 | | Book (edition) | | 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...ice, every blood red glow, every touch of green, blue, gold or royal purple. Gem stones have been the...by the angles at which their plane surfaces (crystal faces) are placed with respect to one another...lopsided by the de- fun and profitable 3 TYPICAL CRYSTAL FORMS OF PROMINENT MINERALS BERYL CHIASTOLITE |  | | Report (volume) | | distinguished by their, physical properties: color, crystal form, cleavage, parting, hardness, specific gravity...tinted, transparent stones. The desired hues are blue, rose, green, and true canary yellow in the diamond;...diamond; pigeon-blood red in the ruby; cornflower blue in the sapphire; and grass green in the emerald....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 |  | | Book (volume) | | ............................................452 Utah .................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts .................................... |  | | Book (volume) | | that data up to the end of 1974. John Sinkankas San Diego, California July, 1975 JOHWSTUPAW.N19,901... 5 = fii? i a j — » ya y _— ’* : i mine in. q)! Y eit iia -...Furcron, Chief Geologist of the Department of Mines, Mining and Geology; on the State of Michigan by Robert...Company of El Paso, Texas. Information on the Virgin Valley opal deposits was given by G. Keith Hodson of Scottsdale...region; the Southern Onyx and Marble Company of San Diego, California, furnished information and a photograph |  | | Book (edition) | | Blowpipe and Chemical Testing of Minerals Atlas of Crystal Stereograms Guide to Geologic Literature Mineral...Fort Collins Routt Steamboat Springs San Isabel Pueblo San Juan Uncompahgre Durango Delta Glenwood...Montrose County Colorado National Monument Mesa County Dinosaur National Monument Moffat County Florissant...Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Teller County Great Sand Dunes National Monument Saguache and...National Monument Montezuma County Yucca House National Monument Montezuma County NATIONAL PARKS IN COLORADO |  | | Book (volume) | | ............................................387 Utah...................................................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 |  | | Book (volume) | | ............................................387 Utah...................................................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 |  | | 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... California; Norman and Betty Lemkau of Castro Valley, California; Herbert V. Corbett of Baltimore, Maryland;...in rock and being the first to see a sparkling crystal fresh from na- Furthermore, the gem hunter gains |  | | 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...in rock and being the first to see a sparkling crystal fresh from nature's hand. And the gem hunter gains...In Renaissance times, greatly admired, but today blue turquoise is the only ac- ceptable kind. Belief |  | | Report (volume) | | location and means of access to all the metallic mining districts in the State, as well as a large number...lead to the discovery of a new mineral or a new crystal form. He can surely use the description for planning...written record. The Indians knew and used agate, chalcedony, and other forms of quartz for weapons and tools;...documented summary of the beginning of Colorado mining history. Part of his summary is given here in the...had been recently found in the Tenmile district, Summit County. In his booklet, which today would be classed |  | | Book (edition) | | Routt San Isabel Pueblo Uncompahgre Durango Delta White River Glenwood Springs San Juan NATIONAL...Colorado National Monument Mesa County Dinosaur National Monument Moffat County Great Sand Dunes National... Montezuma County NATIONAL PARKS IN COLORADO Mesa Verde National Park Montezuma County Rocky Mountain...Zodac, editor. The Lapidary Journal, P.O. Box 2369, San Diego 12, Cali fornia. $5.25 per year. Hugh Leiper...Western Colorado Segment A — Utah Border to Steamboat Springs, U. S. 40 Moffat County Dinosaur National Monument |  | | Book | | HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS ....... New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London 1817 Portions of this book have...Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin...agate, carnelian, chalcedony, chert, flint, jasp-agate, jasper, quartzite, rock crystal, amethyst, chrysoprase...waterworn crystals of aluminum silicate found as clear blue gemmy pebbles), and turquoise. About 2000 B.c. the...the most ancient of all Egyptian burials, in the Valley of the Royal Tombs at Abydos west of the ancient |  | | Book (volume) | | fluorite (121.39 ct), Westmoreland, New Hampshire; blue fluorite (132.12 ct), Illinois; square cut particolor...amethsyt (78.70 ct), Hallelujah Junction, Nevada; blue, cushion cut topaz (25.30 ct), Ramona, California;...(25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal...California. NECKLACE. Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of... Oregon; and three Montana sapphires, violetish blue (2.52 ct), yellow (4.17 ct), and pinkish purple |  | | Book (edition) | | McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...used mining districts as part of the locality description. These political and geographic district names...with a more descriptive term, metallic mineral district. This term shows the geochemical and mineralogical...reader to learn more about the geology of the district and to possibly predict the minerals that could...districts. Where possible, the metallic mineral district for each mineral locality is given for the mineral |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Museum Toronto, Ontario Steven R. Morehead Green Valley, AZ Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...Johnston & E. R. Swoboda Sulfur from the Perticara mine area, Pesaro-Urbino, Italy . . . . . . . . . . ...Pezzotta Famous mineral localities: The Lord Brassy mine, Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....FLUORITE on muscovite, 14 cm, from Nagar, Hunza Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Wally Mann collection; |  | | Journal (issue) | | PRINTED IN USA RG_turquoise_cover_1214.indd 2 ROCKPICK LEGEND CO. A Full-Service Utah Rock Shop 10/29/14................................ 44 A full-service Utah rock shop by Steve Voynick 12 Field Notes ......when they come together as planned.” —Abby Hanneman San Diego, CA Would you like to be named Lapidary of...tailgate; contact Ken Gard, 205 W. Benedict, #8, San Bernardino, CA 92408, Workshop (909) 381-0089 or...MidTennessee Gem & Mineral Society; Williamson County AgExpoPark; 4215 Long Ln.; Sat. 9-6, Sun. 10-5; | | | Book (volume) | | fluorite (121.39 et), Westmoreland, New Hampshire; blue fluorite (132.12 et), Illinois; sqmu·e cue parricolor...amethsyt (78. 70 et), Hallelujah Junction, Nevada; blue, cushion cut topaz (25 .30 et), Ra1nona, Caufornia;...California. NECKLACE. Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of... Oregon; and three Montana sapphires, violetish blue (2 .52 et), yellow (4.17 et), and pinkish purple...and interviews with persons actively engaged in mining gemstones. Pertinent references are furnished throughout |  | | Book (edition) | | Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona...Deposits 63 The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 The Tombstone District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St...Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County 78 Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 - • Vll...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 "Mine Fire" Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites PART |  | | Catalog/List | | I) APATITE (var FRANCOLITE). Simms Lode, Gecvor Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. An approx 60x60mm area on bro\\11...£20. 4) ARSENOPYRITE and FERBERITE. Yaobangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China. Three composite lustrous...£145. 5) AZURITE. Nevada Lode, La Sal, San Juan Co., Utah, USA. A flattened ball like mass of sharp lustrous...15nun. £175. • 9) CASSITERlTE nnd FLUORITE. Geevor Mine, Pendee n , Cornwall. A good part vein section showin...India. A good clean lustrous composite ball of dark blue cavansite made u p of thcer. intergrown, givillg |  | | Catalog/List | | SUPPLIES including Blowpipe Testing.......... . xl - crystal xlled - crystalled xlline - crystalline xllized......................... . . . . . . 77 78 Mining and Mining Engineering ............. 78 Paleontology...VANADINITE Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal barrel-shaped crystal druse. Many...mina Ojuela. White-to-pale yellow sheave-like crystal FI. 1. 00 groups on limonite ................ Mexico...radial groups ... .......... . Fl. Utah Toelle Co., Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine. .50 2.50 Transparent xls on |  | | Journal (issue) | | .................. 122 123 FRANCONIA IRON MINE, LISBON, N . H . By Harold / . V errow 136 SOUTH CAROLINA'S.......... 145 COLLECTORS' KINKS (MUSICA~ QUAR1Z CRYSTAL) ............ 145 CLUBS AFFILIATED WITH THE ROCKS...desperate efforts to tell us something about an old mine in North Carolina that had been reopened not so...suggesting that we try to get an article on the mine (worked for magnesium and 124 nickel) for Rocks...Brooklpn, N . Y., has it now. Ana/cite: A large white crystal of this popular zeolite from the noted Fassathal |  | | Book | | information b Book review c Crystal morphology information d Crystal drawing ff Continues on following...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73 |  | | Book | | stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting | | | Book (edition) | | Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish...Deposits The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 70 The Tombstone District, Cochise County The Mammoth-St.... Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 63 78 il S:...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 “Mine Fire” Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites 93 PART |  | | Catalog/List | | and Nevada were his favorites because of their mining and coin minting history. During his second year...the university, Kevin delved into mineralogy and mining history, and began to update his mineral collection...country as well as exploring scores of abandoned mining towns from California to New Mexico to Montana...and in particular, the towns of the Hwy 95 mining district from Rhyolite to Goldfield and Tonopah. Kevin...are of collecting quartz in Montana, calcite in Utah, silver, galena, sphalerite, and amethyst in Creede |
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Blue Crystal Mine, Lisbon Valley Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA