 | | Report (issue) | | GEORGIA STATE DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY GARLAND PEYTON, Director...GEOLOGY OF THE STONE MOUNTAIN-LITHONIA DISTRICT, GEORGIA By Leo Anthony Herrmann ATLANTA 1 9 5 4 LETTER...Conservation Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 61, "Geology of...of the Stone MountainLithonia District, Georgia". This report was prepared by Dr. Leo A. Herrmann as a...---------------------------------------------Tourmaline clusters ----------------------------------- |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEORGIA Downloaded by [University of Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX JENNINGS...JENNINGS B. GORDON, JR. P . O . Box 6214 Rome, Georgia 30162 Although perhaps best known for its gold, rutUe...rutUe, and staurolite (the state mineral), Georgia has, in fact, almost two hundred mineral species. ...have been reported and verified from the state of Georgia. The index has been compiled from the literature...be either a report on the economic geology of Georgia or a field guide for lapidaries, it excludes commercial |  | | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA W. S. YEATES, State Ce()logist BULLETIN No. 9-A A Preliminary Report on...on a Part of the Granites~~ Gneisses OF GEORGIA BY THOMAS L. WATSON, Ph. D. Assistant Geologist ...HARRISON, State Printer Atlanta, Georgia THE GRANITES ANiJ GNEISSES OF GEORGIA FRONTISPIECE PLATE I STONE...STONE MOUNTAIN, DEKALB COUNTY, GEOHGIA, I6 MILES NORTHEA T O F ATLANTA , 0 TilE GEORGIA RAILROAD. A GRANITE...URROUNDING PIEDMONT PLAIN • • GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA W. S. YEATES, State Geologist BULLETIN NO. 9- |  | | Report (volume) | | ................................ 49 Individual quarry areas.................................................. 51 Baltimore County .................................... 51 Howard County.......................................................... Individual quarry areas. ................................................ Chesterfield County (south of James River)................ Henrico County (north of James River)......................................... Fairfax County area ......................................... |  | | Book (volume) | | 1E3: SoutheastStates Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri North Carolina...growing. -S.F.P. To our combin I familie , including Georgia Pedersen, and to family no longer with u . litith...from foreign lands. These include turquoise, tourmaline, amethyst, pearls, opals, jade, sapphires, emeralds...exclusively i.n the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina, to be true hiddenite. Preface...ME); Perhams (West Paris, ME); and Gem Mountain Quarry Trips (Spruce Pine, NC). Knowing What You 're |  | | Report (issue) | | Feldspar quarry Peerless (Diamond) Mine Road-cut Cadieux quartzite quarry Emerald Mine Pedneaud quarry Derry...(Wallingford) Mine Smith Lake Mine Davis Mine Glen-Almond Mine Cole Lake Mine Perkins feldspar mine Little...Guenette granite quarries Canada Marble and Lime quarry Labelle garnet mines Castor Lake (Clot) Mine Anorthosite...Desgrosbois deposit Ivry Mine St-Donat quarry Rockway Valley marble quarry St-Remi china clay mine Laurel diopside...Brownsburg quarries Gaboriault &. Nevers Reg'd quarry Miller (Keystone) Mine McGillivray Lake Mine McGill |  | | Report (issue) | | . . ... . . . . . . . . . . ... .. . Feldspar quarry . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . .. . .... . ....... . . . . . . . . . . ...... Cadieux quartzite quarry . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . ... .. ..... .. ... ..... . .... . .... . .. .. .... Glen Almond Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . Canada Marble and Lim e quarry . . . . . . . . . Lab e ll e garnet mines . . .... . . . St-Donat quarry................ . .. . . . . . Rockway Valley marble quarry. . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 19 January 2015 Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia B lack and nearly black minerals-no matter...rutile, especially that from Graves Mountain, Georgia. To some, however, the beauty and importance of...to 2 cm across are reported from the Songo Pond quarry at Albany, Maine. It has been found in good specimens...near Waterbury, Vermont; at Poker Hill, Providence County, Rhode Island; and in Essex, Orange, and Warren...Conway, and geniculated twins in cavities in tourmaline from the Pelham asbestos mine (Emerson 1895) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | was another highlight for the Club members. 