 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE ROCKS OF TEXAS â T h e Southwest G e m by M R S . P E A R L G A R R I S O N Downloaded by [University...classifica tions of gems presently occurring i n Texas, and i f you count the crystalline varieties of...right, 36 varieties of gem rocks can be found in Texas. Let's take them alphabetically: AMBERâa rich brown...Creta ceous coal, and i n Terlingua Creek in Brewster County. T h e amber found in the G u l f Coastal Plain...quality. AUGITEâoccurs near Eagle Flat, Hudspeth County, in dark greenish-brown resembling obsidian, weathering |  | | Book (edition) | | W r CRYSTALS NOT PISTOLS S'- GEM TRAILS OF TEXAS 1 A Field Guide for Collectors By Bessie W. Simpson...GEM TRAILS PUBLISHING CO. P. O. Box 828 Bowie, Texas 76230 ! Copyright 1958; 1962; 1967 Bessie W. Simpson...WOOD 3 T TOPAZ SMOKY QUARTZ GARNETS \ AGATE ( Pom Pom) V AGATE ( Plume) I \ \ \ 2 \ \ METEORITES...INDIAN ARTIFACTS \ SELENITE TEKTITES \ \ \ l AGATE 5 JASPER WOOD(Polm) 2 \ \ . CONTENTS 4 5 ...you Travel Texas. SECTION I 6-7 8-9 10-11 12-13 14-15 16-17 18-19 20-21 22-23 24-25 AgateâHovey Flat |  | | Report (issue) | | Austin Austin, Texas 78712 JOHN T. LONSDALE, Director Report of Investigations â No. 42 Texas Gemstones...OFECONOMIC GEOLOGY The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 78712 JOHN T. LONSDALE, Director â...â No. 42 Report of Investigations Texas Gemstones By Elbert A. King, Jr. February 1961 â â â Second...gemstones Cabochon gems Faceted gems Tumbled gems Texas gemstones Amber Augite Beryl Celestite Diamond Epidote...quartz Smoky quartz Cryptocrystalline varieties Agate Agatized wood Carnelian Jasper 5 5 7 10 10 13 17 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Texas mineral locality INDEX Whereas Texas is well known for its vastness, cattle industry, and oil...I T S T O P O G R A P H Y A N D G E O L O G Y , Texas, the second largest state, has produced relatively...famous localities. A s this article will show, Texas has hadâor currently hasânu merous mineral occurrences...produce good specimens; yet when specimens from Texas are sought in collections and dealers' stocks, few...some basic facts that help explain the situation. Texas has very little federal land in its mineralized |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave in Rock district, Har din County, Illinois. Harvard Mineralogical Museum collection...Quartz and chalcopyrite, Bandora mine, San Juan County, Col orado. Barbara and John Muntyan specimen...Robinson. November-December: Gold, Jamestown, Tuolumne County, California. California State Mining and Mineral...stimpsoni, 294 Acrocyathus sp., 204 Adularia, 129, 379 Agate, 196 Aikinite, 375 Alabandite, 375 Albite, 129,...Riverside County, California, K. Gochenour, 440 Borates, 488 Bornite, 376 Braunite, 130 Brewster, R. H |  | | Report (issue) | | „ TEXAS ROCKS AND \ r - An Amateurâs Guide ;s ROSELLE M. GIRARD A b OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V N IVERSITY...The University of Texas Austin, Texas Peter T. Flawn, Director Guidebook 6 TEXAS ROCKS AND MINERALS...Rock identification charts Descriptions of some Texas rocks and minerals Anhydrite .....................Composition, hardness, and specific gravity of some Texas minerals Pace 25 26 39 40 43 43 43 44 45 46 47...81 84 85 85 87 87 88 89 90 93 94 94 95 97 99 Texas Rocks and Minerals Books about rocks and minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A B B A G " TUMBLING PACKAGEâTop grade Mexican agate; all colorful material. ($12.00 value) 12 lbs. for...Gorin's Gemarts & Rocks, 4108 N. Piedras, E l Paso, Texas 79930 