 | | Book (edition) | | exceptions such are minerals — amber and as pearl, gem stones natural inorganic substances of definite...minerals and gems. It is obvious, though, that malachite, an ore of the heavy metal copper, or hematite...corundum (aluminum oxide), carbonates such as malachite (copper carbonate), phosphates such as apatite...from them weather the types of agates found in Montana. Metamorphic rocks include those of either of the...associated with such rocks. Because hard rock mining amateur will usually get is tedious and expensive |  | | Journal (issue) | | MINERALS & JEWELRY VOL. 47 ISSUE 11 • NOV. 2017 MONTANA AGATE: Best Catch on the Yellowstone River SILVER:...November 2017 14 MALACHITE 10 Part I: Exploring its amazing morphology. By Bob Jones MONTANA AGATE The best...INFORMATION: editor@rockngem.com On The Cover Malachite-rich solutions dripping from the roof of a vug...vug or cave formed this lovely banded malachite. The different shades are due to varying crystal sizes...com Rock & Gem 7 Story by Bob Jones Green malachite is found in a pleasing variety of forms. In fact |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystals, 7.5 × 7.5 cm, South Belmont mine, Duquesne, Santa Cruz County. SEUDOMORPHS (Greek for false forms)... north of Duquesne, Santa Cruz County, as seen from the Holland mine; Barbara Muntyan photo. Barbara...sword” malachite after azurite groups from several mines in Bisbee. The blocky, velvet malachite pseudomorph...crystals on tenorite matrix from the New Cornelia mine in Ajo are an- other Arizona classic (figs. 1,...examples of azurite altering to malachite from Morenci, Greenlee County; the Silver Bell and the Silver |  | | Journal (issue) | | Industry Background image: Miners at the Pala Chief Mine, San Diego Country, California, circa 1903. On the...They are Found zite (201 cts) is from the Oceanview Mine in Southern California; the 0.72-ct benitoite (left...Dallas Gem Mine area, San America’s Royal Gems – Montana and Yogo Sapphires Benito County, California;...is from the Gem Mountain Mine, GranTantalizing Turquoise ite Country, Montana. Photos of gemstones Oregon...Rare and Beautiful American Gemstone and original mine image by Mark Mauthner. Red Beryl – A Very Rare |  | | Book (volume) | | 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:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | Book | | often are arrested there. At the Eldorado sapphire mine in Mon¬ tana the action of a million years is readily...example of a dike is the Yogo Gulch in central Montana. This dike extends for several miles. It varies...intrudes a sloping bed of limestone. As the Yogo mine has been worked at various times in the past hundred...famous was the single beryl stone found in Oxford County in Maine that weighed 18 tons and was 18 feet in...in the bed of the stream. e. If it is possible to mine the bed of the stream itself this may prove to be |  | | Journal (issue) | | AZURITES 16 Part I: Electric blues from the Milpillas mine. By Bob Jones 16 PREHISTORIC TEXAS Lubbock landmarks...2017) is very good and quite accurate. We tell pearl shoppers they should buy a jewelry piece when they...others, at an auction. I was told it was taken from a mine in Alaska called Aurora Borealis in the ’60s. I...BUYING TRIPS IN THAT I WAS FORTUNATE TO FIND MANY TOP GEM OPAL PARCELS AND A GREAT VARIETY OF COLORS AND...Gold Rush (circa 1849-52), attest to the extent of mining activity and richness of the North Fork of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons...City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L..... ~ rl.. kl \ , 50 I 100 I Miles old mining and...scientific significance. In this index, the better known mining districts that have produced many high-quality...across, on blue thomsonite. Lucky Peak Dam, Ada County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Figure 3 (below)...cut near Pinehurst, Adams County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Ada County Lucky Peak Dam, on east side |  | | Catalog/List | | auctions/24620 and click on the Register to bid