 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | northwest acro88 the cliff’s of Glen Cove to South Park and the Tarryall Mountains. Researchers have subdivided...northeasterly-trending continentul Figure 2. Geologic map of the Colorado Front Range showing the Precambrian metamorphic...Karistrom 1978; Lanthier 1978). Farther south in Colorado, sediments accumulated in decper-water rocks formed...Survey into “Early, Middle, and Late” Eras. In Colorado we because of the subsequent folding and overthrusting...subduction zone and possibly the creation Era in Colorado and Wyoming of a volcanic island arc. Carpenter |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | IVAN JACOBSON 1714 S. Clarkson Street Denver, Colorado 80210 markivanjacobson@gmail.com No pegmatite...icing on the more spectacular crystals of beryl, topaz, and tourmaline. Even the common minerals of microcline...cube of fluorite hanging from a crystal face or nestled on a crystal druse. Figure 2. Index map showing...Granite, near Red Stone quarry, Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire. Henry Minot specimen and photo...significance Crystal Peak, Teller and Park counties, CO, USA Crystal Park–Bear Creek, El Paso County, CO, USA |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | COLORADO TOPAZ Topaz, Al Si0 (F,OH) is one of Colorado's better known gem minerals. Though Col orado...orado topaz may not compare in size with that found in Brazil, gemmy crystals up to 4 inches have been found...(PJM), 975 (TCM) Box 25046, Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225-0046 A ccording to Cross and Hillebrand...discovery of Colorado topaz was made about 1880 by a Mr. Thiebald,* "a prospector of Colorado Springs."...have been in the Crystal Park area. The largest fine-quality topaz specimens in Colorado occur in several |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Museum of Nature and Science 2001 Colorado Boulevard Denver, Colorado 80205-5798 jmurphy @ dmns.org PETER...Survey MS 150, Box 25046 Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225-0046 pmodresk @ usgs.gov Unless otherwise...to 2000) J oin us for a gemstone tour around Colorado! Our field trip takes us from east to west in...in the same way you may have toured through Colorado on a mineral collecting trip. This route, from the...gemstones are known to occur. We cannot discuss every Colorado gemstone occurrence; rather, this is a general |  | | Book (edition) | | methods and by checking their color, hardness, crystal formations, transparency and other characteristics...T'S fun and profitable to hunt gems 1 Typical crystal forms of prominent minerals Characteristics of...6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4. Fluorite...by the angles at which their plane surfaces (crystal faces) are placed with respect to one another...lopsided by the de- fun and profitable 3 TYPICAL CRYSTAL FORMS OF PROMINENT MINERALS BERYL CHIASTOLITE |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pegmatites in the Pikes Peak Batholith, Central Colorado Daniel E. Kile Research Associate, Denver Museum...Nature & Science 5176 Black Bear Run - Littleton, Colorado 801215 Email: centennial87@comcast.net were sparse...throughout the Pikes Peak batholith in central Colorado, and many of them provide spectacular thumbnail-...pegmatites in the Pikes Peak batholith (PPB) in central Colorado. Although some minerals, such as fluorite, hematite...batholith, in an area north of Florissant in Teller County, taken prior to the arsoncaused 2002 Hayman fire |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 04:13 19 December 2014 Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado A s virtually every collector knows, many...and some districts, such as those in San Diego County, California, and many of those in Minas Gerais...museum and private collections, as do somewhat rarer topaz, garnet, and phenakite specimens. Perhaps America’s...aquamarine localities, Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado, was highlighted by Jacobson and Lees (2008)...and other veins. Commonly associated minerals are topaz, beryl, Dr. Robert B. Cook, an executive editor |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | thin sections. GENTHELVTTEFRoM .oo".