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| Today, several dozen ruby mines exist, and the Franklin area is recognized as the only significant source...source of rubies in the United States. Ruby Mines of North Carolina S T E V E N P. Y U R K O V I C H Department...Department of Earth Sciences Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723 to nearly 7,000 tons...majority of this ore was taken from the Corundum Hill mine. Com mercial corundum production ceased in the...varieties ruby and sapphire, has been mined and collected from a wide area of western North Carolina since |
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| GEMS AND GEM MINERALS OF NORTH CAROLINA* Josnrn HvoB Pnerr North Carolina is one of the more notable...material. The variety of gem minerals found in North Carolina is probably greater than in any other state...following: Diamond Spodumene Hiddenite Kunzite Corundum Ruby Sapphire Oriental Emerald Oriental Amethyst Oriental...Labradorite Zicon Hyacinth Cyanite Blue Green Spinel Ruby Grahnite Zoisite' Thulite Olivine Peridot Epidote...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite |
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| several Corundum Hill specimens, including a rough ruby crystal six inches in diameter and a gem blue sapphire...raw corundum as it moved in flume lines The North Carolina Geological Survey of 1905 notes that "what...specimen of ori- North Carolina's famous Corundum Hill, the world's largest corundum mine, and a property...mountainous county of Macon, just outside the town of Franklin, and plans to let rockhounds mine and prospect...MINERALS entai emerald in the world came from this mine." It, too, is in the Bement Collection. Green corundum |
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| "Gold !" has often set man's blood to boil. North Carolina has known well the fever that goes with a gold...Today's part-time miner or "rockhound" finds North Carolina gold mine (no pun intended) in his search for wealth...been especially lucky a ruby or emerald, may have been his reward. The Cowee Ruby Fields are in a pic turesque...resort of Franklin in the Nantahala Mountains. The Cowee ruby-bearing gravels are said to be very similar to...Mogok Valley of Burma, site of the world's premier ruby fields. During the late 1 8 9 0 s and the first |
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| ........................ 460 1HE SCARLET COPPER MINE, N. C. By C. Henry King ..........................····-··············· 467 llUBIES OF COWEE VALLEY, NORTH CAROLINA. By Melbourne S1nith ··············...Boulder Bec!ch on Lake Mead. Nevad~ The Clark County Gem Collectors, Inc. (Paul 0 . Drury, Publicity...wanted to go prospecting in some remote part of the North Woods Possibly in Canada. I had traveled through...and Kirkland Lake districts which were farther North. I wrote to the Ontario Department of Mines and |
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| mineralogists." Pointing to the wide popularity of the Cowee Ruby Mines here, the president of Corundum Hill Enterprises...Enterprises, James Brinkman, says: "With the ruby mines and Corundum Hill now open to the thousands of...realize our main objective: to make Franklin, North Carolina the 'Gem Capital of the World.' This area can |
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| mineralogists." Pointing to the wide popularity of the Cowee Ruby Mines here, the president of Corundum Hill Enterprises...Enterprises, James Brinkman, says: "With the ruby mines and Corundum Hill now open to the thousands of...realize our main objective: to make Franklin, North Carolina the 'Gem Capital of the World.' This area can |
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| northeast near Jamestown in Cherokee County is another lead mine." ARIZONA—A letter dated Sept. 17, 1953...his letter, dated Aug. 19, 1953, writes:— "An old mine near here had cavities in it that contained a sandlike...the Navajo Indian Reservation north of this community (in Apache County) with "high hopes" of finding...Chromrutile, has been found at the Red Ledge chromite mine in the Washington mining district of Nevada Co....clear, but presumably it was around 1949. Red Ledge mine was originally developed as a gold-bearing property |
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| by those of our readers who are mining engineers, mine offi• cials, prospectors, or those otherwise interested... An electric field creates a magnetic one. The North P ole of the earth, situated at its axis, is quite...interference is caused with the static electricity of the North and South P oles, creating Electron disturbances...on uraninite with zircon (massive) found in the North qua,rry. T he uraninitc and zircon are rare. Traces...ntagnetite ; in 1{ontgo111ery County, Virginia; in Burke County, North Carolina. Native iron has also been |
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| CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________............._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T...g e s w h i c h c r e s t a t M t . N o r t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...n d m 1799 i n Cabarrus C o u n t y, N o r t h Carolina, b y a s m a l l b o y w a l k i n g along a m |
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| Peggy Norton, Secretary 11145 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, Cl. 11ea7 WIii iam Tirk, Treuurer 3844...TREASURE TROVE'' JUNE 15, 16 & 17, 1973 Stanislaus County Fairgrounds Turlock, Callfornla FIELD TRIPS -...Show. " Stanislaus Treasure Trove." Stanislaus County Falrgrounds, Turlock, Ca. Mother Lode Mlwal Society...Convention and Show. " Garnet Star of Idaho." Nez Pet'ce County Fairgrounds. Lewiston. Idaho. Host, Helle Can,on...pattern and/or color at only '3.00 per lb. Average mine run material at S1.50 per lb. Expect small nodules |
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| Stockton 3 , Calif. E X C H A N G E — S y n t h e t i c Ruby and or Blue Spinels rough materials. Small pieces...pieces collected f r o m the Permain in Somervell County, Texas (the location famous for number w e l l...MINERALS OPALS, B R I L L I A N T COLORS—Direct from mine, 15 for $ 5 . 0 0 . 10 ringsize cabochons (opal...So. III. Also bright galena groups and sparkling ruby sphalerite f r o m Tri-State area. 50c to $ 5 ....Fort Shuford M i n e r a l Shop, A r d e n , No. Carolina. N O R T H C A R O L I N A EMERALD — from the |
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| appreciation is also extended to the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, especially to Miss...United States 104 Gemstones and Gems: Diamond, Ruby, and Sapphire 9 69 The Composition of Rocks...the Great American Diamond Field Diamond 108 hia Ruby and Sapphire 116 Possible Future Discoveries of...000 literally stumbled a boy in North diamond, over Carolina a rockhound a deposit uncovered ...that many of the best mineral collecting areas in North America are in the states east of the Mississippi |
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| NORTInHIwo AME A Volumes John Sinkankas _ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes ® Volume I Gemstones, of...of all the mineral treasures to be found in North America, are perhaps the most fascinating—and the...worthy of the name. Some, like the emeralds of North Carolina, the colorful and fabulous tourmalines and...above all, easily read and understood, GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, Volumes I and II, will be welcomed as a...abroad are becoming so scarce and expensive that North America has developed into a major exporter rather |
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| GEMSTONES $CS of NORTH AMERICA . In Two Volumes $30.00 GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes ...REINHOLD BOOK / '- ✓ ( ..., ■ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes Volume II T ourmaline...from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...lnternatiunal, Inc. F RO. Tl!>PI£CE GEMSTONES of NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes Volume II John Sinkankas...publication of the first volume of Gemstones of North America in 1959 so much has transpired that the |
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