 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | quartz in a 16-cm geode with a red chalcedony rind from the La Grange, Missouri, site. Janet Nielsen specimen...S . Highway 61 northward to the Shefflers’ geode mine, where it will then continue parallel to U.S. Highway...construction zone between the La Grange and Canton exits. The La Grange Road Cut I started making collecting...encompassed a well-known source of Keokuk geodes, the La Grange road cut. The road cut, located on U.S. Highway...Highway 61, about I mile north of the La Grange exit off State Highway C, has historically produced several |  | | Report (issue) | | sampled boreholes, Trench 14, and the Bullfrog Mine...................................................Delta 18O values of the relatively lighter Bullfrog Mine and saturated zone silica samples relative to those... unsaturated zone, saturated zone, and Bullfrog Mine samples at and near Yucca Mountain, Nevada........indicate that, although silica (opal, quartz, and chalcedony) and calcite and have formed in similar settings... sampled boreholes, Trench 14, and the Bullfrog Mine. 2 Origins of Secondary Silica Within Yucca Mountain |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | interest. It is SWWANNEE RIVER AGATIZED CORAL (chalcedony pseudo-morph after coral) from Hamilton County...printed from Ed Schwab, Rt. 2, % Big Beryl Mine, La Grange, Ga. The letter described a 40 lb. terminated...rose quartz xl that was recently uncovered in the mine. The following is another letter, dated March 1...contact zone of the beryl, which I will mine later." La Grange, in central Troup County, is in western...sphalerite were found in the Veli-Lepord mine near the Ballard Mine approx. l]/2 miles S / W of Baxter Springs |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ZODAC PEEKSKILL, IN. Y . Quartz sand from Coleman's Mine, Ark. Mrs. Betty McCarty, 5824 E. 12th St, Kansas...The sample was collected at Coleman's rock crystal mine on Cedar M t , Garland C o , Ark. — on Rt. 7 — 16...Calgary] at 15:59 04 August 2017 Glacial sand from La Grange, I I I . Gene Falada, 2529 Kenilworth Ave., Berwyn...sample of glacial sand which he had collected1 in La Grange (Cook Co.), 111. The sample is a dark brown, medium...Chicago area. The sample sent you is from the La Grange spit which parallels highway 45 and partially |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | which locally is called "star stone". W e have a mine where this fine specimen material is found in the...mass in pale-cream limestone. The desert roses (chalcedony) are \y2" diam. grayish masses with an intriguing...on a trip to the West, collected at a number of mine dumps in Colorado. At Cripple Creek, Teller County.... GEORGIA — "The old "Hogg Mine located 8 miles due south of La Grange (Troup Co.), Ga., on State Hwy...rose quartz and milky quartz were shipped from this mine. There is an estimated 60,000 tons of quartz on |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimen is a brownish stilbite. rounded dark gray chalcedony boulder that was sent in by Don H. Erpelding...255) of the "Big Beryl" Mine Imperial County in southern Calif. (old Hogg Mine), gem hunters from COLORADO—F...Denver 20, Colo., sent in the visited Georgia and the mine. All have following item: been well pleased with...some rutile plus fish from of an abandoned lead mine above the the 22 acre pond, wild duck and beaver...2, 30240, c/o Big Beryl Mine, La Grange, Ga. The Big Beryl Mine (old Hogg Mine) is located 8 miles due |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mm, PYRITE (Tucker 1989). Columbia, in quartz-chalcedony geodes: DICKITE. In Pennsylvanian-age fossil...State Park (39-04-45N 09219-27W), a former strip mine in Excello Coal north of Columbia on U.S. Highway...Figure 3. Malachite, 4.2 cm high, Rueppele copper mine, Stanton, Franklin Co. Glenn Williams specimen,...County Knight bank (38-45-13N 093-03-44W). an iron mine 5 miles southwest of Fulton along Little Auxvasse...deposits include the Sheffler Rock Shop and Geode Mine at U.S. Highways 61 and 136 west of Alexandria, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | quartz. "From the Harvard Mine we found quite a few of these."—on label. Harvard Mine, on Noyes Mt., is near...a specimen that I picked up at the Chester Emery Mine in Chester, Mass. In a vein of what I believe to...in an interesting specimen—a bluish botryoidal chalcedony with some pale brownish calcite xls. Both specimens...brown, LW.; under SW the calcite fl. brown, the chalcedony green. "From Orella, Nebr." — on label. Orella...