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Rock Crystal from
Crystal Peak, Plomosa Mining District, Plomosa Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Peak
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Rock Crystal
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rock Crystal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Crystal Peak, Plomosa Mining District, Plomosa Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:553390
Long-form Identifier:1:3:553390:9
GUID (UUID V4):45653b18-d9bc-4bb2-8508-a7c5aca32da9
References
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Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona...Tucson .. The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, r982, 1995 Arizona Board of Regents All rights...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona/ John W. Anthony ... [et al.]; Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals-Arizona. I. Anthony, John W (John Williams), 1920-. QE375...HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish Rule Arizona as a
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OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian...by Ed Over. Chip Clark photo. MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA THIRD EDITION W. Anthony Joh n Sidney A. Williams...of Arizona Press / Tucson The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, 1982, 1995 Arizona Board...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona / John W. Anthony . . [et al.] ;Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals—Arizona. QE375-5-A6M56 I. Anthony, John W. (John Williams)
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A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Collected By: Robert C. Beste, PG 2014 Fourth...Fourth Edition A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union...printing December, 1996 ii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Table of Contents Page..............................................13 Arizona .................................................................389 iii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Page Ohio ........
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A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Collected By: Robert C. Beste, PG 1996 Second...Second Edition A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union...63125 December, 1996 ii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Table of Contents Page..............................................11 Arizona .................................................................333 iii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Ohio .............
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A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Collected By: Robert C. Beste, PG 2005 Third Edition...Edition A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union...63125 December, 1996 ii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Table of Contents Page..............................................11 Arizona .................................................................333 iii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Page Ohio ........
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Inc., © 2022 5347 N. Ridge Spring Place, Tucson, Arizona 85749 Softcover: $40 plus shipping Order through...Bacher; Reinhold Bacher photo. Fluorapatite, 3.3-cm crystal, from the Pulsifer quarry, Maine. Collected by...photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo Middle...Antonio Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels...own favorite experiences is gazing raptly into a crystal pocket just after it has been opened, and all the
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reopen for the season. OCT. 6-9 — Santa Cruz, Arizona, county fair and rodeo. OCT. 7-8—Alfalfa Festival at...in California and Nevada. OCT. 24-27 — American Mining congress at Ambassador hotel, Los Angeles. OCT...monument at spot where first airplane landed at Yuma, Arizona. OCT. 26 to NOV. 13—Tentative dates for non-commercial...non-commercial photographers' contest at Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff. OCT. 29-30—Second annual Mojave Gold...SPORTS HISTORY OCTOBER, 1938 No. 12 Monument Peak, California, Photo by Will N. Fox October events
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THE EARTH’S TREASURES • MINERALS & JEWELRY 0 7 ROCK & GEM 0 74470 02033 2 July 2018 • U.S. $5.99...Over-Running Clutch Automatically Adjusts from Soft to Hard Rock • Cross Feed Permits 8” of Material to be Slabbed...Rockhounds enjoy the products of this amazing Arizona mine. By Bob Jones THE BEN E. CLEMENT MINERAL MUSEUM...THE DORRIS CLAIMS 26 ARIZONA FIRE AGATE 34 CHLORIDE SAWTOOTH QUARTZ 40 ROCK & GEM KIDS 46 THE BRISTOL........ 6 Bench Tips ......................... 30 Rock Science .................... 32 What to Cut ...
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178 by Donald D. Hogarth Minerals of the Pike’s Peak Granite...........................................anagem ent A rea, M ontgom ery County, North Carolina. T he major crystal m easures 6 x 5.5 x 0.8 mm. T...Many would not hesitate to take a fine fluorite crystal and use it to demonstrate cleavage or to test hardness...at the Burlington mine near Jamestown, Boulder County, Colorado. We found perhaps a dozen good specimens... MINERAL SPECIES: Country: State or Province: County: N earest Town: M ine Name: O ther Inform ation:
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Cover 3. Diamond. Curve faced rhombododecahedral crystal (7 mm). Specimen 19 from collection of Almazy ...Bogomolov. Cover 4. Marialite. Kukurt, EPamirs. Large crystal 5cm MIL Specimen: A.M. Skrigitil'. Photo: M. Leybov...animals "[3]. Ontogenic point of view. A growing crystal is a system, and, although not living, it is self-organizing...From the ontogenic point of view each natural crystal is considered a separate specient of the mineral...splitted crystal cease to be Nate: "- St. Petersburg University specimens **- St.-Petersburg Mining Museum
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This book provides a basic introduction to the crystal structure of minerals, as well as illustrations...139) Page 248: Quartz (amethyst variety), Erongo Mountains, Namibia * 5 x 6 x 3 cm Page 251: Calcite, Irai...pressures and temperatures. Immense quantities of rock and their constituent minerals are altered and destroyed...Serbia ¢ tixex7 cm LEFT: Fluorite, Taihang Shan Mountains, Hebei, China * (Sexes selem 10 | MINERALS:...crystals are considered to be a mineral called crystal structures. Natural crystals formed by geological
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........ 339 by M. I. Jacobson The San Juan Mountains of Colorado .....................................349 by J. A. Murphy Amazonite from the Pikes Peak batholith ............................373 by E. E...quartz, 10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo by...to Dr. Arthur Roe, 3024 E. Sixth St., Tucson, Arizona 85716, so as to be received before February 9....invaluable reference which should provide us with crystal draw­ ings to illustrate articles for centuries
