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Obsidian from
Carolina Quarry, Quebrada Rupasca, San Antonio de los Cobres, Los Andes department, Salta Province, Argentina


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Type:Obsidian
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Obsidian data
Locality Data:Click here to view Carolina Quarry, Quebrada Rupasca, San Antonio de los Cobres, Los Andes department, Salta Province, Argentina
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:888388
Long-form Identifier:1:3:888388:9
GUID (UUID V4):5cca531e-8e4a-4479-99cd-3457b4d3cfbc
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
northwestern Argentina applied to magnetic polarity stratigraphy in the Rio Yacones, Salta Province Jos~ G...Nacional de Salta, Instituto GEONORTE and CONICET, Buenos Aires 177, 4400 Salta, Argentina b Department of...Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723-9047, USA c Bridas Company, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Received...from all three morphostructural provinces in NW Argentina. A depositional gap in the air fall material is...the Corte Blanco Tuff in the Rio Yacones, near Salta, allowed at/interpretation to be made of a magnetic
Report (issue)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BORATE DEPOSITS by G.J. Orris l Open-File Report...Mine San Marcos Volcanclto Salar Centenario Anatuya Prospect Boroquimlca Samicaf Mines La Argentina Maria...Maria Teresa Oire Ojo de Agua Rio Alumbrlo Spring Area Lagunita Libertad Loma Blanca Cerro Bayo Boratera...Vilama Adriana Lari Los Bayos Tropa Pete 3erta Prospect 3lanca Lila Mine Boratera de Antuco Celti Occurrence...Acazoque Alejandra Occurrence Alex Prospect Argentina DEPOSnr NAME Table 1 . Borate deposits. Ravine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chert. California—R. F. Henley, 4075 19th Street, San Francisco 14, Calif., sent R & M two interesting...Please Send Them In. calcite from the West End quarry, Inyo Co., Calif., and the other is a bluishwhite...anorthite), quartz, mica (biotite, muscovite) obsidian and gold??? Who would suppose that Colorado, the...grayish cephalopod from the world's largest limestone quarry, located in Rogers City, Presque Island Co., Mich...been found recently in the abandoned limestone quarry at McAfee, Sussex Co., N . J. New Mexico—A nice
Report (issue)
Mexico, and northern Chihuahua Kenneth F. Clark Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at...derived from Cretaceous clay beds surrounding the Cerro de Cristo Rey laccolithic intrusion located in the Paso...industriales de la region fronteriza triestatal del oeste de Texas, sur de Nuevo Mexico y norte de Chihuahua...Chihuahua Resumen—Los minerales y rocas industriales en la región fronteriza triestatal se encuentran en una...una diversidad de ambientes geolOgicos y varían en edad desde el Precámbrico hasta el Reciente. Su impacto
Report (issue)
The Central Andes of Argentina and Northern Chile edited by Peter G. DeCelles Department of Geosciences...Arizona Tucson, Arizona, USA Mihai N. Ducea Department of Geosciences University of Arizona Tucson,...Facultatea de Geologie Geofizica Strada N. Balcescu Nr | Bucuresti, Romania Barbara Carrapa Department of Geosciences...of Arizona Tucson, Arizona, USA Paul A. Kapp Department of Geosciences University of Arizona Tucson,...the central Andes of Argentina and northern Chile / edited by Peter G. DeCelles, Department of Geosciences
Book (edition)
they are formed —twinned, Z/'j lopsided by the de- fun and profitable 3 TYPICAL CRYSTAL FORMS OF...agate is wood for which believed to have been de- posited from hot solutions percolating into cavities...fresh green tint. • r in color. Turquoise from Los Cerillos mines, New Mexico. Note turquoise vein...geological survey to hunt gems 29 or highway department or from the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey...Diamonds have been found in the United way from North Carolina to California and from Wisconsin. Some are found
Report (issue)
Haven, Conn . • Detro it • New Yor k • Sa n Diego • San Francisco Cleveland • Watervil le, Mai ne • London...Konigsson and Goran Possnert ; sour le patronage de l'UNESCO = under the auspices of UNESCO. Rixensart...Ander Alcala ... [et ~-1 = Eclipse total de sol, 11 de agosto de 1999 / director, Jon Teus ; autores, Alberto...y dibujos, Ander Alcala ... [et al.). San Sebastian: Sociedad de Ciencias ARANZADI, 2001. 97 p. : col...Ander. IV. Title. V. Title: Eclipse total de sol, 11 de Agosto de 1999 VJ. Series: Munibe. Suplememo: no
Book (edition)
/ 3 obtain nor to learn. The following chapters de- scribe in simple language the distinguishing characteristics... — — A few gem materials notably, opal and obsidian are amorphous, lacking crystal structure altogether...dikes in Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Dakota, liquid in the solidifying dike... cools, gas pockets may be chalcedony or opal, de- dissolved from the lava. Similarly, buried in...rocks, the Appalachians, sweeps down from the province of Quebec to Alabama, affording a challenge to
