 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEMS AND GEM MINERALS OF NORTH CAROLINA* Josnrn HvoB Pnerr North Carolina is one of the more notable...material. The variety of gem minerals found in North Carolina is probably greater than in any other state...and includei the following: Diamond Spodumene Hiddenite Kunzite Corundum Ruby Sapphire Oriental Emerald...Octahedrite Cassiterite Hematite (in quartz) Pyrite Bronzite Hypersthene Pyroxene Diopside Tourmaline (black)...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite |  | | Report (issue) | | NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION WILLIAM DIVISION JASPER P. OF L. SAUNDERS, MINERAL...RESOURCES GEOLOGIST Circular 16 LOCALITIES NORTH OF CAROLINA BY JAMES F. CONLEY Doc NC DENR LIBRARY...... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MINERAL COLLECTING IN NORTH CAROLINA , . . . . # . WHERE TO COLLECT f ... f ......THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY COUNTIES . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ......... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 7 Emerald, Hiddenite and Associated Minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DEPOSIT IN ALEXANDER COUNTY' NORTH CAROLINA €nanr,Bs Par.lcnr, S. C. DavrpsoN, ANDE. A. GoneNSoN, Haruard...Haruard, UniuersitY. THE HIDDENITE CONTENTS L lnrnopuctror fI. DrscrrprroNoFTrrECouNrnvRocr III. DrscnrpuoNor... Nontronite Quartz Rutile Feldspars Monazite Hiddenite APatite Holmquistite PYrite Beryl ArsenoPYrite...preliminary account of the geological relations of the hiddenite deposit. In the following pages are presented...photographs of some of the matrix specimens of hiddenite and additional crystallographic material for study |  | | Report (issue) | | .'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North CarOlina Department of Natural Resources and Community...for the general welfare of the citizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts a number of basic and...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist FRONT | | | Report (issue) | | Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist i ...FRONT COVER PHOTO Twinned emerald crystal from North Carolina, photo from Smithsonian Institution (slide...viable mineral collecting sites through out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in length have been found at the Palermo Quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire. Crystals to 150 pounds in...crystals have also been found at Red Hill, Maine; North Groton, New Hampshire, and from Pala, Rincón, and...near Statesville, North Carolina; at Amelia, Virginia, near Clayton, Rabun county, Georgia; etc. The...at Shaw and Esray's quarry near Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and is now in the collection of...pegmatite of the Eight Mile Park area of Fremont county, Colorado; while pink chalcedony has been found |  | | Report (volume) | | 'THE GEOLOGICAL vt- ,(231 > ' " ^THE MINERALS CAROLINA''" i '- OF, - :l|^fe^H - GOTEENMENT LIBRARY... W. Powell, director | | The | minerals of North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Geiitk | [Vignette]...J. W. Powell, director | | The | mineralsof North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Genth | [Vignette]...W. Powell, director | | The | :aainerals of North Carolina | by | FrederickAugustusGenth j [Vignette]...separately. Price $2.50. XVI. The Paleozoic Fishes of North America, by John Strong Newberry. 1889. 4°. 340 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | large variety of minerals and gemstones in North Carolina annually attracts thousands of collectors to...the world. Some Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina T H E C O L L E C T I N G L O C A L I T I E...McKenzie's publication Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina: Information Circular 24 (1978). For a more...locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can be ordered from the North Carolina Department...27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | amongst which it'2 is new for this species. North Carolina Mineral Localities. By W. E. HIDDEN and A....Sharpe's Township, Alexander Co. Physically the emerald-green spodumene (hiddenite) found, is iden tical...about 3 miles east of the Emerald and Hiddenite Mine, in Alexander Co. The colour of the crystals is hairbrown...so-called basal-plane quartz crystals from North Carolina. In most cases, the planes observed have been...troilite. Olivine is the most prominent constituent. Bronzite appears i n irregular crystal fragments scattered |  | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...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...CHEYENNE, DEUEL, GARDEN & KEITH COUNTIES AREA, between North and South Platte rivers and in all tributary branches |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 100 COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA C. HENRY KING, FRANKUNVILLE, N.C. ALAMANCE—The North State pyrophyllite...of the Cretaceous. (Black Creek Formation.) ALEXANDER—Emeralds were first discovered about 1875 near...near Stony Point; a few years later the fabulous hiddenite crystals were found at what is now the town of...This area is now opened to collectors for a fee. Bronzite, tourmaline, quartz xls, and rutile found here...Ore Knob copper mine in the eastern part of the county has produced chalcocite, bornite, pyrite, pyrrhotite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTH CAROLINA Downloaded by [The University of Texas at Dallas] at 23:09 09 August...August 2017 By FRED ALLEN, Lincolnton, N X . North Carolina contains a wide variety of mineral resources...to gem quality. Spodumene crystals, including hiddenite. Titanium: massive rutile, crystals, reticulated...malachite, azurite, bornite, ehromite, garnierite, bronzite, psilomelane, sphalerite, zincite, gold, silver |  | | Book | | CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________............._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T...= c o m m o n names a f e w l i k e these, — hiddenite, turquoise rhodolite, w i l l i a m s i t e ,...g e s w h i c h c r e s t a t M t . N o r t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because...n d m 1799 i n Cabarrus C o u n t y, N o r t h Carolina, b y a s m a l l b o y w a l k i n g along a m |  | | Book (volume) | | grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯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...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) | | grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯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...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 | | prismatic rutile is common in pegmatite at Hiddenite, North Carolina, associated with muscovite, beryl, and...an emerald crystal, from North America Emerald Mines, Hiddenite, North Carolina. The emerald is about I...localities include: the McGuire pegmatite, Park County, Colorado; the Etta and Peerless mines, near Keystone...with lesser amounts of anatase and U l s t e r County, New York. Minute tabular brookite crystals rutile)...Georgia, and at the Champion andalusite mine, Mono County, California (Cook 1985, Cook 2003а; Wise 1977) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | RUBIES OF COWEE VALLEY, NORTH CAROLINA By MELBOURNE SMITH Cashiers, N o r t h Carolina The Ruby Valley of...of Western North Carolina, along Cowee Creek and its tributaries, enjoyed a brief hope during the summer...Cowee Valley is roughly 6 miles north of Franklin, county seat of Macon County, N. C , on the highway to Bryson...south of Bryson City if one is coming in from the north or from the Park. By the shortest route the valley...the left over Caler Fork and continues along the north side of the valley for the balance of the distance |  | | Book (edition) | | Production 89 Diamond Occurrences _-~ 88 a. a Hiddenite 144 Thulite 176 Anyolite 176 : 178 Hematite...Yellow sapphire Serpentine Kunzite (spodumene) Hiddenite (spodumene) Citrine (quartz) Rock crystal (quartz)...Baryte Bastite Bismutotantalite Boracite Bornite Bronzite Brookite Celestine Cerussite Chambersite Childrenite...Gaylussite Gypsum Hancockite Hedenbergite Herderite Hiddenite Hodgkinsonite Hornblende Howlite Huibnerite Huréaulite...Ferro-Axinite 6%-7 Gadolinite 64-7 Grossular 64-7 Hiddenite 6%-7 Jadeite 6%-7 Jasper 64-7 Kornerupine 6%-7 |  | | Book | | far from a simple task because the "'Gewstones of North America. 8 artist must know minerals in order...cleavage parallel to a plane (micas, chlorites, bronzite). If crystals are noticeably elongated their aggregates...also in the cavities of certain basaltic lavas. USA - copper mines of Keeweenaw Peninsula, Michigan,...Saxony. CZECHOSLOVAKIA - Jachymov (Joachimstal). USA - crystals ( ! !), branching masses ( ! !) in copper...laid the foundations for the economic wealth of the USA. The Victorian gold rush of 1851-52 trebled the population |  | | Journal (issue) | | > \ synthetic J Spinel, synthetic Alexandrite Hiddenite Demantoid Euclase Chrome diopside Chrome enstatite...is chromium. T h e same is true in the case of hiddenite and pyrope. T h e most conclusive proof that chromium...probably responsible for the yellow green colour of hiddenite. Esther W . Glaffy4 doubts whether the addition...an influence on the colour of chromiumtinted hiddenite. Controversies of this kind are quite frequent...quality— probably the finest ever found on the North American continent. After the stone had been exhibited |  | | Book | | The gem industry Enstatite Diopside Hypersthene Bronzite 156 158 162 164 166 168 169 170 171 172 173 174...203 204 205 Pattern, texture, and inclusions Hiddenite Kunzite Tutti Frutti necklace Jade Chinese birdcage...significance for us all” a time, the economy of Whitby in North Yorkshire – the principal, local source of jet –...The angle between a and b is 120 degrees. In the USA, the trigonal is considered a division of the hexagonal...Agate Tourmaline Aventurine Turquoise Quartz USA Spain Jadeite Aquamarine Guatemala Sapphire Spinel |  | | Book (edition) | | Opal Species 170 Jade _ Species 174 Peridot Hiddenite 130 Kunzite 130 86 6 Hest Known : 176 Zoisite...Transvaal jade Ural sapphire Viennese turquoise Hiddenite (spodumene) Citrine (quartz) Rock crystal (quartz)...Wavellite Witherite Yttrotantalite Boracite Bornite Bronzite Brookite Celestine Cerussite Chambersite Childrenite...Gaylussite Gypsum Hancockite Hedenbergite Herderite Hiddenite Hodgkinsonite Hornblende Howlite Hiuibnerite...Ferro-Axinite 6%-7 Gadolinite 64-7 Grossular 64-7 Hiddenite 64-7 Jadeite 64-7 Jasper 64-7 Kornerupine 6%-7 |  | | Book | | Dioptase xi 20 Kunzite Diopside 21 Hiddenite Benitoite 22 Bronzite 42 43 44 45 xvi xiii Ruby ...Haliburton Cos., Ontario), and the U.S.A. (Maine, N. Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Virginia)...times of gem quality, are found at Gore Mt., Warren County, New York; large crystals also come from Sedalia...Much gem-quality almandine comes from India and north-east Ceylon. Cutting Fine red material is usually...are found in Yancey Co. and other parts of N. Carolina, U.S.A. Cutting Faceted if transparent enough |  | | Book | | to receive Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA, weighs in at 254 carats. new unit-cells. It is...made. LEFT KennecoU opencast copper mine in Utah, USA. Copper is widely used in the electrical engineering...the colour variation Australia, Brazil, North Carolina). TOP H I o H r Ruby crystals in a quartz...covery in the Urals in 1830 on the day Prince Alexander with heavenly inspiration, rence of iron within...authenticity and do not necessarily de¬ from Utah, USA. tract from the value of the crystal. TOP RIGHT |
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