 | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Price: $2.75. Whee Ewth Stlonce DIGEST BOX 57 OMAHA 3, NEBR. THE EARTH SCIENCE CHOICE CRYSTALS...EARTH SCIENCE Digest DIGEST IMPORTED Rough Omaha Box 57 THE Hendrik P. Zuidema Robert B. Berry...Charles Gillette Alice L. Hart A magazine devoted Agate Amethyst Amarzonite Aventurine Bloodstone Citrine...gemproducing areas. Our inventory includes 3 Nebraska Published monthly by EARTH SCIENCE PUBLISHING...Page Cover Photo Nebraskaās Marsupial Lake Superior Agate California Famous Midwest } āTigerā . Q |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Peachtree HERKIMER GEMS. colored Dealers Corby Nebraska. specimens 2846 O a k l e y a fluo- information... Mineralight Round clusters, lb.ā (postage). Lake Road, M.'jiiroe, N. Y. 629 MINERALS FOR SALE...MINERALS - Boxed, mount ed, and identified, postpaid USA, $2.00. Specimens average approx. 1 " . Irma Curry...Calif. WYOMING AGATE ā Jade, jasper, Ā”asp-agate, turritella, banded wood, Montana agate, Colorado dinny...MINERALS-Two boxes, each with 21 big specimens. Includes agate, asbestos, coquina. Attractively boxed, identified |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystals I found on the southwest side of Chalk Mt. (Lake Co.), Colo., earlier this summer. The crystals were...know what they are. These came from the shore on Lake Huron about 20 miles southeast of Cheboygan, Mich...basalt; the thin, gray slightly banded slabs are agate. The locality is Hammond Bay, Presque Isle Co.,...gives more information: "There isn't supposed to be agate north of Alpena (Alpena Co.), Mich. I know it isn't...MINERALS "We comb the beach about 5 miles down Lake Huron Shore (from Hammond Bay). Most of the property |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Western agate, jasper, petrified wood or fossils for "old coins" or "uncommon coins". AI Wood, Agate Beach...from Arizona, $3.00 per pound postpaid. Olympic Agate Shop, R3, Box 56, Gig Harbor, Wash. I SPECIALISE...price list. R. Berry & Co., 5040 Corby St., Omaha 4, Nebraska. BRAZILIAN QUARTZ CRYSTAL-For faceting. Optically...postpaid. R. Berry, 5040 Corby St., Omaha 4, Nebr. LAKE SUPERIOR AGATE-Eleven polished specimens representing...and address to: R. Berry, 5040 Corby St., Omaha 4, Nebraska. MINERALS FLUORESCENT MINERALS-12 large specimens |  | | Book (edition) | | ILLINOIS ā¢ NORTH DAKOTA ā¢ OHIO ā¢ MICHIGAN ā¢ NEBRASKA ā¢ IOWA WISCONSIN Digitized by the Internet...IOWA WISCONSIN ā¢ OHIO ā¢ KANSAS ā¢ NORTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA ā¢ INDIANA ā¢ MISSOURI ā¢ MINNESOTA By JUNE CULP...described in detail. Price $2.00. THE AGATE BOOK ā For the agate hunter, cutter and collector. Describes...sub-varieties of agate. The first complete book on agate, with 50 photos, showing numerous types of agate, localities... Hot Springs Area Cycad .-' _ :. Oelrichs Agate Beds Rose Quartz Mine Northern Hill Gems 24 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Amel Priest, Peru, Iowa. EXCHANGE. Tumbled Lake Superior agates for xld mineral specimens and crystals...calcite xls., double refractive calcite, carnotite, agate, satin spar, chrysocolla, rhodonite, garnets, coral...orders prepaid. J . L. Blalock, Hells C a n yon Agate & Fossil Shop, 2 1 3 Sycamore, Clarkston, W a s... Everett, 2 9 4 1 No. 6 5 t h St., Lincoln 5, Nebraska. A T LAST! Something really new and u n usual...3 . 