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Speckels, Milton L. (1965) The Complete Guide to Micromounts: - Minerals for Everyone. Gembooks. 96 pp.

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Book TitleThe Complete Guide to Micromounts: - Minerals for Everyone
AuthorsSpeckels, Milton L.Author
Year1965
Page(s)96
PublisherGembooksPlaceMentone, California
Original EntrySpeckels, M.L. (1965) Minerals for everyone: the complete guide to micromounts. Gembooks, Mentone, California.
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Full ReferenceSpeckels, Milton L. (1965) The Complete Guide to Micromounts: - Minerals for Everyone. Gembooks. 96 pp.
Plain TextSpeckels, Milton L. (1965) The Complete Guide to Micromounts: - Minerals for Everyone. Gembooks. 96 pp.
Abstract/NotesThe Complete Guide to Micromounts: A Manual for Mineral Collectors with Data on Selection, Mounting, Care and Display of Minerals, Both Large and Small

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LocalityCitation Details
Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho, USA
Ritter, Grant County, Oregon, USA
Bishop Mine, Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, USA
Spokane County, Washington, USA

Mineral Occurrences

LocalityMineral(s)
Silver Queen Mine, North Burgess Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canadaβ“˜ Mica Group, β“˜ Rutile
Ojuela Mine, MapimΓ­, MapimΓ­ Municipality, Durango, Mexicoβ“˜ Adamite, β“˜ Aurichalcite, β“˜ Limonite
Old Yuma Mine, Tucson Mountain District Saguaro National Park, Amole Mining District, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USAβ“˜ Vanadinite
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USAβ“˜ Diaboleite, β“˜ Dioptase
Rio Tinto Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USAβ“˜ Calcite, β“˜ Kurnakovite, β“˜ Realgar, β“˜ Tunellite
Rio Tinto Borax open pit, Rio Tinto Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USAβ“˜ Colemanite
Tiburon Peninsula, Marin County, California, USAβ“˜ Albite
Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USAβ“˜ Galeite, β“˜ Schairerite, β“˜ Sulphohalite, β“˜ Trona
Dixie Mine, Lamartine Mining District, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USAβ“˜ Native Gold
Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho, USAβ“˜ Anglesite, β“˜ Cerussite, β“˜ Galena, β“˜ Pyromorphite
Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USAβ“˜ Albite, β“˜ Quartz, β“˜ Rose Quartz
Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USAβ“˜ Acanthite, β“˜ Native Silver, β“˜ Quartz
Sayreville, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USAβ“˜ Gypsum
Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USAβ“˜ Quartz
Estacada Pyrite locality, Clackamas River localities, Estacada, Clackamas County, Oregon, USAβ“˜ Pyrite
Youngs River, Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon, USAβ“˜ Quartz
Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USAβ“˜ Native Copper, β“˜ Thomsonite Subgroup
Bishop Mine, Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, USAβ“˜ Turquoise
Centreville, Culpeper Basin, Fairfax County, Virginia, USAβ“˜ Amphibole Supergroup, β“˜ Apophyllite Group, β“˜ Byssolite
Rock Island Dam, Douglas County, Washington, USAβ“˜ Pyrite
Spokane County, Washington, USAβ“˜ Aragonite, β“˜ Basalt, β“˜ Cristobalite, β“˜ Siderite, β“˜ SphΓ€rosiderite

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Speckels, M.L. (1965) Minerals for everyone: the complete guide to micromounts. Gembooks, Mentone, California [photo of "unusual growth of micro quartz crystals, Youngs River, Oregon" on p. 4]
Speckels, M.L. (1965) Minerals for everyone: the complete guide to micromounts. Gembooks, Mentone, California [photo of "rutile needles included in mica" from "Silver Queen Mine, Perth, Ontario, Canada" on p. 97].
Johnson, Paul Willard (1965) A Field Guide to the Gems and Minerals of Mexico. Gembooks, Mentone, CA.
Rosemeyer, Tom, Speckels, Milton L. (1991) Through the β€˜Scope. Rocks & Minerals, 66 (3) 226-231 doi:10.1080/00357529.1991.11761623
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Farndon, John (2006) The Complete Guide to Rocks & Minerals. Hermes House, London.
Dake, H. C. (n.d.) Northwest Gem Trails - A Field Guide for the Gem Hunter, Mineral Collector and Tourist. Gembooks.
Gleason, Sterling (1960) Ultraviolet Guide to Minerals - A Complete Working Manual for the Use of Ultraviolet Light in Locating and Recognizing Minerals. D. Van Nostrand Co. Inc.
 
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