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Chalcedony from
Phipps Mine, Emmett, San Benito County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Chalcedony
Formula:SiO2
Comments:Occurs as pseudomorphs after baryte.
Colour:Bluish gray
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcedony data
Locality Data:Click here to view Phipps Mine, Emmett, San Benito County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:645311
Long-form Identifier:1:3:645311:4
GUID (UUID V4):7680b6bb-e93a-48e6-ae58-a9ee3a449b91
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Coconino County, a pineforested volcanic area. The elevation is around 7,000 ft. with the San Francisco...from the side. It certainly is an odd crystal. CALIFORNIA-The following letter, dated April 1, 1958, was... Tulsa, Okla. "While in California recently I visited the Los Angeles County Museum in Los Angeles to...across the lawn to the County Museum for another thrill—the display of some of the Phipps Collection of gems...weekends. "At a mine east of Leadville (Lake Co.). Colo., almost at the end of Lake County, I found a specimen
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN No STATE ; . .. : DlViSIi BUILDIN 113 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE...AGRICULTURE DAVIS, CALIFORNIA STATE OF CAUFORNIA DEPABTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director...Mineralogist OIAF GEOLOGIC BFL^NCH Ferry Building, San Francisco San Francisco P. JENKINS Chief Geologist ...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By ADOLF PABST Associate Professor of Mineralogy University of California BERKELEY...BERKELEY CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H. MOORE. State Printer SACRAMENTO. 51440 1938 TABLE
Report (issue)
M^iajKaMVMtrVMMIMMVW^- 'Vv s > MINERALS Of CALIFORNIA BULl,ETIN N«, 91 issei0 BY rr: ^ ;wIFORNIA...;wIFORNIA STATE Mii^ix^v BtmiiAU FERRY BUILDING - SAN FRANOSCC im^ ibiiiiiiliiii .III— Bb^aa^Aai^^A...FERRY BUILDIN(;. MININC; BUREAU SAN FRANCISCO FLETCHER HAMILTON San Francisco] State Mineralogi8l ...BULLETIN [November, 1922 No. 91 Minerals of California $ BY ARTHUR S. EAKLE, Ph. D. Professor...Mineralogy, University of California COMPLIMENTS OF ^^^foyd Sc, c/iosty GIST CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town kept...are nuggets. The nugget was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol Societies insignia...mineral exhibit in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966)...Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines and Geology Francisco
Book
volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...to travel extensively from Maine to Southern California, and from Washington’s Pacific Shores to Key...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pegmatite was mined at Barringer Hill in Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake Buchanan...from 1900 to the middle 1940s; but the Mariposa mine, which produced most of the rare minerals, ceased...(Smith, 1988) and a modification of that in the "California Locality Index" (Kampf et al., 1989). I have...& Minerals on "The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire" (March/April 1991)...66, May/June 1991 197 LOCALITIES BY COUNTY Bastrop County KEY mm T * ? — — — — best occurrence
Report (issue)
] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF...DIVISION Director OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO OLAF San Francisco P. 11 JENKINS, Chief BULLETIN...BULLETIN December 173 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia, Los Angek...ROBERT W. WEBB University of California, Santa Barbara College Goleta, California Price $3.00 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Goodwin J. Knight Governor of ihe State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
90, 1995,pp. 2156-2181 Originof the McLaughlin Mine SheetedVeinComplex: MetalZoning,FluidInclusion,...Geological Survey, 345Middlefield Road,MenloPark,California 80225 NORMANJ. LEHRMAN, Homestake MiningCompany...golddeposit located in thenorthern CoastRanges of California at thefaultedlithologic contact between theCoastRangeophiolite...theClearLakeareain thenorthern CoastRanges of California showing thelocation of the McLaughlin deposit...RegionalGeology The Mesozoic geology of northwestern California,in the areaof the McLaughlin deposit, is characterized
Journal (issue)
