 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | there are deposits of andalusite, sillimanite, and kyanite, many of which have been mined (Espenshade and...site of an old corundum mine, the Rickard Mine, in the Charlotte belt of northern York County, South Carolina...the type region in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (NC) and York County, South Carolina (SC). Solid circle...1978; Schreyer et al. 1981) and at the Chester, Massachusetts, emery deposit (Smith 1866; Lehner 1976; Lincks...margarite and corundum, the rocks from Africa and Massachusetts contain a wider array of aluminous silicates |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Desired. Alabama—Mr. Ernest Fairbanks, 109th Street, Old Orchard Beach, Me., sends in this bit of information:...sent R & M a number of specimens from the copper mines of his town. The specimens are extremely beautiful...When it comes to beautiful minerals, the copper mines of Arizona rank high in the mineral world. Arkansas—At...of black, crystallized ferberite from the Conger Mine, near Nederland, Boulder Co., Colo. It is good to...in Georgia at the fo'lowing localities: Cherokee County —2V2 miles northeast of Ball Ground, 1 mi'e northwest |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Muscovite crystals forming a 10-cm rosette, Jose Pinto mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Table 3. Interlayer-deficient...spectacular recent find of muscovite was at the Jose Pinto mine, where more than a ton of beautifully crystallized...(manganoan) varieties are found at the Harding mine, Taos County, New Mexico (Jahns and Ewing 1977). Fuchsite...Peninsula, Russia (where it is associated with kyanite crystals). Well-formed silverygreen crystals of...divergent “books” are found at the Little Three mine near Ramona, California, associated with orange |  | | Report (issue) | | 23 23 Introductory Remarks Sapphire Corundum Emery Physical Properties Artificial Production of Corundum...A. Burdick, Manager of the Laurel Creek Corundum Mine, Pine Mountain, Rabun Co., Ga., Mr. Corn of Visage...improbable, that they were familiar with the use of emery, at the time, when that substance, which is met...corundum is the emery of the supposed that the early Egyptians obtained emery from this point, and...arts. Indeed, up to the time of the discovery of emery in Asia Minor, in Grecian Islands. 1847, by Dr |  | | Report (volume) | | LEXICON OF FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES MASSACHUSETTS BENJAMIN KENDALL EMEKSON WASHINGTON...inineralogical lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass. This lexicon was prepared to accompany...MINERALOGICAL LEXICON OF FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES, MASS. By B. K. EMERSON. INTRODUCTION...within the area of the three river counties in Massachusetts. Each citation from the original documents is...the eastern border of the area find in AVorcester County. TRIASSIC. The Suf/ar Loaf arko*e, or feldspathitf |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University Auburn, Alabama 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu Kyanite Downloaded by [Laurentian University] at 02:10...times quite beautiful rock-forming minerals is kyanite. It is one of a triad of aluminosilicates that...and described from many hundreds of localities, kyanite is particularly well known as a valuable industrial...especially familiar to collectors because the kyanite-rich “quartzite” once exploited at Graves Mountain...2008). Surprisingly attractive, reasonably priced kyanite specimens are traditionally available from several |  | | Book (edition) | | CHIASTOLITE a\ DIAMOND CRYSTALS DIOPSIDE EMERALD KYANITE LAZULITE t^^*l IDOCRASE lOLITE k:^ RUBY /^^... feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals... • r in color. Turquoise from Los Cerillos mines, New Mexico. Note turquoise vein cutting diagonally...But here ious some general are tips from an old "rock-hound" which you may find helpful. First of...ideal prospecting vehicle; next best a 20-year old model with plenty of daylight underneath Good equipment |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 14:35 04 June 2016 New York City, New York County, New York State T he minerals of the garnet group...presence of America’s largest hard-rock garnet mines within its borders, a famous New York garnet specimen...representative of a garnet from Deshong’s quarry, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, that can barely be considered almandine...Commonly associated minerals include staurolite, kyanite, andalusite, sillimanite, chlorite, muscovite,...specimens have been found at several mines near Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, particularly the Standpipe |  | | Book | | MASSACHUSETTS MINERALAND FOSSIL LOCALITIES Compiled by Peter P. Gleba 'I!~·· . \. i r,'"--""'4' I...publication. Peter P. Gleba December 2008 Quincy, Massachusetts Member Boston Mineral Club Reprinted by permission...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. Calculating it another way, [Peter Gleba] said...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. It has access, it has convenience, it has exposure...there's gold. Real gold. The stuff of the Old West, here in the Old East, and worth $400-plus per ounce, if |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 00:39 19 January 2015 Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia B lack and nearly black minerals-no...hematite, quartz, titanite, chlorite, muscovite, kyanite, andalusite, and pyrophyllite. Microscopic rutile...near Waterbury, Vermont; at Poker Hill, Providence County, Rhode Island; and in Essex, Orange, and Warren...specimens have been described from a number of Massachusetts localities, including thumb-sized crystals from...from the Pelham asbestos mine (Emerson 1895). Other historical Massachusetts Downloaded by [University |  | | 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...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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | 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...