 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Rockville Crushed Stone Quarry by John O. Griesbach 3957 Wendy Court, Wheaton, Silver Spring, Md. Introduction:...Introduction: quarry about twice a week. This resulted Test pits reported to me by a friend in a collection...U. S. Geological Survey seam and vein opal, variety common opal, Feb.-Mar., 1955. First visit to site...several colors, dendritic, white, pink, Hunting Hill, Montgomery County, Md., green, brown, red, and nearly...early in May — already a were found. Most of this opal is probably good-sized hole — crusher in operation |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...G. Tribbey The minerals of the Hunting Hill quarry, Rockville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... In dry air, this “glue” alters to a mixture of opal and semi-amorphous hydrous Na silicates. Blocks...zone. Nordite-(Ce): see Ferronordite-(Ce) Opal SiO2⭈nH2O Opal is a post-mining mineral, a final product...Crusts of colorless, white, bluish and brownish opal are observed on the walls of the underground workings |  | | Report (issue) | | ^ Anne Arundel County 43 Baltimore County 45 Howard County - Montgomery County 88 Prince Georges...Georges County Virginia 74 . 120 129 Arlington County 129 Fairfax County 131 Fauquier County 139...139 Loudoun County 143 Prince William County 149 Diabase quarries of northern Virginia 155 CAPTIONS...of the Baltimore Gabbro Complex at Ilchester, Maryland. Figure 6. Triassic diabase dike forming a ridge...Arundel, Prince George's/and Baltimore Counties, Maryland (Sterrett, 1911). Figure 9. Distribution of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | conducted an interesting program for the Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club, Marietta, on the giant animals...quartzite and marcasite in the Brown Sand & Gravel Quarry near Colum bus. Welcome to an old friend! The...on the minerals of the Buchanan Valley of Adams County (Pa.). Dr. John H. Way, Jr. spoke on the Geology...Connecticut minerals Society, who specialize in opal discussed presented by members of the Stamford this...The Wayne Austin, Texas. Frances Kontzen conduc County Gem and Mineral Club, Marion, ted a program on |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | with enforcement authority have convinced Mine and Quarry Owners of their ability to maintain discipline...visiting the Club's show The Mowould have good hunting bile Rock and Gem Society, showed a film 'The Restless...of the Geology Department of the University of Maryland, speak on the Origin and ROCKS AND MINERALS Distribution...Funkhouser led an overnight field trip to the Faylor Quarry at Winfield, Pennsylvania for calcite and associated...Colorado.. Gem and Mineral Society, Inc., Holly Hill, is taking a very active part in the Johnny Horizon |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Aiken Gem and Mineral Society went to Liberty Hill, N.C. to look for smoky quartz of faceting grade...Planetarium. Tom Baker pre sented a program on opal and jade. Sergio Carvajal gave an expert demonstra...next month. Mr. D.M. Stoltzfus of the Cedar Hill Quarry was host to the Mineral ogical Society of Pennsylvania...used 10 years earlier on a similar visit to this quarry. The Club's sommittee on radio activity plans...pyrites to the Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills. Members Weldon and Edith Storey |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | perhaps you could stop in and say "Hello." Good Hunting! CUSTOM SPHERE CUTTING EDWARD A. HERSKER 543 Evans...Minerals found are similar to those found in the Foote Quarry. The E . F . Uniform Rules Committee appreciates...Lore and Artifacts. A field trip to the Woodleaf Quarry offered a number of zeolite and associated mineral...[JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY] at 15:35 24 August 2017 MARYLAND the New York Southern Tier Geology Club, Johnson... that the committee can plan trips. - Lawrence County for many kinds of - - The Gem, Lapidary and Mineral |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N of Calloway |  | | Journal (issue) | | types of light Calcite and Willemite from Sterling Hill fixtures, and other related equipment you may want...Jersey as well as common minerals such as calcite, opal, and fluorite. Perhaps most interesting will be...27 Oct 7:45pm at LBNC 26 Oct. Field Trip Hunting Hill Quarry 13 Nov. NVMC Board Mtg 22-23 Nov. NVMC Mineral...showed us beautiful Garnets and Sphene from the Rockville quarry. Holt talked about the Poland Mining Camp...Field Trip Opportunity Rockville, MD Hunting Hill Quarry 26 October, 2008 This quarry contains garnets, calcite |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯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) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | acting caretaker of the San Pedro Mine in Santa Fe County, and along with his son Phillip is actively exploring...during the last year: a presidential election in the USA, more lands closed to public use, mineral localities...