 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | found at the Palermo Quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire. Crystals to 150 pounds in weight have been...and Rumford, Maine; Alstead, Gilsum, and Springfield, New Hampshire; Bedford, New York; the Scott and...been found at Red Hill, Maine; North Groton, New Hampshire, and from Pala, Rincón, and Mesa Grande, California...crystal localities are near Milan and Berlin, New Hampshire; Deer Hill, Maine; near Statesville, North Carolina;...Carolina; at Amelia, Virginia, near Clayton, Rabun county, Georgia; etc. The old localities near West Chester |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | observation. This has already been done by Foyes in New England. Pn'cuatrtos Tun Pne-C.q.MBRrAN Pegmatites...radioactive minerals in the metamorphic rocks of southern New England: Am. Jour. Sci. (5) vol. 28,pp.I27138, 1934...North America; the rare earth pegmatitesb of Llano County (Texas), Minas Geraes(BraziI), Ytterby (Sweden)...activity. One of the best regions illustrating this is New England and the Paleozoic Appalachians to the southwest...7The famous Bedford pegmatite in WestchesterCounty, New York, intrudes the Ordovician Hudson schist.s The |  | | Book (edition) | | feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...which can be traced through have been retained. New gem locations are found every season, and to this...material can be found at that locality; and that new while of dubious merit have been dropped. Appearance...Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, New York, or Tom Robert's Rock the caption. All photographs...in color. Turquoise from Los Cerillos mines, New Mexico. Note turquoise vein cutting diagonally |  | | Report (volume) | | beryl (emerald, aquamarine), spodumene (kunzite, hiddenite), zircon, and gem varieties of feldspar, topaz...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | with miners at the Freeman Zircon mine, near Tuxedo, Henderson County, North Carolina, in 1886–87. Photo...of the Mineral and Lapidary Museum of Henderson County, in North Carolina and the Colburn Earth Science...mineral hiddenite is limited only to the vicinity of the town of Hiddenite, in Alexander County (figs....some authoritative references (O’Donoghue 2006). Hiddenite is commonly considered to be gem-quality spodumene...quite Figure 2. Map showing the location of Hiddenite, North Carolina, prepared by William Besse. |  | | Book (volume) | | found. This newly revised fourth edition contains new rockhounding opportunities, updated contact infor-...vacation stops at a roadside “dig your own” gem mine. Junior finds a sapphire the size of a peach and...) Many an unsuspecting tourist has stopped at a mine to try his or her luck and become a rockhound for...Florida Georgia Kentucky Southwest States Nevada New Mexico Oklahoma ‘Texas Utah VOLUME 4 Northeast...Mississippi Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New York Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | plumes of debris at the mouths of over one hundred mine openings. Imbedded solidly in mica schist, the treasure...Left, Patricia Emerald (629 carats) from the Chivor mine, Colombia. Main crystal is a perfectly formed 12-sided...Photo courtesy Smithsonian Institu tion. then, new deposits with red beryl were found in the rhyolites...hundred years ago; in Madagascar, to which isle the French came only several hundred years ago; and even in...by European settlers early in the last century in New England. In terms of beryl production, and despite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...mineral localities: The Rist and Ellis Tracts, Hiddenite, North C arolina 129 by D. L. Brown & W. E....FLUORITE crystal group, 8.1 cm, from the Shangbao mine, H unan, China. Collector's Edge Minerals specimen;...color, and give a historical background for each mine or mining venture. These catalogs, still available...(July-September 2000) devoted to Mont Saint-Hilaire. The new article is by Laszlo and Elsa Horvath, who wrote |  | | Book (edition) | | of Volume I of this work in 1959, the amount of new information that has accumulated is so large and...deposits been profitably reopened, but extensive new primary sources ha\"e been discovered all over the...and quality have been found, as well as entirely new species. Recent mineralogical analyses have yielded...from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...John Sinkankas ~ ~ VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD COMPANY New York Cincinnati Toronto London Melbourne Copyright© |  | | Report (volume) | | Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh...Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. 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, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Kunz inspecting the darkest color of a Pala Chief mine kunzite crystal. Note where original has had a purple...resides. It is from the Pala Chief mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Figure 1c (above center)...Spodumene (kunzite), Pala Chief mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. This image was published...material as to warrant the promotion of it as a “new gem.” This article broadens that history to include...localities and finds since the variety’s description. New information on recent finds is also given. Spodumene |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | comprehensive listing, including detailed spot locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can...The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can be obtained from the North Carolina...Carolina 27611 B. J . M C K E N Z I E Alamance County Pyrophyllite, cacoxenite, diaspore, sericite, pyrite...ilmenite, topaz, and chert are found at the Snow Camp mine (Holman's Mill) located 2.7 miles southeast of the...onto SR 2352 for approx imately 1.9 miles. The mine lies north of the road on the side of a wooded hill |  | | Book | | resides at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, and this jewel of a book includes more...Peters A T INY FOLIOnt ABBEVILLE PRESS PUBLISHERS New York • London • Paris Front cover: Elba ites in...