 | | 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) | | ................... 383 OPALIZED WOOD OF MESA COUNTY, COLORADO. BJ' UV. C. l\1inor .................................... 391 CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES BRIDGEPORT MINERAL CLUB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....vicinity of Thomsonite Beach near Grand M arais, Cook County. (See inset key map) Thanks to the recent relocating...Fox Park is in the southwestern part of Albany County (close to the Colorado border) which in tu~n is... 384 ROCKS .AND MINERALS OPALIZED WOOD OF MESA COUNTY, COLORADO By W. C. MINOR Fruita, Colorado When |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | xled—crystallized xline—Crystalline ALABAMA—}. R. Lee, Bridgeport, Ala., has donated an interesting specimen of...with brownish chert, which he collected near Bridgeport, Jackson Co., Ala. "It's local material," he...te from a newly discovered locality in Yavapai County, Ariz., on the Verde River near Camp Verde, Ariz...be of interest. These were collected in Yavapai County, East of Prescott, Arizona. "They were taken from...asbestos, from a deposit near Jamestown, Tuolumne County, to its plant in Baltimore, Md. "Asbestos experts |  | | Journal (issue) | | ..................................... 199 PRECIOUS OPAL DISCOVERIES IN OREGON. PEGMATITES. By David...place: Jane Hagar Assorted cabochons of pale blue opal in agate, and assorted lapis lazuli : Jane Hagar...Smith Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cass Thomas Warren PRECIOUS OPAL DISCOVERIES IN OREGON Editor R & M: ls this...mention the name of the cowboy who discovered the opal in Virgin Valley. I am making no claim at all but...(Harney County, Oregon} and on the way I picked up some pieces or fragments of clear sky-blue opal which |  | | Book (volume) | | chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rudolf C. 8 . Bartsch ...... COLLECTOR'S KINKS. An Opal Rode Garden. By N. H . Seivard NORTHWEST FEDERATION...CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES : 39d 399 407 409 410 BRIDGEPORT MINERAL CLUB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....ahout 20 miles north of Barstow, San Bernardino County, Calif. th th SC fr 0 ROCKS AND MINERALS...and n:ost successful mineral shows and it is to be opal over in the Coolgardie gold placer complimented...opographical Map for the Ellenville Quadrangle (Ulster County, N ew Y o k) shows ice caves in Shingle Gully on |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New Finds Are Desired. Alabama—J. R. Lee of Bridgeport, Ala., reports that he has had cut a few rock...pale smoky crystals, from the Center, Cherokee County, Ala., locality and that they are very good. This...Madison County. "Beryl: as light golden crystals, fractured but gemmy, from near Hissop, Coosa County." Arizona—A...Las Vegas, Nev., publicity director of the Clark County Gem Collectors, carried the following paragraph...locality is the south shore of Lake Mead, Mohave County, Ariz. Another letter from Mr. Drury contained |  | | 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...tributary gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream...stream beds, etc. petrified wood, wood opal; along the Grand R. though entire Co., regional banks, breaks...wood, wood opal. 438 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The |  | | Journal (issue) | | from two Greek words from a new locality, Benton County, to meaning ,·ay and stone, as the mineral is Oregon...rtAlbite, a feldspar, is a silicate of alHam, Wolfe County, Quebec Province, lt, uminum and sodium. It gets...blo·wpipe. Some nice white drusy specimens from Benton County, Oregon, ·were present; also crystallized, colorless...blood-red cinnabar in veins in rock from Jefferson County, Oregon, were examined by many collectors. Copper:...the Old Dominion mine, Globe district, Gila ly County, Ariz., it occurs as small masses in ~r quartzite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bartsch ...... 330 CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES : BRIDGEPORT MINERAL CLUB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....as fluorite, wernerite-scapolite, hyalite, semi-opal and others which are best affected by the Jong wave...Dolomite crystals on Serpentine from Delta, Harford County, Maryland, which was entirely negative under all...pale yellow. Phosphoresce strong green. Precio111 Opal-Australia- (large nwnber of specimens) Fluoresce...core fl uoresce a blue-white (these portions may be opal) . Light chalky earth adhering to outside of brown |  | | 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...bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-945005-22-9 1. Precious stones — North America. QE392.5.N6S56 1997 ...Company, New York City, whose famous Gems and Precious Stones ofNorth America (1890-92) provided the...