 | | Report (issue) | | University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Conservation and Survey...Gemstones of Nebraska: A Handbook for Students and Collectors Roger K. Pabian University of Nebraska - Lincoln...Lincoln, rpabian1@unl.edu Allan Cook University of Nebraska - Lincoln Follow this and additional works at:...K. and Cook, Allan, "Minerals and Gemstones of Nebraska: A Handbook for Students and Collectors" (1976)...Resources, School of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion |  | | Report (volume) | | A. Buehler, Rolla. Nebraska.........Prof. E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada......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...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby |  | | Report (edition) | | particular site, remember it is possible to visit the county courthouse in which the site is located, and trace...23 23 28 Adams County Native copper localities Teeter quarry zeolite Allegheny County Wittmer wurtzite...wurtzite Bedford County New locality 31 31 locality Paris fluorite locality Sherman Valley cryptomelane...locality Berks County Dyer quarry zeolite locality Frystown fetid barite locality Blair County Altoona barite.... 33 33 35 38 38 42 45 45 47 50 Page Butler County East Unity Church Sedwicks Mill 54 54 54 57 |  | | Report (edition) | | Lapham of a thin slice of serpentinite from Lancaster County showing olivine (blue-green and red), serpentine...localities, the Grace mine in Berks County, the Stillwell quarry in Lancaster County, and the Medusa Cement Company...Company quarry in York County, are now This fourth printing is essentially closed to collectors. D...Adams County 23 Allegheny County 31 . Armstrong County Berks County Blair County Carbon County Chester...Chester County Clinton County Cumberland County Dauphin County Delaware County Fulton County Lancaster County |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | community of about 1,200 in southeastern Pinal County, is in southern Arizona. ARKANSAS—We recently received..."We recently bought another place (in Montgomery County, Ark.). Guess I told you the Atomic Energy Commission...tour'—we've been on practically every road in the county, so we know it pretty well now." "I'm sending you...surface shows many tiny dendrites of blackish pyrolusite. (See Arizona—this issue). "Magnesite near Georgetown...angular masses. Rocky Hill is in southern Hartford County in central Connecticut. See Mr. Nelson's article |  | | Report (edition) | | .... . .. . Adams County .... . .. ... ............... . . ... . Allegheny County .... . ...... . ............ . Armstrong County . . . . . . .. . .... ........ .. . .. . Berks County ..... . ..... ......... ...... . Blair County . . .. . ... ... . . .. . .... ........... . Carbon County ..... ..... .............. . Cl1ester County .... . . . .... ... ........... . .. . Cumberland County ...... . ..... . ....... . . Delaware County ... . .. .... . . . .... . . . .. . . . .. . Fulton County . ...... .. . . . |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 180 Nebraska.................................................Nebraska____.Prof. E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada_____Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith,...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;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.; |  | | Book (edition) | | mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | embed some of the barite. Superior, in N/E Pinal County, is in southern Arizona. CALIFORNIA — John S. Albanese...Pala, Calif."—on label. Pala, in N / W San Diego County, is in southern California. COLORADO — "I am sending...hyalite (opal) which fl. green. Stoneham, in E. Weld County, is in N / E Colorado. CONNECTICUT — "I am sending...miles N / W of North Stonington, S/E New London County, in S/E Connecticut. FLORIDA—"Referring to page...Coal City, 111."—on label. Coal City, in E. Grundy County, is in N / E Illinois. I O W A — " I am sending |  | | Report (issue) | | Description of the common manganese minerals Pyrolusite, "polianite," "psilomelane-type" minerals Manganite...Bedford County Berks County Bradford County Bucks County Cambria County Centre County Chester County Cumberland...Cumberland County Reading Banks and White Rocks McCarrick prospect < ,.... Wharton mine Clever Mammoth...Mammoth and Laurel banks Delaware County Franklin County English bank Promise and Squire Stinger banks 90...92 92 93 Little Cove area 94 Fulton County Huntingdon County East Pennington Huntingdon Furnace banks |  | | Report (issue) | | 4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis:...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses...Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating...42 9.86 4.77 13.60 100.69 2.277 LOCALITY: Berks County: Birdsboro. MESOLITE m Na Al Si3Oio.2H O 2 2 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | jacobsite, lithiophorite, manganite, psilomelane, pyrolusite, ramsdellite, 170 We~st Tirodi mine, Madhya Pradesh:...and Trooper Lake, Glamorgan Township, Halliburton County: nepheline, 114 Munro mine: chrysotfle, 467 QUEBEC...forsterite, 730 United States Amelia County, Virginia: albite, 581 Bedford County, Virginia: chevkinite, perrierite...chevkinite, 42 Dona Ana County, New Mexico: aphrosiderite, 404 Eldorado County, Colorado: rhodophyL lite...Goose Creek, Virginia: diabantite, 404 Hartford County, Maryland: sheridanite, 404 Hiawassee, Georgia: |  | | Report (edition) | | Adams County 15 Allegheny County Armstrong County Berks County Blair County Carbon County Chester...Chester County Cumberland County Delaware County Fulton County Lancaster County Lebanon County Lehigh County...County Monroe County Northampton County Sullivan County York County 18 20 21 23 . 