| | 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) | ........................ 322 SOME MINERALS OF NEBRASKA. By Prof. E. F. Schra,nn1 ........ 323 EYLES...ERALS OF NEBRASKA By PROFESSOR E. F. SCHRAMM Chairman Department of Geology University of Nebraska ess,...ned the :urc '. R . by As you probably know, Nebraska is noted for its scarcity of fine gem minerals...age in the quarries east and west of Louisville, Nebraska, and just east of Weeping Water contain some small...quarry about two miles east of Wymore, Gage County, Nebraska, contains many geodes which ace lined with | | | Book (volume) | Idaho, lowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, — ; Oregon, South Dakota, Washington...Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington...Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington...Idaho lowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon South Dakota Washington ...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | a green rock found in Fairplay, Colo., in Park County. Would you please identify it for me?—asks Elizabeth...it is a very nice one. Fairplay, in western Park County, is in central Colorado. C O N N E C T I C U T...Lane, Bloomington, Ind. North Vernon, in central County, is in S/E Indiana. Jennings MAINE—Gerald Arquette...near Greenwood, and Greenwood, in southern Oxford County, is in western Maine. MASSACHUSETTS—"I am becoimng...informed of future finds. Swan River, in S/W Itasca County, is in northern Minnesota. "A thought has occurred | | | Report (issue) | water-resources regions, water years 1973-82 5. State and county codes---- ---------------------------6. Hydrologic...Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon...NAME _________________ STATE CODE ________ COUNTY CODE _______ 8-DIGIT HYDROLOGIC UNIT CODE _________________...location information on the water body name, State, county, and hydrologic-unit code of both the conveyance...and files of the U.S. Geological Survey, State, county, and city agencies, public and private utility | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Notice of a New Fossil Mammal from Sioux County, Nebraska. [Nebraska Geological Survey, Vol. II, Part...Species of Olenellus from the Lower Cambrian of York County, Pennsylvania. [Proceedings of Washington Academy...325-43; November, 1905.] IRA A. Geology of Jasper County. [Iowa Geological Survey, Vol. XV, Annual Report | | | Report (issue) | Howard Mitchell Alamakee Winneshiek Kossuth Sioux O'Brien 43° Clay Palo Alto Hancock Cerro Gordo...Cedar Harrison Shelby Audubon Dallas Guthrie Jasper Polk Iowa Poweshiek Johnson Scott Muscatine...Winneshiek Alamakee Fayette Clayton Kossuth Sioux O'Brien 43° Plymouth Clay Cherokee Humbolt...Cedar Harrison Shelby Audubon Dallas Guthrie Jasper Polk Poweshiek Iowa Johnson Scott Muscatine...and (B) change from 1995 to 2000. Introduction county in 2000 (fig. 1A) and the change in public-water | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 77036 ERIC FRITZSCH 1520 S . 169th Avenue Omaha, Nebraska 68 130 out11 Dakota’s mineral localitics would...FiridofGt~rnSphultirite ut IIIP Bulinut Zinc Mine, St. Luwrence County, tditor of NPW b r k ” unrl iipptwwl in the No~~er...and additions. Mlneral Index by Counties Brule County Elm Creek, IS mi. S. of Chamberlain, near junction...of Pierre Formation: barite (gray roses). Butte County Belle Fourche, 6 mi. W., secs. 23, 24, 25. and...Moreau River: barite* (similar to Elk Creek. Meade County, but smaller), calcite (yellow crystals), gypsum | | | Report (issue) | locality, or civil division (city, village, or county) named for a physical feature is always listed...information is usually self-explanatory, for example: county seat. Feature Class (second column) The terms listed...their definitions. County (third column) This column lists the name of the county in which the entity...place, feature, or area lies in more than one county, the county listed is the one in which the center of...in the case of a stream, valley, or arroyo, the county listed is the one in which the mouth of the feature | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | on drusy quartz can be recovered from seams in jasper. The endlichite variety of vanadinite occurs as...Black Hills are located near the Custer-Pennington County line. The first occurrence is located in the NWVi...Pierre Shale along the banks of Elk Creek in Meade County. This local ity has produced some magnificent...have been collected from Hay Draw, also in Meade County. Crystals similar to those from Elk Creek have...the town of Owanka in Pennington County. Near Hoover in Butte County, South Dakota, very at tractive | | | Book | Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Ham p:;hire New Jersey New Mexico New... Butte, Montana S"{? d / S' u ~.,.,..-.,r,y Nebraska GoJ:1.S81'YatiOH :.B.d Si1rv:ey BiYi~ien G, 'i"...r a / /J University of Nebraska ..., 113 Nebraska Hall 5 Lincoln, Nebraska, 68508 LCo-n..S'iv-Vif)/o...northeast part of the Coosa Coal Field, St. Clair County, Alabama, by H. E. Rothrock. 1949. 69 B. 50 Well...and G. L. Richardson. 91 1940. district, Franklin County, Alabama, by E . F. Burchard and H. D. Pallister | | | Book (edition) | are valued chiefly for pattern, and agate and jasper among semi- precious materials are even classified...topaz crystal And is such a chameleon color, or jasper), etc. gem if you not yellow, nor are might...specific locations are comparatively few, but jasper, agate and even more valuable stones may turn...portion just left of center. Orbicular or "poppy" jasper with yellow, red, and orange patterns. How ...