 | | Book | | Montana Hodges Robert Feldman Shaded relief indicates terrain and slope. Second Edition Rockhounding...longitude numbers and grid ticks are GPS compatible. Montana Enhanced detail shows more symbols, labels, and...history Cover photos of Montana agate (front) and ammonite imprint (back) © Montana Hodges Cover design by...imprint of The Globe Pequot Press MONTANA Search for stunning Montana agate along the Yellowstone River...paleontologists excavate dinosaurs in Malta. Rockhounding Montana points the way to the best rockhounding in the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Montana Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015...2015 K NOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is rich in mineral and gemstone localities. The state motto...The middle third of the state is known as the Montana alkali province where the sediments have MICHAEL...the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded by [University... the Rocky Mountains, and furthest to the northwest, the belt basin. The Rocky Mountains contain sedimentary |  | | Book (volume) | | environmentally temperature controlled sluicing area.) Many an unsuspecting tourist has stopped at a...Oklahoma Texas Utah Alaska Idaho Iowa Minnesota Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon SouthDakota Washington...white diamonds of Arkan as, the blue sapphires of Montana-America teems with treasures that its citizens...found exclusively i.n the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina, to be true hiddenite...thousands of people visit Crater of Diamond tate Park in Arkansas,where, for a fee, they can mine America's |  | | Report (volume) | | distinguished by their, physical properties: color, crystal form, cleavage, parting, hardness, specific gravity...important aids in identifying gems. They are: color, crystal form, cleavage, parting, hardness, specific gravity...in most minerals. Most gem stones have certain crystal systems that form under favorable conditions of...particular atomic arrangement results. The six crystal systems in which gem stones may form are: isometric...cleavage, surfaces are parallel to some of the crystal faces of some gem stones. For example, diamonds |  | | Book (edition) | | • • AMETHYST URINE • • BERYL MOONSTONE CITRINE GEM HUNTERS GUIDE by Russell P. MacFail The...methods and by checking their color, hardness, crystal formations, transparency and other characteristics...T'S fun and profitable to hunt gems 1 Typical crystal forms of prominent minerals Characteristics of...testing "scratched" scratch was Many which is area, Wet is calcite, a pocket knife blade tests...by the angles at which their plane surfaces (crystal faces) are placed with respect to one another |  | | Book | | position of igneous rocks. Anyone who walks in the mountains will be familiar with the natural processes going...mixture of rare minerals, silicates, and extremely hot water. Sometimes only gas and vapor es¬ caped. The...example of a dike is the Yogo Gulch in central Montana. This dike extends for several miles. It varies...structure of mineral-bearing deposits. On many mountains the pegmatites have been covered with vegetation...famous was the single beryl stone found in Oxford County in Maine that weighed 18 tons and was 18 feet in |  | | Report (issue) | | Publisher Lithographie, Ltd. Denver, Colorado, USA Design and Layout Gloria A. Staebler © 2012 Lithographic...Lithographic, Ltd. PO Box 11613 • Denver, CO 80211 • USA Phone: 1.303.495.5521 • Fax: 1.303.482.1238 W\\w...Quartz variety amethyst, 10.5 cm tall Goboboseb Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia Scott Rudolph collection...petrify the frightened girl, turning her into pure crystal. Various versions impute all sorts of reprehensible...opponent would have been provided with a clear rock crystal goblet, while his clever antagonist drank water |  | | Report (volume) | | 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...Shelby County, near Whiting Station and Calera; Talladega County, in several places. Bauxite. Cherokee |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...test samples in the field for color, hardness, crystal formation, transparency, and other distinguishing...Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal ^J^ Garnet __ Azurite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...Chicago, Illinois, Marcus Daly Pruett of Butte, Montana, Walter Wright of the Prospectors Shop and Herbert...Thousands of amateurs go out each year into the mountains and deserts of North America to collect a great |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | miles, its terrain and geology vary from rugged mountains composed of igneous and metamorphic rocks to high...cryptocrystalline quartz is composed of micro scopic crystal grains. The names of the crystalline varieties...include rock crystal (colorless), amethyst (violet to purple), smoky (light to dark brown), citrine (yellow)...intergrown ag gregates of microscopic quartz crystal grains with a fibrousto-granular texture. Macroscopically...chemical composition S i 0 (silicon diox ide) and a crystal structure based on S i 0 " tetrahedra that are |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state... test samples in the field for/ hardness, crystal formation," (continued on back flap) r 1° *o...M Tourmaline fQl Ruby, O Sapphire Quartz crystal 'y^ Garnet — Azu rite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...Maryland; Professor Richard Pearl of Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Professor Jack Hanahan of Belmont...in rock and being the first to see a sparkling crystal fresh from na- Furthermore, the gem hunter gains |  | | Report (volume) | | ..... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana..................................................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.