 | | Journal (issue) | | never heard of. The complex geology of the Lake Superior Region has produced many of these rare minerals...riebeckite-arfvedsonite, aegerine, and macaulayite from Marathon County and pseudorutile, foitite-oxyfoitite, and svanbergite...the area across the Mississippi from Winona, Minnesota. Here some of the dolostones in the Prairie du...cuts near Hudson, Spring Valley, Nelson and Green Lake, so there are doubtlessly other occurrences. The...rocks in northern Wisconsin (such as exposed near Superior and near Hurley) also will fluoresce red SW and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Hide Sacred Places: Rock Art of the Greater Lake Superior Region From sandstone rock shelters of Wisconsin...Wisconsin, Sioux Rock Quartzite of southwestern Minnesota to the watery canoe wilderness of the Boundary...region, Lake Superior Provincial Park, the Boundary Waters and Jeffers Petroglyphs of Minnesota through...1st place $10; 2nd place $5. June: Mexican Lace Agate, specimens, slabs, cabochons, etc. July: Jewelry...competiton; Club Picnic instead. September: Lake Superior Agate, cut and polished by member. Nancy Smith |  | | Book | | org/details/midwestgemfossil0000zeit Midwest Gem, Great Minnesota, Fossil and Mineral Trails Lakes States Wisconsin...recent years the largest Lake Superior agate ever reported was found in Minnesota, and new species of fossils...first. The states start with the farthest west, Minnesota, and move in sequence to the farthest east, Ohio...shoreline are east of the Mississippi except for Minnesota, where the Mississippi originates in the northcentral...Paul. Minnesota is a Lake Superior State. Wisconsin has shoreline on both Lake Superior and Lake Michigan |  | | Journal (issue) | | THE EARTH’S TREASURES • MINERALS AND JEWELRY MINNESOTA Agates and Minerals R&G KIDS: APATITE HISTORIC...2014 FEATURES Lake Superior agates are a large part of the displays at the Minnesota Agate and Geological...Interpretive Center in Moose Lake. This beautifully banded specimen from a Minnesota gravel pit has a lightyellow...make them? by Bob Jones Minnesota Minerals and Agates............ 12 A Moose Lake museum highlights rare...GEM & MINERAL SHOW - SPRING Holiday Inn - Orange County Airport, 2726 S. Grand Ave., SANTA ANA, CA 92705 |  | | Book | | Gemstone-Freshwater Pearl Soil-Crider Series Mineral-Coal Rock-Agate * Maryland Fossil Shell-Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae...75 * Minnesota Gemstone-Lake Superior Agate Vil * Mississippi * Louisiana Gemstone-Agate Fossil-Petrified...Montana Agate Fossil-Maiasaura peeblesorum * Nebraska Rock-Prairie Agate Gemstone-Blue Agate Fossil-Mammoth...South Dakota Mineral-Rose Quartz Gemstone-Fairburn Agate Fossil-Triceratops Jewelry-Black Hills Gold Soil-Houdek...Fossil-Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica Mineral-Agate *Wexas Gem-Blue Topaz Stone-Petrified Palmwood |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...streams, rd. cuts, etc.agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry |  | | Journal (issue) | | R&G Kids Agate Facebook Groups for Rock Clubs FIELD TRIP: Mulligan Peak (AZ) Purple Agate Collecting...interest by Denise M. Harrison Mulligan Peak Purple Agate ......................38 Chalcedony beds in Southeast...form at www.rockngem.com. JUNE 2014 6-8—BONNEY LAKE, WASHINGTON: Annual show; Puyallup Valley Gem &...6-8—LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA: Annual show; North Orange County Gem & Mineral Society; Sonora High School; Upper...nocgms.com 7—DELTA, COLORADO: Annual show; Delta County Rock Wranglers; Heddles Recreation Center; 530 |  | | Journal (issue) | | JEWELRY VOL. 47 ISSUE 7 • JULY 2017 SKIPA N ATOM: Lake Superior’s Mystery Agates ROCK & GEM • Vol 47 No...bournonite. By Bob Jones SKIP AN ATOM AGATES Identifying Lake Superior’s mystery gems. 22 14 By Jack Hobart... Identifying Lake Superior’s Mystery Gems Story and Photos by Jack Hobart W hat kind of agate is “skip...