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bavaria, Germany (1) Blue Chihuahua mine, San Diego County, 57-59% California (2) 67-80% Poland, Maine (3)...glucinium calcium phosphate and fluoride, from Oxford County, Maine. American Journal o f Science, 3rd Series...Iron-Manganese Phosphates of the Williams Pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (1975) P.B. Leavens and T.A. Simpson,...Survey SM 124, color, *$1.25 postpaid. Base- and Precious-Metal and Related Depostis o f Alabama (1969)...Mineralization of the Four Peaks Amethyst Deposit, Maricopa County, Arizona (1976) J. Lowell and T. Rybicki, Mineralogical |  | | Journal (issue) | | enter the room, Mr. and Mrs. James C. Moore, of Bridgeport, Conn., spotted us and without giving us an opportunity...some-· thing to crow about. The locality is Kern County, Calif. Apatite: This calcium phosphate is always...Bluish crystals on white natrolite from San Benito County, Calif., is one of the many minerals that has made...crystals in matrix from Crab Tree Mt., Mitchell County, N. C., were also on display. Aquamarine crystals...large morganite crystal in matrix from San Diego County, Calif. A large number of cut gems among ,vhich |  | | Journal (issue) | | characteristics that set them apart. Opal is the most common and interesting. Opal, like quartz, is a chemical...separate entity attached to it. All of the molecules in opal evidently do not have water attached to them. The...mineral entirely different from quartz. At one time opal was thought to be a form of quartz, but investigations...mineral. Opal never forms crystals, and its hardness is about 6 in comparison to 7 of quartz. Opal has a...the same exact size. The above differences between opal and quartz are the most pronounced, but not the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Associated Minerals of the Clevelan d Mine, Ste'"ens County, Washington. By Charles O. F ernquist .. . . ....MINERALS ANO GEM S A SPECIALTY V I SIT OXFORD COUNTY MINERAL L OC ALITIES IN 1930. I CORDIALLY W E L...number of fin e opal masses are in th(' c-oll<'Ction, in!·ludi n~ a mass of bla<'k opal with \'ivid flashes...and is said to be one of the largest masses of precious opa l f ound. 'fwo large el1rysoberyl twins from...ASSOCIATED MINERALS OF THE CLEVELAND MINE, STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON BY CHARLES 0. FERNQUl ST, Curator | | | Book (volume) | | Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-945005-22-9 l. Precious stones - North America. QE392.5.N6S56 1997 ...Cornpany, New York City, whose farnous Gems and Precious Stones of.North America (1890-92) provided the...Cantlin, Ellis, ID; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gen1 Center USA, El Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Mineral Co., Tempe, AZ; Steven & Lorna Lukinuk, Precious Purple Gemstones, Thunder Bay, ONT; ·Earl G. Matheson |  | | Book | | minerals of America} 5w fui :o Bibliography: p. 1. Precious stones-Collectors and collectingUnited States...Characteristics; The Cryptocrystalline Silicates; Precious Stones vs. Gemstones; Colorful Ore Minerals 2...Petrified Wood 131 Characteristics of Agates; Opal, Queen of the Gems; Petrified Wood; Commonly Occurring...Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New...Family Gemstones The Various Names and Forms of Agate Opal and Its Varieties Recommendations for Use of Polishing |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...and is designed to lead the amateur collector to precious and semiprecious stones, which are plentiful in...Russell P Gem hunter's guide. Bibliography: p. 1 Precious stones . United States. I. —Collectors and...North Carolina, a big diamond or two in Arkansas, opal in Idaho, and so on. Old locations suddenly are...— ward luck or The persistent search. most precious reward, however, is within the grasp of discoverer |  | | Book | | Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...MOUNTAINS, E. Slopo, Mohave Co. N.W. of Kingman Opal CALUMET, Cochise Co., 3 ml. N. of Dragoon. ClIRYSOFRASB... PHOENIX, East of Barite PICKET POST, Pinal Co. Opal PEUBLO VIEJO Alabaster RED ROCK MINE, Pima Co. ♦Fluorspar |  | | Journal (issue) | | ....... 3 NOTES ON GYPSUM CRYSTALS IN MORTON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA. By Robe,-, H. Mitchell and Wilson...SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. 3. Rincon, Sao Diego County. By f ark Schwartz ............... ..............of phlogopite from Clark's H ill, St. Lawrence County, New York (page 633, figure 2) ; and a crystal...crystal of clinochlore from W est-town, Chester County, Pennsylvania (page 646). It is also interesting to note... Mr. Jefferis resided in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. H e started collecting in 1837 and |  | | Journal (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 PRECIOUS QUARTZ By Nicholas A . D'Arcy, Jr. . . . . ....further adventures. 10 ROCKS and MINERALS PRECIOUS QUARTZ By NICHOLAS A. D'ARCY, JR. Vice-President...cups $10,000. One ot the virtues ascribed to all precious stones is rarity, yet quartz forms over twelve...Nevada has produced fine precious opals and beautiful specimens of precious opal in petrified wood, some...polish far longer than simi lar glass lenses. As a precious stone clear quartz has fallen from the heights |  | | Book (edition) | | lead amateur mineral collectors to America's precious and semipre- cious stones, which are plentiful...describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...directory of digging sites in this book, there are precious and semiprecious gems almost everywhere in the...regard for that gem. make Rarity helps stones precious, but too great rarity can be a disadvantage,...microscope. is — — A few gem materials notably, opal and obsidian are amorphous, lacking crystal structure |  | | 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...washes, reveal an abundance of gem quality 283 Nebraska petrified wood, often occurring as huge stone |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 180 Nebraska.................................................mineralogic works consulted may be mentioned Gems and precious stones of North America, by G. F. Kunz; Minerals...Nebraska____.Prof. E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada_____Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith,...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; |
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