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| AN OVERVIEW Rhode Island MINERALS & COLLECTORS F. WILLIAM MILLER Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford...A L SPECIES and many varieties occur within Rhode Island. Part of this abundance is attributable to the...Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport...Newport County. The greatest number of species and varieties appear in the Northern Zone. Miller attributes |
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| NORTHEASTERN RHODE ISLAND 286 ROCKS AND M I N E R A L S The adjacent towns of Cumberland and Lincoln in northeastern...northeastern Rhode Island offer col lecting in several localities, including the Conklin Limestone quarry, the...the Old Dexter quarry, Diamond Hill, the Route 114 road cut, and the Iron Hill mine. T H E T O W N S H...U M B E R L A N D at the northeast corner of Rhode Island is not so famous mineralogically as Cumberland...there is enough interest ing in this town and in Lincolnâthe adjacent town to the southâto warrant a field |
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| vanadinite (lustrous, drusy, brownish xls on gray quartz rock). ARKANSASâThe following item was sent in by Byron...of Western Grove,in the N.E. section of Newton County. All these are in N . W . Arkansas. "It happened...a very large and interesting one from Lawrence County, Arkansas." CALIFORNIAâEmmett Klopfenstein, Box...plenty of zoisite. One of the dumps near the old lime Kiln is still full of massive topaz, but it's not...strongly radioactive microlite occurs at the Slocum quarry in E. Hampton. A few of the octahedral crystals |
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| CHIPS AND BITS FROM SOCIETY BULLETINS RHODE ISLAND The Rhode Island Mineral Hunters, Central Falls, had...Field Trip to the Danalite locality and to the Conklin Quarry. ALABAMA Mr. Webster Hipp spoke to the Alabama...Alabama Mineral and Lapidary Society, Birmingham, on "Rock Hunting Out West". GEORGIA Graves Mountain was the...its Field Trip at the Sparvetta Quarry on Route 1 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, near the Maryland...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Wheaton. . . . The Gem Cutters Guild of Baltimore |
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| senopyrite in Darien (Fairfield Co.), Levesque, Cross County, Arkansas. The Conn., for over a year. A few weeks...China Lake, Calif. galena. A dull black cellular rock is the spec"So far we have gotten about 15 imen...A H O â "This specimen was found in Twin Falls County about 10 miles south of Hagerman, Idaho. These...and I visited a fairly new limestone quarry in eastern DeKalb County, 111. There were a few small fossils...you to identify. ROCKS AND MINERALS "This new quarry is between Maple Park and Sycamore." â item dated |
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| in clay and occasionally as a black coating on chert. The writer also found small quartz crystals with...mile west of the community of Levesque in Cross County. This locality may also be given as 6 miles east...of white melanterite coating a cellular brownish rock, COLORADOâ'"On the dumps of the old Smuggler and...in Georgia (pp. 9-21). One locality in Habersham County should fascinate many of our readers. Here is Dr...a stream bed in which I have also found jasper, chert, petrified wood, chalcedony and other quartz gems |
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| A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises...overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the entire state are all undisturbed sedimentaries:...borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming line is good rock hunting country, especially along the southern slopes...of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive rock beds east of the Orella railroad sta. ranks among... The Sandhills Museum in town is well worth the rock hunterâs visit. Draws, cuts and breaks in the hills |
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| ready to leave for the Midwest-AFMS Convention at Lincoln, Nebraska about June 1st. Allowing a day or two...relatives and a bit more to "silver pick" at some rock shops we will barely make it. Club Shows have become...Show. Vernon Wertz Welcome to the Imperial Polk County Gem and Mineral Society which meets the second...be made, and the time it is Peg Dixon, editor of Chert minerals or specimens chat may be found, Chatter...Limetle Mound. Note: Clubs desiring to field crest quarry on its 1-day annual opening trip here should ascertain |
