 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Opalized Wood FROM CLOVER CREEK Downloaded by [Orta Dogu Teknik Universitesi] at 18:33 26 April 2016...Rediscovery of an 1897 Fossil Dig Gooding County, Idaho MIKE VINEY 2842 Blue Leaf Drive Fort Collins...80526 mviney@psdschools.org JIM MILLS 4520 Coyote Creek Lane Creston, California 93432 jim@millsgeological...Geosciences Idaho State University Pocatello, Idaho 83209 linkpaul@isu.edu T Figure 1. Wood opal, Clover...Clover Creek, Idaho; specimen 81433, Natural History Museum, London; museum photo. he past two decades have |  | Viney, Mike, Dietrich, Dagmar, Mustoe, George, Link, Paul, Lampke, Thomas, Götze, Jens, Rößler, Ronny (2016) Multi-Stage Silicification of Pliocene Wood: Re-Examination of an 1895 Discovery from Idaho, USA. Geosciences, 6 (2) 21 doi:10.3390/geosciences6020021 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Wood: Re-Examination of an 1895 Discovery from Idaho, USA Mike Viney 1,2, *, Dagmar Dietrich 3 , George... Poudre School District, Ft. Collins, CO 80526, USA College of Natural Sciences Education and Outreach...Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA Professur Werkstoff- und Oberflächentechnik, Technische... Bellingham, WA 98225, USA; mustoeg@wwu.edu Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello...Pocatello, ID 832091, USA; linkpaul@isu.edu Institut für Mineralogie, Technische Universität Bergakademie |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Blue Forest of Ancient Lake Gosiute Sweetwater County, Wyoming Figure 1. Blue botryoidal chalcedony...A WELL-KNOWN FOSSIL WOOD DEPOSIT in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, praised as one of the world’s most beautiful...Volume 95, March/April 2020   155 Figure 4. Clover Creek opalized oak, 17.8 × 6.4 × 1.3 cm. The Field...original site along Clover Creek, Idaho, was Figure 5. Mary Klass at Clover Creek site. Today, the site...formed the fossil oak, which is composed mostly of opal-CT and some chalcedony (Viney et al. 2016). In contrast |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA; mustoeg@wwu.edu; Tel.: +1-360-650-3582 Received:...wood from the Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA; no relict tissue was visible in silicified alder...or from unidentified fossil wood from New Mexico, USA; two taxonomically unidentified samples from unknown...the same specimen. A fifth specimen, from Kansas, USA, was mineralized with calcite; treatment with hydrochloric...transverse orientation. Devonian, Woodford Shale, OK, USA. This new thin section is similar to the specimen |  | | Book | | MINERALS^ of Idaho with field trip j& maps by John A.fl£.jkwith Gem Minerals of Idaho, designed for...for beginners and for those collectors visiting Idaho for the first time, is a guide to some of the...collecting. garnet diggings of Latah County and the Spencer Opal Mine, charge a digging fee. But most...mineral-forming forces than makes Idaho a gem hunter's para- has experienced more Idaho," a fact that dise. L...MINERAL COLLECTION COVER PHOTOS FROM THE GLEN OPAL Opal a mineral containing various amounts of water |  | | Book (edition) | | Price: $3.00. THE OPAL BOOK-by Frank Leechmon, F.G.A. The definitive book on precious opal. Complete information...color, and how to handle and cut. The only complete opal book. Nine gorgeous colar plates. Price only $7...of OREGON e WASHINGTON BRITISH COLUMBIA • IDAHO BY H. C. DAKE Editor Emeritus, With THE MINERALOGIST...WESTERN OREGON Zealite Bonanza Nehalem River Clear Creek Western Rivers North Umpqua River Sweet Home Forest...Localities Beaches Map of Oregon Beaches JACKSON COUNTY A Mineral Mecca Mop of Josephine and Jackson Counties |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to show surface alteration to cerussite. Jasoer County. Missouri. U.S.N.M. 82Z04 Fig. 2. Pyrite to limonite...S.N.M. 82100. Fig. 4. Selenite to quartz. Sioux County, Kansas. U.S.N.M. 106749. Fig. 5. Orthoclase to...Riverside, Malheur County, Oregon, collected by Frank S. Zimmerman of Payette, Idaho. The moss in the specimen...lignite, a form of coal, are exposed where the creek has cut through the Cretaceous PLATE III Fig. I...I . Copper from cuprite. Globe, Gila County, Arizona. U.S.N.M. C-171. Fig. 2. Chlorite from garnet. Spurr |  | | Book (volume) | | guide to more than 1,000 specific locations in Idaho, lowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska...Virginia VOLUME 3: THE NORTHWESTERN