Identifica- tion card that secures the privileges of many mine s, quarries, clubs, societie s, museums, libraries.... ....... ... ... . . . .... ...... VALUE OF CALIFORNIA ?\11NERAL PRODUCTION FOR 19--15 URANIUM M INERALS-...Lollie ,\I . /\.'eel; . .......... ..... E CTON MINE, OAKS, P ENN. By C. A. Tho111as ..................rn11.1s T re/o,ir .... ...... . BARE HILLS COPPER MINE OF P.fARYLAND. By Peter Z od.1c . ............ W...SILVER FIRST FO U ND I N NE\X' JERS l·Y IN A (O PP ER MINE ............ .. ... .. ..• 11AJ Oil THOMAS ART H
Journal (issue)
faces. 2¾ x 1 ¼ .. . 5.00 WULF EN ITE, Red Cloud Mine. Fine brilliant orange- red xi. 1" . ..... . 2 ...loose xis. from Brazil, Ural Mts., Elba, San Diego Co., California, Madagascar, etc. Write for list. WITHERITE...General Manager P.O. Box 1195, Santa Monica, California. 1 Editor's Note: In last month's issue of Rocks...are outl ined. zona, New M exico, southeastern California and Sonora, the volcanic activity INTRODUCTION...and perhaps not as the Colorado Rockies and the California violent, but is amply evidenced by Lava Sierras
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Johnson, of Napa, California; Norman and Betty Lemkau of Castro Valley, California; Herbert V. Corbett...and Washington beaches, the Mojave desert of California and the Sonoran desert of Arizona, the lake beaches...tourmaline by the bushel basketful in Maine and California; emerald in North Carolina, a big diamond or...easily discernible quartz crystals surrounded by chalcedony that is crystalline only to the eye of the microscope
Journal (issue)
insurance. Add Soles Tax in California 4959 YORK BLVD. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90042 Open Mon. thru Fri...Meister (CFMS) 380 Anne Marie Drive. Altadena. California 91002 Kenneth V. Zahn (EFMS) 4727 N. 24th St...MANAGING EDITOR ART/ ADVERTISING DIRECTOR - CALIFORNIA FEDERATION ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF Telephone:...1714 25th Ave., San Francisco, Calif. 94122 William Tirk, Treasurer 3944 Aragon Dr., San Diego, Calif....92115 CONTENTS: FEATURES Partial Victory for California Recreatlonlsts .. . ........................
Journal (issue)
exhibitors at the Hobby Show at the 95th Logan County Fair, held recently in her city, won first prize...ENGLAND The old graphite (termed locally as lead) mine at Ta:ntiusques, Conn ., was first exploited by...COPPER VALLEY MINE He also visited the dumps of the old p copper mine (Copper Valley Mine) near Cheshire...There is an old barite mine near by which was not visited. WHIGVILLE COPPER MINE Several miles north of...of Bristol, Conn., is the old Whigville copper mine, which was one of the largest producers in the State
Journal (issue)
opals, with a catch 472 Gem Notes Chrysocolla chalcedony from Spain|Rhodochrosite from Brazil|Tourmaline...stone are courtesy of Kristalle, Laguna Beach, California, USA. Photo by Orasa Weldon. 532 Conferences Sinkankas...Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA; Alan T. Collins, King’s College London; John L. Emmett, Crystal Chemistry, Brush...Brush Prairie, Washington, USA; Emmanuel Fritsch, University of Nantes, France; Rui Galopim de Carvalho... Gemological Institute of America, Carlsbad, California; Jack M. Ogden, Striptwist Ltd., London; Federico
Journal (issue)
·························)···195 PREMIER DIAMOND MINE- ONE OF WORLD'S LARGEST MAN•MADE HOLES ........199...lN PERKIOMEN MINE HEMATITE. By C. A . Tho,nas ........199 AMETHYSTS OF THE BULLFROG MINE AND DEATH VALLEY..................................... 211 WHEATLEY MINE H EMATITE. By C. A . Thotnas .....................record participation in the June convention of the California Federation of Mineralogical Societies. An urgent...president of the Mineralogical Society of Southern California, host organization, for all groups and individuals
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...it a veritable not just a picof informa- is mine tion, telling everything the collector needs to...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...can use a mountaineering bag or a mili- quarry or mine where a permit tary bag; make it it should...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic
Book (volume)
