examples of silicification. Calcification...exceptions such as the lithographic limestones of Germany. This paper only cites one or two occurrences of...preserved as thin carbon films. In the Geisel Valley, Germany, middle Eocene fauna and flora are found perfectly...Calcium-rich springs neutralized Polished section of petrified wood from Arizona. The variety of colors derives...fossili zation and are found in diverse rock types. Petrified woods exhibit the greatest diversity of minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the in the sunlight. panned concentrates. . Petrified wood sand from Weatherford,. River Sand from near...picked up all the wood with the crystals showing. "On Monday I washed the sand off the wood and found the...wit-h the micro crystals. We have found a lot of wood in the Trinity formation with the single crystals...crystals and some entirely replaced with the wood fibers, but nothing as beautiful as this. "I will send you...beautiful mineral specimens. "The locality for this wood is 10 miles northwest of Weatherford (Parker Co |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of bertrandite specimens found at the Strickland Quarry, at Portland, Conn., last year. Walter Bagley spotted...unreported. On October 15th last I visited the Toll Gate Quarry, just iy2 miles south of Middletown, on Rout 9"Dave...Sarasota (Sarasota Co.), Fla., we have a bluish petrified bone, 1 x 3 inches in size, that was sent in by... Lakeland, Fla. "These are found in a dolomite quarry. They are generally black at this locality. In...was discovered on a field trip taken in May in north Georgia by some State soil scientists and led by |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | were found and recorded of which one was agatized wood. Parker Cleaveland, in his "Elementary Treatise...Geology," Boston, 1822, stated that the agatized wood was found near Cape Henlopen, Delaware, (p. 264)...a little exploring—he might find more agatized wood. If a collector does visit the area and does find...brown jaspers are common in the area east of Little Wood River, Blaine Co., Idaho. ILLINOIS: Nice specimens...son, while fishing along Big Walnut Creek 5 miles north of Greencastle, Ind., noticed a band of shale about |  | | Journal (issue) | | after calcite was from Sundwig bei Iserlohn, Westphalia, Germany. The claudetite for sale by David Shannon...abbreviations for the states and provinces (at least in North America; MX could be used for Mexico and other symbols...foundation, with an up arrow labeled "Up," and north arrow labeled "N," will help orient it later in...ALAAAlert New Draft BLM Rules Planned for Petrified Wood The American Lands Access Association, Inc...collecting rules for petrified wood. The new rules would adversely effect almost all petrified wood field collecting |  | | Book (volume) | | Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, — ; Oregon, South Dakota, Washington...Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and...Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming...Backwaters Blue Jacket The King Snake The Owls of North America The Conquerors Savage Journey The Court-Martial...of Terror The Frontiersmen The Wading Birds of North Gateway to Empire America The Great Auk The |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals Article Mineralogy of Miocene Petrified Wood from Central Washington State, USA George E. Mustoe...G.E.; Dillhoff, T.A. Mineralogy of Miocene Petrified Wood from Central Washington State, Geology Department...Correspondence: mustoeg@wwu.edu Abstract: Silicified wood occurs abundantly in Middle Miocene flows and sedimentary...sedimentary interbeds of the Columbia River Basalt Group (CRBG) in central Washington State, USA. These...lava. Paleoenvironments include wood transported by lahars (Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park), fluvial |  | | Book | | Lune River; Carrick area; North coastal areas; Northern inland areas; North West; Southern; West Coast;...zinc mines; ! I '- GEM FIELDS — Sisters Creek; North East; Other localities; 41 FOSSIL FIELDS — 45...also in its fossils with its petrified manfern and spongolite, the petrified sponge. Many of its lapidary...the Quaternary Period. I nland from the west and north-west coast is a large mineralised area containing...pockets, particularly in the granitic sectors of the north-east. However, tiny pockets of gemstones and minerals |  | | Book | | 100 detail maps 1500+ hunting locations: sites in North America A directory to coUpcfing O E Pi rin...directory listing over fifteen hundred localities in North America where gem specimens may be found. Interspersed...are 100 maps geared to leading the "hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...knapsack you can use a mountaineering bag or a mili- quarry or mine where a permit tary bag; make it it...dis- covered by locating the porous layers in a quarry boulders with a pick or a long stick, not with |  | | Book (volume) | | colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N of Calloway airport at rd...1½ mi., in Knox dolomite exposed in an abandoned quarry Barite, Calcite, Fluorite (purple cubes), Galena...gravelsgemmy chert, quartz pebbles (pastel colors), petrified wood, Pyrite; rd. cuts, banks, cliffsSelenite... Benning, as float over a broad areasilicified wood. CUSSETA, NW 2 mi. on US 27, a rd. cutSelenite...US 27: (a) along both sides of Hwy.agate; (b) quarry on W side of rd.agate, chalcedony, chert, opal; |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................295 North Carolina ....................................................................................302 North Dakota ...........................................gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy minerals, petrified wood; d area limestone quarries⎯Calcite, Celestite...⎯siliceous gemstones; d N 5 mi. on Rte. 5: (a) chert quarry⎯Barite crystals, chalcedony, chert, siliceous oolites;...Indians) ⎯agate (Alabama Blue moss), silicified wood. WALKER SPRINGS, SE 3 mi., near summit of a flat-topped |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................295 North Carolina ....................................................................................302 North Dakota ...........................................gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy minerals, petrified wood; d area limestone quarries⎯Calcite, Celestite...