SECTION A ROCKS, continued

PORPHYRY see Andesite, Basalt,

*RHYOLITE, displays lithophysae

*SCHIST, quartz-stilpnomelane

SILICA CARBONATE ROCK

   Quartz Monzonite,

   Topaz Mt., Utah (*)

   Mendocino Co., CA (*)  -to size E

   Contra Costa Co., California

   Trachyte

SANDSTONE, arkose, feruginous

SCHIST, glaucophane

   San Benito Co., California

PUMICE

   Amador Co., California

   Marin Co., California

SLATE

   Imperial Co., California

SANDSTONE, graywacke

SCHIST, garnet

   El Dorado Co., California

   Mono Co., California

   Contra Costa Co., California

   Colorado (no further locality)

SYENITE, barkevikite syenite

PUMICE, nodular LIPARITE 

SANDSTONE, grayish

SCHIST, staurolite-mica   -to size D

   San Benito Co., California

   Lipari, Italy -to size D

   Fresno Co., California

   Roxbury, Connecticut

SYENITE, "LAURVIKITE" see

PYROXENITE, BASTITE   -to size C

SANDSTONE, bituminous

*SCHIST, staurolite-mica -to size D

   ANORTHOSITE, LAURVIKITE.

   Contra Costa Co., California

   Santa Cruz Co., California

   near Harney, South Dakota (*)

TACONITE

PYROXENITE, ENSTATITE

SANDSTONE, arkose, coarse

*SCHIST, specular hematite

   Mesabi Range, Minnesota

   Lake Co., California

   Boulder Co., Colorado

   Ibitiara, Brazil (*)

*TACTITE, garnet-epidote-quartz

QUARTZ DIORITE, sodaclase

SANDSTONE, brownstone

SCHIST, graphite   -to size D

   Calaveras Co., California (*)

   Mariposa Co., California

   Woodbury, Connecticut

   Dillon, Montana

TACTITE

QUARTZ LATITE, keratophyre

SANDSTONE, greensand,

SCHIST, garnet-mica   -to size C

   Toll Mountain, Montana

   Lyon Co., Nevada

   Glauconitic sandstone.

   near Harney, South Dakota

*TRACHYTE, Sanidine trachyte

QUARTZ MONZONITE  -to size E

   Monmouth Co., New Jersey

SCHIST, cummingtonite-chlorite

    porphyry. Rhineland, Germany (*)

   near Bluestone, Nevada

   Texas  -to size E

   Lawrence Co., So. Dakota

TRIPOLI

QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY

SCHIST, quartz-biotite

SCHIST, cordierite

   Seneca, Missouri

   Hill Co., Montana

   Wrangell, Alaska -to size C

   Near Laramie, Wyoming

TUFA, calcareous

QUARTZITE

SCHIST, chalcopyrite-chlorite

SCORIA see BASALT SCORIA

   San Bernardino Co., California

   Inyo Co., California

   Calaveras Co., California

SERPENTINITE

   Washoe Co., Nevada

   Humboldt Co., Nevada

SCHIST, talc

   El Dorado Co., California

TUFF, Lapilli tuff

QUARTZITE, greenish

   Calaveras Co., California 

SHALE, mudstone   -to size B

   Lassen Co., California

   Fremont Co., Colorado

SCHIST, knotted biotite schist

   Napa Co., California

TUFF, Bishop tuff

QUARTZITE, dumortierite

   Inyo Co., California

SHALE, mudstone,

   Bishop, Mono Co., California

   Namibia

SCHIST, mica

   Marine foraminiferal  -to size D

TUFF

RHYOLITE, Leona rhyolite

   Inyo Co., California

   San Benito Co., California

   Italy -to size C

   Alameda Co., California

SCHIST, biotite-quartz-albite

SHALE "oil shale"

