 | | 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 had—or currently has—nu 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...wetting the specimen, rubbing the area, and examining it after the area dries. Tests should be made only...whether ones included in a trip are open. The Priday ranch thunder egg beds, for example, long a noted source...although the owners still sell material from the ranch and have announced plans to reopen. Some mineral...Geological Survey. Each map shows a quadrangular area designated by the name of a town or prominent natural |  | | Book | | waterworn rocks often yield some treasures. Wetting the area will help detect gem minerals. Right: Collecting...layers are exposed when a road is cut through the area, or by some other natural upheaval. If the void...“micro-mounts,” as they are called, is a special area of collecting which will be dis¬ cussed at greater...diamonds in the United States, except within a limited area in the Southeast. While they may be found in other...calcite: Fl almost every color of the rainbow. From Texas comes a species that fl and ph blue under sw and |  | | 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...the friends trip Among them, there with the area you re planning to sound advice as give Plan...chosen are provided drawing to locate a collecting area, describe the condition of the roads, and mark out...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic |  | | Book (edition) | | from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...pegmatite, Baja California 19. Sequist Ranch topaz area, Texas 20. Little Three mine, Ramona, California...of tourmaline crystal forms 38. Map of San Diego County, California gem sources 3 9. Stewart Lithia· and...View of Clear Creek, San Benito County, California 55. Monterey County jade-producing shoreline, California...deposit, North Carolina 60. Emerald Creek garnet area, Idaho 61. Spessartine mining, Ramona, California |  | | Book (volume) | | the Southern Gem and Mineral Company of El Paso, Texas. Information on the Virgin Valley opal deposits...L. Mahaffey of Nevada, Missouri. The well-known Texas agate localities of the Alpine Region were described...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...deposits. Permission to visit other mines in the Pala area was kindly granted by Charles Reynolds of Lilac |  | | Book | | long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...is not common in the metasedimentary rocks of the area which host these species, but "reasonably good"...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted |
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