QUANDRANT Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska...TREASURES VOLUME ep The Northwestern Quadrant Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska...Principal Abbreviations and Mineral Location Numbers Idaho lowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible |  | | Book (edition) | | Miss Katharine M. Gohn E. W. M. Johnson of Lincoln, of Mesa, Ariz., Frank Bogart Bean of Madison...great lava flows of Idaho, Oregon and Washington occur the many types of agate, opal and petrified this...NORTH CAROLINA weight plac« date Brindletown Creek, Burke Co. 1843 2 stones Twitty gold placer,...stones One Lincoln Co. Todd's Branch, Mecklenberg Co. Portis mine, Franklin Co. Muddy Creek headwaters...yellow Cleveland Co. GEORGIA Branch of Muddy Creek, 1843 Williams' Ferry, Hall Co. Horshaw mine |  | | Report (issue) | | 14 Imsamet Emerald Creek Clayburn A.P. Green Mission Creek Limestone Idaho Lime Silver Still Gypsum...Gypsum Unimin Faxe Kalk Willow Creek Jasper Spencer Opal Mountain West Bark Products Producers Amcor Teague...Teague Pumice Lava Flow Products Idaho Travertine Clover Creek Ash Grove Cement Oakley Stone National...National Perlite Bruneau Jasper Hess Pumice Grefco IDAHO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY M AI N O F F I CE A T M O SCOW |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Range region, northeastern Nevada and south-central Idaho Phyllis Camilleri1, Jack Deibert1, and Michael Perkins2...Range region, northeastern Nevada and south-central Idaho: Geosphere, v. 13, no. 6, p. 1901–1948, doi:10.1130/GES01318...University, P.O. Box 4418, Clarksville, Tennessee 37044, USA Department of Geology and Geophysics, University... 115 S 1460 E #383, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA ABSTRACT New geologic mapping and tephrochronologic...extensional basins surrounding Knoll Mountain (Nevada, USA) reveal a geologic history linked to tectonic development |  | | Book | | Again, some of the best specimens from Emerald Creek in Idaho have been found by indi¬ viduals standing in...famous was the single beryl stone found in Oxford County in Maine that weighed 18 tons and was 18 feet in...with its porous structure has a distinctive look. Opal in its most elegant form is a semitransparent stone...and rubies are found in North Carolina, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Cal¬ ifornia and Montana, but they appear...in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, North |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA; mustoeg@wwu.edu Abstract: For many decades, wood...generalization. Keywords: silicification; fossil wood; opal-A; opal-CT; chalcedony; quartz 1. Introduction Citation:...presence of amorphous opal (opal-A), silica with incipient crystallization (opal-C/opal-CT); microcrystalline...from Red Hills Lignite Mine, Chocktaw, Missouri, USA. The multilayered architecture of the cell walls...eventually fills interstitial spaces, producing solid opal. Depending on the degree of order in the stacked |  | | Report (issue) | | Lake County - 2, 4 Coso Range deposits, Inyo County - 14 Coyote Mountain deposits, Imperial County - 13...Chance Range) mine, Inyo County - 9, 11, 15, 16, 17 Elgin mine, Colusa County - 6, 12 Full Moon deposit...deposit, Imperial County - 13 The Geysers, Sonoma County - 1, 18 Leviathan mine, Alpine County - 7, 17 Sulphur...Sulphur Bank mine, Lake County - 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 17; S 7 Supan deposits, Shasta County - 3; S 7 3. Goldman...hot springs area known as "The Geysers, " Sonoma County. Data given on temperatures, composition of water |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...microscope. is — — A few gem materials notably, opal and obsidian are amorphous, lacking crystal structure...with light such as creates the unique beauty of opal or labradorite, the starry splendor of star sapphire...heavier liquids are As gems lie in the range between opal (sp. gr. 2.1) and zircon (sp. gr. 4.7), quick and...experimentally. diamond is now manufactured. Even Opal, however, has resisted manufacture it. It is still |  | | Report (volume) | | relations to other formations.-.--._------_-. Clover Creek greenstone___---_---__----------_---_---_ General...argillite._________________ Structure of the Clover Creek greenstone___________-_--_Metamorphism. _ _...anticline._-_--_____.__________-__.-_ Alder Creek-Sutton Creek trough..__---___-___--.