 | | Journal (issue) | | DECORATIVE-ORNAMENTAL STONES OF VIRGINIA D. Allen Penick, Jr. Virginia is noted particularly for beautiful...facet grade microlite, amazonite, fine moonstone, and topaz. In addition Virginia is well known for staurolite...minerals, rocks and organic materials found in Virginia, which have been used as gemstones and decora...report. Many of the localities will be familiar to Virginia mineral collectors. Someof the areas mentioned...collect minerals. There has been much written on Virginia mineral localities but no reports are available |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCAL INDEX Although perhaps best known for its turquoise crystals, apophyllite on...kyanite, Virginia has, in fact, over 150 mineral species. and D. A L L E N P E N I C K , JR. Virginia Division...Mineral Resources P. O. Box 3667 Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 T H I S V I R G I N I A M I N E R A L L...world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...source of information in this Virginia index was Minerals of Virginia (1970) by R . V . Dietrich. A l |  | | Journal (issue) | | February 1987 No.1 VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX D. Allen Penick, Jr. This Virginia mineral locality...world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...source of information in this Virginia index was Minerals of Virginia (1970) by R. V. Dietrich. Although...of the index. Some of the famous localities in Virginia, such Updated from Rocks and Minerals, Vol. 60...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed |  | | Report (volume) | | 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...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | News, Va., of the Gem and Mineral Society of the Virginia Peninsula. Sam Brown, of Upper Montclair, N.J...Lapidary Guild, N.C. Gem & Mineral Society ol Virginia Peninsula, Tri-State Rockhounders, Georgia Mineral...Mineral Society 2nd: Gem and Mineral Society of the Virginia Peninsula Ctf. of Merit: Tri-State Rockhounders... Oddities—1st: Gem and Mineral Society of the Virginia Peninsula Ctf. of Merit: Tri-State Rockhounders...Lapidary Society 2nd: Gem and Mineral Society of the Virginia Peninsula 3rd: Gem and Lapidary Society of Washington |  | | 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...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...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 |  | | 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...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...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 |  | | 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, |  | | Book | | CHAPTER 4 Maryland ... 3 CHAPTER 5 Virginia 4 1 CHAPTER 6 West Virginia 5 CHAPTER 7 Kentucky 6 CHAPTER...Virginia's noted Rutherford Mine. Photograph by Dr. Virginia Lee Blackford. ical pearls in delicate pastel...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and...the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine garnets, glowing...glowing pastel moonstone, vivid aqua colored amazonite feldspar — all in an area which has been known and |  | | Report (issue) | | the cover—Turquois crystals from Lynch Station, Virginia; x ca.; pho tograph by Neal Ycdlin; color plates...C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...of Virginia R. V. DIETRICH* Professor of Geology and Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic...Polytechnic Institute Research Division Bulletin 47 Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va. 24061 *... © R. V. Dietrich and the Research Division of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1970 Printed and bound |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralogist, the Bulletin and Special Report senes, county reports, and maps. A list of the Division's available...that the collection should remain in the City and County of San Francisco and be open to the inspection...Tuolumne County and half an ounce of placer gold (#3008 ) from Jenny- Lind, Calaveras County. On February...case 132. Brown to black colored wolframite and County Exhibits Next to the Dana section of the mineral...numbered 69 through lll inclusive, are devoted to county exhibits and occupy a large and important part |  | | Book (edition) | | mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...have a cornfield at Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Va. A 3 carat stone, bought by a Knoxville...Luttrell, Another of .78 carat, light yellow, Union County. was reported found in 1888 on the Henry Burris |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina. In the West, the Rockies...corners of the claimed area, and filing in the county land agent's office. In addition he has to show...called bediasites from Bedias, a town in Grimes county. Gold is a subject by itself, but because the gem...the East, Georgia, North and South Carolina, and Virginia have been the major gold producers, mostly from |  | | Book | | United States by Bookcrafters, Fredericksburg, Virginia. PREFACE The end of 1994 marked the close of...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...