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| .'.' .., 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...ofthe Sections's activities and include identifying rock and mineral samples submitted by the citizens of |
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| 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 |
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| assembled stone in which the top and bottom are rock crystal cemented with colored canada balsam. The...(kunzite, hiddenite), zircon, and gem varieties of feldspar, topaz, and quartz. Gem stones maybe weathered...Diamonds are found inkimberlite, a rare volcanic rock. Physical properties: PRECIOUS GEMS DIAMOND c...Ark. Kimberlite is a dark, greenish-black igneous rock of the peridotite family. It is composed Of partly...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville |
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| Arsenopyrite and Pitticite (brown) (Nagyborzsony,North Hungary » ins £3 107 CHLORARGYRITE Ag Cl good greenish...cavities in 1.5cm matrix. 2 or 3 crystals £5. One xl on rock £2.50 (Rudabanya Hungary) 248 GADOLINITE (Ce La...Cu UO PO/4 slightly radioactive. (Old Gunislake Mine Cornwall) a) green 3mm area on ropk, £3 ( b) IxhaJ...Phlogopite Mica. (Possibly slightly radioactive)(Palabora Mine,S.Africa lxl £5 1x2 £10 WITH UNUSUAL ELEMENTS...sections in matrix with Eudialyte.Rare not Rich (Umba Mine,Lovozero Massif,Kola Russia) lxl £4 1x2 £7.50 239 |
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| £10 2x2 £15 Ix! £3 lx2 £6 I · 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico Colourless to yellow small crystals...Ca SiO F 7fJ 7 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix some with micro...£12 7.x2 £24 Hydrocarbon 963 6 ✓ ALBITE Maine USA variety CLEAVELANDITE, pure white sheafy, masses...Norway Unusual rich yellow vitreous mass in Syenite Rock. Mieroprobed material ½" £4 lxl £6 lx2 £12 . 2x2£25...crystals in crystalline feldspar with minor fluorite. X 20 needed 1.5cm £4 no/2 feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark |
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| massive with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2...£15 £6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless...2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting near Creston...vitreous mass in Syenite Rock . Microprobed material lxl £1 lx2 £2 Feldspar ½" £4 Ix! £6 lx2 £12 2x2...quite well covering Basalt. lxl £4 lx2 £8 2x2 £16 Feldspar Ix I £1.50 lx2 £3 Zeolite 16 ALBITE Lauvland, |
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| grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4 1x2 £10 156 NATIVE...possible Molybdenite. About l/2ins size. (Wolfram Camp North Queensland,Australia) £12 063 CAVANSITE Ca (V 0...in matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1 £4 1x2 £7.50 360 PARATELLURITE...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH UNUSUAL...yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins £4 107 CHLORARGYRITE |
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| 88 Unusual rich yellow vitreous mass in Sycnitc Rock . Microprobcd material Colourless to yellow small...micro crystals in crystalline feldspar with minor nuonte X 20 needed feldspar 2x2£4.50 Ti0/2 lx2£3 1 .5cm£4...matrix feldspar 2x2 £10 CcSrC0/3 lx2£5 £2.i� lxl£3 ALBITE Kragero Norway ANDALUSITE Ultcvis,North Sweden...green masses in rock Feldspar Al MnSiO lx2 £2 lxl£3 2x2£12 lx2£5 lxl £1 ----· Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall ANDALUSITE...Andalucia Spain. Type Location New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England 140 grey bleby small botryoidal |
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| New Minerals ANATASE TiO/2 44 ANDRADITE garnet group 732 APATITE Single brown crystal aboutlcm x4mm...mass. small pale blue crystals on matrix. Benallt Mine,Lleyn ,Wales lxl £5 lx2 £8 Parclho, Pariba,Brazil)...Parnmirim Region, Agua Quen1a,Bal1ia, Brazil Benallt Mine, Llcyn Wales A)£3 B) £5 3mm £4 5mm £6 lxl £6...micros gemmy yellow-green crystal section. Bcckermet Mine. Cumbria lxl £2 131 40 BARYfES 211 BRAZILIANITE... Triangular individual brassy crystal or small group. 7mm is a single crystal Perfect, sharp Tetrahedron |
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| INDIA’S FOSSILS GEM HUNTER Bernie Gaboury 3 FELDSPAR GEMS Sunstone Moonstone Labradorite GLOWING...grinding and polishing machine, made by Kingsley North available in powder coat paint. Heavy duty construction...grinding and polishing machine, made by Kingsley North available in Stainless Steel. Heavy duty construction...(with motor mount) and 7” high. $995. KINGSLEY NORTH DIAMOND GRINDING WHEELS Metal bonded diamond grinding...List $135.00 117.00 SALE $86.00 86.00 KINGSLEY NORTH DIAMOND BELT WHEELS A resin-bonded diamond belt |