“skip an atom” agate? It sounds like a laboratory curiosity grown by an obsessed scientist. In fact, it is...variety of Lake Superior agate that is occasionally found in the gravel pits of Minnesota and nearby |  | | Journal (issue) | | -high specimen is from the DeMaria mine in Placer County, California. (Jeff Scovil Photo/Brett Keller collection)...Senior Consulting Editor Moose Lake Mistakes Lake Superior eye agate PAMELA HECHT PHOTO PAMELA HECHT...delighted to see an article on Minnesota’s Moose Lake Museum. However, the article was marred by errors...Range”, by G.B. Morey (Geology of Minnesota: A Centennial Volume, Minnesota Geological Survey: 204-217, 1972)...saying goethite is not often found in the Lake Superior thomsonite 6 www.rockngem.com Field Notes |  | | Journal (issue) | | near Perry, Florida, exhibits nice banding in the agate surrounding the drusy cavity. Photo by Richard Gross...COM | JUNE 2022 7 Sale MADEIN INUSA USA MADE MADEIN INUSA USA MADE !)Fydmveft!Bmbtlb!'!Ibxbjj* Sale...wood, geodes, agates, coral, Mexican agates, Lake Superior thundereggs and more. Freeagates, Catalogs ...Chalcedony that is translucent and colored is called agate. The replacement process takes millions of years...chalcedony layer; but, it is the richly colorful agate layer that we find so attractive. 16 ROCK&GEM | |  | | Journal (issue) | | until 03/31/15 U S $5.99 0 74470 02033 PRINTED IN USA RG_greyBlue_cover_0315.indd 2 03 2 FIELD TRIP...mine in St. Louis County, Minnesota, but was found in a gravel pit in Carlton County, 60 miles away. (Tom............48 Iron stromatolites from northern minnesota by Mark Leatherman 12 FIelD TrIP Field Notes...2/10/2015 2015 g_cover_01 15.indd 2 PRINTED IN USA 12/5/14 10:27 AM 6 www.rockngem.com Field Notes...did after I took the class; the cabochon is plume agate that I cut and polished awhile back. The idea was |  | | Book (volume) | | thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond...of the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond...of the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Journal (issue) | | com/writers-guidelines/ for instructions. —Editor Agate Lamp Variations Kevin Kelley, of Peakskill, New...Brazilian agate slabs. Some were fortified and some had lovely tree-scape inclusions. Any agate—Mexican...agate—Mexican, Superior or Montana—could be used. I either polished the flat front or used Hughes epoxy on it. I cut... lapidary of the month JULY 2015 I had this rough agate rock that I had bought at a rock show lying around...the hardest part. The natural arrangement of the agate colorations lent themselves perfectly to the wings | | | Journal (issue) | | com/writers-guidelines/ for instructions. —Editor Agate Lamp Variations Kevin Kelley, of Peakskill, New...Brazilian agate slabs. Some were fortified and some had lovely tree-scape inclusions. Any agate—Mexican...agate—Mexican, Superior or Montana—could be used. I either polished the flat front or used Hughes epoxy on it. I cut... lapidary of the month JULY 2015 I had this rough agate rock that I had bought at a rock show lying around...the hardest part. The natural arrangement of the agate colorations lent themselves perfectly to the wings |  | | Journal (issue) | | .IO 4.75 10 .71 _., 5.00 6.50 8.50 Tree Agate 1.80 60 - .56 1.15 Tu,q. Reconltructed 3...i,g.,.,. ca.-1 1.50 5.00 Malachite Striped Agate Black 1,00 4..90 100 1.20 ......,.,., 300 ... 2.00 240 .25 AedJ . . . . 