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Moss Agate from
Valparaiso, Saunders County, Nebraska, USA


Classification
Species:Quartz var: Moss Agate
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Moss Agate data
Locality Data:Click here to view Valparaiso, Saunders County, Nebraska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:223371
Long-form Identifier:1:3:223371:0
GUID (UUID V4):6f8a60e6-a6e0-4904-9e25-618293838c70
Nearest other occurrences of Moss Agate
33.3km (20.7 miles) Pleasant Dale, Seward County, Nebraska, USA
48.1km (29.9 miles) Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska, USA
56.0km (34.8 miles) Palmyra, Otoe County, Nebraska, USA
81.7km (50.8 miles) Dunbar, Otoe County, Nebraska, USA
References
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Report (issue)
University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Conservation and Survey...Gemstones of Nebraska: A Handbook for Students and Collectors Roger K. Pabian University of Nebraska - Lincoln...Lincoln, rpabian1@unl.edu Allan Cook University of Nebraska - Lincoln Follow this and additional works at:...K. and Cook, Allan, "Minerals and Gemstones of Nebraska: A Handbook for Students and Collectors" (1976)...Resources, School of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion
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..........................................275 Nebraska ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map ..........................................
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..........................................236 Nebraska .................................................459 Appendix C - The Various Names & Forms of Agate.....................................467 Appendix...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a
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..........................................236 Nebraska .................................................461 Appendix C - The Various Names & Forms of Agate.....................................469 Appendix...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a
Report (volume)
A. Buehler, Rolla. Nebraska.........Prof. E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada......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...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
Report (volume)
....................................... 180 Nebraska.................................................Nebraska____.Prof. E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada_____Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith,...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;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;
Journal (issue)
his academic studies ended with three years at Valparaiso University in Indiana. In the meantime he had...accumulating a vast store of new magion in Wayne County. He had gone spare limited sums from his own bud-...the little settlement of Steptoe in White Pine County, Nevada, had been around mines and mining men all...citizens of Jarbidge having business at Elko, their county seat, necessarily made the trip by way of Pocatello...following stories: great outside of the dam itself and County board of commissioners pend"E. G. Wheeler, who
Journal (issue)
followed the gleam to South America. He was in Valparaiso when Stevenson's Regiment of New York Volunteers...spar. A few of these specimens exhib'ted beautiful moss-like inclusions of black or brown and make desirable...where we found some rather attractive veinlets of agate, but still no geodes. Reaching the summit we encountered...encountered a few small geodes and many specimens of vein agate, some of which were beautifully marked with yellow...even if no geodes were to be found. The banded agate here would be a welcome addition to the collection
Journal (volume)
South Africa; and Maine and other regions of the USA. Minor deposits of rose quartz can also be found...in Afghanistan , India, Pakistan, China, Montana, USA, and Norway. • • TWo 19th-centurv brooches set with...at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, USA. • A Burmese ruby in calcite, a common mineral....Lanka, Madagascar, Siberia, Argentina, Italy and the USA. • Crystals of amethyst from Thunder Bay, Ontario...in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, USA. • Other demantoids from Lombardy, Italy, showing