— T h e dumps of the abandoned world famous zinc mine at Franklin, N . J., continue to yield interesting |  | | Book (volume) | | GA side of the SC borderSavannah River agate, chalcedony, Quartz gemstone, silicified oolite. CARROLL...Hwy.agate; (b) quarry on W side of rd.agate, chalcedony, chert, opal; area of state fish hatchery on...areaStaurolite; NE 2½ mi.: (a) the Cochran Mica Mine (1 mi. from the Cherry Grove School, near old tenant...mi., on the Etowah R., at the Creighton-Franklin MineGold; on the Oscar Robertson farm; and on the...Fulton Co.): creek bedsDiamond; the Laurel Creek MineAquamarine, Beryl, red Corundum. COBB COUNTY BELMONT |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Large quantities of opalized wood occur, and chalcedony is abundant, especially in the southwest, where...understand this division, the base is found at La Grange bluff, described by Penrose,1 and it embraces...vertebrates. A similar division was noticed east of La Grange. On the Nueces the beds, which are here highly...flinty, partly opaline, with bands and network of chalcedony and with seams of ferruginous material. A few... and that these fissures are now filled with chalcedony, while the marl is changed to a porcelaneous |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | with vesuvianite, magnetite and calcite. "Th's mine goes back to the 1870's and 80's—and worked off...pounds, have been found in the Copper Queen Copper mine in Bisbee, Cochise Co., Ariz. ARKANSAS—A large,...Crestmore, Riverside Co., Calif. 462 "The ores of the mine are of interest to collectors for their bright colors—a...rubies have come from the old Hog Creek corundum mine in Town County. At Piedmont Orchard in Habersham...granitic rocks, has been found in Troup County near La Grange. All of the stones are a rich blue-green and stones |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | yellow, green, gray Flint - black to gray-black Chalcedony - clear to pale tints Jasper - blood red Plasma...rubies have come from the old Hog Creek corundum mine in Towns County. At Piedmont Orchard in Haber sham...granitic rocks, has been found in Troup County near La Grange. All of the stones are a rich blue-green, and...small bright green octahedrons at Magruder Copper Mine a few miles southeast of Washington, Wilkes County...slabs or cabochons have been found on some of the mine dumps near Hiram and Bremen. Azure blue kyanite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | quartz) and garnet Quartz of massive silica stage Chalcedony/opal of massive silica stage Blocky calcite stage...is massive silica (undifferentiated quartz and chalcedony, possibly with minor opal) locally with minor...International Conference, America Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, Illinois, USA. Cas, R.A.F. and Wright, J...International Conference, America Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, Illinois, USA. Lichtenstein, U. and Hoernes...International Conference, America Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, Illinois, USA. Pabst, A. (1938) Garnets |  | | Report (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :I 24 La Salle uplift .. __ ................................on Nueces River, 102 miles southeast of Cotulla, La Salle County, Te,x............. 76 XXV. A, Quarry...Terraces on Colorado River, 1~ miles northwest of La Grange, F~yette County, Tex. . . . . . . . . . . . .... XII ILLLTSTRATIONS. l'agc. PLATE XXXV. A, Chalcedony dike at Los Picachos Hill in Duval County, Tex...beds on Colorado River, 2~ miles northwest of La Grange, Tex...... 26. Sketch of lower or second fault |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | calcite and silica deposits Žincluding quartz, chalcedony, opal-A and opal-CT. began to form as coatings...indicating a surface origin for UZ percolation. Chalcedony and opal have U contents that are three to five...Las Vegas, NV, May 22–26, 1994, Am. Nucl. Soc., La Grange Park, IL, pp. 2685–2691. Meadows, J.W., Armani...Las Vegas, NV, May 11–14, 1998, Am. Nucl. Soc., La Grange Park, IL, pp. 85–87. Osmond, J.K., Ivanovich,...Vegas, NV, May 22–26, 1994, Amer. Nucl. Soc., La Grange Park, IL, pp. 2391–2401. Paces, J.B., Neymark |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | exactly the fame ; calcareous fpar, zeolite, chalcedony, &c. 3. AMONG the varieties which this rock prefents...arithmetical operations: whereas the method of M. DE LA GRANGE determines the numbers, /*, p/t pf, &c. by appreciating |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | drusy quartz; the locality is the Aurora Quicksilver Mine in San Benito Co., Calif. A new occurrence for scheelite...translucent masses of rose cjuartz have been found near La Grange, Troup Co., Ga. I D A H O — Two nice specimens...carbonate, occurs at Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, La. MAINE — Forrest Carpenter, Limerick, Me., has found...on altered monzonite have been found in the Bell Mine (copper), Butte, Silver Bow Co., Mont. 362 NEBRASKA—Kaolin...black, another brown, the 3rd green (with bluish chalcedony encrusting a large cavity). All specimens are |  | | Book (edition) | | Finds ................ Fairburn Type Agate Blue Chalcedony .... Tourmaline ............... Selenite................. Black Agates..................... Chalcedony ..................... THE BADLANDS ............47 Beaches .................................... Mine Dumps ............................ 63 .63 63 •47...Mary Ellen jasper, pyritized snails, or blue chalcedony. Why weren’t they in the first edition? Simply...of the great Midwest. Collectors may search the mine dumps, stream beds, quarries, hillsides, caves, |  | | Book | | favorite gem-tl1e agate. THIS IS LELAND£ QUICK La Jolla ( ,5an l)irgo). (,laliforllia .. Vil •...ty1)ecl by Wilcla Boyer of La Jolla, California. AFTER A 1 Lt::LANDJ:: Qu1cK La Jolla (San Dicg;o), (ialifor11ia...p op11lar impression amon g rockhot1nds that chalcedony is a form of agate, ust1ally a term t1 sed specifically...the reverse js tr11e, for agate is a forn1 of chalcedony. It is n ot kno,vn how this word (pronot1nced...jasper, or conglomeratio11 of cemented pebbles in chalcedony, and is called pudding stone in the gem trade |  | | Book (edition) | | feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...should always ask permission it may be un- or a mine dvmip. Cleanliness around a camp site and removal...Lincoln Co. Todd's Branch, Mecklenberg Co. Portis mine, Franklin Co. Muddy Creek headwaters, McDowell...Creek, 1843 Williams' Ferry, Hall Co. Horshaw mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County...California finds. Operations at the Rock Flat gold mine in Adams County, Idaho, have yielded three small |  | | Book (volume) | | western Illinois⎯geodes (lined with botryoidal chalcedony, occasionally with pale Amethysts, or Quartz... W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY...banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area mine dumps from sedimentary overburden⎯oval concretions...States EAST BROOKLYN (SE of Gardner), area coal mine dumps⎯Marcasite, Pyrite. HANCOCK COUNTY DALLAS...deposits⎯agate, jasper, geodes (containing blue gray chalcedony); d (a) S of the Keokuk bridge, in stream banks |  | | Book (volume) | | western Illinois⎯geodes (lined with botryoidal chalcedony, occasionally with pale Amethysts, or Quartz... W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY...banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area mine dumps from sedimentary overburden⎯oval concretions...States EAST BROOKLYN (SE of Gardner), area coal mine dumps⎯Marcasite, Pyrite. HANCOCK COUNTY DALLAS...deposits⎯agate, jasper, geodes (containing blue gray chalcedony); d (a) S of the Keokuk bridge, in stream banks | | | Book | | rockhound’s favorite gem — the agate. Lelande Quick La Jolla (San Diego), California Vll Acknowledgments...efficiently typed by Wilda Boyer of La Jolla, California. Lelande Quick La Jolla (San Diego), California...and quartz the favorite gem- tention to other chalcedony gems The agate also. is gem of America....form of chalcedony. known how not is among the popular impression rockhounds that chalcedony agate... In the general opinion of most collectors, chalcedony and the color is is usually concretionary |  | | Book (volume) | | on Rte. 5: (a) chert quarry⎯Barite crystals, chalcedony, chert, siliceous oolites; (b) extending another...1 mi., in prospecting pits⎯agate, carnelian, chalcedony, chert, and sardonyx; d along Hwy. 128, both...Not a county in Alabama but a tradition of a “lead Mine” worked by Indians.) PELL CITY, NE 3 mi., area quarries⎯black...Copper, Gold and Pyrite; (b) Franklin or Jemison Mine, in NW¼SE¼Sec. 8, on tributary of Mulberry Cr.,...outcrops along county roads⎯chert (resembles chalcedony). JACKSON: c N 1½ mi. and just E of hwy., a bed⎯yellow |  | | Book (volume) | | on Rte. 5: (a) chert quarry⎯Barite crystals, chalcedony, chert, siliceous oolites; (b) extending another...1 mi., in prospecting pits⎯agate, carnelian, chalcedony, chert, and sardonyx; d along Hwy. 128, both...Not a county in Alabama but a tradition of a “lead Mine” worked by Indians.) PELL CITY, NE 3 mi., area quarries⎯black...Copper, Gold and Pyrite; (b) Franklin or Jemison Mine, in NW¼SE¼Sec. 8, on tributary of Mulberry Cr.,...outcrops along county roads⎯chert (resembles chalcedony). JACKSON: c N 1½ mi. and just E of hwy., a bed⎯yellow |
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