 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | large variety of minerals and gemstones in North Carolina annually attracts thousands of collectors to...the world. Some Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina T H E C O L L E C T I N G L O C A L I T I E...McKenzie's publication Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina: Information Circular 24 (1978). For a more...locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can be ordered from the North Carolina Department...27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEMS AND GEM MINERALS OF NORTH CAROLINA* Josnrn HvoB Pnerr North Carolina is one of the more notable...material. The variety of gem minerals found in North Carolina is probably greater than in any other state...Pyroxene Diopside Tourmaline (black) Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there...westernPiedmont section of the state, and in Franklin County on the eastern edge of the Piedmont. They have...localities. Three diamonds have been found in Burke County, two of which were from near the "Ford of Brindletown |  | | Report (issue) | | NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION WILLIAM DIVISION JASPER P. OF L. SAUNDERS, MINERAL...RESOURCES GEOLOGIST Circular 16 LOCALITIES NORTH OF CAROLINA BY JAMES F. CONLEY Doc NC DENR LIBRARY...... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MINERAL COLLECTING IN NORTH CAROLINA , . . . . # . WHERE TO COLLECT f ... f ......THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY COUNTIES . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ......... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 7 Emerald, Hiddenite and Associated Minerals |  | | Report (issue) | | .'.' .., 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...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist FRONT | | | Report (issue) | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Dakota. Twenty pound crystals have been found in North Carolina. A large nine inch diameter crystal was found...material in the United States was at the Rutherford mine near Amelia Courthouse, Virginia, where large amounts...Chester and Delaware counties, Pennsylvania ; in North Carolina, and elsewhere. A large pod of intergrown spessartite...Lode pegmatite near the Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado. Common in the pegmatites of Yavapai...colored. Grossularite is found in the Ben Nevis Mine on San Augustin Peak, Organ Mountains, New Mexico; |  | | Report (issue) | | Mica Deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 577 Work done...done in part in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development and in part...Administration Mica Deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina By FRANK G. LESURE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL... Work done in part in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development...Upper Precambrian rocks______________________ Bakersville Gabbro_________________________ Ocoee Series |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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...near Statesville, North Carolina; at Amelia, Virginia, near Clayton, Rabun county, Georgia; etc. The...at Shaw and Esray's quarry near Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and is now in the collection of...at the Fisher quar- occurred at the Little Three mine, Ramona, ry, Topsham, Maine, to sixteen inches in |  | | Report (issue) | | Powder Pattern: Petrick quarry, Llano Co., Texas, USA (low). 3.18 (100), 4.03 (80), 3.20 (80), 3.76 (70)... Association: Quartz, orthoclase, sanidine, tourmaline, corundum. Distribution: A widespread mineral...Bavaria, Germany. On Tenerife, Canary Islands. In the USA, at Fine and Macomb, St. Lawrence Co., New York;...Co., Pennsylvania; near Hawk, east of Bakersville, Mitchell Co., North Carolina. At Lake Harbour, Ba±n |  | | Report (volume) | | 'THE GEOLOGICAL vt- ,(231 > ' " ^THE MINERALS CAROLINA''" i '- OF, - :l|^fe^H - GOTEENMENT LIBRARY... W. Powell, director | | The | minerals of North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Geiitk | [Vignette]...J. W. Powell, director | | The | mineralsof North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Genth | [Vignette]...W. Powell, director | | The | :aainerals of North Carolina | by | FrederickAugustusGenth j [Vignette]...separately. Price $2.50. XVI. The Paleozoic Fishes of North America, by John Strong Newberry. 1889. 4°. 340 |  | | Book | | MINES MINERS MINERALS AND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Western North Carolina’s Hidden Mineralogical Treasures...E L L 2005 PARKWAY PUBLISHERS, INC. Boone, North Carolina Copyright ©1999 Lowell Presnell All Rights...Mines, miners, and minerals of western North Carolina : western North Carolina’s hidden mineralogical treasures...(hard cover) 1. Mines and mineral resources—North Carolina—History. I. Title. TN24.N8P74 2005 338.4‚7622‚09756—dc22...Domestic Mica Buying Policy 111 20. Western North Carolina & the War Years .119 21. The Mineral Kingdom |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | chromite with greenish chrome amphibole from Camp 8 Mine, Del Norte Co., Calif., was sent in by Carroll R...ARKANSAS—"The Coleman quartz crystal mine is located 14 miles north of Hot Springs (Garland Co.), Ark....were a sort of coating on several rocks near an old mine. I am very interested in what they are, thought...Colo. The crystals are platy, white calcite. "The mine is located about 3 miles from where you pay the..."Rare fluorescent fluorite. From Mahoning Fluorite Mine, Cave in Rock, Hardin Co., 111. (on label)."