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport; |  | | Report (issue) | | Denver, Colorado, USA © 2011 by Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 11613 • Denver, CO 80211 • USA Phone 1.303.495...great confusion. Moreover, gold-color quartz ("citrine") is often labeled "topaz quartz" and brown, smoky...and chromium can substitute for aluminum in the crystal structure. Ideal "fluortopaz" (Al2SiO4F2) would...lighter and larger than fluorine. Crystals and Crystal Structure Crystals are orthorhombic and are typically...dipyramidal with point group symmetry 2/m 2/m 2/m. Crystal structure consists of layers of oxygen, fluorine |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the cliff’s of Glen Cove to South Park and the Tarryall Mountains. Researchers have subdivided that...Ihe Pikn P c i l Balhdilh dates for rocks in this area rnngc from I .7 to I .8 billion years. The zone...metavolcanics were originally named the Idaho Springs Formation, but now they are referred to by a notation...Event Beginning about 1.47 billion years ago, the area was again intruded by numerous plutons. Some researchers...Batholith Figure 5. Topaz from Crystal Park, El Paso County. Crystal is 3.1 cm tall. George and Betty |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cutter & Die Set 515 Narragansett Park Drive, Pawtucket, RI 02861 USA • 10 steel cutters (1/8 to 1-1/4")...shows. The action is concentrated in the midtown area under tents and in colored stones and pearls at...fretzdesign.com Speaking of Fretz Design, I just got my hot big hands on another set of insert hammers for the...name-drops coral, mandarin garnet, fire opal, and citrine as the ideal gems to squeeze some orange into any...material is so transparent it’s nicknamed “water” or “crystal” opal. The phenomena in these stones seem to float |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | collecting trip. This route, from the plains to the mountains, allows us to examine geological settings in proximity...information-for example, the peridot discovery in Park County and updates on property ownership and accessibility...part of the nineteenth century, gemstones and crystal specimens came to be known from the state’s granite...topaz were discovered and eagerly sought around Crystal Peak and other parts of the Pikes Peak region beginning...species prior to World War 11, but most of the gem-crystal occurrences were already known by that time. The |  | | Book | | This book provides a basic introduction to the crystal structure of minerals, as well as illustrations...139) Page 248: Quartz (amethyst variety), Erongo Mountains, Namibia * 5 x 6 x 3 cm Page 251: Calcite, Irai...ranges, erupting volcanoes, earthquakes and even hot springs and caverns. But most geological activity occurs...Serbia ¢ tixex7 cm LEFT: Fluorite, Taihang Shan Mountains, Hebei, China * (Sexes selem 10 | MINERALS:...crystals are considered to be a mineral called crystal structures. Natural crystals formed by geological |  | | Journal (issue) | | WHY DO ANIMALS EAT ROCKS? By Chris Bond 44 62 CRYSTAL GRIDS FOR BEGINNERS By Richard Gross & Pam Freeman...resist visiting local rock shops. While in Estes Park, Colorado, we found a shop on the main street. I’m...and they just had to have them to remember Estes Park. Lol! So, we bought two small towers with light...Rubalcaba Nikiann Gray Joanna Stone WiFi in the same area as full RV hookups WWW.ROCKNGEM.COM | JULY 2022...ü_____________________________ earn high profits! PIONEER GEMhigh CORPORATION Add Address ___ JOIN GEM FAIRE |  | | Journal (issue) | | SHOW June 23rd – 26th 2022 (9am to 6pm) Jefferson County Fairgrounds Madras, Oregon FREE PARKING FREE ADMISSION...COM | MAY 2022 7 Sale MADEIN INUSA USA MADE MADEIN INUSA USA MADE !)Fydmveft!Bmbtlb!'!Ibxbjj* Sale...Jurassic Period whose bones were uncovered in Montana in 1990. Within those bones were signs of a respiratory...paleontologist Cary Woodruff (Great Plains Dinosaur Museum, Montana) and colleagues say this is the first time clear...being filled with citrine quartz; however, some would still debate if it is citrine or just iron-stained |  | | Journal (issue) | | .......................... 118 A Real "Rock'' Crystal ...................................................................................... 128 The Montana Mines Exhibit. By An Observer ...................white light into its constituent colors. Long ago hot percolating waters - carrying silica in solution...Dr. Charles 0. Fernquist, Curator of 1finldaho, Montana, Oregon and parts eralogy, Public Museum, 2316... ca fo G SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES OF EL PASO COUNTY The mjnerals and localities listed in this article |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...gems and the science of crystallography— the six crystal systems and their characteristics. The actual tests...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...Formations Compact and Special Forms Druses and Crystal Amorphous Forms VII 4 PHASES OF ROCK COLLECTING...SYMMETRY OF CRYSTALS Nature of a Crystal tems 16 I The Six Crystal Systems I Characteristic of the |  | | Book (volume) | | QUADRANT Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota,...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible...for the county in which it is located. This site number also appears under the given county in the text...the heading of Arizona, on the map of Maricopa County, the site x How to Use This Book indicated...corresponding entry is as follows: 21. Tonopah area; from I-10 follow good unmarked road 3 miles south |  | | Catalog/List | | Michigan Az.urite, Bisbee, Arizona Quartz Group. Hot Springs. Arkansas Hematite, var. Kidney Ore, England...by Greenockitc, Long Elm, Mo. Wulfenite Ycllow Crystal, Fine Group, Organ Mts., N. M. Azuritc Crystallized...Joplin, Mo. Amethyst Group, Very fine color, Idaho Springs, Colorado Amethyst Group. Idaho Sorin11s, Colo...Rhodochrosite, Alicante, Colorado Satin Spar, Colorado Springs, Colo. 132 135 138 139 140 144 146 149 150 15...Quartz Poinl (Double Term), Hot Springs, Ark. Quartz Group, Hot Springs, Ark. Quartz Group, Huachuca |  | | Book (volume) | | California and Maine, the sparkling sapphires of Montana, and the jades of Alaska, British Columbia,...with digging vast quantities of coal, leveling mountains of iron ore, and tapping subterranean lakes of...Isle Royale National Park were rendered by Superintendent John G. Lewis and Park Historian Lloyd Abelson...Kansas, Alabama, Ohio, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Wyoming, Montana and Illinois. Detailed information on the State...Inc., formerly of Helena, Montana, supplied data on the production of Montana alluvial sapphires. Oregon |  | | Book (volume) | | ..........................................221 Montana .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |
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