 | | Journal (issue) | | DECORATIVE-ORNAMENTAL STONES OF VIRGINIA D. Allen Penick, Jr. Virginia is noted particularly for beautiful...amazonite, fine moonstone, and topaz. In addition Virginia is well known for staurolite, prehnite, turquoise...minerals, rocks and organic materials found in Virginia, which have been used as gemstones and decora...report. Many of the localities will be familiar to Virginia mineral collectors. Someof the areas mentioned...collect minerals. There has been much written on Virginia mineral localities but no reports are available |  | | 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 (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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | common to this region at this time of year. Fairfax county schools were closed, and as such, the meeting...favorite dish. There Field Trip 20 Feb The Northern Virginia Mineral Club has been invited to join the Micromineralogists...time to renew your membership in the Northern Virginia Mineral Club if you have not already done so....following address: RICK REIBER, TREASURER NORTHERN VIRGINIA MINERAL CLUB PO BOX 9851 ALEXANDRIA, VA 22304...motion. Explaining Iris in Agate (above) and Explaining Chalcedony in Iris Agate (left) Adjourn meeting |  | | Journal (issue) | | this Mineral of the Month together. Northern Virginia Mineral Club members, Name Origin Please join...still be possible. The Morefield Mine in Amelia County, VA, has produced cassiterite, though not of the...industry since 1993 and has lived in Northern Virginia for over 20 years. Germaine is the founder/president...the 2011 Fairfax County Providence District Volunteer of the Year Award and the Fairfax County Lady Fairfax...by using the silverpick (money!). The Montgomery County show is recently past, and our show isn’t until |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | possible. Jasper from Virginia—On the western side of the Blue Ridge in Virginia is found a narrow belt...my favorite gravel pit on Shirley Highway in Fairfax County, Va., to find a pebble of quartzite. Now pebbles...beneath were several layers of predominantly white agate with pinkish orange pastel bands, then a wide band...leather. Another specimen of dark color but solid agate this time was furnished by Mr. Gene Vitale of Haledon |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | bracelet, set with a polished square stone of scenic agate . . . a fine example of their silver jewelry work...interest to collectors and lapidary hobbyists. The Virginia Trading Company, 24 State Street, N.Y. 4, N.Y...rose agate from Colorado. We have yet to see a prettier sample of Colorado flowering rose agate and the...with some specimens from the Fairfax County, Virginia locality. The Virginia and the Monocacy, Pennsylvania...snow white stilbite is also in evidence at the Virginia locality. We do not know. It is plentiful at Monocacy |  | | Book (edition) | | were shaped by some accident of For instance, agate How is their formation. frequently found in...chrysoberyl cats-eye are valued chiefly for pattern, and agate and jasper among semi- precious materials are...the many types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate is wood for which...specific locations are comparatively few, but jasper, agate and even more valuable stones may turn up almost...diagonally through matrix rock. Polished Fairburn agate from South Dakota. \\ jfc^ ^ ^ * Emerald in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tuscaloose Co., Ala., many beautiful specimens of agate and chalcedony are found as loose pebbles along...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...(about one inch) agate with a small vug in which are sharp drusy quartz xls. This agate was found in gravel |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | have found in the Magnet Cove area of Hot Spring County, Arkansas. I am sending you a specimen under separate...on Delaware Bay, is in the N / E part of Sussex County, Del. From this beach, Bob and Hazel Reynolds,...item or two. ROCKS AND MINERALS IDAHO—"In Bonner County, Northern Idaho, at a place called Chimney Rock...KENTUCKY—"I am sending you a specimen which they call agate. It is from Pond Ripple Creek, Henry Co., Ky."