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| these cores are of pink or the rose quartz variety. Rock crystals, or the colorless quartz crystals, are...cavities or pockets but are much rarer than the rock crystal or smoky quartz variety. Rose quartz crystals...colored minerals which often occur in pegmatites. Rock crystals occur at many localities. Some over three...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 |
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| ___ 2x2£3 ___ - -----~ - ~014_ _ 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South Bay,...mass. Unusual rich yellow vitreous mass in Syenite Rock. Microprobed material lxl £3 lx2 £5 2x2 £10 2x3...- - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker Bay, Skye, Scotland...Quarry,Comwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar with minor fluorite. X 20 needed Rich orange-red...orange-red masses with darker Hornblende lxl £1 lx2 £2 Feldspar 1.5cm £4 TiO/2 - -·- ·- ------- ··-- - -- -- - |
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| also be on the Invoice sent with the parcel. The rock and mineral book, that is illustrated mainly by...orange-red masses with darker Hornblende lxl £1 lx2 £2 Feldspar lxl £2 lx2 £3 BaS0/4 --- ---------------------------...semi-vitreous mass lxl £I.SO lx2 £3 2x2 £4.50 Feldspar Ix2 £4 2x2 £8 2x3 £ 12 3x4 £25 Be Al SiO · - -----...----·-·- ---- ·- -- 1129 ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway 87 ■ BERYL Evje area . South...Norway Unusual rich yellow vitreous mass in Syenite Rock. Microprobed material Translucent cleavages, very |
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| _---Grandfather Mountain Formation and Mount Rogers Volcanic Group ___ -Catoctin Greenstone ________ - ____ --Basal...undivided _____________________________ _ 27 ]{nox GrouP--~-----------------------Cambrian rocks undivided...and dolomites________________________ 232 Knox Group (Upper Cambrian and Lower Ordovician) ________ 236...272 Reserves and resource potentiaL_________ 272 Feldspar, by F. G. Lesure, Stanley A. Feitler, and Robert...278 Geologic occurrence_____________________ 279 Feldspar deposits in Appalachia_ _ _ _ ____ __ 280 Resource |
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| NORTH DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION GEORGE DIVISION JASPER CAROLINA L. R. OF ROSS, RESOURCES...♦ THE EASTERN PIEDMONT PEGMATITE OF NORTH DISTRICT CAROLINA BY WARREN G. STEEL RALEIGH 1952 THE... THE EASTERN PIEDMONT PEGMATITE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA By Warren Ge Steel INTRODUCTION The Eastern...pegmatite district of North Carolina consists of several areas located in the north central part of the...corner of Caswell County. The Inez- Wake Forest area extends from Inez in Warren County, southwestward |
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| Superb full-color photographs depict the primary rock types and a comprehensive selection of magnificently...surface of the earth, minerals make up the rocks. A rock may be composed of a number of different minerals...animals there are not very many different kinds of rock nor mineral, anditisnot difficulttolearn about...This book is intended to introducesome of the major rock and mineral species in the hope that their beauty...may be attached. All rock (the mineralogist calls matrix what others call rock) is composed of minerals |
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| TypeLocation. light brownplates in Felsp~r. (Burpala, North Pribayikalh,atmsla li x li ins H.50 233 DOLOMITE...Pb Te minute silvery apots in lca matrix (HillTop Mine. OrganHountains DonaAnnaC-Ounty,NewMexico) u OSSBIMDHEIHITE...Silicate light green films on silicaeous rock. (Pinal County, h.rizona USA) lem El. 50 .E2.50 235 DUFREtiOYSITE...with ceruslte on aatrlx. (Silver Bill Mlne,Plaa County, Arizona) I I I l2 341PD...attiaetlve red brownhexagonal ctystab on latytu or rock. (Nlbliden Morocco) 112 f.4 212 El 128 DUUDASJTE |
