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| December 2014 North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh W hen the North Carolina Museum of Natural...the state capitol. Appropriately enough, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences celebrated its 125th...125th birthday with Treasures Unearthed: North Carolina’s Spectacular Gems and Minerals, a one-year exhibit...with a private collector who specialized in North Carolina minerals to create the 4,000-square-foot exhibit...showcased nearly three hundred specimens of North Carolina gems and minerals. At the close of this successful |
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| he discovered and mined to make our state, North Carolina recognized throughout the world. The author...information concerning Hidden before he came to North Carolina to prospect for platinum and rare earths for...classify the grassy-green specimen found in Alexander County thought to be a variety of beryl. Hidden was...He then suggested the new mineral be called "hiddenite" in honor of the famous mineralogist). Hidden...of Taylorsville, Alexander County, today known as the thriving little town of Hiddenite. At the time Hidden |
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| 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...and includei the following: Diamond Spodumene Hiddenite Kunzite Corundum Ruby Sapphire Oriental Emerald...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite...westernPiedmont section of the state, and in Franklin County on the eastern edge of the Piedmont. They have |
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| 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 |
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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 through out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during |
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| .'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...PYRITE MONAZITE EMERALD CUPRITE SMOKY QUARTZ ZIRCON TORBERNITE ~/ UBRAR'l USE ONLV ,~O NOT REMOVE...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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| QUARTZ VEINS OF THE RIST EMERALD MINE, HIDDENITE, NORTH CAROLINA MICHAEL A. WISE§ Department of Mineral...emerald occurrence at the Rist mine, Hiddenite, North Carolina, in order to provide a foundation for...hydrothermal quartz vein, Rist mine, Hiddenite, North Carolina. SOMMAIRE Nous avons ré-étudié la paragenèse...au gisement d’émeraude situé à la mine Rist, à Hiddenite, en Caroline du Nord, afin d’établir une base... veines de quartz hydrothermales, mine Rist, Hiddenite, Caroline du Nord. § E-mail address: wisem@si |
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| miners at the Freeman Zircon mine, near Tuxedo, Henderson County, North Carolina, in 1886–87. Photo courtesy...Henderson County, in North Carolina and the Colburn Earth Science Museum, in Ashville, North Carolina. R....Collections North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences 11 West Jones Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27601 christopher...gov 5HDO1DPHV C entral to the history of North Carolina geology and mineral production is the regional...mineral hiddenite is limited only to the vicinity of the town of Hiddenite, in Alexander County (figs. |
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| DEPOSIT IN ALEXANDER COUNTY' NORTH CAROLINA €nanr,Bs Par.lcnr, S. C. DavrpsoN, ANDE. A. GoneNSoN, Haruard...Haruard, UniuersitY. THE HIDDENITE CONTENTS L lnrnopuctror fI. DrscrrprroNoFTrrECouNrnvRocr III. DrscnrpuoNor... Nontronite Quartz Rutile Feldspars Monazite Hiddenite APatite Holmquistite PYrite Beryl ArsenoPYrite...preliminary account of the geological relations of the hiddenite deposit. In the following pages are presented...photographs of some of the matrix specimens of hiddenite and additional crystallographic material for study |
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| spodumene-bearing Alpine-type fissure veins from Hiddenite, North Carolina, USA Michael A. Wise Received: 10 August...vein mineralization in the Hiddenite area of western North Carolina, USA consists mostly of quartz, but...Cr-bearing beryl (emerald) or Cr-bearing spodumene (hiddenite). These gem minerals occur in mineral-lined cavities...lens-shaped variety, phacolite. Chabazite-Ca from Hiddenite contains minor amounts of Na, Mg, Fe and K. Phacolitic...zoning is absent in rhombohedral chabazite. The Hiddenite chabazite apparently precipitated under low temperature |
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| 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 |
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| '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 |
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| Pegmatites are a valuable part of North Carolina's natural heritage, important both for their commercial...mineral enthusiasts. Pegmatites and Alaskites OF NORTH CAROLINA JOHN C A L L A H A N Geology Department Appalachian...Appalachian State University Boone, North Carolina 28608 P E G M A T I T E S A R E O N E O F T H E most...commercially important types of rocks found in North Carolina. Extraction of feldspar, mica, quartz, spo...hundreds of pegmatites, mainly located in western North Carolina, to try their luck in finding over a hundred |
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| natural pink topaz. In a similar manner a colored zircon may be heat-treated and thereby become colorless...(emerald, aquamarine), spodumene (kunzite, hiddenite), zircon, and gem varieties of feldspar, topaz, and...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...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are: |
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| Gemstones of North Carolina By GEORGE A. BRUCE, International Import Company 604 Peachtree Street, N...Atlanta 8, Georgia "The Land of the Sky" that is North Carolina is also the Land of Gemstones. This beautiful...to initiate the systematic mining of gems in North Carolina was Mr. C. W. Jenks. This was in 1871 when...Franklin, Macon County. The next was the Buck Creek, or Cullakeenee Mine, in Clay County. This was followed...by the mining of emeralds at Stony Point, Alexander County. These gem "pioneers" pointed the way and |
