 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AN OVERVIEW Rhode Island MINERALS & COLLECTORS F. WILLIAM MILLER Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford...A L SPECIES and many varieties occur within Rhode Island. Part of this abundance is attributable to the...Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport...Newport County. The greatest number of species and varieties appear in the Northern Zone. Miller attributes |  | | Report (volume) | | Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island o GEOLOGICAL 5. I 09 8* Ci PI O i o TJ i i I to & Ol BULLETIN...State of Rhode Island Development Council i M SURVEY I C.to 1295 Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island...1295 Prepared in cooperation with the State of Rhode Island Development Council Lithology, structure, and...geological studies in Rhode Island____._.________.-__.-_-____. Position of Rhode Island in the Appalachian...-___--_Older gneissic rocks of northwestern Rhode Island.____________ Nipsachuck Gneiss------------- |  | | Journal (issue) | | Nuristan, Afghanistan; Neptunite from San Benito County, California; Spinel from Mogok, Burma; and Emerald...Becker, Thcson, 1976. Dave W ilber and Larry Conklin, Tbcson, 1979. 10 ā¦ K. ENGLAND David P. Wilber...specimens that his rockhound father had found while ārock huntingā in the Bishop area of California. That...world. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County was particularly interesting among the museums...working for gem dealer Ron Romanella in New York; and Rock Currier (owner now of Jewel Tunnel Imports), with |  | | Journal (issue) | | specimen from the Spanish Dry Diggings, Eldorado County, California, and a little of its history ........................................ 325 by L. H. Conklin T1 mM!NERA!. =!CAL RECORD The Newmont Azurite:................................... 333 by L. H. Conklin Postscript: Hessonite with apatite, Mount Avie..................... 248 Obituary: Lawrence H. Conklin (by W E. Wilson) What's New in Minerals Tucson...the Editors Died, Lawrence H. Conklin, 82 Lawrence Henry "Larry" Conklin, Jr., well-known New York mineral |  | | Book | | ADULARIA Adu 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...ALASKA Famous mineral localities: Prince of Wales Island, Alaska (by P. B. Leavens & R. W. Thomssen) 8:4-12...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | similar radii, but N i+2 substitutes first in forsterite (M g2S i0 4) crystals in a melt, followed by...Schacht (who was bom Horace Greele} Schacht in the USA), President of the German Reichsbank. In du< course...minerals are leached from the surrounding country rock during metamorphism. Ramsay and Huber (1983) suggest...such as pegmatite veins or cavities in sedimentary rock. The localities for faden quartz are numerous, and...repeated cracking and healing of grains in the country rock, which are broken and exposed when the fissure gradĀ |  | | Book (volume) | | A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises...overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the entire state are all undisturbed sedimentaries:...borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming line is good rock hunting country, especially along the southern slopes...of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive rock beds east of the Orella railroad sta. ranks among... The Sandhills Museum in town is well worth the rock hunterās visit. Draws, cuts and breaks in the hills |  | | Journal (issue) | | 247 WULFENITEāfrom level 4 of the 79 mine, Gila County, Arizona. The specimen was collected in 1971 by...MelanoĀ phlogite from Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara County, California. Am er Mineral., 57, 1494-1504. GRASSELLINI...southĀ east of Lancaster in Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The mine was opened in 1732 and...confirmed in the ores of the Gap nickel mine, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. A. F. Buddington (1924) first called...special mineralogical interest. The Lengenbach quarry, Binnetal, Switzerland, has produced a variety |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohioās Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.āÆcone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Toddās Ford, a mineral depositāÆHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |  | | Book (volume) | | Duane L. Leavitt The Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine . ........................................permanent photographic exhibits in the northeastern USA. The Shaubs have been active in ornithological research...gratefully dedicated. Gene Foard (right) at Swamp #1 quarry, Topsham. Gene Foard speaking with Frank Perham...Gene Foard with Yan King, 1994 (left) at Nevel quarry, Newry. In Memoriam Gene Foord Gene [Eugene Edward]...tourmalinebearing Himalaya pegmatite at Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Most recently, Gene was gratified |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohioās Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.āÆcone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Toddās Ford, a mineral depositāÆHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |  | | Journal (issue) | | 307 by ]. P. Cassedanne Mineralogy of the Kalkar quarry, Santa Cruz, California..........................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...across the U.S. and visit dozens upon dozens of ārock shops.ā There seem to be fewer now. And what about...such as Lapidary Journal Gems and Minerals, and Rock and Gem. For the last decade their readership has...peak circulation 38,300 in 1977; 20,600 in 1985. Rock & Gem peak circulaĀ tion 96,200 in 1976; 54,400 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles Amethyst on milky quartz from Hopkinton, Rhode I s la n d by J. Rakovan, D. B. Mitchelltree, L...across, from A shaw ay Village, H opkinton, Rhode Island. S m ithsonian Institution specim en; p hoto...since it will be held at the giant Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, letās just call it the āPomona...74104 Sal Avella 7 Homestead Avenue Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917 Theeastern United States is well-known...was discovered in Ashaway Village, Hopkinton, Rhode Island. This deposit has produced some o f the most |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain Joe Polityka Staten Island, NY Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Pierre-Nicolas...Garvin & G. Tribbey The minerals of the Hunting Hill quarry, Rockville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Sporadically, lomonosovite, manaksite and natrolite become rock-forming Some Petrological Terms (from JACKSON,...this condition. Alkaline rock: As defined by Shand in 1922, any igneous rock in which the molecular ratio |  | | Catalog/List | | - METEORITE SLABS! STONEY-IRONS Odessa, Ector County, Texas Beaver, Oklahoma (found pre-1922) Excellent...and frequently encrusted with coesite-bearing " rock flour". ā¢83A9940 30 grams ... $6.00 Philippitonite...