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| ............. 554 MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................505 511 514 532 533 551 551 553 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY GEOLOGIC HAZARDS COMMITTEES NAMED Clarence Allen...and August 1st, 1965, in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., to swap or dig your own tourmaline plus...Annual Rock Swap at Jo Scholl's Place, North Gorham, Maine. July 26-31, 1965 â Charlotte Rock and MinÂ...sponsor the 25th Annual Convention and Silver Jubilee Rock and Gem Festival of the Midwest Federation of Mineralogical |
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| Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohioâs Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...quality, colorful flint that is mostly a mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.âŻcone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Toddâs Ford, a mineral depositâŻHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships |
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| Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohioâs Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...quality, colorful flint that is mostly a mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.âŻcone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Toddâs Ford, a mineral depositâŻHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships |
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| to work the whole three days. There is wonderful rock and mineral collecting areas near by, even in the...The Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club, Marietta, was host to G i l Withers who told about his rock hunting...The Gem City Rock and Mineral So ciety, Erie, heard new member, Roy Peters, tell of rock hunting in the...Central Pennsylvania Rock and Min eral Club, Harrisburg, went to the Cedar H i l l Quarry. It was so successful...the Club this coming year T h e Mittel Appalachia Rock Club, Middleton Depot, went to Rockhill to "locate |
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| Jr. Inesite from the Hale Creek mine, Trinity County, California......................................................................369 by L. H. Conklin Letters to the editor ........................... 8th Friday, Oct. 9th BEY'S ROCK SHOP GRAYSON LAWRENCE H. CONKLIN PICKENS GRENVILLE MINERALS ...learned to transform intractable masses of hard rock into works of great beauty. The Peopleâs Republic...gem fields. Sapphire deposits on windswept Hainan Island are under in vestigation. In 1976 the first major |
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| BITS May the year bring you all many fine days for rock collecting.' In the October issue of ROCKS AND MINERALS...Eastchester, found excellent rhodonite in the Berts Quarry, Plainfield, Mass. Robert Middleton, Earth Science...on silversmithing Member Bob Culver of the Wayne County Gem and Mineral Club, Marion, found a "fair sized"...on the AFMS Uniform Rules. At the Cedar H i l l quarry (Penn.) mem bers found pyrite-octahedral-crystals...Superintendent of all mu seums in Nassau County, spoke with the Long Island Mineral and Geology So ciety, Massapequa |
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| Postcard view of the Waukon iron mine, Allamakee County, cia. 1912. John Taylor collection. ARTHUR E ...limestone quarries, gravel pits, strip mines. and rock outcrops are scattered throughout the state and...Unfortunately. with todayâs environmental laws and mine and quarry regulations. the prolific collecting of the 1950s...Iowa Geological Survey. Localities by County Allamakee County Lansing, Lansing lead mines = Captain...Ludvigson, and Ripley 1987). Postville, Postville quarry, 1.5 mi. N of Postville on State 51, sec. 16, T |
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| color. Prices on request. ANALCITE CRYSTALS, Lincoln Co., Oregon. A very limited supply of choice translucent...weigh ing 20 to 30 lbs. or more. FLUORITE, Cave in Rock. III. Choice medium to deep purple crystals averaging...available. Prices on request. FLUORITE, Cave in Rock, III. Choice me dium to deep purple xls with other...DOLOMITE CRYSTALS IN PENN.âRichard Haefner.... 808 RHODE ISLAND HOLDS ANNUAL CORN BOILâGardiner E. Gregory............... 858 MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .............................................. |
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| FLUORITES with pedigree. Free List. NEW minerals or rock types you need. We gladly MEXICO MINING AND MILLING...refundable with return of tape. 4619 Whispering Rock, Spring, Texas 77388; stamps; no checks, please)...Florida 33114. with specialties in English, Cave in Rock, GEMSTONES Fluorite, and Pyrite. Outstanding calcites...prices. For free list, write to: BLAINE REED, 907 County Rd., 207 #17, Durango, Colorado 81301. EUROPEAN...[University of Arizona] at 11:12 24 August 2017 OOLITIC CHERTâHand-size specimen with abundant oolites. $7.95 |