—item |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Appalachian-Caledonian orogen. Most of the tourmaline-richdepositsoccur in dominantlymetasedimentary...Maine;Ore Knob, North Carolina; and Elizabeth, Vermont. Minor amounts of tourmaline are also knownin...chalcopyrite,galena,andsphalerite.Many of the tourmaline crystalsare opticallyzoned,in whichbrownzonesconcentrically...Oxygenisotopefractionations between quartz and tourmaline(A = 1.27-4.01) do not correlatedirectly with...the A values approach thoseof igneous quartz-tourmaline pairs.The iS•SO valuesof quartzandtourmaline |  | | Report (issue) | | c\ NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT GEORGE R. ROSS, DIRECTOR DIVISION OF MINERAL...Structure of Part of the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina A PROGRESS REPORT BY JOHN M. PARKER, III GEOLOGICAL...SURVEY AND THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF...Structure of Part of the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina A PROGRESS REPORT By M. PARKER, III Geological...BETWEEN THE U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT |  | | Book (edition) | | ONYX • PERIDOT* • ZIRCON • CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS • AOATI • • AMETHYST URINE • •... lOLITE k:^ RUBY /^^ RUTILE SAPPHIRE 1^ TOURMALINE CRYSTALS TOPAZ CRYSTALS 4 GEM hunter's GUIDE...six or eight different gem as color, its tourmaline may B are, in fact, A blue gem minerals...found many of stones, such as quartz amethyst, tourmaline, beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose |  | | Book | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Springer-Verlag1989 Boron isotopic composition of tourmaline from massive sulfide deposits and tourmalinites...Cambridge, MA 02139, USA z US Geological Survey, National Center, MS 954, Reston, VA 22092, USA Abstract. Boron...isotope ratios (11B/l~ have been measured on 60 tourmaline separates from over 40 massive sulfide deposits...(Canada), Broken Hill (Australia), and Ducktown (USA). Overall, the tourmalines display a wide range in...of the oceans. Recent studies have shown that tourmaline is an accessory gangue mineral in many massive |  | | Report (volume) | | all red stones: spinel, ruby, garnet, and rose tourmaline; the term "sapphire," to lapis lazuli and other...beauty of irregularly colored stones, such as tourmaline. UNIT OF WEIGHT The carat, meaning one-fifth...dikes contain a variety of gem stones, such as tourmaline, beryl (emerald, aquamarine), spodumene (kunzite...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | more spectacular crystals of beryl, topaz, and tourmaline. Even the common minerals of microcline, bladed...Granite, near Red Stone quarry, Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire. Henry Minot specimen and photo...Teller and Park counties, CO, USA Crystal Park–Bear Creek, El Paso County, CO, USA Pikes Peak Granite NYF... 3 Mount Antero and Mount White, Chaffee County, CO, USA Mount Antero Granite NYF Miarolitic beryl...Mountains, Boise, Custer and Elsmore counties, ID, USA Sawtooth Granite in the Idaho batholith NYF Miarolitic |  | | Journal (issue) | | cover: Fluorite on Amazonite 7.5 cm, from the Smoky Hawk claim, Colorado. Collected by the Dorris family;...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bernardino County. Piedmontite is reddish-brown banded with smoky quartz. San Bernardino County is in S/E...1965, comes from Ed Schwab, Rt. 2, c/o Big Beryl Mine, La Grange, Ga.: "Just received "Old Faithful" R&M...process of milky quartz production at our "Big Beryl" mine, on # 2 1 9 , south of La Grange, this week we recovered...quartz is scattered all over the quarry. "The old mine spoil dumps are still open to rockhounds and free...overnite parking." La Grange, in central Troup County, is in western Georgia. I D A H O — " I am sending |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimen is from the Number 20 mine near Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina. Author’s specimen and...Figure 5. A 2-cm uraninite cube from the Cardiff mine, Wdberforce, Ontario, Canada;Canadian Museum of...Jeff Scovil photo. muth, and arsenic to zircon, tourmaline, fluorite, carbonates, and sulfides; it can decompose...the famous Palermo and Ruggles mines in Grafton County, New Hampshire; dendritic uraninite intergrowths...Bedford, WestChester County, and from a locality at Richville Station, St. Lawrence County, New York. Uraninite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Lucky Monday – a great collecting story Colorado, USA J. Scovil photo. Issue #6 The Collector’s Newspaper...amazonite from Lucky Monday pocket, Smoky Hawk claim, Colorado, USA. 8.2 cm in length. Spirifer collection...quartz. This discovery became known as the Smoky Hawk structure and has since produced many of the world’s...Editors: Paul Cragan (USA John Veevaert (USA) Associated Photographer: Jeff Scovil (USA) Contact: tom@spiriferminerals... Important diggings for multicolored and red tourmaline gemstones and specimens have been documented |  | | Report (issue) | | Croydon, New Hampshire; Black Hawk, Maine; and Ore Knob, North Carolina. Two deposits from the Scandinavian...here (Table 1) are based on analyses of pure tourmaline separates. These separates were prepared by the...presence of intimate (microscopic) intergrowths of tourmaline and base-metal sulfides. Only the purest separates...(1961). Ten milligrams of each finely ground tourmaline separate was mixed with 20 milligrams of pure...and Slack, unpub. data). Discovery of abundant tourmaline (and tourmalinites) with high concentrations |  | | Book | | of the Fortieth Parallel; Prof. N. P. Hill, Black Hawk, Colo.; W. H. Holmes, United States Geological Survey:...Peters, E. M., ical Survey; Mr. Richard Pearce, Black Hawk, Colo. Fairplay, Colo. R. J. Raymond, United States...Schirmer, Denver, Colo.; A. von Schulz, E. M., Black Hawk, Colo. Prof. B. Silliman, New Haven, Conn.; J. Aldcn...the pitchblende. not been for several^years the mine is not worked at present and has distribution in...Peaks; crystallized at Bergen's ; Ranch, Jefferson County; on Boulder Peak. Agate,— See Quartz. — At Quartzville |
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