|
|
Article: The Colorado Quartz gold mine: Mariposa County, California.(Cover story)
- Article from:
- Rocks & Minerals
- Article date:
- September 1, 2009
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2009 Taylor & Francis Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
[FIGURE 1 OMITTED]
One of the most difficult specimens for a mineral enthusiast to acquire is a significant crystallized gold. Although gold specimens are not uncommon in dealers' stocks, nor are many of them particularly expensive relative to the value of their contained gold, specimens exhibiting sharp, well-developed crystals of even modest size are quite rare and today are produced from only a handful of localities. Mines of the California Mother Lode belt and its peripheral districts have produced many of the finest such specimens. Examples include the Eagle's Nest, Diltz, Mockingbird, Artru, and Colorado Quartz mines, the latter three being contiguous and ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: Friends of Mineralogy Best Article of the year Award (Rocks & ...
The Mineralogical Record;
January 1, 2004 ;
628 words
... ... award was presented the following year. Presented at Rochester 1991 Daniel E. Kile, Peter Modreski, Dianne Kile, "Colorado Quartz: Occurrence and Discovery" (Sept/Oct) 1992 Ed Raines, "The Geology, Mineralogy and History of Four Native Silver ...
|
|