 | | Report (issue) | | NORTH DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION GEORGE DIVISION JASPER CAROLINA L. R. OF ROSS, RESOURCES...EASTERN PIEDMONT PEGMATITE OF NORTH DISTRICT CAROLINA BY WARREN G. STEEL RALEIGH 1952 THE EASTERN...EASTERN PIEDMONT PEGMATITE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA By Warren Ge Steel INTRODUCTION The Eastern Piedmont...pegmatite district of North Carolina consists of several areas located in the north central part of the...corner of Caswell County. The Inez- Wake Forest area extends from Inez in Warren County, southwestward |  | | Journal (issue) | | alphabetical order. MINERALS ALLANITE (EPIDOTE GROUP) / @ Amherst County - Black pitchy allanite is found in...used because of their radioactivity. Campbell County - Andalusitecrystals,somevery large,have been reported...attractive cabochons can be cut. BERYL Amelia County - Clear gem quality beryl fragments measuring 0...can be found at the Trueheart pegmatite prospect north of Amelia. A few of the crystals have been faceted...Powhutcan County - Clear beryl crystals (goshenite) occur at the Herbb # 2 pegmatite mine north of Flat |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sunstone cabochon, Owls Head Mountain, Franklin County, 18 × 25 mm, G. and S. Robinson specimen, G. Robinson...Robinson photo; blue fluorite, Penfield, Monroe County, 46.6 carats, A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum specimen...photo; peristerite cabochon, Macomb, St. Lawrence County, 12 × 18 mm, G. and S. Robinson specimen, G. Robinson...Titanite (sphene), Tilly Foster mine, Brewster, Putnam County, 6.70 carats, Harvard Mineralogical Museum specimen...Robinson photo; diopside, DeKalb, St. Lawrence County, left—kite cut 3.96 carats, right—oval cut, 10 |  | | Report (issue) | | FELDSPAR AND MICA DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA CUT ON FLAT SHOALS ROAD NEAR SCHOOL HOUSE, LOT 110, 15th DJST...DJST., DeKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA, SHOWING PEGMATITE DIKE IN MICA SCHIS'.r. FRONTISPIECE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...BULLETIN No. 30 A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE FELDSPAR AND MICA DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA BY !3. L. GALPIN....................... Comptroller-Gene:·al HoN. WARREN GRICE ........................ Attorney-General... L. Galpin, Assistant State Geologist, on the Feldspar and Mica Deposits of Georgia, to be published |  | | Report (issue) | | .'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North CarOlina Department of Natural Resources and Community...for the general welfare of the citizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts a number of basic and...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist FRONT | | | Report (issue) | | Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist i ...FRONT COVER PHOTO Twinned emerald crystal from North Carolina, photo from Smithsonian Institution (slide...viable mineral collecting sites through out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during |  | | Book | | searching for silver near Lake Sanford in Essex County discovered magnetite in 1826, but an excess of...tourmaline group have expanded the occurrences of uvite, a little known member of the group to the brown...brown tourmalines of St. Lawrence and Warren counties as well as most of the black tour malines of Pierrepont...been identified as other members of the tourmaline group (Dunn et al.-1977). A century and a half ago there...Rochester; the main Public Library of Buffalo and Erie County; and the Crandall Public Library (Holden Research |  | | Book (edition) | | four seg¬ ments or subfiles: (N) Bibliography of North American Geology (publications from 1785-1970) (G)...Bibliography and Index of Geology Exclusive of North America (published from 1933-1968) (B) Bibliography...that in the early volumes of the Bibliography of North American Geology, edited by John M. Nickles and...commonly have several variants, such as Great Smoky Group, Great Smoky Conglomerate, Great Smoky Formation...the total of 4,284 new Terms were United States county and city Terms. Counties and Cities in the United | | | Book | | school at the University of Rochester, he joined a group of Dr. Harold L. Alling's geology students on a...searching for silver near Lake Sanford in Essex County discovered magnetite in 1826, but an excess of...tourmaline group have expanded the occurrences of uvite, a little known member of the group to the brown...brown tourmalines of St. Lawrence and Warren counties as well as most of the black tourmalines of Pierrepont...been identified as other members of the tourmaline group (Dunn et al.