1977 CATALOG SENT ON REQUESTThese list over...CUTTING PACKAGE O F F E R Mixed colorful Mexican agate. Top grade only. ($12.50 value), lOlbs. $10.50 postpaid...Gorin's Gemarts & Rocks, 4108 N. Piedras, E l Paso, Texas 79930. RHODOCHROSITE-cabochons, hearts, crosses... COLORADO MINERAL SPECIMENS, a spe cialty of Alpine Exploration, Box 227 (106 Maroon Ave.), Crested |  | | Journal (issue) | | - the largest I saw were 5 mm - not unlike some Alpine specimens. The brookite forms attractive, platy...finds from China, helvite from Tongbei (Yunxiao County, Fujiao, China) and gibbsite from "Hunan". The...is sold in the same setting as rose quartz and agate - should the dealer assume the client buys "something...year was a case by Eric Asselborn with unusual Alpine specimens - there is more to the Alps than just...28-30 and the theme of the special exhibit will be "Agate". You are bound to find irresponsible rock mongers |  | | Report (volume) | | is most often used in porous stones, such as the agate. The unattractive gray and pale shades may be changed...shades. The common dyeing procedure is to soak the agate in the desired chemical (nitric acid for red shades...and sulfates for blue shades). The Romans dyed agate by soaking it in honey, removing it from the liquid...the same effect is achieved by first soaking the agate in a sugar solution, and then in sulfuric acid to...eventually deposited as alluvial gravels. Opal and agate are formed from aqueous solutions. Diamonds are |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Catalog included with any set. Postage included within USA. Buying, exchanging fossils and artifacts; submit...9863, El Paso, Texas. 79989 "GRAB BAG" CUTTING PACKAGE OFFER â Mixed colorful Mexican agate. Top grade only...Gorin's Gemarts & Rocks, 4108 N. Piedras, El Paso, Texas 79930. FREEI 1974 CATALOG â Gem rough from around..."CRAB BAG" TUMBLING PACKAGE â Top grade Mexican agate; all colorful material. ($12.00 value) 12 lbs. for...Gorin's Gemarts & Rocks, 4108 N. Piedras, El Paso, Texas 79930. 1974 CATALOGS SENT ON REQUEST â These list |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Catalog included with any set. Postage included within USA. Buying, exchanging fossils and artifacts; submit...9863, El Paso. Texas. 79989 "GRAB BAG" CUTTING PACKAGE OFFER â Mixed colorful Mexican agate. Top grade only...Gorin's Gemarts & Rocks, 4108 N. Piedras, El Paso, Texas 79930. FREE! 1974 CATALOG â Gem rough from around..."CRAB BAG" TUMBLING PACKAGE â Top grade Mexican agate; all colorful material. ($12.00 value) 12 lbs. for...Gorin's Gemarts & Rocks, 4108 N. Piedras, El Paso, Texas 79930. 1974 CATALOGS SENT ON REQUEST â These list |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | brown limonite. Wickenburg is in N / W Maricopa County in western Arizona. xlineâcrystalline tain a... The Dallas Gem Mine is in southern San Benito County in western California. COLORADO â "Would you please...interior cently found in San Benito County, here to be an attractive moss agate of pleasing in California. When...term "astonishing" is not an exaggeraSan Miguel County is in southwestern tion ! W e were lucky in being...greenish datolite. Meriden is in N / E New Haven County in central Connecticut. FLORIDA â Mary G. Poole |  | | Journal (issue) | | Reports - Mineral 5 Section Reports - Beading 5 Texas MIneral & Fossil Show, Conroe 6 Featured Member:...06 Ranch, a historic ranch in Brewster County, Texas, and a new agate hunting destination for rockhoundsâ...Kokernot 06 ranch and collected more than 300 lbs of agate from two locations. Steve will detail the history...it became the