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Mineral Locality Information By State
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Mineralogy of Alabama (1982) R. B. Cook & W.R. Smith, Alabama Geological Survey Bulletin B120 285p
Rocks and Minerals of Alabama : A Guidebook for Alabama Rockhounds (1966) Circular 38 Alabama Geological Survey 106p (reprinted 1999)
Rocks & Minerals (1995) Vol(70) no 5 Mineral Locality Index
Geology and Mineral Deposits of southeastern Alaska (1929) USGS Bull 800
Mineralogical Record Prince of Wales Island, Alaska Vol(8) no 1 pp 4-12
Mineralogy of Arizona (1995) J. W. Anthony, S.A. Williams, R. A. Bideaux, R. W. Grant University of Arizona Press NP12 508p
Minerals of Arizona: a field guide for collectors (1999) N. R. Bearce Geoscience Press, Tucson
Mineralogical Record (1980) Arizona I Vol(11) no 3 State Issue
Mineralogical Record (1980) Arizona II Vol(11) no 4 State Issue
Mineralogical Record (1981) Arizona III – Bisbee Vol(12) no 5
Mineralogical Record (1983) Arizona IV Vol(14) no 2 State Issue
Mineralogical Record (1983) Arizona V Vol(14) no 5 State Issue
Mineral Species of Arkansas: A Digest (1987) J. M. Howard Arkansas Geological Commission Bull 23 184p
Minerals of Arkansas : An Electronic Database (1996) J. D. McFarland & J.M. Howard Arkansas Geological Commission CSS 1
Collecting Arkansas Minerals – A Reference and Guide (1996) A. E. Smith Jr. L. R. Ream Publishing Idaho 149p
Collecting Crystals, The Guide to Collecting Quartz in Arkansas (2000) Darcy and Mike Howard, A & I Studio Press
Rocks & Minerals (1988) vol(63) no 2 Mineral Locality Index
Rocks & Minerals (1989) Vol(64) no 4 State Issue
Minerals of California (1983) H. E. Pemberton Van Nostrand Reinhold New York 591p
Mineralogical Record (1977) California Vol(8) no 6 State Issue
Mineralogical Society of Southern California bulletins.
Minerals of Colorado (1998) E. B. Eckel Fulcrum Publishing Golden Colorado MI61 665p
Gems and Minerals, A Guide to Colorado’s Native Gemstones (1987) L. McKinney & D.T. McKinney MI37 48p
Colorado Rockhounding (1994) S. M. Voynick MI45 371p
The Rockhound’s Guide to Colorado (1998) W. A. Kappele CGP MI52 203p
Mineralogical Record (1976) Colorado I Vol(7) no 6 State Issue
Mineralogical Record (1979) Colorado II Vol(9) no 6 State Issue
Mineralogical Record (1985) Colorado III Vol(16) no 3 State Issue
Mineralogical Record (1998) Sweet Home Mine (Rhodochrosite) Vol(29) no 4
Rocks & Minerals (1984) Vol(59) no1 State Issue
Rocks & Minerals 1994-2000 Summer/Fall issues (Theme mineral Denver Show) (Pyrite, Calcite, Fluorite, Barite, Sphalerite, Rhodochrosite)
Connecticut Minerals (1951) J. A. Sohon Connecticut Geol & Nat History Survey Bull 77 128p
Rocks & Minerals (1995) Vol(70) no 6 State Issue and Mineral Locality Index
Delaware, Its Rocks, Minerals and Fossils (1980) D. C. Windish & T. E. Pickett, Delaware Geol. Survey & Div Econ Dev SP 19 18p
The Minerals of Delaware (1980) P. B. Leavens, Delaware Geol. Survey Special Publication pp 179-194 Selected papers on the Geology of Delaware
District of Columbia
Minerals of the Washington D.C. Area (1980) L. R. Bernstein, Maryland Geological Survey Educational Series Number 5 148p.
A Guide to Rocks and Minerals of Florida (1987) E.W. Bishop & E. Lane Florida Bur Geol. Spec. Pub. SP8 61p OOP
Rocks & Minerals (1979) Vol(54) no 4 Geology and Minerals of Florida
Minerals of Georgia : Their Properties and Occurrences (1978) R. B. Cook Georgia Geol Survey Bull B-92 189p
Rocks & Minerals (1989) Vol(64) no 3 Mineral Locality Index
Hawaii
Lapidary Journal (1975) Rockhounding Hawaiian style Vol(28) pp 1822-28.
Mineralogical Record (1984) Minerals of Puu o Ehu quarry, Hawaii Vol(15) no 2
Rockhounding in Hawaii (1976) Manhoff and Uyehara, Hawaiiana Almanac Publishing Co, Honolulu 140p.