TUFF, rhyolite tuff

RHYOLITE AGGLOMERATE  -to sz C

   Kern Co., California

   Garfield Co., Colorado

   Humboldt Co., Nevada

   Sonoma Co., California

SCHIST, chiastolite-quartz-mica

SHALE, compact

TUFF, lithic rhyolite tuff

RHYOLITE, soda rhyolite

   Mariposa Co., California   -to size E

   Eocene, Green River Formation

   Lyon Co., Nevada

   Sonoma Co., California

SCHIST, pyrophyllite

   Wyoming

WONDERSTONE,  SILICIFIED TUFF

RHYOLITE

   Mariposa Co., California

SHALE also see ARGILLITE

   Pershing Co., Nevada

   White Pine Co., Nevada

*SCHIST, pyrophyllite

 

WONDERSTONE -to size E

   Topaz Mt., Utah

   Mineral Co., Nevada (*)

 

   Washington Co., Utah 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SANDS

The following are sands, powders, chips, or xls packaged in a ˝-dram corked glass vial (equivalent to filling a 1x1-inch plastic zipper bag). Some are duplicated in other lists, and others have just been waiting for a place to call home…  Larger quantities may be available, ask.

ADOBE (Clay)  (powder)

ILSEMANNITE (powder)

PIRSSONITE (micro xls & pieces)

SAND, (BEACH sand)

  Kern Co., CA  $2.80

  Piute Co., Utah  3.50

  Searles Lake, CA  $4.75

  San Francisco, CA (1960’s) $3.50

BOTRYOGEN (tiny xls + gravel)

KROHNKITE (chips)

PLUMBOJAROSITE (powder)

SCHEELITE (pebbles with rock)

  Napa Co., CA  $9.75

  Chuquicamata, Chile  $6.50

  Inyo Co., CA  $3.50

  Atolia, CA (1960’s)  $2.20

CHRYSOCOLLA (chips with rock)

MAGNETITE (sand)

PYROCHLORE (sand)

SILVER (sand)

  Inspiration, AZ  $2.80

  Mother Lode, CA  $2.80

  Breisgau, Germany  $3.50

  With argentite, Canada $6.50  new!

CINNABAR (red powder)

MINIUM (powder + rock grains)

QUARTZ variety AMETHYST (chips)

  Batopilas, Mexico  $6.50

  Alaska  $4.00

  Germany  $3.50

  Mexico  $2.80

SULFUR (powder to 6mm)   new!

CORUNDUM (Sapphire) (gravel)

MONAZITE (sand)

QUARTZ variety TRINITITE

  Beowowe, Nevada $2.80

  A mixture of pale corundum,

  Adams Co., Idaho  $3.50

  (coarse sand/gravel)

SULPHOHALITE (micro xls + sand)

  zircon, garnets, etc.

MUSCOVITE variety ALURGITE

  Fused sand from the first

  Searles Lake, CA  $4.75

  Granite Co., Montana  $3.50

  (red micaceous fines)

  1945 Atomic bomb, in Alamogordo,

SYLVITE/HALITE (chips)

DIADOCHITE (chips)

  Brazil  $2.80

  New Mexico  $2.80

  Eddy Co., New Mexico  $2.80

  San Benito Co., CA  $2.80

NORDSTRANDITE (xls in soil)

RHOMBOCLASE (micaceous fines)

  Barcelona, Spain  $2.80

GAYLUSSITE (micro xls & pieces)

  Malaysia (“type” local)  $6.50

  Alcaparrosa, Chile  $4.75

THAUMASITE (powder)

  Searles Lake, CA  $9.75

OPAL variety FIRE OPAL (chips)

RUTILE (sand)

  Virginia  $2.80

GYPSUM (sand)

  Australia  $3.50

  Australia  $2.80

TOSUDITE (powder)

  Alamogordo, New Mexico $3.75

PERIDOT (Forsterite) (chips to 6mm)

  Virginia  $2.80

  Gifu, Japan  $3.50

HANKSITE (xls to 5mm)

  Arizona  $4.75

SAND (Death Valley Dune sand)

ZIRCON (sand, off-white)

  Searles Lake, CA  $4.75

PERRIERITE/MAGNETITE (sand)

  Inyo Co., CA (1950’s)  $3.50

  Australia $2.80

 

  Oslo, Norway  $6.50