link at the top left of the page. ORDER OF SALE REGULATED SPECIES...ZADORA-GERLOF A functional picture frame suitable for table top display with silver easel back. Featuring a circular...numberless dial formed of Tahitian black mother-of-pearl. Three “drops” of honey are rendered of carved citrine...26 | BONHAMS 2036 NINE MONTANA AND OREGON AGATE CARVINGS Deer Creek, Montana and Oregon Carved in Idar-Oberstein...mineralogy textbook authored by a citizen of the USA. The present, Brazilian specimen, is a classic mineral |  | | Report (volume) | | symmetrical form consisting of a flat base and a faceted top terminating in a low point, was invented and used...cemented together. The top of the stone may be quartz and the bottom, glass; or the top may be genuine sapphire... The triplet is an assembled stone in which the top and bottom are rock crystal cemented with colored...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | in elev. From 1,000’ on the eastern border with Montana and Iowa to 3,500’ along the western boundary with...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...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 (issue) | | Hematite Ivory "A" Quality leopard Skin Jasper Malachite M·O P Beads Red Jasper Rose Quartz Snow Flake...J. Lane Page 10 14 HOW TO GET THE MOST FROM MONTANA AGATE Tips or. orienting and cutting this fabulous...11711 Parklawn Or .• Rockville. MD 20652 Eugene Powell, Sr•• Re. Vice-President (SCFMS) 903 Lazywood....95 • • •••• BEADS & flEAD STRINGING SUPPLIES Top quality Nmlprec:IOUS gemstone t: u ds,, 14Kt, gold-filled... Thus a pearl is born. H the particle presses against the wall of the shell, a blister pearl that is |  | | Journal (issue) | | turquoise .from the Little Gem Mine (also known as the Cracker Jack Mine) in Nevada. It comes in two types:...instructions with every order for this handpicked top quality Mexican fire agate. The demand for this beautiful...yellow as well in highly translucent banded agate. Top quality number one nodules are offered at our old...red moss agate from Old Mexico is •eally choice. Top grade hand-selected for choice color and minimum...famous old-time Mexican lavender lace agate. The mine producing this has been closed for some time. but |  | | Book | | volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE |  | | Journal (issue) | | Soldier’s Discovery Leads to a Century of Mining at Pearl Handle Open Pit By Mark Oros By Bob Jones..."snowflake" type crystal group, acquired in the Tsumeb Mine, Namibia, and once part of the collection of the...Rock, gem, & mineral exhibits as well as Baker County history exhibits Open 7 days a week—including holidays...Lytle Coleman, Owner/Operator Mine Owner of Lava Cap Thunderegg, Mine Shaft Thunderegg, Eggzilla Thunderegg...crystals on matrix, discovered in the Saint-Salvy Mine, SaintSalvy-de-la-Balme, France. DIDIER DESCOUENS |  | | Journal (issue) | | Robert Beard Project: 28 Create a Sterling and Pearl Pendant Freshwater gems fit this silver frame like...brilliantly against a ba ckground of azurite and malachite. All" are from Arizona. (Photo by Earl Lewis)...The Future of Leadville, Colorado A metal-mining district turns to tourism; by Steve Voynick REGULAR...size (20 lb. min.) Inv. #70091 ••••••• $1 .00 MALACHITE FOR CUTTING - Congo : PYRITE CRYSTAL DRUZY - Peru...size (10 lb. min.) Inv. #83290 ••••••••• $3.50 MALACHITE SPECIMEN - Congo r·························~··· |  | | Journal (issue) | | stock certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This...Kile Brian Kosnar Bryan & Kathryn Lees Ian Merkel Mining Hall of Farne, Steve Whittington curator Nick North...did not escape the notice of some of the earliest mining men to work in there. Unlike the neighboring states...is basically a hardrock state where mining (and specimen mining) must typically cut through granite and...localities like the Sweet Horne mine, Breckenridge, Mount Antero, the Sunnyside mine, Creede, Cripple Creek, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | noted Figure 1. Camp Bird mine, level 2, Sneffels district, Ouray