Book (edition)
and quanz, from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing...gemological literature in North America. J. s. San Diego, California 1975 Acknowledgments The folio\\...as well as to Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Van Pelt of Los Angeles for a number of color photographs of remarkable...Basalt Breccia, Hypersthene Gabbro, Hematite, Obsidian, Banded Rhyolite, Serandite, Datolite, Prehnite...Ruby mine, Cowee Creek, North Carolina 6. Corundum Hill, North Carolina 7. Eldorado Bar, Montana 8. W
Book
Sciences Institute 'J aume Almera', Consejo Superior de I11vestigaciones Cientificas, Barcelona, Spain •...Field excursion from central Chile to the Atacama De<,crt. W. Gibbons & -1. Moreno 329 Refere nee::...perched on gross!) o,erthickened crust in the High Andes, the largest and strange:,l nitrate deposits in...(SERNAGEOM J N. Chile) E. Custodio (Univ. Politecnica de Cataluna, Spain) E. Godoy (SER NAGEOMI , Chile) A...Aut6noma de Madrid, Spain) H. Miller (Ludwig-Maximilians-Un1 v. Germany) D . Morata (Universidad de Chile
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the vicinity of the Gem Mine (benitoite locality), San Benito County, Calif. A description of the occurrence...is a lead-silver mine in the Silverton district, San Juan County, Colo. The mineral occurs as dark gray...Daytona Beach, Fla. The locality is a limestone quarry near south of Bradenton, Manatee County Fla. Georgia—A...crystals of selenite are found in the Floyd Knobs quarry near New Albany, Floyd County, Ind. Iowa—Nice waterworn...zoisite, on gneiss, are found in the Milford trap quarry, northwest of Baltimore, Md. Massachusetts—Large
Report (issue)
1492-1992. Obra de Antonio de Nebrija y su Recepci6o en 1a Nueva Espana (1992 : Museo Nacional de Amropologfa)...Amropologfa) Memoria de! coloquio La Obra de Antonio de Nebrija y su Recepci6n en la Nueva Espana. 1. ed. Mexico...Mexico, D.F. : lnsticu10 Nacional de An1ropologja e Historia, 1997. PC41 03.N4 G736 1997 TOZ {LSOC.77.20...Asturias. Jomadas de Arqueologfa Subacuatica en Ascurias (2nd : 1991 : Gij6n, Spain) II Jomadas de Arqueologfa...Asrurias (Gij6n. 1991). Oviedo : Servicio de Publicaciones, Universidad de Oviedo, 1992. TOZ {L.SOC.150.19.7
Journal (volume)
OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO WALTER...Draftsman San Francisco San Francisco C. A. * On leave for military service. • Los Angelas Los Angeles...Angeles Sacramento Redding San San San San San San San Francisco Francisco Francisco Francisco Francisco...Miller Geology of Parts of tbe Barstow Quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California, by William J. Miller...Miller 9 11 73 Geology of the Needles-Goffs Region, San Bernardino County, California, by William J. Miller
Book (edition)
Colorado; and Professor Jack Hanahan of Belmont, North Carolina, with locations in their respective states. ...basketful in Maine and California; emerald in North Carolina, a big diamond or two in Arkansas, opal in Idaho...microscope. A few gem materials notably opal and obsidian are amorphous, lacking crystal structure altogether...igneous rocks do not quite fit these categories. Obsidian, an extrusive rock, is a glass of much the same...same chemical composition as rhyolite. Pumice is obsidian in a powdery state. Much of the so-called wonderstone
Catalog/List
Manganese sulfide Mexico Puebla, Mina Preciosa Sangue de Cristo ~rly pure dark brown cubic cleavable mass...Calcium iron cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoima Canyon Large black tabular...Calcium magnesium iron silicate ACTINOLITE California San Bernardino County, Wrightwood Green prismatic crystalline...BARKEVIKITE A basic silicate of sodium and iron California San Benito River, Gem mine Black prismatic xls imbedded...syenite CROSSITE Sodium iron silicate California San Benito County, Gem mine Compact blue-gray mass with
Journal (issue)
Contents for January-February, 1949 CHIPS FROM TH.E QUARRY ............................................................... 23 A GEOLOGIC ODYSSEY THRU THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, CANAD.A. By / oel Halpern .................................................... 21 OBSIDIAN ARTS OF ANCIENT A~{ERJCA. By /ohn L. Cross .....Auociation • 2 ROCKS AND MINERALS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY Mr. Truman, President! We voted for Governor Dewey...Plans Long Tour Dr. Lloyd W . Fisher, head of the Department of Geology, at Bates College, Lewiston, Me.,
Report (issue)