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sard, or Oriental carnelian, sardonyx, the entire agate family, including onyx and chalcedony, the second;...fanaticism. From the lordly diamond down to the humble agate, each possessed some ; ; A — ; 15 and power...embroidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. : Reproving the Prince of Tyrus for his impious... and a diamond. And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. And the fourth row a beryl, and...pale red, like these But at Cowie Creek, in Macon County, of Ceylon, are very small. five miles from Franklin
Book (edition)
Distances 4. Plotting a Position 5. Land Subdivisions, USA 6. Land Subdivisions, Canada 7. Student Rock and...necessary to purchase county maps from County Surveyors, usually located in the county seats, in order to...to find out how the county is subdivided into townships and sections. Exceptions to the township division...be: "Lot 22, Concession X, Hale Township, Hardy County." Some recently surveyed portions of Ontario use...other signs of civilization. State, provincial, and county land or surveyor's offices should be visited to
Book (edition)
Distances 4. Plotting a Position 5. Land Subdivisions, USA 6. Land Sutxiivisions, Canada 7. Student Rock and...necessary to purchase county maps from County Surveyors, usually located in the county seats, in order to...to find out how the county is subdivided into townships and sections. Exceptions to the township division...be: "Lot 22, Concession X, Hale Township, Hardy County." Some recently surveyed portions of Ontario use...other signs of civilization. State, provincial, and county land or surveyor's offices should be visited to
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Distances Plotting a Position Land Subdivisions, USA Land Subdivisions, Canada Student Rock and Mineral... sary to purchase county maps from County Surveyors, usually located in the county seats, in order to...to find out how the county is subdivided into townships and sections. Exceptions to the township division...be: “Lot 22, Concession X, Hale Township, Hardy County.” Some recently surveyed portions of Ontario term...other signs of civilization. State, provincial, and county land or surveyor’s offices should be visited to
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41 & 42. RED-OXIDE, massive. Knockmahon Mine, County Water.ford, I reland. Presented by J . .Petherick...and crystallized, capillary. Knockma.hon M ines, County Wate1~f ord, Ireland. six-sided planes, which... MALACHITE, with Copper Pyrites. Cosheen Mine, County Cork, Ireland. .. Presented by J. D. Croker. 82...al.ACHITE, green. Coslzeen Mine, near Skull, County Corlt., Ireland. Presented by William Cvnne11....CoPPER-GJ.. ANCE, massive. KnockmahonJ.l.fines, County Water.ford, Ireland, From the Exhibition of 1851
Report (volume)
cientifica Circular Classe classification Company, County Collections Committee Communications Comparative...Philadelphia, Pa. Nebraska Geological Survey: Bulletins 2d ser. 4-12; Papers 1-16. Lincoln, Nebr. Nebraska University...Conservation Bulletins 3-15, 21. Lincoln, Nebr. Nebraska State Museum Bulletin vols. 1, 2 (nos. 1-3). Lincoln...Morgantown, W. Va. West Virginia Geological Survey: County Reports, Pocahontas and Randolph; Bulletin 4; Mimeographed...Pass and Atlantic City mining district of Fremont County, Wyo.: Rocks and Minerals, vol. 11, no. 10, pp
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Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson
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Chalcedony - 161 to 163 • º • 161 - e -> 162 Agate, &c. • Onyx, Jasper, &c. Illustrations of the Formation... 41 & 42. RED-OxIDE, massive. Knockmahon Mine, County Water ..ford, Ireland. Presented by J. Petherick...and crystallized, capillary. Knockmahon Mines, County Water ford, Ireland. 44. CUPRITE (Red oxide of...(Melaconite). Cornwall. 62. BLACK OxIDE. Cronebane Mine, County Wicklow, Ireland. stone formation (containing...MALACHITE, with Copper Pyrites. Cosheen Mine, County Cork, 95. MALACHITE (dark green), fibrous radiating