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| Vili Fossil-Stegosaurus * Alabama Mineral-Hematite Rock-Marble Fossil-Basilosaurus cetoides Gemstone-Star...Blue Quartz Soil-Bama Series Mineral-Rhodochrosite Rock-Yule Marble 22 22 Zo 24 * Connecticut OG G& BY...Mineral-Quartz Crystal Soil-Myakka Fine Sand Series Rock-Bauxite Soil-Stuttgart Series * Georgia * California...Fossil-Shark Tooth Gem-Quartz 35 36 36 38 38 38 Rock-Serpentine * Hawaii Fossil-Sabre-Toothed Cat Gemstone-Benitoite...Stone-Salem Limestone River-Wabash River 49 50 * Iowa Rock-Geode DZ * Kansas Soil-Harney Silt Loam Series |
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| Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Inc., Editor, Marvin Klibonoff; and the "Unaka Rock and Mineral...any Editor, who writes to Mrs. alis", Northland Rock and Mineral Club, Ruth Wertz for them. This will...collected rocks! The words Division of the Rockland County Mineral "Founded 1886" following the name of and...Lapidary Society, Editor, Dr. Philip Limecrest Quarry, Sparta, New Jersey C. Eisman; "Triassic Valley...Reminiscences". The field trip to the Limecrest Quarry was very productive. Mr. Paul Desautels, Associate |
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| ON WATER WELLS IN THE FREMONT VALLEY AREA, KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By v L. C. Dutcher Prepared in cooperation...ON WATER WELLS IN THE FREMONT VALLEY AREA, KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By L. C. Dutcher PURPOSE AND SCOPE...these geologic structures or by hills of impermeable rock. The surface drainage of the area is of the closed...conglomerate, arkose, cobble gravel, tuff, sandstone, chert, limestone, gravel, sand, silt, and clay. For the...Geologic map of the Castle Butte quadrangle, Kern County, Calif.: U. S. Geol. Survey Mineral Inv. Map MF-170 |
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| BONANZA Rock collecting, sightseeing and a look at history in Colorado by Steve Voyn ick CONKLIN QUARRY...QUARRY Minerals and gem materials in Rhode Island by James R. Mitchell FEATURES 10 48 51 Page 122 A PICTURE...Vanguard blade. aluminum oxide wheel for sharpening rock picks, chisels, etc. Use fine grit âą Handy, adjustable...CENTER CADILLAC OF ROCK GRIPPERS _ __._..__._....., SHIM The new 4 POINT SOVA ROCK VISE Designed and...This toot puts four equal pressure points on your rock. holding odd shaped pieces solidly for accurate |
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| EARTHâArkadi Sumonyan ................................... ROCK-HOUNDING IN NORTH-CENTRAL ARKANSASâH". C. Riddle...742 748 751 762 774 776 794 722 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................7-3185) i ROCKS AND MINERALS 72! CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY âI AM A MINERAL COLLECTORâ âHUH?â By ANNA MARIE...76, Franklin, N. J. Oct. 16, 17, 1965âMichiana Rock & Gem Club, Inc. 4th Annual Show, New National Guard...Recreation Club of Fairhope, Ala., will sponsor its first Rock Show and Swap at the Mobile and Eastern Shore Adult |
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| ................. MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................FIND IN COWEE VALLEY, N.C.âPaul E. Lockwood THE ROCK BRIGADEâRudolph J. Bland, Jr......................7-3185) ROCKS AND MINERALS 641 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY A RUSH TRIP TO SOUTH CAROLINA On Tuesday, August...headed northward towards the gold mine in York County. It was a most enjoyable trip, the mine was reached...30th St., Bellevue, Wash. 98004. Oct. 2, 1965â1st Rock Swap of the West chester Mineral & Gem Society |
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| 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...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...that comes from opening a nodule or a pocket in rock and being the first to see a sparkling crystal fresh |
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| describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...a precise explanation of how to recognize the rock formations in which gems occur. in The tabular...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...of the gem prosall efforts to olies. pector. Rock formations which gems occur in They say that |
Conklin Quarry, Lime Rock, Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA