 | | Book | | lapidary field. Beginning with a description of agate, he proceeds to an interesting account of the history...ever been written before. Tracing the history of agate from prehistoric days through events of the Bible...growing hobby. Chapters are devoted to the details of agate collecting, the varieties and forms of quartz and...varieties, with favorite location of quartz agate, opal wood â collectors. The petrified gems throughout...rockhoundâs favorite gem â the agate. Lelande Quick La Jolla (San Diego), California Vll Acknowledgments | | | Book | | lapidary field. Beginning with a description of agate, he proceeds to an interesting account of the history...ever been written before. Tracing the history of agate from prehistoric days through events of the Bible...the details of agate collecting, the varie ties and forms of quartz gems other than agate, opal and its...infor1nation on tl1c rockl1ouncl's favorite gem-tl1e agate. THIS IS LELANDÂŁ QUICK La Jolla ( ,5an l)irgo)...Wilcla Boyer of La Jolla, California. AFTER A 1 Lt::LANDJ:: Qu1cK La Jolla (San Dicg;o), (ialifor11ia |  | | 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...angular, banded structure) tube, banded, moss cation (moss-like), will be frequently misled All topaz... crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California, and Madagascar, are famous for Lava known...the many types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate is wood for which |  | | Journal (issue) | | 9 EFMLS: Wildacres in autumn .......... p. 15 Agate classifications: Part 2 ............ p. 16 Auction...Creek, CO, as well as several other Colorado, California, Alaska, and other gold-associated localities...outcrop near the Hunt Valley Mall in Baltimore County, MD. The dark specks are tiny garnets. The Mineral...semester. The Mineral Newsletter March 2016 15 Agate Classifications (Part 2) by Ron Gibbs Editorâs note:...delineating the various kinds of agateâ fortification agate, seam agate, moss agate, and so on. Next on our list |  | | | | MUSEUM Ag ates Treasures of the Earth Essex County Council Many libraries in Essex have compact discs...images Front cover top Agate from Germany; bottom Agate from Scotland. Back cover Agate from Germany. Title...Title page Agate from Russian Arctic coast. Distribution NBN International Estover Road Devon PL6 7PY ...agates What is an agate? Properties of agates Sources of agates Europe Britain USA Canada Mexico South...different geological environments. Since the mid-1900s, agate collecting has become very popular in Europe, North |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl ^"^ Agate ** Jade Amethyst nq -* % Gem Hunter's...their color, as in emeralds; their pattern, as in moss agate; or their play of eral color, as in opals.... such as agate and jasper, are described as cryptocrystal- line. For example, an agate nodule may...cat's- more but inexhaustibly various patterns of agate and jasper. So typical are their patterns that |  | | Book | | Treasures of the Earth ~ ~ ~ Essex County Council Many libraries in Essex have compact discs and cassettes...BY THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM , LONDON Essex County Council Libraries First published by the Natural...Images Front cover top Agate from Germany: bottom Agate from Scotland. Back cover Agate from Germany. Title...Title page Agate from Russian Arctic coast. Distribution NBN International Estover Road Devon PL6 ?PY UK...is an agate? 10 Properties of agates 44 Sources of agates 48 Europe 52 Britain 58 USA 76 Canada |  | | Book (volume) | | THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma...The Southwestern Quadrant Arizoni, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisicna, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma...Mineral Location Numbers Arizona Arkansas California Colorado 258 Louis B30 ana HOW TO USE...