 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | December 2014 Wavellite Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas P hosphate minerals are a traditional...3-cm-tall wavellite from Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas; kevin Brown specimen, Joe Budd photo...Limestone Company quarry, Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania. The 2.8 × 2.7 × 1.5-cm specimen...traditionally includes such species as crandallite, variscite, turquoise, and the apatite group. Wavellite is...Day Township, Saratoga County, New York; another at Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island; and one |  | | 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) | | the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Engineering Experiment Station Series, dealing with Virginia Mineral...Mineral Localities: Virginia Mineral Localities (1960 Edition) Virginia Mineral Localities (Supplement...(Supplement I) Virginia Mineral Localities (Supplement II) Virginia Minerals and Rocks (3rd Edition) Ex LIBRIS...\I i! II II BULLETIN OF THE ·, I !V I ii VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE Engineering Experiment Station...Series No. 151 Ii !I ·1 " ii :c H I I I I ! VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCALITIES ( SUPPLEMENT II ) By Richard |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | be recorded." Pala is in northwestern San Diego County of Southern California. COLORADO: Prof. Richard...the abandoned Laurel Creek corundum mine in Rabun County, where it is associated with corundum. The mineral...item: "The Ima Tungsten Mine of Patterson, Lemhi County, Idaho, producer of a large supply of tungsten...galena found on the James K. Skeens farm in Clark County, Missouri ; this farm is about 1 mile over in Missouri...of odd nodular form. The locality is in Catron County, New Mexico, about -40 miles northeast of Mogollón |  | | 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 (volume) | | referring to any locality in the book. JS: Arlington, Virginia. June, 1959 Acknowledgments Tue successful...Royal Ontario Museum, Carl B. Gerber of Arlington, Virginia, and in the case of gemstone deposits in British...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...were prepared by Joseph M. Delaney of Arlington, Virginia, under the supervision of the author. The final |  | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | .........Prof. George H. Perkins, Burlington. Virginia...........Dr. Thomas L. Watson, Charlottesville...Washington....... Prof. Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia... .Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown. Wisconsin......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 |  | | Book (volume) | | Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...AZ; Richard A. & Tresa L. Kosnar, Golden, CO: Virginia & Larry Kribs, Desert Dog Mines, Bend, OR; Guy...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill O. Murphy |  | | Journal (issue) | | quarry, Fairfax, Virginia. Smithsonian Institution collection no. C6649; Lee Boltin photo. Fairfax Quarry...Quarry, Virginia, 1967 The Fairfax quarry in Virginia is a classic locality for spectacularly large apophyllite...the northeastern corner of the Fairfax quarry in Centreville, Virginia. I visited the quarry the next...and their most publicized effort, the mining of variscite nodules at Fairfield, Utah (the type locality...museum quality.” (Szenics, 1967) Spruce Peak, King County, Washington, 1977 Beautiful pyrite and quartz specimens |  | | Journal (issue) | | yth ANNUAL JEWELRY GEM &MINERAL SHOW Featuring Virginia Minerals, Mines and Localities BE A PROSPECTOR...14,1977 VIRGINIA BEACH CIVIC CENTER (THE DOME) 19TH AND PACIFIC AVENUE VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA Rocks&...Minerals from Virginia Richard S. Mitchell 230 Mineral and Fossil Collecting Sites in Virginia Palmer C....Resume: Pseudomorphs in Virginia R. V. Dietrich 244 The Geology of Virginia W. Cullen Sherwood 250 Prehnite—Apophyllite...Minerals of Virginia J. Alexander Speer Minerals from the Old Sulphur Mine, Louisa County, Virginia Richard |  | | Report (volume) | | ............................................. Virginia......................................................................................... West Virginia.................................................