924 GEORGIA Hunting for the famous Rutile Crystals and the...Washington and Lincolnton, Georgia, was in the plans for the Rome Georgia Mineral Society. Six clubs...very nice finds of lustrous blue cleavelandite, tourmaline crystals, zoned mica, flaked lepidolite, lithiophylite...lithiophylite and a lovely watermelon tourmaline. MARYLAND Mr. Jay C. Carpenter of the Accident Prevention...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Wheaton, as a part of its Safety Education Program |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | accepted abstracts follow. THE GARNET LINE IN OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE, PEGMATITES. M. M. Felch, W. B. Simmons...intermediate and core zones in many of the Oxford County, Maine, pegmatites. This study primarily focuses...these two pegmatites have produced gem-quality tourmaline and many other worldclass specimens (Simmons...a range of primary inclusions: quartz, mica, tourmaline, zircon, as well as xeno368 ROCKS & MINERALS...Mt. Mica are typically rimmed with dark blue tourmaline (elbaite), which is a distinctive texture for |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | GEOLOGICAL SKETCHES CRESTMORE Crestmore, Riverside County, general reference Murdoch (38) ; Burnham (1)...MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES * ALLANITE Kern County: 1, Allanite is reported as a minor constituent...MacKevett (2) pp. 191, 197. ALLEGHANYITE Amador County: Alleghanyite occurs with tephroite and other...in HCl with separation of S and SbaOa. ; Inyo County: ore of the MacKevett 1, Thin tabular crystals... reported by Hall and ANNABERGITE Santa Cruz County: 1, Annabergite carrying zinc is reported from |  | | Report (issue) | | COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK COVER...approx. 1.5x. Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right - Magnetite crystal face showing... MINERALS OF GEORGIA: THEIR PROPERTIES AND OCCURRENCES by Robert B. Cook STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF............................................. 170 County Index ...........................................Page Table 1. Classification and composition of Georgia minerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 |  | | Report (issue) | | SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE BAGGS QUADRANGLE, CARBON COUNTY, WYOMING By C. S. VENABLE BARCLAY AND LARRY A...Northwestern part of the Savery quadrangle, Carbon County, Wyoming 2. Southeastern and southwestern parts... Southeastern part of Baggs quadrangle, Carbon County, Wyoming 2 3 4 4. Stratigraphic sections in...SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE BAGGS QUADRANGLE, CARBON COUNTY, WYOMING By C. S. Venable Barclay and Larry A...Little Snake River coal field, southwestern Carbon County, Wyoming. Also presented are geophysical logs |  | | Book (edition) | | ONYX • PERIDOT* • ZIRCON • CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS • AOATI • • AMETHYST URINE • •... lOLITE k:^ RUBY /^^ RUTILE SAPPHIRE 1^ TOURMALINE CRYSTALS TOPAZ CRYSTALS 4 GEM hunter's GUIDE...six or eight different gem as color, its tourmaline may B are, in fact, A blue gem minerals...found many of stones, such as quartz amethyst, tourmaline, beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas...regions in the east from Maine down through Georgia and westward to Tennessee and in the west including |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CRYSTALS FROM THE BALMAT DISTRICT, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK. S . C. Chamberlain, Department of Bioengineering...small knoll near Paris Hill village, Paris, Oxford County, Maine. It intrudes the Silurian-age Sangerville...locality has been a commercial source of gem tourmaline and exotic minerals since 1820 (for a review...semiradial arrangement. REFERENCES King V. T. 1991. Tourmaline armoring of garnet and triphylite, Mount Mica...of Maine. Augusta: Maine Geological Survey. TOURMALINE REPLACEMENT OF MUSCOVITE: A COMMON FEATURE IN |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Jackson’s Crossroads amethyst deposit, Wilkes County, Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...T. P. Moore Collecting cavansite in the Wagholi quarry complex, Pune, Maharashtra, India . . . . . . ...that same year the family moved to Hertfordshire County, England. They lived in various small towns, and...discover the specimen potential of the Jeffrey quarry in Asbestos, Quebec (where he had a virtual monopoly |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | -RUTILE RB--RED-BROWN HORNBLENDE S -SPHENE T -TOURMALINE Z -ZIRCON 49 DR Xl DRX DR IX 4030- 20- ...relatively constant heavy-mineral assemblage. The Almond