polish
and frequently combines a beautiful blending of colors." Maryland
chalcedony of a skyblue color, translucent and beautiful, is found half
a mile east of where the Western Run crosses the York turnpike; agate
and carnelian, in thin coatings upon chalcedony, near the Jones Falls
turnpike; also at a point four miles from Baltimore, and again on the
York turnpike thirteen and a half miles from the same city. A rich fawn
and salmon colored chalcedony has been found near Lin-ville, in Burke
County, N. C, and fine agates and chalcedony at Caldwell's,
Mecklenburgh County, near Harrisburg and Concord, Cabarrus County, and
Granville, Orange County, and in other localities in North Carolina.
Agate pebbles are found all along the Mississippi River, especially in
Minnesota, and fine pebbles of chalcedony occur plentifully five miles
north of Grand Rapids, Wis. Agate and chalcedony are both found along
Fox River, 111., and agate, chalcedony, and carnelian near Van Horn's
Well, Tex., and near Hot Springs, Ark. In Pinal County, Ariz., are
found large quantities of amyg-dules of beautifully banded agate, often
coated with opal. They vary from i to 8 inches in diameter, and when
broken are generally light bluish-gray or light gray in color. They
would be extremely beautiful if cut and polished. Seven miles south of
Cisco, Utah, are extensive beds of flesh-red, pink, and salmon-colored
agate,, which received a great deal of notice by the press a few years
ago, under the name of blood-agate.
In
Colorado, chalcedony is found eight miles south of Cheyenne Mountain at
the Los Pinos Agency at Chalk Hills; on the bluffs near Wagon-Wheel Gap
and along the upper Rio Grande Valley ; in Middle South Parks, Buffalo
Park, Fair Play, Frying Pan, Trout Creek, Gunnison River, and
frequently in drift accumulations. Agate is found in fine specimens
lined with amethyst on the summit of the range of the Animas; clouded
white and gray in the lower trachytic formations of the Uncom-pahgre;
and in a variety of forms, clouded, banded, laminated, and variegated,
at the Los Pinos Agency; also in the drift in the South Park, in the
Lower Arkansas Valley, on the Frying Pan, arid throughout the Middle
Park, in the form of onyx and sardonyx, on the lower Gunnison and
adjacent regions. William P.