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| our own collection. The first time we visited North Carolina for minerals was in 1936. Hans Engel, of Clifton...need not go into the mineral productivity of North Carolina. From the point of view of the collector this...some, and we here list and describe m/ms from North Carolina, collected at that time, and some acquired...deep green, transparent and gemmy. GAHNITE-Avery County. Flattened emerald green xl in muscovite. This...This type of occurrence is quite common in North Carolina. With the profusion of pegmatites and accessories |
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| crystals from several localities in Alexander County, North Carolina. Some excellent large monazite crystals...represented by only one specimen from Lewis and Clark County, Montana. The well known dealer, Lazard Cahn, supplied...are also present from the locality at Hiddenite, North Carolina. SMITHSONITE, in fine, blue, botryoidal...SPODUMENE of the emerald green variety known as hiddenite, is represented by three superb, loose, gem crystals...half inches in length. A fine gem crystal of hiddenite two inches in length on a matrix of gneiss is |
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| at Silver Reef in southwestern Utah’s Washington County (figure 1) is a very unique occurrence. The high-grade...perfect bound for just: $35.00 Postage $5.00 in the USA; $23 for foreign. Excalibur Mineral Corp Tel: 434-964-0875...book filled with historical work involving Oxford County, describing and intertwining its minerals, miners...Experiences in Namibia The Ravine, Fine, St. Lawrence County, New York Antimony-bearing Oxidized Minerals -...Pershing County, Nevada Majuba Hill Continued-Collecting Underground Postcards Coppertown USA Mining Museum |
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| Inside back cover Monazite placers of North and South Carolina ........................................were mined in the Piedmont province of North and South Carolina from 1887 to 1911, and again intermittently...Va., south-southwestward for 200 miles into North Carolina. Monazite-bearing rocks near. Rion, S. C.,...the placers that were formerly mined in North and South Carolina. These placers were sampled, and the monazite...country rock, and certain granitic gneisses of the Carolina gneiss. Some of the associated pegmatites also |
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| HIDDENITE, A NORTH GEM STONE By FRED M. ALLEN, JR. President, Southern Appalachian Mineral Society...prized of all gem minerals to a collector is Hiddenite, yet so rare is this emerald-green variety of...source of undisputed Hiddenite is at the small North Carolina town of Hiddenite, 12 miles west of Statesville...supposed to be diopside, were found at what is now Hiddenite. These crystals came into the hands of J. Adlai...Hidden, noted mineralogist who was mining in North Carolina at the time. Mr. Hidden sent them to Professor |
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| 300 acres of land and formed the Emerald and Hiddenite Mining Co. in 1881. A deep shaft was sunk and...other green. Professor Edward S. Dana, writing of Hiddenite shortly after its discovery, said that, owing...wanting in the true emerald. The Emerald and Hiddenite Mining Co. continued operations until 1888, taking...taking out about $7,500 worth of Hiddenite. About $2,000 more was removed in the preparatory work before...Society, took out about 450 carats of the gem Hiddenite and a number of smaller stones. The finest crystal |
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| Besidesbeing instrumental in the determinationof "hiddenite," Hidden discoveredanother new preciousstone,the...Greek for rose) in the Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. He also discovered a number of new mineral...sperrylite, near the summit of Mason Mountain, North Carolina, in fissuresand cavitiesof a rock made up essentiallyof...nails and a plow point. Fort Dunean; from Maverick County, Texas. Weighs43.5 kg. (96 pounds)and is associatedwith...Mexico. Dalton; from Whitfield County, Georgia. Hayden Creek; from Lemhi County, Idaho. 1'2 Seebibliography |
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| Gaylussite From Tecopa Dry Lake Sediments, Inyo County, CA Robert Housley1 (rhousley@its.caltech.edu)...copper-bearing Kearsarge amygdaloidal lode in Houghton County, Michigan. These unusual agates, which range in...years and the 1910 Konrad’s Directory of Winnebago County listed Knippenberg Manufacturing Company as sole...full year (12 color issues) is just $35.00 in the USA. Mineral News 1885 Seminole Trail—Ste 202—Charlottesville...perfect bound for just: $35.00 Postpaid in the USA; add $18 for foreign. Excalibur Mineral Corp 1885 |
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| GEMS < IF NORTH CAROLINA A greater variety of minerals, more than 300, have been found in North Car olina...The largest Emerald in North America is a 1,438-carat specimen found at Hiddenite, near Statesville. Also...Also, the "Carolina Em erald," now owned by Tiffany & Com pany of New York was found at Hidden ite...discovery in America was made in North Carolina in 1799 in Cabarrus County with the dis covery of a 17-pound...the Reed properties, the gold rush was on in North Carolina. Other large nuggets, weighing up to 28 pounds |
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| in. ) high from Tourmaline Queen Mine, San Diego County, Pala, California. Back Cover: Azurite and Malachite...perpendicular axes One 6-fold axis BENITOITE ZIRCON TRIGONAL SYSTEM: TETRAGONAL SYSTEM: One 3-fold...n1useun1. Kunz created a 1nagnificen t collection of North Ainerican ge1ns and precious stones as one of Tiffany's... ~ 29 Native Gold Sheet on Quartz El Dorado County; California 30 5 cm (2 In.) high Native Gold...across Native Copper in Calcite Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan 12 cm (4% in.) across 37 38 Native |
