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| Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE IN GARNET RUBY CORUNDUM...CORUNDUM GOLD TORBERNITE GARNET IN MICA ANATASE RUTILE AJTUNITE AND TORBERNITE THULITE AND PYRITE...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 |
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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 throughĀ out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during |
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| ROLE OF YTTRIUM AND OTHER MINOR ELEMENTS IN THE GARNET GROUP1 Howeno W. Jlnlo2 Assrnacr Several minor...of several of these in particular varieties of garnet suggests isomorphism. Yttrium, heretofore considered... IlrrnorucrroN The garnets form a well-defined group of minerals with respect to their essentialchemistry...composition and the physical constants within the group. Heritsch (1926) and Wright (1938) have emphasized...Petrographer, Metallurgical Division, College Park Branch, Bureau of Mines, Col- lege Park, Maryland. IJJ |
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| 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 |
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| New York City, New York County, New York State T he minerals of the garnet group represent some of the...deposits. In fact, in some types of economic deposits, garnet constitutes an important gangue mineral, and such...Americaās largest hard-rock garnet mines within its borders, a famous New York garnet specimen has been chosen...this issueās Connoisseurās Choice piece. Moreover, garnet was designated as New Yorkās official state gemstone...Almandine is one of fifteen minerals in the garnet group, each member of which is defined by its pure |
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| NORTInHIwo AME A Volumes John Sinkankas _ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes Ā® Volume I Gemstones, of...of all the mineral treasures to be found in North America, are perhaps the most fascinatingāand the...worthy of the name. Some, like the emeralds of North Carolina, the colorful and fabulous tourmalines and...above all, easily read and understood, GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, Volumes I and II, will be welcomed as a...abroad are becoming so scarce and expensive that North America has developed into a major exporter rather |
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| BUTTERWORTHS GEM BOOKS GARNET JOHN DROUSE ā¦ BUTTERWORTHS ā Butterworths Gem Books Edited by Peter...Peter G. Read Beryl John Sinkankas Garnet John D. Rouse Pearls, natural, cultured and imitation Alexander...Darragh Topaz D. B. Hoover Butterworths Gem Books Garnet John D. Rouse Butterworths London Boston Durban...Letchworth, Herts Preface Only a few books on garnet gemstones have been published up to the present...to answer all the questions one might have about garnet, but rather to stimulate the readers to explore |
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| arawak and North Borneo _________________ _ Sarawak _____________________________ _ North BorneO----...________ _ North Island_____ ------------- ________ _ Antarctica ________________________________ _ North Am...124 126 127 130 Monazite localities-Continued North America-Continued United States of America-Continued...Perce Counties __________ _ Idaho CountY-----------------Valley CountY-----------------Adams, Payette,...and Gem Counties ________________________ _ Boise County ___ --------------Ada, Owyhee, Elmore, and Custer |
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| RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard S. Mitchell and William F. Giannini...RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard S. Mitchell and William F. Giannini...RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard S. Mitchell and William F. Giannini...through temolite-acti 15 15 l5 l6 l6 Teolite group throug References cited ILLUSTRATIONS Figure 1...talc l0 PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OI' ALBEMARLE COUNTY. VIRGINIA Richard S. Mitchell* and William F. |
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| GEMSTONES $CS of NORTH AMERICA . In Two Volumes $30.00 GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes ...REINHOLD BOOK / '- ā ( ..., ā GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes Volume II T ourmaline...from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...lnternatiunal, Inc. F RO. Tl!>PIĀ£CE GEMSTONES of NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes Volume II John Sinkankas...publication of the first volume of Gemstones of North America in 1959 so much has transpired that the |
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| COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK COVER...approx. 1.5x. Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right - Magnetite crystal face showing.......................................... 111 Garnet Group ................................................................................ 118 Axinite Group ......................................................................... 119 iii Page Axinite Group ............................................... |
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| instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.ļ¾Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...ļ¾gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.ļ¾petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: ļ area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel |
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| Newsletter Meeting: October 24 Time: 7:45 p.m. Long Branch Nature Center, 625 S. Carlin Springs Rd., Arlington...National Mineral Collection. Photo: Chip Clark. garnet on muscovite Mineral of the Month Spessartine...spessartine canāt seem to keep a name. This member of the garnet family was always known from the Spessart Mountains...manganese oreā) in 1797. The name became āmanganesian garnetā in 1823 before FranƧois Sulpice Beudant, in 1832...part of the Garnet Group, spessartine shares elements with a spectrum of others in the group, such as pyrope |