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| FELDSPAR AND MICA DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA CUT ON FLAT SHOALS ROAD NEAR SCHOOL HOUSE, LOT 110, 15th DJST...DJST., DeKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA, SHOWING PEGMATITE DIKE IN MICA SCHIS'.r. FRONTISPIECE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...BULLETIN No. 30 A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE FELDSPAR AND MICA DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA BY !3. L. GALPIN... L. Galpin, Assistant State Geologist, on the Feldspar and Mica Deposits of Georgia, to be published...information regarding the occurrence and nature of the feldspar and mica deposits which exist in the State. That |
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| Miguel Hortiguela, LPPO Illustrations: Crowle Art Group Printed in China The publisher gratefully acknowledges...pressures and temperatures. Immense quantities of rock and their constituent minerals are altered and destroyed...composed ofjust a few minerals; quartz and the feldspar group are the most abundant processes — called biominerals...laboratory-grown (synthetic) because they grow in rock. crystals, although identical to their natural...be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING |
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| Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Illustrations: Crowle Art Group Note: For illustrative purposes, some images in...pressures and temperatures. Immense quantities of rock and their constituent minerals are altered and destroyed...composed of just a few minerals; quartz and the feldspar group are the most abundant species. These are the...be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 cm. Biominerals Crystals formed by biological...considered to be a mineral because they grow in rock. MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF ACHANGING Vanadinite, |
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| a;;ses wEh gr2en Cr.,pha.cite.An ftt~~~tive Eclogite rock from 1 r:;Q:..,>~jord,Wr.:stt;on:ay) J.::7.n. 20...slightly crystalline masses in matrix (M~:!a~hderg,County D~~ega.l,Irel~nd) lil fl lx2 f2 023 ~!~YDBITEC2lciumSulphate...rich2r ~s~ses in ~~trix lxl f] 006 .i\LDITSF~ld~p?.r Group. rich ora:i<}e:r:eJr::~scs with darker ;1ornble1...cl~,1·-.:2~l1: r2ss. (lZeysto":c,South r::';Gtil, USA) l~l 701 lx2 f1.20 L2 f2. -:~· ~::3 f.~. 50 OJ.9...El.00 311 fl.60 411 f).80 017 ANALClTE. Zeolite Group White crystals well covering Basalt. {Talisker Bay |
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| Africa AMBLYGONITE 1073 Near Chclan, E.Washinglon USA ACTlNOLITE Pure white cleavage mass Green crystal...1098 Ojucla Mine, Mapimi, Mexico ADAMITE 88 Unusual rich yellow vitreous mass in Sycnitc Rock. Microprobed...ALABANDffE 15 Black micro crystals in cryslalline feldspar with minor 0uorite. X 2 0 needed Pure black-brown...cleavage Ti0/2 Mn S 1.5cm£4 5mm£2 ANATASE Virtuous Lady mine,Devon 26 ALBITE Kragcro Norway 6 single dark blue...Hornblende Ti0/2 Ix! £4 feldspar Ix2£ 1.20 Ix I 50p 68 2 963 AI.BITE Maine USA variety CLEA VELANDITE |
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| OHCI ALABANDITE Mn S ALAMOSITE Pb SiO/3 ALBITE Feldspar ALLANITE Ce Ce Ca Y Al Fe SiO ALLANITE Ce ♦ ...ANDRADITE garnet group ♦ ANGLES ITE Pb SO/4 ANHYDIUTE Ca SO/4 AN KERITE-KUTNAIIORITE Dolom ite group ANN ITE Mica...ANORTHOCLASE Felspar Group ANTHOPH YLLITE Amphibole 2cm £8 3cm £ 15 Near Chelan. E.Washington USA !x i £3 ½"... Rich wh ite crusts on matrix. Rawhide Mine, Moh ave County, ½ x ½ Arizona, U.S.A £3 Kragero Norway...Mapimi. Mexico A LLOPHANE ALSi O A LMANDINE garnet group ♦ A LSTONITE Ba C a CO/3 A LUJ\UNITE Al SO/4 A LUMINITE |
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| can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing the main rock types this guide...Proustite (East Germany) 7 Rocks We can define a rock as a large mineral body which may contain only one... Petrologists, who study rocks, recognize three rock classes and within each class a large number of...solidified into a black rock, containing no quartz but rich in the feldspar minerals pyroxene and olivine...rocks as seams (known as dikes). When the intrusive rock forms masses parallel to the structure of the rocks |
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| What is the difference between a mineral and a rock? Where do they come from? How do Istart collecting...rocks, and how to test them. : Each mineral and rock is accompanied with concise descriptions and precise...surrounded ce ne white calcite, from!iheBluebell Mine; Riondel, Digitized by the Internet Archive...photographs; Bob Gault took a number of the mineral and rock photographs; Donna Naughton took a number of field...mineral and rock descriptions. introduction Mineral and Rock Collecting Mineral or Rock? Origins of |
