 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | would rival the diamond." —Lardner Vanuxem (1842) New York State Geologist ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 2: Quartz...H E N O R T H S I D E of the Mohawk Valley in Herkimer County, New York, consists of a series of low...Little Falls Dolostone forma tion of Herkimer County and in the surrounding area. Figure I (opposite...showing anthraxolite, Middleville, Herkimer County, New York; specimen is 7.5 x 11 cm. John C . Medici...refractive power, they would rival the diamond." The county of Herkimer, where the quartz crystals occur in |  | | Book | | and Master's degrees at the State University of New York in Potsdam. He is a public school teacher of earth...specimen business focusing on the minerals of New York State, Canada, and China. He has field collected...always looking for people to w r i t e books on new and related subjects. If you have an idea for a book...The author has years of experience collecting in New York State and shares his knowledge, along with stunning...content to buy specimens or who can't travel to New York will also benefit as the book will help them to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mountain ROHEKT' L. BOROFSKY P.O. Drtx 9s Spoff'ord, New Hampshire 03462 Downloaded by [Umeå University Library]...ROBE K'1' W H ITMO RE 934 S.Stark Highway Weare, New Hampshire 03281 STEVtN C. CHAMBERLAIN Department...and Neuroscience Syracuse llniversity Syracuse, New York 13244 F or years black-stemmed scepter quartz...from the Herkimer "diamond" localities of New York's Mohawk Valley. Finally, one of the localities for...Diamond mine is located just over 2 miles from New York State Thruway exit 29A near the city of Little |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse. MAJOR NEW YORK STATE M I N E...E R A L LOC A L I T I E S N ew York State is rich in minerals of interest to collectors. A number of...Dana 1877, 1892). Herbert P. Whitlock published a New York State list in 1903. The most recent comprehensive...localities in the state is the book Minerals of New York State by David Jensen, published in 1978. Our...Mode of Occurrence Most mineral localities in New York can be categorized into three groups based on |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OH Mineral Abbreviations: Occuwiencel Items en new finds are desired. Please send them in. xl—crystal...a number taken out a couple of months ago when a new pocket was broken into in the Mammoth Mine, Tiger...locality in the State is Russell Gulch in Gilpen County. A small but very fine crystal group from Russell...DELAWARE—Serpentine occurs about 6 miles northwest of Wilmington, New Castle Co., Del. FLORIDA — The following letter,...mind. We have only one small rock outcrop in my county (Orange) at Rock Springs near Apopka. "The beaches |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Between Naugatuck and Beacon Falls, both in New Haven County, Conn., the Naugatuck River flows through...Collected by Geoffrey E. Stamm, 309 E. 87th St., New York 28, N. Y."—on label. River Sand from Westfield...attention. It was sent in by Maj. George W. Owens, 36 New Farm Road, West Pennant Hills, NSW, Australia. The...magnetite. ROCKS AND MINERALS Holiday Beach is a new development in Canadian State Park on Lake Erie,...Beach land from Auckland, New Zealand. Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand, is on Waitemata Harbor |  | | Book (edition) | | rockhounding for eight years* We have followed maps up hill and down dale to free spots to dig. We have also...illness or death in the family; some are sold, and the new owners may not always permit digging. It is a good...camping; no hook-ups; bring water**Karl Kubik, Iowa Hill, CA (near Colfax). Fee: $3*00/20 lbs- + 25^ each...$3-00 each unguided. Under 12 yrs. old free. Opal Hill Mine, Helen Madden, Box 232, Palo Verde, CA 92266...Agate, jasper, petrified wood, jade Travertine Calcite onyx Tourmaline Serpentine, moss agate, opal |  | | 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 (volume) | | GEOLOGICAL SURVET OF NEW' JERSEY HENRY 8. %CMM@L,SUt. Iron Mines and Mining in New Jersey BY Val. VIId...St-u 7nWeq %em& -- Pm Wfe ]pro NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CONTENTS...history of iron-ore mining in New Jersey. .... Outline of the geology of New Jersey. ............. General...Scott farm exploration. ................... (ii i) NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 32 32 34 35 35 35 39 40...Mines near Carpentersville. ............... Silver Hill exploration. ................... Hamlen mine. . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | location a~ included at the end of each entry. Adair County Chariton River (40-04-05N 92-4 I -23W). septarian...concretions about 2 miles north of the Macon county line. CALCITE crystals enclosing bundles of acicular and...hematite, quartz (Broadhead 1873b, 1877). Audrain County Mexico, in fire clay pits and spoil piles: PYRITE...University Library] at 19:58 29 October 2014 Barton County McKarrow’s coal bank (37-37N 94-28W), 2.5 miles...(Broadhead 1873b). Bates County Panther Creek, northwest of Rockville in coal deposits: CALCITE as both brown and |  | | Report (volume) | | the current-year issues of the monthly catalog "New .Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey." Prices...Alaska Distribution Section, U.S. Geological Survey, New Federal Building -Box 12 101 Twelfth Ave., Fairbanks... Bldg. 810, Federal Center • FAIRBANKS, Alaska--New Federal Bldg., 101 Twelfth Ave. Barite Nodules...3-8. Photographs of: 3. Barite nodules from Hickory Hill (locality 1) 5 4. Barite nodules and calcareous...nickel, cobalt, zinc, lead, and silver: 10. At Hickory Hill 18 11. Near Williamsville 20 12. Histograms |  | | Book (volume) | | investigate for geodes, chert nodules, fossils, Calcite crystals, Marcasite and Pyrite cubes. The area...