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The Central Pennsylvania and the Franklin County Rock
and Mineral Clubs will once...Nov. 3 - 4
from the symposium announcement
The Pennsylvania Chapter of Friends of Mineralogy
will hold its...first weekend in
November. The location is the Delaware County Institute
of Science in Media, PA, southwest...required for the field trip on
Sunday, to a classic Pennsylvania collecting locality
“guaranteed to surprise...sale. The
attendees have broad knowledge of Pennsylvania
minerals and collecting, and there’s always |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | their products. This service is free.
As the Pennsylvania Dutch would say
it, "1954 iss abot all". Merry...no law against
moving parts of New England to Pennsylvania. Dr. Arthur Hopkins and Frank
Hankins are trying...the President of The Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania, Dr.
Arthur Hopkins, for her superb collection...each
order.
Our own small piece of Meerschaum
(Sepiolite) was the only really thrilling
mineral found by...Quarry in Chester County,
Pa., a Dana locality now prety well caput.
This Brinton Sepiolite polishes by merely |  | | Report (issue) | | DESCRIPTIVE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA
104
Composition:
Analysis:
SiO 2 47.4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na 2...2
= 100.
Lenni, Delaware County.
100.51
2.320
Sp.gr
LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville;...Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville,
Lenni (druses of colorless crystals), Felton's farm (Chester)...(Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery
County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville
;
Philadelphia: Fairmount...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White,
Smith, 1910, 540.
silky mass of radiating |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | serpentine associate minerals—deweylite, brucite, sepiolite, parasepiolite and interesting serpentine. No...crumbly
layers—transition products of this Chester County serpentine—one can always
say (if one is a mineral...distinct fluorescent reactions from the same area.
Sepiolite (meerschaum) was found in
a fine fairly thick...deweylite. Fibrous, asbestos-like coatings of the sepiolite transitions may
also be collected in the road...parasepiolite as a fibrous variety. Tiny fibers of this sepiolite may
be picked away from the matrix.
The finished |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 57 THE MINERALS OF BRINTON'S QUARRY, CHESTER COUNTY, PA. HUGH E. MCKINSTRY Wesl, Chester,Pa. BRrNroN's...affordedstonefor four buildingsof the University of Pennsylvania,for the Academyof Natural Sciencesof Philadelphia...exposures at Edgemont, Delaware County; and Street Road and Unionville, Chester County. The surrounding rock...Edition, 1892. Genth, tr'. A. Mineralogy of Pennsylvania, Report B, Second Geol. Survey, Pa. IBZE. 'William...Wissahickon gneiss. Ripidolite (SeeClinochlore). Sepiolite. Benge and Wherry, 1g0g,p. b4. Has beenreported |  | | Report (edition) | | STATE LIBRARY OF PENNSYLVANIA
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Mineral Collecting
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by Davis M. Lapham
Mineralogist
Alan R...Environmental Geologist
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PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
FOURTH
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HARRISBURG...of Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania Geological |  | | Report (edition) | | Geyer
Mineral Collecting
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Mineral Collecting
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by Davis M. Lapham
Mineralogist
Alan R. Geyer...Geyer
Assistant State Geologist
PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
FOURTH SERIES
HARRISBURG
First Edition...1965
Copyrighted 1965
b y the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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MINERAL COLLECTING
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by
Alan R. Geyer
Robert C. Smith,
John H. Barnes...Graphics by Albert E. VanOlden
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
TOPOGRAPHIC...II
Copyrighted 1976
by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Quotations from this book may be published if |  | | Report (issue) | | Cerolite
Deweylite (gymnite)
Jurupaite
Crestmoreite
Sepiolite
Quincite
Iddingsite
Phyllosilicates
Euclase
Leucophane...are represented either
by a regional name (as a county) that does not cover too wide
an area, or by the...Sussex and Passaic Counties, N. J., and
Orange County, N. Y.; Cumberland, Durham, Westmorland,
Northumberland...luminescence of strength indicated
Weak
Renfrew County,
Ontario.
