 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Disjoined JOHN S. WHITE PO Box 332 Stewartstown, Pennsylvania 17363 jwkustos1@gmail.com Crystals Figure 1...cm across, Texas quarry, Cockeysville, Baltimore County, Maryland. John S. White specimen and photo. F...quartz, 2 cm across, Parkesburg, Sadsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Jake Slagle specimen...which are not really bent but are, in the case of tourmaline at least, crystals that have been broken, typically...fibrous tourmaline but may be another mineral such as quartz.” These broken and healed tourmaline crystals |  | | Report (issue) | | PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES Bulletin M 18-C THE MINERALS of PENNSYLVANIA NON-METALLIC... CONTENTS Introduction Asbestos Barite Franklin County Fulton and Bucks Counties Corundum Page 1 1 5...Magnesite Phosphate minerals Cumberland County Juniata County 18 23 25 25 26 Potash 29 Quartz-Mint...Quartz-Mint 32 Rock salt 36 Crawford County Elk County 36 37 Erie and Forest Counties 38 McKean, Potter...Beryl, Cyanite, Epidote 47 Gems, Greenockite, Tourmaline 48 49 50 Uranium-bearing minerals Mineral resources |  | | Report (issue) | | DESCRIPTIVE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA 104 Na 2Al 2 Si3 Oi .2H 2 O; SiO 2 47.4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na...Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis: Fe 2 O3 CaO...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses...colorless crystals), Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | bank. When the inclined plane was abandoned the Pennsylvania Railroad made a curved cut through these rocks...that found on Ridley and Crum Creeks in Delaware County, contained segregated masses of coarse orthocl...kaolin, the orthoclase renmaining unchanged. Tourmaline, black, in good crystals, sometimes terminated... It is a small group of crystals imbedded in tourmaline. Muscovite, biotite and pyrite and two specimens...halotrichite occur occasionally, but on the Pennsylvania Railroad at 59th street there was an old quarry |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 00:39 19 January 2015 Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia B lack and nearly black minerals-no...near Waterbury, Vermont; at Poker Hill, Providence County, Rhode Island; and in Essex, Orange, and Warren...Conway, and geniculated twins in cavities in tourmaline from the Pelham asbestos mine (Emerson 1895)...been found at Middletown, Connecticut. Several Pennsylvania localities have produced exceptional rutile...(Gordon 1922). Some of these originated in Chester County and include prismatic crystals to 10 cm from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | tsaitimore gneiss betrveen Somerton and Newton, Bucks County. The quarry coutains three difierent types of pegmatite...quarries near Swarthmore, Pa., brown tourmaline from near Avondale, Chester Co, Pa., autunite and torbernite...torbernite from Leiperville, Pa., rutile from Parkesburg, Pa., erythrite, crystallized pyrrhotite and pyrite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | senopyrite in Darien (Fairfield Co.), Levesque, Cross County, Arkansas. The Conn., for over a year. A few weeks...A H O — "This specimen was found in Twin Falls County about 10 miles south of Hagerman, Idaho. These...a fairly new limestone quarry in eastern DeKalb County, 111. There were a few small fossils in the limestone...lined with tiny rock xls. that comes from Brown County, Ind., in the vicinity of Bean Blossom. Its label...label. MISSISSIPPI — "In the creek beds of Panola County, Miss., between Sardis and Batesville, some cutting |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | tsaitimore gneiss betrveen Somerton and Newton, Bucks County. The quarry coutains three difierent types of pegmatite...quarries near Swarthmore, Pa., brown tourmaline from near Avondale, Chester Co, Pa., autunite and torbernite...torbernite from Leiperville, Pa., rutile from Parkesburg, Pa., erythrite, crystallized pyrrhotite and pyrite |  | | Report (issue) | | metals in the pegmatite body at Baringer Hill, Llano County, Tex. Because of its resistance to atmospheric...have been reported in New Jersey and New York. Pennsylvania was a small producer of rutile prior to 1901...rutile in Pennsylvania is limited, so far as known, to the central portion of Chester County, in the extreme...of rutile forming complete circles found near Parkesburg, some of which weighed more than a pound. The...1 who has completed the geologic mapping of Chester County, has kindly furnished the following statement: |  | | Book | | Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite...Malachite HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT Quartz Xls LAWRENCE COUNTY Pearls LITTLE ROCK Quartz Crystals MAGNET COVE, |  | | | | garnet, epidote, vesuvianite, rhodonite, beryl, tourmaline, mica, feldspar, nepheline, zeolite, sodalite...may change the colour drastically, for example, tourmaline, garnet, topaz, quartz. Streak: Colour of Powder...whiteyellow), p. 172 titanite (brown black), p. 176 tourmaline (black, brown, variable), p. 188 Zeolite (colourless...Timmins, Tisdale Township, Cochrane District, Ontario; Darwin Mine, McMurray Township, Algoma District...nugget recorded is from Carson Hill, California, USA, weighing 72.78 kg. Transylvania, Romania; Roraima |  | | Book | | black), p. 176 topaz (blue, whiteye!low), p. 172 tourmaline (black, brown, variable), p. 188 vesuvianite...Timmins, Tisdale Township, Cochrane Distiict, Ontario; Darwin Mine, McMUJTay Township, Algon1a District...nugget recorded is fro1n Carson Hill, California, USA, weighing 72.78 kg. Transylvania, Ron1ania; Rorai... Labrador, Newfoundland; Cap d'Or, Curnberland County, Nova Scotia. Other Localities: Keweenaw Peninsula...Michigan, USA; Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA; Ajo, Pu.11a County, Arizona, USA; Ray, Pinal County, Arizona |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................................... Pennsylvania...............................................value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list not because they occur...and Ehrenfeld, Frederick, Minerals of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Top. and Geol. Survey Comm. Kept. No...