 | | Book | | Gives a sodium flame. Nearly insoluble. COMANCHE COUNTY: SE%, Sec. 4, T.3N., R.15W. The xtals are i to...bounded on each side by granite, AGATE (See Quartz) CANADIAN COUNTY: South Canadian Rivers. In the...dumps. CIMARRON COUNTY: Secs. 7, 8, 9, 10; T.5N., R.2E. Cimarron Meredian Rose agate, algae, jasper,...Cimarron River. Agate is widely scattered in the Black Mesa area. DEWEY COUNTY: Agate is found 2 miles...and at Taloga in the South Canadian River. HARPER COUNTY: Secs. 17, 20; T.27N., R.23W.. Jaspagate. Secs |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | xline—crystalline ARIZONA—"I'm sending a specimen of fire agate from Wen den (Yuma Co.), Ariz. My friends and I...I have found 2 beds of this beautiful agate this past spring. Evidently these are virgin beds as there...dumortierite, The 2x3 inch brownish, partly polished, agate is a dandy specimen. One half of it is nicely polished—the...drusy, brownish quartz filling a depression in the agate. In the polished half can be seen globular masses...play of colors, chiefly red, hence the name—fire agate. It is a beautiful specimen! ARKANSAS—"Being a newcomer |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | dated Nov. 30, I960, from Amel Priest, Peru, Iowa. KANSAS—John W. Gholson, 2155 Waco, Wichita 13, Kans.,...basalt; the thin, gray slightly banded slabs are agate. The locality is Hammond Bay, Presque Isle Co.,...gives more information: "There isn't supposed to be agate north of Alpena (Alpena Co.), Mich. I know it isn't...finds, Mr. Smith. MINNESOTA—"I found an agate in Itasca County, Minn., which weighed exactly one pound...pound. It is a black Lake Superior Agate—these black agates are very hard to find. I cut the specimen exactly |  | | Report (volume) | | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. K \ 1 C GEOLOGIC MAP OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS K.OBERT HAY. NEOCENE. PLEISTOCENE. Sand ' ''Tertiary...DIRECTOR A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS BY ROBERT HAY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING... ILLUSTRATIONS. Page. Plate I. Geologic map of southwestern Kansas...'...............Frontispiece. II. Ideal section...Eiver Section from north to south, through Barber County.......................................... Fig...Creek, Meade County ............................ Section across a small ravine, Harper County ......... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the old open pit Sodium Sulphate mine in Imperial County near BertROCKS AND MINERALS ram siding on the...discovery of gold on lot 999, 12th district, of Lumpkin County, Ga., which is owned by the American Legion. The...specimen was found in a plowed field in Henry County, Iowa. KANSAS—Larry Davis, 617 East Ave. B, Hutchinson...the District of Columbia line in Prince Georges County, Maryland. A few fine specimens were found but...petrified wood found on Wolf River in West Harrison County, Miss., by Jud S. Locke, 39-48th St., Gulfport |  | | Book (volume) | | more than 1,000 specific locations in Idaho, lowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North...VOLUME 3: THE NORTHWESTERN QUANDRANT Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North...VOLUME ep The Northwestern Quadrant Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North...Wyoming by Allan W. Eckert Ml PERENNIAL LIBRARY Harper & Row, Publishers, New York Cambridge, Philadelphia...critical articles and reviews. For information address Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 10 East 58rd Street, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | produced as many specimens as the adjacent areas in Kansas and Missouri. Since most of the state is underlain...October 2014 Mineral Index by Counties Alfalfa County Carmen, 2 mi. NE of Carmen, 1 .1 mi. W of Highway...Permian-age Crisfield Sandstone: malachite. Adair County Bunch, near Bunch, secs.l.5, 16, T.14N, R.24E:...fluorescent and phosphorescent) (Gilmore 1963). Beckham County Malachite localities, SW1/4 SE1/4 sec.36 and SE1/4...at Great Salt Plains, Alfalfa County. Joe Lobell photo. Blaine County Southard, quarries of the U.S |  | | Book (edition) | | • MICHIGAN • ILLINOIS • IOWA WISCONSIN • OHIO • KANSAS • NORTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA • INDIANA • MISSOURI •...by GEMBOOKS MENTONE, CALIFORNIA CONTENTS 2 KANSAS Foreword 4 How To Use This Book SOUTH DAKOTA...DAKOTA 6 New Finds ................ Fairburn Type Agate Blue Chalcedony .... Tourmaline ..................ARDMORE AGATE BEDS 11 OELRICHS AGATE BED .. 12 THE CUSTER AREA ......... Tepee Canyon Agate ... Garnets..................................... "Coldwater" Agate..................... Fossils and Specimens..... |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...streams, rd. cuts, etc.agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | brown limonite. Wickenburg is in N / W Maricopa County in western Arizona. xline—crystalline tain a... The Dallas Gem Mine is in southern San Benito County in western California. COLORADO — "Would you please...interior cently found in San Benito County, here to be an attractive moss agate of pleasing in California. When...term "astonishing" is not an exaggeraSan Miguel County is in southwestern tion ! W e were lucky in being...greenish datolite. Meriden is in N / E New Haven County in central Connecticut. FLORIDA — Mary G. Poole |  | | 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.