 | | Book (edition) | | and often gems can be found. valuable For the mountain ranges and level for the ist to States contain...for gems and recognize the associated formations rock they occur, and through field how in which...CRYSTAL FORMS OF PROMINENT MINERALS BERYL CHIASTOLITE a\ DIAMOND CRYSTALS DIOPSIDE EMERALD KYANITE...iLTHOUGH find it, there reason that certain rock formations, some is a saying that gold is where...In the great lava flows of Idaho, Oregon and Washington occur the many types of agate, opal and petrified |  | | Book | | of some of the principal localities in the same county, was given by Messrs . Greg and Lettsom in their...locality by some independent authority, such as maps, county directories, local guide books, &c. The geological...LONDONDERRY LONGFORD LOUTH MAYO MEATH MONAGHAN . QUEEN'S COUNTY . . . SLIGO TIPPERARY TYRONE . WATERFORD...possible, the various mineral- localities in the same county around their respective post-towns. A few cases...rule, where a parish or village is situated in one county, and its post-town in another. Chains of hills |  | | Book (volume) | | commerce. Coarser gemstones, or those which are rock-like in character or abundance, are treated in still...Information was also supplied by Dowse’s Agate Shop, Salt Lake City, Utah, by William J. Bingham of St. Paul, Minnesota...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... Cowee Creek gravel washing . Yogo Gulch Mine . Rock Creek, Montana, sapphire mine . Cut and rough aquamarines |  | | Book | | micaceous and argillaceous schists, the quartz rock, and mountain limestone are arranged. This granite chain...chain extends from Kingstown on the North into the county of Waterford on the South, a distance of nearly...: it A2 4 extends from Dalkey Island to Black-Rock, and from thence passes southward to Dundrum and...are, however, rivalled by the adjoming quartz mountain, called the greater Sugar Loaf,* and the schistose...so often characterize mountains composed of this rock; a circumstance apparently dependant on the inconsiderable |  | | Catalog/List | | crystalline with Quartz and Muscovite. (Three Rock Mountain, Dublin, Eire) 1 x 2 ins. 15p. 2 x 2 ins. 30p...and richly distributed in Omphacite. An Eclogite rock type. (Tulle, Correze, France) 2 x 2 I Op. lb. 30p...lb. 40p. tol2xl2ins. 4. ANDALUSITE, variety CHIASTOLITE, from the topotype locality. Long golden white...crystals, quite well f9rmed, barrel-shaped, on Aplite rock. (Treguennec, Quimper, Brittany, France) 1 x 1 lOp... with some minor Malachite. (Tynagh, Loughrea, County Galway, Eire) 1 x l l 2p. 1 x 2 30p. 2 x 2 60p |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sometimes discordantly breaking across their edges, this rock has proved a source of great perplexity to the observer...sandstones, sometimes it has been ranked as an igneous rock, and sometimes finally it has been regarded as the...may be remarked that though some portions of the rock may appear singularly devoid of rounded grains of...frequently of a different colour to the rest of the rock, and consequently very conspicuous. The presence...ON THE GEOLOGY OF declared that the mass of the rock possesses the mosaic-like structure so characteristic |  | | Journal (issue) | | Silliman Layout: Second class postage paid, Washington, D. C. Copyright Helen Dwight Reid Educational...appreciated by the mineral enthusiast. This important rock-forming group includes many more species than most... Maine; Chesterfield, Massachusetts; San Diego County, California; Colorado and New Mexico. 6 ROCKS...muscovite crystals from Brooks Fann, Cleveland County, North Carolina. ~ TABLE 1.-MICA-GROUP MINERALS...in a dolomite from near Bonneterre, St. Francis County, Missouri ; in the Mesabi district of Minnesota; |  | | Journal (issue) | | of the Mincralogical So ciety of Utah,” at Salt Lake City. An ex hibit of Alaska specimens was shown...secretary of the Mincralogical Society of Utah, at Salt Lake City. All other officers were re-elected. * *...xls. are forming today on the shores of Great Salt Lake, Utah. Prices on these interesting speci mens are...the unwary who are caught by the onrushing waves? Rock collecting has been widely popularized the past...to the beach. There, I looked over the piles of rock but, out side of finding a few beach moon stones |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | shore. Oldhamia radiata was freely collected on the rock-ridges running out to sea. Several