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Rock & Gem 5:36-42. Jones, W., 1962. New Fire Agate Find at tule Hill. Lapid. Jour. 113. Jones, W.,...Angeles County Museum of Art, 1963. Master Works of Mexican Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum...University of Arizona Press. Parliman, C. R., 1960. New Agate Fields in Old Mexico. Number 1. Lapid. Jour. 14:4-7...Occurrence of AlphaLead Dioxide at Bingham, New México, USA and Mapimi, Durango, México. Paper read at MSA/FM...found Municipio ments. BAJA Ahumada Ahumada: (Agate = "flame"). Moderate distribution. "crazylace"
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Rock & Gem 5:36-42. Jones , W. , 1962. New Fire Agate Find at tule Hill. Lapid. lour. 113. Jones, W. ...Angeles County Museum of Art, 1963. Master Works of Mexican Art Los Angeles: Los Angeles County M useun1...University of Arizona Press. Parliman. C.R., 1960. New Agate Field~ in Old Mexico. Number 1. Lapid. 10111: 14:4-7...Occurrence of AlphaLead Dioxide at Bingham, New Mexico, USA and Mapimi , Durango, Mexico. Paper read at MSA FM...de Ahumada Ahumada: Mo d erate dis t ribution. (Agate= " cra z ylace '' and "flame " ). BAJA CALIFORNIA
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platinum. 2nd. A small spoon of platinum. 3rd. An agate pestle and mortar. 4th. Thin platinum wire and holder...Chrysoprase. Agate. Moss Agate. Ribbon Agate. Circle Agate. Eye Agate. Fortification Agate. Zoned or...or Banded Agate. "Variegated Agate. Brecciated Agate. Aluminate ofZiric andiron. Elreittonite. Aluminate...Quartz, Chalcedony, Carnelian, Mocha-stone, Silica Agate, Sard, Sardonyx, Onyx, Jasper, Helioti'ope or Bloodstone...resembles. Achates or 'Axairyis the name by which the Agate was known to the ancient Greeks. According to Theophrastus
Book (edition)
File, 1601 Park Lane. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA. Introduction This volume is the third edition...Green River Formation in (TL) Uintah Co .. Utah. USA. Named for P.H. Abelson. 20.7.3 AbernalhJile. K(U00As0...26 A. Z=4 [PDF 1 6-386]. (TL) Temple Mts. Utah. USA. Named for J . Abernathy. Abhurite. S n 30(0HhCl...(TL) Lvov-Volynsk basin, USSR. Achates. syn. of agate. Pliny. Hist. Nat. 37. 54. 3.9.8 Achavalite. FcSe...Sun,. \ler111011t, I . 484. (TL} Derby. Vermont. USA. G. Brush ( 1 862) Amer. J. Sci. 34. 2 1 6. classed
Report (volume)
of Bauxite Ore from the Quapaw Deposit, Saline County, Ark. BuMines Rept. of Inv. 5366, 1957, 11 pp....~reek Bauxite Mine, Reynolds ~inmg Corp., Saline County, Ark. BuMines Inf. C1rc. 8016, 1961, 19 pp. ALUMINUM...Metallurgical and Mineral Dusts and Fumes in Los Angeles County, Calif. BuMines Inf. Circ. 7627, 1952, 79 pp. AMERICAN... source of coal-both by_ type of mining and by county, field, and region-and the number and types of...the Salt River and Cherry Creek basins of Gila County, north of Globe, Ariz. These are the only sources
Book (edition)
abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Plat., Malawi, G 10 17 River Formation in Uintah County, Utah. Deer et al., v. 2A,483, 1997. Aenigmatite...phonolites, rhyolites, and their lavas in Sonoma County, California, in the Picture Gorge basalt, Wheeler
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small mortar of porcelain, or, much better, of agate or jasper; CHAPTER XL 2 DETEEMINATIYE. Brass... in river near occurrence the Achates, Sicily. Agate. AGNESITE. So called because it was found at St...Agalmatolite from its external characters alone. Agate. Agate Jasper. See Calcedony. confused crystalline... thus forming some of the richest soils of the county. Amphibole and Pyroxene are very if, indeed, they...with quartz, the whole bearing some resemblance to agate." Arsenical Cobalt. See Smaltite and Cobaltite.
Journal (volume)
classes Mines and mineral resources of a given county or area (describing kind, character, distribution...of these minerals Number of total value of the County mineral products 11 18 18 20 Imperial Inyo ...Inyo and ties. San Bernardino counties. In Inyo County high-grade magnetite ore was being mined from the...being shipped to San Francisco. In San Bernardino County high-grade hematite was being mined from Cave Canyon...southern California Imperial County. The most active mining district in the county was the Cargo Muchacho
 
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