Idaho Minerals (1989) L. R. Ream L. R. Ream Publishing Idaho 329p
Rocks & Minerals (1995) Vol(70) no 4 Mineral Locality Index
Idaho Mineral Locations on Web
Idaho Mines Database (Idaho Geological Survey)
Gemstone videotape (Idaho Public Television)
Guide to Rocks and Minerals of Illinois (1959) Illinois State Geol Survey Ed Ser 5 40p
Rocks & Minerals (1988) Vol(63) no 3 State Issue
Minerals of Indiana (1960) R. C. Erd & S. S. Greenberg, Indiana Geol Survey Bull 18 73p OOP
Minerals of Indiana (2002) N.R. Shaffer CD-ROM. Indiana Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publications, MI02A
Rocks & Minerals (1986) Vol(61) no 3 State Issue and Mineral Locality Index
Minerals of Iowa (1974) P. J. Horick, Iowa Geol Survey Ed Series ES-2 88p
Iowa’s Minerals : Their occurrence, origins, industries and lore (1998) P. Garvin University of Iowa Press, Iowa City.
Geological Resources online
Kansas Rocks and Minerals (1986) L.L. Tolsted & A Swineford Kansas Geol Survey Ed. Series 2 64p
Rocks and Minerals of Kentucky (1994) W. H. Anderson Kentucky Geol Survey Ser XI Spec Pub 20 82p
Rocks & Minerals (1981) Vol(56) no 3 State Issue
Rocks & Minerals (1994) Vol(69) no 3 Mineral Locality Index
Mineralogy of Maine Volume 1: Descriptive Mineralogy (1994) V. T. King & E. E. Foord 418p
Mineralogy of Maine Volume 2: Mining, History, Gems and Geology (2000) V. T. King
A Collectors Guide to Maine Mineral Localities B-41 Thompson, Joyner, Woodman, King
Rocks & Minerals (1987) Vol(62) no 6 State Issue
Minerals of Maryland (1940) C. W. Ostrander & W. E. Price Jr. Maryland Nat. History Soc. Baltimore 88p
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Minerals and Fossil Localities (1978) P. Gleba Krueger Enterprises 117p
Western Massachusetts Mineral Localities (1992) A. R. Plante Valley Geology 36 Plantation Circle, Greenfield, Ma 01301 144p
Rocks & Minerals (1976) Vol(51) no 5 State Issue
Mineralogy of Michigan (2004) E. W. Heinrich (rev. George W. Robinson), 252p
Mineralogy of Michigan (2001) E. W. Heinrich, Michigan Department Environmental Quality, 2nd ed. 155p (online)
Collecting Rocks, Minerals and Fossils in Michigan (1976) S. E. Wilson PA 06 16p
Mineralogical Record (1992) Michigan Copper Country Vol(23) no 2
Rocks & Minerals (1983) Vol(58) no 3 State Issue
Guide to Mineral Collecting in Minnesota (1979) E. R. Rapp Jr. & D. T. Wallace ES2 45p
Rocks & Minerals (1982) Vol(57) no 3 State Issue
Fossil and Mineral Collecting Localities of Mississippi (1972) Pitts & Bogard Mississippi Geological Survey Info. Sers. 72-2 OOP
Mississippi Minerals (1944) William Morse Miss Geol Survey Bull 59 13p
Minerals of Mississippi (1981) Mississippi Geology Vol(1) no 3 pp 4-11 B. Mather
Common Rocks and Minerals of Missouri (1961) W. D. Keller Univ. Mo. Press 80p.
Rocks & Minerals (1998) Vol(73) no 2 Mineral Locality Index
Rocks & Minerals (1997) Vol(72) no 6 pp363-438 State Issue
Missouri Collecting Sites (pdf file)
Gemstones and Minerals of Nebraska: A Handbook for Students and Collectors (1971) R. K. Pabian, Nebraska Geol Survey Ed. Cir. EC-2, 80p
Rocks & Minerals (1980) Vol(55) no 3 State Issue
Nevada’s common Minerals (1941) V. P. Gianella Bull 36 110p
Rocks, Gemstones, Minerals, and Fossils in Nevada: (2001) Castor and Lapointe SP 29 folded map
Mineralogical Record (1985) Nevada Vol(16) no 1 State Issue
Rocks & Minerals (1999) Vol(74) no 6 State Issue and Mineral Locality Index
Nevada Minerals (2003) S. B. Castor & G. C. Ferdock NBMG Spec Pub 31 512p.
