 | | Book (edition) | | • AOATI • • AMETHYST URINE • • BERYL MOONSTONE CITRINE GEM HUNTERS GUIDE by Russell P. MacFail...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...some authentic finds. Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...4^ carats. All Alabama stones are of good quality with a greenish cast. The two most famous American |  | | Book | | ____________________ ..... CHAPTER 11 Georgia 1 CHAPTER 12 Alabama 0 0 . . . . . . . . _ 3 VI 1 1 1 1 2 9...o n , F a n n i n , F o r s y t h Alabama: C l a y, Cleburn, Coosa, Tallapoosa, C h i l t o n I n s p...i n , Dawson, Banks, Clayton, Lee, Tw i g g s Alabama: St. C l a i r , Lee, Shelby Pearls r a n k a s...e d S t a t e s w e r e t h e Tennessee a n d Alabama Rivers. N e w Jersey: L a k e Hopatcong, Greenwood...S t . Johns, Peace. Alabama: B l a c k Wa r r i o r, Coosa, N o r t h , Alabama, Locust, Tennessee, Tallapoosa |  | | Book (volume) | | ............... xi Mineral Locations by State Alabama ....................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map .....................................................................................2 Alabama Stream Map ............................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map .......................................... |  | | Book (volume) | | .................v Mineral Locations by State Alabama .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States ALABAMA Alabama comprises two geological regions. The northeast...commercially mined in Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Randolph, Tallapoosa, and parts of Chilton, Elmore...California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced its own gold rush, largely unprofitable |  | | Book (volume) | | .................v Mineral Locations by State Alabama .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States ALABAMA Alabama comprises two geological regions. The northeast...commercially mined in Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Randolph, Tallapoosa, and parts of Chilton, Elmore...California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced its own gold rush, largely unprofitable |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | above. An exceptional occurrence is that of the moonstone of Stromay, where it would appear to replace oligoelase...Cleavlandite, S u t h e r l a n d . . . . . . Moonstone, H a r r i s . . . . . . . . 2"607 2"615 2"622...Albert H. Chester. J. H. C. TA•TALITE, from Coosa County, Alabama, by J. Lawrence Smith (.Am. Journ. Science |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | above. An exceptional occurrence is that of the moonstone of Stromay, where it would appear to replace oligoelase...Cleavlandite, S u t h e r l a n d . . . . . . Moonstone, H a r r i s . . . . . . . . 2"607 2"615 2"622...Albert H. Chester. J. H. C. TA•TALITE, from Coosa County, Alabama, by J. Lawrence Smith (.Am. Journ. Science |  | | Report (volume) | | each of the States, the State lists begin with Alabama and end with Wyoming. Under each State the minerals...statements regarding their respective States: Alabama.........Dr. Eugene A. Smith, University. Arkansas...compilation. ALABAMA. Aluminum. See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum...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 |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Appalachians, sweeps down from the province of Quebec to Alabama, affording a Rocks of all challenge to the collector...corners of the claimed area, and filing in the county land agent's office. In addition he has to show...called bediasites from Bedias, a town in Grimes county. Gold is a subject by itself, but because the gem...2.8 Flint 2.6 46 Silicates of aluminum Moonstone is shimmering white; with potassium, amazonstone |  | | Report (volume) | | ......................................... 5 Alabama..................................................form. 10 USEFUL MINERALS OF UNITED STATES ALABAMA. ALABAMA. Alum. See Halloysite. Aluminum. See Bauxite...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.; |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Appalachians, sweeps down from the province of Quebec to Alabama, affording a challenge to the collector, especially...pink hue (right) from the Sunnyside Mine, San Juan County, Colorado. MOTTLED AGATE from Chihuahua, Mexico...usually veined with black. This is from Siskiyou County, California. z'^m-: LABRADORITE, the feldspar...as Lake Superior agate. SODALITE from Hastings County, Ontario, Canada, is deep-blue mottled with flesh-colored |  | | Journal (issue) | | rose quartz from the Stearns ledge, in the same County, occurs in as handsome specimens, and does not...quartz, which, when cut into gems, resembles the moonstone. Mr. L. K. Stone, of Paris Hill, has cut several...out of rose quartz of fine quality from Oxford County, are in the Amer ican Museum Collection, New York...out hunting in the woods near Theresa, Jefferson County, discovered a small lot of quartz crystals, which...notions of value. ELLENVILLE LEAD MINES, ULSTER County, N. Y. — This locality has furnished some of the |  | | Report (issue) | | pegmatite in granite, Short Tom Smith mine, Rockingham County, N. C______ ____ ____________________ _______________________...pegmatite and granite, E. R. Self mine, Gaston County, N. C____________________ 6. Sinuous discordant...bulge in the hanging wall, Knight mine, Rockingham County, N. C- ~ -7. Sharp hanging-wall contact, Knight...granite underlain by schist, Hawkins mine, Stokes County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ 9. Same granite..._________ _____ 16. Platy masses of quartz in typical Alabama pegmatites __ _________ ____________ __ ________ |  | | 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...pegmatite (g) Mount Antero, 12.000 (h) Chaffee County, Colorado (i) from the Smith collection feet... mine, canyon) district where found (township, county, (i) how obtained (g) state) details) 52 | | | Book | | topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...mine , canyon) district where found (township, county, state) how obtained (found , given , etc., with...in pegmatite Mount Antero , 12,000 feet Chaffee County . Colorado from the Smith co llection 1/10/74 ...make prior arrangements to see the specimens. Alabama: Museum of Natural History, Un iversity Arizona:...Holbrook ; University of Arizona. Tucson . California· County Museum. University of California and University |  | | Report (issue) | | COLLABORATING STATE AGENCIES Geological Survey of Alabama, University, Ala. Department of :ty.lines, Mining...pinnacles beneath soil cover, Bluegrass, Highland County, Va_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...transverse joints cutting shale at Poverty, Highland County, V a_ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...Generalized section-s of35. Pennsylvanian rocks in Alabama, showing sequence of and approximate intervals...distribution of c·lassified ·coal resources in Alabama, eastern Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia |  | | Book | | meteoric stone 41. The Felix, Alabama, meteoric stone The Fisher, Polk County, Minnesota, meteoric stone...Africa Trenches in diamond-bearing peridotite, Pike County, Arkansas Uncut diamonds, Arkansas Glacial map...Palmadulla, Ceylon Sapphire mining, Judith Basin County, Montana Beryl and emerald crystals Beads of citrine...the Inhabitants dwelling within a Towne in the County of Barkshire The name of the Towne is Hatford,...[16] PLATE 3 New Concord, Muskingum County, and Guernsey County, Ohio Meteoric Stone, minutes before |  | | Book | | Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Gibbs) 14:283-298 ALABAMA Iron phosphate mineral locality at Indian Mountain, Alabama (by H. Harwood) 5:241-244...phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...first. Alabama (by H. Barwood & B. Hajek) 9:388391 Notable gold occurrences of Georgia and Alabama (by R...microminerals of the Indian Mountain area [Georgia and Alabama] (by J.B. Gordon, Jr. & C. L. Hollabaugh) 20:355-362 |  | | Book (volume) | | Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill O. Murphy...sne-aseseeateeCounty, Can tess ccraccacaerscsascn enaeantsrse Figure |  | | Book (volume) | | Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Oregon, Kansas, Alabama, Ohio, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Wyoming, Montana and...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...in the small cavities in limestone in Herkimer County, New York, only one quartz crystal may be found...optical effect or phenomenon, 1.¢., star sapphire, moonstone, cat’s eye, etc. The second is seldom used except |  | | Report (volume) | | Group) ABGP01 1. Paleozoic 2. Alabama (NE) 3. Bearce, D. N., 1973, Alabama Geol. Soc. Guidebook 11, p....section: Abel Gap, on Alabama Highway 49 (Skyway Road) near town of Abel, Cleburne County. Absaroka Supergroup/Volcanic...volcanic field, Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyo. Academy Church Shale Member (Springer Formation)...W1/2NW1/4NE1/4SE1/4 sec. 1, T. 3 s., R. 2 E., Carter County. Adams Formation ADMS01 1. Holocene 2. Alaska (SE)...Quadrangle, lat 45° N., long 70°50'-55' W., Oxford County. Adamstown Member (Frederick Limestone) U ADMS06 |  | | Book | | evaporitic rocks at the Incline, Mariposa County and Big Creek, Fresno County, California. The associated minerals...Custer-Pringle area, Custer County, and at the Etta mine, Pennington County, South Dakota. Also found in...Dakota, especially at the Beecher Lode, Custer County, as masses up to 200 tons in weight; as rounded...thickness at the Giant-Volney mine at Tinton, Lawrence County; and as masses 20-40 feet long at the Hugo, Ingersoll...Ingersoll, and Peerless mines, Keystone, Pennington County. It also is found in Arizona, New Mexico, California |  | | Journal (issue) | | AT TH E OLD WILLIAMS MINE Mineral Collecting in Alabama by Lou W. Sloat, R.F. 93 HOW TO COLLECT FLUORESCENT...roughed continued on page 24 By Vi Wilhelmsen Amador County Gem and M ineral Society Six years ago, after...after much discussions, our club, The Amador County Gem and Mineral Society, decided on a project - a gemstone...two years. Gem and Mineral Society of San Mateo County: President; Vice-President; Show Chairman; Secretary;...show of the Gem and Mineral Society of San Mateo County. The large slab-like specimen of botryoidal rhodochrosite | | | Book (volume) | | Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, ID; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gen1 Center USA, El Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill 0. Murphy... 15 Figure 6. Dallas Gem Mine in San Benito County, CA..............................................Benitoite recovery from alluvial deposits, San Benito County, CA ................ 29 Figure 8. Title page |  | | Journal (issue) | | Boulder Bec!ch on Lake Mead. Nevad~ The Clark County Gem Collectors, Inc. (Paul 0 . Drury, Publicity...northern outskirts of Asheboro, the county seat of Randolph County, N . C. It may be reached by goi ng...who are associated under the name of the Clark County Gem Collectors, Inc., have had a spring and summer...themselves invited. Fellow Mineralogists: Clark County Gem Collectors, Inc., extend a cordial invitation...recent visit to the Seneca No. 2 Shaft in Keweenaw County, Michigan, the writer noticed on 19th level, 750 |
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