0 0 per pound. R. Berry, 5 0 4 0 Corby St., Omaha 4 , Nebr. VANADINITESāARIZONA: $2.00; $1.50. W u |  | | Book | | Gemstone-Freshwater Pearl Soil-Crider Series Mineral-Coal Rock-Agate * Maryland Fossil Shell-Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae...Minnesota Gemstone-Lake Superior Agate Vil * Mississippi * Louisiana Gemstone-Agate Fossil-Petrified...Montana Agate Fossil-Maiasaura peeblesorum * Nebraska Rock-Prairie Agate Gemstone-Blue Agate Fossil-Mammoth...South Dakota Mineral-Rose Quartz Gemstone-Fairburn Agate Fossil-Triceratops Jewelry-Black Hills Gold Soil-Houdek...Fossil-Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica Mineral-Agate *Wexas Gem-Blue Topaz Stone-Petrified Palmwood |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 75c per set. Don H W h i t e , Box 1 S 1 , Ottawa Lake, M i c h . N E W ILLUSTRATED FOiSiL C A T A L O...Your choice - 10 kinds. Palmwood, opalite, jasp-agate, budseye, golden onyx, crawfordite, jasper, chapenite...bloodstone, camelian any $5.00. Agate $3.00, stone cabochon samples $2.00. Agate spheres, dozen $3.00. Many...Third Bhoiwada, 38RM, Bombay 2, India. MEXICAN AGATE, POUND PRICESāBird of Paradise, cathedral, naica...east of Mesa, Mesa, Ariz. SUPER-SPECIAL. MOJAVEāagate, Death Valley onyx, Panamint Valley onyx, lavicjasper |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | h i n g t o n , N. Y . W I L L TRADEāSan Diego County minerals for good crystallized specimens from other...L TRADE ā Colorado epidote crystals, turitella agate and others for mineral specimens and c u t t i n...75c per set. Don H. W h i t e , Box 1 8 1 , Ottawa Lake, M i c h . FOR SALE (TEXAS RED C R I N O I D FOSSIL...carnelian any $ 5 . 0 0 . Agate $ 3 . 0 0 , stone cabochon samples $ 2 . 0 0 . Agate spheres, dozen $ 3 ....I N G ā G e m material, p a l m w o o d , jasp-agate, " c h a p i n i t e " and jasper. Shipped, mixed |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 75c per set. Don H. W h i t e , Box 1 8 1 , Ottawa Lake, M i c h . STAMPS W A N T E D , U.S. A N D F O...4 " in hardrock. Turritella agate 4 0 c lb., 100 lbs. 20c lb. Algae agate, 40c lb., 100 lbs. 25c lb. Postage...ListāPioneer M u s e u m , Burnet, Texas. SOUTH TEXAS AGATE ā From the Rio Grande. Moss, plume, picture, banded...for cabochons. 7 Vi lbs. $ 5 . 0 0 postpaid. The Agate shop, 704 W. Kimball A v e . , Raymondville, Texas...Your choice - 10 kinds. Palmwood, opalite, jasp agate, budseye, goiden onyx, crawfordite, jasper, chapenite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Zeitne D8 in the Midwest. ELEPHANTS AT CRYSTAL LAKE Elephants once roamed the Midwest count ANCIENT...Lamps Cambria Heights 11, L.I., N.Y. | CT oe R AGATE SHOP South 1709 Cedar Street SPOKANE 41 WASHINGTON...Hippodro Eveleth, Minn. For int ition writ Richard N. Lake, P.O. Box 361, Chis! Minnesota he MINNESOTA MINERAL...to Corr Spor ( will Pat Hill, 1230 North ting Nebraska . t Cha MINERAL AND GEM Convention a 1 35 A...Sa Michigan, where he is a very active t the Tri-County Rocks and Minerals Soci and incidentally a f [ |  | | Journal (issue) | | Gasification Under In North EARTH Trial Africa LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Aug. 6 (Science Service) ā French...Bear Lake, the occurrences in the giant quartz vein belt between that lake and Great Slave Lake, and...and the discoveries at Lake Athabaska and Lac la Ronge are all in the western edge of the shield. Farther...pegmatite area of southeastern Manitoba, the Lake Superior region, including the recent pitchblende discovery...of pitchblende deposits. At Eldorado (Great