 | | Journal (issue) | | from left: Fluorite, 6.7 cm, from the Weisseck, Austria. Collected by Reinhold Bacher; Reinhold Bacher...from left: Liddicoatite, 7 cm, from the Sahatany Valley, Madagascar. Collected by Federico Pezzotta; Antonio...Ben DeCamp photo. Iolite, 4 cm, from the Entia Valley, Australia. Collected by George Stacy; Jeff Scovil...in the 1930s. Their finds include the finest aquamarine and phenakite from Mt. Antero, Colorado, and...greatest find ever made on Spruce Mountain: “From the road we had to negotiate a 550-meter climb (part of it |  | | Book | | D. Richerson, A. J. Regis: New minerals from Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec 2: 141-142 AJO Famous mineral localities:...the Alpine ar,d Subalpine region [Switzerland,Austria and Iti:Jy](by C. M. Gramaccioli) 8:287-293 Minerals...10:85-89 Micromounting in the eastern Alps of Austria (by K. Kotal) 13:171-173 ALSTONITE An occurrence...Rybicki) 7:72-77 Chalcanthite from the Helvetia district, Arizona (by G. Robinson) 9:252 Cuprite [from...Arizona (by W. A. Thompson) 11:248-250 The Tombstone district, Cochise County, Arizona (by S. A. Williams) 11:251-257 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles Minerals of the Espirito Santo Pegmatite District, Eastern Brazil.. ......697 by M. L. Chaves, A...Crystal-Filled Cleft at Knappenloch, Weisseck, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria................................747 by R. Bacher...completed road, he was fascinated by the quartz and amethyst geodes that could be seen in the road cuts. Thus... THE T U CSON FINE M INER AL G A L L ER Y 465 W ST MARYS RD, TUCSON, AZ 85701 THE TUCSON GEM & FINE...VENTURES Minerals of the Espirito Santo Pegmatite District Eastern Brazil Mario Luiz de Sá C. Chaves1 Andrea |  | | Journal (issue) | | seeing a superb, lustrous, 4 X 7-inch Brazilian aquamarine crystal sitting unsold on a shelf in George Burnham's...Germany, Switzerland (three!), the Hohe Tauem of Austria, Pi'fbram in the Czech Republic, the Carpathian...remarkable 1,079 mineral species. The manuscript bad grown to 1,600 pages of text (no illustrations),...several small mines in the Beaverdell silver-mining district of southern British Columbia, near the village...50 km north of the U.S. border. Activity in the district began with a small "gold rush" in the late 1880s |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Adams'. McCall -j' ('I. ,I) , \' ,I ',Ji Valley L..yJashingtonf ( • _ _ .l- - ---r' .LJ I ya~J...the collector with specimens of smoky quartz, aquamarine. topaz, and other minerals. Unfortunately, the...(below). Apophyllite, 1 em, and gyrolite, Highway 95 road cut near Pinehurst, Adams County; Lanny Ream specimen...THOMSONITE. Adams County Alaska mine, Seven Devils district: azurite, grossular, malachite, powellite, and...mine, Seven Devils district: grossular. Blue Jacket claim, Seven Devils district, about 4 miles north-northeast |  | | Book (volume) | | United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union Road St. Louis, Missouri 63125 December, 1996 ii A Location...Fluorite. CENTREVILLE: c area stream gravel, road cuts, banks, etc.⎯siliceous gemstones; d N 5 mi. on...Red Mt., top and NW slopes, and d in Murphrees Valley, as a narrow strip of scattered outcrops about...Reservoir⎯Rock Crystal; d N 3.6 mi. on Rte. 9 on left side of road⎯Fluorite and Rock Crystals; e Little R., area⎯green...from lead producing areas of the upper Mississippi Valley. Not a county in Alabama but a tradition of a “lead |  | | Book (volume) | | United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union Road St. Louis, Missouri 63125 December, 1996 ii A Location...Fluorite. CENTREVILLE: c area stream gravel, road cuts, banks, etc.⎯siliceous gemstones; d N 5 mi. on...Red Mt., top and NW slopes, and d in Murphrees Valley, as a narrow strip of scattered outcrops about...Reservoir⎯Rock Crystal; d N 3.6 mi. on Rte. 9 on left side of road⎯Fluorite and Rock Crystals; e Little R., area⎯green...from lead producing areas of the upper Mississippi Valley. Not a county in Alabama but a tradition of a “lead |  | | Book (edition) | | Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains by...Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District and the Blackbird Mining District, and to Ben Sheppard for reviewing...reviewing the chapter on the Blackbird Mining District. Those who contributed photographs, or specimens...problems are with mine names and occasional1y mining district names. Mining districts, generally are not now...the Coeur d'Alene District is the name presently used for the entire silver district that runs from Kellogg |  | | Journal (issue) | | IT E , fro m W a ld a lg e s h e im , W e st G e rm a n y . S p e c im e n : O la f M e d e n b a c h ;...Harker, 42 Oxford St., Leicester LE1 5XW South Africa: Horst Windisch, 30 van Wouw St., Groenkioof, Pretoria...a label when additional details (such as mine, district or county) are easily obtained. Unlike chem istry...this esti mate, for the great Michigan copper district has pro duced 5,400,000 tons of copper having...for less than a month, however, when the U.S. District Attorney in formed him that the revenue cutter |  | | Book (volume) | | United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union Road St. Louis, Missouri 63125 first printing December.........................258 Missouri – New Lead District Map ..............................................................................260 Missouri - St. Francisville Geode Map.........................................325 New Jersey – Franklin Mining District Map ............................................Rockland, Westchester & Putnam Area Map . 351 New York – St. Lawrence & Jefferson County Area Map .......... |  | | Book (edition) | | Tom Roberts of Chicago, 111., and W. J. Bingham of St. Paul, Minn. of Helena, Mont., E. T. of Columbia...crystals must usually be transparent and free of bad flaws. For, although crystals have been called the...0~C" l-au C>0 Uib c D o H ^« ^^o o ^ J; c -St; >-.is o ° t 2 • • t^ > ^ .2 «r t^ > =...almost no recent model cars are designed for a rutted road or boulder the ground. is A jeep is an they...Williams' Ferry, Hall Co. Horshaw mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light |  | | Book (edition) | | California; Norman and Betty Lemkau of Castro Valley, California; Herbert V. Corbett of Baltimore, Maryland;...be misleading. A blue crystal may be diamond, aquamarine, topaz, tourmaline, kyanite, or apatite. Conversely...the High Plains roll east to meet the Mississippi Valley. To the north lie the granite rocks of Canada and...pick over stream beds, gravel pits, mine dumps, road cuts, and quarries. Some gems agate, petrified wood...to give the gem hunter some basic informasippi Valley. It is idle to look for — tion, to tell him |  | | Book | | eleva¬ tion. There is a talus slope in the Antelope Valley in Southern California where the rock fragments...obvious that the garnets had washed into the river valley from the hills about, and that the flatland or...minerals both on the surface and below. c. This flat valley area possibly represents the old stream bed and...because many collectors also prize a fine piece of aquamarine as a very distinctive gem. The emerald may be...with the emerald, but they differ in color. The aquamarine is bluish green, the heliodor is golden yellow |  | | Book | | APPALACHIANS diamonds, emeralds, rubies, sapphires, aquamarine, garnets, p e a r l s : T o t h e r o c k h o...Dawson, Banks, Clayton, Lee, Tw i g g s Alabama: St. C l a i r , Lee, Shelby Pearls r a n k a s a m o...dreds of dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic...still came up with transparent blue crystals of aquamarine. Excited collectors took home from old quarries...semiactive basis such as those which are worked for road materials. n* a?d travel operations are to be found |  | | Book (edition) | | misleading. A blue crystal may be dia- mond, aquamarine, topaz, tourmaline, cyanite, or apatite. Conversely...Rockies, the high plains roll east to Mississippi Valley. Canada and To the north the lavas of the ...where water has brought silt, of the Mississippi Valley. erals as agates in 20 / Rock formations in...pick over stream beds, gravel pits, mine dumps, road cuts, and quarries. Some gems may also be dug from...Maps away by are essential. filling stations Road maps, such and as those given state tourist |  | | Book | | rapidly, especially when it comes to quarries and road construction To avoid disappointment, go over your...based on the accomField panying topographic map. road maps, and collecting experience. For those who have...paperback scribing collecting localities in detail. Road maps issued by gasoline companies are also indispensable...party should carry a first aid kit to patch up small cuts that are bound to be incurred in working around... mass On the front plainly visible is basalt im- and indicates the interesting minerals such as |  | | Journal (issue) | | Museum Toronto, Ontario Steven R. Morehead Green Valley, AZ Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...and MOLLER, W. P. (2005) The Sulfur Hole, Calico District, San Bernardino County, California. Axis, volume...Associated collectable minerals including beryl (aquamarine), green fluorite, phenakite and bertrandite have...reached using a conventional vehicle. The main