*JioHSJNrArN, EL PASOcouNrY' Suraey,Denaer,Colorailo' Gr-rNN R. Scorr...Geotogical In February 1951 a smali but highly modified crystal of genthelvite (Fig. 1) was found on a northeast-trendingspur...quadrangle), El Paso County, Colo. Another occurrenceof genthelvite from El Paso County was recently...crystallography is thought to be warranted' The genthelvite crystal was taken from a pegmatite in the Pikes Peak granite...are St. Peter's Dome, Cookstove Mountain, and Crystal Park. several generalizationscan be made about the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Vol. 20 SOCIETY OF' AMERICA MAY, 1935 No.5 COLORADO PEGMATITES KBNNBTU K. Lauons, Unioersity of Kansas...in every county 'of Colorado along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains from Larimer County on the Wyoming...Wyoming line to Custer County in the south-centralpart of the state, and in scatteredpre-Cambrianareas...The pre-Cambrian schists and granites of Larimer County are cut by numerous pegmatite dikesl which have...exhibiting an ore mineral phaseoccur in Boulder County.3JeffersonCounty contains both tourmaline and muscovite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALOGY OF THE MOUNT ROSA AREA, EL PASO AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO. II. PEGMATITESI EuceNB B. Gnoss...alkalic granites in the Mount Rosa area, west of Colorado Springs. One is the older calc-alkalic Pikes Peak...crystals, zircon, biotite, siderite, and minor topaz, allanite, cassiterite and genthelvite. The Pikes...the St. Peters Dome district, Mount Rosa area,Colorado,attracted the attention of mineralogists as earlv...outside of the Mount Rosa area, primarill' near Crystal Park, three miles north of Kineo Mountain. Best €xposuresare |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Although Colorado may be most noted for rhodochrosite or amazonite, the many varieties and associations...a k e w o o d , Colorado 80225 DIANNE L. K I L E 333 S a l e m Street Aurora, Colorado 80011 C O L O...and J. A. Mur phy for an update to Minerals of Colorado: A 100-Year Record (Eckel, 1961). 374 ROCKS... Quartz was a familiar gemstone to many early Colorado residents, as documented by an extensive body...body of literature. The first published list of Colorado mineral localities (in cluding quartz) was included |  | | Report (volume) | | Minerals of Colorado: A 100- Year Record By EDWIN B. ECKEL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1 1 14 A...knowledge____________________________________ Future of Colorado mineralogy______________________________________...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado ________________________________ In pocket III...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado, has not been included in this reprint. Many of...especially Fischer and others, 1946). MINERALS OF COLORADO: A 100-YEAR RECORD By EDWIN B. EcKEL ABSTRACT |  | | Book (edition) | | MILEAGE L OGS. REVISED EDITION Revised Edition, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE HICllAHD :--1. PEARL...an extensive ¥em and mineral collecting tour 01 Colorado, revealing the interesting places where Nature...highways. Latest information is given on local tra\'el and collecting conditions and land ownership, so...Swallow, Publisher) 2679 South York Street Denver, Colorado 80210 - , =· - ·, BOOKS BY RICHARD M. PEARL...PEARL Exploring Rocks, Minerals, Fossils in Colorado America's Mountain: Pikes Peak and the Pikes Peak |  | | Journal (issue) | | Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York COLORADO ISSUE #2 Articles Colorado locality index.............................. 323 by B. L. Muntyan What’s new in Colorado minerals? ......................................339 by M. I. Jacobson The San Juan Mountains of Colorado ..................................349 by J. A...10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo by John...invaluable reference which should provide us with crystal draw ings to illustrate articles for centuries |  | | Report (volume) | | distinguished by their, physical properties: color, crystal form, cleavage, parting, hardness, specific gravity...important aids in identifying gems. They are: color, crystal form, cleavage, parting, hardness, specific gravity...in most minerals. Most gem stones have certain crystal systems that form under favorable conditions of...particular atomic arrangement results. The six crystal systems in which gem stones may form are: isometric...cleavage, surfaces are parallel to some of the crystal faces of some gem stones. For example, diamonds |  | | Book (edition) | | — _ ; COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE ! ■ : ' BOOKS BY RICHARD M. PEARL Colorado Gem Trails...Trails and Mineral Guide Colorado Rocks, Minerals, Fossils America’s Mountain: Pikes Peak and the Pikes...Nature As Sculptor: A Geologic Interpretation of Colorado Scenery Guide to Geologic Literature Popular Gemology...Gemology Mineral Collectors Handbook Colorado Gem Trails The Art of Gem Cutting (With Dr. H. C. Dake)...Dake) * RICHARD M. PEARL ★ COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE ★ SKETCH MAPS BY MIGNON WARDELL PEARL |  | | Journal (issue) | | - - - - - - - - - - - Mineral Collections 1n Colorado A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record November-December..."Smithsonian packet," Smoky Hawk claim, Florissant, Colorado. Collected in 2008; Dorris Family collection;...certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This special supplement...Collecting in Colorado The Collections: Mel & Pam Bersch Ryan Bowling Ralph Clark Colorado School of Mines...Thompson George Witters Martin Zinn III and Colorado in the :Mineralogical Record Supplement to The |  | | Report (issue) | | 14: Topaz Perfect Cleavage ISBN 978-0-9790998-9-2 Publisher Lithographie, LLC Denver, Colorado, USA...Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 11613 • Denver, CO 80211 • USA Phone 1.303.495.5521 • Fax 1.303.482.1238 www.lithographie...United States of America Photo Credits Cover: Topaz, 3.5 cm tall Capao Mine, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais...Sigerman collection Robert Weldon photo Above: Topaz, 5.5 cm tall El Chalten, Santa Cruz, Argentina Scott Rudolph...brooch/pendant is set with topaz from three different localities. Two Brazilian "Imperial" topaz gems make up the |  | | Book | | .3 COLORADO. of COLORADO. J. S. l GEORGETOWN, COLO. GEORGETOWN COURIER PRINT. 1887. 3 Bancroft...From a mineralogical point of view the wealth of Colorado exceeds that of In the metallic minerals almost...to in the following pages Proceedings of the Colorado Scientific Society. Proceedings of the Academy...the U. S. Geological Survey. J. GEORGETOWN, COLORADO, January, 1887. S. RANDALL. : MINERALS...gravel of streams and in veins. The veins of Gilpin County are especially noteworthy for the amount of gold |  | Collins, Donley S., Cobban, Robert R., Foord, Eugene E., Murphy, Jack A. (1989) Bibliography for update and revision of U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado -- a 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel, Part A - Paper copy --Bibliography data file disks. Open-File Report Vol. 1989 (89-206) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr89206a | Report (issue) | | Survey Denver, Colorado Department of Geology, Denver Museum of Natural History Denver, Colorado NOTE FOR...revision of U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado A 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel By Donley...Prepared in cooperation with Friends of Mineralogy - Colorado Chaptar, and the Denver Museum of Natural History...references dealing with the mineralogy of the state of Colorado. It is part of a more than 10 year effort to update...and revise U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado: A 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel (1961). |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineral Localities of Colorado EDWIN J . OVER, JR. "Second Edition " is a feature which reruns pertinent...D E A C O L L E C T I N G trip to Mt. Antero, Colorado, long famous for its aquamarines and associated...Mineral Localities of El Paso County (Rocks & Minerals, December 1929) Crystal Park is a large mountain...of Manitou and at the foot of Cameron's Cone. The park has commonly been credited as the locality for all...locality are found for a mile or two north of the park to the west, on the slopes of Cameron's Cone; they |  | | Journal (issue) | | England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...Richards Famous mineral localities: the Ouro Preto topaz mines ............................................in e s Steve Voynick* P.O. Box 1285 Leadville, Colorado 80461 If you’re a mineral collector, you know...Abandoned mines certainly aren’t hard to find. Colorado alone has 15,000—most of them underground metal...methane-rich at mosphere can create an explosion. The Colorado Bureau of Mines warns that bad air in old shafts |  | | Journal (issue) | | England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...SPECIMENS from the collection of the Geology Museum, Colorado School of Mines. See page 242 for a full description... All rights reserved. notes fromthej EDITOR COLORADO-III Here we are with our third special issue devoted...devoted to the mines and minerals of Colorado. As most long-time subscribers know, the first in the series |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineral species; all crystallizing in the isometric crystal system. They are found in igneous and metamorphic...trapezohedral crystals or else the trapezohedral crystal faces are the ones most prominently developed.... A large, nine pound, six ounce trapezohedral crystal of almandite was recovered at 35th Street and Broadway...Natural History mineral collection. An even larger crystal nearly nine inches in diameter, a combination of...in North Carolina. A large nine inch diameter crystal was found in the Pulsifer quarry at Auburn, Maine |  | | Journal (issue) | | on Amazonite 7.5 cm, from the Smoky Hawk claim, Colorado. Collected by the Dorris family; Tom Spann photo...Bacher; Reinhold Bacher photo. Fluorapatite, 3.3-cm crystal, from the Pulsifer quarry, Maine. Collected by...own favorite experiences is gazing raptly into a crystal pocket just after it has been opened, and all the...classic locality for spectacularly large apophyllite crystal clusters, which still rank as some of the largest...cleaned off the thaumasite to expose the entire crystal. 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Agnus Dei claim, Cameron Cone, Crystal Park, El Paso County, Colorado, USA