 | | Book (edition) | | gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper...the general arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized...SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE |  | | Report (volume) | | the ruby, sapphire, spinel, emerald, rutile, and quartz of gem quality have been synthesized. The best...Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each...of silica (quartz, 7 on Moh's scale) particles, a gem stone should be harder than quartz. Some minerals...react to heat are: violet quartz (amethyst) changing to orange brown, smoky quartz to yellow, pale-green...sapphire, star sapphire, star ruby, rutile, and quartz are gem stones that have been successfully synthesized |  | | Book | | _ _ .... ____________________ ..... CHAPTER 11 Georgia 1 CHAPTER 12 Alabama 0 0 . . . . . . . . _...y ' s f i r s t g o l d r u s h a t Dahlonega, Georgia. S o m u c h gold w a s f o u n d b y eager prospectors...t a r t o f t h e C i v i l W a r . O t h e r Georgia counties a n d n e i g h b o r i n g s t a t e...f gold! Gold c a n s t i l l be f o u n d i n Georgia a n d i n t h e r i v e r s a n d streams o f i...e , S p a r t a n b u r g , U n i o n , Oconee Georgia: Cherokee, Dawson, L u m p k i n , M c D u ff i |  | | Book | | the same as the crystal in the bowl. You found quartz." JV I ; _ $.' ;f 3 ''<« '- ; f ' ."’•/ ■f}...tti*. Julie was puzzled. "Like quarts of milk?" "Quartz sounds like the word for quarts of milk or juice/'..."But your crystal is made of quartz; a mineral spelled with a "tz." Quartz comes from a vein." is- ....as window panes. Others were white as clouds. " Quartz comes in other colors, too/' Dad said. He showed..."When quartz is brown or grey, it's called smoky quartz. When it's pink, it's called rose quartz. Purple |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | purple, and grey. These géodes are found in Pike County, Ala., which is about 50 miles north of Montgomery...Montgomery. I have found them scattered all over the county, but they are especially abundant just south of...rattlebox. ARIZONA—Flat doubly terminated loose smoky quartz xls coated by dark brown drusy dolomite which...made several trips to Magnet Cove (Hot Springs County) which is about 15 miles east of Hot Springs on...u m p ) . 6. Black brookite xls on milky and smoky quartz. 7. Massive, grayish barite. 8. Black limonite |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...4B^ Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal ^J^ Garnet __ Azurite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...with respect to one another. gem minerals The quartz gems, such as amethyst, form crystal prisms with...another at 60 degrees and intersected by a fourth Quartz and vertical axis at right angles to the other...other, light) FELDSPAR TWINS I J PHENACITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS ffrl (^h /&> ^& \b^ ^ VESUVIANITE |  | | Book (volume) | | Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States GEORGIA Georgia’s nearly 59,000 square miles makes it the...highest elevation in the state at 4,784 feet. 145 Georgia Beginning in the northwest, where the Lookout...mountains loom over rich agricultural valleys, Georgia easily divides into five major physiographic provinces...The first real Gold Rush in America occurred in Georgia following two simultaneous discoveries of Gold... some Ruby-red Corundum, Spodumene and Topaz. Georgia has been actively prospected for gold since colonial |  | | Report (volume) | | meridian of 76° 30', from Tompkins County, New York, to Bradford County, Pennsylvania, by Henry S. "Williams...cents. 16. On the Higher Devonian Faunas of Ontario County, New York, by John M. Clarke. 1885. 8°. 86 pp....57 pi. Price 25 cents. 38. Peridotite of Elliott County, Kentucky, by J. S. Diller. 1887. 8°. 31 pp. 1...Mountains, New Mexico, and on the occurrence of Primary Quartz in certain Basalts, by Joseph Paxson Iddings. 1890..............................._......_.......... Quartz .............................................. |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Diamond M Tourmaline fQl Ruby, O Sapphire Quartz crystal 'y^ Garnet — Azu rite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...fluor-spar from Derbyshire or, perhaps, a pyramid of smoky quartz from Cumberland. The next it may be rock crystal...Talc 6. Orthoclase feldspar 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz 3. Calcite 8. Topaz 4. Fluorite 9. Corundum...faces are placed with respect to one another. The quartz gems, for example, such as amethyst, form crystal |  | | Report (issue) | | THULITE AND PYRITE MONAZITE EMERALD CUPRITE SMOKY QUARTZ ZIRCON TORBERNITE ~/ UBRAR'l USE ONLV ...beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these...beryl, amethyst, almandite garnet, citrine, and smoky quartz. It is hoped that this publication will find...Rutile 17 Quartz 17 Rock Crystal 17 Amethyst •• 18 Rose Quartz 18 Smoky Quartz 18 Rutilated...Rutilated Quartz 18 Chalcedony 19 Agate 19 References 20 SAFETY TIPS FOR ROCK AND MINERAL COLLECTORS |  | | Book (volume) | | ..........................................122 Georgia ...............................................................................458 Appendix B - Quartz Family Gemstones ................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...includes granites, schists (mica, garnet, graphite, quartz), and gneisses, as well as numerous granite pegmatites...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham |  | | Book (volume) | | ..........................................122 Georgia ...............................................................................460 Appendix B - Quartz Family Gemstones ................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...includes granites, schists (mica, garnet, graphite, quartz), and gneisses, as well as numerous granite pegmatites...