 | | Report (volume) | | Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Museum of Natural History TOPAZ IS THE STATE GEM of Texas and Utah; however, it is best known to the general...Location map of major topaz deposits. 1. San Diego County, California pegmatites; 2. western U.S. topaz rhyolite...rhyolite belt (includes some pegmatites); 3. Mason County, Texas; 4. topaz rhyolite belt of Mexico; 5. Appalachian...(above). Topaz, Little Three mine, Ramona, San Diego County, California. NMNH specimen 147660. Figure 4 (right)...figure & Topaz, 4.5 em long, Pikes Peak, FJ PSl'lO County, Colorado. NMNH specimen R8772. 18 ROCKS & MINERALS |  | | Report (issue) | | Austin Austin, Texas 78712 JOHN T. LONSDALE, Director Report of Investigations — No. 42 Texas Gemstones...OFECONOMIC GEOLOGY The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 78712 JOHN T. LONSDALE, Director —...— No. 42 Report of Investigations Texas Gemstones By Elbert A. King, Jr. February 1961 — — — Second...gemstones Cabochon gems Faceted gems Tumbled gems Texas gemstones Amber Augite Beryl Celestite Diamond Epidote...Illustrations 1. Typical crystal form of three common Texas gemstones 2. Variations of the cabochon cut 3. Diamond |  | | Journal (issue) | | MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN TEXAS III A SUPPLEMENT TO THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD, NOVEMBER–DECEMBER 2020 ... Mineral Collections in TEXAS UVolume IIIV With an Introduction by Wendell Wilson A Supplement to...November–December 2020 MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN TEXAS Mineral Collections in Texas Volume III A Supplement to The Mineralogical...twin, 5.5 cm, from the Amo tin deposit, Ximeng County, Yunnan, China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd...2.2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Androscoggin County, Maine. Kyle Kevorkian collection; Jordan Root |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...a gun," writes a Colorado collector. "As far as Texas is concerned," says a Texan, "the legislature, prodded...is comWoodward ranch in collecting. At the Texas and the Horse Canyon agate deposit in California...pink hue (right) from the Sunnyside Mine, San Juan County, Colorado. MOTTLED AGATE from Chihuahua, Mexico... nodule from Deming, Mexico. New a GREEN AMAZONITE FELDSPAR (below), grouped around smoky quartz |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Texas mineral locality INDEX Whereas Texas is well known for its vastness, cattle industry, and oil...I T S T O P O G R A P H Y A N D G E O L O G Y , Texas, the second largest state, has produced relatively...famous localities. A s this article will show, Texas has had—or currently has—nu merous mineral occurrences...produce good specimens; yet when specimens from Texas are sought in collections and dealers' stocks, few...some basic facts that help explain the situation. Texas has very little federal land in its mineralized |  | | Journal (issue) | | September-October 201✓ Mineral Collections in Texas A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record September-October...Gold-Keith & Diane Brownlee collection, page 56; Amazonite-JeffKremer collection, page 165; Heliodor-Jim...those found in neighboring Arizona and New Mexico; Texas is oil country, and many fortunes have been made... but all are worthy of study and appreciation. Texas collections generally tend tobe very broad in scope...collecting in Texas today has already been weil demonstrated by the Mineralogical Record's first Texas supplement |  | | 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) | | I. Jacobson, Denver, CO Anthony R. Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth,...across a local area net\,vork. Subscription offices: USA/North America: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut...Copyright Clearance Center (www.copyright.com) in the USA or the Copyright Licensing Agency (www. cla.co.uk)...Brazil: At the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Carl A. Francis and Aaron Celestian 89 Who's...cm high, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California; E: Tourmaline, 13.8 cm, Madagascar; |  | | Book (volume) | | beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...of rd. a few yds., outcropRose Quartz. DOUGLAS COUNTY CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts, |  | | Book (volume) | | Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill O. Murphy...sne-aseseeateeCounty, Can tess ccraccacaerscsascn enaeantsrse Figure |  | | Journal (issue) | | MineralogicalRecord.com Front cover: Fluorite on Amazonite 7.5 cm, from the Smoky Hawk claim, Colorado. Collected...museum quality.” (Szenics, 1967) Spruce Peak, King County, Washington, 1977 Beautiful pyrite and quartz specimens...and FLECK, G. (1980) The Grey Horse mine, Pinal County, Arizona. Mineralogical Record, 11 (4), 231–232...and HAWES, W. (1978) Quartz and pyrite from King County, Washington. Mineralogical Record, 9 (6), 352–353...from the Spinelli prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. Collected December 21, 2008 with |  | | | | Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good... In the U.S., sulfur is found in Louisiana and Texas in upper parts of salt domes. Also in tuff at Sulphurdale...Missouri. Fairly large crystals