SI Orca Book Publishers PO Box 468 Custer, WA USA 98240-0468 By esiae) Ye il Front Cover Photo: Panning...producer Blue Grouse Mine shows copper sulphides and carbonates, Lake Cowichan. The mine dump is full of pyrite...Peninsula Benson Lake-Alice Lake Port Hardy area 103 San Josef Tips, Tricks and Trivia Some Favourite Sites...name to the structure), and the Myra Falls /Lynx mine in Strathcona Provincial Park. From then until the...beaches, lakeshores and river beds. Quarries, mine workings and mine dumps are usually productive places to
Journal (issue)
............................. 472 CHOATE CHROME MINE. By Peter Z odac ....................................................... 474 PERU'S GREATEST LEAD MINE ···············································...black P-odular masses. It is found at an old cobalt mine, SO miles due north of Middlebury, in central Transvaal...Transvaal, in South Africa. The vein at the mine consists of much decomposed feldspar, green amphibole...southern slope of the hill. Cop- · per Mine H ill, Iron Mine Hill, and Calumet Hill were visited, but
Journal (issue)
Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...explore literally thousands of mineral occurrences, mine dumps and abandoned mines in the public domain administered...Heintzelman (1805-1880) shipped ore specimens from his mine to be exhibited at the Cincinnati Merchant's Exchange...Merchants' Institute. Certainly geologist William Phipps Blake (1826---1910) was an early collector; in...traveled all the way from Philadelphia to Yuma County in order to gather more wulfenite and vanadinite
Journal (issue)
Tradition tells us that l\Iine Ln :\fotte, in ll'adison County, )lissouri, wns first worked by the Spaniards,...first actively produced in I 87 8, when the Aladdin mine, which was a portion of a freehold grant of land...kangaroo discovered a bright bit of opal fl.oat in the county of Yungnulgra about sixty-five miles northwest...We have also an account of the wooden figure of San Juan de! Rio, in che church of Jurado, State of Queretaro...lake Chapola near Tiquilpan, Michoacan.. T he mine at San Juan del Ri o near C 'I ♦ 1g a tral- and
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
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Q~~~z____________________ -=================== 51 79 Chalcedony _ ~t~!~~te -================= 55 79 Barite -...----------------------Chabazite _______________________ Chalcedony ---------------------Cha1coci1e __________ .____________...cannot be recognized. Notice a thin piece of chalcedony or agate. OPAQUE-No light passes through the...good deposits in Arkansas. The most famous diamond mine is the Kimberley, but this once richest of all diamond...is anal.her form of the element, carbon, but this mine~al differs in its structure from diamond. Because
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. - : • M By E. A. BRININSTOOL Hollywood, California I'm in my desert fastness—the silent painted...Wilhelm's ''Vagabond House," Thousand Palms Oasis, California. Wilhelm now is serving with U. S. army in France...HOPKINS By S/SGT. MARCUS Z. LYTLE Hollywood, California Newark, New Jersey Here on this arid waste...• • ARIZONA By W. Lou BERKNESS Long Beach, California Only Arizona's sunsets Defy the painter's brush...THE DESERT By SARA V A N ALSTYNE ALLEN Mecca, California God knew That man grows weary Of the turbulence
Report (issue)
a ledge of stone blasted, a test core drilled, a mine shaft sunk or a gravel pit dug—additional mineral...mines around Oskaloosa and Knoxville from John Phipps of the Iowa State Historical Museum. Dr. Jeffry...also wish to thank the many quarry, gravel pit and mine operators in Iowa, and many private landowners who...intergrown with crystalline quartz and milky or gray chalcedony. C. Geode containing brown dolomite crystals...crystalline calcite. Capillary millerite on quartz and chalcedony. A few pyrite grains included. 10) A. Combination
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ROBERT M. GEOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA 79 r793 HILLSDALE BRANC0 San Mateo Public Library San Mateo, CA 94402 “Questions...“Questions Answered" Geology of California Cover Illustration: Dome This monolith of granite stood...courtesy of Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles.) Half Frontpiece in Yosemite...Geography, University of California, Los Angeles.) * > Geology of California Robert M. Norris, Professor...Professor of Geology, Emeritus University of California, Santa Barbara John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York
 
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