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Online Publications
The Geology of New Hampshire: Volume 3, Minerals and Mines (1956) T. R. Myers & G. W. Stewart New Hampshire State Planning and Dev. Com. GEO-3, 107p
Rocks & Minerals (1990) Vol(65) no 4 State Issue
Minerals of New Jersey (1959) A .S. Wilkerson, New Jersey Geol. Survey Rept. No 1, 51p
Rocks & Minerals (1982) Vol(57) no 5 Franklin & Sterling Hill (fluorescents)
Rocks & Minerals (1984) Vol(59) no 4 Traprock minerals
Minerals of New Mexico (1997) S.A. Northrop, Univ. New Mexico Press 3rd ed. 346p
Rocks & Minerals (1992) Vol(67) no 5 pp 292-366 Mineral Locality Index
Mineralogical Record (1991) Vol(20) no 1 State Issue
Minerals of New York (1978) D. E. Jensen Ward’s Nat Science Est 220p OOP
New York Mineral Localities (1903) H. P. Whitlock B70 OOP
Rocks and Minerals of New York State (1960) R. L. Borst Ed. Leaflet 1
Mineral Localities of North Carolina (1971) J. F. Conley et. al. North Carolina Div Mineral Res. Inf. Cir. 16 128p (OOP)
Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina IC 24 (OOP)
Rocks & Minerals (1985) Vol(60) no 2 State Issue
Mineral and Water Resources of North Dakota (1973) ed Landis N. Dak. Geol Surv. Bull 63
Rock and Mineral Collecting in North Dakota NDGS Newsletter June 1976
North Dakota’s Rocks and Minerals NDGS Newsletter 1995 V22 #2 p 6-12
Minerals of Ohio (1991) E. H. Carlson Ohio Geol Survey Bull 69 153p
Rocks & Minerals (1990) Vol(65) no 6 Mineral Locality Index
Minerals of Oklahoma (1963) E. L. Gilmore 77p
Rockhounding and Earth Science Activities in Oklahoma – 1995 Workshop (1996) K. S. Johnson & N. H. Guneson SP96-5 139p
Rocks & Minerals (1997) Vol(72) no 4 Mineral Locality Index
Web Resources
Oregon Rocks and Minerals, a description (1988) H. M. Dole, Oregon Dept Geol & Min Ind OFR – 0-88-6 59p
Web Resources
Rocks & Minerals of Pennsylvania Education Series ES1 – ( pdf file)
Mineralogy of Pennsylvania 1966-1975 R. C. Smith II, Friends of Mineralogy Penn. chapter SP 1 304p
Rocks & Minerals (1978) Vol(53) no 3 State Issue
Minerals of Rhode Island (1972) C. E. Miller Department of Geology, University of Rhode Island 83p
Rocks & Minerals (1986) Vol(61) no 5 State Issue
Catalog of the Mineral Localities of South Carolina (1908) E. Sloan Bul 2
Mineralogy of the Black Hills (1965) W. L. Roberts G. Rapp Jr., S. Dakota School Mines and Tech Bull. 18 268p OOP
Rocks & Minerals (2000) Vol(75) no 3 Mineral Locality Index
Rocks and Minerals of Tennessee (1957) R. J. Floyd Tenn Div Geol Inf Cir 5 36p OOP.
Texas Rocks and Minerals: An Amateur’s Guide (1964) R. M. Girard Texas Bureau Economic Geology GB 6 109p
Texas Gemstones (1961) E. A. King Jr. Texas Bureau of Economic Geology RI 42 42p
Rocks & Minerals (1991) Vol(66) no 3 Mineral Locality Index
Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah (1981) K. C. Bullock Utah Geol & Mineral Survey Bull 117 177p OOP
A Collector’s Guide to Rock, Mineral & Fossil Localities of Utah (1995) J. R. Wilson, 148 p. + color insert, MP95-4.
Rocks & Minerals (1993) Vol(68) no 6 State Issue ( also at Utah geolological survey website )
Web Resources
Rocks & Minerals (1996) Vol(71) no 4 State Issue
Rocks & Minerals (1996) Vol(71) no 5 Mineral Locality Index
Minerals of Virginia, 1990 (1990) R. V. Dietrich Virginia Dept Mines & Mineral Res 474p
Minerals of Virginia, 1990 – an update (1993) R. V. Dietrich, Virginia Dept Mines & Mineral Res 28p
Rocks & Minerals (1985) Vol(60) no 4 State Issue and Mineral Locality Index
Web Resources
Minerals of Washington (1975) B. Cannon Cordilleran Press 184p
Gems and Minerals of Washington (1985) L. R. Ream, Jackson Mountain Press, 217p.
Rocks & Minerals (1991) Vol(66) no 4 State Issue and Mineral Locality Index
Web Resources
Minerals of West Virginia (1964) J. H. C. Martens, West Virginia Geol & Econ Survey Ed Ser. ED-8 41p
Story of the Rocks and Minerals of Wisconsin (1906) P. V. Lawson Appleton Wi 202p
Rocks & Minerals (1998) Vol(73) no 6 Mineral Locality Index
Mineralogy of Wisconsin Prof William Cordura’s website
Minerals and Rocks of Wyoming (1986) W. D. Hausel Wyoming Geol Survey Bull 66 117p reprint.
Gemstones and other unique rocks and minerals of Wyoming – a field guide for collectors (2000) W.D. Hausel & W. M. Sutherland Wyoming Geol Survey Bull 71
Rocks & Minerals (1983) Vol(58) no 5 State Issue
Rocks & Minerals (2001) Vol (76) no 6 Mineral Locality index
Additional sources for collecting localities on the web.