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| C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated ācheck listā just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...Qf-Christobalitc Phcnakirc Olivine Fayalite Tcphroitc Garnet Group Almandinc Spcssartinc Grossular (Hyacinth) Andradite...Uranophane Vttrialitc Astrophyllite Hemimorphitc Epidote Group Pistacitc Clinozoisite (Withamite) Zoisite (Ferian...Cordieritc Tourmaline Group Elbaite Checklist Dravite Schorl Chrysocolla Pyroxene Group Monoclinic pyroxenes |
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| museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...rocks contain large crystals, often of the feldspar group and are known as porphyries. The individual crystals...granite but with no quartz. Sandstone (South Dakota, USA) _9_ A darker rock than granite but with a similar...are the home of a number of interesting minerals. Garnet, staurolite and andalusite are typical minerals...minerals change. A number of silicate minerals such as garnet and epidote and some sulphides giving metallic |
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| particularly for beautiful gem quality spessartine garnet, rare facet grade microlite, amazonite, fine moonstone...alphabetical order. MINERALS ALLANITE (EPIDOTE GROUP) / @ Amherst County - Black pitchy allanite is found in...minerals found in this pegmatite include almandine (garnet), chlorite, ilmenite, monazite, pyrite, quartz...used because of their radioactivity. Campbell County - Andalusitecrystals,somevery large,have been reported...attractive cabochons can be cut. BERYL Amelia County - Clear gem quality beryl fragments measuring 0 |
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| Newsletter Meeting: October 23 Time: 7:45 p.m. Long Branch Nature Center, 625 S. Carlin Springs Rd., Arlington..........................p. 16 Lake Drummond: A Carolina bay? (pt. 1) ........p. 17 Upcoming events .....Wendover, UT. Scheelite Metals LLC opened the Fraction Mine in Gold Hill, UT, in about 2013. The Mineral Newsletter...crystals on muscovite from Mt. Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China....October 2017 2 In the United States, the Camp Bird Mine, near Ouray, CO, was a source of lustrous golden |
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| of LaGrange at the Hogg beryl mine or the Minerals Processing Company mine. This was the most successful...Morgan County. Pink corundum in smaragdite is found near the Hogg Creek corundum mine in Towns County. On...Gainesville. Typically, diamonds found in Hall County weighed from 2 to 6 carats; a few were of larger...recovered in the sluice boxes of the Glade gold mine on Stockeneter Creek northeast of Gainesville. Many...misidentification. GARNET GROUP: The group of minerals known collecĀ tively as garnet is exceedingly widespread |
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| FOOTE , WARREN M . FOOTE , Manager . 1224 - 26 - 28 NORTH FORTY - FIRST ST . PHILADELPHIA , PA . , U . S ...peoples in highly wrought and artistic forms. That branch of the subject properly belongs to the students...folly to cut, as, for instance, perfect Herkimer County crystals, or such crystals as the one shown in...mammoth-trees of America, now form a magnificent group in the museum of Berne, to which they were sold...Susquehanna at Harrisburg, and entering into Cumberland County, will at once be delighted with the beauties of |
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| J. Lancaster Branch Chairmen: Midlands ā P. Phillips, North East ā M. Houghton, North West ā J. Riley...of the available daylight from the large area of North facing windows, and ceiling mounted fluorescents...is at odds with the widespread prescription for north daylight equivalent (6500 K) lighting (Bruton, 1978)...including the total average error in comparing the group of four sets from each manufacturer, do indicate...deformation. Their outcrops occupy much of the central-north and central-east zones of the Velasco batholith |
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| Newsletter Meeting: November 18 Time: 7:45 p.m. Long Branch Nature Center, 625 S. Carlin Springs Rd., Arlington...page 5) In this issue ā¦ Datolite nodule Quincy Mine, Michigan Source: Brandes (2019). Photo: Paul T...although it often occurs with minerals of the Zeolite Group. It can form lustrous crystals or attractive masses...at ti.meredith@aol.com. Formation The Zeolite Group of minerals, along with datolite, forms during hydrothermal...2019 Datolite crystal from Prospect Park, Passaic County, NJ. Photo: Bob Cooke. 2 vugs in the basalt |
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| the United States from samples found in South Carolina, but corundum mining did not start until 1871...artificial stones as well a.s from minerals such as garnet or colored qua.rtz. Pleochroism is very strong...others, a. summary of ea.ch bein1 giwn in tbe Mina Branch, Canada, report.' It appears generally ncccpte...identification from tl1e Laurens district, South Carolina. Systematic mining for corundum, as distinguished...varieties, was first started at Corundum Hill, North Carolina. The mineral has been found in many localities |
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| chief ion minerals (or ion are classified group) which according serves to the as a mineralās...Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, Mine...and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped...Missouri. Fairly large crystals in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Very fine crystals in dolomite from |
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| are classified according to the chief ion (or ion group) which serves as a mineralās fundamental unit. The...Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, New...New Zealand. In Australia, at Mount Morgan Mine, from Chartres Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill...Luning and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped |
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| ā_ā 1.12 ā 8 10 ā ā_ 12 14 _ ā Courtesy of F&S Group Geology and World Deposits TAO 6.30 5.60 5.00 4...and related materials Feldspar 106 Fluorspar Garnet Graphite 110 Slate Sodium sulfate 122 = 130...come not merely from one district but from a single mine. Thus the physical properties of many rocks and...the industrial minerals covers a highly diverse group of materials. At the one extreme is gravel and crushed...eclipsing the mineral magnesite in some areas; the trona mine rather than the Solvay plant is now the main source |