Bear Lake), the pitchblende occurs in sheared zones cutting |  | | Journal (issue) | | to the advance ment of the geological sciences. Agate Amethyst Amazonite Aventurine Bloodstone Citrine...LIONEL Contents Cover Photo Our Atmosphere Lake Superior Agate Famous Lost Mines Lepidodendron Book Review...Manufacturing Division, Dept. E Omaha Scientific Supply Co. Omaha 3, Nebr. 3623 Lake Street PHOTO i Autumn...Box 58! ted FRANK BOX 63 r ā ā Ladies GEM AGATE ed y and var Special $2.90 Ib. Postpaid. DUNCAN...Ave., St. Paul 4, Minn. ; pidarists and Mfrs. of Agate Jewelry. Ā§ Distributors of Rubber Bonded Abrasive |  | | Journal (issue) | | the UNSCCUR will be told at its August meeting at Lake Success, N. Y., by J. R. Balsley, Jr., of the U...Rock, a Cretaceous chalk spire in eastern Gove County, Kansas. See āScenic Kansasāā, pages 11-12. Photo...northeastern Kansas, Doniphan County Rock City, southwest of Minneapolis, Ottawa County THE EARTH SCIENCE...sandstone mass. As erosion by wind, rain wash, and County running water lowered the surface, carrying away...miles west of Medicine Lodge, Barber County Gypsum Hills, Barber County; view 3 miles southwest of Medicine |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | c per set. Don H. W h i t e , Box 1 8 1 , Ottawa Lake, M i c h . ' -*--*- ' STAMPS W A N T E D , U.S...4 " in hardrock. Turritella agate 40c lb., 100 lbs. 20c lb. Algae agate, 40c lb., 100 lbs. 25c lb. Postage...N . ā¢Ā£. A t l a n t a 6, Georgia. M E X I C A N AGATE. POUND PRICESāBird of Paradise, cathedral, naica...Cedar St., S. E., A l buquerque, N e w Mexico. LAKE SUPERIOR A G A T E j ā Field run, 1 lb. 75c. M e d i...choice - 10 kinds. Palmw o o d , opalite, jasp-agate, budseye, golden onyx, crawfordite, jasper, chapenite |  | | Book (edition) | | IOWA WISCONSIN ā¢ OHIO ā¢ KANSAS ā¢ NORTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA ā¢ INDIANA ā¢ MISSOURI ā¢ MINNESOTA I By JUNE CULP...DAKOTA 6 New Finds ................ Fairburn Type Agate Blue Chalcedony .... Tourmaline ..................ARDMORE AGATE BEDS 11 OELRICHS AGATE BED .. 12 THE CUSTER AREA ......... Tepee Canyon Agate ... Garnets...Specimens .... 30 30 .30 NEBRASKA ............... 33 NORTHERN NEBRASKA .......... Fossils...........33 34 NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA 35 WESTERN & CENTRAL NEBRASKA 36 EASTERN NEBRASKA 37 CENTRAL MISSOURI |  | | Journal (issue) | | sample of this rare mineral, $1.25/Ib. @ TURRITELLA AGATE, Wyoming, Will take a high polish. BILL MILE 721...portion. Only in a limited area in southern Vigo County some fourteen miles south east of Terre Haute,...representing all phases of Indian culture. MUSKEGON COUNTY ROCK AND MINERAL ASSOCIATION on April 25 heard...Society. September 3-5 Northwest Federation, Lane County Fair Grounds, Eugene, Ore gon. Held annually on...and FOR ANYONE and Baroque by the Victors ASK AGATE Prepaid PRICE Jewelry Now in 6th Edition Recoqnized |  | | Journal (issue) | | World's Fair of Gems and Minerals." Host. Clark County Gem Collectorā¢. Las Vegas Convention Center. Las...Western Maine Gem and Mineral Festival. Oxford County Mineral and Gem Association sponsor. Gould Academy...Gem and Mlne,.I Socletlff. 10th Annual Show. " Lake County 'Diamonds' and green Onyx." Masonic Temple. Highway...Washington St.. Dubuque 52001 . July 13 and 14. Lincoln County Gem and Mlne,.I Society. 