paved road that connects Windhoek to Swakopmund (B2) passes...clearly visible from the road. Approximately 100 km northeast of Swakopmund, a road leads The Mineralogical |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | semiprecious gem materials, such as ruby, emerald, aquamarine, jade and garnet. Low temperatures associated...of beryl occur widely in Georgia. Flaw less aquamarine crystals as long as 6 "have been taken from mica...mica pegmatites in Monroe County. Aquamarine crystals of lesser quality but up to several feet in diameter...diffraction pattern was reported from the Sverdlovsk district of Russia (Mikeev 1957) where it was called elisabetinskite...America, was discovered in the Chatsworth talc district of Murray County in 1967 (Hurst and Needham 1970 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | an identification on this mineral? It came from a road cut in Tarriffville (Hartford Co.), Conn."—a recent...in by Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Ridel, 228 So. Center St., Windsor Locks, Conn. The specimen consists of small... FLORIDA—In following the dredge in Gulfport (suburb of St. Petersburg), Pinellas Co., Fla., a beautiful 4 inch...Geological Survey, Agriculture Building, 19 Hunter St., Atlanta, Ga.—Editor, A. S. Furcron). In the article...the rarest of Georgia's gems are diamond, ruby, aquamarine, sapphire. Diamond—The first diamond found in |  | | Book (volume) | | age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on...creek tributaries and Mississippi R. gravels, in cuts, pits, banks, etc.⎯geodes. NIOTA: c area excavations...Location Dallas City Geode Location WARSAW, area rd. cuts, pits quarries, gravels, banks along regional creeks...especially of Greenhorn Cr., placers Gold; e rd. and RR cuts throughout Co., stream beds, banks, cliffs, washes...crystallized). DEARBORN COUNTY WEISBURG, area RR and rd. cuts, of Ordovician age⎯trilobites fossils (well preserved) |  | | Book (volume) | | age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on...creek tributaries and Mississippi R. gravels, in cuts, pits, banks, etc.⎯geodes. NIOTA: c area excavations...Location Dallas City Geode Location WARSAW, area rd. cuts, pits quarries, gravels, banks along regional creeks...especially of Greenhorn Cr., placers Gold; e rd. and RR cuts throughout Co., stream beds, banks, cliffs, washes...crystallized). DEARBORN COUNTY WEISBURG, area RR and rd. cuts, of Ordovician age⎯trilobites fossils (well preserved) |  | | Journal (issue) | | windstorm. In the moming 4 Weaver and a soldier bad to go looking for the horses, some of which could...great "collecting" story nonetheless. Other minerals bad been collected even earlier in Arizona, almost immediately...where ores from the various mines of tbe Silver District were treated. The now-famous Red Cloud rnine was...Silliman at Yale College in Connecticut. Silliman, who bad himself visited Arizona and collected specimens in...and 1889 he shipped 5,000 specimens of Silver District vanadinite back to Philadelphia. Around 1910 an |  | | Book | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.Vermilion Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 48. Sweetwater Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . 125 51. Rochester Mining District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....many fossils wouldn’t have been identified and the road would have been far less traveled. It is nearly...mountains, like this one in the Neihart Mining district, stand as testimony to the mining craze in Montana’s |  | | Report (issue) | | sapphire of-exceptional beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina...semiprecious gem stones found in North Carolina include aquamarine, golden beryl, amethyst, almandite garnet, citrine...•• 14 Sapphire 14 Beryl 14 Emerald 15 Aquamarine 15 Spodumene 15 Garnet 16 Rutile 17 Quartz...working aines and old aine duaps. Railroad and highway cuts often contain soee excellent .ineral spec i_ens...aware. Mr. and Mrs. Dell Curtis of the Emerald Valley Mines at Hiddenite, North Carolina allowed us to |  | | Journal (issue) | | . _ is 1ft wnipl1 of Azttc St,11 Chm lltll. Eua!llt II ript · u,lisll St,lt C1ltll .... 120 Main Street...published monthly by Gemac Corporation, 555 Cajon St., Suite B, Redlands, CA 92373. Tel. (714) 798-3585...7394 2 o,ck Swartz. Treasurer (CFMS) 322 W Phillips St . Onlano. C A 91781 WIiiiam J . Mallony. Secretary...Vice-President 1516 42nd St .. Sacramento. C A 95819 Shirley Leeson. Second Vice-President 6155 Haas St . La Mesa ...10 83401 Caroll Dillon v,ce President 909 Carter Road. Sedro Wooiey. WA 98284 Norma B. Reeves. Executive |
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