 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 07:42 13 June 2016 Figure 1: A large, bladed celestine crystal group from the âupper bedâ near Adamsville...Figure 2 (right): A cluster of tabular prismatic celestine crystals on dolomitic limestone from a Rocky Creek...cm across. Rediscovering Lampasas LAMPASAS COUNTY, TEXAS During the summer of 1989, the author and several...several friends began a systematic survey of celestine in Lampasas and surrounding counties. Since that...Lampasas, Texas (and the county of the same name), has long been recognized as a source for celestine crystals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Texas mineral locality INDEX Whereas Texas is well known for its vastness, cattle industry, and oil...I T S T O P O G R A P H Y A N D G E O L O G Y , Texas, the second largest state, has produced relatively...famous localities. A s this article will show, Texas has hadâor currently hasânu merous mineral occurrences...produce good specimens; yet when specimens from Texas are sought in collections and dealers' stocks, few...some basic facts that help explain the situation. Texas has very little federal land in its mineralized |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pegmatites Lake Buchanan, Llano County, Texas Art Smith 9118 Concho Str. Houston, Texas 77036 Ray Stegemoller...Box 201, Canine Road Marble Falls, Texas 78654 .7 l Llano County has long been known for its rare-earth...nl996 .. Texas resulted in extremely low water levels in Lake Buchanan...Mexico ⢠Art Smith 9118 Concho Street Houston, Texas 77036 In the fall of 1996 when I purchased part...former Chief Geologist for Texas Gulf at their Frasch sulfur mine at New Gulf, Texas, I noticed a small vial |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | .tlne. There was a production of 40 tons of celestine in the United States in 1897, this having come...fibrous celestite is found at Bell's Mills, Blair County, Pa. In fact, the localities where i di splacement...list. There are deposits in the vicinity of Burnet, I Texas, which are said to be sufficiently large to...opposite the Perry Cave. Ethnology of Pure celestine, or celestite, is sulphate of strontiulll, containing...always knew the kiss, and Job speaks of value of celestine is very low, probably not in excess of for the |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1.Pekov. The Baringer Hill Pegmatite Llano County, Texas Art Smith artsmithite@msn.com Introduction...Science collection were purchased along with other Texas minerals. Also a collecting field trip to the Llano...similar rare-earth pegmatite collecting in Llano and Burnet counties. It was hoped that such a compilation...the specimens is meager usually giving just Llano County or 5 miles south of Bluffton. However, when reading...were few other pegmatites recognized in the Llano County area so Baringer Hill can be accepted as their |  | | Report (issue) | | Austin Austin, Texas 78712 JOHN T. LONSDALE, Director Report of Investigations â No. 42 Texas Gemstones...OFECONOMIC GEOLOGY The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 78712 JOHN T. LONSDALE, Director â...â No. 42 Report of Investigations Texas Gemstones By Elbert A. King, Jr. February 1961 â â â Second...gemstones Cabochon gems Faceted gems Tumbled gems Texas gemstones Amber Augite Beryl Celestite Diamond Epidote...Illustrations 1. Typical crystal form of three common Texas gemstones 2. Variations of the cabochon cut 3. Diamond |  | | Journal (issue) | | September-October 201â Mineral Collections in Texas A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record September-October...those found in neighboring Arizona and New Mexico; Texas is oil country, and many fortunes have been made... but all are worthy of study and appreciation. Texas collections generally tend tobe very broad in scope...collecting in Texas today has already been weil demonstrated by the Mineralogical Record's first Texas supplement...minerals that are preserved in Texas collections. Presented here in the second Texas supplement are another 811 |  | | Journal (issue) | | chrysanthemum stones are found in Hunan Province, Kiuyan County along the Yung River (Li 1990). Here the matrix...pale bluish gray, rarely transparent, bladed celestine crystals that radiate from a small chert nodule...center (Li 1990). In some specimens the blades of celestine have been replaced by white calcite, and the matrix...contrast between matrix and âflower.