 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu Figure 1. The North American Emerald mine (2006), where many fine emeralds have...Alexander County, North Carolina I t has been many decades since the fabulous 21-cm-long North Carolina...the monumental work Gems and Precious Stones of North America (Kunz 1892) was stolen, along with three...come and gone in the vicinity of Hiddenite, North Carolina, the place from which an increasingly impressive...hiddenite, and associated rutile, monazite, mica, quartz, and other pocket mineral specimens and gems have |  | | Report (issue) | | Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina 1011 by Gwendolyn W. Luttrell 12 U.S. Geological... Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina Abstract Gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc,...barite, and rare-earths have been mined in North Carolina. Gold, with by-product silver, occurs in veins...deposits. Copper occurs with complex sulfide ores in quartz veins in the metamorphic rocks of the 10- Piedmont...along the borders of a granite body in Halifax 18 County. 19 and Vanoe Counties. 20- Tungsten minerals |  | | Book | | ^/s^ 5 Mk^ THE •^4^5 ^old I?|inE? of Worth Carolina. Mkl Mkl Mki Mk •?4^# •^4^2 Mk '^4^J -^4^5...N. Y. York. C^ompaijy's propi^rty. McDowell County, N, C. Uwharrie River, Randolph, Davidson and Montgomery...EL DORADO aOLD 7, 1891 aEMS. and THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. IN JStoiies, iiolA and Many Rare...town in promagnificent country mansion. no gold mine worthy of the name east of the cess of transformation...Marion by the North Carolina and northwestern Georgia is a record afternoon train, from the North, a few days |  | | Report (issue) | | Central group ____________________________ _ _ Carolina gneiss ________________________ _ Mica schist...__________________________________ _ ~ orth Carolina and South Carolina ______ ____ _ Georgia ______________...__ _________________________ _; _____ _ Barren quartz veins ________________ _ Mineralized zones ___________...34 35 35 36 39 44 44 45 46 47 47 49 49 50 50 Mine descriptions ___________ --------- -- .. -------...___ _______________________ _______ _ Fauquier County ____ ______ ______ _____ _____ _ Franklin ____ |  | | Book | | Fossil-Basilosaurus cetoides Gemstone-Star Blue Quartz Soil-Bama Series Mineral-Rhodochrosite Rock-Yule...Florida Gem-Moonstone Stone-Agatized Coral Mineral-Quartz Crystal Soil-Myakka Fine Sand Series Rock-Bauxite...Mineral-Gold Mineral-Staurolite Fossil-Shark Tooth Gem-Quartz 35 36 36 38 38 38 Rock-Serpentine * Hawaii ...87 88 * North Carolina Precious Stone-Emerald Rock-Granite 109 110 90 90 91 91 a2 * North Dakota Fossil-Jeredo...Hampshire Rock-Granite Mineral-Bery] Gem-Smoky Quartz 2B) 100 100 116 116 LI7 118 118 Gemstone-Sunstone |  | | Report (issue) | | International, LLC P.O. 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Mandarino...in y u lite from the W illard m in e, P ershing County, N e v a d a ....................................Record, volume 31, July-August, 20C Sweet Home Mine Special Issue. Since living in Connecticut I have...fund-raising technique being used by the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. It’s called the “Adopta-mineral” |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tucson report • Emerald-bearing gem pockets from North Carolina • Spessartine from Loliondo, Tanzania • Gem-quality...Myanmar • Large gem pocket discovered in San Diego County, California • Green sodic plagioclase from East...the tourmaline, fine crystals of aquamarine and quartz were recovered from miarolitic cavities in nearby...metals (Li, Be, Nb, and Ta), industrial minerals (quartz, mica, feldspar, and clay), and gems such as tourmaline...pegmatites locally crosscut the basement rocks and form quartz-rich outcrops where the host gneisses are exposed |  | | Book | | of the Stone in Myth and in Rock 9 3 From Mine to “Mine”: The Emerald Business 21 4 Emeralds in World...emerald belonging to Satan himself was found by the Queen of Sheba, who gave it to King Introduction r...mineral aggregates, including large crystals of quartz, feldspar, mica, and beryl. Because pegmatite is...could identify the country and sometimes the actual mine a particular stone came from. However, vaporizing...Prize, but he did get to be Royal Astronomer to the Queen. Fred Hoyle was wrong about the Big Bang, though |  | | Journal (issue) | | feldspar from Congo • Fluorite from the Rogerley mine, England • Demantoid garnet from Iran • Kyanite...Hiddenite, North Carolina • Star emerald from Madagascar • Tourmaline “slider” in quartz 107 109 111...tourmaline has come from Madagascar’s Anjanabonoina mine and contains remarkable color zoning, as shown by...of home study (or “distance”) education beyond North America when, in 1970, he sent Nord to Israel to...Tourmaline Queen pegmatite mine in the Pala district of San Diego County, California, with mine owner Ed |  | | Journal (issue) | | Brazilian blue “opal” • Otolith pendant • Inclusions in quartz from Paraíba, Brazil • Sinhalite from Myanmar •...infrared (FTIR) spectrometer equipped with KBr and quartz beam splitters. We used a diffuse reflectance apparatus...is the Lundazi District, located ~160 km to the north (as indicated by Rossman and Mattson, 1986). Since...(Shire Trading Ltd., Hong Kong), who was leasing the mine in partnership with a Zambian company. Since then...recently included in a list of discredited minerals (Burke, 2006), because no samples have been documented |  | | Book | | Liberty New Street. 237 Franklin Street. 73a Queen Victoria St. 80S, Clinton York. Boston. London...na/ire: FOR CONVEYING ORE. CORDWOOD, ETC. SNYliER Mine, Kennett, Cal. In reply toyourinquiry lo how...Designing. Arrangement of Works, Haulage, Mills and Mine Management Undertaken. Refirkxces: State Nationtii...Cartridges. SMELTING WORKS AT SELBY, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY. Assay Office and General Office, 41 6 Montgomery...Coarse Freight. SELF-PROPELLING OR STATIONARY. MINE HAULAGE PLANTS, CONVEYORS AND HOISTS, EQUIPRED |  | | Book (chapter) | | de Venus = acicular rutile + grey Al+H±Li-rich quartz, Novitzky 148 (1951). Ca-bentonite = Ca-rich montmorillonite...cacium-larsenite = esperite, Clark 387 (1993). cacixenite quartz = quartz + acicular rutile, Bukanov 123 (2006). Ca-clinoamphibole...cacoxenite, Dana 6th, 848 (1892). cacoxenite quartz = quartz + fibrous goethite, Sinkankas 227 (1972). Ca-Cr...caesium-diaspodumene = spodumene + hypothetical CsAl[Si2O6] or quartz, MM 25, 626 (1940). Caesiumfeldspat = Cs-rich orthoclase...d'Alençon = transparent quartz, Egleston 60 (1892). caillou de Cayenne = transparent quartz, de Fourestier 56 |
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