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| AN OVERVIEW Rhode Island MINERALS & COLLECTORS F. WILLIAM MILLER Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford...A L SPECIES and many varieties occur within Rhode Island. Part of this abundance is attributable to the...Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport...Newport County. The greatest number of species and varieties appear in the Northern Zone. Miller attributes |
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| NORTHEASTERN RHODE ISLAND 286 ROCKS AND M I N E R A L S The adjacent towns of Cumberland and Lincoln in northeastern...northeastern Rhode Island offer col lecting in several localities, including the Conklin Limestone quarry, the...the Old Dexter quarry, Diamond Hill, the Route 114 road cut, and the Iron Hill mine. T H E T O W N S H...U M B E R L A N D at the northeast corner of Rhode Island is not so famous mineralogically as Cumberland...there is enough interest ing in this town and in Lincoln—the adjacent town to the south—to warrant a field |
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| more. "The Glove Mine is located in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, near the little town of Amado, on the...inches in length. They come from Mt. Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado (altitude of pocket where found over...inches in size, comes from Devil's Head, Douglas County, Colo. Microcline {feldspar). Nice loose xls, averaging...received. These come from Devil's Head, Douglas County, Colo. Garnet (spessartite). Small but gemmy, deep...Locality is Ruby Mountain near Nathrop, Chaffee County, Colo. Topaz: Small, colorless gemmy xls in cavities |
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| vanadinite (lustrous, drusy, brownish xls on gray quartz rock). ARKANSAS—The following item was sent in by Byron...of Western Grove,in the N.E. section of Newton County. All these are in N . W . Arkansas. "It happened...a very large and interesting one from Lawrence County, Arkansas." CALIFORNIA—Emmett Klopfenstein, Box...plenty of zoisite. One of the dumps near the old lime Kiln is still full of massive topaz, but it's not...strongly radioactive microlite occurs at the Slocum quarry in E. Hampton. A few of the octahedral crystals |
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| ph—phosphorescence ALASKA — "Here are two pieces of rock that I picked up on the beach near Kenia, Alaska...coal. It it? The green piece is a chip from a large rock." — item from Mrs. Knute Carlson, Box 702, Wasilla...Conn., in a lot blasted up for a foundation. The rock was a mixture of chlorite-feldspar with some quartz...results. When first found the operator of a local rock shop said they were zircons. Then another shop weighed...vicinity that I believe will be of interest to other rock collectors. As far as I know these are new finds |
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| senopyrite in Darien (Fairfield Co.), Levesque, Cross County, Arkansas. The Conn., for over a year. A few weeks...China Lake, Calif. galena. A dull black cellular rock is the spec"So far we have gotten about 15 imen...1347, Palmer, Alaska. The slice is a grayish chalcedony. 376 ROCKS AND MINERALS chalcopyrite and...A H O — "This specimen was found in Twin Falls County about 10 miles south of Hagerman, Idaho. These...and I visited a fairly new limestone quarry in eastern DeKalb County, 111. There were a few small fossils |
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| quartz is reported from Russia. Pseudomorphs of chalcedony after datolite occur and are referred to as haytorite...in trap rock at notable localities such as the Cheapside quarry at Deerfield, Franklin County, where it...Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; fine specimens were also found at the Notch quarry at nearby Amherst...datolite occurred as fine large crystals in trap rock ex- Downloaded by [Queensland University of Technology]...al. 1980) and quarries at Prospect Park, Passaic County, are noted for datolite; datolite clusters and |
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| mile west of the community of Levesque in Cross County. This locality may also be given as 6 miles east...of white melanterite coating a cellular brownish rock, COLORADO—'"On the dumps of the old Smuggler and...in Georgia (pp. 9-21). One locality in Habersham County should fascinate many of our readers. Here is Dr...have also found jasper, chert, petrified wood, chalcedony and other quartz gems. Some distance on down..."Selenite xls on limonite matrix from limestone quarry near Tracy, Marion Co., Iowa."—on label. KENTUCKY—"The |