-1977). A century and a half ago there |  | | Book | | window 8 Topaz 3 Copper coin 6 Orthoclase feldspar 9 Corundum 4 Fluorite 6.5 Steel file 10...plane and the third is perpendicular. orthoclase feldspar epidote Three axes of unequal length all inclined...another at different angles. TRICLINIC -*k~ alkali feldspar (amazonite) rhodonite 9 INTRODUCTION REFRACTION...fade with time. can produce colour changes, A group including amber, ruby, ivory, Jluorite and opal...the USA and the Tanzania, Venezuela, Zaire and until 1970 and is rarely used as a largest north American |  | | Report (issue) | | FRONTISPIECE PLATE I STONE MOUNTAIN, DEKALB COUNTY, GEOHGIA, I6 MILES NORTHEA T O F ATLANTA , 0 TilE...Jersey . • New York . . North Carolina Pennsylvania . . Rhode Island . South Carolina Tennessee Vermont ....Heard County . . . . . . . 65-68 The Flat Rock Quarry . 66 The Wynn Quarry . . . . 6S Troup County . .... • 69-70 The Mountville Quarry • 70 Meriwether County . . . • • 70-SJ Granite • o • • • • • • • • JI...Gneiss . 8I The T. B. Tigner Quarry • . 82 Coweta County • . . . • • . 83-96 Granite . . . . . . . . • S3-9I |  | | Book (edition) | | segments or subfiles: (N) Bibliography and Index of North American Geology (1785-1970) (T) Bibliography of...Bibliography and Index of Geology Exclusive of North America (1933-1968) (B) Bibliography and Index of...early volumes of the Bibliography and Index of North American Geology, edited by John M. Nickles and...older volumes of the Bibliography and Index of North American Geology (subfile N in the online database)...Bibliography and Index of Geology Exclusive of North America (subfile E), the indexing was arranged in |  | | Book (volume) | | NORTInHIwo AME A Volumes John Sinkankas _ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes ® Volume I Gemstones, of...of all the mineral treasures to be found in North America, are perhaps the most fascinating—and the...worthy of the name. Some, like the emeralds of North Carolina, the colorful and fabulous tourmalines and...above all, easily read and understood, GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, Volumes I and II, will be welcomed as a...abroad are becoming so scarce and expensive that North America has developed into a major exporter rather |  | | 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...................................... 111 Garnet Group .................................................................................... 118 Axinite Group ......................................................................... 119 iii Page Axinite Group ............................................... |  | | Book (edition) | | GEMSTONES $CS of NORTH AMERICA . In Two Volumes $30.00 GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes ...REINHOLD BOOK / '- ✓ ( ..., ■ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes Volume II T ourmaline...from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...lnternatiunal, Inc. F RO. Tl!>PI£CE GEMSTONES of NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes Volume II John Sinkankas...publication of the first volume of Gemstones of North America in 1959 so much has transpired that the |  | | Report (issue) | | __ Columbium-tantalum minerals _____ __ Epidote group _____ ________________ _ Garnet ___________________________...pegmatite in granite, Short Tom Smith mine, Rockingham County, N. C______ ____ ____________________ _______________________...pegmatite and granite, E. R. Self mine, Gaston County, N. C____________________ 6. Sinuous discordant...bulge in the hanging wall, Knight mine, Rockingham County, N. C- ~ -7. Sharp hanging-wall contact, Knight...granite underlain by schist, Hawkins mine, Stokes County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ 9. Same granite |  | | Report (issue) | | ............................ 22 Spinel, Orange County, N. Y......................................................................... 25 26 Rutile on Feldspar, Bedford, N. Y..................................................... 28 Pyrolusitc Dendrite on Feldspar, Bedford, N. Y..................................Flos Ferri, Manhattan Island, New York City . 