County. Raines-Pettem collection,...from the Leadville district, with another 50 million pounds mined in San Juan County (Henderson 1926).... During the twentieth century, the Gilman district surpassed Leadville in total copper production with...million pounds (Del Rio 1960). By comparison, Butte, Montana, produced more than 266 million pounds of copper...the Eagle mine’s (Gil304 ROCKS & MINERALS man district) production. This does not mean that copper has |  | | Book (edition) | | Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington MA 01803, USA First published 1962 Second edition 1970 Third edition...Canada, Germany, Thailand, Vietnam, the UK and the USA, making this a truly international collaboration...extensive fields in the prophetically named Kimberley district of Western Australia promise to be of world importance...Ltd, for the information on the Botswana diamond mining; Messrs Eickhorst & Co of Hamburg for the illustrations...First Edition For two decades, an earlier work of mine – Practical Gemmology – has proved a useful elementary |  | | Journal (issue) | | ---------------------------- LUCKY HORSE SHOE peg for pearl or bead 12x10mm $13.50 each $4.20 each 25• 27...:_":; I I ,. .~ .f. ~, ; · I A· I I with peg for pearl or bead ~ , ... ~· • •\ -.;:f~ '"~., _ • f...CENTRAL FEDERATION OF MINERAL SOCIETIES FEATURES Montana'• Famed Yogo Gulch by Beatrice J. Johnson .......Runabout by Howard K. Peck ................. 20 A Flat Top Ring by Richard D. Austin .........................Texas 78204 Mlcrocry•tal Collectlng In Keweenaw County, Michigan by Jean R. Rentmeister ............. |  | | Catalog/List | | of specimens including Aurichalcite, Azuritc, Malachite, Ccrussite, Chrysocolla, Bemimorphite, Copper...stock that are one of a kind, but not in the "super top quality" grade, and we absolutely have to move some...AROUND THE WORLD** BLADED HEMJMORPHITE; Dauntless Mine, Robinson Distric!, White Pine Co., �evada: J:?irec...depending upon size and quality. OLIVENITE; Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing Co., Nevada: Originally described from...size and quality. RICHELSDORFITE; Burrus Mine, Pyramid District, Washoe Co., Nevada: Lets talk about rarity |  | | Journal (issue) | | the Dorris family; Tom Spann photo. Back cover: Top row, from left: Fluorite, 6.7 cm, from the Weisseck...Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Cornwall mine. They invaded the mine in 58 cars. Fifteen members of the Newark...741 Beacom copyrite, serpentine, red hematite, malachite and byssolite. Lane, Merion, Pennsylvania. Swapping...is the new Chairman of the Lapidary sec- Cornwall mine with us. tion. Leonard Duersmith, John Price and...cab in silver and collected at the French Creek Mine near St. Peters, Pa., on Sunday, August 16th. or...open pit of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation iron mine at Cornwall, Lebanon Co., Penn. (Photo by Harold |  | | Journal (issue) | | Happen Here! A Visit to the Shin-Otani Manganese Mine, Japan Alfredo Petrov alfredopetrov@earthlink.net...small of a hole in the ground merits being called.a mine. None of these mines is in operation anymore, but...show in April mentioned that a nearby manganese mine was now a museum open for underground tourism, I...to the Shin-Otani mine in the Tanba mining district. This manganese mining district includes 277 mines...drive away. After mining in the Kyoto area ended, little more than 20 years ago, mining and miners were |  | | Journal (issue) | | and pink CVD lab-grown diamonds • Non-nacreous pearl reportedly from Telescopium telescopium • Rare Kashmir...quartz with oriented inclusions • Mozambique ruby mining update • Pressed amber imitation of “root amber”...diamond on the cover was sourced from Canada’s Diavik mine in October 2018. Weighing a remarkable 552.7 ct...Mouawad Campus 5345 Armada Drive Carlsbad, CA 92008 USA © 2022 Gemological Institute of America All rights...there is still no scientifically robust the time of mining…” method to determine the geographic origin of |
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