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Chalcedony from
Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington, USA


Locality type:City
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Chalcedony
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcedony data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington, USA
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:168134
Long-form Identifier:1:3:168134:5
GUID (UUID V4):34fcfe80-fa64-4454-ba24-31ef34bcf4a3
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Report (issue)
nomenclature 1/Yakima Valley Community College, Yakima, Washington CONTENTS Page Introduction ......................... .19 Ellensburg Formation ..................... 20 Lower part of the Ellensburg Formation .....Middle part of the Ellensburg Formation ......... 22 Upper part of the Ellensburg Formation ...........Snipes Mountain .......... .27 Upper part of the Ellensburg Formation undivided . . .28 Olivine basalt and...adjacent part of the Cascade Range in south-central Washington (fig. 1). Most of the reservation is underlain
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
due to the limonite). Gold-bearing sand from Ellensburg, Wash. C.R. Davis, 9001 Mill Plain Road, Vancouver...are also present. "From Swauk Creek near Ellensburg (Kittitas Co.), Wash."— on label Downloaded by [JAMES...(colorless, brownish, reddish, gray also red chalcedony) and sea shells (white, brown red—some are whole... Brides Bay indents the west coast of Pembroke County, of southwestern Wales. From a beach on St. Brides
Journal (volume)
• Pyrite-in-Agate • Ripple Earrings PLU S : Ellensburg Blue Agate Simple Filigree Success Set a Kite-Shaped...515 Narragansett Park Drive, Pawtucket, RI 02861 USA • 10 steel cutters (1/8 to 1-1/4") • Nylon center...project by Nina Raizel Hartman SHADES OF BLUE 38 ELLENSBURG BLUE A classic agate from the Pacific Northwest...Montana Sketch a setting for an Ellensburg agate cabochon from “Ellensburg Blue,” page 40, or a pyritein-agate...opal, fishtail set diamonds, 14K rose gold Î “ELLENSBURG AGATE,” p.38 PHOTO: LILY HORNSHUH Peggy Haupt’s
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of Miocene Petrified Wood from Central Washington State, USA George E. Mustoe 1, * and Thomas A. Dillhoff...Petrified Wood from Central Washington State, Geology Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham...Bellingham, WA 98225, USA Evolving Earth Foundation, P.O. Box 2090, Issaquah, WA 98207, USA; tdillhoff@evolvingearth...Columbia River Basalt Group (CRBG) in central Washington State, USA. These fossil localities are well-dated...silica minerals that include opal-A, opal-CT, chalcedony, and macrocrystalline quartz. Some specimens
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In the great lava flows of Idaho, Oregon and Washington occur the many types of agate, opal and petrified...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...have a cornfield at Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Va. A 3 carat stone, bought by a Knoxville
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MOUNTAINS, WASHINGTON BY ROBERT J. FOSTER ABSTRACT The Central Cascade Mountains of Washington are composed...ILLUSTRATIONS 102 Flgure „. Pase 102 21- Index maP of Washington 100 - Teanaway dikes 109 102 3. Rampart Ridge...Geologic map and cross sections, Central Cascades Washington 126 108 108 110 TABLE 110 Table Page 110 1. Diagrammatic...CASCADE MTS., WASHINGTON INTRODUCTION Geologic Setting The Central Cascade Mountains of Washington are composed...A N A D A O R E G O N FIGURE 1.—INDEX MAP OF WASHINGTON Black indicates area mapped in this study. Outlined
Report (volume)
1502-A UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON: 1980 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 CONTENTS PAGE New geologic time...River Basalt Group) middle Miocene southeastern Washington and northwestern Idaho Swanson, D. A., Wright...Beverly Member (age changed) (of Ellensburg Formation) middle Miocene Washington Swanson, D. A., Wright, T....Miocene northeastern Oregon and southwestern Washington CHANGES IN STRATIGRAPHIC NOMENCLATURE A11
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
plant-bearing deposits in Oregon and central Washington, the conclusion is reached that the later succession...are generally completely filled with calcite, chalcedony, or much less commonly with zeolites. The structure...a flora reported from the Ellensburg Formation of southwestern Washington by Smiley (1960. Ph.D. thesis...particularly the lower Ellensburg florules. Both Smiley and Chaney have referred the lower Ellensburg to the late...(1956, p. 260) has indicated a range for the Ellensburg of transitional Mio-Pliocene (basal Clarendonian)
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Bart Cannon 1975 CORD ILLERAN Mercer Island, Washington Lilli liliiiLt' 111? KLi-KlLLLIlrVlIlI Copyright...Cordilleran 18 Holly Hill Drive Mercer Island, Washington 98040 COVER ILLUSTRATION: Amethyst scepter heads...milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A. Maykut...publications dealing with the various aspects of Washington State's diverse mineral wealth exist, but none..."Minerals of Washington" represents an attempt to begin such a cata­ logue. "Minerals of Washington" shall
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and quartz the favorite gem- tention to other chalcedony gems The agate also. is gem of America....form of chalcedony. known how not is among the popular impression rockhounds that chalcedony agate... In the general opinion of most collectors, chalcedony and the color is is usually concretionary...shall make it a practice to call all forms of chalcedony grades agate, all minerals (and nearly all...brecciated or conglomeration of cemented pebbles chalcedony, and is pudding stone in the gem trade. trations
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PUBLISHED BY Western Mineral Exchange Seattle, Washington 1941 t Copyright 1941 WESTERN MINERAL EXCHANGE...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...Azurite CLIFTON-MORENCI DISTRICT, Greenlee Co Chalcedony DEER CREEK, Gila Co., near Jasper GEALE MOUNTAINS