F o r m a t i o n of Cretaceous age crops out in...easily cont ri but e to the field. However, the Almond does n o t appear to be a major c o n t r i b u...predominantly of stable heavy minerals such as zircon and tourmaline (Fig. 9). It does not crop out in an area that...Lance Formation is similar in many ways to the Almond. It is an extremely unlikely source since it is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of the same window! GEORGIA: Welcome to a new EFMLS affiliate, the Rome Georgia Mineral Society, Rome...leadership of Eustace Linker, Box 944, Shannon, Georgia, which meets at 7:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday...the month at the Auditorium of the Georgia Power Company, Rome, Georgia. A file of Notices was received...the regular program, "Rhapsody of Steel". —The Georgia Mineral Society, Atlanta, sent out a one page notice...enjoyed by the members. — A letter from the Fulton County Mineral Club, Gloversville, described an interesting |  | | Book (volume) | | addition, gem Garnets, Quartz crystals, Topaz and Tourmaline add to the fascination of these pegmatites. ...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | .................. 20 Pyrite Twins from Todd's Quarry, Northland, New Zealand .........................crystals, and of course our recent paper in the USA Rocks and Minerals, shows strong evidence in photos...determination of prolific fine < 50 micron euhedral tourmaline throughout the red and white kaolinitic clays...Ralph Bottrill for finding samples with micro tourmaline in 2012 and for allowing me access to Tasmanian...samples to give some statistical backup to the tourmaline discovery. August, 2013 5 Australia and New |  | | Journal (issue) | | expansion, especially Eleanor Krimmel, from the USA, whose generous donations really put us over the...shape of the void in which it forms. Amygdaloidal (almond-shaped) geodes, for (amethyst), blue, green, brown...geological factor is that many The large amygdaloidal (almond-shaped) nodule at my feet of the nodules, agates...sphalerite in this Tri-State district (Cherokee County, Kansas) specimen shows shimmering, purple iridescence...Memorial Ave. W Springfield, MA 01089 Lebanon County Fairgrounds 80 Crown Plaza Convention Center Rocherty |  | | Book | | _ _ .... ____________________ ..... CHAPTER 11 Georgia 1 CHAPTER 12 Alabama 0 0 . . . . . . . . _...y ' s f i r s t g o l d r u s h a t Dahlonega, Georgia. S o m u c h gold w a s f o u n d b y eager prospectors...t a r t o f t h e C i v i l W a r . O t h e r Georgia counties a n d n e i g h b o r i n g s t a t e...f gold! Gold c a n s t i l l be f o u n d i n Georgia a n d i n t h e r i v e r s a n d streams o f i...e , S p a r t a n b u r g , U n i o n , Oconee Georgia: Cherokee, Dawson, L u m p k i n , M c D u ff i |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | took place between 660 and 510 Ma (Vail, 1976; Almond et al., 1984; Vail et al. 1984; and Stern et al...and variable iron oxides, as well as alunite, tourmaline, carbonates, sporadic pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena...found that the alteration also includes phengite, tourmaline, apatite, and supergene jarosite. Amorphous silica...chloritized), chlorite, manganiferous garnet, rare tourmaline, inclusions of sulfides (pyrite, arsenopyrite...kaolinization. Rarely pyrite disseminations and tourmaline are formed. These hydrothermal alteration zones |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | e original occurrence. Socialite from Princess Quarry at Bancroft, Ontario at one time had a considerable...Permission should be sought before entering a mine, quarry or other private property; in active mining areas...Paper 60-21, 1960, p. 22. Eagle Lake, Soapstone Quarry A light green medium-grained soapstone occurs in...schist on the southwest shore of Eagle Lake. A small quarry was opened close to the edge of the lake and was...amphibolite at the Lun-Echo Gold Mines property. Black tourmaline is abundant in some parts of the dyke, and small |  | | Journal (issue) | | By Robert Beard 10 10 TURNING TO THE “OTHER” TOURMALINE CRYSTALS 50 SOMETHING NEW IN BIGGS JUNCTION...classic older specimen of opal from the prolific USA locality of Butte, Oregon, reveals a carving-grade...peacock.com OCTOBER 2020 9 Turning to the “Other” Tourmaline Crystals COMPLEX, PLENTIFUL, AND AFFORDABLE STORY...all the mineral groups collectors enjoy, the tourmaline group includes the nicest variety of colorful...elbaite its variety of colors. Other members of the tourmaline group proceed similarly and are found mainly |
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