 | | Book | | Collecting Arkansas JVlinerals A Reference and Guide By Arthur E. Smith, Jr. ,'T Collecting Arkansas...Box 2043 Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83816-2043 iii Arkansas Counties 1 \ I •( 11 o •« c »««ou cxi ju4«iO«J...573-308-3500 703-648-6045 or phone 800-USA-MAPS Map 3. Arkansas’ Ouachita Mountains 7.5 Minute Quadrangal...Quadrangal Map index. V Contents and Locality Index Arkansas Quartz Crystal Deposits Special Quartz Types....Location 1 Montgomery County quartz deposits................. Other Montgomery County quartz mines...... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystals, Arkansas also boasts an array of other minerals, as evidenced by this county-by-county description...continued with mining in north ern and western Arkansas and Magnet Cove during the Civil War, and peaked...in full swing and the demand for and price of Arkansas quartz crystals has skyrocketed. In October 1987...exploited. Continued interest in and study of Arkansas minerals, par ticularly the microminerals, will...for their good companionship during my years of Arkansas collecting. Particular thanks goes to these hardcore |  | | Journal (issue) | | Associated Minerals of Ouachita Quartz Crystals in Arkansas and Oklahoma ..................................................... 20 A Report on the Harrison County Gem and Mineral Society of Gulfport, Mississippi...scheduled and attended field trips to Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mexico, and within Texas. You are truly one of...Associated Minerals of Ouachita Quartz Crystals in Arkansas and Oklahoma by Art Smith Member of the Houston...has been going on in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma for over 150 years. However, large |  | | Catalog/List | | sprays and tufts ACTINOLITE: Bull Run Quarry, Loudon County, Virginia, USA. sprays and tufts ACTINOLITE,variety...ACTINOLITE,variety BYSSOLITE: French Creek, Pennsylvania, USA. sprays and tufts ACTINOLITE SMARAGDITE:Micciano...crystals ADAMITE,variety CUPROAN:Gold Hill, Utah, USA. crystals AEGERINE: Kola Peninsula, USSR. crystal...minute crystals AFWILLITE: Crestffiore Quarry, Riverside, California, USA. massive AGRELLITE: KipawQ River...ALABANDITE:Tombstone. Arizona, USA. massive ALBERTITE(HYDROC,\RBONl: Prince Albert County. Nova Scotia, massive |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mine, which was used for a prison; the Allyndale quarry in North Canaan, from w h i c h came the marble...York City and elsewhere; and the Hoadley Neck quarry in Guilford, which furnished the granite base for...through out the United States. I n modern times, one quarry has been used by the Navy as an underwater sound...construction, from Danbury just north of Agstone quarry to Iron Works district in Brookfield: albite, allanite...of view 10.2 cm across, 1-84, Newtown, Fairfield County; collected 1960. Weber specimen, Marcelle Weber |  | | Report (edition) | | STATE OF ARKANSAS BULLETIN 23 S P EC I ES O F A RKA N SA A DIGEST By J. Michael Howard \ 1987... / ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION Norman F. Williams State Geologist s·' , STATE OF ARKANSAS BULLETIN...23 SPECIES OF ARKANSAS A DIGEST By J. Michael Howard 1987 Little Rock ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION...State Geologist STATE OF ARKANSAS Bill Clinton, Governor ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION Norman...Magnet Cove areas of Arkansas. The trip was conducted by Mike Howard of the Arkansas Geological Commission |  | | Journal (issue) | | Newsletter $3.00 A Quick and Short Collecting Trip to Arkansas in April 2004 Art Smith artsmithite@msn.com Having...Having missed this past fall's Coon Creek trip to Arkansas I was chomping at the bit to get up there and...Lake Greeson that is just north of Murfreesboro, Arkansas. He had already examined and collected on the...(Continues on page 3) ----2 Quick and Short Arkansas Collecting Trip in April 2004 (Continued from...forgo that. We did a check of three shops that had Arkansas diamonds. The going rate for them is $ I O a point |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | fl—fluoresces xled—crystallized ph—phosphoresces ARKANSAS — "I was visiting the geology department of the...collect a few specimens. "The locality is the Jeffrey quarry located 1/2 mile outside North Little Rock...Rock city limits on State Hwy 65 in Pulaski County, Ark." — letter dated July 31, 1963 from Richard Purifoy...plastic industry. "That same day we followed the Arkansas River Canyon from Salida to Canon City, a very...perched on them are small, lustrous dark brown goethite xls. "Geothite xls on quartz xl geode section |  | | Catalog/List | | TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near clear thumbnails...$15.00 each. BROOKITE: Magnet Cove, Garland County, Arkansas; Dipyramidal thumbnail crystals mounted in...diameter, priced at $5.00 each. CA VANSITE: Wagholi Quarry, Poona, India: Beautiful bright blue radiating...Hill, Calaveras River, Valley Springs, Calaveras County, California: Really neat little buggers for sure...ANDRADITE GARNET: Hans Garnet Mine, Paradise, Plumas County, California: Very showy deep red garnets on matrix |  | | Report (edition) | | STATE OF ARKANSAS BULLETIN 23 MINERAL SPECIES OF ARKANSAS A DIGEST By J. Michael Howard 1987 Revised...Little Rock ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION Norman F. Williams State Geologist STATE OF ARKANSAS BULLETIN...SPECIES OF ARKANSAS A DIGEST By J. Michael Howard 1987 Revised 2007 Little Rock ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL...Williams State Geologist STATE OF ARKANSAS Bill Clinton, Governor ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION Norman F...Magnet Cove areas of Arkansas. The trip was conducted by Mike Howard of the Arkansas Geological Commission |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cerussite and fluorite, Blanchard mine, Socorro County, New Mexico. Peter J. Modreski photo. MarchlApril:...Grossular, Lowell, Vermont. Robert Whitmore specimen, Jeffrey Scovil photo. September/October: Rhodochrosite...Sweet Home mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen, Jeffrey Scovil photo. NovemberDecember:...NovemberDecember: Silver, Bulldog mine, Mineral County, Colorado. F. John Barlow specimen, Malcomb Hjerstedt photo...Vermont, 262 Anglesite, Colorado, 98 Ankerite, Arkansas, 135 Ansell, H. G., abstract, see Twenty-second |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Rausch specimen, Jeffrey Scovil photo. March/April: Serandite and analcime, Demix quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire...Cana da. Canadian Museum of Nature specimen, Jeffrey Scovil photo. May/June: Elbaite and albite, Lavra...Kristalkeller specimen, Jeffrey Scovil photo. July/August: Calcite, Gallatin County, Mon tana. American...September/October: Chalcocite, Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wiscon sin. F. John Barlow specimen, Malcolm...Chalcocite, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut. Jim Minette specimen, Jeffrey Scovil photo. Abenakiite-(Ce) |  | | Journal (volume) | | 12, p. 43 for details). Penryn Granite Company’s quarry at Halvosso, Longdowns, Cornwall. Jim Knight Collection;...LUV (middle) and SUV (bottom). East Face, Croft Quarry, Croft, Leics. Frank Ince specimen and photo (FI-1485;...and Pacey, A. (2016). Segnitite from Weardale, County Durham. Journal of the Russell Society, 19, 39–42...Quarrying at Croft, Part 1: The history of Croft Quarry. www.aggregate.com/about-us/history/croft; accessed...igneous rocks of the SLDC exposed in Coal Pit Lane Quarry, Enderby. It was suggested that these metamorphosed |  | | Book | | be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS...encke Madagascar e(2x23x3em Quartz, Mount Ida, Arkansas, USA ° 14x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique * 17...solutions. typical crystal shape. Goethite, Tintic, Utah, USA * 16.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 om Drusy These minerals...linarite, Bingham, New Mexico, USA * 9x 75 x 2.cm Arborescent copper, Michigan, USA * 35 x 8 x 1 cm Radiating |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure J. Calcite, Meshberger Stone quarry, Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana; Richard RusseU specimen...(far left). Ara~onite speleothems, Cave, Calaveras County, California; James Patton photo. Moanin~ Downloaded...Cl)'stlll 5.5 em long, Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County. Missouri; Ten')' Huizing spec:imen and pboto....cm long. France Stone Company. Custar quarry. Custar, Wood County. Ohio; Neal Pfaff specimen. Terry Huizing...cm high. Meshberger quam', Columbus. Bartholomew County. Indiana; Richard Russell specimen and photo. |  | | Book | | The Guide to Quartz in Arkansas Darcy and Mike Howard Mnckhaunding Arkansas Collecting Crystals The...The Guide to Arkansas Quartz 77 A&l Studio Press wmi vMmj /MansH Collecting Crystals The Guide to...to Arkansas Quartz Copyright O 2000 by Darcy and Mike Howard Illustrations by Darcy Howard Photographs...45791 • Little Rock AR 72214 • USA • 501-847-6575 flack/iauncffng Arkansas wvvw. rockhoundingAR.com Front... M Contents Introduction 1 1. Crystals in Arkansas................................. 