⎯siliceous gemstones; d N 5 mi. on Rte. 5: (a) chert quarry⎯Barite crystals, chalcedony, chert, siliceous oolites;...Indians) ⎯agate (Alabama Blue moss), silicified wood. WALKER SPRINGS, SE 3 mi., near summit of a flat-topped | | | Book | | locations: A directory to co!le.cling sites in North America MINERALS AND GEMS A COLOR TREASURY FORCOLLECTORS...directory listing over fifteen hundred localities in North Am erica where gem specimens may be fou nd. Interspersed...100 maps geared to leading the " hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...easier for you If you plan to vIsIt an operating quarry or mine where a permll Is required make the necessary...be discovered by locating the porous layers In a quarry or other exposure and following them along the |  | | Book (volume) | | vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...extensive collecting region of agatized and opalized wood for high gem quality is the Sandhills country around...an abundance of gem quality 283 Nebraska petrified wood, often occurring as huge stone logs lying on...for its agates, chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars...jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville Quarry chalcedony |  | | Book (edition) | | to list more than fifteen hundred localities in North America where gems can be found. This is the only...amateurs alike had not gone out to every corner of North America, discovered the rich gem resources of the...Colorado; and Professor Jack Hanahan of Belmont, North Carolina, with locations in their respective states...venture every year into the mountains and deserts of North America, they enjoy not only the pleasure of seeking...bushel basketful in Maine and California; emerald in North Carolina, a big diamond or two in Arkansas, opal |  | | Book (edition) | | out each year into the mountains and deserts of North America to collect a great variety of materials...glaciers that once covered the northern part of North America. As you can see from the directory of digging...plane of lesser molecular cohesion in the splitting wood along the grain. Cleavage cracks across the prism...pegmatite dikes in Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Dakota, liquid in the solidifying...lava is petrified wood by replacement of may form in the by decay or destruction of the wood. Agate |  | | Book | | Mines and Minerals The Rock-Hunter's Range Guide Petrified Forest Trails Arizona Gem Trails and the Colorado...Opals, and Petrified Wood 131 Characteristics of Agates; Opal, Queen of the Gems; Petrified Wood; Commonly...Commonly Occurring Petrified Woods 10. Cutting and Polishing Gems and Gemstones 156 Equipment; Operation...Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania...serpentine, and steatite (massive talc), as well as basalt, granite, limestone (and/ or sandstone), marble |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | South Africa and South-West Africa. 1973. Munchen, Germany. Rhodesian Philatelic Agencies (Private) Ltd. 1977...10 fr 15 fr 25 fr 40 fr doleritic basalt (Nov. 22) olivine basalt (Oct. 8) volcanic geode (Apr. 26) diabase...25) October 25, 1974 (airmail) 85 fr crystallized wood ALGERIA August 11, 1952 15 fr fossilized Nautilus...rocks and Ammonite 60 h basalt formation and frog fossil 80 h rocks, basalt, and polished agate 1.00...1975 September 27, 1969 1 cr Vinctifer comptoni (petrified fish) 'jq diamond (cut) c CANADA 1963 1 c mineral |  | | Book (volume) | | shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified wood. Ohio ranks first in the nation in the production...common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This gem flint occurs in the 8 mile long Flint...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....jct. of Brint St. and Centennial rd., the Medusa Quarry (SW of 4 quarries), very many specimens⎯fossils...deposits⎯Hematite. OTTAWA COUNTY CLAY CENTER, area limestone quarry, famed⎯Calcite, Celestite (fluorescent), Dolomite |  | | Book (volume) | | shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified wood. Ohio ranks first in the nation in the production...common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This gem flint occurs in the 8 mile long Flint...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....jct. of Brint St. and Centennial rd., the Medusa Quarry (SW of 4 quarries), very many specimens⎯fossils...deposits⎯Hematite. OTTAWA COUNTY CLAY CENTER, area limestone quarry, famed⎯Calcite, Celestite (fluorescent), Dolomite |  | | Book (volume) | | south, grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate...crystals); (b) Hamilton Quarry, the lower Warsaw section at the top of the quarry (see map) ⎯geodes (lined...Smithsonite and Sphalerite in any combination). Hamilton Quarry Location East Branch Crystal Glen Creek NAUVOO...mainly agate, jasper, fossilized corals and petrified wood. Copper nuggets have been found scattered over...R.⎯agate, jasp-agate, jasper, fossil coral, petrified wood. BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY ELIZABETHTOWN, NE 2 mi |  | | Book (volume) | | south, grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate...crystals); (b) Hamilton Quarry, the lower Warsaw section at the top of the quarry (see map) ⎯geodes (lined...Smithsonite and Sphalerite in any combination). Hamilton Quarry Location East Branch Crystal Glen Creek NAUVOO...mainly agate, jasper, fossilized corals and petrified wood. Copper nuggets have been found scattered over...R.⎯agate, jasp-agate, jasper, fossil coral, petrified wood. BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY ELIZABETHTOWN, NE 2 mi |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................346 North Carolina ....................................................................................356 North Dakota ..................................................................175 Illinois – Hamilton Quarry Location Map ...............................................................310 New Hampshire – North Groton Area Map .............................................................................355 North Carolina County Map ........................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | hunting with my father, and some friends, at Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Conn. While going over the old dump...is the Kolomoki Mounds State Park, about 6 miles north of Blakely, Early Co., Ga. I don't know anything...Green, xline masses in amygdules of a purplish basalt, found in nearby field. Greenish epidote mass with...Mass. At the rear end of the Mass. Broken Stone quarry, currently being worked, is found the siderite...present in the quarry. Probably a little can be found if one looks over the entire quarry."— letter dated |  | | Book (volume) | | Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and...Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming...Backwaters The King Snake Blue Jacket The Owls of North America The Conquerors Savage Journey The Court-Martial...to Empire A Time of Terror The Wading Birds of North America The Great Auk The Wand The HAB Theory...For information address: iUniverse.com, Inc. 620 North 48th Street, Suite 201 Lincoln, NE 68504-3467 www |
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