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| slab of a rock I picked up immediately outside Anchorage, Alaska. An unusual feature of the rock, and there...2x3 inch sawed slab of mottled grayish-green chalcedony and dark red jasper (all quartz — therefore the...Maricopa County on Route 80, 5 miles S / W of Gila Bend and the mine is off the road to Painted Rock Dam....country for dumortierite is near Dehesa, San Diego County, California, where beautiful specimens, violet...old maps or directions for reaching BranchviUe Quarry that will take you to U.S. Route 7 between Danbury |
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| A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises...overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the entire state are all undisturbed sedimentaries:...borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming line is good rock hunting country, especially along the southern slopes...as: concretions, Barite and Celestite crystals, chalcedony rosettes, agates, jasper, fossil plants and vertebrate...of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive rock beds east of the Orella railroad sta. ranks among |
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| consternation of a rock col lector who wandered into a meeting whose sign read: ROCK FESTIVAL. The Society...enjoyed by the members present. OTTAWA, CANADA RHODE ISLAND The Canadian Micro Mineral Associa tion announced...announced a series of field trips. The Lachaine Quarry, the McGlashan Mine, the Evans Lou Mine, Bear Lake...fossils of the Alps. Member Bill LaFond of the Rhode Island Mineral Hunt ers, Pawtuckett, spoke to 390...VIRGINIA Blue coral was the objective of the Kanaivha Rock and Gem Club, Charles ton, when the club journeyed |
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| Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...that is mostly a mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....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 |
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| Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...that is mostly a mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....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 |
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| to amber, on white limestone, occurs in Miller's Lime Pit at Samson, Geneva Co., Ala., so we have been...in the copper mines at Sulzur, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. ARIZONA—"Bisbee (Cochise Co.), Ariz.,...admission fee on a dirt road which compared to some old quarry roads is a super highway! The x,!s are found in...bornite have been found in gabbro at the old Hubbard quarry in Wilmington (New Castle Co.), Del. FLORIDA—"I...been found in the Appalachian Minerals Company quarry near Monticello (Jasper Co.), Ga. IDAHO—"I am enclosing |
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| describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...a precise explanation of how to recognize the rock formations in which gems occur. in The tabular...1 2 How fun to hunt for gems to identify 3 Rock formations How which gems occur 1 21 stone...that comes from opening a nodule or a pocket in rock and being the first to see a sparkling crystal fresh...nodule may contain a center of surrounded by chalcedony easily discernible quartz crystals that crystalline |
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| Vili Fossil-Stegosaurus * Alabama Mineral-Hematite Rock-Marble Fossil-Basilosaurus cetoides Gemstone-Star...Blue Quartz Soil-Bama Series Mineral-Rhodochrosite Rock-Yule Marble 22 22 Zo 24 * Connecticut OG G& BY...Mineral-Quartz Crystal Soil-Myakka Fine Sand Series Rock-Bauxite Soil-Stuttgart Series * Georgia * California...Fossil-Shark Tooth Gem-Quartz 35 36 36 38 38 38 Rock-Serpentine * Hawaii Fossil-Sabre-Toothed Cat Gemstone-Benitoite...Stone-Salem Limestone River-Wabash River 49 50 * Iowa Rock-Geode DZ * Kansas Soil-Harney Silt Loam Series |
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| to work the whole three days. There is wonderful rock and mineral collecting areas near by, even in the...The Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club, Marietta, was host to G i l Withers who told about his rock hunting...for petrified wood, quartz, quartzite, jasper, chalcedony, marcasite, carnelian and fossils T h e Georgia...The Gem City Rock and Mineral So ciety, Erie, heard new member, Roy Peters, tell of rock hunting in the...Central Pennsylvania Rock and Min eral Club, Harrisburg, went to the Cedar H i l l Quarry. It was so successful |
