 | | Book (edition) | | types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate is wood for which believed...plains have been buried deep under debris brought north by glaciers or washed down down from have been...Diamonds have been found in the United way from North Carolina to California and from Wisconsin. Some are...are found in the rock in which spare North America. States, all the Georgia to they were created by volcanic...Locations place Table North Carolina and Georgia Diamond Locations E: NORTH CAROLINA weight plac« date |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | fl—fluoresces ALABAMA—An attractive piece of petrified wood was found in a spoil bank of the Callaway Creek...noted a shiny speck of pyrite on the specimen. Petrified wood usually consists of the chalcedony variety...that often preserves the original structure of the wood even to the microscopic level. ARKANSAS—Three rare...Chamberlain Creek Barite Deposit in Hot Springs County. The deposit lies between the Stanley Shale and...associated with quartz, calcite and barite. In Garland County, Dr. Brophy found miserite (natroxonothlite) at |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | successful trip for petriThe East Alabama Gem fied wood and Mineral Society, Auburn, opened a prospect pit...silver working at a club meeting. GEORGIA The Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club, Marietta, made a field trip...opalized quartz, jasper, marcasite, fossils, petrified wood ROCKS AND MINERALS and other specimens. _...Mineral Club, Farmington, was the guest of the Oxford County Mineral and Gem Associesion, on a recent field...new club. The Stone Age, published by the lincoln County Gem and Mineral Society, Litchfield. A part of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | LISTED BELOW) PRESIDENT Kenneth V . Z a h n 4727 North 24th Street Arlington, V a . 22207 TREASURER Carl...the Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County. Her subject was pointers on collecting and...sphalerite, and a variety of materials the Central North Carolina Mineral Club, Inc., went to the Silver Hill...student of earth science at the Danbury Fairfield County Youth Museum to be used for a collection of Fluorescent...and Mineral Society . . . . The Western South Carolina Gem and Mineral Society held it membership "Braggin" |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 10019 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT Kenneth V. Zahn 4727 North 24th Street Arlington, Va. 22207 GENERAL SHOW CHAIRMAN...graphite was taken by this club. SOUTH CAROLINA The Western South Carolina Gem and Mineral Society, Greenville...and to collect agate, jasper, carnelian and petrified wood. An excellent program on Faceting by Dr. Tommy...purpurite, and other material. . . . The Oxford County Mineral and Gem Association, Rumford, have set...Gem, 50 Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County. Wheaton, heard a talk on Fossils by Rick |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 199 East Brook Rd., Pittsford, N.Y. 14534. NORTH CAROLINA Ethel Windsor, member of the Pied mont Mineral...accounts of her and her lapidary display of petri fied wood and geodes. Dick Fournier, President of the High...trip to Mifflin County. Member Bob Cox of the Rock and Min eral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills...[University of Florida] at 14:10 07 August 2017 SOUTH CAROLINA The Spartanburg Gem and Mineral Society held...- - - Member Buzz Harmon of the Central South Carolina Gem and Mineral Society, Columbia joined the Each |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Federation Activities. In her own Club, The Rockland County Gem and Mineral Society, Inc., she was editor of...soon, Edge! Some recent mail from Aiken, South Carolina way brought word of some "real doings" for the...Mountain, North Carolina; Big Beryl Mine, LeGrange, Georgia; corundum locations near Franklin, North Carolina;...Savannah River Agate location near Allendale, South Carolina; and Graves Mountain, Georgia. Plan now for these...Collecting". Every so often the Secretary of the Fulton County Mineral Club, Gloversville, writes a letter summarizing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | good specimen of a Connecticut mineral. SOUTH CAROLINA Member Lou Dezseran told the Colum bia Gem and...Professor of Paleontology at the University of South Carolina, spoke and showed slides of Diatoms. They must...pyrites to the Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills. Members Weldon and Edith Storey...Boston Mineral Club went to the Government Pits, North Conway, N.H. (Collecting permits from the White...and petrified wood, was a much appreciated program of the Northern Berkshire Mineral Qub, North Adams |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pick—Philip Corley, Editor Junior Division of Rockland County Mineral & Gem Society Newlapso—Dr. Philip E. Eisman...Rockland Nuggets—Marvin Klibonoff, Editor Rockland County Mineral & Gem Society, Inc. Unaka Rock & Mineral...Society, Atlanta, Georgia, went hunting for petrified wood, colored quartzite, lignite, pyrite, and fossils...found there. The Gem and Lapidary Society of Montgomery County, Wheaton, Maryland, is making it easy for...of the Bell Telephone Company. The Mississippi Petrified Forest has been dedicated as a National Land Mark |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OFFICERS: 1974-1975 President—Frank Mayo 3340 Wood Valley Road Atlanta, G a . 30327 1st Vice Pres.—Rufus...was made by the Northern Berkshire Mineral Club, North Adams. A gold panning trip is scheduled to the placer...members is the first thought of the Imperial Polk County Gem and Mineral Society, Lake Wales, who have instituted...mem bers learned about Polk County materials, and the geology of Polk County. Mrs. Lillian Turner, chairman...Callioun County Mineral and Gem Society, Anniston, got in touch and told of a find of petrified wood in a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | EFMLS OFFICERS: 1974-1975 President—Frank Mayo 3340 Wood Valley Rood Atlanta, G a . 30327 1st Vice Pres.