I am interested in learning how to identify minerals and rocks from the Fraser Valley area of British Columbia.
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Agate is a type of the mineral family chalcedony --\nJasper is a type of the mineral family quartz --\n\nSee this website for pictures -->http://www.mindat.org/min-2082.html\n\nGod is spelled B-I-G  B-A-N-G\n\nPBrax@netscape.com
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There's a website just for this sort of thing...\n\nhttp://oraweb.aucc.ca/showdcu.html\n\nYou can search a database of every province, field of study, and language that you're interested in.
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Sure...you basically answered your own question.  But for a bit more detail:\nMost minerals have a range of temperatures and pressures at which they can occur.  The very presence of a specific mineral may  therefor constrain the temp and pressure of the rock at the time the mineral formed.  \nNot all minerals have such limited ranges, or occur in significant quantities to be of any use in the field... but those that occur in quantities that can be recognized in the field, and which have a limited p-T regime can be very useful in determining the metamorphic grade in the field.
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It's not right in your area, but in your state. Try contacting the Genesee Valley Flint Knappers Association. They make stone tools like arrow heads and spear points, so they might be able to share some places to find flint and related silicaceous rocks. Also, the town of Herkimer NY is the source of the famous Herkimer diamonds, which are not really diamonds but nicely shaped quartz crystals. It's not far from you on the Thruway. If you want to take a day trip into Connecticut, the whole Connecticut River valley has lots of garnet, (the CT state stone). Contact some gem or rock shops, they can probably put you in touch with local collectors. Enjoy!
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try sassociations.net...
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You can go the metorology route. I also have some friends that work for the forrest service that map their trails and do GPS style stuff. I would get comfortable with the common georaphy programs, if your not teaching, then its gonna be involving some computer work
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Your best resource for this information would be to find a large excavation Co. in your area and speak to the owner, or person in charge of personnel, and tell them that you are serious about get trained to work in that field, and you need their advise.\nI search the web for about an hour and found everything that I didn't want to know. Good Luck.
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http://sltrib.com/utah/ci_3626619
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http://www.schoolnet.ca/ABORIGINAL/Plains_Cree/part24-e.html
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Here is a map of US mining and mineral production:\nhttp://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/mapdata/\n\nHere is a USGS Geographic Information System that allows you to see the location of mineral resources around the world. Go to \nhttp://tin.er.usgs.gov/mrds/\nThen click on "Browse World" on the left side. This will open and interactive map. You can turn on the data layers and refresh the map on the right hand side of the map and you can zoom in to see the data better using the icons across the top. \n\nIf you use the icon with the i in the center you can click on the small triangles on the map and you will get a location and type of mineral resource displayed at the bottom of the page. You can also build queries, and after you have made a map that you want to keep, you can print it. \n\nOther than that you can go to the Perry-Castaneda library site, where they have thematic maps of most countries, including maps and links for mineral resources. I only found one world-wide map there for mineral resources. \nhttp://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/thematic.html\n\nIf you are looking for minerals other than economic resources, you can go to mindat.org. At that site you can search for specific minerals of all kinds, and locations are listed. \nhttp://www.mindat.org/index.php\n\nNational Geographic has a GIS that shows either coal fields or surface geology. \nhttp://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/
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I do not know of any in S. Carolina except supposedly good hunting grounds near/around old mines.\n\nIn N. Carolilna, we know the stone of the state (State Stone) is the winnsboro Bllue Granite. But hunting is supposedly good in Franklin, N. CArolina and also at Little meadow Creek
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You might try contacting the Wyoming Geological Survey.
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Identification of a sedimentary facies (or any rock facies, for that matter) requires an intimate knowledge of the type locality of that particular facies, what major minerals constitute the lithogenics, and what the depositional/erosional/tectonic activity of the region was like since the formation of the facies.  \n\nFor example, when I was out west I was able to trace the Navajo sandstone throughout the four corners region, from the Grand Canyon all the way up through Utah.  There were points where the Navajo was the thickest facies, while in other regions the Navajo was very thin and nearly unnoticeable.  In those thin regions, the deposition of the Navajo might not have been as pronounced (sedimentary facies are formed by deposition of sediment), or the facies could have been exposed at the surface much longer than in other regions and subsequently eroded away.  You can determine if this happened by looking for unconformities between the Navajo and the facies above it.  \n\nHowever, there are certain characteristics of the Navajo (Aeolian remnants, highly silicic, slight oxidation) that make it the Navajo formation.  Despite the varying thickness of the facies, you can trace these rock characteristics throughout the American Southwest.  So yes, if a geologist wishes to determine the full extent of a lithogenic facies, they must attempt to trace that facies as far out as they possibly can, which means a lot of survey work.\n\nWhat most geologists do nowadays is check the state geological maps of the regions they're interested in and look for rock facies that match the facies of the rock they're studying.  Oftentimes facies that are the same facies are given 2 different names in different state geological maps.  If this occurs, the type locality of the rock is determined (IE, the best-represented sample of that rock), and the facies name is given based on the state the type locality is in.
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more than 35 different types of minerals, mainly Magnesium, Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, Selenium, Chloride, Sulfur, Bromide and Manganese.
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You should be able to find some information in the link below.
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http://www.myhamilton.ca/myhamilton/TourismAndVistorInfo/\nThis is a link to their tourism site.
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I have the perfect site for you to look up the information you  are looking for. It has myths listed from Aboriginal tribes up to the latest urban mythology. I am sure you will find this link most useful for your studies.