5 The major crystal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | About 18 miles northeast near Jamestown in Cherokee County is another lead mine." ARIZONA—A letter dated Sept...Reservation north of this community (in Apache County) with "high hopes" of finding the legendary diamond...differing localities as South Africa and Arkansas. ARKANSAS—Galena has been mined near Blakely Creek...finally secured a lease to the Rock Landing No. 2 quarry in Haddam Neck, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. Also...properties on Squaw Creek, Mineral Hill District, Lemhi County, Idaho. It is reported they are after Columbite |  | | | | metal ion, often with a semi-metallic lustre. Goethite, hematite, magnetite, pyrolusite, ilmenite, chromite... 18 pentlandite (light bronze yellow), p. 52 goethite (yellow, red), p. 72 Beginner's Guide to Minerals...black), p. 68 sphalerite (brown, yellow), p. 92 goethite (yellow, red), p. 72 ilmenite (red to brownish...nugget recorded is from Carson Hill, California, USA, weighing 72.78 kg. Transylvania, Romania; Roraima...Lake, Labrador, Newfoundland; Cap d’Or, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Other Localities: Keweenaw Peninsula |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The common minerals at Mt. St. Hilaire's DeMix quarry are among the most diverse in habit of any species...photo graph shows a fluorite from a part of the quarry called "catapleiite corner." The bright blue-green...channels on the faces. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Arkansas Ankerite The mineral ankerite is far more uncommon...kutnohorite. A sample of ankerite from the Jeffrey quarry at North Little Rock, on the other hand, proved...(octahedra and capillary crystals) galena garnet goethite greenockite (both as yellow coating on sphalerite |  | | Report (issue) | | crystal skewers the tetrahedrite, and malachite and goethite spots accent the bright blue of the azurite. Dan...“valencianite” from the Silver City mining district, Owyhee County, Idaho. “Valencianite” (adularian orthoclase)...cm, from the Silver City Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho. Cal Neva Mineral Company. Continuing with...1 cm nestle in vugs in typical brown “Ojuela” goethite. 8 ========================================...analcime on stilbite from Five Islands, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia—collected, he writes, “in a precarious |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and much used in industry, is found in De Kalb County, 4 miles northwest of Fort Payne, Ala. There a...Another deposit is reported as being in Clarke County-" ARIZONA—Earl Mayer, 1753 " I " St, Yuma, Ariz...limonite (pseudo pyrite) embedded in milky quartz. ARKANSAS—Byron C. Marshall, 204 Central A v e , Hot Springs...trips, doing cave exploration, in north-western Arkansas. I had stopped at Clinton, to inquire as was my...Beavers, and Mr. Beavers took me to see one of Arkansas' greatest wonders. Such a wonder, that I still |  | | Book | | ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson |  | | Journal (issue) | | ......69 by Gerard Pallix Pete J. Dunn The Jeffrey Q u arry.........................................M. Pryce and J. Chester The Amity Area, Orange County, New Y o rk ............................... 85...115-year-old Oriental mine in Alleghany, Sierra County, California. In August, about five months after...Barite-celestine Oxides Epsomite Brannerite Chromite Goethite Hematite Heterogenite Magnetite Pyrolusite 72...Blount Little Rock, Arkansas 72209 The Jeffrey quarry, near North Little Rock, Arkansas, has produced some |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | across, on blue thomsonite. Lucky Peak Dam, Ada County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Figure 3 (below)...cut near Pinehurst, Adams County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Ada County Lucky Peak Dam, on east side...CHABAZITE, LEVYNE, PHILLIPSITE, and THOMSONITE. Adams County Alaska mine, Seven Devils district: azurite, grossular...grossular, malachite, powellite, and scheelite. Arkansas mine, Seven Devils district: grossular. Blue Jacket...across, Highway 95 road cut near Pinehurst, Adams County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. FIgUre 5 (right) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | map; prepared by William Besse. IOW AITE Sioux County, Iowa BRUCE CAIRNCROSS Department of Geology University...serpentinites 1,000–1,500 feet below the surface in Sioux County, Iowa (Kohls and Rodda 1967); approximately thirty-five...best known for geodes from the Keokuk area in Lee County (Wherry 1918; Smith 1997; Huizing 2017). The Keokuk...official state rock for Iowa. Pint’s quarry in Black Hawk County has produced collectible, attractive...attractive calcite, some associated with euhedral goethite crystals; good-quality yellow-amber-colored fluorite; |
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