 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEORGIA Downloaded by [University of Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX JENNINGS...JENNINGS B. GORDON, JR. P . O . Box 6214 Rome, Georgia 30162 Although perhaps best known for its gold, rutUe...rutUe, and staurolite (the state mineral), Georgia has, in fact, almost two hundred mineral species. ...have been reported and verified from the state of Georgia. The index has been compiled from the literature...be either a report on the economic geology of Georgia or a field guide for lapidaries, it excludes commercial |  | | Book (edition) | | CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS โข AOATI โข โข AMETHYST URINE โข โข BERYL MOONSTONE CITRINE GEM...arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized in...where they found many of stones, such as quartz amethyst, tourmaline, beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...regions in the east from Maine down through Georgia and westward to Tennessee and in the west including |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bogart .......................... PENNSYLVANIA AMETHYST ....................................................................................... AMETHYST lN GEORGIA. By A. S. F11r~ยทro11 ......................ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท GAP NICKEL MINE ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท......................................... CHESTER COUNTY, PENN., RUTlLE ..................................in the southern part of the state (in N . Pinal County). The occurrence is quite interesting in that |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | radio-active minerals; wulfenite crystals from Glane Mine crystallization up to 10"; vanadinite crystals of...Harding Mine at Dixon, New Mexico, and Mr. Mitchell exhibited gold specimens from the Red Ledge Mine, Nevada...Nevada County, California. The program was given by Dr. Karl Turekian on the subject of a "Geochemical...J. C. Showalter Quarry at Blue Ball, Lancaster County, Pa., with our highly esteemed member, Mr. J. C...immense Coal Strappings, St. Clair, Schuylkill County, Pa. There were 178 members and guests present |  | | Journal (issue) | | by John D. Mitchell. The first of Mitchell's lost mine books is now available after having been out of...this is a book for history buffs, $15.00. GHOST TOWNS OF THE NORTHWEST by Norman D. Weis. The ghost-town...Excellent photography. Best book to date on ghost towns of the Northwest. Maps. Hardcover, heavy slick paper...BONANZAS by Eugene Conrotto. Brief resumes of lost mine articles printed in back issues of DESERT Magazine...Sierra Nevada Mountains, where he explores ghost towns, Indian territory and scenic canyons and mountain |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineral and Gem Show sponsored by the Rockland County Mineral and Gem Sociยญ ety. South Orangetown Middle...is announcing The Re-Opening of T H E CALEDONIA MINE in Michigan's Copper Country For price list write...sponsored by the Withlacoochee Rockhound Club. Hernando County Fair Grounds, U.S. Highway 41 South. Informaยญ tion:...sored by the Montgomery Gem and Mineral Society. Garrett Coliseum. Information: J . W. McHugh, Box 3273...Oceanside, New York 11572; 516/766-6120. Uruguayan Amethyst โ finest AVAILABLE TO ASTRONOMERS SCHOOLS, INSTITUTIONS |  | | Report (volume) | | stones that react to heat are: violet quartz (amethyst) changing to orange brown, smoky quartz to yellow...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great |  | | 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... MINERALS OF GEORGIA: THEIR PROPERTIES AND OCCURRENCES by Robert B. Cook STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF............................................. 170 County Index ...........................................Page Table 1. Classification and composition of Georgia minerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 |  | | Journal (issue) | | nuts you're after, look no further 38 WYLOO AMETHYST Darren Meader fi nally gets a bagful 41 BACK...Victoria where gold produced from the Comstock gold mine in St Arnaud was approximately 50 per cent fine...fine whereas gold won from the Nagambie gold mine at Nagambie regularly achieved a purity of 99 per cent...Minelab, Bounty Hunter, White's, Fisher, Tesoro and Garrett, both new and secondhand specially designed