in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Very fine crystals in dolomite from...Darwin district, Inyo County, California; also at Antimony Peak, San Benito County, California; and large...district, San Bernardino County. Long crystals at Manhattan Mines, Nye County, Nevada. Excellent needle-like |  | | Book (edition) | | Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good... In the U.S., sulfur is found in Louisiana and Texas in upper parts of salt domes. Also in tuff...Missouri. Fairly large crystals in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Very fine crystals in dolomite from...Darwin district, Inyo County, California; also at Antimony Peak, San Benito County, California; and large...district, San Bernardino County. Long crystals at Manhattan Mines, Nye County, Nevada. Excellent needle-like |  | | Book (volume) | | the Southern Gem and Mineral Company of El Paso, Texas. Information on the Virgin Valley opal deposits...L. Mahaffey of Nevada, Missouri. The well-known Texas agate localities of the Alpine Region were described...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...Roebling opal An amazonite crystal (color) An orthoclase crystal Map of Amelia, Va. An amazonite pegmatite Dr |  | | Report (issue) | | Denver, Colorado, USA © 2011 by Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 11613 • Denver, CO 80211 • USA Phone 1.303.495...and quartz, 5.3 cm tall Sawtooth Mountains, Boise County, Idaho shown under longwave ultraviolet light (left)...Province, Afghanistan; San Diego County, California, and Thomas Range, Utah, USA Associated Species: In topaz...in topaz, after Foord et al., 1990 (Jefferson County) Colorado pegmatites, which formed under low water...few localities produce blue-green microcline ("amazonite"), which is characteristic ofNYF and mixed pegmatites |  | | Journal (issue) | | Wulfenite from the Red Cloud (photo credit)mine (La Paz County), Arizona, is world famous. (3.9 cm high) Jeff...awesome specimens from the other Dorris claims: amazonite, smoky quartz, combinations of the two, killer...excavated boulder contains a bounty of subhedral amazonite, which shows few crystal faces. 27 prospecting...area is renowned for its exceptional blue-green amazonite and smoky quartz combination specimens, with the...28 rockngem.com Contrasting smoky quartz and amazonite clusters have made the Lake George (Smoky Hawk) |  | | Book (edition) | | collectors because a many material others of the Texas ranches are closed few carted away agate by the...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...have a cornfield at Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Va. A 3 carat stone, bought by a Knoxville |  | | Book (edition) | | from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E... Baja California 19. Sequist Ranch topaz area, Texas 20. Little Three mine, Ramona, California 21. Gem-bearing...of tourmaline crystal forms 38. Map of San Diego County, California gem sources 3 9. Stewart Lithia· and...View of Clear Creek, San Benito County, California 55. Monterey County jade-producing shoreline, California...San Benito County, Calfornia E. L. Gray Opencut wall, Dallas Gem mine, San Benito County, California |  | | Book | | indebted. Appreciation is also expressed to Dr J. Arem, USA; Sr Carlos Barbosa, Brazil; Professor J. Cassedanne...Canada; Mr T. Michalski, USA; Mr J. Murphy, USA; Dr F. Pough, USA; Mrs K. Robertson, USA; Dr W. Sersen, Thailand;...Thailand; Mr M. Sonsthagen, USA; A. Theisen, USA; John White, USA; and many others in the trade who assisted...throughout the world. Brown - topaz rhyolites in western USA, and Mexico. Many pegmatites throughout the world...300 kg, is from the Brown Derby mine, Colorado, USA (Rosenberg,1972; Staatz and Trites, 1955). This crystal |  | | Book | | Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson | | | Book (volume) | | Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, ID; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gen1 Center USA, El Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill 0. Murphy... 15 Figure 6. Dallas Gem Mine in San Benito County, CA..............................................Benitoite recovery from alluvial deposits, San Benito County, CA ................ 29 Figure 8. Title page |  | | Book | | milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A. Maykut...DESCRIPTIONS 21 ABBREVIATIONS 24 GLOSSARY 25 COUNTY INDEX OF MINERAL OCCURRENCES 29 MINERAL DESCRIPTIONS...(using a code explained on page 21) and a county by county list mentioning the nature of their occurrence...Parks and Monuments prohibit all collecting. state, county and city parks usually prohibit collecting. Please..."breccia pipes". These are most abundant in King County and contain inumerable quartz crystal lined cavities |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...a gun," writes a Colorado collector. "As far as Texas is concerned," says a Texan, "the legislature, prodded...corners of the claimed area, and filing in the county land agent's office. In addition he has to show...notably in Texas. The Texas specimens are called bediasites from Bedias, a town in Grimes county. Gold is...gem. Likewise, benitoite comes from San Benito county, California. Many gem materials are named for people |
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