6th Annual " Down-Maine"...Thomsonite Slderlte Alabaster Apophyllite Meyerhofferlte Agate Barlte- "Rose " Form Aventurlne Selenite Rhodonite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | I L L SWAPāProfessionally made jade, fire opal, agate jewelry or cut stones for good saleable mineral...c per set. Don H. W h i t e , Box 1 8 1 , Ottawa Lake, M i c h . E X C H A N G E ā M a z o n Creek plant...Maryland. WE ARE MININGāGem material, palmwood, | asp-agate, "chapinire" and jasper. Shipped, mixed, 100 lbs... RFD 1, Barstow, Calif. SUPER-SPECIAL. MOJAVEāagate, Death Valley onyx, Panamint Valley onyx, lavicjasper..."chapinite," travertine (green), palmwood, jasp-agate, verd-antique. A dream shipment. 100 lbs., shipped |  | | Journal (issue) | | or swap: 4. Full address ol place where it will lake place: 5. Opening and closing hours: 6. Name and...97120. RMFMS - Evelyn Schafer. 3229 N. 60 St.. Omaha. Nebraska 68104. SCFMS - Howard Hillier. 216 La Barre...Convention and Show. " Garnel Star of Idaho." Nez Perce County Fairgrounds, Lewiston, Idaho. Host. Helli Canyon...CA. Host. Gem and Mineral Society of San Mateo County. H.B. Murnan. P.O. Box 53. NAS Moffett Field. CA...Gates open 4 days early. July 8 thru 8. Oxford County Mlneral and Gem Asaoclatlon. 12th Annual Festival |  | | Journal (issue) | | III. V1 hold a gem and cK exhibit at the Sangamon County Junior Fairg Inds | M L\ 4 22 The ( \ e ! admMmIssIo...The tenth annual Gen ind Jews ducers in the Lake Superior regi } Mining begar n 1882. ane nee ft ++ ipproximately...Cadillac, Michigan, which is about 50 miles from the lake shores on which these fossilized corals are found...an attractive geometri 1) tter? AND GEt LOGIE AL LAKE ERIE GEM in Brande 11S SOCIETY planned to mee Jewelry...gemoilogist, speak Gen Ston MIN ROCKS AND TRI-COUNTY ERALS SOCIETY is trying t Oo ocate new sources |  | | Journal (issue) | | and SHAPES In any alabbed atone - Jade, quartz. agate, glass, etc. Worka well on Metallcs such as Silver........... 80 HOW-TO-DO How to Cut Mexican Fire Agate by Ken Scherer ...................................TX 77024 Mrs. Joan Plchotta. Secretary 805 Spring Lake, Bedford, TX 76021 Mrs. Sandy Dudley. Treasurer...BOTSWANA AGATE - Hard agate nodule& of beautiful fine white banding on translucent grey or purple agate. They...outside, but the Inside Is attractive agate similar to Lake Superior agate which sells for much more. It comesĀ·In |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | WILL SWAPāProfessionally made jade, fire opal, agate jewelry or cut stones for good saleable mineral...corals 75c per set. Don H. White, Box 181, Ottawa Lake, Mich. FOSSIL SHARK TEETHāStart that collection...I N G ā G e m material, p a l m w o o d , jasp-agate, " c h a p i n i t e " and jasper. Shipped, m i...e , " travertine ( g r e e n ) , palmwood, jasp-agate, v e r d - a n t i q u e . A dream shipment. 100...purple vein, 2 lbs. laguna pieces, 2 lbs. tree agate w h i t e and black ( o p a l i t e ) . $ 1 1 . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | I L L SWAPāProfessionally made jade, fire opal, agate jewelry or c u t stones f o r good saleable mineral...c per set. Don H. W h i t e , Box 1 8 1 , Ottawa Lake, M i c h . N E W ILLUSTRATED FOSSIL C A T A L O...I N G ā G e m material, p a l m w o o d , jasp-agate, " c h a p i n i t e " and jasper. Shipped, m i...e , " travertine ( g r e e n ) , palmwood, jasp-agate, v e r d - a n t i q u e . A dream shipment. 100...purple vein, 2 lbs. laguna pieces, 2 lbs. tree agate w h i t e and black (opalite) . $ 1 1 . 0 0 postpaid |
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