 | | Book | | MINES MINERS MINERALS AND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Western North Carolina’s Hidden Mineralogical Treasures...E L L 2005 PARKWAY PUBLISHERS, INC. Boone, North Carolina Copyright ©1999 Lowell Presnell All Rights...Mines, miners, and minerals of western North Carolina : western North Carolina’s hidden mineralogical treasures...(hard cover) 1. Mines and mineral resources—North Carolina—History. I. Title. TN24.N8P74 2005 338.4‚7622‚09756—dc22...Domestic Mica Buying Policy 111 20. Western North Carolina & the War Years .119 21. The Mineral Kingdom |  | | Journal (issue) | | Industry Background image: Miners at the Pala Chief Mine, San Diego Country, California, circa 1903. On the...They are Found zite (201 cts) is from the Oceanview Mine in Southern California; the 0.72-ct benitoite (left...Dallas Gem Mine area, San America’s Royal Gems – Montana and Yogo Sapphires Benito County, California;... State of Maine phires is from the Gem Mountain Mine, GranTantalizing Turquoise ite Country, Montana...Rare and Beautiful American Gemstone and original mine image by Mark Mauthner. Red Beryl – A Very Rare |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | all specimen photos by Jeff Scovil Figure 1. Aquamarine crystal, 3 inches in length, on a matrix of quartz...Muntyan, July 2009. The Rediscovery of Long-Lost Aquamarine from The Sierrita Mountains, Arizona Figure...Sheila Powell checking a small boulder containing aquamarine specimens in the Sierrita Mountains. Barbara...events. She is the former director of the Ouray County Museum in Ouray, Colorado. Figure 4. Locality...August 2013 Figure 6 (below). An Evan Jones aquamarine, 2 inches in width, from the Bella Donna claim |  | | Book (volume) | | vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...CHEYENNE, DEUEL, GARDEN & KEITH COUNTIES AREA, between North and South Platte rivers and in all tributary branches |  | | Report (issue) | | bibliography is modeled after the Bibliography of North American Geology which is published annually and...References were read, annotated, and indexed·. by county, subject, and geological age. In many entries a...a portion of the state larger than a county is discussed, so that larger subdivisions of the state are... are outlined in Fig. 1. Each index entry to a county or one of the larger subdivisions is also referred...Published by the Society from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. EMORY UNIV. QUARTERLY. Emory University Quarterly |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tourmaline from Little Cahuilla Mountain, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA KENNETH GOCHENOUR 2670 E . Walnut...overview of Little Cahuilla Moun tain, Riverside County, California. Location Figure 2 (above): Author...within the San Jacinto Mountain Range in Riverside County at an altitude 440 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure...(Kunz, 1905). Hamilton's gem mine later became known as the Columbia Gem mine; it has also been called the...the Belo Horizonte mine and the Desert Rose mine (Pemberton, 1983). Additional gem tourmaline discoveries |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Problem Gemology The Santa Maria Variety Of Aquamarine: Never Heated Blue Sapphires And Beryllium: ’An...Sales Gigi Lau incolor@gemstone.org InColor Bureau USA Claudiu Margarit claudiu@gemstone.org [1] (212) 620-0900...19, saw 583,448 carats of emeralds from the Kagem mine in Zambia offered, with all lots being sold for...of capital. Gemfields operates the Kagem mine in the north of Zambia, in which it has a 75-percent holding...fellow shareholders in the world-class Kagem emerald mine. It remains our hope that a framework solution which |  | | Report (issue) | | there is new work afoot at the famous Red Cloud mine in the Trigo Mountains, in the southwestern part...backgrounds on the history of wulfenite from the Red Cloud mine, see the essay by Szenics just quoted (“Ed Over...headed by Wayne Thompson (“Bonanza at the Red Cloud mine,” in the SeptemberOctober 1996 issue). The Thompson...notable wulfenite would be found at the Red Cloud mine. But 14 years ago Robert Bell, a mineral collector...collector who lives in Kansas, purchased the mine anyway, and now he has contracted for experienced field man |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rock, a Cretaceous chalk spire in eastern Gove County, Kansas. See “Scenic Kansas’’, pages 11-12. Photo...northeastern Kansas, Doniphan County Rock City, southwest of Minneapolis, Ottawa County THE EARTH SCIENCE...sandstone mass. As erosion by wind, rain wash, and County running water lowered the surface, carrying away...miles west of Medicine Lodge, Barber County Gypsum Hills, Barber County; view 3 miles southwest of Medicine...DIGEST Bridge, 6 miles south of Sun City, Barber County of southwestern Kansas were deposited in shallow |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Journal (issue) | | page 258. Inside back cover: (left colurnn) Aquamarine-Glenn & Janis Rising collection, page 218; Ruby-Michael...gwindel-Brent Lockhart collection, page 175; Aquamarine-Wally Mann collection, page 193. (rniddle colurnn)...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the...dozen mines were opened, one of which (the Mariposa mine) produced a wider variety of mercury minerals than |  | | Report (volume) | | State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G...... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston. South Dakota....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 |  | | 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...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini...the words of the original discoverers. Adelaide Mine, Tasmania, 1971, 2012 Albert Chapman wrote one such |  | | Journal (issue) | | In NSW 1959) POSTAL ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 2242 DG , NORTH PARRAMATTA 21 51, AUSTRALIA I I I I SEND ROUGH...the high yield sapphire beds of the GEM MOUNTAIN mine near Philipsburg. The sapphire bearing gravel layer...cards) $15.0ct 11dl big or 2/$25.00 PREPAID lo.., USA ••• 111 (Y'ai,_...., 111l1h:!'III add &.1,_) PIXIES...will taJce place July 26, 27 and 28 at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in Ventura, California. Appropriately...(Antelope Spring is at the foot of Swasey Peak at the north end of Wheeler Basin . Admiring each others finds |  | | Journal (issue) | | a jig that will simplify this task by N ancy R. McGee 57 A FOLD-DOWN ROCK SCREEN FOR WINDSHIELDS Protect...Upper Peninsula by Florence Oleksy Gem materials in North Dakota by Kenneth H. Rohn FEATURES 8 POLYHEDRONS...persons who appreciate the fine is vegetable ivory. North and Central qualities of ivory, but prefer to leave...effect. PO Box 93070-19, Pasadena, CA 91109 Outside USA send $8.00 US Funds PLANNING A * Take a GEMBOOK...which on your forest service map appears to be just north of town. Your holiday schedule allows for only one |  | | Journal (issue) | | collect. FAIRBANKS JEWELRY SUPPLY CO. P.O. BOX 55719 NORTH POLE. ALASKA 99705 (907) 452-3115 SEPTEMBER 1984...950 COWLES MAILING: P.O. BOX 55719. DEPT. GM-8 NORTH POLE. AK 00705 (007} 452-3115 NAME ADDRESS CITY...In I I I I I I POSTAL ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 2242, NORTH PARRAMATTA 2151, AUSTRALIA SEND ROUGH OPAL TO THE...$22 THE CRYSTAL POCKET, INC. 23906 LORAIN ROAD NORTH OLMSTED. OHIO 44070 (WEST SUBURB OF CLEVELAND) (216)...California; Stuart Freedn1an , Fire Mou ntain Gems, North Hollywood. California. Marilyn Roos. Natural Amber |  | | Journal (issue) | | sapphire, aquamarine, chrysoberyl, Australian opal $12.00 5—India faceted ruby, tourmaline, aquamarine, amethyst...occurs anyw here else. There is one area along the north shore of Lake Superior, and another on Isle Royale...Laguna Indian Reservation where the famous Jackpile Mine of the Anaconda Company located 45 miles east of...drilling has continued to expand the ore body to the north, consequently the ultimate size of this occurrence...Bluewater, conda which is about 50 miles from the mine. The spur track built by the Anaconda Company from |  | | Journal (issue) | | row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department...twin, 5.5 cm, from the Amo tin deposit, Ximeng County, Yunnan, China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...2.2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Androscoggin County, Maine. Kyle Kevorkian collection; Jordan Root...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The |  | | Book (volume) | | NORTInHIwo AME A Volumes John Sinkankas _ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes ® Volume I Gemstones, of...of all the mineral treasures to be found in North America, are perhaps the most fascinating—and the...worthy of the name. Some, like the emeralds of North Carolina, the colorful and fabulous tourmalines and...above all, easily read and understood, GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, Volumes I and II, will be welcomed as a...abroad are becoming so scarce and expensive that North America has developed into a major exporter rather |  | | Report (volume) | | ......... North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota............................................. South Carolina......................................:..........1888. Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept, for 1892...Fair edition, 1904. Genth, F. A., Minerals of North Carolina: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 74, 1891. Shannon...Catalogue of the mineral localities of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, ser. 4, Bull. 2, 1908. Scott |  | | Book | | York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South...Issachar). Fourth row: beryl (probably bluish aquamarine or pink morganite; assigned to Zebulon), onyx...had been sending great expeditions to prospect and mine for it throughout the Sinai Peninsula since at least...and abandoned, one is also sure to find extensive mine dumps sloping steeply down from the shaft or tunnel...prodvced by atmospheric oxidation, can be found. Old mine dumps often reveal a varied assortment of brightly |  | | Journal (issue) | | Patricia Barnes Svarney 38 THE AQUARIUS TRAVERTINE MINE A great collecting jaunt for those attending the...Jewelry pieces pictured here they are combined with aquamarine, lapis lazuli and amethyst . By Margaret R....across New York. Brown gray and black chert have the north and central Adirondacks; characteristic conchoidal...catalog. PO Box 93070-19, Pasadena, CA 91109 Outside USA send $8.00 US Funds 12 - GEMS AND MINERALS Glacier...OCTOBER 25-26 10 AM-7 Pl\1, 27 10 AM-5 PM MULTNOMAH COUNTY NON-COftlPETITIVE EXPOSITION & CENTER COMPETITIVE | | | 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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