 | | Report (volume) | | stone has only one or two of these qualities. The diamond, emerald, ruby, and sapphire are considered precious...blue, rose, green, and true canary yellow in the diamond; pigeon-blood red in the ruby; cornflower blue...establishing the price of a gem stone. Such gems as the diamond and ruby are rare, in addition to being beautiful...7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each mineral indicate only...hardness, not actual values. For example, the diamond, rated as 10, is many times harder than corundum |  | | Report (volume) | | North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks...Florence Bascom, Bryn Mawr. Rhode Island.... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle...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 |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................................... Rhode Island...............................................Albany. North Carolina_.Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota_.Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks. Mr...University, South Bethlehem. Rhode Island__Prof. C. W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina__.Dr. Earle Sloan...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; |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral...mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson,...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral...mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson,...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book | | Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...(in Kuibab limestone) BIG BUG CREEK, Yavapai Co. Onyx Marble BLACK MOUNTAINS, E. Slopo, Mohave Co. N.W...ClIRYSOFRASB CAVE CREEK, Maricopa Co., 45 mi. N. Phoeniz Onyx Marble COPPER QUEEN MINE, Cochise Co. Azurite CLIFTON-MORENCI |  | | Journal (issue) | | DOLOMITE CRYSTALS IN PENN.—Richard Haefner.... 808 RHODE ISLAND HOLDS ANNUAL CORN BOIL—Gardiner E. Gregory....VIRGINIA—R. J. Bland, Jr. 838 HISTORY OF ANDOVER-SULPHUR HILL IRON MINES, N. J.— (Part 1)—D. R. Suayze 852 DEPARTMENTS...Wayebunas D. G. MITCHELL APPOINTED GENERAL MANAGER, MK DIAMOND PRODUCTS. 803 851 851 871 Entered as Second-(...San Antonio Rock & Lapi dary Society and Bexar County Mineral Hobby Club. Chairman; Fred Stevenson, P...Monroe, Peru, Indiana. April 30, May 1. 1966—Dallas County' Rock Club will hold its Rock Club Showcase at |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, whose topic was "Minerals of Rhode Island." Prof. Quinn's lively...with interesting mineral specimens from the Rhode Island area. Monroe L. Weiss, Sec. 65-30 108th St....meeting place, 85-01 118th Street, Richmond Hill, Long Island, N.Y., the following were elected to office:...Village, L.I. N.Y. HOUis 4-4494 3-2-58 Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society (N. Y.) Over forty members...the cutting of the gem, but he explained how the diamond market was strictly controlled and where it was |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...^t flap) \ *' ^ *D * D } '<&*=> 4B^ Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal...symmetry of crystals, the spectacular glitter of diamond have evoked admiring gasps of soft pleasure....known Mohs' scale. (See Table from equal; the diamond, as this scale are far Mohs' Hardness Scale...angles to one another. Cubic fluorite, octahedral diamond, and trisoctahedral garnet are typical examples |  | | Journal (issue) | | CONKLIN QUARRY Minerals and gem materials in Rhode Island by James R. Mitchell FEATURES 10 48 51 Page...a foot $29900 A.A-. - INTRODUCTORY PRICE DIAMOND PACIFIC TOOL.. COAF>OAA"T"ION 25647 W. Main St...lighting. a fuzzy magnifier , or an errant piece of diamond on the wrong lap can thwart your best efforts....machine. a manual. and just four grit sizes of diamond you can successfully \\'Ork \Vith 90% of the garden... It ca me with. two copper laps - 325 and 600 diamond on one. 1200 on the other - and a tin/ lead lap |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state... % DATE DUE \ °* A DEMCO 38-297 KEY 4& Diamond M Tourmaline fQl Ruby, O Sapphire Quartz...and California; emerald in North Carolina, a big diamond or two in Arkansas, opal in Idaho, and so on. Old...Derbyshire or, perhaps, a pyramid of smoky quartz from Cumberland. The next it may be rock crystal from Madagascar...The steps on this scale are far from equal; the diamond, for example, is rated on the scale as 10, but |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in Georgia at the fo'lowing localities: Cherokee County —2V2 miles northeast of Ball Ground, 1 mi'e northwest...of Cherry Grove School; Fayette County—near Fayetteville; Fulton County—near College Park. (Georgia Mineral...which comes from Bradbury's Mountain at Pownal, Cumberland Co. ; Opal (hyalite) colorless crust on pegmatite...pebble of andalusite from Bailey's Island, Casco Bay, Cumberland Co., Me. Mrs. Constance Trott, 36 Mt...limestone quarry, located in Rogers City, Presque Island Co., Mich., was donated to R & M by Cal O. Gettings |  | | Book | | of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...of Iron, at Rumford Falls, (J. P.) PARKER'S ISLAND. (In the Kennebeck.) Schorl, sometimes translucent...situated 2 m. N. from the village, on a precipitous hill, whose base is washed, by the Connecticut river...