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...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) | | mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona...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...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 (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 (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl *"» Agate ** Jade =p Amethyst ^ X ) y ' £f h % ^...stones will remain." On my own table is a section of agate, cut and polished, its concentric rings of rose...color, as in emeralds; their pattern, as in moss agate; or their play of color, as in opals. Fashion plays...sharp sliver of agate, such as Montana moss agate, is also useful to test minerals near agate in hardness |  | | Book (volume) | | thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond...of the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi...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) | | thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond...of the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi...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 | | 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...and created beautiful Crater Lake. Nebraska and Kansas the High — states as —owe their fertile soil...thunder eggs dug beds in Oregon are nodules of agate, walls. TWIN CRYSTALS commonly develop Crystals | | | Book | | IOATOUTE CHLORASTROUTEI 2 AMYGDAlOID MINE DUMPS 3 AGATE HARBOR (AGATES THOMSONITE ON BEACH\ )l MUD VLAKE...topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...beautiful Crater Lake Such states as Nebraska and Kansas-the Hig h Plains-owe their fertile soil to erosion...dug from the lava beds in Oregon are nodules of agate o ft en associated with opal Reniform marcas1te...aggregate . ps,lo• melane on rock 1o Banded aggregate agate 11 Arborescent aggregate copper 12 Lamellar rad |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...especially to the W of townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza... hillside surfacesagatized and opalized wood, agate, jasper; in draws and washes and gravel beds of...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford |  | | Book (edition) | | from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...cryptocrystalline varieties of quartz, such as agate and petrified wood, extend over thousands VI Preface...of tourmaline crystal forms 38. Map of San Diego County, California gem sources 3 9. Stewart Lithia· and...View of Clear Creek, San Benito County, California 55. Monterey County jade-producing shoreline, California...Carolina 63. Quartz mine and specimens, Arkansas 64. Agate hunting, Muscatine, Iowa 65. Four Peaks amethyst |  | | Book | | Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illlnois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Michigan Minnesota...State Geological Survey of Kansas The University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas (:,(,O '-/ '-/ ,,. Kentucky... 60 Bibliography of Alabama geology, by R. M. Harper. 1935. 48 --B. 43 Magnetic investigations in southwest...Preliminary report on the weeds of Alabama, by R.M. 61 Harper. 1944. \&."54 Geology of the Alabama tin belt,...bibliograToulmin. 1945. 63 phy of Alabama geology, by R. M. Harper. 1940. 50 B. 56 Natural water losses from selected |  | | Report (volume) | | ore deposition: Butler, B. S. Minnesota, Cook County, titaniferous magnetite: Grout, F. F. Pennsylvania... Iron, Cook County, titaniferous magnetite: Grout, F. F. IRON. Minnesota, Cook County, titaniferous...Trans.-Kansas Academy of Science Transactions. Lawrence, Kans. Kans. State Geol. Survey Bull.-Kansas State...Bulletin. Lawrence, Kans. Kans. Univ. Paleont. Contr.-Kansas University Paleontological Contributions. Lawrence...A. A study of facies change in quartzite, Lamar County, Georgia [abs.] : Ga. Acad. Sci. Bull., v.17, no |  | | Report (volume) | | F. Kay, Iowa City. Kansas............Prof. Erasmus Haworth, University of Kansas, Lawrence. Kentucky...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | Vermont, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Oregon, Kansas, Alabama, Ohio, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Wyoming, Montana...Oregon. Information was also supplied by Dowse’s Agate Shop, Salt Lake City, Utah, by William J. Bingham...Mahaffey of Nevada, Missouri. The well-known Texas agate localities of the Alpine Region were described in...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 |  | | Report (volume) | | .......................................' .131 Kansas..................................................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.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport; |
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