â When radiating celestine blades have a diameter of one inch or less, they...Frequently in the larger radiations, the blades of celestine may be variable in width and length. Some blades |  | | Report (issue) | | Lo11ghborough in Frontenac .¡county, and in the township of J~c111sdowne, Leeds County, Onta.rioJ lJut tl1ese...wo1..ketl jn the States of Califon1ia1, A1izona., Texas a,nd a,shington . In Cr1;lifo1~nia., celestite ...1916 from a depc)sit on tl1e 1¡1nperial San Diego, County line, a1bout 3] mileA west <>f Bra,vvley, on the...serpentine a mile south-west o,f La Conner, Skagit County. TJ1e strontianite is "'hite and finely crystalline...commercial grade occ.u rs near St11.ckling i11 Burnet County, near Lampasas in I;ampasas Ooâ˘l1nty, and near |  | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS Oelestite (SrS0 4 ), know11 also as celestine or crelestine, is the most important of the strontium-bearing... Soc., 1877-1879, 2, 44-45. On the celestine and baryto-celestine of Clifton, by N. Collie; Proc. Bristol...Bristol Nat. Soc. t 1877-1879, 2, 292-300. Celestine deposits of the Bristol district, by B. A. Baker;...mineral resources of Gr.e at Britain, Vol. 3, Celestine and strontianite, by R. L. She1¡lock; Mem. Geol...township of Bagot, Renfrew County; (2) the township of Fitzroy, Carleton County; (3) the township of Lansdowne |  | | Catalog/List | | 5" are $6.00. RAMSDELLITE; Mistake Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona: Yet another extremely uncommon mineral...BLUE/PURPLE/GREEN FLUORITE CLUSTERS; Shang Bao, Leiyang County, Hunan Pďż˝vince, China: From a very recent purchase...Christmas open pit Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona: An uncommon deep blue calcium copper...get away! !! MOHA WKITE; Mohawk Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan: From the original locality in Michigan's...for decades, but it just so happens that Kewcenaw county is using the old dump piles for construction fill |  | | Catalog/List | | AURICHALCITE - BISBEE: Southwest Mine, Cochise County, Bisbee, Arizona: Exceptional baby blue to deep...AURICHALCITE - 79 MINE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona: Delicate radiating acicular and lathlike...Morenci Mine, Clifton-Morenci District, Greenlee County, Arizona: Excellent specimens of this great deep...supply. CALCITE - BISBEE: Southwest Mine, Cochise County, Bisbee, Arizona: AWESOME! Exquisite masses of...at $4.00 each. CELESTINE, STRONTIANITE AND CALCITE: Mandata Quarry, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | INTRODUCTION. NSH I R E , although the second largest county in L I NCOL England, is remarkable for the simplicity...formations which enter into the structure of the county are tabulated below in descending order of relative...actually comes to the surface within the limits of the county, though it'doubtless underlies the whole area....form a broad plain along the western side of the county, east of which the ground rises to the ridge formed...line of escarpment from the southern border of the county to the ~stuary of the Humber, the ridge being only |  | | Catalog/List | | 00. CRYSTALLINE CUPRITE: Ray Central Mine, Pinal County, Arizona: Excellent small crystalline specimens...each. BOTRYOIOAL HEMATITE¡ lshpeming, Marquetta County, Michigan: 2 to 4 inch specimens from this famous...HEM/MORPH/TEANO CHRYSOCHOLLA: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gita County, Arizona: Another oldie, clear to white hemimorphite... 2 â˘â˘ , MOHA WK/TE: Mohawk Mina; Keweenaw County, Michigan: From an old collection, this rare copper-nic...quick sale. ROSAS/TE: Silver Bill Mi ne, Cochise County, Arizona. Nice 1x1 to 2x2 inch specimens of bright |  | | Journal (issue) | | Archaeology 4 Petrified WoodâOfficial State Stone of Texas 5 Featured Member: Charlie Fredregill 6 Opal...GAZETTE PETRIFIED WOODâOFFICIAL STATE STONE OF TEXAS from Stoney Statements 09/2007, via The Glacial...Glacial Drifter 11/2019, via The Roadrunner 09/2020 Texas designated petrified palmwood as the official state...of North Dakota and Louisiana. What is now arid Texas was a lush tropical forest 100 million years ago...Stewart Charlie Fredregill was born in Midland, Texas. His father was a variety store manager and hardware |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Department Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Boulevard Los Angeles, California...presented to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County by his children. A century ago Bisbee, Arizona...had become the largest clothing store in Cochise County. Ben made frequent trips back East to buy merchandise...interested in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and for a time in the early 1970âs served as a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | tyrannosaurus. Pioneer Museum, 5 0 0 N . W a t e r St., Burnet, Texas. 468 FOSSIL COLLECTIONSâSixteen different...3 2 N. Sherman Blvd., Milwaukee 9, W i s e . CELESTINEâBeautiful blue crystals on limestone, 50c to $...Gemarts and Rocks, 3 3 1 5 Tyler Avenue, El Paso, Texas. BEGINNERSâOver 100 different gems and mineral...T U N G S T E N O R E â Scheelite f r o m Inyo County, California, hand-picked for brilliance. 2 " x...N o r t h 6 5 t h , Lincoln 5, Nebraska. SOUTH TEXAS A G A T E â F r o m the Rio Grande. M i x e d colors |  | | Journal (issue) | | MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN TEXAS III A SUPPLEMENT TO THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD, NOVEMBERâDECEMBER 2020 ... Mineral Collections in TEXAS UVolume IIIV With an Introduction by Wendell Wilson A Supplement to...NovemberâDecember 2020 MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN TEXAS Mineral Collections in Texas Volume III A Supplement to The Mineralogical...twin, 5.5 cm, from the Amo tin deposit, Ximeng County, Yunnan, China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd...2.2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Androscoggin County, Maine. Kyle Kevorkian collection; Jordan Root |  | | Journal (issue) | | 883-4195; e-mail: jaypenn246@gmail.com 3-5âAUSTIN, TEXAS: Annual show; Austin Gem & Mineral Society; Palmer... grand prize; contact Susan Postlethwait, 6719 Burnet Ln., Austin, TX 78757, (512) 458-9546; e-mail:...Show; Gaston Gem, Mineral & Faceters Club; Gaston County Park; 1303 Dallas Cherryville Hwy.; Fri. 9-6, Sat...Rock River Valley Geological Society; Jefferson County Fair Park; Jackson Rd. and Peurner Rd.; Sat. 10-5...e-mail: denoyerm53531@ yahoo.com 4-5âSTAFFORD, TEXAS: Wholesale and retail show; The Bead Market; Stafford |  | | Book | | Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | Rossmanite and associated minerals from Newcomb, Essex County, NY by M. Lupulescu & J. Rakovan T h e minerals...Road Wollastonite Deposit, Pitcairn, St. Lawrence County, New York by M. R. Walter, S. C. Chamberlain, R...Road Wollastonite Deposit, Pitcairn, St. Lawrence County, New Y o r k by S. C. Chamberlain, M. R. Walter...Pyrochlore-group minerals form the Wausau Complex, Marathon County, W I by T. W. Buchholz, A. U. Falster, and W. B...g m a t i t e mineral discoveries from central Texas by F. Roberts, A. E. Smith, Jr., W. B. Simmons, |  | | Report (issue) | | ..................................... 15 Clark County Gem Collectors, Inc............................................................ 31-32 El Dorado County Mineral & Gem Society............................... 35-36 Gem and Mineral Society of San Mateo County, Inc .................................................................................. 47 Kern County Mineral Society, Inc................................................................... 50 Lake County Diamond Mineral Society....................... |  | | Book (edition) | | abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado... 2V(calc.) = 49°, (+). Rare in cavities with celestine, fluorite, and jarlite in cryolite pegmatite at...Plat., Malawi, G 10 17 River Formation in Uintah County, Utah. Deer et al., v. 2A,483, 1997. Aenigmatite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Larger Calibrated Sizes P.O. BOX 145G LIVERPOOL, TEXAS 77577 RHODOLITE GARNET (Facated) 4x6mm Oval ..â˘...be held July 26, 27 and 28, 1985 at the Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura , California. It was reported...of the Mohave County Gemstoners will be held September 29 and 30 at the Mohave County Fairgrounds in...RUF-ROX Send lor our FREE Lisi Mail Order Only' !USA only) 615 W. Austin St.. Tolono. IL 61880 See our...- Art Reno, Gem & Mineral Society of San Mateo County. CFMS Trophy II - BK108 BK109 Buckles with |  | | Journal (issue) | | that calculation. However, through the wonders of Texas Instruments, I am able to tell you that the number...Gordonsville zinc mines, near the town of Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee. Relatively little top-qualitymaterialfrom...stone units are well-developed in parts of Smith County and adjoining areas. The average thickness of the...the drilled portion of the upper Knox in Smith County is made with the ore-bearing Mascot and Kingsport...sphalerite, calcite, barite and less commonly galena. Celestine, pyrite, anglesite and marcasite have also been |
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