__ 72 72 Virtue...depression._._. __.._______._____-_____ 73 Ruckles Creek-Magpie Peak monocline._____________ 73 Lower Powder...Soldier claim________________._...._.._____ Marble Creek Mining & Milling Co.---...------.--Yellow Boy mine |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Carolina, a big diamond or two in Arkansas, opal in Idaho, and so on. Old locations suddenly are brought...eye of the microscope. A few gem materials notably opal and obsidian are amorphous, lacking crystal structure...with light such as creates the unique beauty of opal or labradorite, the starry splendor of star sapphire...are available. As gems lie in the range between opal (sp. gr. 2.1) and zircon (sp. gr. 4.7), quick and |  | | Book (volume) | | Montana; light yellow orthoclase feldspar (25.03 ct), Idaho; rectangular step cut purplish pink elbaite tourmaline...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...members. Searches could be confined to terrains and creek beds that expose vil Preface types of rocks...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache |  | | Journal (issue) | | mmigration Ol ice. Opal Mines, Wbite Cllifs, New South Wales. Oourte8JI Special Opal Nuinber Granite and...1Iuseum. B y 1rilli<1m F. Foshag The Geology of Opal. By, Oilb rrt Hart.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Quest of the Opal. B!I If. T. Strnng.. . ....................... . . ('(}Jor Play in Opal. B.11, Il. E... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 'fbe Opal. JJy E11,qe11e Jr. B1"11k..................... ...Nature, Oc·cune11ce anll U se. By ,John Jfe11111.sr Opal from the Columhin Plateau Basnlt F lows of ,vashington |  | | Report (volume) | | .............................................. Idaho...................................................Nebraska____.Prof. E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada_____Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Lodi, Cal...See Bauxite and Halloysite. 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 S., R. 7 E.; |  | | Report (volume) | | Jarbidge River, and Sheep Creek West Wilderness Study Areas, Owyhee County, Idaho U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Jarbidge River, and Sheep Creek West Wilderness Study Areas, Owyhee County, Idaho By VIKI A. LAWRENCE, DAVID...BONNICHSEN, MARGARET D. JENKS, and JOHN L. BERNT Idaho Geological Survey U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...WILDERNESS STUDY AREASBRUNEAU RIVER-JACKS CREEK REGION, IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DONALD PAUL...Jarbidge River, and Sheep Creek West Wilderness Study Areas, Ovvyhee County, Idaho. (Mineral resources of | | | Book (volume) | | 1\1ontana; light yellow orthoclase feldspar (25.03 et), Idaho; rectangular step cut purplish pink elbaite tourmaline...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...members. Searches could be confined to terrains and creek beds that expose .. Vll Preface types of rocks...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | El Paso, Texas. Information on the Virgin Valley opal deposits was given by G. Keith Hodson of Scottsdale...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...Diamond, Corundum (Ruby and Sapphire), Beryl, Topaz, Opal. IMPORTANT GEMSTONES The Feldspar Group, Spodumene.... Map of Cowee Creek area . Cowee Creek gravel washing . Yogo Gulch Mine . Rock Creek, Montana, sapphire |  | | Book (edition) | | displays. OMSI also sponsors Camp Hancock in Wheeler County where young students can experience fieldwork in...found in the Sucker Creek Formation near the Rockville post office in Malheur County. Although sometimes...are similar enough to those in the nearby Succor Creek locality that both are considered as part of the...plant types alone. For example, although the Bridge Creek, dated at 33.6 million years in the past, is among...younger. But the temperate nature of the Bridge Creek is actually due to the fact that the plants grew |  | | Journal (issue) | | Blair Counties. V. Clinton, Iron Shales - Juniata County, IV. Medina, Sandstones–Central Pa. Counties....they resemble the bulls noticed in the Whitesides County, Ill., fulgurite, described and figured by Mr....and a zaphrentis was filled with beautiful milk opal. A silicified favosites had the cells filled with...because it resembles honeycomb. One specimen of opal was a perfect fossil fish , others were fossil leaves...fragments of wood, shells, etc. Many specimens of common opal and Hint, when sliced for the microscope , proved |
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