30 Feldspar, var. Microcline, Bedford, N. Y........................................................ 37 37 Feldspar, var. Albite, Bedford, N. Y.................. |  | | Book | | 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...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...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson |  | | Report (volume) | | Smith, Director Bulletin 823 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1919-1928 BY JOHN M. NICKLES ... BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1919-1928 By JOHN M. NICKLES INTRODUCTION The bibliography of North American...publications on. the geology of the Continent of North America and adjacent islands and on Panama and the...index to the literature cited. The bibliography of North American geology to the end of 1926 is contained...4, 5, 8; Museum Paper, nos. 5, 6; County Report, no. 1 (Clay County). Montgomery, Ala. Alberta, Scientific |  | | Book | | 87 88 * North Carolina Precious Stone-Emerald Rock-Granite 109 110 90 90 91 91 a2 * North Dakota Fossil-Jeredo...Fossil-Eurypterus remipes 102 103 104 * South Carolina Gem Stone-Amethyst Stone-Blue Granite 106 107...trees are all past evidence of ancient life in North America. Turquoise, flint, quartz, pearl, nephrite...made the “Magic City” of Birmingham, Jefferson County “The Pittsburgh of the South” during the turn of...feet thick, occurs near Sylacauga, in Talladega County, being fine-grained and mostly white, ofexceptional |  | | Report (volume) | | Index . . . . VII 655 III BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1966 INTRODUCTION The current...current annual volume of the "Bibliography of North American Geology" lists publications that appeared during...during 1966 c~ncerning the geology of the North American continent, Greenland, the West Indies and adjacent·...in foreign journals are cited if they deal with North American localities or are of a general nature,...they deal only with foreign areas. Articles on North America by foreign authors are included regardless |  | | Book | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 The Garnet Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 The National...This impressive group of emerald-green beryl crystals was found at Hiddenite, North Carolina. It is 41/2...interlocking crystals of the minerals quartz and feldspar and, possibly, even a micagroup mineral. The individual...marcasite. Metamorphic Rocks Rocks of the third major group have all been changed through recrystallization... England. Stellate-pyrophyllite from Mariposa County, California. Micaceous-muscovite from Stoneham |  | | Report (issue) | | _---Grandfather Mountain Formation and Mount Rogers Volcanic Group ___ -Catoctin Greenstone ________ - ____ --Basal...undivided _____________________________ _ 27 ]{nox GrouP--~-----------------------Cambrian rocks undivided...and dolomites________________________ 232 Knox Group (Upper Cambrian and Lower Ordovician) ________ 236...272 Reserves and resource potentiaL_________ 272 Feldspar, by F. G. Lesure, Stanley A. Feitler, and Robert...278 Geologic occurrence_____________________ 279 Feldspar deposits in Appalachia_ _ _ _ ____ __ 280 Resource | | | Book | | a2 38 40 42 Collecting Minerals The Garnet: Group: The National Mineral Collection Je esi de “aye...This impressive group of emerald-green beryl crystals was found at Hiddenite, North Carolina. It is 41/2...interlocking crystals of the minerals quartz and feldspar and, possibly, even a micagroup mineral. The individual...marcasite. Metamorphic Rocks Rocks of the third major group have all been changed through recrystallization...revealed. Light shining through this specimen from Warren County, Tennessee, imparts rich color to the white |  | | Book (edition) | | 2 ()S .Nej'lielife, Sofialite, Leiicite 269 Feldspar Grouj) 272 2 M) Subsiiicates Cbondnuliii', Tourinaline...Zeolites Section 'riioiusonit(\ b. 1 2h\S Group 1 i singcrite Chlorite Gi\>uj> . 397 310 312...Dotasli-IMcDpar Series 487 8. Mica and Sodadime Feldspar Series 448 4. Hornbleiah; and Potasli-Feldspnr...Hornblende and Sodadime Feldspar 440 (), Pyroxene and Sodadirne Feldspar 7. Pyroxene, Garnet, Epidote... Rocks littl(‘ 485 Sc ries Scu'ies or no Feldspar 450 452 453 455 MINERALOGY. Minerals. Minerals |
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