newest location to collect agate in the Alpine/Marfa/ Fort Davis area. A brief geological...agates found on this location! Fortification agate The Alpine area is beautiful and rugged but very dry; |  | | Book (edition) | | were shaped by some accident of For instance, agate How is their formation. frequently found in...chrysoberyl cats-eye are valued chiefly for pattern, and agate and jasper among semi- precious materials are...the many types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate is wood for which...specific locations are comparatively few, but jasper, agate and even more valuable stones may turn up almost...diagonally through matrix rock. Polished Fairburn agate from South Dakota. \\ jfc^ ^ ^ * Emerald in |  | | Book | | inclusions 45 5 Occurrence: Europe 49 Introduction 49 Alpine occurrences 50 West Germany 55 Elba 56 England...Scotland 59 France 62 6 Occurrence: The Americas 63 USA 64 Mexico 72 Panama 75 Brazil 75 Canada 80 7 Occurrence:...all rock types and in most countries. CHALCEDONY Agate (light to dark colours in concentric bands, translucent)...translucent), fire agate (dark agate with play of colour similar to that in opal, opaque), moss agate (pale yellow...quartz-bearing sediments and igneous rocks. The Alpine veins are generally associated with metamorphic |  | | Journal (issue) | | the Kokernot 06 Ranch, the new agate collecting location near Alpine. If you missed it, you can hear...TX Sublette County Rock Hounds Annual Show June 18-20. Big Piney, Wyoming, Sublette County Fairgrounds...after I finished high school. We moved to Amarillo, Texas. Dad took on a church choir there. It was a nice...there, before going on to finish. Then we all found Texas spouses. The New Mexico mountains were only one...Amber) Shebo Achates Amethystos Achates Agate Agate Ahlamah Amethystos Achates Amethystus Amethyst |  | | Journal (issue) | | l-:e Terl ingua Qu icksilver District of Brewster County, Texas. By Frank Duncan . . . . . . . . . . ....QUICKSILVER DISTRICT OF BREWSTER COUNTY, TEXAS By FRANK DUNCAN Terlingua, Texas This attempt of tne ""riter...description o f this Ii ttle known part of the State ot Texas which 1s often referred to as the "Last of the American...Location Ter:ingua is in the southern part of Brewster County near the southern part of the Big Bend country...from A!pine, the county seat, or from Mara thon, a small town 30 miles east of Alpine. The writer will |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Stockton, Calif. W I L L S W A P â W e s t e r n Agate, Jasper, O p a l ized and Agatized W o o d , Obsidian...R. V . Hollingsworth, Box 5 1 . M i d l a n d . Texas. EXCHANGEâPleased to receive description of any...gastropods, brachiopods, etc. Only $ 1 . 7 5 Postpaid USA. Robert Eaton, 5 4 Heberle R d . , Rochester, 9 ...d materials tumbled gems $ 5 . 0 0 per l b . ; Agate to dye. Takes color good $ 1 . 0 0 per lb. Other... Cum-Sheen Jade, Lytton, B.C., Canada. MEXICAN AGATE has various colored bandings including brown, black |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | size of common and uncommon minerals and Brazilian agate. Currently offering a beauti rocks. Over 1100 classifications...plastic Aprons that are PACKAGE-Top grade Mexican agate; all washable and re-usable, 4 for $1.00 01 colorful... "At the Cave," FOB, 4108 N. Piedras, El Paso, Texas 79930 Hellertown, Pa.. 18055 CALLAHAN'S OFFERS faceting...SPECIMENS, a spe cialty of Alpine Exploration, Box 227 Mixed colorful Mexican agate. Top grade (106 Maroon...price-lists are issued periodically-write E l Paso, Texas 79930. to join our mailing list. HUGE ASSORTMENT |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | M B L I N G P A C K A G E - T o p grade Mexican agate; all colorful material. ($12.00 value) 12 lbs. for...Gorin's Gemarts & Rocks, 4108 N. Piedras, E l Paso, Texas 79930 U L T R A V I O L E T LAMPS from $14.50....CUTTING PACKAGE O F F E R Mixed colorful Mexican agate. Top grade only. ($12.50 value), lOlbs. $10.50 postpaid...Gorin's Gemarts & Rocks, 4108 N. Piedras, E l Paso, Texas 79930. A L A S K A JADE POUNDS O R T O N S Rough...O L O R A D O M I N E R A L S , a speciality of Alpine Exploration, Box 227, (106 Maroon Ave.), Crested |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vol. 47, No. 8 âą August 2017 16 THE NEW CARVER AGATE FIELD Does the material match the hype? 10 By... 28 By Rick Olmstead 38 50 MANAKARRA GRAPE AGATE New botryoidal material from Indonesia. 38 By...expansion, especially Eleanor Krimmel, from the USA, whose generous donations really put us over the... www.rockngem.com Rock & Gem 9 The Carver Agate Field Does the Material Match the Hype? This...brown tubes captured in transparent, blue-green agate matrix. Story and Photos by John L. Carver I |  | | Journal (issue) | | sharp crystals is from the Rowley mine (Maricopa County). (Jeff Scovil photo/ Scott & Margie Adams collection)...picnic Field Trip Facilitator Teri Smith 58 texas collecting areas open up for her by Johnny French...Craters 34 Meteors left their mark on Arizona and texas by Helen Serras-Herman 12 regUlAr colUMnS Field...5-7âCANBY, OREGON: Annual show; Jean Miller, Clackamas County Fairgrounds; 694 N.E. 4th Ave., (off Hwy. 99E);... Annual show; 500 Earth Sciences Club, Hancock County 4-H Fairgrounds; 620 N. Apple Street; Fri. 10:00 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | l i n g s w o r t h , Box 5 1 , M i d l a n d , Texas. EXCHANGEâArkansas Quartz X L groups and other Arkansas...gastropods, brachiopods, etc. Only $ 1 . 7 5 Postpaid USA. Robert Eaton, 5 4 Heberle R d â Rochester, 9,New...Ohio. 15 Classified Fossils $1.50. 20 classified Texas minerals $2.00, Golden Tigereye finest quality $2...matrix, some cutting areas $1.00 pound- Fine Texas Agate $1.00 pound. Fine Serpentine, so called Mexican...jewelry, takes high polish. $1.00 pound. Tumbled Texas Agate, mixed sizes fine polish, makes excellent jewelry |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | FOSSILS, $2.00; 50 classified, $7.50; 20 classified Texas minerals, some crystal forms, $'2.50. Mammoth teeth...appx. 3 0 " , $20.00 set. Pioneer Museum, Burnet, Texas. EXCHANGE: Fossils, mainly brachiopods, from Pennsylvania...Cretaceous and lhe Pennsylvania!! formations of Texas. Sp2cimens properly identified and geological levels...cents. Renfro's, 2901 Bomar Avenue, Fort Worth 3, Texas. FOSSIL BARNACLES â Best grade, good color, brighter...and Ammonoidea . . . Plus three complete, large Texas Ammonites. Fifteen fine specimens). All for only |  | | Book (volume) | | Colorado Hawaii Kansas Nevada New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Utah Alaska Idaho Iowa Minnesota Montana Nebraska...exclusively i.n the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina, to be true hiddenite. Preface...Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, New York, Idaho and Texas. Exploration for diamonds continues in Michigan...discounts for senior . Directions: Anniston, in Calhoun County, is 60 miles northea t of Birmingham and 80 miles...Diamonds are the chief attraction; however, amethyst, agate, jasper, quartz, calcite, barite, peridot, and up |
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Woodward Ranch, Alpine, Brewster County, Texas, USA