—...chalcedony is slightly banded and therefore is an agate. LOUISIANA—about 18 miles N. W. of Leesville, Vernon |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Committee. Speaker was Major General Julian S. Hatcher, USA (ret.), who spoke on his collecting experiences in... Md., Campbell Bros. Limestone Quarry. July 9—Virginia Marble Quarry, Goose Creek, Loudoun Co., Va.,...been disclosed, except that it is somewhere in Fairfax Co., Va. General Julian S. Hatcher used a powerful...this mineral has been reported from the State of Virginia. Mr. Morgan found a large specimen of epistilbite... reported a new source of prehnite in Fairfax County, Virginia, and exhibited prehnite specimens equal |  | | Report (issue) | | ^ Anne Arundel County 43 Baltimore County 45 Howard County - Montgomery County 88 Prince Georges...Georges County Virginia 74 . 120 129 Arlington County 129 Fairfax County 131 Fauquier County 139...139 Loudoun County 143 Prince William County 149 Diabase quarries of northern Virginia 155 CAPTIONS...forming a ridge north of Route 7 near Dranesville, Virginia. Figure 7. Locations of mineral deposits in...mines in the Soldiers Delight region, Baltimore County, Maryland. Adapted from Pearre and Heyl , 19.60 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | website: http://www.novamineralclub.org/ Northern Virginia Mineral Club members, Please join our November...The club received a thank-you letter from the Fairfax County School Age Child Care (SACC) program for our...fossil parts have been preserved in the carnelian agate, although they are not as bright red as the horn...The sample is from the Hillsboro District, Orange County, NC. Photo: Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com. New AFMS...Move Over Hope Diamond by Dave MacLean Northern Virginia Mineral Club The Mineral Newsletter, 12/12 November |  | | 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...Canyon, diggings on N of hwy. Extending up canyonagate, Beryl, Almandite garnets, Lepidolite, Staurolite |  | | Book (volume) | | mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona...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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | website: http://www.novamineralclub.org/ Northern Virginia Mineral Club members, Please join our February...student at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, in the Geography and Environmental Science Department...by Kathy Hrechka, Vice-President The Northern Virginia Mineral Club would like to honor Jim Kostka as...some sites in the national forests of Virginia and West Virginia. If you’re a frequent user, consider...Quantico Creek in Virginia. Photo: National Park Service Prince William Forest Park in Virginia has a self-guided |  | | 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...museum quality.” (Szenics, 1967) Spruce Peak, King County, Washington, 1977 Beautiful pyrite and quartz specimens...and FLECK, G. (1980) The Grey Horse mine, Pinal County, Arizona. Mineralogical Record, 11 (4), 231–232 |  | | Journal (issue) | | West Steve Voynick Mark Leatherman 50 POLKA DOT AGATE Appeal Across the Ages Bruce McKay 30 MICROSCOPIC...with ALBITE and QUARTZ Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, CA Watercolor by Frederick C. Wilda© REVELATIONS...Lake Owyhee State Park, Malheur County, and also near Goble, Columbia County in 1967. Again, this new mineral...discovered in Virginia in the mid-1970s. During quarrying operations at Centerville, Fairfax County, a wide...mine trip information 2020 Rough Biggs Jasper • Agate Landscape Stones • Club Mine Trips China Hollow |  | | Book (edition) | | mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |  | | Book | | CHAPTER 4 Maryland ... 3 CHAPTER 5 Virginia 4 1 CHAPTER 6 West Virginia 5 CHAPTER 7 Kentucky 6 CHAPTER...and rivers f o r epidote, unakite, blue quartz, agate, chalcedony, petrified wood and other gemstones...Virginia's noted Rutherford Mine. Photograph by Dr. Virginia Lee Blackford. ical pearls in delicate pastel...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and...the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine garnets, glowing |  | | 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.; |  | | Journal (issue) | | Minerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 Fracture Agate. By Thomas A. Reiner . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...edge, often forming large groups. to be called agate like. Sometimes in cleavages up to eighteen CEARKSUTITE:...issue of Rocks and Minerals, there was devoted to agate a special chapter in which alt of the different...described. Strange to say there was :nissing one agate--the rarest and one of the most beautiful in the...the world. Why this was omitted from the agate number of Rocks and Minerals is clear, when perhaps the |
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