 | | 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 (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...rockhounds I ever met, William Harris, of the Harris Rock Shop, Sarasota, Florida EARTH TREASURES (Volume...Idaho lowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon South Dakota Washington |  | | Report (volume) | | about 1,250,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement was five tunes the combined production and...than 80,000,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement and the imports of foreign cement are so... 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; |  | | 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:...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,...western Nebraska-South Dakota borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming line is good rock hunting country |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 180 Nebraska.................................................about 1,250,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement was five times the combined production and...than 86,000,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement and the imports of foreign cement are so...Compendium of the mineral resources of Arkansas, Little Rock Board of Trade Bulletin, 1912. Eakle, A. S., Minerals...Nebraska____.Prof. E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada_____Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...that is mostly a mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...that is mostly a mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...a precise explanation of how to recognize the rock formations in which gems occur. in The tabular...1 2 How fun to hunt for gems to identify 3 Rock formations How which gems occur 1 21 stone...that comes from opening a nodule or a pocket in rock and being the first to see a sparkling crystal fresh...make jewelry or ornaments such as book ends or table tops. Growth of interest in these uses has broadened |  | | 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 |  | | Book | | America A Range Guide to Mines and Minerals The Rock-Hunter's Range Guide Petrified Forest Trails Arizona...Ransom EMS of and MINERAL AMERI A A Guide to Rock Collecting HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS ....... New...form in A Range Guide to Mines and Minerals and The Rock-Hunter's Range Guide, both by Jay Ellis Ransom....Foreword xi xiii Part I: The Fundamentals of Rock Collecting 1. Rocks, Minerals, and Gemstones 1...Serpentines; The Metamorphic Rocks; Metamorphic Rock Types; Collectable Metamorphic Gemstones and Minerals; |  | | Book | | the soc1olog1sts to decide " Not everyone takes up rock hunting because of an interest in mineralogy. There...comes when after hours of hammering, a resistant rock splits just the way you want 1t to. And in the end...Ouarnes Rock Masses Abandoned Ouarr,es and Mines When and How to Go Immovable Areas of Loose Rock WHAT...LIKE Freestandmg Crystals Cav1t1es 18 Crystals in Rock Format,ons Compact and Special Forms Druses and...and Crystal Amorphous Forms VII PHASES OF ROCK COLLECTING 28 Inspection and Gathering / Picking I |  | | Book | | PUBLIC LIBRARY Fort Wayne and Allen County, Indiana ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 833 00476 9409 j552...Ruby Moonstone Petrified Wood PHOTOS COURTESY OF ROCK CURRIER Rockhound Trails WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED...stories about fifteen rocks available at various rock-hunting sites throughout the United States. 1. Rocks—Collectors...unusual rock can be as much of a thrill as finding any other treasure. Once you have picked up a rock, it...found it? It may have traveled a long way. How can a rock travel? Rocks have no feet. But they do move! Small |  | | Book (volume) | | commerce. Coarser gemstones, or those which are rock-like in character or abundance, are treated in still...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken... Cowee Creek gravel washing . Yogo Gulch Mine . Rock Creek, Montana, sapphire mine . Cut and rough aquamarines...Spessartite matrix specimen Spessartite mass Ramona mines Rock crystal and amethyst Cut and rough amethyst Asteriated |  | | Book (edition) | | Localities Beaches Map of Oregon Beaches JACKSON COUNTY A Mineral Mecca Mop of Josephine and Jackson Counties...Rocks Eagle Point Locality ~hodonite Table Rock Mountain JOSEPHINE COUNTY Josephinite Oregonite Althouse Creek...Ochoc::i D;ggings Post District Antelope Locality County Quarry Brown's Ranch Crystal Hills Clarno Road...Mile Hill Sunflower Flat EASTERN OREGON Malheur County Sucker Creek Locality Skull Spring Fossils Mop...Mop of Willow Creek Willow Creek Opal Harney County Malheur Cave Petrified F::irests U.S. Highway 20 Buchanan |  | | Report (volume) | | Geomorphology_------__-----_-_-.___----___..-_-_ _________ Rock alteration and mineralization.____-______________________...Development and workings_______________________ Rock alteration and mineralogy of the ores_-__-______...Rocks^^_____________________-_____-___-___..-_-_ Rock alteration and mineralization__________________...History, location, and workings..