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny @mineralnews.com...grow to around J t/4 inches (3 cm). The Chavan Quarry (W agho li. 12 miles (20 km) east of Pune (Poona)...and less green than s pecime ns from the Dhoot Quarry, producing the first Indi a n specimens. The crystal |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...all who enjoy the hobbies associated with gem hunting owe a great debt. In particular, it is proper to... California; Herbert V. Corbett of Baltimore, Maryland; Professor Richard Pearl of Colorado Springs,...United States 1 1. Directory and maps of gem hunting Glossary 296 to identify to gem in 1 minerals...Guide 1. it's fun to hunt for gems Gem — hunting offers many rewards healthful and for the whole |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...COLLECTORS AND GUIDE T( HUNTING LOCATION 0-690-00687-X $17.50 263 color photographs 20 tables and charts...charts 100 detail maps 1500+ hunting locations: sites in North America A directory to coUpcfing O E Pi...are 100 maps geared to leading the "hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...on back flap) vb 00 m o o n AND GUIDE TO HUNTING LOCATIONS Minerals and Gems \o collect'^- his |  | | Book (edition) | | from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...PRINCIPAL GEMSTONES Diamond, Corundum, Beryl, Topaz, Opal. II 68 IMPORT ANT GEMSTONES The Feldspar Group...Ruby mine, Cowee Creek, North Carolina 6. Corundum Hill, North Carolina 7. Eldorado Bar, Montana 8. W. D...crystal forms 23. Views of opal mines, Spencer, Idaho 24. Nodules bearing opal, Spencer, Idaho 25. Drawing...of hyalite opal specimen, Mexico 26. Hyalite opal photomicrograph 2 7. Map of Honduras opal sources 28 |  | | Book | | PREFACE V TABLE OF CONTENTS V I CHAPTER 1 Gem Hunting In The Appalachians CHAPTER 2 New Jersey ........Pennsylvania___ _ _ _ 1 _ 2 _ 2 1 CHAPTER 4 Maryland ... 3 CHAPTER 5 Virginia 4 1 CHAPTER 6 West...n g y e l l o w " c o l o r " i n y o u r pan. Maryland: M o n t g o m e r y, Frederick, H o w a r d ...n d a n assortment o f fossils. Photograph b y Maryland Board o f Natural Resources. 2 K e n t u c k...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Vanadinite from the J. C. Holmes claim, Santa Cruz County, A rizona........................................other unnamed species from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey ......................126 by P. J....Dunn McGuinnessite from a serpentinite body in Maryland ......................127 by F. Magnusson Native...currence. Sometimes a village or township and a county, or a village and a state have the same name and |  | | Book (volume) | | Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill O. Murphy...sne-aseseeateeCounty, Can tess ccraccacaerscsascn enaeantsrse Figure |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | serpentine, chlorite, chrysotile, common opal, hyalite opal, hematite, pyrolusite (as dendrite and in...O. Griesbach at a new locality near Travilah, Montgomery Co., Md. At our request, Mr. Griesbach prepared...locality which we now learn is nearer Hunting Hill than Travilah. Hunting Gold In Maine By Ruth H. Wentworth...Editor's Note:—Byron, on the Swift River in Oxford1 County, is Maine's famous gold locality. The gold is found |  | | Journal (issue) | | National Tin and Mining Company of the U.S., in Paris Hill, Maine, covers an interesting history o f an effort...collection are fossils from the famous Solenhofen quarry in Bavaria (including an Archaeop teryx), from...Dakota: Elk Creek in Meade County, and the area around Hoover in Butte County. One specimen from each of...Exposure of Pierre shale along Elk Creek in Meade County showing some concre tion-bearing horizons. Figure...mine, which exploited a Pb-Zn occurrence in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The exact location is given | | | Book | | ,s 20 tables and charts 100 detail maps 1500+ hunting locations: A directory to co!le.cling sites in...GEMS A COLOR TREASURY FORCOLLECTORS AND GUIDE TO HUNTING LOCATIONS Russell P. Macfall MINERALS AND GEMS...100 maps geared to leading the " hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...GEMS: A Co/or Treasury for Collectors and Guide to Hunting Locations •• Digitized by the Internet Archive... A COLOR TREASURY FOR COLLECTORS AND GUIDE TO HUNTING LOCATIONS AND Russell P. MacFall THOMASY. CROWELLCOMPANY |  | | Book | | preparation by Capitol Communications, Crofton, Maryland. Printed in the United States by Bookcrafters...ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...localities: Baveno, Italy 14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario: an occurrence of large nepheline...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralogical Notes Light green zincite from Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, New Jersey ..........................address The Mineralogical Record P.O. Box 783 Bowie, Maryland 20715 published bimonthly by the Mineralogical... Special Second Class postage paid at Bowie, Maryland notesfrom they H TBJR THE (LONG, LONG) FUTURE...Wilson The Mineralogical Record P.O. Box 783 Bowie, Maryland 20715 n recent years two Brazilian localities...Bavaria, Germany (1) Blue Chihuahua mine, San Diego County, 57-59% California (2) 67-80% Poland, Maine (3) |  | | Journal (issue) | | CONTENTS HISTORIC MINERAL FEATURE The Mineralogy of Maryland: A Hiswrical Sketch by Jay L. Lininger HISTORIC...MINERAL FEATURE A History of Chromite and Copper in Maryland: The Tyson Years by Sally Newcomb HISTORIC MINERAL...Mine at Bare Hills, Maryland by Herbert C. Moore HISTORIC MINERAL FEATURE Maryland GOLD by Walter A. Goetz...FEATURE William Keith's Copper Mine: Prelude to the Maryland-Pennsylvania Border War by Paul Chrastina 112...Lininger 125 HISTORICAL MINING CERTIFICATES The Maryland Gold Company by Walter A. Goetz 128 ON THE COVER |  | | Journal (issue) | | How to Make Gemstone Jewelry Boxes by Robert L. Hill, Sr ............. . .. . . 30 Modellng a Leaf Design...orld's Fair of Gems and Minerals." Host. Clark County Gem Collectore. Las Vegas Convention Center, Las...6th Annual Belvidere Gem and Mineral Fair Boone County Fairgrounds. 1 mile north Rt. 76 . Belv1dere. IL...Belvidere 61008. Dealers. Aug. 3 1nd 4. Fulton County Mineral Club. 14th Annual Swapping Bee Picnic ...Park . Altamont. NY. Aug. 3 1nd 4. St. Lawrence County Rock 1nd Mlner1I Club. Annual Summer Show and Swap |
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Hunting Hill Quarry, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA