 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NORTHEASTERN RHODE ISLAND 286 ROCKS AND M I N E R A L S The adjacent towns of Cumberland and Lincoln...Lincoln in northeastern Rhode Island offer col lecting in several localities, including the Conklin Limestone...the Old Dexter quarry, Diamond Hill, the Route 114 road cut, and the Iron Hill mine. T H E T O W N S...northeast corner of Rhode Island is not so famous mineralogically as Cumberland in England; however,...both the state mineral and the state rock of Rhode Island. Much of this area coincides with the Pawtucket |  | | Report (volume) | | stone has only one or two of these qualities. The diamond, emerald, ruby, and sapphire are considered precious...blue, rose, green, and true canary yellow in the diamond; pigeon-blood red in the ruby; cornflower blue...establishing the price of a gem stone. Such gems as the diamond and ruby are rare, in addition to being beautiful...7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each mineral indicate only...hardness, not actual values. For example, the diamond, rated as 10, is many times harder than corundum |  | | Book (edition) | | ⢠⢠AMETHYST URINE ⢠⢠BERYL MOONSTONE CITRINE GEM HUNTERS GUIDE by Russell P. MacFail The...10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4. Fluorite 9. 5. Apatite B). interesting to note that diamond, It...OF PROMINENT MINERALS BERYL CHIASTOLITE a\ DIAMOND CRYSTALS DIOPSIDE EMERALD KYANITE LAZULITE...resinous, pearly, greasy, silky or, as in the diamond, adamantine (hard and brilliant). The and ability...according to their chemical elements such as diamond (carbon), oxides such as corundum (aluminum oxide) |  | | Book | | of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...of Iron, at Rumford Falls, (J. P.) PARKER'S ISLAND. (In the Kennebeck.) Schorl, sometimes translucent...situated 2 m. N. from the village, on a precipitous hill, whose base is washed, by the Connecticut river...(Hall.) WINNEPISSIOGEE LAKE. Hornblende, on Red hill, near the lake. (C. C. Baldwin.) 17 VERMONT...crystals are very abundant in granite on a small island a few feet above the bridge, imperfect. Prehnite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | located in the Eureka Mining District in Yavapai County, Arizona. From this old mine we have a number of...They come from the Blue Creek Mt. Mine, Del Norte County, Calif., which I own. The ore of my mine is very..."About two years ago an extensive cut was made in a hill just south of Collinsville (Hartford Co.), Conn...an attractive specimen consisting of yellowish citrine quartz with brilliant black goethite xls. "This..."This is a section of a geode found in Brown County, in the vicinity of Bean Blossom, Indiana."âon label |  | | Journal (issue) | | CONKLIN QUARRY Minerals and gem materials in Rhode Island by James R. Mitchell FEATURES 10 48 51 Page...a foot $29900 A.A-. - INTRODUCTORY PRICE DIAMOND PACIFIC TOOL.. COAF>OAA"T"ION 25647 W. Main St...lighting. a fuzzy magnifier , or an errant piece of diamond on the wrong lap can thwart your best efforts....machine. a manual. and just four grit sizes of diamond you can successfully \\'Ork \Vith 90% of the garden... It ca me with. two copper laps - 325 and 600 diamond on one. 1200 on the other - and a tin/ lead lap |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...^t flap) \ *' ^ *D * D } '<&*=> 4B^ Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal...symmetry of crystals, the spectacular glitter of diamond have evoked admiring gasps of soft pleasure....known Mohs' scale. (See Table from equal; the diamond, as this scale are far Mohs' Hardness Scale...angles to one another. Cubic fluorite, octahedral diamond, and trisoctahedral garnet are typical examples |  | | Book | | famous was the single beryl stone found in Oxford County in Maine that weighed 18 tons and was 18 feet in...(unfortunately for college professorsâ clothing), but a diamond or sapphire leaves no trace on contact. An ingenious... 7. 8. 9. 