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 |  | | Report (volume) | | ...... New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey............ New Mexico............................................................. New York. ...........F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than...that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that by reason...especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas; |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...collector of gem minerals RUSSELL P. Thomas NEW YORK MACFALL Y. Crowell Company / ESTABLISHED 1834...Shop and Herbert Grand Girard, both of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Ken Kyte of Covington, Louisiana, Merton...Indiana, George E. Lambert of Wappingers Falls. New York, and D. L. Hathaway of Cosmopolis, Washington...beryl belong here, as well as the variations that calcite plays on the basic form. The orthorhombic system |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | a Bi Index ofcrystal habit Ag Cu Sb (H) Hickory < 3 12 3 300 0.00 Tennyson-A Tennyson- B...following localities: Hickory Hill mine, SW -} sec.36, T. 29 N., R. 1 W., Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Tennyson...3 W., Grant County). Hancock-Blackstonemines, sec. 28, T. 1 N., R. 2 E., Lafayette County, Wisconsin.... Wisconsin(SW • sec.32, T. 5 N., R. 3 E., Iowa County). Amelia mine, just S of Galena, Illinois (NW •...• sec. 34, T. 28 N., R. 1 E., Jo Daviess County). A mineralizedslab with half a dozen small octahedrons |  | | Report (volume) | | minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that by some unusual...Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh...Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland...North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vochten & G. Brizzi The Alice Glory Hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado ................................185 by...de Grys, M. Kohler & L. Minnaar Garnet Hill, White Pine County, Nevada ..................................................... 178 by W. E. Wilson What's new in minerals?.......................................information on this recent discovery see What's New in Minerab? in this issue. Collection of R. W. Graeme...mooned in the Southwest, traveling through Arizona, New Mexic and Colorado. They moved to Colorado permanently |  | | Journal (issue) | | ilver Jewelry Mineral.And Gemstone Collecting In New York, Oregon And California r- ._-] 12 DAY MONEY...HOW-TO-DO PROJECTS 8 WOOD+ GEMSTONES= JEWELRY A new way to create special adornments by Bemie Mau/din...Hemrich 60 A G&M SHOP REPORT - HOT STUFF Testing a new adhesive by John E. Jenkins 66 PETITE PENDANTS FROM... 36 THE " DIAMONDS" OF HICKORY HILL Where to find these crystals in New York by Sande H. Zirlin 58 BRINGING...COX 44 COMING EVENTS 45 TRAVEL STOPS 85 WHAT'S NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS: All subscription orders should be |  | | Report (volume) | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 New South Wales, JOO-Victoria, Queensland, South Australia... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................ New Hampshire ................................................................................... US New York .......................... ... ............ ....121-Blair county, 122-Lancaeter county, 123-Northnmberland county, Chester county, 12~. New Jersey ................. 125 Sterling Hlll, Mine Hill, 12G-Warren county, 127. Maryland ............. .... ... |  | | Report (issue) | | Magnetite Deposits of Dover District, Morris County New Jersey By PAUL K. SIMS With a description of...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 287 Prepared in cooperation with the New Jersey Bureau of Mineral Research, Rutgers University...mine (25) Johnson Hill mine Orchard mine (26) _ _ Hurd mine (27) Harvey mine (28) New Sterling shaft (29)____...Jackson Hill mine (35)_ _ _ Randall Hill mine (36).. _ _ Prospect (37) Baker mine—at base of hill (38)_...Birch mine 13. Geologic map and section of the Side Hill adit, Mount Hope mine l iii .16 47 .17 55 64 |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...GEMS Russell P. MacFall THOMAS Y. New CROWELL COMPANY York ! Established 1834 Copyright © 1975...Boscardin. published in Italy in 1973 by Fratelli New Fabbri Editori. material has been added for this...translated and adapted with American examples to a new audience. In it it his preface to the Italian |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Edition Russell P. MacFall Thomas Y. Crowell New York / Company Established 1834 Copyright © 1975...West, the broad plains and the verdant hills of New England hold inestimable treasures of living things...doorstep in the vicinity of Paris? Have you heard, Mr. New Jersey, of your famous pearls?" citing other notable...the developer's bulldozer obliterates other sites, new ones are discovered. Books and thetic and scientific | | | Book | | AND Russell P. MacFall THOMASY. CROWELLCOMPANY New York Established 1834 Copyright © 1975 by Thomas...published 1n Italy In 1973 by Fratell1 Fabbri Ed1ton New material has been added for this American ed1t1on...translated and adapted with American examples to a new audience In his preface to the Italian edition Vincenzo...and those of your friends may well bring important new data to light Unfortunately the appearance of a place...topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque |
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