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miles, its terrain and geology vary from rugged mountains composed of igneous and metamorphic rocks to high...1988b) described many quartz occurrences in the Pikes Peak and San Juan Mountain regions. A n article on Colorado...Colorado quartz is inextricably tied to the state's mining history because so many superbly crystallized quartz...specimens originated from its innumerable mines. The mining industry and resultant mineral wealth directed...more authoritative accounts of the state's early mining and economic resources, provides a timeless perspective
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with digging vast quantities of coal, leveling mountains of iron ore, and tapping subterranean lakes of...commerce. Coarser gemstones, or those which are rock-like in character or abundance, are treated in still...Furcron, Chief Geologist of the Department of Mines, Mining and Geology; on the State of Michigan by Robert...amethyst deposit in Arizona by Dr. F. W. Galbraith of the University of Arizona. Robert O. Vernon of...deposits was given by G. Keith Hodson of Scottsdale, Arizona. A similar service in the case of the vil Vill
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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...Harold Van Pelt & GEOSCIENCE PRESS, INC. Tucson, Arizona © 1997 by John Sinkankas Library of Congress...events to bring the history of North American gem mining up to date. Here, then, is the latest, most complete...and interviews with persons actively engaged in mining gemstones. Pertinent references are furnished throughout
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Downloaded by [University of Arizona] at 15:44 09 December 2012 THE PRECAMBRIAN T oday we toss around...[University of Arizona] at 15:44 09 December 2012 Flgun 1. View from the summit of Pika Peak looking northwest...cliff’s of Glen Cove to South Park and the Tarryall Mountains. Researchers have subdivided that 570 million...of Earth, which is not recorded directly in the rock record, is termed the Hadean Eon; Volume 76, September/Octokr...September/Octokr 2001 299 Downloaded by [University of Arizona] at 15:44 09 December 2012 1 apparently represent
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America's Mountain: Pikes Peak and the Pikes Peak Region Seven Keys to the Rocky Mountains Historical Atlas of...Simplified Wonders of Rocks and Minerals Rocks and Rock Collecting The World of Rocks Wonders of Gems The...Blowpipe and Chemical Testing of Minerals Atlas of Crystal Stereograms Guide to Geologic Literature Mineral...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
Report (volume)
distinguished by their, physical properties: color, crystal form, cleavage, parting, hardness, specific gravity...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...particular atomic arrangement results. The six crystal systems in which gem stones may form are: isometric...cleavage, surfaces are parallel to some of the crystal faces of some gem stones. For example, diamonds
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by the more than three million followers of the rock hobby in America, particularly by the half million... of the service clubs from coast to coast; his rock travels in the field; but particularly his experience...rockhound’s favorite gem — the agate. Lelande Quick La Jolla (San Diego), California Vll Acknowledgments...Several other club members supplied photographs. The mining bureaus of several states were helpful in information...efficiently typed by Wilda Boyer of La Jolla, California. Lelande Quick La Jolla (San Diego), California
Book (edition)
Minerals, Fossils America’s Mountain: Pikes Peak and the Pikes Peak Region American Gem Trails Gems, Minerals...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...Steamboat Springs, U. S. 40 Moffat County Dinosaur National Monument Hahns Peak Segment B —Utah Border to Delta...Area Mount Antero Area Sedalia Copper Mine Turret District 9 7 13 20 26 27 27 29 30 32 33 36 36 37 38 38
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tl1e n1ore tl1a11 tl1ree 1nillion followers of the rock hobby in A1nerica, 1)artict1larly by the half 111illio11...muset11ns, and service clt1 bs fro1n coast to coast; his rock travels in tl1e field; but 1)artict1larly his ex1)erience...favorite gem-tl1e agate. THIS IS LELAND£ QUICK La Jolla ( ,5an l)irgo). (,laliforllia .. Vil •...ty1)ecl by Wilcla Boyer of La Jolla, California. AFTER A 1 Lt::LANDJ:: Qu1cK La Jolla (San Dicg;o), (ialifor11ia...three million persons in the United States followed rock collecting as a hobby. 11any of these 1Jeople have
that is, chemical formula, physical properties, crystal system, and most important to you as a collector...which we cannot possibly deal with at length here— crystal structure. Crystallography is a whole sub¬ division...the mineral as well as to reveal characteristic crystal shapes and forms. | The atoms making up minerals...the material to develop into crystals. What is a crystal? Merely a solid body, often displaying plane natural...balance. Growing space is usually limited and crystal growth frequently is hindered. Consequently, minerals
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is, chemical formula, physical properties, crystal system, and most important to you as a collector...which we cannot possibly deal with at length here— crystal structure. CrysraLLoGRAPHy is a whole sub- division...property material Merely to develop a solid crystal body, into crystals. often which which What...What displaying gives each allows the is a crystal? plane natural surfaces called faces, which reflect...balance. Growing space is usually limited and crystal growth frequently is hindered. Consequently, minerals
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March 2019 Fluorescent Opal From the Velvet District, Pershing Co., Nevada Bob Werner werner@lcturbonet...werner@lcturbonet.com The diatomite mines of the Velvet District haven't received much attention over the years...years, while diatomite is a "sedimentary rock" of course, and technically not a mineral. Opal, however, is... Diatomite (fig. I) was first reported in the District in 1923 (Vanderburg, 1936) on the west side ofTrinity...NV, about 30 km northwest of Lovelock. Initial mining was done by the Southern Pacific Co. (SP) and in
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interesting facts about the people involved in mining, current price lists of various stones, and numerous...from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...information is included on the persons involved in mining the deposits, with dates and other pertinent information...special debt to Jeffrey Kurtzeinan of Phoenix, Arizona for numerous photographs supplied for this work...Star of Arkansas crystal 3. Star of Arkansas marquise cut gem 4. Mounce diamond crystal 5. Gibson's Ruby
 
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