for...machine. Francis's early detecting was with a Garrett A2B followed by a White's 6DB. He then moved on |  | | Book (volume) | | Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States GEORGIA Georgiaโs nearly 59,000 square miles makes it the...highest elevation in the state at 4,784 feet. 145 Georgia Beginning in the northwest, where the Lookout...mountains loom over rich agricultural valleys, Georgia easily divides into five major physiographic provinces...The first real Gold Rush in America occurred in Georgia following two simultaneous discoveries of Gold... some Ruby-red Corundum, Spodumene and Topaz. Georgia has been actively prospected for gold since colonial |  | | Journal (issue) | | ........................191 by R. P. Richards Amethyst occurrences of the eastern United S ta tes......Thanks to the backing of our anonymous donor from Georgia, the M ineralogical Record will be the publisher...Schacht (who was bom Horace Greele} Schacht in the USA), President of the German Reichsbank. In du< course...overall light smoky shade, and one from Saline County, Arkansas, failed to turn color at all. Crystals...โHot Springs areaโ * โHot Springs areaโ Lincoln County Veta Grande Claim, Yuma Co. Arkansas Arkansas |  | | Journal (issue) | | stories concerning big nuggets and little nuggets AMETHYST - A SOBERING KIND OF STONE A gemstone revered...the site of the '49ers goldrush at Sutlers Mill, USA OPAL FEVER If you thought gold fever was bad, you...Outback, 5344 West Soft Wind Drive Glendale AZ 85310 USA Phone: 0011 1 623 5161161 www.arizonaoutback.com...1:EM & TI\EASUI\E 4 WORLDS FIR~;:1ยท THE NEW GARRETT SO ADVANCED, NO OTHER PROJPECTIN& DETECTOR COMES...'t 'JOt it ยท WO '00 try to 'JOt it lot yol4. GARRETT METAL DETECTORS Ollldul Supplic'r of Ml'tal Detcclor |  | | Journal (issue) | | theme, Thomas Moore presents a string of ghost towns and camps from times long past. These little jewels...informative letters, many from what are now ghost towns. COLD FEVER is fabulously illustrated with early-day...active in social and civic affairs in Riverside County and own valuable property in and around Palm Springs... $3.00. SUCCESSFUL COIN HUNTING by Charles L. Garrett. An informative study of coin hunting, this is...Hardcover. 376 pages, $3.95. MINING CAMPS AND GHOST TOWNS, A History of Mining in Arizona by Frank Love. Dramatic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sponsored by the 500 Earth Sciยญ ences Club. Hancock County 4-H Fairยญ grounds. Information: W. B. Spitler,...Indiana 46229-0132. September 2-4โJekyll Island, Georgia. 6th Annual Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show sponยญ sored...Charles Wood, 544 Marsh Circle, St. Simons Island, Georgia 31522; 912/638-2425. September 10, 11โCleveland...Valley Gem & Mineral Show & Pow Wow. Clackamus County Fairgrounds, Highway 99E. Information: Jean Miller...Lakeside Gem and Mineral Sociยญ ety. Benton-Franklin County Fairgrounds. Chairman: Jon Spunaugle, Box 1726 |  | | Journal (issue) | | world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...(c) = currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite...limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite, siderite Faber lead mine-near Faber cerussite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, argentiferous...topaz, tourmaline, triplite Trueheart pegmatite mine (f)-near Amelia beryl (var. aquamarine), microcline |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rising gold prices may someday bring this sleeping mine back to life; by Kathleen Connell 44 Finding Gold...world-class California gold specimen from the Eagle's Nest Mine in northern California. from the collection of Wayne...adult; displays, demonstrations, chilโข dren's mini-mine, minerals, gems, lossils, prize drawings hourly...Charlie@lntergem.net. 7-9- NORCROSS, GEORGIA: 7th annual show: Georgia Mineral Society: North Allanta Trade...ROSEVILLE, CALIFORNIA ; Show: Gem Faire; Placer County Fair, 800 All America Cily Blvd.; Fri. 12-7, Sat |  | | Journal (issue) | | 4 cm -high specimen is from the DeMaria mine in Placer County, California. (Jeff Scovil Photo/Brett Keller.......... 