Gems And Precious Stones of North America a Popular Description of Their Occurr
Gems And Precious Stones of North America a Popular Description of Their Occurr
Kunz, George Frederick, 1856-1932
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and show a beautiful chatoyancy, similar to the cat's-eye, crocido- lite, and other fibrous minerals. Prof. A. E. Foote and a party camped for some months on this island in 1868, and chlorastro- lite was first found by them in a -vein-stone associated with native copper and epidote. Rounded pebbles of the rock con- taining the chlorastrolite are plentiful on the beach. One of the largest known perfect chlorastrolites is in the cabinet of M. T. Lynde, of Brooklyn, N. Y. , and measures i by ii in...ches (see Colored Plate No. 3) ; next in size is one belonging to Alfred Morrison, of London ; and the third largest is owned by an American lady, now residing in London. A fine pair of oval chlorastrolites, over half an inch in length, are in the possession of Frederick A. Canfield, of Dover, N. J. About $1, 000 worth are annually sold to tourists. Thomsonite and lintonite, the latter first described by Peckham 1 'Am. J. Sci. III. , Vol. 19, p. 123, Feb. , 1880. 182 GEMS AND PRECIOUS STONES IN THE and Hall, found at Good Harbor Bay, Grand Marias, on Lake Superior, Mich.
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