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Fortification Agate from
Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA


Classification
Species:Quartz var: Fortification Agate
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fortification Agate data
Locality Data:Click here to view Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:214128
Long-form Identifier:1:3:214128:2
GUID (UUID V4):3457b65d-c92b-477f-bd50-f1161b8e1841
References
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0.C D.?~•.!~'J..~5 ~!~.~J.RY Mineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen tnine, Bisbee...Richard A. Bideaux THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON, ARIZONA About the Authors . .. JOHN W. ANTHONY...M.S. degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Following...mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines, he joined the faculty of the Uni~ersity of Arizona, where he rose...Gem and Mineral Society, and the University of Arizona. SIDNEY A. WILLIAMS has authored or co-authored
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Q! creonl lia OE ~| /BRA PY Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee...Peter Kresam and Richard Graeme . Mineralogy of Arizona John W. Anthony, Sidney A. Williams, and Richard...Richard A. Bideaux AN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON, ARIZONA About the Authors... JoHN W. ANTHONY...M.S. degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Following...mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines, he joined the faculty of the University of Arizona, where he rose
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MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/County, Arizona...Tucson .. The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, r982, 1995 Arizona Board of Regents All rights...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona/ John W. Anthony ... [et al.]; Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals-Arizona. I. Anthony, John W (John Williams), 1920-. QE375...HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish Rule Arizona as a
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OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian...by Ed Over. Chip Clark photo. MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA THIRD EDITION W. Anthony Joh n Sidney A. Williams...of Arizona Press / Tucson The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, 1982, 1995 Arizona Board...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona / John W. Anthony . . [et al.] ;Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals—Arizona. QE375-5-A6M56 I. Anthony, John W. (John Williams)
MUSEUM Ag ates Treasures of the Earth Essex County Council Many libraries in Essex have compact discs...images Front cover top Agate from Germany; bottom Agate from Scotland. Back cover Agate from Germany. Title...Title page Agate from Russian Arctic coast. Distribution NBN International Estover Road Devon PL6 7PY ...agates What is an agate? Properties of agates Sources of agates Europe Britain USA Canada Mexico South...different geological environments. Since the mid-1900s, agate collecting has become very popular in Europe, North
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9 EFMLS: Wildacres in autumn .......... p. 15 Agate classifications: Part 2 ............ p. 16 Auction...house, but Grandpa got retarded and they moved to Arizona. Now they live in a tin box and have rocks painted...outcrop near the Hunt Valley Mall in Baltimore County, MD. The dark specks are tiny garnets. The Mineral...semester. The Mineral Newsletter March 2016 15 Agate Classifications (Part 2) by Ron Gibbs Editor’s note:...delineating the various kinds of agatefortification agate, seam agate, moss agate, and so on. Next on our list
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TRIPS: New Mexico Orbicular Granite Purple Agate from Arizona • COLLECTING FOSSILS in Florida • PROJECT:...rockngem.com U S $6.99 ... and Much More PRINTED IN USA 2 www.rockngem.com From the Editor EDITORIAL...MINERALS AND JEWELRY Laguna agate from Mexico is just one of the many types of agate that will be represented...represented at the 2016 Agate Expo in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. The silica gem is a rockhound favorite. (Steve Wheeler...Frederick Pough by Steve Voynick Four Peaks, Arizona, Amethyst ....................................
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EFMLS: Safety matters—Tough guy ......... p. 15 Agate classifications: Part 1 ...................... p...is reported from Moss Mine, Tabscott, Goochland County, Virginia (click on the links for Mindat information... at least for vanadinte. Several locations in Arizona are better known, like the Red Cloud Mine (famous...reported from the U.S. Army Proving Grounds in La Paz County, AZ (limited collecting opportunities anticipated...bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Arizona State University and a master’s degree in space
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...........................................13 Arizona ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..........................................................................14 Arizona – Apache Co. Mining Districts ..............................................................22 Arizona County Map ......................................