50 by Bob Jones collecting run-of-the-mine specimens by Steve Voynick Montana Placer Mining...Wholesale and retail show; Gem Faire Inc.; Lane County Events Center; 796 W. 13th Ave.; Fri. 12-6, Sat...4-6โFARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO: Annual show; San Juan County Gem & Mineral Society; Civic Center; 200 W. Arrington;...ONTARIO, CANADA: 3rd Annual Show; Prince Edward County Rock, Gem & Mineral Club; Crystal Palace; Picton |  | | Book | | _ _ .... ____________________ ..... CHAPTER 11 Georgia 1 CHAPTER 12 Alabama 0 0 . . . . . . . . _...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...y ' s f i r s t g o l d r u s h a t Dahlonega, Georgia. S o m u c h gold w a s f o u n d b y eager prospectors...t a r t o f t h e C i v i l W a r . O t h e r Georgia counties a n d n e i g h b o r i n g s t a t e...f gold! Gold c a n s t i l l be f o u n d i n Georgia a n d i n t h e r i v e r s a n d streams o f i |  | | Journal (issue) | | TeHurium Sulphur Dinmond Gra1,hitc GOLD Albemarle County.-"Streaks" occur in quartz veins in slate belt...east of Southยญ western Mt. (ll. 8). Buckingham County.-A placer gold specimen about 7 x 10 x 17 mm. which...collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Culpeper County.-Two specimens with flakes of gold up to 1 cm....Smithsonian Institution. Dinwiddie County.-Two specimens from the Whitehall Mine with gold, tetrnยญ dymite, limonite...error and should refer to Spotsylvania County.) Fairfax County.-A specimen of gold with galena in quartz |  | | Journal (issue) | | * Desert Magazine Book Chop GHOST TOWNS OF THE COLORADO ROCKIES by Robert L. Brown. Written by the...Jeep Trails to Colorado Ghost Towns, this book deals with ghost towns accessible by passenger car. Gives...Gives directions and maps for finding towns along with historical backgrounds. Hardcover, 401 pages, $9...tour of the Old Southwest, visiting some 67 ghost towns and abandoned mining camps, one never before mentioned...wells, which are not on modern-day maps, plus ghost towns, Indian sites, etc. Mojave Desert Overview covers |  | | Journal (issue) | | notable being Eastwing, Keene Engineering and Garrett. The latter, in fact, produces a complete gold...spotting tiny flakes of gold. It is called The Garrett "Gravity Trap" Gold Pan set, and more information...s gold panning devices - a Garrett classifier sieve (part of the Garrett " Gravity Trap" Gold Pan Set)...useful in c ontinued on page 44 Fig. 4. A 10ยฝ " Garrett " Gravity Trap โข Gold Pan has also been used by...less expensive materials. such as green jade, amethyst, garnet, peridot, lace agate, carnelian. rose |  | | Journal (issue) | | very well and in fact, it belongs to a friend of mine. This friend was very tempted to hand the magazine...TEMS ...YOU BE THE JUDGE! A WORLDS FI THE NEW GARRETT 1ยท i1 I .iO ADVANCED, NO OTHER DETECTOR com...4QVOH 't 9ot It โข WO,,, try to 9ot It 10, yolf. GARRETT : M ETAL DETECTORS ยท Ot l td,tl Supplt<' r OI...Minelab, Bounty Hunter, White's, isher, Tesoro and Garrett, both new and secondhand specially designed for...for a few hours waving the wand. Now I know the towns Lo look out fo r and the places to search. I also |  | | Journal (issue) | | approach the place, you see the exact locality of the mine. At many of the tunnels are built large open sheds...facilities for working the ore than exist at the mine. Here also is a village of workmen who attend to...pinching out into utter barrenness. Of late years this mine seems to be "enjoying mighty poor health as regards...close corporationlike the managers of a quicksilver mine, will tell all that they know . But, meanwhile...cinnabar is pretty heavy. I did not see at this mine any native mercury nor any crystallized cinnabar |  | | Journal (issue) | | Lilenthal ....................793 AMETHYST NEAR HIGHTOWER BALD, GEORGIA .................................................................810 TOPABRI GoLD MINE OF G EORGIA ..................................................................828 v. SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAIR GEM AND MINERAL EXHIBIT ....................and Minerals Association , no โข ROCKS AND MINE CHIPS FROM rfHE QUARRY PALACHE'S FAMOUS REPORT...minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, N. J., by Charles Palache. 1935 (1948). vi, 135 |  | | Report (issue) | | 4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis:...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses...Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating...42 9.86 4.77 13.60 100.69 2.277 LOCALITY: Berks County: Birdsboro. MESOLITE m Na Al Si3Oio.2H O 2 2 |
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