 | | 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...The middle third of the state is known as the Montana alkali province where the sediments have MICHAEL...Postcard view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS...Mountains, and furthest to the northwest, the belt basin. The Rocky Mountains contain sedimentary, igneous |  | | Book | | Montana Hodges Robert Feldman Shaded relief indicates terrain and slope. Second Edition Rockhounding...GPS compatible. Montana Enhanced detail shows more symbols, labels, and features. Rock Fever! A Guide...Additional information on rock shops, attractions, and local history Cover photos of Montana agate (front) and...and ammonite imprint (back) © Montana Hodges Cover design by Linda R. Loiewski $14.95 P.O. Box 480 Guilford...imprint of The Globe Pequot Press MONTANA Search for stunning Montana agate along the Yellowstone River |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cuba Before Columbus by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, New York. • Two DESERT writers...Beauty from the R o a d s i d e HUMOR H a r d Rock Shorty of Death V a l l e y By MARGARET CARRICK...continued west six miles, striking Bear river at Sheep rock, a well known trapper landmark. From that point...from thirst. In following this old trail from Sheep rock to the Promontory, I had been traveling on or close...something that looked like a piece of dark lava rock lying half buried in the sand. Imagine our excitement |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Titania and Strontium Titanate are softer than quartz, they are for dinner rings, worn every day like...than a carat, be- MINERAL CLUB NEWS Fifty-eight rock and mineral collectors attended the August meeting...prospected Interstate Route 84 for blue quartz, smokey quartz and biotite mica crystals. President Richard...for some time to come cleaning and separating the quartz crystals from their clay, and limestone matrix...club's headquarters. Mr. Robert Rader of the Indian Head Rock Shop, Wortsboro, N. Y, is contacting Guido |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | friends, Bob Glad, was the president of Hudson Valley Rock & Min eral Club in Tuckahoe, New York. He persuaded...Glen when we heard from our friend Bob at the Indian Head Rock Shop that there had been some blasting at...of Pass Lake, Ontario, we stopped at a roadside "rock shop" and met Nick Dzoba and his amethysts. (It...Canada. We spent some time prowling through the rock shop there and also roaming around the countryside...the whole park, we purchased from the Chief, an Indian peace pipe, which he had made from catlinite. We |  | | Report (issue) | | feature at The Sinks, on Highway 73 at Blount-Sevier county line (locality D) Figure 9.-Geologic feature visible...of Great Smoky Mountains, showing distribution of rock fromation in eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina...Mountains, to the mountains of gneissic and granitic rock in North Carolina on the southeast. Representa-...1895, 1896): Red calcareous mudrock with white quartz-rose sandstone lenses. 600 Sevier shale: Upper...and quartzitic at top; lower part contains fine quartz conglomerate and much red arkosic shale. 1000 Unconformity |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | moss agate, aventurine, mixed tiger-eye, rutilated quartz, Mexican lace, lots of other gemmy, colorful materials... green Wyoming; calcite, f l . & phos. green, Montana; any six 2 x 2 " and one surprise specimen $4.75...colorless worthless white, milk opal is shipped. No rock attached, no matrix ¡treated sold). We obtain our...N-S-W Australia. NEW ENGLAND — Golden rutilated quartz $2.50/lb.; crazy lace agate 7 5 i / l b . ; green...tumbling; aquamarine, Brazil $3.00/lb.; rutilated quartz $1.75/lb.; amazonite, Canada, 7 5 ^ / l b . ; golden |  | | Journal (issue) | | stones. In some places there were piles of pulverized rock where there had been geodes. How can we educate...that region, we attended the Indian Ceremonial dances at the ancient Stand Rock amphitheater. Several tribes...for the Desert By L. G. TANDBERG 32 FICTION Hard Rock Shorty of Death Valley By LON GARRISON 34 MINING...sacksfull of dried cactus fruit. Numerous brown Indian children, including a baby, emerge from the wagon...hot stove in a sweltering kitchen for this desert Indian housewife. Camping under desert stars, she simmers |
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