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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Journal (issue) | | .............219 by Robert I. Gait The Chester Emery Mines ...........................................the recent paper, “ Uralolite from the Dunton Gem mine, Newry, Maine: a second occurrence” (vol. 9, p....localities: 1 the j Elmwood and Gordonsville zinc mines near Carthage,Tennessee by Lance E. Kearns and F...Elmwood and Gordonsville zinc mines, near the town of Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee. Relatively little...of ore per day. The present working level of the mine is between 100 and 113 m. In the spring of 1976 |  | | Journal (issue) | | ELECTRIC LIGHT ON OBSCURE POINTS , MINERALS or MASSACHUSETTS , ORIGIN OF AMBER , SINGING SANDS , NAMES OF...crystals. At Eskifjord is the noted Iceland spar mine. It is owned by the Danish government and leased...chance of getting any more Iceland spar from the mine. He had a large stock on hand, and his prices were...Eskifjord. Stilbite is found near the Iceland spar mine, and chabazjto in the 18 THE MINERAL COLLECTOR...a guide, who led this man to an abandoned " iron mine " — which contained no iron except limonite stains |  | | Book (volume) | | mineralized and dotted with once-rich abandoned mines. Dividing the stratigraphically complicated Piedmont...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: |  | | Book (volume) | | instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...and the extensive pegmatite dike exposures and mines. BON HOMME & CHARLES MIX COUNTIES SCOTLAND to WAGNER...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sylacauga, Talladega Co., Ala. ARIZONA—The old Yuma mine, famous for its wonderful specimens of vanadinite...vanadinite and wulfenite, is located in Pima County, Ariz., about 15 miles N . W . of Tucson. Although abandoned...Smith: "I am sending some wulfenite xls from the old Yuma mine in the Tucson Mts. These xls range anywhere...single xls. This mine quit working about 1920 and was mainly a gold, silver, and lead mine." ARKANSAS—Billy...Creek bridge. I was unable to enter the titanium mine, so did not get any rutile. I finally was able to |  | | Report (issue) | | ^he Bedrock Geology of Massachusetts A. The Pre-Silurian Geology of the Rowe-Hawley Zone B. Stratigraphy...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1366-A-D The Bedrock Geology of Massachusetts NORMAN L. HATCH, JR., Editor A. The Pre-Silurian...Jr. and Rolfe S. Stanley [etc.] 1. Geology Massachusetts. I. Hatch, Norman L. II. Series: Geological...a companion to the bedrock geologic map of Massachusetts (Zen and others, 1983; hereafter referred to... Geological Survey and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which was begun in 1938. They also include |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | its turquoise crystals, apophyllite on prehnite, kyanite, Virginia has, in fact, over 150 mineral species...world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...Alleghany County. Howard Freeland specimen and photo. Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch...Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed to collectors. However, landowners...(c) = currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarry—Alberene amphiboie asbestos |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Show. The Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, found quartz crystals, wulfenite...at the Wheatley Mine. The Monogahela Rockhounds, Homestead, went to the Bingham Mine and collected cooperrhyolite...Mineralogical Soci ety collected garnets at Green's Garnet Mine for use as "door give-a-ways" at their September...Clauser reported that six members of the Bucks County Earth Science Society, Feasterville, placed in...demonstrated "His kind of Faceting." The Frederick County Rock and Mineral Club, Frederick, made a trip to |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Journal (issue) | | world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...(c) = currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite...limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite, siderite Faber lead mine-near Faber cerussite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, argentiferous...DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES Rutherford pegmatite mines (c)-near Amelia allanite, apatite, bavenite, bertrandite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | North America; the rare earth pegmatitesb of Llano County (Texas), Minas Geraes(BraziI), Ytterby (Sweden)...the Blueberry Mountain pegmatite at Woburn, Massachusetts,are Devonian in age.7The famous Bedford pegmatite...Geologyond Mines, vol. 7, p. 34, 1924. 18Anderson, A. L Genesis of mica pegmatite deposits, Latah County, Idaho:...30Lovering, T. S., Magmatic chalcopyrite, Park County, Montana: Econ. Geology,vol 19, pp 636-640, 1924...mineral resources of eastern Cassia County, Idaho: Brill. Id.aho Bta. Mines ond.Geology,vol. 14, pp. l-164 |  | | Report (issue) | | information immediately availal-tle to property owners and mine operators concern€\d with exploration for and production...drilling data of the Sinsinawa River area, Grant County, Wis. : 21 p. , 2 figs. , 1 map. May 11, 1953....copper-zinc district, Shasta County, Calif.: 1 map. Sept. 16, 1953. 102 Old Mint Bldg., San Francisco,... Calif.; California Division of Mines, Ferry Bldg., San Francisco, Calif. 2. Allingham, J. W., Drilling... A brief report on the progress of the Manatee County, Fla., ground-water investigation: 11 p., 4figs |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | feet above water level. Site: Arizona's Hillside mine, producer of gold, silver, lead, and zinc. The source... found at the Hillside mine at the same time. (Editor's Note: The above mine is at Hillside, Yavapai...378 is undoubtedly the Hahns Peak area in Routt County, northern Colorado. It is not usually especially...success. He has cabochons of moonstone from Stephens County, which are unusually good ; also, rutilated rose...amethysts from the old amethyst mine near the new waterworks dam at Mountain Ciy, Rabun County, Ga. He has a |
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