(Hall.) WINNEPISSIOGEE LAKE. Hornblende, on Red hill, near the lake. (C. C. Baldwin.) 17 VERMONT...crystals are very abundant in granite on a small island a few feet above the bridge, imperfect. Prehnite |  | | Book (edition) | | • MS LAZULI TURQUOISE GARNET ONYX • PERIDOT* • ZIRCON • CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS • AOATI...10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4. Fluorite 9. 5. Apatite B). interesting to note that diamond, It...OF PROMINENT MINERALS BERYL CHIASTOLITE a\ DIAMOND CRYSTALS DIOPSIDE EMERALD KYANITE LAZULITE...resinous, pearly, greasy, silky or, as in the diamond, adamantine (hard and brilliant). The and ability...according to their chemical elements such as diamond (carbon), oxides such as corundum (aluminum oxide) |  | | Journal (issue) | | cameo blank was so marked that the artist could not usa it in the regular course of his work, he would throw...Highway 61, and at Gull Point on M. 64 in Ontonagon County, Michigan. Someday I shall go back and hunt for...desirable. If the bands are straight and parallel it is onyx and not agate and not so interesting. If the center...also is if part of the bondings are straight or onyx. In the case of imitative markings they should be...you have read some items about a bit of carnelian, onyx or such, in the cases of a museum or a private collector |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...twin, YvT V / v> / -f repeated twin o( rutile Cumberland, England, \ m m " '.^y^ penetration penetr;...OF ROCK COLLECTING Suppose you are climbing a hill top of which at the only to avoid making ers |  | | Book (volume) | | ........................................412 Rhode Island .............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map .......................................... |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...cuts, cut banks, breaks, draws and washes, gullies, hill slopes, etc.chalcedony roses, Celestite crystals |  | | Book (edition) | | mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | locality in the State is Russell Gulch in Gilpen County. A small but very fine crystal group from Russell...mind. We have only one small rock outcrop in my county (Orange) at Rock Springs near Apopka. "The beaches...interest I do recommend shell collecting on the Island of Sanibel !" GEORGIA — Nice specimens of blackgreen...are from Plummer's Hill, 7 miles west of Greencastle (Putnam Co.) Ind. Plummer's Hill rises several hundred...smoky quartz, spodumene. "I also visited Lord's Hill and Kezar Lake in Maine." MARYLAND — Many interesting |  | | Book | | country, upon which the unbounded blessings of Providence have been spread in the most liberal manner,...which are generally considered real gems are the Diamond, Sapphire, Chrysoberyl, Spinelle, Emerald, Beryl...instance we test the hardness on such minerals as the Diamond, Sapphire, Topaz, Quartz, Felspar, Apatite, and...will readily be touched by the file ; whereas, Diamond, Ruby, and Sapphire are not at all attacked. In...10. Diamond. (Phosphate of Lime.) We see, by the numerical order, that Fluorspar is 4 and Diamond 10 ; |  | | Report (volume) | | Proceedings, vol. 13, pp. 1-46. Davenport, Iowa. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 7, no.... vol. 29, nos. 3, 4; vol. 30, nos. 1, 2. Chapel Hill, N. C, Engineering Association of the South: Proceedings...Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences: Proceedings, vol. 4, pts. 3, 4. Staten Island, N. Y....Virginia Geological Survey: County Reports, Kanawha County; Preston County; Map of... coal, oil, etc....16. Ancient auriferous gravel channels of Sierra County, California: Am. Inst. Min. Eng., Bull., no. 91 |  | | Book (volume) | | on gemstones found in that region; the Southern Onyx and Marble Company of San Diego, California, furnished...furnished information and a photograph on the calcite onyx deposits of Baja California. Owen H. Perry of Marine...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... Special Optical Effects. PRINCIPAL GEMSTONES Diamond, Corundum (Ruby and Sapphire), Beryl, Topaz, Opal |  | | Journal (issue) | | Harrison ........................ 46 COLLECTING IN RHODE ISLAND. By lf7illard Stone lf7inslow, fr. 51 MORE ABOUT...ores were abundant around my home, in Crawford county of Eastern Missouri. It had been eleven years since...Bourbon is the Onyx Cave, where years ago father helped remove tons of beautiful onyx, after which it...of Apple Creek, in the southeast corner of Perry county, (S. E. Missouri). The first iron ore smelter was...Mountain, in the southwestern part of St. Francois County, which is accredited with an output of 3½ million |  | | Book (volume) | | ........................................352 Rhode Island ..............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...mountainous, constituting the southern end of the Cumberland Plateau and climaxing in 2,407 ft. Cheaha Mt...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow |
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