Bovey Tracey,
England.
Blagodat, India...Prefecture,
Japan.
Greenwood, Maine_.
St. Lawrence County,
N. Y.
Odegaard, Norway. _.
Kola Peninsula,
Russia |  | | Report (issue) | | ________
2. Clinochrysotile (Globe-type), Gila County, Ariz___________________________________________...Clinoehrysotile (iron-bearing serpentine), Stillwater County, Mont_________________________
5. Clinochrysotile...Hill, Harford County, Md____________________
,6. Clinochrysotile and lizardite, Morris County, N.J______...Clinochrysotile and lizardite, variant form, Morris County, N.J.____________________________
8. Lizardite...section___________-___
10. Lizardite (deweylite), Delaware County, Pa__-___________-_____________-_---__---__--_-11 |  | | Journal (issue) | | east side of the ancient isthmus — now Rensselaer County, N. Y. — is another large deposit of the same material...riud this formation again until we reach Ulster County, where it has bi^en carried up by the elevation...the eastern border of Sullivan County, into New Jersey and Pennsylvania, making the Kittatinny Mountains...rocks are not known west of Lake Huron. In Oneida County, N. Y., the conglomerates of this epoch are — in...Oneida and Her kimer counties. A large Herkimer county crystal showing perfect cleavage was found in an |  | | Report (issue) | | value. Some
minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in
the list not because they occur...Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven.
Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh University...Oregon............Prof. A. J. Collier, Eugene.
Pennsylvania.... .Mr. R. R. Hice, Beaver.
Prof. Florence...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; |  | | Report (volume) | |
Clay County.
Macon County.
Jackson County.
Transylvania County.
Swain County.
Haywood County.
Buncombe...Buncombe County .
Madison County.
Yancey County.
Mitchell County .
Watauga County .
Wilkes County.
Ashe County...County .
Alleghany County .
Physiography and ecology of the peridotites.
28
28
29
32
34
35
36
38
42
46...mag¬
nesian rocks.
Shooting Creek region, Clay County, North Carolina.
Elf dunite.
Elf amphibole-peridotite...near Marshall. 107
Peridosteatite at the Madison County Home. 108
Peridotites on Ivy River. 108
Carter |  | | Journal (volume) | | PAGK Map V , Upper Bucks County , Pa ... Facing I Map VI , Lower Bucks County , Pa ..... Fluorite coated...Gothard Region, Switzerland... Map VII , Montgomery County , Pa ...... Henry Augustus Ward . " Rock Blossoms...city of Charleston , south of Fairbanks , Cochise County , Arizona , which is entirely out of the ordinary...chabazite x ! heulancite x1 Jan. 1st to Avondale , Delaware Co , orthoclase xl , tourmaline x ! uraninite...amethyst , Dutton's OF MINERALS . Mills , Delaware Co. Dr. Brady exhibited a couple of specimen |  | | Book (volume) | | beds,
excavations, etc.Selenite roses.
BRULE COUNTY
AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches.
CAMPBELL COUNTY
MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal.
CORSON COUNTY
LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States
CUSTER COUNTY
AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...of rd. a few yds., outcropRose Quartz.
DOUGLAS COUNTY
CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts, |  | | Report (issue) | | ............................
16
34
42
81
97
Delaware............................................................................................
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...Oberlin College, Oberlin.
Prof. L. G. Westgate, Delaware.
Oklahoma____Prof. D. W. Ohern, Norman.
Mr. C |  | | Report (issue) | | ............ ...... .... ......-..'....--..
Pennsylvania.......................................................... ...........................
141
Delaware............... ...--...-..---.....-.--...............................................
145
Pennsylvania...............................................
II. Outcrop of peridotite at Buck Creek, Clay County, N. C........
III. A, Corundum in chlorite at Corundum...Carolina; B,
Corundum in gneiss, Muskrat Fork, Clay County, N. C... J...