10. Feldspar Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond (hardest) This is a very old scale and in some...scale is indicated by a distinctive stone like a diamond or a topaz. On the other hand corundum is a more...Only corundum and diamond will mark topaz, but coÂŹ rundum will not scratch a diamond. Suppose one found |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 13, Kans. "This petrified wood came from Barber County, Kansas. I am not sure of its exact location but...is not fluorescent. Union Mills is in Rutherford County of S.W. North Carolina. NORTH DAKOTA-Florence Newsom...found on her farm. Hurdsfield is in S.W. Wells County which is in central North Dakota. OHIOâ"I am sending...Poole, 1346-22nd St., N.W., Canton 9, Ohio. RHODE ISLAND-Another old timer sent us by John S. Albanese...slender black hornblende xls. Locality is Diamond Hill, Providence Co., R.I. SOUTH CAROLINA-'T am now in |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.âŻcone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rareâŻDiamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Toddâs Ford, a mineral...mineral depositâŻHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson,...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarriesâŻoilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodulesâŻPyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.âŻcone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rareâŻDiamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Toddâs Ford, a mineral...mineral depositâŻHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson,...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarriesâŻoilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodulesâŻPyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townďžagate, 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 qualityďžagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...cuts, cut banks, breaks, draws and washes, gullies, hill slopes, etc.ďžchalcedony roses, Celestite crystals |  | | Journal (issue) | | DOLOMITE CRYSTALS IN PENN.âRichard Haefner.... 808 RHODE ISLAND HOLDS ANNUAL CORN BOILâGardiner E. Gregory....VIRGINIAâR. J. Bland, Jr. 838 HISTORY OF ANDOVER-SULPHUR HILL IRON MINES, N. J.â (Part 1)âD. R. Suayze 852 DEPARTMENTS...Wayebunas D. G. MITCHELL APPOINTED GENERAL MANAGER, MK DIAMOND PRODUCTS. 803 851 851 871 Entered as Second-(...San Antonio Rock & Lapi dary Society and Bexar County Mineral Hobby Club. Chairman; Fred Stevenson, P...Monroe, Peru, Indiana. April 30, May 1. 1966âDallas County' Rock Club will hold its Rock Club Showcase at |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state... % DATE DUE \ °* A DEMCO 38-297 KEY 4& Diamond M Tourmaline fQl Ruby, O Sapphire Quartz...and California; emerald in North Carolina, a big diamond or two in Arkansas, opal in Idaho, and so on. Old...Derbyshire or, perhaps, a pyramid of smoky quartz from Cumberland. The next it may be rock crystal from Madagascar...The steps on this scale are far from equal; the diamond, for example, is rated on the scale as 10, but |  | | Journal (issue) | | striated horizontally. 6 "Drusy" Quartz, Missouri, USA Denise Bicknell Collection THE BACKBENDER'S GAZETTE...Herkimer and Montgomery Counties area of New York, USA. Austria, Switzerland, and Germany have produced...are common from alpine San Bernardino County, California, USA Denise Bicknell collection localities....Boekenhouthoek area, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Citrine is yellow, but it rarely occurs naturally. There...appears to be several causes for the coloration of citrine. One is the presence of iron in the form of Fe3+ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | trapezoidal crystals in granite perfect p. 36 Cumberland, R. I. Smoky Quartz, in small veins, in different...forming beautiful specimens. Radiated Quartz, on Diamond hill, which is about 3V2 m. N...s h e d several miles from its gangue p. 81 (Cumberland to b e continued) Canton, Conn. Actynolite, brownish...together with Native Plumose Alum, in a cave, in Cumberland Mountain. These b e d s of pure native copperas...sheltered from heavy rains, or torrents of water. See Cumberland Mountain p. 227 Lexington, Ky. Sulphate of Barytes |  | | Journal (issue) | | Uses. By Peter Zodac.................. 35 Herkimer County Quartz Crystals. By D. H. Newland..................... ¡-¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ 44 The Real Beauty of Herkimer County Quartz Crystals. By W. J. Hollister........................ 