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible...for the county in which it is located. This site number also appears under the given county in the text |  | | Journal (issue) | | on first ord er. LLOYD M. DEMRICK 1424 Grant Ave. San Please Francisco Mention Earth Cover - 1947...important gemproducing areas. Our inventory includes: Agate Amethyst Amaztonite Aventurine Bloodstone Citrine...the Owl Creek Mountain may be reached by local county roads leading out from Shoshoni. Tourmaline, spodumene...bentonite clay named from, and coming from Ben ton, County, Wyoming. Much of this interesting clay swells...Visitors Greenâs 757 E. Revere Minerals Welcome Agate St. DIGEST MINERALS WERNERITE, highly fluorescent |  | | Book (edition) | | on collecting. by DAROLD J. HENRY Author of California Gem Trails, Gem Trail Journal, The Rock Collector's...naturalist, a miner alogist, and an educator in California schools as well as a writer of many articles... Gordon, 1810 E. Anaheim Street, Long Beach, California No portions of this book may be reproduced in... I l ti CALIFORNIA GEM TRAILS TABLE OF CONTENTS * FOREWORD NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.................PENTZ QUARRY SONOMA COUNTY . HUMBOLDT COUNTY EEL RIVER BEAR CANYON CREEK TRINITY COUNTY 8 9 9 9 9 10 II |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl *"Âť Agate ** Jade =p Amethyst ^ X ) y ' ÂŁf h % ^...Johnson, of Napa, California; Norman and Betty Lemkau of Castro Valley, California; Herbert V. Corbett...and Washington beaches, the Mojave desert of California and the Sonoran desert of Arizona, the lake beaches...tourmaline by the bushel basketful in Maine and California; emerald in North Carolina, a big diamond or |  | | Journal (issue) | | Micromounts Catalog â 10c â Refund on first order. San Francisco Please Mention . Yi. : âTr = . IMPORTED...important gemproducing areas. Our inventory includes: Agate Amethyst Amazonite Aventurine Bloodstone Citrine...n Victor Shaw at his home in Siebre Canyon, California âSure,â you retort, âbut that was back in 1846...water. SCIENGE DIGEST 13 Big Spring, Carter County, Mo. A really big spring â one of the largest single...Missouri, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, California, Florida, South Dakota, and elsewhere, thick |  | | Book | | A HANDBOOK FOR THE AGATE COLLECTOR AND CUTTER Including a Description of Agate Filled Thunder Eggs H...Including a Description of Agate Filled Thunder Eggs A HANDBOOK FOR THE AGATE COLLECTOR AND CUTTER BY ...PART III VARIETIES OF AGATE U PART IV NOTED AGATE LOCALITIES 30 PART V AGATE FILLED THUXDEREGGS ....... .30 PART VI NOTES ON AGATE 40 FRONT COVER PHOTO â Agate and gem hunting is a hobby which the...building up collections of agate cahochons, polished specimens of agates, and agate filled âthunder eggs.â |  | | Book (volume) | | mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.âŻcone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Toddâs Ford, a mineral depositâŻHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarriesâŻoilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodulesâŻPyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (volume) | | mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.âŻcone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Toddâs Ford, a mineral depositâŻHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarriesâŻoilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodulesâŻPyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Journal (issue) | | desert. Palm Desert Corporation PALM DESERT. CALIFORNIA CLIFFORD W. HENDERSON Founder, President Los...Pegleg Trek, Coyote mountain, Borrego Valley, California. Jan. 1-2âSierra club trip to Deep canyon in...Dance, Taos pueblo, New Mexico. Jan. 6âEagle Dance, San Ildefonso pueblo, New Mexico. Jan. 6âInstallation... Arthur Woodward, historian of the Los Angeles county museum. Palm Springs Desert museum, 8 p. m. Jan...Litchfield Park, Arizona, by Martin Litton, Inglewood, California CALENDAR January events on the desert RECREATION |  | | Journal (issue) | | $835.00 for a faceting machine ... investigatel San Jose, CA January 23, 24, 1982 * Graves has manufactured...information and requests 10 the American Federation CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES 0111~1"1...MINERALS - 7 Amethyst from Hallelujah Junction , California. Three inches long. Grizzley Ridge quartz with... By Art Reno Gem and M ineral Societ y of San Mateo County things which cannot be broken down to any...the beloved agate is a variety, as is jasper. The northern part of our state (California) is particularly |  | | Journal (issue) | | Lf, Qltunxdt By FRED H. RAGSDALE Los Angeles, California Winner of first prize in Desert Magazine's April...DESERT, photo b y E d w a r d J. Fisher, Mojave, California. PHOTOGRAPHY First prize w i n n e r in April...THE DESERT By JUNE LEMERT PAXTON Yucca Valley, California In the distance they stand like clouds of smoke...to Desert Magazine, 636 State St., El Centro, California. JUNE, 1943 Smoke Bulk By X A N M. HAMMOND...DESERT By CARROLL DF. W I L T O N SCOTT San Diego, California Now sinks the red-ball sun behind blue walls |  | | Book (volume) | | dikes ranking with those in Maine and Southern California for their production of gems and minerals. The...beds, excavations, etc.ďžSelenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...ďžgray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.ďžpetrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: ď 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) | | Mineralogical Societies, Inc. ⢠Headquarters BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA QUALITY ROCK SHOP CABOCHON SLICES A slice may... and $25.00 ea. Includes Famous Horse Canyon Moss Agate, Orbicular Jasper, Woods and others in Cab Slices...35c per square inch. I! Ii I HORSE CANYON MOSS AGATE Various pastel colors, Delicate and Dainty, Each...different in color and design. This colored lVloss Agate, with Mossey inclusions,flowers, plumes, lines and...00 per square inch. Stone Canyon Breccia Jasper Agate ............................................ Best |  | | Journal (issue) | | 80 Pc 160.00 Amazonite âAventurine Blue Lace Agate Botswar Biood Stone Black Onyx Brecciated Jasper...00 Lapis Lazuli (Afghan) Moon Agate Mother Moss Agate Green Moss Agate Red 10.00 Opal Mosaic Opal Tri...Egyptian Sardonyx Red (Strip Striped Agate Black 13.00) 1.50 Tree Agate | 75 2.10] 3.00 125.00 ON BIG...Onta TIPS WHATâS NEW MINERAL NOTES Spokane, CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES omens ...jewelry making by Margaret Ostling 28 52 Harold California : ASSOC. EDITOR DRAGONS CAPELLA â_subjects-- |  | | Journal (issue) | | step. Make it a Graves Preformer. January 20-21 San Jose, CA January 6-7 Miami, FL r~~e IGRAY'.Esl...HIDDEN TREASURES Rockhounding around Placerville, California by Leo Rosenhouse 50 GLACIAL DIAMONDS Although..."blossoms" and is mounted on a piece of Brazilian agate. Fashioning jewel trees is a very enjoyable c raft...Information and requests to the American Federation. CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES Officers...Products, slices through hard materials st.ch as agate and petrified wood with unprecedented speed. Exposed |  | | Journal (issue) | | NATURAL HISTORY Scene of the Convention of The California Federation of Mineralogical Societies which will...Mineralogioal Sooieties, Ino. Headquarters BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA QUALITY ROCK SHOP CABOCHON SLICES A allce may...and $25.00 ea. Inc:ludes Famous Horse Canyon Moss Agate, Orbicular Jasper, Woods and others in Cab Slices...from lSc to 35c per square inch. HORSE CANYON MOSS AGATE Various pastel colors, Delicate and Dainty, Each...diI.ferent in color and design. This colored Moss Agate, with Mossey inclusions, Dowers, plumes, lines |  | | Journal (issue) | | 75 90 .60 ⢠Mcletlel"af-....rt .10 1, Moss Agate 'GrNn 25 .35 40 .50 70 .60 80 .80 MOM-geleAed... 75 . I 50 1 80 IMlon1â˘,._._,._, ~ Striped Agate Black .40 Tlgâ reye (elow~ .JS Tlgtoeye Aecl...-â˘~ ¡- 1.50 46 ¡20 .!IO 4 00' ~ .31 Moon Agate 6mm 60 00 65,00 1.10 .51 .30 Lapil Luu!I CAfohen)...RHYOLITE AND RATTLESNAKES Collect lng In the California Desert by Willis and Marian Rapparlie 48 IN...ation and 19qUesls to the American f'-edet'atlon CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES Otf~ ra |  | | Journal (issue) | | and SHAPES In any slabbed stone - jade. quartz, agate. glass. etc. Fas1er and easier than grinding. Hi-Strength...Caudle (RMFMS) P.O. Box 1512. Clifton. AZ 85533 CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES Offlcera...Offlcera WIiiiam E. Tirk, President 3944 Aragon Or.. San Diego, CA 92115 Mrs. Peggy Norton, First Vice-President...Gemac Corporation. 1797 Capri Ave., Mentone. California 92359. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $6.50 per year, $12...JASPER - Hard agate nodules of beautiful fine white banding on translucent grey or purple agate. They look |
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