members discussed...with a mass of schist wrapped round by the igneous rock, as may be seen upon its northern side. A little...was also pointed out. Some garnets and true chiastolite were discovered, and also, in the shorepebbles...close to Donabate station, and is also the first rock encountered on the coast. On the way the members...peninsula. The contrast between the brown altered rock and its blue-grey unaltered condition is here well |  | | Book (edition) | | popular ond little known oreos of OREGON e WASHINGTON BRITISH COLUMBIA • IDAHO BY H. C. DAKE Editor...Localities Beaches Map of Oregon Beaches JACKSON COUNTY A Mineral Mecca Mop of Josephine and Jackson Counties...Eagle Point Locality ~hodonite Table Rock Mountain JOSEPHINE COUNTY Josephinite Oregonite Althouse Creek...Ochoc::i D;ggings Post District Antelope Locality County Quarry Brown's Ranch Crystal Hills Clarno Road...Mile Hill Sunflower Flat EASTERN OREGON Malheur County Sucker Creek Locality Skull Spring Fossils Mop |  | | Book (edition) | | 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...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 ... contents fun to hunt for gems 1. It's 2. How 3. Rock formations 4. How 5. Characteristics of important |  | | Book (volume) | | extends from outline works such as Minerals of Washington (Cannon, 1975), Monteregian Treasures (Mandarino...greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...than Maine's, as well. An area smaller than Oxford County in Murmansk Ob last, Kola Peninsula, Russia, has...clear to slightly blue topazes. However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite...Pala, California better than those from Black Mountain in Rumford, Maine? Are the cassiterite crystals |  | | Book | | purchased or traded. After introducing the main rock types this guide concentrates upon the places which...Proustite (East Germany) 7 Rocks We can define a rock as a large mineral body which may contain only one... Petrologists, who study rocks, recognize three rock classes and within each class a large number of...Basalt arises from a lava solidified into a black rock, containing no quartz but rich in the feldspar minerals...rocks as seams (known as dikes). When the intrusive rock forms masses parallel to the structure of the rocks |  | | Book (edition) | | and county. and the many maps included book contain such specific details as farm roads, mountain paths...a precise explanation of how to recognize the rock formations in which gems occur. in The tabular... New York, and D. L. Hathaway of Cosmopolis, Washington. Copyright © 1969 by Russell P. MacFall 1963...1 2 How fun to hunt for gems to identify 3 Rock formations How which gems occur 1 21 stone...that comes from opening a nodule or a pocket in rock and being the first to see a sparkling crystal fresh |  | | Book (edition) | | Beach Sand................. Mineral Deposits of Old Lake Beds, Geysers and Hot Springs...... Chatsor Minetalshabitatsa...Sle, na Se eo Se Ee Ree Sa FEMECOUSB 1 2 4 4 6 ROCK MHA Cu crsxdlaye ye seek a sieacesges astercw...uepeiie enka! Meta ogee ee pap Chart of Metamorphic Rock Changes..............seeeeeeeee Interesting California...to Use Them................... Maps of California Rock and Mineral Distribution............. Supplementary...CANGlOnIM Addresses to SEROESE ADDY Index ..... sib Rock and Mineral Descriptions............... Quadrangle |  | | Book | | Jay in this of popular the Ellis Ransom, Rock-huntefs Range Guide, tells everything you need...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...as well as a dis- cussion of the basic kinds of rock: igneous, sedimentary, Once and metamorphic. ...by Jay FOSSILS IN Ellis Ransom AMERICA THE ROCK-HUNTER'S RANGE GUIDE ARIZONA GEM TRAILS PETRIFIED...or silver; an angry mule skinner reaching for a rock to throw at an obstreperous mule, only to discover |  | | Book | | CHLORIDES. ORDER II. Water. Gemus 1. WATER . 17. Rock -salt. 18. Sal- ammoniac. 3. Ice . ORDER VII.... Duffryn . Pentrefelin . Graigola . Ponty Pool. Rock vein . Coleshill. Dalkeith jewel seam . Do. coronation...Erinite. b. Rhodalite. c. Fuller's -earth . d . Rock - soap 4. Calcareo -sulphate of ba 9. Nitro - calcite...Pentrefelin . 9.35 Graigola . 747 | Ponty Pool. 8.84 * Rock vein . 80 Coleshill. 