(c) 1.5 x 2 cm ... $10.00 Meteor Crater, Arizona "Rock Flour" The high-velocity impact of the Canyon Diablo...microscope. ā¢83A05 (a) Capsule of rock flour ... $4.00 (b) Thin section of rock flour ... $20.00 Australite...black tubes and spongy masses in baked and fused rock and sand . ā¢83Al9 (a) 1 cm complete tube in 2 x |  | | Catalog/List | | tektite fields exist, although Australia 's entire island continent can be considered one field . The surfaces...- METEORITE SLABS! STONEY-IRONS Odessa, Ector County, Texas Belle Plaine, Kansas (found pre-1922)...coesite-bearing "rock flour" . ā¢83A9940 30 grams ... $6.00 Meteor Crater, Arizona "Rock Flour" lmpactite...microscope. ā¢83A05 (a) Capsule of rock flour ... $4.00 (b) Thin section of rock flour .. . $20.00 Mount Darwin...button-like" tektite. ā¢83A14 1 x 1 cm ... $6.50 Forsterite, Lyon County, Kansas This olivine is a separate from |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles History and minerals of The Geysers, Sonoma County, California .....................................1852 to the 1920ās, is located in northern Sonoma County about 145 km north of San FranĀ cisco, California...us, around us. In one place a rocky pool of black rock several feet in diameter, filled with thick, black...dangerā stuck up in every direction. The country rock is serpentine, sandstone and limestone with igĀ...a large column of steam escapes from a hole in a rock with so much force that stones and sticks placed |  | | Book (volume) | | publisher. Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...than Maine's, as well. An area smaller than Oxford County in Murmansk Ob last, Kola Peninsula, Russia, has...clear to slightly blue topazes. However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite...Gerais, Brazil, better than those from the Harvard quarry in Greenwood? Are the morganites of Cerro de Urucum |  | | Report (volume) | | islands and on Panama, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Island of Guam. It includes textbooks and papers of a...fm________ franc. ___---_ front__--__Ft___..-- Company, County Collections Colorado Commission,Committee Communications...intrusion, intrusive. Investigation (s) Irrigation Island (s) Istituto Jan________ January Jour_________...quadrangle Quart_ _____ Quarterly R. I___--____ Rhode Island R. R__l__.___ Rap.________ Rec________ reconn______:...Colo. Golden, Colo. Compass, v. 25, nos. 2-A. Lincoln, Nebr. Condor, v. 50. Berkeley, Calif. Connecticut |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Easy-to-understand instructions for recognizing rock formations; glossary. How to identify gem minerals...is a precise explanation of h< to recognize the rock formation* which gems occur. The tabular Gem ... contents fun to hunt for gems 1. It's 2. How 3. Rock formations 4. How 5. Characteristics of important...that comes from opening a nodule or a pocket in rock and being the first to see a sparkling crystal fresh |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mira Loma, Cali- RED CLOUD MINE SITE, YU M A COUNTY. ARIZONA WULFENITE, Red Ckud M m 7 JTQ MINERAL...art Two! COME BACK TO RHODE ISLAND October 28, 29 and 30, 1988. Rhode Island Mineral H unters is proud...at Community College of Rhode Island (CCRIO Knight Campus, Warwick, Rhode Island, (exit 12B off 1-95) ...Natural History are expected to participate. From Rhode Island-am ethyst scepters; from Connecticut-dinosaur...invite you to COME BACK TO RHODE ISLAND IN '88. Sponsored by: Rhode Island M ineral H unters At: C om |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University... Menezes and J. M. Martins The Jensen quarry, Riverside County, California ............................noticed by Bill on a specimen from the San Venanzo quarry, Terni, Umbria, Italy, and was later recognized...granular rock consisting primarily of calcite, dolomite (including ankerite) or other rock-forming carbonates...jacupirangite to the principal igneous alkaline rock type composed mainly of titanian augite and magnetite | | | Journal (issue) | | Articles Amethyst on milky quartz from Hopkinton, Rhode Island by J. Rnkovn11, D. 8. Mitchel/tree, L. D. Benton...5 cm across, from Ashaway ViUage, Hopkinton, Rhode Island. Smithsonian Institution specimen; photo by... ince it will be held at the giant Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, let Ā·s just call it the... AMETHYST O N MI LKY QUARTZ FRO M HO PKINT ON, RH O D E ISLAND John Rakovan Department of Earth and Space Sciences...04 Sal Avella 7 Homestead Avenue Smithfield. Rhode Island 029 1 7 The eastern Unired States is well-known |  | | Journal (issue) | | is ready and waiting. HISTORICAL PROJECT Larry Conklin (author of the recent book on George F. Kunz) is...gratefully acknowledged in print. Write to Lawrence H. Conklin, 17 St. John Place, New Canaan, CT 06840. COMPUTER...in lieu of cash. James M. Southwick of Providence, Rhode Island, a dealer in items of natural history...pounds of triplite must have been a better sale than Rock Currier does at Tucson! An interesting letter from...collection are fossils from the famous Solenhofen quarry in Bavaria (including an ArchaeopĀ teryx), from |  | | Book | | Jay in this of popular the Ellis Ransom, Rock-huntefs Range Guide, tells everything you need...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...as well as a dis- cussion of the basic kinds of rock: igneous, sedimentary, Once and metamorphic. ...by Jay FOSSILS IN Ellis Ransom AMERICA THE ROCK-HUNTER'S RANGE GUIDE ARIZONA GEM TRAILS PETRIFIED...or silver; an angry mule skinner reaching for a rock to throw at an obstreperous mule, only to discover |
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