25 28 37 38 39 ...pseudomorphs after pyrite found near Columbia in Lancaster County, described in this report. If the only description...works of man, such as houses, roads, railroads, county boundary lines, and dams. On the mineral collecting |  | | Book (volume) | | beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...of rd. a few yds., outcropRose Quartz. DOUGLAS COUNTY CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SHOWALTER Limestone Quarry, at Blue Ball, Lancaster County, Pa., at the invitation of our much esteemed...to Cedar Hill Serpentine Quarry in southern Lancaster County, close to the Mason and Dixon Line, one mile...was to the old Friedensville Zinc Mine, Lehigh County, Pa., with an attendance of 178 members and friends...smithsonite, calamine, sauconite, hydrozincite and pyrolusite with many examples of the gray, zinc bearing...N.Y. Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society Spring Valley, New York The Rockland County Mineral & Gem |  | | Book (volume) | | Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises 4,460’...Mesozoic era. Thus, as one travels westward across Nebraska they find successively younger formations appearing...disclosing spectacular bedrock formations. Northwestern Nebraska contains most of the gem fields in the state,...that rival the color of the rainbow. The western Nebraska-South Dakota borderland from Sheridan Co. to the...washes, reveal an abundance of gem quality 283 Nebraska petrified wood, often occurring as huge stone |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | iron mine, Putnam County, and at the old Rossie lead mines in St. Lawrence County, New York. In Connecticut...Journal ( 1814) as occurring at Loudville, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, an identification confirmed on...at the Wheatley mines near Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Elsewhere in Pennsylvania it was...was found in lesser amounts at Pequa mines, Lancaster County, and in the &ton COLOR SPONSORS for this series...Mineral Society. and Perkiomen mines, Montgomery County. Anglesite crystals attributed to the Mountain |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Journal (issue) | | Long By Bob Jones 70 ROCK TUMBLERS FOR AUTISM Lancaster County’s Hub of Geological History and Modern...City sits on the lake’s eastern shore in Mohave County and is home to about 50,000 residents. The city...Tor, is located at Dartmoor in Devon’s English county. Haytor Quarry was in operation between 1820 and...Flatirons Facets, the Flatirons Mineral Club of Boulder County, Colorado, shared examples of how their club members...ROCKNGEM.COM Pennsylvania’s Pequea Silver Mines Lancaster County’s Hub of Geological History and Modern |  | | Journal (issue) | | Carolina). Chalcedony after interstices from Chester County, Pa., has been described by Vaux, G., 1935] ...etc.; psilomelane, limonite (and hematite) and pyrolusite after calcite, fluorite, barite, aragonite, dolomite;...Silesia, 8678 Cervantite after Antimony: I, C 2 Kern County, California, 17240, 18383 (stibioconite ?) Cervantite...Also known from Paterson, New Jersey,3 Chester County, Pennsylvania,4 and Cornwall, England. Chalcedony...suite of polished sections; Teller County, Colorado, 19875-7; Placer County, California, 4475; Ellensburg |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | is found in the Harquahala Range in N / E Yuma County of S/W Arizona. Also enclosed are some desert roses...roses (beds of these are found all over Yuma County). I pick up only the well shaped specimens such as...come from the Calico fossil beds of San Bernardino County, Calif." — asks Charley Jones, 14232 Slover Ave...mine dumps in Colorado. At Cripple Creek, Teller County, they found some lustrous, black flakes of hematite...dolomite xls in xline dolomitic limestone). 4—Pyrolusite (black dendritic growths on film of pale greenish |  | | Journal (issue) | | HiJI community is located in northeastern Kershaw County, South Carolina. [n the past few years dark, gemmy...encompasses south central Lancaster County as well as northeastern Kershaw County {Fig. I). These areas are...which form the western boundaries of Kershaw and Lancaster Counties were inhabited by the Catawba and other...abandoned Kelly Bank iron-manganese mine in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Because of its light color and friable...crystallized turquoise from Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia (Mitchell, 1977), and also it is unlike |  | | Journal (issue) | | HiJI community is located in northeastern Kershaw County, South Carolina. [n the past few years dark, gemmy...encompasses south central Lancaster County as well as northeastern Kershaw County {Fig. I). These areas are...which form the western boundaries of Kershaw and Lancaster Counties were inhabited by the Catawba and other...abandoned Kelly Bank iron-manganese mine in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Because of its light color and friable...crystallized turquoise from Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia (Mitchell, 1977), and also it is unlike |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bank), Augusta — Rockbridge County, the minerals to be found are pyrolusite, manganite, psilomelane, cryptomelane...MINERALS Road to Cold Springs Clay Mine, Augusta County can be found kaolinite bauxite, limonite and chert...new E.F.M.L.S. member Society, the St. Lawrence County Rock and Mineral Club, Potsdam. A copy of the Newsletter...Nassau Mineral Club, Inc. Mineola. —• The Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Inc., Suffern, had a program...Ocean Floor." — The Junior Division of the Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Inc. is a most active |
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