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| GEMS AND GEM MINERALS OF NORTH CAROLINA* Josnrn HvoB Pnerr North Carolina is one of the more notable...material. The variety of gem minerals found in North Carolina is probably greater than in any other state... 148 JOURNAL MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Quartz Rock Crystal Amethyst Citrine Smoky RoseQuartz Praseand Chrysoprase...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite...occur distributed over a wide area in Burke, Cleveland, Lincoln, McDowell, Mecklenberg, and Rutherford |
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| 'THE GEOLOGICAL vt- ,(231 > ' " ^THE MINERALS CAROLINA''" i '- OF, - :l|^fe^H - GOTEENMENT LIBRARY... W. Powell, director | | The | minerals of North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Geiitk | [Vignette]...J. W. Powell, director | | The | mineralsof North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Genth | [Vignette]...W. Powell, director | | The | :aainerals of North Carolina | by | FrederickAugustusGenth j [Vignette]...separately. Price $2.50. XVI. The Paleozoic Fishes of North America, by John Strong Newberry. 1889. 4°. 340 |
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| .'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North CarOlina Department of Natural Resources and Community...for the general welfare of the citizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts a number of basic and...ofthe Sections's activities and include identifying rock and mineral samples submitted by the citizens of |
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| Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist i ... FRONT COVER PHOTO Twinned emerald crystal from North Carolina, photo from Smithsonian Institution (slide...viable mineral collecting sites through out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during |
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| Show sponsored by the Ute Mountain Gem & Mineral Society. Montezuma County Annex Bldg., 103 N. Chestnut...Mineral & Jewelry Festival sponsored by the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. Oxford Fair ground...Mineral Show. Bell Grove Arena (next to Science North), 100 Ramsey Lake Road. Info.—Roger Poulin, R.R...Oregon. Annual Campout and Swap sponsored by the Rock & Arrowhead Club of Klamath Falls. Pacific Power... Mattituck, NY 11952. Jury 25-28—Franklin, North Carolina. Gem & Lapi dary Wholesalers (G&LW) Gem Trade |
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| Geology of North Carolina. QE 147 .A22 1866-1887 Pt.2 V.2 Chap.1 Digitized by the Internet Archive...org/details/mineralsminerall01 nort n o o / Geology of North Carolina. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It F. A. GENTH...brought to a Pi 7 ? f 3 : GEOLOGY OP NORTH CAROLINA. 2 many new and rare species. The Mica veins...kerrite, culsagerite, Among (all number of rare mountain reminerals, and these are maconite, lesleyite...52 moveable bubbles and 9 basal planes, and one crystal with a basal plane and enclosing a gas, a liquid |
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| LOCALITIES NORTH CAROLINA, BEING CHAPTER I, OP THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. Reprinted...OF E. M. UZZELL RALEIGH, N. C. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CHROLINS. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It has F...data have been embodied. Sev- GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 4 eral causes have been operative in giving...corundum mines, iu the chrysolite ledges of the mountain have also added to the catalogue a number of rare...during the last the catalogues and a having 52 crystal with a solid." Statesville, has also discovered |
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| Cherokee County Kings Creek The Kings Creek, South Carolina, Barite Pits R O G E R BARNETT Simpsonville...Simpsonville, South Carolina 29687 and J E R R Y HOWE Converse College Spartanburg, South Carolina 29301 SOUTH...SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORY Cherokee County, South Carolina, has a long history of mining. Perhaps the most...include the more well known North Carolina and Georgia deposits. Cherokee County also contains an iron ore...crystals, bladed habit, maximum size of individual crystal is 0.5 cm, on massive barite. JULY/AUGUST 1979 |
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| these cores are of pink or the rose quartz variety. Rock crystals, or the colorless quartz crystals, are...cavities or pockets but are much rarer than the rock crystal or smoky quartz variety. Rose quartz crystals...colored minerals which often occur in pegmatites. Rock crystals occur at many localities. Some over three...in length have been found at the Palermo Quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire. Crystals to 150 pounds in...been found at Pala, California. A fortyfour pound crystal nineteen inches in length was taken from the Devil's |
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| DESIRED PLEASE SEND THEM I N . Abbreviations: xI—crystal fl—fluoresces xled—crystallized ph—phosphoresces...about 35 miles northwest of Flagstaff, in Coconino County, a pineforested volcanic area. The elevation is...camels" as well as some cones nearby as tall as the mountain itself. In the streambed and in the cones are...intruding." ARKANSAS—"Enclosed is a very odd quartz crystal (s). It seems to be above 7 in hardness. It will...any average quartz crystal. What do you think of it? It comes from about 7 miles north of Jessieville (Garland |
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| distinguished by their, physical properties: color, crystal form, cleavage, parting, hardness, specific gravity...important aids in identifying gems. They are: color, crystal form, cleavage, parting, hardness, specific gravity...in most minerals. Most gem stones have certain crystal systems that form under favorable conditions of...particular atomic arrangement results. The six crystal systems in which gem stones may form are: isometric...cleavage, surfaces are parallel to some of the crystal faces of some gem stones. For example, diamonds |
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| about 1,250,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement was five tunes the combined production and...than 80,000,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement and the imports of foreign cement are so...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 |
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| Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...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...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE |
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| Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...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...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE |
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| ......... North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota............................................. South Carolina......................................:..........about 1,250,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement was five times the combined production and...than 86,000,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement and the imports of foreign cement are so...1888. Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept, for 1892 |
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| A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises...overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the entire state are all undisturbed sedimentaries:...borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming line is good rock hunting country, especially along the southern slopes...breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive rock beds east of the Orella... The Sandhills Museum in town is well worth the rock hunter’s visit. Draws, cuts and breaks in the hills |
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| A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state...rocks are exposed as thick bands around the entire mountain system. The rising granite mass intruded the famed...an inexhaustible supply of cold artesian, Rocky Mountain snow melt water. Harney Peak is the crest of the...Spodumene. For instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the...beds, excavations, etc.ď‚ľSelenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm |
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| Science Division, Belmont Abbey College Behnont, North Carolina Richard Mitchell Professor of Environmental...Mayo Richard D. Dayvault University of South Carolina Atlanta, Georgia Margaret A. McBrien Arthur...behold the splendid sparkle of the distant mica-mine dumps in New England sunshine to agree with tftis...appreciated by the mineral enthusiast. This important rock-forming group includes many more species than most...colorless muscovite surrounding a black biotite crystal. Biotite occurs with muscovite as a more-or-less |
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| WHAT IS PROBABLY THE WORLD'S FINEST APOPHYLLITE CRYSTAL, CENTREVILLE, VA. SPECIMEN C O L L E C T E D B...CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________............._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T...g e s w h i c h c r e s t a t M t . N o r t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o |
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| Vili Fossil-Stegosaurus * Alabama Mineral-Hematite Rock-Marble Fossil-Basilosaurus cetoides Gemstone-Star...Blue Quartz Soil-Bama Series Mineral-Rhodochrosite Rock-Yule Marble 22 22 Zo 24 * Connecticut OG G& BY...Stone-Agatized Coral Mineral-Quartz Crystal Soil-Myakka Fine Sand Series Rock-Bauxite Soil-Stuttgart Series...Fossil-Shark Tooth Gem-Quartz 35 36 36 38 38 38 Rock-Serpentine * Hawaii Fossil-Sabre-Toothed Cat Gemstone-Benitoite...Stone-Salem Limestone River-Wabash River 49 50 * Iowa Rock-Geode DZ * Kansas Soil-Harney Silt Loam Series |
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| wadewabsltoasssts-oncasess 34 Site 2. Iwan Creek Mine & Rock. Shop—Quartz, Crystals .o2.<...0c5.c0tsunc dieop...dieop.4poecgeqnnnctteen--Crystal ceen I rading Co,—Quartz Crystals, x55. 4..0cs...Aastestes oeareees 27 Site 5 The Starfire Mine Quartz Crystal Mine—Quartz Crystals.............cccccsscssesscessesseeeeens...cccccsscssesscessesseeeeens 38 Site 6 Weener Crystal Mines & Ranch—Quartz Crystals .............sastenrssecer...—Ouarty Crystal ec Site Crystals .........:csseseeseesees Al Mine—Quartz Crystal and Shop Rock Ridge Fiddler’s |
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| invited. ABBREVIATIONS used in this catalog xl -crystal xlled -crystalled xlline - crystalline xllized...············································ 28 ROCK AND MINERAL COLLECTIONS······················-·...Fairfield County, Branchville White xlline with cymatolite, good study ... New Mexico Taos County, near Dixon...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoima Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...iron silicate ACTINOLITE California San Bernardino County, Wrightwood Green prismatic crystalline mass . |
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| NOTES Abbreviations used In this catalog: xL crystal; xline, crystalline; xled, crystallized. Sands...enlarged photograph of a piece of Obsidian, from Lake County, Oregon, which shows a Conchoidal fracture. t...ALGODONITE (Mohawkite), (copper arsenides) Massive in rock; Michigan ................1 x 2" .25 1.50 1.00 ...and cerium orthosilicate Massive; Virginia or N. Carolina ......... ... ...... . Orthite, high grade; Norway...California or Vermont ............ .30 Radiated on rock; Ontario .............. • • • • • • • • • Asbestos |
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| America A Range Guide to Mines and Minerals The Rock-Hunter's Range Guide Petrified Forest Trails Arizona...Ransom EMS of and MINERAL AMERI A A Guide to Rock Collecting HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS ....... New...form in A Range Guide to Mines and Minerals and The Rock-Hunter's Range Guide, both by Jay Ellis Ransom....Foreword xi xiii Part I: The Fundamentals of Rock Collecting 1. Rocks, Minerals, and Gemstones 1...Serpentines; The Metamorphic Rocks; Metamorphic Rock Types; Collectable Metamorphic Gemstones and Minerals; |
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| MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Easy-to-understand instructions for recognizing rock formations; glossary. How to identify gem minerals...to list more than fifteen hundred localities in North America where gems can be found. This is the only...included contain such specific details as farm roads, mountain paths, stretches of stream beds, and easily identifiable...is a precise explanation of h< to recognize the rock formation* which gems occur. The tabular Gem |