IV. A, Bed of ruby-bearing gravel |  | | Book | | Gives
a sodium
flame. Nearly insoluble.
COMANCHE COUNTY: SE%, Sec. 4, T.3N., R.15W. The xtals are
i
to...side by granite,
AGATE
(See Quartz)
CANADIAN
COUNTY:
South Canadian
Rivers.
In the gravel bars of...the
Also in sand plant waste
dumps.
CIMARRON COUNTY: Secs. 7, 8, 9, 10; T.5N., R.2E. Cimarron Meredian...widely scattered in the Black Mesa area.
DEWEY COUNTY: Agate is found 2 miles east of Seiling in the...at Taloga in the South Canadian
River.
HARPER COUNTY: Secs. 17, 20; T.27N., R.23W.. Jaspagate.
Secs |  | | Journal (volume) | | Localities Philadelphia . BY ELMER BENGE DELAWARE AND EDGAR COUNTY T. In and Around WHERRY . - ( ' ONTINUed...Avondale , Delaware Co. Columbite , xenotime , quarry half mile southwest of Boothwyn , Delaware Co. Mr....Garnets and Quartz , Fluorites , Celesfamous Herkimer County Diamond . Send me 50 tites , Gypsum , Pearl Spar...scarce mineral , Pollucite , at Andover , Oxford County , Maine . It occurs , as did the Hebron find ,...T. USE FOR ULTRA - VIOLET LIGHT . RADIUM IN PENNSYLVANIA . A NEW CLIMBING MOUNT IZTACCIHUATL . PHOSPHORESCENT |  | | Book | | Cardiff. H. L. Douch and R. D, Penhallurick at the County Museum, Truro, Cornwall John Turner of Glenjoy...when undiluted. tumultuous surface. Occurrence: USA—Hawaiian AASBY Islands. ACID ACHONDRITE DIABASE...groundmass of augite and some leucite. Occurrence: USA—Wyoming (Absaroka Range in the Yellowstone National...splinters fuse to a black or white Occurrence: USA—Colorado (George town, Rice). Czechoslovakia—Bohemia...fibres. 3 ACCESSORY Oceurrence: USA—New Carolina, Pennsylvania. Jersey, North ADAMITE 4[Zn,(OH)AsO |  | | Journal (volume) | | Emerald 4. Bogota C ,. olumbia 6. Native Silver ,C H County M . alum ough ichig above tho All specim actual... EDGAR T. COUNTY . In and Around WHERRY . NOTE . The localities of Chester County , which still...found at the Morris Mine to the north , the Chester County and the Montgomery mines to the west , and the...meteorite reported to have fallen on the shore of Delaware Bay . (Dr. Geo . P. Merrill , of the U. S. National...situated two miles north of Whiteland , Chester County , Pa ., had been described in a recent State report | | | Book | | Cardiff. H. L. Douch and R. D. Penhallurick at the County Museum, Truro, Cornwall. John Turner of Glenjoy...with a clinker like tumultuous surface. Occurrence: USA—Hawaiian Islands. CHjCOOH, corrosive and useful...rims, olivine, augite and some leucite. Occurrence: USA—Wyoming (Absaroka Range in the Yellowstone National...Chemical identification as for argentite. Occurrence: USA—Colorado (George town. Rice). Czechoslovakia—Bohemia...separated fibres. 37 Occurrence: USA—New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania. ADAMITE 4|Zn2(OH)AsOj Basic |  | | Book | | Jersey: L a k e Hopatcong, Greenwood L a k e
Pennsylvania: S c h u y l k i l l R i v e r
Vi r g i n i...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon
County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and...visited the well known old Rutherford mine
in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine
garnets...Excited collectors took home from old
quarries in Pennsylvania and Maryland, pieces of apple green
precious...green gem spodumene, was discovered
in Alexander County, North Carolina, in 1880 and named for
one of its |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | .............................................
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Delaware ........................................................................................
80
Pennsylvania .........................................................................................
Pennsylvania ..................................................................................... 298
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