 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | HYDROPHANE OCCURRENCE IN HONDURAS Hydrophane is a variety of opal which is whitish or light colored,...received a small opal cabochon from Charles J. Brookwell, Jr., Apartado 103, San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The...The opal was white in color, showed a beautiful play of color (chiefly blue, some green) and it was assumed...assumed to be a nice cabochon of precious opal for which Honduras is famous. But on reading Mr. Brookwell's...Brookwell's letter we got all excited — for his opal apparently was a variety we had heard about but never saw |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Please send them in. Abbreviations: x l — c r y s t a l xled—crystallized ALABAMA—About 5 miles southwest...ARIZONA—Nice specimens of turquoise come from the Indian Mine, Chloride, Mohave Co., Ariz. ARKANSAS—In the last...y2 mile north of Cushman, Independence Co., Ark. A short article on Arkansas caves has been sent R &...found it will appear elsewhere in this issue. In a letter from Mr. Marshall, dated June 18, 1951, appears...Arkansas. I have just received a report from the U. S. National Museum, about a specimen I sent to them for |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | but his sale catalogues and hi,intense activity as a collector and dealer during the period when it was...is uncertain, but it was before 1804 when we have a record of his buying.in Lisbon. He subsequently travelled...About the year 1806 he came into the possession of a fine collection of nfinerals which had been formed...entrusted the execution o f the remaining 34 plates to a Mr. M. E. Brookes, the three volumes i n French and...London in 1837.1 In 1814 Heuland was buying from a Monsieur Leli~vre (Le Li~vre) in Paris, and during |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF PRACTICAL INFORMATION, ART, SCIENCE, M ECHANICS, CHEMISTRY, AND MANUFACTURES. 10...the vegetable can Patent Agency, July 2d, 1867, by A. J. Sprague, of Tole cell requires for its growth...its construction snd working. life. Fig. 1 is a perspective view, with food and absorption of oxygen...saving -------- . � .. --------- The Opal. This mineral is known by a number of names, as hyalite, hydrophane...hydrophane, cachalong, girasol or fire opal, wood opal, pre the front of the mud mill and press box removed |  | | Report (volume) | | America By RALPH J. ROBERTS and EARL M. IRVING With a section on MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF PANAMA By FRANK...Administration, U. S. Department of State UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON a 1957 UNITED... UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FRED A. SEATON, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Thomas B. Nolan, Director...--------------------------------------British Honduras _____________ ---- __________ ----_-----_____...----------------------------------------------Honduras------------------------------------------------- |  | | Book | | OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES A HAND-BOOK OF PRECIOUS STONES M. D. ROTHSCHILD ...Alexandrite Zircon 56 58 Turquois Tourmaline 60 Opal 69 64 Pearl 71 Chrysolite 78 Garnet 80 ...the merchant, the and the amateur, in workman, a condensed and accurate form, information concerning...properties of precious stones. thorities, Be- on a number of au- sides drawing freely the author has...are tests ity, which are easily mastered, and a thor- ough understanding erties will assist of |  | | Report (issue) | | Edinbarrh· • \',;,rk Street, Mru1chestu , ; 1, St. An~w•a Crescent, Cardiff 15, Donegal! Square West, Belfast.... . (1923) Iron Ore Resou1·ces of the World: P •a rt I. United Kingdom . . . ... . .. (1922) Part II...with the collection and dissemination of gener·al .a,nd statistical information on this subject. Investigations...chemical and technical ex,a mination of raw materials of all kind·s wi·t h a view to deter·m ining their...submitted. \ , Advisory 'I'echriical Committees .-A number of .LL\.dvisory 'Technical Committees, consisting |  | | Book (edition) | | BY HARRY EMANUEL, F.R.G.S. SECOND EDITION, WITH A NEW TABLE OF THE PRESENT VALUE OF DIAMONDS. LONDON:...to the Author that, contrary to his expectation, a plain and unvarnished statement of facts connected...of diamonds has been verified, as will be seen by a comparison of the present table of values with that...persons who, when making, according to their idea, a solil investment, were in fact only purchasing an...part of the public is a benefit instead of an evil; and against those who bring a stigma on an honourable |  | | Journal (issue) | | THE M A G A Z JUNE. 1944 N Golden-flowered Palo Verde tree in bloom. Photo by Leo Hetzel. EL SAGUARO...dervish arms, Unlike, at night, your self at noon, A desert lord of nocturne charms. Form grotesque of...blazing day? Pa/a Ven.de By GRACE CULBERTSON San Diego, California Upon my wall a palo verde tree Breaks...back other sunlit springs to me As clear and wide a cloudless desert lies. Within these bands of gold...dream And in white silences drown raucous sounds. "A happy sort of picture," someone said, "The essence |  | | Book (volume) | | LIBRARY 2§| £ J3RAND AVENUE 60020 - PRECIOUS STONES A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THEIR CHARACTERS, OCCURRENCE AND...Additions by L. J. SPENCER, M.A. (Cantab.), F.G. S. With a New Foreword and Addenda by DR. EDWARD OLSEN Curator...published in one volume in 1904, to which has been added a new Fore¬ word with addenda by Edward Olsen, Curator...OCCURRENCE A. Chemical Composition .... 7 B. Crystalline Form.8 C. Physical Characters.11 (a) Specific...PRECIOUS STONES . . . A. Technical Applications B. Application as Jewels (a) Forms of Cutting (b) Process |  | | Book | | This is a reproduction of a library book that was digitized by Google as part of an ongoing effort to...accessible. https://books.google.com - 1- ,1' a u r \ Q ' - n ‘ 0 n . ' ~ _ - ~ . _ ... 'u a \ ' ' \ w l . 0 Fl— A’POPULAR ' TREATISE ON GEMS. TN 7",», . 2;»): a 5, z...z. Snp'phire. 7Koh'1' noor. a p m In 1. m Bm m. 6 Star ,N. , “3 m E 2m .1 SibBeryl. MM 1...$hmr1nam93fl'3u 5 Am'Zimnn . A POPULAR I 'TREATISE ON GEMS, SC'IENTIFIC VALUE: A GUIDE FOR THE TEA'CHE‘R |  | | Journal (volume) | | 20 and 1. January to December 1915. Accounts Mine, System Action of Dissolved Air of, in Mill Pulp...and Folation, Air and Temperature in the Deepest Mine in the World,. Air, Compressed, for Ore Flotation...Uplift, Complete Testing Laboratory, forperanza Mine, Compressed Air for Ore Flotation, Concentrates...Chile, Mine of, Braden Copper Co., Concentrator of, Braden Copper Co., Early History of, Brick as a By-Product...By-Product from Metallurgical Plants, Brunton, Use of in Mine Surveying, Business Ethics of the Engineer, Butchart |  | | Book | | .ill .# ^^. P.^\ • ^/A jiiiii # ^o ^. ""^^^Sfi^' GLOSSAET OF MINEEALOGT. IiONDOlT PEINTED...to supply a In compiling it want which the Author had he has endeavoured to produce a facility of...of reference with a concise and familiar minerals. object into execution, the have been introduced...duties of a field-geologist either of wet days when field-work was impracticable, of long winter A 3 will...A.Atn^.,vr Vt\\M' PREFACE. vi evenings after a hard day's work in the open air, or of early hours |  | | Book (volume) | | natuproductions (. 17.). It is intended to produce a distinct image of those objects which we disral by...its assistance find the guishing minerals. place of a given mineral in the system ; or, in other words,...them all, if the image it produces is meant to be a Its difference from the complete and satisfactory...the other. one instead of the A description, therefore, is not a character (. 242.) ; the peculiarity...every character consists in its being composed of a smaller number of characteristic terms than may be |  | | Book | | 4 6heckeo. A MANUAL OF MINERALOGY COMPREHENDING THE MORE RECENT DISCOVERIES THE IN MINERAL...found extremely useful to present oc- casionally a distinct sion, to the like in his enlarged trans-...since the publication of the last-mentioned work, a great number of vered, new minerals have been disco-...science have been consi- derably enlarged. No work a connected view of these tions of in the English...knowledge, often complain of the want of a cluding, within a moderate compass, all treatise, in- that |  | | Book (edition) | | TREATISE ON MINERALOGY BY CHARLES UPHAM SHEPARD, A. B. \\ Lecturer on Botany in Yale College ; Member...personal instruction, eralogy. or the facilities which a well arranged collection affords, he was compelled...various works upon the science, with the aid of such a collection of min- which he lived principally afforded...treatise was often to be perused spe- ered scientific A cies after species in succession^ order to arrive...proceeding occasionally prove to end in a particular mineral. A from beginning name of to however |  | | Book | | presente obra consta de dos partes: la pri¬ mera, a modo de introducción general, trata sobre la formación...los minerales, es decir, a la localización de los principales yacimientos y a los métodos ne¬ cesarios...dernado en cartoné, con sobrecubierta ¡lustra¬ da a todo color. INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGES COLLECTIONS...Praga) © 1989 (Versión en castellano) SUSAETA, S. A. Tercera edición 1991 I. S. B. N.: 9 788430 515851...libro se dirige principalmente a todos los amantes de los minerales, a fin de que puedan conocer los minerales |  | | Book (edition) | | 2 A SYSTEM OF MINERALOGY : INCLUDING AN EXTENDED Belulo TREATISE ON CRYSTALLOGRAPHY : WITH AN...MATHEMATICS TO CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC INVESTIGATION , AND A MINERALOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. WITH TWO HUNDRED AND...FIGURES. BY JAMES DWIGHT DANA , A. M. ASSISTANT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY , MINERALOGY , AND GEOLOGY...Mineralogy in this country, and in England, pre sents a striking contrast with its rapid advancement in continental...on their publication, hailed as new light, and for a time, his methods of calculation were expounded by |  | | Book (edition) | | Sheffield University, 87 pages, 6f by 10 fessor A Text-book of By William E. Ford, ProSchool of...figures Cloth, net $5.00 . Minerals, and How to A book for beginners in Mineralogy. 380 pages, 319 figures...plates. Cloth, net $3.00 Flexible binding, net $3.50 A TEXT-BOOK OF MINERALOGY WITH AN EXTENDED TREATISE...TECHNICAL COMPOSITION CO. CAMBRIDGE, MASS., U. S. A. PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION The first edition...any revision of the chemical classification until a new edition of that work should appear. The description |  | | Journal (volume) | | EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL T. A. RICKARD FREDERICK HOBART C. H. COCHRANE SAMUEL SANFORD...SCHNATTERBECK D. H. NEWLAND A. L. CHURCHILL CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME XII WILLIAM A. AKERS SAMUEL S. ARENTZ...BROOKS A. G. CHARLETON S. W. CUSHING C. T. DEANE JAMES DOUGLAS RICHARD EAMES, JR. STANLY A. EASTON...ROBERT W. LESLEY S. F. LUTY JAMES W. MALCOLMSON A. McCHARLES F. H. MINARD JAMES W. NEILL F. DANVERS...States—Producers of Garnet .. 134 GOLD AND SILVER.* (By T. A. Rickard)—Review of the Industry in Foreign Coun¬ |  | | Book (volume) | | bbc a DEWEY. DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION EDITION 22 VOLUME Ss ; = 5S. [ Digitized by the Internet...of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by...1971 by Forest Press, Inc. © 1979 by Forest Press A Division of the Lake Placid Education Foundation ©...Classification Editorial Policy Committee 1983-1998 and David A. 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Gracias a Dios Mine, Gracias a Dios Department, Honduras