 | | Report (issue) | | University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Conservation and Survey...Gemstones of Nebraska: A Handbook for Students and Collectors Roger K. Pabian University of Nebraska - Lincoln...Lincoln, rpabian1@unl.edu Allan Cook University of Nebraska - Lincoln Follow this and additional works at:...K. and Cook, Allan, "Minerals and Gemstones of Nebraska: A Handbook for Students and Collectors" (1976)...Resources, School of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion |  | | Book (edition) | | mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...have a cornfield at Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Va. A 3 carat stone, bought by a Knoxville...Luttrell, Another of .78 carat, light yellow, Union County. was reported found in 1888 on the Henry Burris |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...botryoidal chalcedony, occasionally with pale Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE...deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...botryoidal chalcedony, occasionally with pale Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE...deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises 4,460’...Mesozoic era. Thus, as one travels westward across Nebraska they find successively younger formations appearing...disclosing spectacular bedrock formations. Northwestern Nebraska contains most of the gem fields in the state,...that rival the color of the rainbow. The western Nebraska-South Dakota borderland from Sheridan Co. to the...as: concretions, Barite and Celestite crystals, chalcedony rosettes, agates, jasper, fossil plants and vertebrate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Article Late Tertiary Petrified Wood from Nevada, USA: Evidence of Multiple Silicification Pathways George...Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA; E-Mail: mustoeg@wwu.edu; Tel: +1-360-650-3582 Academic...hydrothermal precipitation may produce opal, chalcedony, and quartz as deposits within a single cavity...textures observed in some chalcedony wood specimens are evidence of opal→chalcedony transition. In Nevada...in open spaces, not from recrystallization of chalcedony. Opal-A has seldom been reported in fossil wood |  | | Report (volume) | | A. Buehler, Rolla. Nebraska.........Prof. E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada......See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 180 Nebraska.................................................Nebraska____.Prof. E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada_____Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith,...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.; |  | Saunders, J. A., Unger, D. L., Kamenov, G. D., Fayek, M., Hames, W. E., Utterback, W. C. (2008) Genesis of Middle Miocene Yellowstone hotspot-related bonanza epithermal Au–Ag deposits, Northern Great Basin, USA. Mineralium Deposita, 43 (7) 715-734 doi:10.1007/s00126-008-0201-7 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | epithermal Au–Ag deposits, Northern Great Basin, USA J. A. Saunders & D. L. Unger & G. D. Kamenov & M...Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, USA e-mail: saundja@auburn.edu G. D. Kamenov Department...Williamson Hall, P.O. Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA M. Fayek Department of Geological Sciences, University...89445, USA Present address: D. L. Unger Victoria Resources, 240 S. Rock Blvd., Reno, NV 89502, USA textures...contains sparse narrow discontinuous veins of opal, chalcedony, and adularia, which are locally clay- and (bladed) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Correlations at Buckskin Mountain, National District, Humboldt County, Nevada PETER G. VIKRE† U.S. Geological Survey...Buckskin Mountain (elev 2,650 m, 8,743 ft), Humboldt County, Nevada, a hydrothermal system, imposed on...rhyolite and initially crystallized as opal and chalcedony. The low thermal conductivity of homogeneous...BUCKSKIN MOUNTAIN in the National district, Humboldt County, Nevada, altered and mineralized volcanic rocks...Mountain Humboldt Co., NV 1909–1941 1930–1941 0.085 e0.0341 r0.0422 Sleeper Humboldt Co., NV 1986–1996 |  | | Report (volume) | | OF THE OPALITE DISTRICT, MALHEUR COUNTY OREGON, AND HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA BY ROBERT G. YATES Strategic...of the Opalite district, Malheur County, Oreg., and Humboldt County, Nev. In pocket 53. Geologic map...OF THE OPALITE DISTRICT, MA.LHEUR COUNTY, OREGON, AND HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA By Robert G. Yates ABSTRACT...The Opalite district, in Malheur County, Oreg., and Humboldt County, Nev., produced 22,174 flasks of...by these solutions into lenticular masses of chalcedony, producing a rock locally called "opalite." The |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2005 Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0016-7037/05 $30.00 ⫹ .00 doi:10...Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 USA (Received June 1, 2004; accepted in revised form...Ranch unit of Regnier (1960), incorporated in Humboldt Fm. of Smith and Ketner). Eocene samples were...Carlin. Light shading shows exposure of the Miocene Humboldt Fm., black the Eocene-Oligocene Elko Fm., and...Eocene (Cherty Limestone Formation) and Miocene (Humboldt Formation) rocks in the Elko area of northern |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | quartz (smoky, colorless, black basanite, reddish chalcedony, brownish jasper) and sea shells (white, brown)...lustrous black magnetite. Madison is in S/E New Haven County of southern Connecticut near Long Island Sound...chiefly of quartz (colorless, smoky, brownish, red chalcedony), with a 594 small amount of feldspar (gray...and silvery muscovite. Bureau is in S/E Bureau County of northern Illinois. Dune sand from Great Bend...of quartz (colorless, smoky, reddish, reddish chalcedony), white and pale reddish feldspar and a tiny |  | | Book (volume) | | Idaho, lowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, — ; Oregon, South Dakota, Washington...Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington...Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington...Idaho lowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon South Dakota Washington ...