 | | Report (issue) | | University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Conservation and Survey...Gemstones of Nebraska: A Handbook for Students and Collectors Roger K. Pabian University of Nebraska - Lincoln...Lincoln, rpabian1@unl.edu Allan Cook University of Nebraska - Lincoln Follow this and additional works at:...K. and Cook, Allan, "Minerals and Gemstones of Nebraska: A Handbook for Students and Collectors" (1976)...Resources, School of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University of Nebraska University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska 68588 Lincoln, Nebraska 68588 There...Included are gypsum crystals, marcasite, scenic jasper, flint, plant fossils, ammonite imprints, clams...shark remains. Cretaceous rocks underlie most of Nebraska except in the southeast and an isolated area on...in the southwest corner o f the panhandle. The Nebraska Cretaceous consists of eight principal rock units...Tertiary stream and wind deposits, but i n eastern Nebraska they are mantled by younger stream and wind deposits |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | quartz (plasma) dotted or spotted with red quartz (jasper). It should take a nice polish. ARIZONA—"I still...'Arizona Gem Fields'. Near Indian Pass, Imperial County, Calif., and then deep in the Muggins Mountains...), no fl. (s.w.). Wesrville is in So. Vermilion County of Eastern Illinois. INDIANA—"From a little stream...brown by iron. Covington is in Western Fountain County in Western Indiana. I O W A — " W e enclose for...of a large rock found in a field in Des Moines County, Iowa, by Mr. Art Hueschen of Danville, Iowa. "This |  | | Book (volume) | | Idaho, lowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, — ; Oregon, South Dakota, Washington...Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington...Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington...Idaho lowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon South Dakota Washington ...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Josephine Mine near Volcanoville, Eldorado County, California. What your correspondent writes is... he mentions a few minerals found in Middlesex County, Conn. "Sillimanite evidently exsists, at least...from an examination trip up to Clayton, Custer County, Idaho, where I examined different properties....from the Salmon Main Highway near Stanley, Custer County, I-'aho. This is a gold and silver vein and mine...There is plenty for all". MISSISSIPPI — Nice brown jasper pebbles occur along the shore of the Gulf of Mexico |  | | Report (volume) | | Report en the Economic Mineral Resources of Calhoun County. 21 p., 3 fic;o., 1926. Deals especially with limestone... 17. The Limestone Resources of the Pontiac-Fairbury Region. 7 figs., 1929. R. I. 23. Hish-Calclum...Resources of Cumberland, Effingham, Clay, Richland, and Jasper Counties. 44 p., 8 figs., 12 tables, 1940. R.... 8 pis., 4 figs., 7 tables, 1959. Resources by county and by geological formation; chemical analyses...analyses. Circ. 390. Limestone Resources of Madison County, Illinois. 39 p., 1 pi., 6 figs., 2 tables, 1965 |  | | Report (issue) | | locality, or civil division (city, village, or county) named for a physical feature is always listed...information is usually self-explanatory, for example: county seat. Feature Class (second column) The terms listed...their definitions. County (third column) This column lists the name of the county in which the entity...place, feature, or area lies in more than one county, the county listed is the one in which the center of...in the case of a stream, valley, or arroyo, the county listed is the one in which the mouth of the feature |  | | Book (volume) | | Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises 4,460’...Mesozoic era. Thus, as one travels westward across Nebraska they find successively younger formations appearing...disclosing spectacular bedrock formations. Northwestern Nebraska contains most of the gem fields in the state,...that rival the color of the rainbow. The western Nebraska-South Dakota borderland from Sheridan Co. to the...Celestite crystals, chalcedony rosettes, agates, jasper, fossil plants and vertebrate remains. The breaks |  | | Report (volume) | | A. Buehler, Rolla. Nebraska.........Prof. E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada......See Bauxite and Hallpysite. 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;...Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson County...Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby County, near Whiting |  | | Book (volume) | | in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES:...the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES:...the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 180 Nebraska.................................................Nebraska____.Prof. E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada_____Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith,...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;...Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.; Jefferson County |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...the eye. Minerals of this sort, such as agate and jasper, are described as cryptocrystalline. For example...closely allied to fracture pattern; chalcedony and jasper, because of their cryptocrystalline makeup, are...opaque does not pass light. Agate is translucent; jasper is opaque. if it Color one of the principal...but inexhaustibly various patterns of agate and jasper. So typical are their patterns that these materials |  | | Book (edition) | | mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...places: At Henryellen, Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. |  | | Report (volume) | | with State and local historical societies, State, county, and township officers, and individuals in all...Wyoming, Illinois, superintendent of schools, Stark County, 1882-1898, for much valuable information concerning...several hundred cities and towns, and corrections of county names in the State of Illinois. J. P. Dunn, Indiana...Indianapolis, Indiana, for additions to and corrections of county names. M. W. Davis, State Historical Society, Iowa...fora revision of the complete list of Minnesota county names. Franklin L. Riley, Mississippi Historical |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...Such Plains and created beautiful Crater Lake. Nebraska and Kansas the High — states as —owe their...Tumbler-polished stones. First row above, left to rigfnt; jasper from Nepal: rose quartz and ametfiyst quartz from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Atmospheric Sciences, 126 Bessey Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE - School of Environmental Sciences...IP 2 T 68588-0340, USA - Chevron, 1400 Smith Street, Houston, TX 77002, USA US 3 CR UK AN Abstract...small, partly ground-water-fed Calamus River in Nebraska (Gabel 1993). The faster the rate of discharge...Mississippi, which drains a significant proportion of the USA, is a meandering river over much of its length, with...include the Calamus and Wabash Rivers of central USA, the South Saskatchewan River of western Canada (Fig |  | | Report (volume) | | Iron and Railroad Company, near Bessemer, Jefferson County, Ala. Limestone is 40 to 50 feet thick and...1953, Progress report of limestone survey, Knox County [Maine], in Report of the State Geologist for 1951-1952:...of deposits in each. Most important uses of Knox County limestones are in agriculture, in the chemical...Of 25 localities studied, 3 in Polk County and 1 in Clackamas County have commercial significance. Listed...Geology and mineral resources of eastern Cassia County, Idaho: Idaho Bur. Mines and Geology Bull. 14, |  | | Report (volume) | | with State and local historical societies, State, county, and township officers, and individuals in all...Historical Library, Helena, Montana, for data concerning county and town names in the State. Eugene Howell, by...counties. Nearly all the information concerning county names in this State was furnished by him. John...connection with the State names. Complete lists of county and town names were sent by him, and information...of county and town names. John M. Comstock, Chelsea, Vermont, list of town names in Orange County. Virginia |  | | Report (issue) | | return card, wh1ch requires no postage. a. City, County, State .... -=c = o:z: -tt-c.:: cc u..., Township...Hillsboro, Hillsburg, Huntingburg, Hymera, Ireland, Jasper, Kempton, Kentland, Kirklin, Knightstown, Ladoga...Marion, Martinsville, Matthews, Maxwell, Milton, Nebraska, New Lisbon, Noblesville, North Vernon, Oakville...Dorado, Farmersville, Montezuma, Ohio City, Port Jefferson, Vernon, West Alexandria, Williston, Wren, Wright...Dorsey, Dow, East Moline, East St. Louis, Elmwood, Fairbury, Freeport, Gale, Galesburg, Geneseo, Good Hope |  | | Book | | Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New...carnelian, chalcedony, chert, flint, jasp-agate, jasper, quartzite, rock crystal, amethyst, chrysoprase...(assigned to Joseph, or possibly Ephraim), and jasper (most likely the red variety; assigned to Benjamin...hence its numerous names: iaspisachates [agate-jasper, i.e., our "jasp-agate"], cerachates [chalcedony]...haemachates [red agate, or agate containing red jasper in spots or veins], leucachates [another type of |  | | Book | | abot1t otl1er Cttiartz varieties st1ch as the opal, jasper, ancl petrified wood; a11d to give l1in1 the most...carved aga te snuff bottle. It is a brecciated jasper, or conglomeratio11 of cemented pebbles in chalcedony...agate], haemachates [ red agate or agate with red jasper veins or spots], leucachates [chalcedony] , and...of the qt1artz family. Ret1ben's stone was red jasper, Simeon's was citrine or yellow qt1artz. Naphtali's...a111ethyst or pt1rple q11artz, Zebult1n's ,:vas yellovv jasper ancl Benjamin's vvas chrysoprase or green chalcedony |  | | Report (issue) | | Charleston, 4.5 mi. along State Highway 16 NW. of Coles County courthouse at, 0.25 mi. E. of quarter corner between...40°45'-41°00'; longitude 87°45'-S8°00'] IROftTJOIS COUNTY ^CHEBANSE I / [ 116 T 29 N. / r 5 *"^ctiF...end of West Main Street, near Christian-Shelby county line, 170 ft. S. and 25 ft. E. from junction of...cor. sec. 36, T. 24 N., R, 9 E., at Ford-Iroquois county line, 20 ft. S. and 28 ft. W. from crossroads,...west along roads to crossroads on Ford-Livingston county line 1 mile north and 3 miles west ffo.m Roberts |  | | Book | | Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Ham p:;hire New Jersey New Mexico New... Butte, Montana S"{? d / S' u ~.,.,..-.,r,y Nebraska GoJ:1.S81'YatiOH :.B.d Si1rv:ey BiYi~ien G, 'i"...r a / /J University of Nebraska ..., 113 Nebraska Hall 5 Lincoln, Nebraska, 68508 LCo-n..S'iv-Vif)/o...northeast part of the Coosa Coal Field, St. Clair County, Alabama, by H. E. Rothrock. 1949. 69 B. 50 Well...and G. L. Richardson. 91 1940. district, Franklin County, Alabama, by E . F. Burchard and H. D. Pallister |  | | Book (edition) | | Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism 128; Nebraska Game Commission 139, 146; Michigan Tourist Council...by the Bureau of Land Management, in state and county parks and forests, and in private parks as well...riders take the Maywood Trail Ride in southwestern Nebraska. Since the town of Maywood has a population of...may be any hard stone, such as agate, quartz, or jasper, as well as flint itself. A pocketknife makes the...12. When he was 15, he burned down the Jackson County Courthouse in order to get rid of an indictment |
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