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 | | | 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...Ridge Escarpment and along Whiteclay Creek near the Sioux Indian community of the same name in Sheridan Co | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Postcard view of the Waukon iron mine, Allamakee County, cia. 1912. John Taylor collection. ARTHUR E ...Iowa Geological Survey. Localities by County Allamakee County Lansing, Lansing lead mines = Captain...smithsonite, sphalerite (Hey1 and West 1982). Appanoose County Centerville gypsum mine; abandoned underground... Vernon, Van Buren Co. Coralville, Johnson Co. County Fairgrounds, Dubuque Co. Cresco, Howard Co. Decorah...Farmington, Van Buren Co. Fort Dodge, Webster Co. Four County quarry, Johnson Co. Georgia Pacific Corporation | | | Report (issue) | o Index (Continued) Missouri.• ~ Montana .... Nebraska •• Nevada ••. New Hampshire . New Jersey •..••...15~. BULLETINS *21. The lignites of the Great Sioux Reservation, a report on the region between the...deposits between Silver Peak and Candelaria, Esmeralda County, Nev., by J. E. Spurr, . pp. 289-292. Coal fields...southeastern margin of the Wilmore Basin, Cambria County, Pa., by Charles Butts, pp. 325-329. The Meadow... by J. S. Diller, pp. 411-412. Coal in Clallam County, wash. I by Ralph Arnold, pp. 413-421. Coal in | | | Report (volume) | with State and local historical societies, State, county, and township officers, and individuals in all...Wyoming, Illinois, superintendent of schools, Stark County, 1882-1898, for much valuable information concerning...several hundred cities and towns, and corrections of county names in the State of Illinois. J. P. Dunn, Indiana...Indianapolis, Indiana, for additions to and corrections of county names. M. W. Davis, State Historical Society, Iowa...fora revision of the complete list of Minnesota county names. Franklin L. Riley, Mississippi Historical | | | Book (volume) | in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES:...the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi...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) | in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES:...the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi...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 | | | Report (volume) | Bulletin, nos. 16, 18. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 5, no....Survey: vol. 9; Lower Cretaceous; Prince Georges County. Baltimore, Md. Meddelelser om Greenland, Bd. 43...nos. 9-12, vol. 25, nos. 1-8. Philadelphia, Pa. Nebraska Geological Survey, vol. 3, vol. 4, pt. 3. Lincoln...Vol. 5; Geological map (coal, etc.), 2d edition; County reports Wirt, Roan, and Calhoun counties; Jackson...1911. 24. The gold fields of Coker Creek, Monroe County, Tennessee. Tennessee State Geol. Survey, Resources | | | Report (issue) | ...................... 138 Geology of eastern Nebraska.................................................Aurora County ....................................................................... Beadle County.......Bonhomme County ................................................................... Brookings County .......Brown County......................................................................... Brule County....................^........................ Buffalo County, including part of Crow Creek Indian Reservation | | | Book (edition) | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...the eye. Minerals of this sort, such as agate and jasper, are described as cryptocrystalline. For example...closely allied to fracture pattern; chalcedony and jasper, because of their cryptocrystalline makeup, are...opaque does not pass light. Agate is translucent; jasper is opaque. if it Color one of the principal...but inexhaustibly various patterns of agate and jasper. So typical are their patterns that these materials | | | Report (volume) | quadrangle (Lee County)...................................... Des Moines quadrangle (Polk County) ...........counties). Attica and Knoxville quadrangles (Marion County)...................... Pella quadrangle (Mahaska............... Burlington quadrangle (Des Moines County)................:........... 8 12 12 18 20 20...quadrangles (Muscatine County)................ 56 Nebraska City quadrangle (Fremont County)..................border of the State from Hamburg to a point near Sioux Falls, S. Dak., and the line of the Coast and Geodetic | | | Report (issue) | ... B. Nodule of "coldwater agate" from Benton County showing gray and white chalcedony and crystalline...made from "coldwater agate" material of Keokuk County..................................................Another variation of "coldwater agate" from Keokuk County. C. Quartz geode. D. Doubly terminated quartz crystals...Samuel and H.F. Bain, 1900, Geology of Dubuque County, Iowa: Iowa Geol. Survey Ann. Rept. (1899), v....call attention to the gypsum deposits in Webster County which he saw during a trip by canoe up the Des | | | 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...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...Such Plains and created beautiful Crater Lake. Nebraska and Kansas the High — states as —owe their...Tumbler-polished stones. First row above, left to rigfnt; jasper from Nepal: rose quartz and ametfiyst quartz from | | | Report (volume) | Bulletin, nos. 19, 21. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 6, nos...nos. 9-12, vol. 26, nos. 1-8. .Philadelphia, Pa. Nebraska Geological Survey, vol. 7, pts. 3-5. Lincoln,...Olympia, Wash. West Virginia Geological Survey: County reports Doddridge-and Harrison counties. Morgantown...Sketch of the geological history of Green Lake County, Wisconsin : School x Quart., Berlin, Wis., vol...some curious structures in the gypsum of Albert County, New Brunswick: Roy. Soc. Canada, Proc. and Trans |
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