1.50 '50 Moss Agate GrNn Opal (While) Fiery 1.00 t 00 25 ,46 OpelT~II...Austin T. Bender FIELD TRIPS 6 MONTANA'S DRYHEAD AGATE An update on this well-known area by Colleen L....LARGEST AGATE SELECTION YEAR-ROUND DIGGING (Weather permitting) FOR ... Thundereggs, Moss Agate, Jaspers |  | | Journal (issue) | | and SHAPES in any slabbed stone - jade. quartz. agate. glass, etc. Faster and easier than grinding. Hi-Strength...TX 77024 Mrs. Joan Plchotta. Secretary 805 Spring Lake. Bedford. TX 76021 Mrs. Sandy Dudley. Treasurer...ADDITIONAL MAILING OFFICES. FIELD TRIPS Agate! Agate! Agate! by Gertrude Lester Hall . . . . . . . ....LAPIDARY GEM ROUGH FOR CUTTING BRAZILIAN AGATE - This agate Is, of course, one of the m.,st popular agates...agates today. We offer "baby" Brazilian agate nodules, which are mostly banded carnelian and comes In |  | | 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) | | and SHAPES in any slabbed stone - jade. quartz. agate, glass. etc. Faster and easier lhan grinding. HI-Strength...NEW ARRIVALS FROM OLD MEXICO OLD-FASHIONED LACE AGATE - bold, beautiful patterns Just like the material...lb. TALLOC AGATE - is a new agate from Old Mexico. It is an extremely colorful lace agate with a very...lbs. of material as the best available of this agate. Our price is . . . $3.00 per lb. ONYX - This good...lb. MOCTEZUMA AGATE - We have Just received a new shipment of this popular old-time agate from Mexico. | | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | and SHAPES In any elabbed atone - Jade, quartz, agate, glaaa, etc. Works well on Metallcs such ae Sliver.......54 Mrs Joan P1chotta. Secretary 805 Spring Lake. Bedford. TX 76021 Mrs. Sandy Dudley, Treasurer...of jewelry. A few "glowing coals" of carnelian agate were added and the design was parted to give it...Auditoriun1 29 July-I Aug.-Franklin, NC- \lacon County Fairgrounds 29 July-2 Aug.- Bancroft, Ontario,...Texas June 17-20 Midwe,t Federation Show West County Exposition Cent.er St. Louis, Missouri July 22-25 |  | | Journal (issue) | | San Mateo Previouslv mentioned were the annual County. Federation · convention!> and shows; Third Row...the four end blocks. By J . McLeod Little Kerr County Gem and M ineral Club . 132 rus Elegance with...in a pegmatite in the Pala District, San Diego County , California. Such pockets are important sources...fortunate in that a number of pegmatites in San Diego County are now being \.vorked and producing fine crystal...ones in obsidian from Coso Hot Springs in tnyo County, California, that are lined ,vith white cristobalite |  | | Journal (issue) | | NOVAS FOR 8'' G&P UNITS TO BE INTRODUCED AT THE SALT LAKE RMFMS AND RENO CFMS SHOWS IN JUNE. AVAILABLE BY...State Street in downtown Carlsbad, Calif. (Outside USA send $2.00 for cat■ los) GEMS & MINERALS - 7 ... take the mirror polish that can be given most agate. It will take a good polish that some writers have...Convention Center 11-12 June-Jefferson, Oh~Ashtabula County Fairgrounds 18-19 June-Topsfield, (Boston) Mass...Community Center 8-10 July-SL Paul, t.tim.-4-H Bldg. Minnesota State Fair~und 8-10 July-Catlingsburg, Tenn.-Civic |  | | Journal (issue) | | (305) 278-4579 GEMS & MINERALS - 3 COVER DATA Agate is a favorite stone with gem cutters everywhere...it into cabochons, tumble or carve it. For the agate lover this issue features several how-to articles...Or . Sonora. CA 95370 DYEING AND HEAT-TREATING AGATE AND OTHER STONES Techniques for adding and improving...FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES CRAFTING WITH AGATE NODULE SLICES A host of items can be fashioned from...from this material JEAN HAMMOND JOREE SCHOENY AGATE FOR TIFFANY-STYLE LAMPS Ideas for creating beautiful |  | | Report (volume) | | are as follows: COLORADO. Mineralogy. Montrose County, uranium-vanadium deposits: Weeks, A. D., 13R....deposits in Minnesota might be found under: MINNESOTA. Economic geology. Iron, Cook County, titaniferous...titaniferous magnetite: Grout, F. F., 5. IRON. Minnesota, Cook County, titaniferous magnetite: Grout, F. F.,...Journal. Birmingham, Ala. Ala. Geol. Survey Bull.; County Rept.; Inf. Ser.; Map; Mus. Paper; Special Rept...Rept. Alabama Geological Survey Bulletin; County Report; Information Series; Map; Museum Papers; Special |
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