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham | | | Report (issue) | | beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these...beryl, amethyst, almandite garnet, citrine, and smoky quarts. It is hoped that this publication will find......................................... 16 17 Quartz ................................................... Rose Quartz ....................................................... 18 18 Smoky Quartz .......................................... 18 Rutilated Quartz .............................................. |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Report (issue) | | . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ...... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY .................Rutile and Rutilated Quartz. ... 9 Rutile, Xenotims and Monagite. ........ 9 Smoky Quartz, Goethite and Graphite... 9 ALLEGHANI COUNTY 1± Manganese ....... f 11 Barite , 11 Copper . 11 ASHE COUNTY. . . . Copper...Staurolite AVERY COUNTY . . ......... 13 13 13 . 13 Iron and Epidote BUNCOMBE COUNTY Garnet ...........13 Moonstone and Associated Minerals 15 BURKE COUNTY 15 Corundijin 15 Itacolumite 15 Toiirmaline |  | | Book (edition) | | great many very interesting and unique forms of quartz crystals and rutiles, and has added a great number...collection of quartzes, he has “ one group of 13 smoky crystals, having 52 moveable bubbles and 9 basal... me some and to, lias of the novel forms of quartz crys- furnished some valuable notes also of...25. Chalcopyrite. 64. 26. Barnhardtite. 65. Quartz. 108. Saponite. 27. Marcasite. 66. Opal. 109...ities and suggestions from Mrs. H, A. Burdick county, of Mr. J. of A. D. Stephenson of Statesville |  | | Book (volume) | | ..........................................140 Georgia ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map .......................................... |  | | 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...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...grained granite rugated cardboard where of the quartz t it hits your ribs; then layer of newspaper... with geodes lined with glittering calcite or quartz Often these can be California, in in Southwestern |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | gray quartz enclosing a dark green mass of diopside (pyroxene). Nashville, in eastern Howard County, is...person's collection. "These xls are found in San Diego County on private property in an area few people have...beautiful— they also fl. a very pale green. San Diego County is in southern California. 176 xli rystalllne...deposit just across the Wyoming line near Pearl, Jackson Co., Colo."—sent in by Ralph E. Piatt, Encampment...massive quartz. No. 3—pale green fibrous radiating tremolite. Pearl, in northern Jackson County, is in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | December 2014 Wavellite Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas P hosphate minerals are a traditional...3-cm-tall wavellite from Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas; kevin Brown specimen, Joe Budd photo...Limestone Company quarry, Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania. The 2.8 × 2.7 × 1.5-cm specimen...Day Township, Saratoga County, New York; another at Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island; and one...one in Carroll County, New Hampshire. Several important wavellite occurrences are in Pennsylvania (Gordon |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | “green cap” tourmaline and quartz crystals from the Himalaya mine in San Diego County, California. On the other...beryl in an article on the pegmatites of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, remind us how fortunate we are to...New York State as well as on wavellite from Jackson County, Wisconsin. Another article takes the reader...their lifelong work on the pegmatites of San Diego County. The mineral rynersonite was named in honor of...offers his argument for changing the name of smoky quartz due to the fact that smoke can, in fact, be |  | Robinson, Gilpin R., Lesure, Frank G., Marlowe, J. I., Foley, Nora K., Clark, S.H. (2004) Bedrock geology and mineral resources of the Knoxville 1° x 2° quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Open-File Report 2004-1075. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr20041075 | Report (issue) | | Cashiers District 47 Feldspar 47 Kaolin 48 Mica 48 Quartz 49 Zircon 49 Other Industrial Minerals 49 Barite...the Knoxville l°x2° quadrangle, with State and county boundaries 2 2. Physiographic provinces of the...containing resources of garnet, graphite, kyanite, quartz, rutile, sillimanite, and zircon in the Knoxville...near the Knoxville l°x2° quadrangle by State and county 27 4. Recorded production of gold and silver from...massive sulfides of the Besshi type, gold-bearing quartz veins, and residual iron and manganese deposits |  | | Book (edition) | | his extraordinary collection of "one group of 13 smoky crystals, moveable bubbles and 9 basal planes...Molyhdite. 104. Deweylite. 29. Arsenopyrite. 65. Quartz. 105. 30. Nagyagite. 66. Opal. 106. Genthite...Burdiek, Macon Prof. J. T. I From am of county, of Mr. J. A. D. Stevenson, of States- Humphreys...numerous localities throughout the erally in quartz veins of the gneissic, granitic also in those of...McDowell, Rutherford, Polk, Cleveland, Cherokee, Jackson, Transylvania It and Watauga. generally more |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | JOURNAL MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Quartz Rock Crystal Amethyst Citrine Smoky RoseQuartz Praseand Chrysoprase...Sphene Rutile Octahedrite Cassiterite Hematite (in quartz) Pyrite Bronzite Hypersthene Pyroxene Diopside...westernPiedmont section of the state, and in Franklin County on the eastern edge of the Piedmont. They have...localities. Three diamonds have been found in Burke County, two of which were from near the "Ford of Brindletown...diamond is now in the State Museum. The Cleveland County diamond was found in 1893 near Kings Mountain, |
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