 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | large variety of minerals and gemstones in North Carolina annually attracts thousands of collectors to...the world. Some Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina T H E C O L L E C T I N G L O C A L I T I E...McKenzie's publication Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina: Information Circular 24 (1978). For a more...locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can be ordered from the North Carolina Department...27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can |  | | Report (issue) | | NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION WILLIAM DIVISION JASPER P. OF L. SAUNDERS, MINERAL...RESOURCES GEOLOGIST Circular 16 LOCALITIES NORTH OF CAROLINA BY JAMES F. CONLEY Doc NC DENR LIBRARY...... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MINERAL COLLECTING IN NORTH CAROLINA , . . . . # . WHERE TO COLLECT f ... f ......THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY COUNTIES . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ......... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 7 Emerald, Hiddenite and Associated Minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEMS AND GEM MINERALS OF NORTH CAROLINA* Josnrn HvoB Pnerr North Carolina is one of the more notable...material. The variety of gem minerals found in North Carolina is probably greater than in any other state...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite...westernPiedmont section of the state, and in Franklin County on the eastern edge of the Piedmont. They have...localities. Three diamonds have been found in Burke County, two of which were from near the "Ford of Brindletown |  | | Report (issue) | | .'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North CarOlina Department of Natural Resources and Community...for the general welfare of the citizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts a number of basic and...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist FRONT | | | Report (issue) | | Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist i ...FRONT COVER PHOTO Twinned emerald crystal from North Carolina, photo from Smithsonian Institution (slide...viable mineral collecting sites through out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during |  | | Report (issue) | | Mica Deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 577 Work done...done in part in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development and in part...Administration Mica Deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina By FRANK G. LESURE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL... Work done in part in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development...Upper Precambrian rocks______________________ Bakersville Gabbro_________________________ Ocoee Series |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in length have been found at the Palermo Quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire. Crystals to 150 pounds in...crystals have also been found at Red Hill, Maine; North Groton, New Hampshire, and from Pala, Rincón, and...near Statesville, North Carolina; at Amelia, Virginia, near Clayton, Rabun county, Georgia; etc. The...at Shaw and Esray's quarry near Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and is now in the collection of...Greenwood, Maine, to a foot in diameter Mount Apatite, Auburn, Maine, up to and w e i g h i n g twenty-eight |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Dakota. Twenty pound crystals have been found in North Carolina. A large nine inch diameter crystal was found...material in the United States was at the Rutherford mine near Amelia Courthouse, Virginia, where large amounts...Chester and Delaware counties, Pennsylvania ; in North Carolina, and elsewhere. A large pod of intergrown spessartite...Lode pegmatite near the Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado. Common in the pegmatites of Yavapai...colored. Grossularite is found in the Ben Nevis Mine on San Augustin Peak, Organ Mountains, New Mexico; |  | | Report (issue) | | c\ NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT GEORGE R. ROSS, DIRECTOR DIVISION OF MINERAL...Structure of Part of the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina A PROGRESS REPORT BY JOHN M. PARKER, III GEOLOGICAL...SURVEY AND THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF...Structure of Part of the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina A PROGRESS REPORT By M. PARKER, III Geological...BETWEEN THE U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT |  | Alexandre, Paul, Kyser, Kurt, Layton-Matthews, Daniel, Joy, Brian, Uvarova, Yulia (2015) Chemical Compositions of Natural Uraninite. The Canadian Mineralogist, 53 (4) 595-622 doi:10.3749/canmin.1500017 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Nun Lake, Lake Athabasca, Port Radium, Hab Mine, Ace Mine (Saskatchewan, Canada); 4: Eagle Point, McArthur...Bay, Camray Mine, Ranwick Mine (Ontario, Canada); 7: Camie River (Quebec, Canada); 8: Ike Mine, Happy Jack...Jack Mine (Utah, USA); 9: Gilpin, Central City, Wood Lode, German Mine, Black Hawk Mine, Marshall Pass...district (Colorado, USA); 10: Ingersol Mine (S Dakota, USA); 11: Mitchell (N Carolina, USA); 12: Aricheng...includes newly formed calcite, chlorite, zircon, and apatite. Uranium minerals are predominantly brannerite |  | | Book | | MINES MINERS MINERALS AND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Western North Carolina’s Hidden Mineralogical Treasures...E L L 2005 PARKWAY PUBLISHERS, INC. Boone, North Carolina Copyright ©1999 Lowell Presnell All Rights...Mines, miners, and minerals of western North Carolina : western North Carolina’s hidden mineralogical treasures...(hard cover) 1. Mines and mineral resources—North Carolina—History. I. Title. TN24.N8P74 2005 338.4‚7622‚09756—dc22...Domestic Mica Buying Policy 111 20. Western North Carolina & the War Years .119 21. The Mineral Kingdom |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | chromite with greenish chrome amphibole from Camp 8 Mine, Del Norte Co., Calif., was sent in by Carroll R...ARKANSAS—"The Coleman quartz crystal mine is located 14 miles north of Hot Springs (Garland Co.), Ark....were a sort of coating on several rocks near an old mine. I am very interested in what they are, thought...Colo. The crystals are platy, white calcite. "The mine is located about 3 miles from where you pay the...coated by white chalk. GEORGIA—Slender, colorless apatite xls in gneiss have been found in the Appalachian |  | | Report (volume) | | 'THE GEOLOGICAL vt- ,(231 > ' " ^THE MINERALS CAROLINA''" i '- OF, - :l|^fe^H - GOTEENMENT LIBRARY... W. Powell, director | | The | minerals of North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Geiitk | [Vignette]...J. W. Powell, director | | The | mineralsof North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Genth | [Vignette]...W. Powell, director | | The | :aainerals of North Carolina | by | FrederickAugustusGenth j [Vignette]...separately. Price $2.50. XVI. The Paleozoic Fishes of North America, by John Strong Newberry. 1889. 4°. 340 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Finland, Japan and the type locality at Iva, South Carolina. were, in fact, pyroxferroite based on their Fe:Mn...Merchandise Mart, Plaza Annex 58thAve. & Washington St. (North side of the Mart) 4849 Bannock Street (where 1-25...around the world on 3 floors of the hotel!! on the North side of the Mart * Held in conjunction with the...digging again. I plan on returning to the Navegadora Mine, to live with the garimpeiros as I had done three...Ownership: Excalibur Mineral Corporation, 1000 North Division Street, Peekskill, NY 10566-1830. Publisher: |  | | Book (edition) | | Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4. Fluorite 9. 5. Apatite B). interesting to note that diamond, It is...a scratch just gypsum or about will scratch apatite, as and a a hard as file material. testing...malachite (copper carbonate), phosphates such as apatite, and silicates, which large and complex family...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...plains have been buried deep under debris brought north by glaciers or washed down down from have been |  | | Book | | CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________............._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T...g e s w h i c h c r e s t a t M t . N o r t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...n d m 1799 i n Cabarrus C o u n t y, N o r t h Carolina, b y a s m a l l b o y w a l k i n g along a m |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Granite, near Red Stone quarry, Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire. Henry Minot specimen and photo...Teller and Park counties, CO, USA Crystal Park–Bear Creek, El Paso County, CO, USA Pikes Peak Granite NYF... 3 Mount Antero and Mount White, Chaffee County, CO, USA Mount Antero Granite NYF Miarolitic beryl...Mountains, Boise, Custer and Elsmore counties, ID, USA Sawtooth Granite in the Idaho batholith NYF Miarolitic... Moat Mountain and related areas, Carroll County, NH, USA Conway Granite in White Mountain intrusive |  | | Report (volume) | | HARDNESS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Talc Gypsum Calcite Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum...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...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimen is from the Number 20 mine near Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina. Author’s specimen and...Figure 5. A 2-cm uraninite cube from the Cardiff mine, Wdberforce, Ontario, Canada;Canadian Museum of...the famous Palermo and Ruggles mines in Grafton County, New Hampshire; dendritic uraninite intergrowths...Bedford, WestChester County, and from a locality at Richville Station, St. Lawrence County, New York. Uraninite...from Avondale, Chester County; from Upland and near Vera Cruz, Lehigh County; and from a site near Fairmount |  | | Journal (issue) | | cover: Fluorite on Amazonite 7.5 cm, from the Smoky Hawk claim, Colorado. Collected by the Dorris family;...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 |  | Defnet, Peter A., Wise, Michael A., Harmon, Russell S., Hark, Richard R., Hilferding, Keith (2021) Analysis of Garnet by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy—Two Practical Applications. Minerals, 11 (7) 705 doi:10.3390/min11070705 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 98195, USA; defnep@uw.edu Department of Chemistry, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA 16652, USA; richard...20560, USA; wisem@si.edu Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University...University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Yale University...University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA Correspondence: rsharmon@ncsu.edu; Tel.: +1-919-588-0613 Abstract: Laser-induced...with muscovite, biotite, garnet, tourmaline, and apatite typically present as accessory phases. Most LCT |  | | Report (volume) | | deposits of the Nightingale district, Pershing County, Nev., by W. C. Smith and P. W. Guild (published........ Topaz deposits near the Brewer mine, Chesterfield County, S. C., by Carl Pries, Jr. (published...quicksilver deposits of the Del Puerto area, Stanislaus County, Calif., by H. E. Hawkes, Jr., F. G. Wells, and...Quicksilver deposits near the Little Missouri River, Pike County, Ark., by David Gallagher (published in October...Pershing County, Nev.................................. In pocket Geologic map of the Nightingale mine area |  | | Report (issue) | | NickelCobalt-Native Silver Deposits, Black Hawk District, Grant County New Mexico GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...NICKEL-COBALT-NATIVE SILVER DEPOSITS IN THE BLACK HAWK DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO By ELLIOT GILLERMAN and DONALD...WHITEBREAD ABSTRACT The Black Hawk (Bullard Peak) district, Grant County, N. Mex., is 21 miles by road...during a short period in 1917 when the Black Hawk mine was unwatered and reopened. Pre-Cambrian quartz...northeast. Pitchblende has been identified in the Black Hawk and the Alhambra deposits and unidentified radioactive |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | occur with braunite and hausmannite at the manganese mine, Sjtigrufvan, in the parish of Gryhyttan, Oerebro...tIansparency were found in the Hawk Mica Mine, near Bakersville, North Carolina. The crystals contain a series...99-66 0.23 trace 4. Apatite from Yonkers, New Yo&.-A fragment of a n apatite crystal, found in tunnelling...remarkable for its transparency. 5. Cyanite from North Caro2ina.-The ci*ystals occur in a vein of white...27 MINERALOGICAL CHEMISTRY. Peridotite of Iron Mine Hill, Cumberland, Rhode Island. By 51. E. WADSWORTH |  | | Book | | of the Fortieth Parallel; Prof. N. P. Hill, Black Hawk, Colo.; W. H. Holmes, United States Geological Survey:...Peters, E. M., ical Survey; Mr. Richard Pearce, Black Hawk, Colo. Fairplay, Colo. R. J. Raymond, United States...Schirmer, Denver, Colo.; A. von Schulz, E. M., Black Hawk, Colo. Prof. B. Silliman, New Haven, Conn.; J. Aldcn...the pitchblende. not been for several^years the mine is not worked at present and has distribution in...Peaks; crystallized at Bergen's ; Ranch, Jefferson County; on Boulder Peak. Agate,— See Quartz. — At Quartzville |
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