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA; mustoeg@wwu.edu Abstract: For many decades, wood...silicification; fossil wood; opal-A; opal-CT; chalcedony; quartz 1. Introduction Citation: Mustoe, G...crystallization (opal-C/opal-CT); microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony) is considered to be the result of diagenetic...from Red Hills Lignite Mine, Chocktaw, Missouri, USA. The multilayered architecture of the cell walls...some precious opals from Virgin Valley, Nevada, USA) owe their fragility to relatively high levels of |  | | Report (volume) | | AT BUCKSKIN PEAK NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA A PRELIMINARY REPORT BY R. J. ROBERTS...National mining district and Canyon Creek, Humbol'dt County, Nev..................... 22. Map and sections...AT BUCKSKIN PEAK NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA A PRELIMINARY REPORT By Ralph J. Roberts...Buckskin Peak, in the National mining district, Humboldt County, Nov., Fifty-eight flasks of quicksilver were...kind is banded and composed chiefly of opal and chalcedony that formed by direct precipitation from siliceous |  | | Report (volume) | | Quicksilver deposits of the Bottle Creek district, Humboldt County, Nevada, by R. J. Roberts (published in July...deposits of the Mount Diablo district, Contra Costa County, California, by C. P. Ross (published in July 1940)...deposits in the Little Florida Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, by S. G. Lasky (published in August.................. (D) Chromite deposits of Grant County, Oregon, by T. P. Thayer (published In September...at Buckskin Peak, National Mining district, Humboldt County, Nevada, by R. J. Roberts, (published in September |  | Silver, E., MacKnight, R., Male, E., Pickles, W., Cocks, P., Waibel, A. (2011) LiDAR and hyperspectral analysis of mineral alteration and faulting on the west side of the Humboldt Range, Nevada. Geosphere, 7. 1357-1368 doi:10.1130/ges00673.1 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | alteration and faulting on the west side of the Humboldt Range, Nevada Eli Silver1, Robert MacKnight2,...California 95064, USA PFC Energy, 13 Farrell Street, Newburyport, Massachusetts 01950, USA 3 HyVista Corporation...Oregon 97124-6648, USA 2 ABSTRACT In order to evaluate the setting of the Humboldt–Rye Patch geothermal...light detection and ranging (LiDAR) imaging of the Humboldt River basin to test (1) whether fault patterns...surface mineral alteration, and mud volcanoes in the Humboldt–Rye Patch district offer the potential for additional |  | | Report (volume) | | Mineral Resources of the Little Humboldt River Wilderness Study Area, Elko County, Nevada U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Mineral Resources of the Little Humboldt River Wilderness Study Area, Elko County, Nevada By ALAN R. WALLACE...MINERAL RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS LITTLE HUMBOLDT RIVER REGION, NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...Mineral resources of the Little Humboldt River wilderness study area, EIko County, Nevada. (U.S. Geological...(Mineral resources of wilderness study areas Little Humboldt River Region, Nevada ; ch. B) (Studies related |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...easily discernible quartz crystals surrounded by chalcedony that is crystalline only to the eye of the microscope...a quality closely allied to fracture pattern; chalcedony and jasper, because of their cryptocrystalline...rock cools, leaving a mold in which casts of chalcedony form. Or the tree substance may be replaced slowly...eye at once. Both agate and jasper are forms of chalcedony, but agate is translucent, jasper is opaque. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Article 2 Near infrared signature of opal and chalcedony as a proxy for their structure and formation...MANGOLD 1 4 Abstract: Opal-A, opal-CT and chalcedony develop in various geological environments mainly...spectroscopic criteria distinguish opal-A, opal-CT and chalcedony: the apparent maximum of the absorption at 5200...28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Opals and chalcedony are different types of opaline silica found in...with fluid circulation, usually water. Opals and chalcedony, as hydrated minerals, record this involvement |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geosciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science...Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA; burkeml2@miamioh.edu Correspondence: saundja@auburn.edu;...made from oresfrom fromores thefrom southeastern USA [37] recently, similar genetic interpretations been...might be. The western United States of America (USA) in general, and Nevada in particular, hosts numerous...the nanoparticle opal as opposed to quartz or chalcedony is additional evidence of the far-from-equilibrium |  | | Report (volume) | | Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Harney County, Oregon, and Humboldt County, Nevada U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Harney County, Oregon, and Humboldt County, Nevada By ROBERT C. ROBACK, DEAN...Mountain Wilderness Study Area, Harney County, Oregon, and Humboldt County, Nevada. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin...Area (OR-002-081/NV-020-642) Harney County, Oregon, and Humboldt County, Nevada. CONTENTS Summary Bl...Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Harney County, Oregon, and Humboldt County, Nevada FIGURES 1. Index map showing |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...nodule may contain a center of surrounded by chalcedony easily discernible quartz crystals that crystalline...mass. Tenacity is a quality closely allied chalcedony and jasper, because of their makeup, are tougher...granite except and cools, gas pockets may be chalcedony or opal, de- dissolved from the lava. Similarly...northern Idaho. the cells with silica, or a cast of chalcedony space left Two other formations create conditions |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ThompQuartz from Georgia. Jan.-Feb., p. 20 sonite in Humboldt County, Nevada. Bolick, Glenn R. How to Cover Showcase...Index Fossils. April, p. 135 Harding, Bruce L . Chalcedony. Jan.Cox, Robert L . 77ze Micromounters Cor...A Turquoise-Like Mixture of Chalcedony and Celadonite from Conejos County, Colorado. Oct., p. 394 Molon...Schrader, Ed. L . Analcime and Thompsonite in Humboldt County, Nevada. JulyAug., p. 283 Seaman, David M....Colorado—A Turquoise-Like Mixture of Chalcedony and Celedonite from Conejos County, Colorado. Richard S. Mitchell |
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