(41/i in. ) high from Tourmaline Queen Mine, San Diego County, Pala, California. Back Cover: Azurite...Abbeville Publishing Group, 488 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022. Printed and bound in Hong Kong. First...Minerals-Catalogs and collections-New York (N.Y.) 2. Precious stones- Catalogs and collections-New York ( N.Y.) 3. American |  | | Report (issue) | | CAROLINA. 13 Alexander County ...•••••.••.• Ashe County,* ... 0 o * * • o o Burke County* • * • . • . • • •...• * • • Catawba County* • « . » * 0 Cleveland County. ••••••••• Gaston County . * • • 0 * • 0...* 0 Iredell County* • • * * . * Jackson County. * * * . ***** • * * * Lincoln County* •**..**«***.... Macon County* *****.*****• • Mitchell County ********* ***** Rutherford County . .**«*»***** • * ...16 .16 . . • .17 Swain County* * ********* • * • • . » * * Transylvania County * * * * ********** • •••••• |  | | Report (issue) | | . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ...... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY .................... 7 Emerald, Hiddenite and Associated Minerals f , 7 Rutile and Rutilated Quartz. ... 9 Rutile, Xenotims... 9 ALLEGHANI COUNTY 1± Manganese ....... f 11 Barite , 11 Copper . 11 ASHE COUNTY. . . . Copper...Staurolite AVERY COUNTY . . ......... 13 13 13 . 13 Iron and Epidote BUNCOMBE COUNTY Garnet ...........13 Moonstone and Associated Minerals 15 BURKE COUNTY 15 Corundijin 15 Itacolumite 15 Toiirmaline |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; |  | | Book (volume) | | species. And for those interested in discovering new deposits, the geology and mineralogy of sources is...Iwo Volumes Volume | JOHN SINKANKAS [aN] VAN New NOSTRAND York Cincinnati REINHOLD Toronto COMPANY...Educational Publishing, Inc. 450 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001 Van Nostrand Reinhold Limited 1410...eg Ow a Ne Sarah PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION The quantity of new information accumulated since publication...such new information in a second volume. [hus the present book becomes V olume I. while the new information |  | | Report (issue) | | owned by Tiffany valued at $100,000. & Company of New York and First thought to be emerald but later identified...identified as a chromium spodumene, the mineral hiddenite has become a valuable collector's item in its...beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these...COUNTIES Alamance County • .' 22 24 24 Alexander County 24 Alleghany County 25 Ashe County • 25 Avery...Avery County 25 Buncombe County 26 Burke County 26 Cabarrus County 27 Caldwell County 27 Caswell | | | Report (issue) | | Carolina Emerald owned by Tiffany f, Company of New York and valued at $100,000. First thought to be...identified as a chromium spodumene, the mineral hiddenite has become a valuable collector's item in its...beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these...Alamance County ........................................................... 24 24 Alexander County ......Alleghany County ....................................................... 25 Ashe County ......... |  | | Book | | 1973 by The Viking Press, Inc. 625 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022 Published simultaneously in Canada...ROCK CURRIER, photographer and collector, Ardsley, New York, U.S. A. J. DELORME, Museum }e WALTER...Mineralogy, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, U.S. A. ¥e V. C. MEEN (deceased), Chief...Zurich, SWITZERLAND ¥& FRED CASSIRER, collector, New York, New York, U.S. A. ye ALBERT CHAPMAN, collector,...HENRI HANSON, photographer and collector, Ardsley, New York, U. 8. A. x AVO HARNIK, Curator, Swiss Federal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gold Collection Figure 1. The best of Canning’s New England gold specimens are these 3.3-gram and 2.4-gram...find. He dug an enormous hole at the Rist mine in Hiddenite, North Carolina. 96*2: 405,9(3: ... a white crystal rich in faces from the Aldrich mine in Stoneham, Maine. Beyond his self-collected specimens...Rosia Montana mine in Romania’s Golden Triangle; multiple thumbnails from the Eagle’s Nest mine, Foresthill...locality. Thus, other factors being equal, adding new localities is more desirable than cataloguing additional |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Aminoff,G..... 4t7 ...381,382 Ammoniojarosite, a new mineral from Utah. (Shannon). . .. . Amstutz,A. ...e v i e w ] . . . . . . . Berman, H. Graftonite. new locality in N. H. Optical properties of Zincite,...381 Buttgenbachite. (Buttgenbach).. 381 Cahnite. a new boro-arsenate of calcium. (Palache, Bauer). . . C...S. Dr. Gustav Tschermak .. . Davidson. S. C. Hiddenite occ u r r e n c ei n N . C a r o l i n a . . ...products of thorite. . Lyndochite, new mineral ol euxenite-polycrase group. New analysis oI Maberly, Ont. euxenite |  | | Journal (issue) | | same for distribution; to encourage the search for new minerals that have not yet been discovered; and to...Association by nom,nating them for membership? Each new member helps to extend the Association's activities--helps.......... 3 NOTES ON GYPSUM CRYSTALS IN MORTON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA. By Robe,-, H. Mitchell and Wilson...1'1. Lisle .................................. 12 NEW GUINEA RICH IN GOLD ...............................SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. 3. Rincon, Sao Diego County. By f ark Schwartz ............... ........... |
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