| | Report (volume) | Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle, | | | Report (issue) | .'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...GARNET RUBY CORUNDUM GOLD TORBERNITE GARNET IN MICA ANATASE RUTILE AJTUNITE AND TORBERNITE THULITE...Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North CarOlina Department of Natural Resources and Community...for the general welfare of the citizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts a number of basic and | | | Report (issue) | Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist i ...FRONT COVER PHOTO Twinned emerald crystal from North Carolina, photo from Smithsonian Institution (slide...viable mineral collecting sites through out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during | | | Book (volume) | grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; | | | Book (volume) | grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; | | | Book (volume) | vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...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...CHEYENNE, DEUEL, GARDEN & KEITH COUNTIES AREA, between North and South Platte rivers and in all tributary branches | | | Book | this comes when one learns that such minerals as mica, apatite, sphene, zircon, fluroite and corundum...often are arrested there. At the Eldorado sapphire mine in Mon¬ tana the action of a million years is readily...Sapphires (Corundum) which combine with Biotite Mica to form R°ck ■ 1 ^ Igneous Dike Rock on the...beds are rich in such minerals as quartz, feldspar, mica, garnet, tourmaline, magnetite, zircon, gold, platinum...gneiss rocks. Schists often contain feldspar, garnet, mica and quartz. With sapphires are often found associated | | | Book | 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 | | | Book (volume) | 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 | | | Report (issue) | arawak and North Borneo _________________ _ Sarawak _____________________________ _ North BorneO----...________ _ North Island_____ ------------- ________ _ Antarctica ________________________________ _ North Am...124 126 127 130 Monazite localities-Continued North America-Continued United States of America-Continued...Perce Counties __________ _ Idaho CountY-----------------Valley CountY-----------------Adams, Payette,...and Gem Counties ________________________ _ Boise County ___ --------------Ada, Owyhee, Elmore, and Custer | | | Book (edition) | Epidote, etc Axinite 282 Danburite, lolite 286 Mica Group Scapolite Group 287 292 293 286 Nephelite... III. Crystalline 468 B. Containing Feldspar, Mica, Leucite, Nephelite, Sodalite, or other related...Alkali-bearing a. b. 469 species 469 Potash-Feldspar and Mica Series Potash -Feldspar and Hornblende or Pyroxene...or without Augite 479 e. Soda-Lime-Feldspar and Mica Series 480 /. Soda-Lime-Feldspar and Hornblende...scribed on mica or a glazed card, and graduated. The arms might but for also be made of stiff card mica, bone | | | Book (edition) | dodecahedron. The brownish-black mineral in the mica from Pennsbury, Pa., is magnetite in this form (f...brachydome. Examples manganite, 14 A 14 = 122 chrysoberyl, 34 A 34 (f. 300) =120 13' 24 A 24 = 117 20'...rhombohedral aspect. Figs. 299 and 300 are both chrysoberyl, where 34 is the : Manjranite. twinning-plane...302 cne 300 Leadhillite. Witherite. Chrysoberyl. Chrysoberyl. In f 303, three rhombic prisms, 7, of...hornblende and pyroxene, and of various kinds of mica are also at times observed associated in parallel | | | Book (edition) | ^ fe o -• vO y MINERALOGY AND MINING. Mine Accidents —Ventilation — Ore Dressing, Etc. DESCRIPTIVE...lific of valuable treats and advice." PRACTICAL MINE VENTILATION. WILSON. For the Use of Mining Engineers...above, there is also the department of Economic Mine) alogy, which is not here and (3) in the coarser...dodecahedron. The brownish-black mineral in the mica from Pennsbury, Pa., is magnetite in this form (f...manganite, l-l A l-l = 122° 50^(f. 2H6) cohunhite, chrysoberyl, 3 I A 34 (f. 300) =120° 13' 117° 20'. 2-^A2-^ | | | Book (volume) | localities from is time diamonds had been north to in in thin a the beds of the of majority...find Kimberley. Colony The projected the Du mine, serpentine and and where absence beginnings...and depths therefore in rush the afterwards mine, completely brecciated and fragmented, to in...discovered at of Vaal Kimberley mine when steam magnesium silicate, mine, and water funnel all of...to famous weathering unknown the Their and mine the and India, shown at the Paris Exhibition | | | Report (issue) | Descriptions, maps, and diagrams of deposits of mica, beryl, lithium, tantalum, tin, and feldspar UNITED...__ Tertiary dike rocks.______-_--_-______--____ Mica deposits._____________________________________ Distribution__...________ Composition and physical properties of mica. _______ Composition _______________________________..._______________________ Mining, preparation, and uses of mica. _____________ Mining.___________________________________...-_____-.____. Types of mica deposits._________________________ Structure of mica deposits._-__-____-___-___--___ | | | Book | OX5 1GB, UK 225 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451, USA Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved...Cover photo: Amazonite open pit on the Ploskaya Mountain, Western Keivy, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Photo:...deposits in Brazil, India, Canada, Mexico, Mongolia, USA, and other countries. The goal of the conducted laboratory...(EPR), X-ray diffraction, X-ray, photo- and thermoluminescence, heat treatments, and X-ray irradiation... viii Preface Full wet chemical analysis, partial X-ray fluorescence analysis, and optical spectrographic |
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