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Treasures of the Earth ~ ~ ~ Essex County Council Many libraries in Essex have compact discs and cassettes...BY THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM , LONDON Essex County Council Libraries First published by the Natural...Images Front cover top Agate from Germany: bottom Agate from Scotland. Back cover Agate from Germany. Title...Title page Agate from Russian Arctic coast. Distribution NBN International Estover Road Devon PL6 ?PY UK...is an agate? 10 Properties of agates 44 Sources of agates 48 Europe 52 Britain 58 USA 76 Canada
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MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA,FOURTHEDITION V e a o_ of li rizo TI RAYMOND W. GRANT RONALD B. GIBBS...CALLAHAN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON f -- The University of Arizona Press www.uapress.arizona...arizona.edu © 2022 by The Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserYed. Published 2022 ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-4358-8...Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection...Grant, Raymond \X'.,author. Title: Mineralogy of Arizona/ Raymond W. Grant [and 4 others] ; maps and illustrations
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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...Canyon, diggings on N of hwy. Extending up canyonagate, Beryl, Almandite garnets, Lepidolite, Staurolite
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translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This gem...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...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
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translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This gem...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...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
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...........................................11 Arizona ..................................................459 Appendix C - The Various Names & Forms of Agate.....................................467 Appendix...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
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...........................................11 Arizona ..................................................461 Appendix C - The Various Names & Forms of Agate.....................................469 Appendix...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
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MAGAZINE DESERT CALENDAR Aug. 1-13—Northern Arizona Artists, recently organized society, will exhibit...exhibit for the first time—at Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff. Aug. 2—Fiesta de Santiago, Old Pecos...pueblo, New Mexico. Aug. 2-5—Sanpitch Pow Wow and County fair, Manti, Utah. Aug. A—Summer Corn dance and...Snake dance and Indian ceremonials, Prescott, Arizona. Aug. 10—Corn dance and feast day at Picuris pueblo...Ceremonial, Gallup, New Mexico. Aug. 11-12—Millard County fair and Days of the Old West, Deseret, Utah. Aug
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and SHAPES in any slabbed stone - jade. quartz, agate, glass, etc. Fas1er and easier than grinding. HI-Strength...Falls. 10 83301 Dan Caudle (RMFMS) P.O. Box 1512. Clifton. AZ 85533 CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL....65 How to Prepare Cabinet Specimens of Fortification Agate R. Ed Romack. Treasurer 705 John Adams Pkwy...BOTSWANA AGATE - Hard agate nodules 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 comes
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80 OXIDES. JASP-AGATE liesembles both Dendritic Moss and Agate Agate in the chalce- donic...structure, which acts as a core This structure in Jasp- Agate is, however, much to pseudo-stalactites. larger...Chalcedony. Occasionally a true agate structure of the fortification type occupies such portions of the...may find useful. Mr it Thorns has compiled the County List. Messrs Macfarlane & Erskine's engravings...Celedonite filaments 8, 9. Varieties of Agate building 10. Fortification- Agate, with sectioned stalactites 6.
Book (volume)
Wyoming VOLUME 4: THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada...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...under the heading of Nebraska, on the map of Sioux County, the site x How to Use This Book indicated...Crawford in adjoining Dawes County and 5 miles south of Ardmore in Fall River County, South Dakota): 0.5 mile
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have been obtained from the Gap mine, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Pyrites, or Iron-pyrites, contains...Case 14e. with the white. The Potato-stone from Clifton, near Bristol, in outer aspect is like its namesake...the stone is then called a Fortification-agate: but in the ordinary agate the layers are variously curved:...colour will be seen in the case. The Brecciated agate from Kunnersdorf is especially worthy of Case 16c...tourmalines from Paris in Maine, and from San Diego County, California, are among the more beautiful of the
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MUENCH From this early mining town in southeastern Arizona has come the rich tradition of the Old West—the...State Fair, Albuquerque. October 1-5—San Bernardino County Fair, Victorville, California. October 1-10—Aspencades...Taos and Santa Fe. October 3-5—Greenlee County Fair, Duncan, Arizona. October 4—Fiesta and Dance, Nambe...Mexico. October 4-5 — Santa Cruz County Fair and Rodeo, Sonoita, Arizona. October 4-5 — Apple Days, Julian...Mexico State Fair, Roswell. October 10-11—Weber County Products Days, Ogden, Utah. October 10-12—Covered
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obtained those of Case 5b. : mine, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Pyrites, or Iron-pyrites, contains... Case 14%. Case i4oh. The Potato-stone from Clifton, near Bristol, namesake, but when broken is found...the stone is then xjalled a Fortification-agate: but in the ordinary agate the : layers are variously...case. r.-ise 1 Cn: cnsc iGe. The Brecciated agate from Kunnersdorf is especially worthy of notice...ivith a List of the Meteorites ALPHABETICAL Agate IMEX TO THE MIliERlLS MENTIOHED IB THE GUIDE
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Mexico Winifred Randle Jones, author of "Black Agate in Milky Wash," began writing 15 years ago—as a...studios in Whitefield, New Hampshire, and Tucson, Arizona. DESERT MAGAZINE »«•£ DESERT CALENDAR August...Mexico. August 8-9 — Northern Arizona Square Dance Festival, Flagstaff, Arizona. August 8-10—Pecos Valley...Mexico. August 9—Smoki Snake Dance, Prescott, Arizona. At sundown. August 10 — Feast Day of San Lorenzo...dance, Zia Pueblo, New Mexico. August 15-17—Quay County Sheriffs Posse Rodeo, Tucumcari, New Mexico. August
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the Mojave desert to Inyo county, southern Nevada and southern Utah, and Arizona, on sandy mesas, washes...ranging into the desert areas of eastern San Diego county and on to the edge of the Colorado desert. Blooms...species, generally between 4000 and 7000 feet, in Arizona, New Mexico and southern Nevada, to be looked for...Show of the Junior Rockhounds of Prescott, Arizona; Arizona Power corporation showroom. V o l u m e 12...5—Labor Day Rodeo, Williams, Arizona. Sept. 5—Rodeo, Labor Day, Benson, Arizona. Sept. 8-9—Second annual
 
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