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton; |  | | Journal (issue) | | •·J. .• ••• ..,. PROCHLORITE v. CORUNOOPHILITE, Chester, Mass. Xld. 2 ½ "l( l 1/4: .. ESSONITE, Ala, Piedmont...Colorado, a small tributary to Grand Lake ( Grand County ) . Near the top of the view are remnants of potholes...Tavistock, Devon, where green topaz and green tourmaline is found ; abandoned copper mines near Tavistock...never-ending handiwork. Near Falmouth, Lancaster county, Penn., about one-quarter of a mile south of the...a point just below Falmouth to York Haven, York county - a distance of two to three miles - it is now |  | | Journal (issue) | | Schacht (who was bom Horace Greele} Schacht in the USA), President of the German Reichsbank. In du< course...overall light smoky shade, and one from Saline County, Arkansas, failed to turn color at all. Crystals...“Hot Springs area” * “Hot Springs area” Lincoln County Veta Grande Claim, Yuma Co. Arkansas Arkansas...from Upper Prov idence, D elaw are C ounty, Pennsylvania; 36.2 carats, NM NH #G 1 2 8 3 . Photo by Chip...provinces of the Carolinas, Virginia, M aryland and Pennsylvania, to the high-grade metamorphic and intrusive |  | | Book (volume) | | references, among them may be mentioned: Vermont, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Oregon, Kansas, Alabama, Ohio...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...IMPORTANT GEMSTONES The Feldspar Group, Spodumene, Tourmaline, Sodalite and Cancrinite, Olivine, Turquois,... Double refraction in calcite . Dichroism in tourmaline . Dispersion . Three diamond crystals CON BPW |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Book (edition) | | Feldspar Group 8. Subsilicates Chondrodite Tourmaline Andalusite, Fibrolite, Cyanite .^7rT. Topaz...Saussurite Rocks 487 487 1. Garnet, Epidote, and Tourmaline Rocks 487 2. Hornblende, Pyroxene, and Chrysolite...rhombohedron, is wanting. For example, in crystals of tourmaline rhombohedral planes, and sometimes scalenohedral...dissimilarity in the two extremities of a crystal of tourmaline is connected with pyro-electric Three-sided prisms... are common in some rhombohedral species, as tourmaline. 4. Cleavage. Cleavage usually takes place parallel |  | | Book (edition) | | three-sided prism. The prism is thus hemihedral in tourmaline (f. 156, a top view of a crystal), and the prism...to the dihexagonal prism occurs in quartz and tourmaline, the hexagonal prism sometimes having only the...below, and the form accordingly 158 157 156 Tourmaline. Apatite. either rl m-n, or IT m-n. Examples...represents the top view of a crystal of tourmaline. , ; 177 176 Tourmaline. hedral planes, & jft, 2 |,...forms. point of view, the ditrigonal prisms in tourmaline and OKTHOKHOMBIC SYSTEM. 41 . quartz are |  | | Book (edition) | | MINERALS, CHESTER. Alphabetically arranged, with their Chemical Composition By Prof. A. H. Chester, Hamilton...prism /, or *-2, produces a is thns hemihedral in tourmaline (f. 156, prism ^-2 in quartz. Both these forms...to the dihexagonal prism occurs in quartz and tourmaline, the hexagonal prism sometimes having only the...accordingly 157. left 156 158 157 »S^2 Tourmaline. Examples of the first of these occur in f....rhomborepresents the top view of a crystal of tourmaline. ; , 176 Tourmaline. hedral planes, i?,f, — i,— |, — |  | | Book (edition) | | 7J or -&-2, produces a is thus hemihedral in tourmaline (f. 156, prism *-2 in quartz. Both these forms...to the dihexagonal prism occurs in quartz and tourmaline, the hexagonal prism sometimes having only -the...and the form accordingly left 158 157 156 Tourmaline. Apatite. Examples of the first of these occur...the rhorobo of tourmaline. represents the top view of a crystal , ; 176 Tourmaline. 8 hedral planes...same point of view, the ditrigonal priems in tourmaline and OBTHORHOMBIC SYSTEM. 41 quartz are tetartohedral |  | | Report (issue) | | woody tissue of trees, produc- RUTILE FROl\l PARKESBURG, PA. Rosettes of knee-jointed, twinned crystals...A MERICAN MUSEUM GUIDE LEA FLET The suite of tourmaline which nearly fills one side of Case 1 5 is notable...albite, be ryl, garnet, dumortierite cyanite, tourmaline, stilbite, chabazite, harmotone, mus covitc |  | | Book | | Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee...carnelian, petrified wood, rock crystal, beryl, tourmaline, topaz, and garnet. Every rock hunter thrills...listed by county and community, range and distance. Whenever the collector crosses a county line, he will...of the county he is entering posted alongside the highway. By looking up the state and county, the user...guide can determine the collecting sites in that county by range and distance from the major cities and |
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