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and |  | | Book (edition) | | from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...opal sources 28. Morefield pegmatite, Amelia, Virginia Xlll 3 5 5 6 11 12 13 19 20 21 22 23 25 37 38...of tourmaline crystal forms 38. Map of San Diego County, California gem sources 3 9. Stewart Lithia· and...View of Clear Creek, San Benito County, California 55. Monterey County jade-producing shoreline, California...Graph of spessartine chemical composition, Amelia, Virginia 59. Rhodolite deposit, North Carolina 60. Emerald |  | | Report (volume) | | Geological Sciences Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 1/ Joseph...Geological Survey 959 National Center Reston, Virginia 22092 " Jan Tullis &,/ Richard A. Yund Department...high some palpable and correction. Chiang at Virginia who produced to be commended Sharon from...COLORLESS FELDSPAR 271 YELLOW FELDSPAR 271 AMAZONITE 272 Blue to green potassium feldspar 272 Blue...Black-clouded feldspars 279 SUNSTONES FROM LAKE COUNTY, OREGON 279 CHAPTER J.V. SMITH 12. SOME CHEMICAL |  | | Report (volume) | | Geological Sciences Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 1/ Joseph...Geological Survey 959 National Center Reston, Virginia 22092 " Jan Tullis &,/ Richard A. Yund Department...high some palpable and correction. Chiang at Virginia who produced to be commended Sharon from...COLORLESS FELDSPAR 271 YELLOW FELDSPAR 271 AMAZONITE 272 Blue to green potassium feldspar 272 Blue...Black-clouded feldspars 279 SUNSTONES FROM LAKE COUNTY, OREGON 279 CHAPTER J.V. SMITH 12. SOME CHEMICAL |  | | Book | | Geology and Virginia Richard V. Dietrich Professor of Geology and Dean School of Arts and Sciences,...University Press of Virginia Charlottesville Qt z.^.z THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF VIRGINIA Copyright © 1970...by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia First published 1970 Standard Book Number: 8139-0289-4...America To Frances, Rick, Kurt, Krista, and Virginia 161781 Digitized by the Internet Archive in...natives of Virginia and visitors to the Commonwealth—who are interested in geology and in Virginia. It attempts |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...Geological Surveys Distribution Branch. 1200 Virginia 22202. Those S for Eads Street. Arlington...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...ninety-degree angles. These are prized as ornaments. Virginia and Georgia are major sources of such crystals | | | Book | | D1stn but1on Branch 1200 S Eads Street Arl Ington Virginia 22202 Those for areas west of the M1ssIssIppI...topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...ninety-degree angles. These are prized as ornaments. Virginia and Georgia are maior sources of such crystals...mine , canyon) district where found (township, county, state) how obtained (found , given , etc., with...in pegmatite Mount Antero , 12,000 feet Chaffee County . Colorado from the Smith co llection 1/10/74 |  | | Book (edition) | | Geological Institute 4220 King Street Alexandria, Virginia 22302 703/379-2480 Price: $65 softcover $25...The largest groups of new terms have been U.S. county names; rock-formation names (mostly North American);...Thesaurus. These include local geographic terms, U.S. county names, rock-formation names, and fossil names....term must be a name unique to one area. Lincoln County is not assigned coordinates in the Thesaurus, because...and North America from the broader terms of Hanover County. There is no reciprocal entry for each broader |  | | Book (edition) | | Geological Institute 4220 King Street Alexandria, Virginia 22302 703/379-2480 Price: $75 printed $25 microfiche...the total of 4,284 new Terms were United States county and city Terms. Counties and Cities in the United...States Earlier editions had Terms such as Washington County and Portland for counties and cities of the United...for example: Washington County Arkansas and Portland Maine. Each new county Term can now autopost its...to counties was a major task. The scope of U.S. county and city Terms can now be clear even when they |  | | Report (issue) | | Perce Counties __________ _ Idaho CountY-----------------Valley CountY-----------------Adams, Payette,...and Gem Counties ________________________ _ Boise County ___ --------------Ada, Owyhee, Elmore, and Custer...Spruce Pine district ____________ Madison County and Haywood County _____________________ _ Zirconia district...monazite belt in the Piedmont province __ Stokes County and Surry County_ Wilkes, Alexander, Catawba, Caldwell...Rutherford County and Cleveland County __ --------------Lincoln County and Gaston County _____________________ |  | Kogel, Jessica Elzea, Trivedi, Nikhil C., Barker, James M., Krukowski, Stanley T. - Eds. (2006) Industrial Minerals and Rocks (7th ed.) Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., Littleton, CO. | Book (edition) | | (SME) 8307 Shaffer Parkway Littleton, Colorado, USA 80127 (303) 948-4200 / (800) 763-3132 www.smenet...Survey Reston, Virginia Roger D. Sharpe U.S. Gypsum Company Chicago, Illinois Virginia T. McLemore ...Industry Association Reston, Virginia U.S. Geological Survey Reston, Virginia xii © 2006 by the Society...W. Harben Kyanite Mining Corporation Dillwyn, Virginia Ray E. Harris G.E. Dolbear and Associates, Inc...Stone, Sand, and Gravel Association Alexandria, Virginia G.H. Edwards and Associates Inc. Gainesville |
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