49 Some Old Quartz Localities in Rhode Island. By Arthur L. Flagg 51 Stibnite in Quartz from...clear as to resemble water in color; also known as diamond when in addition to being limpid it has also the...vary in size from tiny to those of good size; diamond quartz universally is of small size. In the Middle |  | | Book | | generally regarded as the precious stones the diamond, ruby, emerald, sapphire, and sometimes the pearl...jewelry trade itself the custom is to refer to the diamond, hardest but not the rarest of gemstones, and then...the emerald being the rarest of the group. The diamond is not rare but the market is well controlled....minerals) into a hardness scale of ten points. Diamond is At book the hardest substance 9 is which...paths in the fields. Similar ones come from the Island of Rhodes. Rut the magicians for the agates.â |  | | Report (volume) | | North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks...Florence Bascom, Bryn Mawr. Rhode Island.... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle...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 (issue) | | headed northward towards the gold mine in York County. It was a most enjoyable trip, the mine was reached...Rd., Ardsley, N.Y. ChairmanâGene Jacob, 10 Beacon Hill Rd., Ardsley, N. Y. Oct. 2. 3. 1965âTopeka Gem &...Monroe, Peru, Indiana. April 30, May 1. 1966âDallas County Rock Club will hold its Rock Club Showcase at rhe...Federation of Mineralogical Societies. Host: Clark County Gem Collectors, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las...MATERIALâ (No Selling) Chairman âGene Jacob, 10 Beacon Hill Road, Ardsley, N. Y. 648 ROCKS AND MINERALS Notice |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | presented me. with a quartz crystal from Herkimer County, New York, and from that day to this minerals have...low tide on the shore of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island. This boulder, after being broken away from...stands out in my memory is the Diamond Hill section of Herkimer County, New York, noted for the remarkable...aquamarines, golden beryls, spessartite garnets, citrine quartzes and brown tourmalines. The specimens themselves...258 ROCKS AND MINERALS The hills of Westchester County, in one, ultimately" reaching the end product the |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................................... Rhode Island...............................................Albany. North Carolina_.Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota_.Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks. Mr...University, South Bethlehem. Rhode Island__Prof. C. W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina__.Dr. Earle Sloan...See Bauxite and Halloysite. 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; |  | | Journal (issue) | | Fluorite Crystals with Galena Crystals, Socorro County, N. Mex. A very fine selection in stock. Crystals...amazonstone. All at 20 stones $1.00. Any type. Faceted Citrine, Brazil About 30,000 carats in stock at the present............................................ NEW DIAMOND-COATED SANDING CLOTH ............................(chalcedony pseudomorph after coral) from Hamilton County, Florida, near the famous Suwannee River. This...and Mineral Fair will be held at the Jefferson County Fair Grounds west of Denver, Colo., on U. S. 6 |  | | Journal (issue) | | .......................................... MK DIAMOND PROMOTES ENBLOM TO PLANT MANAGER ................NEW METHOD FOR BLADE CHECKING DEVELOPED BY MK DIAMOND INTER-LOK â New Lapidary Blade...................annual affair will be staged again at the Pima County' Fairgrounds at 4700 South Sixth Ave., Feb. 18-19-20...Texas 78502. y J: April 30, May 1, 1966âDallas County Rock Club will hold its Rock Club Showcase at the...American Federation of Mineralogical Soc held at Pima County Fairgrounds, 4700 S. ieties and the California | | | Book | | the emerald b eing ilie rarest of the group. The diamond is not rare b11t the market is well controlled...paths in the fields. Similar ones come from the Island of Rhodes. But the magicians know of other sorts:... Ret1ben's stone was red jasper, Simeon's was citrine or yellow qt1artz. Naphtali's was rock crystal...action was that other sections of tl1e city and county of Los Angeles soon began organizing their O\vn...cutting but seldom covers the field. A professional diamond ct1tter, for instance, may be a skilled cleaver |
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