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| Postcard view of the Waukon iron mine, Allamakee County, cia. 1912. John Taylor collection. ARTHUR E ...limestone quarries, gravel pits, strip mines. and rock outcrops are scattered throughout the state and...Unfortunately. with today’s environmental laws and mine and quarry regulations. the prolific collecting of the 1950s...Iowa Geological Survey. Localities by County Allamakee County Lansing, Lansing lead mines = Captain...Ludvigson, and Ripley 1987). Postville, Postville quarry, 1.5 mi. N of Postville on State 51, sec. 16, T |
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| Mine Chihuahu, Mexico Fornacite DH Claims Gila County, Arizona DH Claims In January of '96, I was first...The Blacl~ Mountain §podumene Pegmatite Natrona County, Wyoming • Mark Jacobson 112 N. Lemans St. Lafayette...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 • E-mail: lream@comtch.iea...maps and illustrations. If you have amber in your rock/earth science collection, or are interested in amber...intersection of the Gas Hills Road and the Dry Creek Road (County 321). After driving 8.9 miles south on the Dry |
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| MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Easy-to-understand instructions for recognizing rock formations; glossary. How to identify gem minerals...is a precise explanation of h< to recognize the rock formation* which gems occur. The tabular Gem ... contents fun to hunt for gems 1. It's 2. How 3. Rock formations 4. How 5. Characteristics of important...that comes from opening a nodule or a pocket in rock and being the first to see a sparkling crystal fresh |
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| OXIDES' FLEISCHER, No. 1 SUPPLEMENT AND NANCY CONKLIN CONTENTS PAGE Abstract ........................Geological Survey. 2 HE•"ETT, FLEISCHER, .lIND CONKLIN about 150 partial chemicalanalyses. The conclusionsof...arcingand to bring 4: HEI/VETT, FLEISCHER, AND CONKLIN their compositionnearer to that of the matrix...neededto throw light on the problemsinvolved. As most rock units whose chemicalandphysicalpropertiesare pertinentto...confusion in manygeologicproblemsbecause the samplesof rock selected to yield pertinentevidencewere carelessly |
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| Schacht (who was bom Horace Greele} Schacht in the USA), President of the German Reichsbank. In du< course...minerals are leached from the surrounding country rock during metamorphism. Ramsay and Huber (1983) suggest...such as pegmatite veins or cavities in sedimentary rock. The localities for faden quartz are numerous, and...repeated cracking and healing of grains in the country rock, which are broken and exposed when the fissure grad...the stretched crystal fiber hy pothesis, when the rock first fractures, crystal grains are broken, and |
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| received a heavy package of chalcedony and hyalite from Texas. Most of the chalcedony was lovely in daylight...large rocks were coated with a thin botryoidal chalcedony and a hyalite-like cacholong (semi-opal-like...and C. A. Anderson have formed a partnership — the Rock House- See their ad in this issue). We have no extensive...while we find arfvedsonite at our favorite zeolite quarry near Perkiomenville, Pa. It is not always easy...with it. I enjoyed the details of your tour of Rhode Island. It was ingenious and thoughtful in the manner |
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| opencut .......................................... Rock from Alderman mine, Browns Canyon, Colorado ......secondpaper publishedin 1963, Hewett, Fleischer, and Conklin, using many spectrographicanalyses of the oxidesfound...sulfide,and tungstateas well as barite, fluorite, chalcedony,and quartz; and 2) the epithermal base-metaldepositsthat...middle Tertiary age; (5) persistent alterationof the lime-sodafeldsparsin the hostrocksto a K-feldspar (adu-...The three specimensof black calcite veins in Juab County, Utah, were collectedby R. K. Hose of the U.S. |
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| BONANZA Rock collecting, sightseeing and a look at history in Colorado by Steve Voyn ick CONKLIN QUARRY...QUARRY Minerals and gem materials in Rhode Island by James R. Mitchell FEATURES 10 48 51 Page 122 A PICTURE...Vanguard blade. aluminum oxide wheel for sharpening rock picks, chisels, etc. Use fine grit • Handy, adjustable...CENTER CADILLAC OF ROCK GRIPPERS _ __._..__._....., SHIM The new 4 POINT SOVA ROCK VISE Designed and...This toot puts four equal pressure points on your rock. holding odd shaped pieces solidly for accurate |
Conklin Quarry, Lime Rock, Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA