 | | Book (edition) | | W r CRYSTALS NOT PISTOLS S'- GEM TRAILS OF TEXAS 1 A Field Guide for Collectors By Bessie W. Simpson...GEM TRAILS PUBLISHING CO. P. O. Box 828 Bowie, Texas 76230 ! Copyright 1958; 1962; 1967 Bessie W. Simpson...3 T TOPAZ SMOKY QUARTZ GARNETS \ AGATE ( Pom Pom) V AGATE ( Plume) I \ \ \ 2 \ \ METEORITES INDIAN...INDIAN ARTIFACTS \ SELENITE TEKTITES \ \ \ l AGATE 5 JASPER WOOD(Polm) 2 \ \ . CONTENTS 4 5 ...you Travel Texas. SECTION I 6-7 8-9 10-11 12-13 14-15 16-17 18-19 20-21 22-23 24-25 AgateâHovey Flat |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ROCK HUNTING ON WOODWARD RANCH By ED & JEAN OSSOWSKI 143 Havana, San Antonio, Texas The camp trailor...Rio, Texas en route to Woodward Ranch, the home and source of the famous Red and Black Plume Agate, just...just south of Alpine, Texas. A few miles further west at the junction of the Pecos and Rio Grande Rivers...breakfast. From this point we can see miles of Texas, and many more miles of Mexico mountains. As we...from Del Rio, we have constantly gone up hill. Alpine nestles in a valley, surrounded by mountains, and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Washington, D. C, and Rock's, of San Antonio, Texas. These dealers have promised a new line of sterling...gold specimens from the Red Ledge Mine, Nevada County, California. The program was given by Dr. Karl...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...Calgary] at 21:00 06 August 2017 Htmpshire; Herkimer County, New York and De Kalb, New York. There were no |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | are for a mineralogical library." Finds 90-pound Agate, Carries it Half Mile DALLAS ( A P ) - R o c k collector...the other day when he found a big botryoidal plume agate, said to be the largest such semi-precious stone...124-pounder, discovered it on (lie Frank Woodward ranch in Brewster County, Texas. Gleefully he carried it half |  | | Journal (issue) | | ARIZONA DoBell Ranch Petrified Wood ⢠Patagonia Vanadinite ⢠Orange Butte Fire Agate ⢠Quartzsite Field...2013 www.rockngem.com TEXAS Stillwell Ranch Agates ⢠Woodward and Ritchie Ranch Agates ⢠Field_trip_blue_cover_C1_a...Bonanza.................30 Collecting Texas agates at Stillwell Ranch by Bob Jones by Kenneth H. Rohn ...Peridot, Pyroxene and Plagioclase ........ 20 DoBell Ranch Collecting ......................36 by Carl F....62 West Texas Agate........................................ 56 Collecting on Woodward Ranch and Ritchie |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | TOPAZ Massey's Rock Shop, Mason, Texas 76856. Sequist Ranch, Mason, Texas 76858. AMETHYST Randleman Amethyst...Pastimes, B o x 899, Oroville, California 95965. MOSS AGATE Fry's, 1207 Woodbury, Miles City, Montana. JASPER...Oregon 97355. PLUME AGATE Woodward Ranch, Alpine, Texas 79830. THUNDEREGGS Fulton Ranch, Madras, Oregon...97913. Ochoco Agate Mines, B o x 305, Mit chell Star T . , Prineville, Oregon 97754. AGATE (CARNELIAN,... BANDED AGATE, FORTIFICATION AGATE, DENDRITE, ETC.) Bob Berry, Wheatland, Wyoming, 82201. 82201. Velmer |  | | Other Paper | | molecule is added to the slowly growing crystal. Agate is not composed of normal euhedral quartz but of...fibrous crystals to create the color banding. The agate has a lower specific gravity than the silica gel...out of the remaining void? One particular kind of agate could not have formed from a gel filling a void...caves. My two examples are Lysite Agate from Wyoming and Cathedral Agate from Mexico. Stalactites have also...sedimentary petrographers) inside of concentric banded agate is not explained by the theory. Geopedal structure |  | | Book (edition) | | Clubs invited. "No dealers, please." Oatman Fire Agate, Box 900, "0" Star Rt., Kingman, AZ 86401. Open...Horse Ranch, Sasebe Star Route, Box 97, Tucson, AZ 85736. Camper recreaÂŹ tional rockhound ranch. $5-00/yr...Petrified wood Fire opal Fire agate, desert roses Flower agate, snowflake agate, amethyst, "manÂŹ ganese crystals"...