____----___________ Rock alteration and mineralization__._-_-__--_--____...hydrothermal alteration by means of which the original rock has been bleached and softened and its constituent |  | | Book (edition) | | Texas Utah Alaska Idaho Iowa Minnesota Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon SouthDakota Washington Wyoming...u . To our agent, Barb Doyen, and her childhood rock col.lection. To our publish -r, Stuart Matlins,...exclusively i.n the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina, to be true hiddenite. Preface...owners of a set of lapidary equipment, i.e., rock saw and rock poLsher. They first used them to cut thundereggs...Included here is a listing of museums that contain rock and gem exhibits. A visit to these museums ,-villhelp |  | | Book (edition) | | » By Tees ur: ls ovanergy j by nf Vibe TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Her ACH TOMA MWAT OS MVEATHER...DEFORMATIONS OR . 8 foe 9.6. SCR . es eos ROCK TOWERS AND ROCK CITIESOF IDAHO HOSSTimiEL ne Sw we 2...Borah, Highest Peak in Idaho Sheepeater Monument, Rock Weathering, Roosevelt Dewey Lake Hump Landslides...Highway (diagrams) Canyon Land Surface and Water Table—Perched Alcove Valleys Limestone Boise Artesian... Glacier, Glacial (canyons) Caverns Water Table Southeastern Sculpturing on Idaho of Glacial |  | | Book (edition) | | California lowa Minnesota Montana Colorado Nebraska North Dakota Oregon South Dakota Washington Wyoming...us. To our agent, Barb Doyen, and her childhood rock collection. To our publisher, Stuart M. Matlins;...exclusively in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina, to be true hiddénjte: 12 + The...stones “green bolts.” In August 1970, a 26-year-old “rock hound” named Wayne Anthony found a glowing 59-carat...Holmes and Elijah Hamlin, were rock hunting on Mount Mica in Oxford County, Maine. On the way home, one |  | | Book | | of t h e Golden Rule. TABLE O F CONTENTS DEDICATION V PREFACE V TABLE OF CONTENTS V I CHAPTER...rivers f o r epidote, unakite, blue quartz, agate, chalcedony, petrified wood and other gemstones. Photograph...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and...visited the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine garnets...green gem spodumene, was discovered in Alexander County, North Carolina, in 1880 and named for one of its |  | | Journal (volume) | | Herbarium, No. 1952463, collected in the in Table Rock area near Maracas, State of Baia, Brazil, altitude...National Herbarium, No. 205791 1, collected on Table Rock, near Maracas, State of Baia, Brazil, in 1948...Orthophytum rubriun L. B. Smith, p. 34, fig. 83. Baia: Table Rock near Maracas, Foster 2444 (US, type). 6. Orthophytum...explorations Colorado Kansas Montana and Wyoming Nebraska 10 12 13 14 32 North Dakota South Dakota...agencies Colorado Missouri 71 72 73 Montana 73 Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota 74 81 83 88 Wyoming |  | | Report (volume) | | ------------------------------- 1 1 2 5 5 7 TABLE Page Major stratigraphic and time divisions in...Early, Middle, and Late, and for epochs. Informal rock terms lower, middle, and upper may be used where...of all words used in forming the names of formal rock-stratigraphic units be capitalized. All the geologic...or 11 late," if used by an author with the age of rock units, is changed to 11lower" or 11upper." The age...Bull. 1060-D, p. 193, 252-253, pl. 7. In Nemaha County, Kans., member is basal unit of Howard limestone |  | | Journal (issue) | | By DON ADMIRAL 21 REPTILES S a g a of the Walking Rock By R. DeWITT MILLER 22 WEATHER Reports of the Meteorologists...BOOKS Highlights of the month . . 28 MINING Hard Rock Shcrty FICTION By LON GARRISON 29 NEWS Here a n...ground. Well folks, I've sure hunted a heap for that rock. My wife's plum disgusted; she don't take no stock...stories had reached the outside world of a strange rock formation of such colossal proportions as to excite...the men who accompanied him. That great span of rock which arches over Bridge canyon at a height of 309 |  | | Report (issue) | | Donald Bruce 1. A geologic map of a part of Marion County, Missouri: unpublished Masters thesis, Univ....the geologic frame- work of southeastern Nebraska : Nebraska Geol. Survey, Rept. Inv. no. 1, 14 pp....and origin of sulfa-saline ground water, Saline County, Missouri, in Annual report, Water Resources Research...of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, pp. 78-80, 1 table, 1966. Cassidy, John J. Refer to Brewer, Durward...Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, pp. 84-90, 3 figs., 1 table, 1966. Deike, R. G. Refer to Randolph, J. R. Delevaux |  | | Report (issue) | | of wall-rock control of certain pitchblende deposits in Golden Gate Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado...to pitchblende-bearing veins at Marysvale, Piute County, Utah, by George W. Walker and Frank W. Osterwald...Geology of the Los Ochos uranium deposit, Saguache County, Colorado, by R. C. Derzay _·- _______ ____ __...permeable rocks in the Morrison formation, Mesa County, Colorado, by David A. Phoenix_--Sedimentary features...uranium-vanadium deposits in the Uravan district, Montrose County, Colorado, by Robert L. Boardman, E. Bartlett Ekren |  | | Book | | considerably more abundant than uranium in igneous rocks ( Table 1. 1). However, tu-anium is at least three times... and 1.4), and the light radioactive elements (Table 1.5). Both uranium and thorium, which aTe strongly...abundance in terrestrial materials is shovvn in Table 1.6. Since the concentTation of uranium in its deposits...compared to chen1ical assays for uranium. 3 ~ TABLE 1.1. Properties of itraniun1 and thorium NaturalJy...Physical properties Chemical behavior in nature TABLE 1.2. The uranium family (Rankama, 1954) Radioelement |
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