MUSEUM Ag ates Treasures of the Earth Essex County Council Many libraries in Essex have compact discs...Properties of agates Sources of agates Europe Britain USA Canada Mexico South America Africa Asia Australia...significance to chemists studying the formation of chalcedony within water pipes in geothermal areas. This...use today are also as ancient. Names such as chalcedony, agate and sard were used in the early years...popular literature to describe the many types of chalcedony, and some of these have become established among
Book (edition)
$9.95 045A ROADSIDE \ EOLOGY of WASHINGTON David D. Alt and Donald W. Hyndman 160 9 . 95 5917...5917 j j J j — ROADSIDE GEOLOGY OF WASHINGTON Y» W £tMl SSSaffi* JfefiBSWt, ~+ HM|KWHEral...>r.*;v *?It TOjSwwV. ROADSIDE GEOLOGY of Washington David D. Alt Donald W. Hyndman MOUNTAIN PRESS...David D. Roadside geology of Washington. 1. II. Geology — Washington (State) I. Hyndman, Donald W...know something about the rocks and landscapes of Washington. Those who are not geologists often find it difficult
kinetics in nanocrystalline quartz (agate and chalcedony) T. MOXON1,* 1 2 AND M. A. CARPENTER2 55 Common...similar pattern is observed. K EY WORDS : agate, chalcedony, moganite, crystallite growth, XRD, Zener pinning...limestone hosts (e.g. Minnelusa Formation, South Dakota, USA, Clark, 2002), fossil wood (Daniels and Dayvault...temperatures over long intervals of geological time. Chalcedony is a group name for the compact varieties of...submicroscopic pores (Deer et al., 1992). Banded chalcedony is known as agate and both generally show a fibrous
Book (edition)
popular ond little known oreos of OREGON e WASHINGTON BRITISH COLUMBIA • IDAHO BY H. C. DAKE Editor...Localities Beaches Map of Oregon Beaches JACKSON COUNTY A Mineral Mecca Mop of Josephine and Jackson Counties...Locality ~hodonite Table Rock Mountain JOSEPHINE COUNTY Josephinite Oregonite Althouse Creek CENTRAL OREGON...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
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beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  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...of rd. a few yds., outcropRose Quartz. DOUGLAS COUNTY CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts,
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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...Sources of agates 48 Europe 52 Britain 58 USA 76 Canada 108 Mexico 111 South America 122...significance to chemists studying t he formation of chalcedony within water pipes in geotherma l areas. This...use today are also as ancient. Names such as chalcedony, agate and sard were used in the early years
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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...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE
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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...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE
Report (issue)
Geology of the Lake Tapps Quadrangle Pierce County Washington GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 388-B...Geology of the Lake Tapps Quadrangle Pierce County Washington By LEONARD M. CARD, JR. GEOLOGIC STUDIES IN...IN THE PUGET SOUND LOWLAND, WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 388-B A study of Tertiary...Range UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1968 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 CONTENTS Abstract-___________________________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
secondary alteration minerals including quartz, chalcedony, opal, calcite, nontronite, saponite, and zeolites...1989) and in an Oligocene basalt in south-central Washington (Wise and Eugster 1964). Celadonite is also described...Basalts of the Columbia River Basalt Group in Washington state, U.S.A. The petrology, chemistry, and stratigraphic... exposed in the Grande Ronde River canyon in Washington state, U.S.A. (Fig. 1). The canyon walls at the...Grande Ronde River canyon in SE Washington, U.S.A., after Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources
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p op11lar impression amon g rockhot1nds that chalcedony is a form of agate, ust1ally a term t1 sed specifically...the reverse js tr11e, for agate is a forn1 of chalcedony. It is n ot kno,vn how this word (pronot1nced...jasper, or conglomeratio11 of cemented pebbles in chalcedony, and is called pudding stone in the gem trade...snuff bottle with streamers of milky quartz in chalcedony. Cutting through the ends of the streamers giver...literah1re, and most of these varieties l1ave bee11 chalcedony and cuttable for gems. It seems relatively safe
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permission of Jeremy Narby, an imprint of Penguin Group (UsA) Inc. Published by North Atlantic Books and Heaven...Aegirine 4 Agate 6 6 Dendritic Agate Sa Ellensburg Blue Agate Fire Agate 9 1 59 AgniGold Danburite...Almandine Purple Chalcedony Chrysoberyl 166 Spessartine Garnet 104 Blue Chalcedony Citrine Garnet... Ohio Celestite Charoite 160 Galena 100 Chalcedony 158 GaiaStone White Celestials Cerussite...name given to numerous varieties of banded chalcedony, a mineral of the Quartz group. Like other
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Department of Geological Sciences University of Washington CASCADIA The Geologic Evolution of the Pacific...172 the cascade range of oregon and southern washington Regional physiography 15 174 179 Faults and...The Puget Lobe British Columbia trip guides Washington trip guides 278 281 Radioactive waste disposal—a...primary cause of sea-floor spreading northern Washington 4-8 Types of crustal plate collision 4-9 ...the Northwest coast 4-11 Olympic Mountains, Washington cordilleran landscapes 9 Physiographic provinces
Journal (issue)
by its matrix. Carolina). Chalcedony after interstices from Chester County, Pa., has been described by...adsorbent. (Quartz after calcite type; also quartz or chalcedony after barite, celestite, dolomite, fluorite,...) The very common pseudomorphs of quartz and chalcedony after calcite are apparently to be correlated... as shown under (2), which is why quartz and chalcedony pseudorLorphs after calcite and barite and mutual...Pseudomorphs formed by natural colloids such as chalcedony, psilomelane, chrysocolla, limonite, malachite
 
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