Nacional de la Historia (Venezuela) Lorenzo, Jose Luis. Etapa Htica en Norte y Centroamerica sobre los origenes...Academie royale de Belgique. see Academie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beauxarts de Belgique. Academie...royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique. (Old Catalog form: Academic Royale des...indigenas de Costa Rica / Jorge Luis Acevedo V. la ed. San Jose, Costa Rica : Editorial de la Uni~ersidad...Uni~ersidad de Costa Rica, 1986. 197 p. : ill., music ; 27 cm. Bibliography: p. 197. CONTENTS.• Cap. I. En
Report (issue)
(43)] Abadia, Guillermo, 1912- Compendio general de folklore colombiano / Guillermo Abadia Morales. 4a... rev. y acotada. Bogota, Colombia : Fondo de Promocion de la Cultura del Banco Popular, 1983. 547 p....proposed reservoir areas, Rocky River Basin, North Carolina / . [Winston Salem, N .C.] [1987] 1 v. (various...Winning, Hasso. Two Maya monuments in Yucatan . Los Angeles, Calif. , cl985. xii, 95 p. : ISBN 0-916561-68-2...Almansa, Manuel. Museo de Malaga. Catalogo de las inscripciones arabes del Museo de Malaga /. [Madrid) [
Report (issue)
PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1956 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Douglas McKay, Secretary GEOLOGICAL...dacitic perlite, welded tuff, pitchstone, and obsidian is included mainly to show the water content....has this property been1 utilized commercially. Obsidian was reported to have been expanded and used in...Special thanks are also due Aaron C. Waters, department of geology, Johns Hopkins University, for his...content may range from less than 1 percent in some obsidian to as much as 10 percent in some pitchstone. Most
Book (volume)
NECKLACE. Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites...treasures of gemstones, but one must look for them! JS. San Diego, California vill Gemstones of North America...Figure 7. Benitoite recovery from alluvial deposits, San Benito County, CA ...........04 Figure 8. Title...Bennets Quarry, Oxtond County, NUE taetat cece eter ee Figure 10. Scene -ateBennett Quarry, Oxtora...11. Title page of Kunz’s description of North Carolina gemstoneS...........0:00 Figure 12. Niountennteno
Journal (issue)
................................. 569 AVISIT TO LOS LAMENTOS, MEXICO. BY LOUIS W. VANCE ..... :.......................... 594 NATIVE COPPER IN AN. J. QUARRY. BY T . ORCHARD LISLE ................ 597 MOUNT............................... .... . 603 NORTH CAROLINA GOLD RUSH OF 1842. BY JEFF HILL ................ 562 ROCKS AND MlN ERALS - CHIPS ~-,ROM THE QUARRY (!I~risintas Oireetings ! - Again it is the happy...bef, var da) be I ly 1 If sec, exF we] WIC san sue LS ROCKS AND MlN ERA LS ,t- the base of
Report (issue)
cumam tza'. [Guatemala? : lnstitu to Lingi.iistico de Verano?), 1985. 113 p. : ill.; 21 cm. In !xii. 1...120.P. 26.1. 7 (2) ] Abeles, Marc. Anthropologie de l'etat / Marc Abeles. Paris : A. Colin, 1990. 183...Cabrera Guerrero, Martha Eugenia. Los pobladores prehispanicos de Acapulco . Mexico, D .F., 1990. 245...Juan Acha, Adolfo Colombres, Ticio Escobar ; pr6logo de Adolfo Colombres. Buenos Aires : Ediciones del Sol...1991] ACOSTA, JOSE DE, 1540-1600. O'Gorman, Edmundo, 1906- Cuatro historiadores de lndias, siglo XVT
Report (volume)
Abeles, Marc. [Lieu du politique. Spanish] El lugar de la politica / Marc Abeles. ~arcelona : Editorial...Editorial Mitre, cl 988. 239 p. : 111. ; 22 cm. (Textos de amropologfa) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN...SEP, 1991. 122 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. (Cuaderoos de la Casa Chata . 176) Includes bibliographical references...[AFR.N.E. Ab 91 w] Abusos de varias clases de mitas y caracter perezoso de] yndio representados para...remedio al Rey Nro. Seiior / . Mugica, Martin Joseph de. Lima , 1992. 38 p. ; TOZ [S.A. M 893 a 1992) Clasicos
Book (volume)
fringes of Greenland; in fact, there is no state or province which does not boast at least one gemstone worthy...of the name. Some, like the emeralds of North Carolina, the colorful and fabulous tourmalines and kunzites...that data up to the end of 1974. John Sinkankas San Diego, California July, 1975 JOHWSTUPAW.N19,901...material on Canadian deposits was furnished by the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys of the Geological...may be mentioned: Vermont, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Oregon, Kansas, Alabama, Ohio, Oklahoma, Arkansas
Report (issue)
respectfully, HENRY G. HANKS, State Mineralogist. San Francisco, June 15, 1885. REPORT. The Act creating...to others, in other States and countries. This department is so important that it should be duly considered...replies, which are sometimes necessarily This department, sufficient to brief: also, is employ the...State Mining Bureau, Office of State Mineralogist, San Francisco, ,188... ) j The Act creating the...the collection and display, in a State Museum at San Francisco, of the varied mineral products of California
 
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