437 49'8 3.10 53'5 10.70 58...volcanoes ; also sometimes with gypsum , celestine, and rock - salt. LOCALITIES.It is a rare mineral in its |  | | Book | | the British Isles is the ideal book for the avid rock-hound to keep in his car or knapsack, next to his...has compiled an invaluable reference book for the ‘rock-hound’. A short introduction contains hints on...Geological Sciences, Leeds; Miss M. C. Hill, County Archivist, Salop County Council; P. G. Hines; Robert Hogg,...James, Curator, Shrewsbury Museum; D. O. Jones, County Librarian, Anglesey; K. A. Jones, of Queen’s University...University, Belfast; R. A. Kennedy, Curator, Pembroke County Museum; E. G. Langholme, Secretary of The Shap |  | | Book (edition) | | decomposition. Disseminated. Scattered through a rock or gangue. like a tree coal. A siliceous stone...out. The rising of layers Effervescence, 67. of rock to the surface. To change to a state Effloresce...Killas. In Cornwall, the schistose Globular, 53. rock in which the lodes occur. rets of Goniometer, common... Matrix. [Lat. matrix, from mater, mother.] The rock or earthy material, containing a mineral or metallic...] a lye, by allowing water earthy or alkaline Mountain limestone. limestone stand upon to material, and |  | | Book (edition) | | Pertaining to chalk. Disseminated. Scattered through a rock or gangue. Dodecahedron, rhombic, 25 ; isosceles...out. The rising of layers Effervescence, 67. of rock to the surface. Effloresce. To change to a state...Cornwall, the schistose Glimmering. Glistening, 56. rock in which the lodes occur. Globular, 53. rets of...regular form. Matrix. [Lat. matrix, from mater, The rock or earthy material, containing a mineral or metallic...acid. Monoclinate, 33. Monometric, 32. salt Mountain limestone. containing A limestone of the lower |  | | Book | | classifications of organic bodies and mineral to Rock-masses often vary so much in composition and structure...the laboratory. Rock-specimens are mineral-aggregates and may be described as such. Rock-masses are integral...remarks that I attach very importance to any of the rock-names used in the present It will little work...constituents of rocks have been introduced, but rock-names have been rigidly excluded. J. J. 12 CUMBERLAND...represented. 2. The fresh olivine substance in this rock Plate XIII. Plate Key Plate XL VII. for FIG |  | | Book (edition) | | eleDisseminated. Scattered through ment with chlorine. a rock or gangue. Chloritic. Containing chlorite. Chromate...Effervescence, 67. Effloresce. To change to a state of rock to the surface. Crucible. "(Lat. crux, a cross.]...Cornwall, the sc!iistoae Glimmering . Glistening, 56. rock in which the lodes occur. Globular, 53. Goniometer... Matrix. [Lat. matrix, from mater, mother.] The rock or earthy material, containing a mineral or metallic...molybdic acid. Monoclinate, 33. Monometric, 32. Mountain limestone. A limestone of the lower part of the |  | | Book (edition) | | composition. Disseminated. Scattered through a rock or gangue. Containing chlorite. Chromate. isossalt...out. The rising of layers Effervescence, 67. of rock to the surface. To change to a state Effloresce...the schistose Killas. Glimmering. Glistening, 56. rock in which the lodes occur. Globular, 53. Goniometer...molybdie acid. Monoclinate, 33. Monometric, 32. Mountain limestone. containing A limestone of the lower...regular form. Matrix. [Lat. matrix, from mater, The rock or earthy mother.] material, containing a mineral |  | | Book (edition) | | eleDisseminated. ment with chlorine. Scattered through a rock or gangue. Chloride. Containing chlorite. isosChromate...out. The rising of layers Effervescence, 67. of rock to the surface. Effloresce. To change to a state...Killas. In Cornwall, the schist osa Globular, 53. rock in .which the lodes occur. Goniometer, common, 47... Matrix. [Lat. matrix, from mater, mother.] The rock or earthy material, containing a mineral or metallic...acid. Monoclinate, 33. Monometric, 32. salt Mountain limestone. containing A limestone of the lower |  | | Report (issue) | | International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...CHRISTIAN WEISE VERLAG, GERMANY AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA Tourmaline ♦ History ♦ Mineralogy • Tourmaline...the north side of the Himalaya Mine in San Diego County, CA. D. Sterrett photo provided by Jesse Fisher...tourmaline was found in the pegmatites of San Diego County, California. The Advent of Chemical Analysis ...Deer, Howie and Zussman's systematic mineralogy Rock-Forming Minerals (1962) acknowledged the name, that |
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