 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Montana Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015...2015 K NOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is rich in mineral and gemstone localities. The state motto...gemstones: agate and sapphire. An extensive body of gem and mineral literature has been published describing...The middle third of the state is known as the Montana alkali province where the sediments have MICHAEL...view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Little Gem Unless otherwise noted, all specimens and gemstones from the Little Gem mine Amethyst...Amethyst Mine RUSS HAGE 701 Lolo Street Missoula, Montana 59802 dukbstr@aol.com MICHAEL A. MENZIES Unit...Alberta Canada T3B 4T7 mmenzies@shaw.ca Jefferson County, Montana P erched high on the south-facing side...east of the continental divide in Montana is the Little Gem amethyst mine. It is an imposing pegmatite outcrop...Overview of mine from the south, across the valley, showing pegmatite exposure and mine workings, June |  | | Journal (issue) | | scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...President Thomas Jefferson upon their return to the East; their specimens, donated by Jefferson, ended up mostly...beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the coastal...in the Montana State Capitol rotunda, by F. Pedretti’s Sons, 1902, 84 inches in diameter. Montana Historical |  | | Report (issue) | | FRANCISCO JUNE GEM- AND LITHIUM-BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE PALA DISTRICT, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA...arin07jahn GEM- AND LITHIUM-BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE PALA DISTRICT, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA!...Lepidolite Spodumene and amblygonite Feldspars Gem minerals Tourmaline Spodumene Bervl Quartz Other...Schuyler) mine Tourmaline Queen mine Gem Star (Loughbaugh) mine Stewart mine Mission mine Pala Chief...Chief mine Katerina (Ashley, Catherina, Katrina) mine El Molino mine INDEX Geologic map and section of the |  | | Book | | On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...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 |  | | Book | | Hot springs and tourmalines of eastern San Diego County." . Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-916251-65-9...Geology-California-San Diego County-Guidebooks.?. Geology-Califomia-It11perial County-Guidebooks. 3. Faults...Faults (Geology)--California-San Diego County-Guidebooks. 4. Faultgs (Geology)--California-Itnperial CountyGuidebooks...)--Guidebooks. 6. San Diego County (Calif.)--Guidebooks. 7. I1nperial County (Calif.)--Guidebooks. I. Murbach...Geology of the Yuha Basin Southwestern Imperial County, California Daryl Streiff, Spring 1971 The Yuha |  | | Book | | long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted...1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's finest ilmenite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Jan/Feb 2024 Vol.99, No.1 ROCKS MINE ."Iii[! iil"J www.tandfonline.com/vram Pegmatite Minerals & Gems...Auburn University, Al Carl A. Francis Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, ME John Rakovan New Mexico Institute of Mining...I. Jacobson, Denver, CO Anthony R. Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth,...across a local area net\,vork. Subscription offices: USA/North America: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut...Copyright Clearance Center (www.copyright.com) in the USA or the Copyright Licensing Agency (www. cla.co.uk) |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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...the words of the original discoverers. Adelaide Mine, Tasmania, 1971, 2012 Albert Chapman wrote one such |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Georgia has had a fascinating gemstone heritage. Gem-bearing rocks which formed under widely varying conditions...for every geologic period except the Permian, and gem materials are found in every geologic region. In...mica. Georgia pegmatites are generally poor in four gem-making chemical elements: lithium, beryllium, boron...in aquamarine, rose quartz, smoky quartz, and schorl. GEM MATERIALS APATITE: Apatite occurs as bright...in a brilliant shape. BERYL: Aquamarine, the blue gem variety of beryl, is generally found in pegmatite |  | | Book (volume) | | brownish yellow octagonal calcite (21.30 ct), Montana; light yellow orthoclase feldspar (25.03 ct), Idaho;...(25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...oligoclase feldspar (5.04 ct), Oregon; and three Montana sapphires, violetish blue (2.52 ct), yellow (4... His works are known to almost every collector, gem cutter, gemologist, and mineralogist. His writings |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Paao ama, Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District...District Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite...Quartz, 14.2 cm across, Newbeny Mountains,Clark County. Steve Scott specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...Clinotyrolite spray, 3.4 mm across, Lovelock mine, Churchill County. Figure 2 (bottom). Wulfenite, 1.1 mm high...high, Chalk Mountain, Churchill County. Dan Behnke specimens and photos. Hot Springs Iron meteorite |  | | Journal (issue) | | specimen; Jeff Scovil photo. SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2017 Gem pegmatites of Northeastern Afghanistan By Peter Lyckberg...$315/three years, (Canada) $180/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $259 per year Subscription (individuals...Mineralogical Record, volume 48, September–October, 2017 Gem Pegmatites of Northeastern Afghanistan Peter Lyckberg...Luxembourg lyckberg@pt.lu Since the late 1970s, rich gem-bearing pegmatites in the mountains of northeastern... INTRODUCTION During the last three decades the gem-bearing pegmatites of northeastern Afghanistan, together | | | Book (volume) | | Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...oligoclase feldspar (5.04 et), Oregon; and three Montana sapphires, violetish blue (2 .52 et), yellow (4... His works are known to almost every collector, gem cutter, gemologist, and mineralogist. His writings...newer events to bring the history of North American gem 1nining up to date. Here, then, is the latest, most...large-scale mining of sapphire-bearing gravels in Montana is beginning and is expected to produce large quantities |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | LEDUC PEGMATITE, GATINEAU COUNTY, QUEBEC By SEAN A. LOCH NAN, PRESIDENT Gatinesu Mineralogica! Society...began operations for tourmaline. The yield of clear gem-quality crystals was not sufficient, however, to...could be profitably worked for this mineral alone. Little geological work has been done on this locality... F E E. T Fig. 1. Location of Leduc Mine. x — 486 Leduc Mine. ROCKS AND MINERALS Oí in o N *...and perthite) with small amounts of quartz and little mineralization other than lepidolite. The second |  | | Catalog/List | | pale-lemon coloured, transparent A/l. xtls, plus a little interdeveloped gemmy Calcite, richly encrusting...5x2x5/8", £8.75 A/4. ADAMITE. Kameriza Central Mine, Laurium, Attica, Greece. A sparkling lime-green...5x2x1", £10.00 6. ANDRADITE GARNET. Belstone Consols Mine, Sticklepath, Devonshire. A vitreous brownishgreen...25x5/8", £15.00 12. ANDRADITE/URALITE. Cornwall Iron Mine, Lebanon Co, Colorado, U.S.A. Lustrous coffee brown...APATITE (Var: Francolite) - Holmbush Form. Holmbush Mine, Nr. Callington, East Cornwall. Vuggy Quartz/Chloritic |  | | Book (volume) | | ... 255 Woodrow B. Thompson Loren B. Merrill's Gem Cutting Machine ...................................Extracts from a Diary Concerning Mining at the Dunton Mine, Newry, Maine ....................................Duane L. Leavitt The Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine . ........................................permanent photographic exhibits in the northeastern USA. The Shaubs have been active in ornithological research...Mary began to assemble information for a history of gem and lapidary arts in Maine. They were particularly |  | | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By F. HAROLD WEBER JR., California...parts of several sections, by R. M. Stewart COUNTY REPORT California Division of Mines Ferry Building...CAMPBELL, Director AND GEOLOGY State Geologist COUNTY REPORT ^ Price $8.00 3 CONTENTS Page ABSTRACT...(Cretaceous and/or older) 21 Intrusive rocks of the batholith of southern California (Cretaceous) , Gabbroic...Land closed to prospecting and mining City and county zoning Water for mining operations Previous descriptions |  | | Catalog/List | | Tourmaline group (one that Mother Nature was having a little fun with, too). The bright pink exterior hides...first offered for sale. 73007 TOURMALINE Minh Tien Mine, Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam A classic Vietnamese...online, visit HA.com/6150 73008 ELBAITE Minh Tien Mine, Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam This unusual...2015 | 12:00 PM CT 15 73009 ELBAITE Minh Tien Mine, Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam Clearly defined...discovered primarily in alluvial gravels associated with gem-Corundum or in a weathered crust. This particular |  | Francis, Carl A., Felch, Myles, Falster, Alexander U., Bailey, Douglas A. (2016) Aquamarine from Stoneham and Vicinity, Oxford County, Maine. Rocks & Minerals, 91 (1) 28-35 doi:10.1080/00357529.2016.1099131 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Stoneham and Vicinity Oxford County, Maine Downloaded by [Penn State University] at 01:41 12 December...ALeXANDeR U. fALSTeR DoUGLAS A. BAILeY Maine Mineral and Gem Museum Po Box 500 Bethel, Maine 04217 cfrancis@mainemineralmuseum...Figure 1. Aldrich quarry beryl. Maine Mineral and Gem Museum (MMGM) specimens: Gems of 124.9, 20.3, 6.5...Carl A. Francis is curator at the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum and an executive editor of Rocks & Minerals...Mineral and Gem Museum. Alexander U. Falster is research technologist at the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...The 100-year history of the Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito County, California . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County collection;...Benitoite Gem mine will note the portion of the story devoted to the 1935 visit to the mine by collecting...war Bill served in the U.S. Navy as skipper of a mine sweeper stationed in Cold Bay, Alaska. After his |  | | Journal (issue) | | $384/three years, (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...Spruce Ridge in King County, Washington (for quartz and pyrite) and the Rock Candy mine in British Columbia...objection to lack of cleanliness. Bad food, and little of it, guarantees weight loss. Applicants should...S. locations, including the Little Gem amethyst scepter mine in Montana, the Fluorita Dulcita prospect...Lode, the California Mother Lode and the Homestake mine. Every known type of miner’s candlestick is illustrated |  | | Journal (issue) | | Fluorite Crystals with Galena Crystals, Socorro County, N. Mex. A very fine selection in stock. Crystals... 9 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY 15th Eastern Federation Gem & Mineral Show New York Trade Show Building 500 EIGHTH...1965 IS THE WORLD'S FAIR Host Club: Lapidary Cr Gem Society of New York, Inc. Hotel Paris, 752 West End...(chalcedony pseudomorph after coral) from Hamilton County, Florida, near the famous Suwannee River. This...Menard—1965 Buy and Use a Good Mineral Book Our SAPPHIRE mine will be open to Rockhounds. Write for information |  | | Journal (issue) | | Write For Catalog GUARANTEED SAFE DELIVERY IN THE USA i: Jt Jt Jt Jt Jt SPECIAL *Jt Sizes range from...from .97 to 32 carats. Photo taken for the American Gem Trade Association by Harold and Erica Van Pelt, Photographers... hands, numbeB, dnlled attending the Sacramento Gem and Necessity I. Polished Braztlian agate clock tac...dary displays were outstanding. Jt sapphires in Montana that started my Minimum order $15 00 - please add...want Lady Luck to smile on us from time to time. A little bit of luck, when combined with the knowledge and |  | | Catalog/List | | dealers alike when it was unveiled at the 2013 Tucson Gem & Mineral Show. For the first time, in an open and...museum-quality Tourmalines, including the 2nd largest Sapo Mine “shaving brush” and an exceptional Elbaite on Feldspar...CALEDONITE Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Named by the Romans for the area...This example hails from the Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine: a legendary Arizona locality. Unlike the vast majority...Caledonite and a dash of azure blue Linarite. The mine is now collapsed and only a memory for the lucky |
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