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.; | | | Book (volume) | | Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, ID; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gen1 Center USA, El Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...AZ; Richard A. & Tresa L. Kosnar, Golden, CO: Virginia & Larry Kribs, Desert Dog Mines, Bend, OR; Guy...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill 0. Murphy... 15 Figure 6. Dallas Gem Mine in San Benito County, CA........................................... |  | | Book (edition) | | Heterosite-Purpurite, Erythrite, Annabergite, Variscite ' 12 Scorodite, Olivenite, Adamite, Apatite...chusetts) “p. 21 Massa- E. 24 “eye” (Westchester County, New York) 5. Marble: dolomitic (Bronx, New York)...(Grass Valley, California) 3. Copper (Keweenaw County, AND SULPHIDES 2. Silver (Kongsberg, Norway)...Clara California) OXIDE (Felsébanya, Rumania) County, p. Ioo iy 3. Orpiment with realgar (Mercur,...Argentite p. 89 3. Native tellurium p. 86 (Boulder County, Colorado) . Graphite vein * (Bic hatoon, Quebec) |  | | Book | | grouped like the petals of a flower. Cleveland County, Oklahoma. Minerals Past and Present (75 percent)...Brazil. TOPAZ: APATITE: 550-pound crystal; Ottawa County, Quebec, Canada. Crystal Faces The regular, smooth...•~ccurring with ltmon yellow grt:t:nockit<:: Marion County, Arkanswi. F X 0.54 BOULANGERITE PbsSb1S11...ore") showing fibrous feathery texture: Stevens County, Washington. Physical Properties of Minerals...lead gray color and foliated structure: Okanogan County, Washington. Aggregate of steel gray striated |  | | 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) | | at the outstanding shows of the annual San Diego County Fair at Del Mar, California. In addition, the collections...purple crystals, 5" by 4", Iron Station, Lincoln County, North Carolina. CRYSTAL GROWTH 73 light from...replacing glauberite crystal; Camp Verde, Yavapai County, Arizona; size 2" by 2". Top center: calcite replacing...twins of aragonite, 3" by 2¼"; Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado. Top right: Kaolinite after orthoclase...replacing marine shell; New Port Richey, Pinellas County, Florida. Bottom left: talc replacing enstatite |  | | Report (issue) | | _____________________________________________ ________________ Virginia - __ -__ _ ___________ Farmville district, Buckingham...36 37 38 38 39 39 Kyanite deposits Continued Virginia Continued Farmville district, etc. Continued Rock...Slate __ . Halifax County Other localities North Carolina Hagers Mountain, Person County.- _.______ Corbett...Corbett deposit, Johnston County Burnsville-Swannanoa area, Buncombe, Yancey, and Mitchell Counties ________...________ ____ Rutherford County Other localities North Carolina-South Carolina Kings Mountain district, Cleveland | | | Book (edition) | | the out- standing shows of the annual San Diego County Fair at Del Mar, California. In addition, the collections...purple crystals, 5” by 4”, lron Station, Lincoln County, North Carolina. CRYSTAL GROWTH 73 light from...the San Pedro Mine, Hiriart Hill, Pala, San Diego County, California, showing the many steps and offsets...which comes from Coso Hot Springs area of Kern County, California. The latter specimen exposes a spherical...pink crystals from the Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, California. Ordinary light is allowed to shine |  | | Book (edition) | | the outstanding sho,vs of the annual San Diego County Fair at Del Mar, California. In addition, the collections...and massive). Phosphates, Arsenates, Vanadates Variscite or turquois, descloizite, apatite (crystals),...purple crystals, 5" by 4", Iron Station, Lincoln County, North Carolina. CRYST AL GROWTH 73 light from...replacing glauberite crystal; Camp Verde, Yavapai County, Arizona; size 2" by 2". Top center: calcite replacing...twins of aragonite, 3" by 2¼"; Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado. Top right: Kaolinite after orthoclase |  | | Book | | Aragonite Rhodochrosite Cerussite Byzantine jewels Variscite Smithsonite 64 66 67 68 70 74 76 78 80 82 84...The angle between a and b is 120 degrees. In the USA, the trigonal is considered a division of the hexagonal...Agate Tourmaline Aventurine Turquoise Quartz USA Spain Jadeite Aquamarine Guatemala Sapphire Spinel...of weight in gemstones. 7 Locations 1 Canada 2 USA 3 Brazil 4 South Africa 5 Russia 6 China 7 Australia...Mexico is the greatest single producer; also Peru, USA, Canada, Norway, Australia, Russia, Kazakhstan Rough |
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