—Rufus...in all clubs. The No vember 1974 issue of The Petrified Log, (Santa Monica, Calif.) led off with this...on silversmithing Member Bob Culver of the Wayne County Gem and Mineral Club, Marion, found a "fair sized"...and now Superintendent of all mu seums in Nassau County, spoke with the Long Island Mineral and Geology...slide talk on the gems in the museum before the North Shore Rock and Mineral Club. A field trip was made |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ames Bixeman and Olin Lewis of the Imperial Polk County Gem and Mineral Society, Lake Wales, presented...containing an easily visible length of petrified wood." The Frederick County Rock and Mineral Club, Frederick... The Gem Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Rockville, visited the Medford quarry near...at the Sears Com munity House, Harford Road and North Avenue. Rough sodalite was distributed to members...six inch trim saw with its own light. The Wayne County Gem and Mineral Club, Marion, viewed the movie |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Society's News letter: Trips to Brilliant for petrified wood, and to Brookwood, to the All-Georgia Rock...look for quartz pebbles and water-worn petri fied wood. CONNECTICUT The Danburite, Danbury Mineralogical...various mines. Thames Valley Rockhounds of New London County: The Geode reported that Jerry Theiler gave a presentation...229 MAINE MISSISSIPPI The Pegmatite, Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association: Dr. Archie Berry recently...Rockhounder, Gem, Lapidary & Mineral Society of Montgomery County: Larry Young of the Department of the Interior |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 10019 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT Kenneth V. Z a h n 4727 North 24th Street Arlington, V a . 22207 GENERAL SHOW...members, Douglas Drysdale, found a nice piece of Petrified Wood with one end broken off. On a return visit...calcite crystals were found. NORTH CAROLINA The Central North Carolina Mineral Club, Inc., Durham, enjoyed...NEW JERSEY "Collecting Rubies at Franklin, North Carolina" was the subject of the talk given by Mr. Frederick...Frederick Kraissl, Jr., P.E. to the members of the North Jersey Mineralogxal Society, Inc., Paterson. . |  | | Book (volume) | | grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...to list more than fifteen hundred localities in North America where gems can be found. This is the only...amateurs alike had not gone out to every corner of North America, discovered the rich gem resources of the...Colorado; and Professor Jack Hanahan of Belmont, North Carolina, with locations in their respective states...venture every year into the mountains and deserts of North America, they enjoy not only the pleasure of seeking |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...out each year into the mountains and deserts of North America to collect a great variety of materials...glaciers that once covered the northern part of North America. As you can see from the directory of digging...plane of lesser molecular cohesion in the splitting wood along the grain. Cleavage cracks across the prism...dikes in Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Dakota, liquid in the solidifying dike |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineola, has a display at the Saw Mill School, North Belmore. The Rochester Lapidary Society has begun...cut for the begin ning students. The Rockland County Mineral and Gem Club, Spring Valley, went to the...Members Annette and George Hade of the Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithaca, spent a part of their...Club Rock and Mineral Club, Sayre. of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, MARYLAND went to the Teeter Quarry...Society of on display. Don Williams from Wilkes Montgomery County, Maryland, RockCollege presented a talk on |  | | Book (volume) | | vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...extensive collecting region of agatized and opalized wood for high gem quality is the Sandhills country around...an abundance of gem quality 283 Nebraska petrified wood, often occurring as huge stone logs lying on...agates, chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits...W of townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka |  | | Journal (issue) | | .................. 20 A Report on the Harrison County Gem and Mineral Society of Gulfport, Mississippi...westward from North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas through Garland, Montgomery and Polk counties...counties, then into McCurtain County, Oklahoma. The quartz deposits in theses counties in the center of the...Holbrook 1950 Titanium ore deposits of Hot Spring County, Arkansas. Arkansas Geological Survey Bulletin...Fadden quartz of the Stand on Your Head mine, Saline County, Arkansas. The author, Memphis, TN. Miser, H. D |  | | Journal (issue) | | Trip to the Miocene Fleming Formation of Jasper County, East Texas .....................................city of Houston and surrounding regions to the north and west were experiencing a large amount of rainfall...and also I could see flames below the unit on the wood floor. “There’s a fire!” I managed to choke past...Trip to the Miocene Fleming Formation of Jasper County, East Texas by Scott Singleton Member of the Houston...five miles east of the Stump and then about a mile north on a timber company dirt road. We all parked along |  | | Report (volume) | | Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (architect), 211-212 Guaranty Savings Bldg., Montgomery, Ala. ALASKA — "A discovery of free gold ore...on Delaware Bay, is in the N / E part of Sussex County, Del. W e had an opportunity to examine some pebbles...Kingsville, Md. FLORIDA—From the western part of Pascoe County, Florida, we have 3 grayish calcite concretions...13, T. 64 N . R. Le) is situated about 18 miles north of Bonners Ferry (Boundary Co.), Idaho. It is about...Either walk over or better drive around to the north to the next road, one mile west of the one you came |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (OFFICERS LISTED BELOW) PRESIDENT Kenneth V. Zahn 4727 North 24th Street Arlington, Va. 22207 TREASURER Carl...specimens, but forgot to tell what they were! SOUTH CAROLINA The A^ken Gem and Mineral Society, held a successful...collection, and discussed quartz with the Western South Carolina Gem and Mineral Society. . . . Arthur Croll of...to cut and polish them with the Central South Carolina Gem and Mineral Society, Columbia. RHODE ISLAND...on its own members, Bernice Rodgers and Charlie Wood to discuss the making of Cabochons; Nell Shirk to |
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