(Mariposa), CoulterM ZUie. CA 95311- Fee: 5f/Xb~.Dryden Ranch, Eel River RdÂŤ, Covelo. CA 95428. - Pearlescent...wood; owl-hole agate Cave onyx, stalactites ("Legendary Kokoweef Caverns") Picture agate and jasper (was |  | | Journal (issue) | | sharp crystals is from the Rowley mine (Maricopa County). (Jeff Scovil photo/ Scott & Margie Adams collection)...picnic Field Trip Facilitator Teri Smith 58 texas collecting areas open up for her by Johnny French...Craters 34 Meteors left their mark on Arizona and texas by Helen Serras-Herman 12 regUlAr colUMnS Field...5-7âCANBY, OREGON: Annual show; Jean Miller, Clackamas County Fairgrounds; 694 N.E. 4th Ave., (off Hwy. 99E);... Annual show; 500 Earth Sciences Club, Hancock County 4-H Fairgrounds; 620 N. Apple Street; Fri. 10:00 |  | | Book | | lapidary field. Beginning with a description of agate, he proceeds to an interesting account of the history...ever been written before. Tracing the history of agate from prehistoric days through events of the Bible...growing hobby. Chapters are devoted to the details of agate collecting, the varieties and forms of quartz and...varieties, with favorite location of quartz agate, opal wood â collectors. The petrified gems throughout...information on the rockhoundâs favorite gem â the agate. Lelande Quick La Jolla (San Diego), California |  | | Book | | 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...Images Front cover top Agate from Germany: bottom Agate from Scotland. Back cover Agate from Germany. Title...Title page Agate from Russian Arctic coast. Distribution NBN International Estover Road Devon PL6 ?PY UK...is an agate? 10 Properties of agates 44 Sources of agates 48 Europe 52 Britain 58 USA 76 Canada |  | | | | MUSEUM Ag ates Treasures of the Earth Essex County Council Many libraries in Essex have compact discs...images Front cover top Agate from Germany; bottom Agate from Scotland. Back cover Agate from Germany. Title...Title page Agate from Russian Arctic coast. Distribution NBN International Estover Road Devon PL6 7PY ...agates What is an agate? Properties of agates Sources of agates Europe Britain USA Canada Mexico South...different geological environments. Since the mid-1900s, agate collecting has become very popular in Europe, North |  | | Journal (issue) | | of extra labels, mostly from Houston and other Texas collectors and dealers. I had no use for the labels... THE BACKBENDER'S GAZETTE DECEMBER 2005 CENTRAL TEXAS PALEO SOCIETY P. O. BOX 90791 AUSTIN, TX 78749 website:...website: http://www.texaspaleo.com [club in Austin, Texas] EMERSON, JOHN H. & BOBBIE 2227 BRIARWEST BLVD....formation at the Brazos River near Bryan, Texasâone of Texasâ most hunted fossil locations] LAPIDARY JOURNAL...agates in the gravel deposits in central and east Texas as I grew up fishing and hunting around those areas |  | | Book | | famous was the single beryl stone found in Oxford County in Maine that weighed 18 tons and was 18 feet in...other hand, inclusions in agate give the characteristic effect that makes moss agate so valuable. An example...example is the moss agate of eastern Montana which sometimes produces scenes of unbelievÂŹ able verisimilitude...see through. Quartz, sapphire, fine emerald, some agate, some obsidian, topaz and diamonds are glassy or...specimens have also been found in Arkansas, New Mexico, Texas, LItah and Vermont. Oligoclase presents itself in |  | | Journal (issue) | | Goldsl.,n lmpons Inc By Tom Harmon Harmon ' s Agate and Silver Shop Crane, Montana Part One OfTwo In...some of the exquisite work by Tom Harmon, Harmon's Agate and Silver Shop, Box 94, Crane, MT 59217. More of...engraving, when, as a young man hunting Montana moss agate on the Yellowstone River, 1 would find a nice scenic...one of the finest collections of scenic Montana agate in the country, all set in his own handmade, engraved...Lodge in Glendive, Montana.) Everytime I toot some agate to Ed, I would "drool" over his showcase of handmade |  | | Book (volume) | | Arkansas Florida Kansas New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Utah VOLUME 4 Northeast States Connecticut Delaware...exclusively in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina, to be true hiddenite. Preface...Hamlin, were rock hunting on Mount Mica in Oxford County, Maine. On the way home, one of the boys saw a...are kept busy in the Pala district of San Diego County, California, as well. California, in fact, is North...Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, New York, Idaho and Texas. Exploration for diamonds continues in Michigan |  | | Book (volume) | | Southwest States Nevada New Mexico Oklahoma âTexas Utah VOLUME 4 Northeast States Connecticut Delaware...exclusively in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina, to be true hiddenite. Preface...Hamlin, were rock hunting on Mount Mica in Oxford County, Maine. On the way home, one of the boys saw a...are kept busy in the Pala district of San Diego County, California, as well. California, in fact, is North...Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, New York, Idaho and Texas. Exploration for diamonds continues in Michigan |  | | Journal (issue) | | this work has been recognized as the bible for the agate and quartz cutter and collector. Describes some...Mineralogist Hews of the Societies VISIT GREENâS AGATE SHOP THE HOME LAPIDARY shop of W. Sab in and Raymond...section of the San Antonin Express of San Antonio .Texas. Both are members of the San Antonio Lapidary Society...meeting of the Texas Mineral Society at Dallas. Rev. Kehler is director of the Fannin County Lapidary School...maintained by the State of Texas for the benefit of any handicapped Texas citizen who may wish to takeup |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to exhibit in four Science Fairs in Montgomery County, Maryland. Florida "Stump the Panel" proves to...Society, and a Field Trip to Summerville to hunt agate and chalcedony was also scheduled. Maine The Spring...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Wheaton, was a most successful affair with about...was given by Mr. Masagoro Kato to the Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Inc., Suffern. A trip...displayed their "Braggin' Rocks" of their trip to Texas, having spent eight weeks collecting, trading, and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Immel. President (SCFMS) P.O. Box 94, Castell, Texas 78631 Mrs. W. H. Steinbrenner, Vice-President (MFMGS)...FIELD TRIPS OF MINERAL SOCIETIES Officers Woodward Ranch, Then and Now by Jean Ossowski ..............577, Longview, Texas 75601 WIiiiam L. Johnson, Vice-President 420 Bondstone, Dallas. Texas 75618 Mrs. Gwyn...Longview, Texas 75601 DEPARTMENTS Mrs. Viola Smith, Treasurer 1215 South 41st Street. Temple, Texas 76501...SCFMS - Ruel E. Brown, Rt. 8. Box 680. Fort Worth. Texas 76108 FEDERATION SHOWS May 5 thru 7. SOUTH CENTRAL |  | | Journal (issue) | | this work has been recognized as the bible for the agate and quartz cutter and collector. Describes some...exhibited motion pictures of the crater in action. Agate Jewelry â Agates Ladiesâ and men's rings, brooches...15day approvals on request. Agate slabs, 10 sq. inches, $1.50. Unpolished agate nodule halves 50c and $1...$1.00 each . . . Polished agate nodules $1.50 to $5.00. Beach agates and jaspers, 3 lbs. for $1.50. Cutting...CATITEY-YOUNG precision made dia mond Saws. Swenson's Agate Shop Phone SU 1309 Portland 2, Oregon 5114 S. E | | | Book (volume) | | Colorado Hawaii Kansas Nevada New Mexico Oklahoma âTexas Utah lowa Minnesota Montana Nebraska North Dakota...exclusively in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina, to be true hiddenite. Preface...Hamlin, were rock hunting on Mount Mica in Oxford County, Maine. On the way home, one of the boys saw a...are kept busy in the Pala district of San Diego County, California, as well. California, in fact, is North...Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, New York, Idaho and Texas. Exploration for diamonds continues in Michigan | | | Book | | lapidary field. Beginning with a description of agate, he proceeds to an interesting account of the history...ever been written before. Tracing the history of agate from prehistoric days through events of the Bible...the details of agate collecting, the varie ties and forms of quartz gems other than agate, opal and its...infor1nation on tl1c rockl1ouncl's favorite gem-tl1e agate. THIS IS LELANDÂŁ QUICK La Jolla ( ,5an l)irgo)........................... . 4 Cl1a1)ter .3. Agate Collecti11g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl ^"^ Agate ** Jade Amethyst nq -* % Gem Hunter's...color, as in emeralds; their pattern, as in moss agate; or their play of eral color, as in opals. Fashion... such as agate and jasper, are described as cryptocrystal- line. For example, an agate nodule may...cat's- more but inexhaustibly various patterns of agate and jasper. So typical are their patterns that |  | | Book (volume) | | mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.âŻcone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Toddâs Ford, a mineral depositâŻHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarriesâŻoilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodulesâŻPyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |
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Woodward Ranch, Alpine, Brewster County, Texas, USA