Panning Specimens
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 299S Overprint specimen Pan American issue 1901 10cts OGLH  US $229.00
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 24 Specimen landing net panwith canvas stink bag US $18.95
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 Specimen Pan US $1.25
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 SPECIMEN Stock Certificate Pan Am Corp PanAm Airways US $14.99
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 Medline Speci Pan Specimen Collector 100 Case US $41.44
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 Medical Action Specimen Pan 100 cs Model 02072 US $56.50
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Garnets may have received their name from the Latin word granatum as red garnets look so very much like the seeds of the pomegranate fruit. Recently, I learned that there are 15 species of garnets and that they can come in a variety of colors besides red. Garnets can be transparent to opaque. Garnets are found all around the world and mostly in metamorphic rock. Metamorphic rock is existing rock that is changed into a new rock by heat or by heat and pressure.
The Moh's Hardness Scale compares the scratch resistance between minerals. Friedrich Moh chose ten well known minerals and place them on a scale from softest and can be easily scratched to hardest and can scratch other minerals. Diamonds proudly hold the number ten spot as they are the hardest substance and are able to scratch. I remember my nana telling us young, very surprised girls that a genuine diamond can cut a mirror or put a very big scratch in one. Garnets rate between a 6 and 7.5 on the Moh's scale. Their hardness and durability have made garnets very useful and popular for industrial purposes. Garnets have been and continue to be used in sand paper, sandblasting tools, cleaning agents for drill pipes and well casings, grinding and polishing optical lenses to name a few.
I did not know the serious industrial value of garnets until my older daughter returned from a day of panning for garnets with her grandma. They went to Sabino Canyon which is located in Coronado National Forest in Arizona, and spent five glorious hours sifting through buckets of sandy dirt looking for garnets. They were thrilled to find many small granular sized ones. They enjoyed the park guides who told them all about garnets and how they were used in various industries. Their small finds had to stay at the park but the experience and information learned will last a lifetime.
Besides having practical uses garnets have been sought after for centuries and highly desired in jewelry pieces. Bohemia is known for having spectacular garnets and pyrope garnets as big as hen eggs have been found there. Spessartine garnets can range from pale yellow, orange, to dark red. The almandine is the most common garnet and is used for abrasives and for gems. It is found in many places around the world. Andradite is known for having high color dispersion and makes exquisite gem jewelry from its topaz yellow to emerald green varieties. The rarest garnet is the uvarovite named for a Russia nobleman. It is brilliant green in color and seems to be hindered in crystal growth as most specimens do not get very large. The hessonite is reddish-brown and found in Sri Lanka, Vermont, Mexico, Canada, Scotland, and Italy. In ancient days Romans and Greeks carved cameos from hessonite. Gossular garnets are found in calcium rich metamorphic rocks and have color variations from colorless, white, pink, red, brown, black, and honey.
In 1912, the American National Association of Jewelers named the garnet as January's birthstone. The garnet is a hardy, useful, beautiful, valuable, and an interesting stone that inspires one to inventive places and brings pleasure in creative jewelry adornment. The garnet truly is a gem because it is a highly prized beloved stone.
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Panning For Gold $49.99 Panning For Gold - Giclee Print |
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Panning for Gold $44.99 English School Panning for Gold - Giclee Print |
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Prospectors Panning $34.99 George Harding Prospectors Panning - Giclee Print |
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Panning For Gold in California $39.99 Panning For Gold in California - Photographic Print |
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Panning For Gold, 1964 $49.99 Panning For Gold, 1964 - Giclee Print |
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Old Prospector Panning for Gold $14.99 Old Prospector Panning for Gold - Premium Poster |
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Panning For Gold in the American West $39.99 Panning For Gold in the American West - Photographic Print |
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Specimens $15.6 No Synopsis Available |
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Panning Gold, Wyoming, 1949 $49.99 William Robinson Leigh Panning Gold, Wyoming, 1949 - Giclee Print |
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Panning For Gold at Sutter's Fort $49.99 Dean Cornwell Panning For Gold at Sutter's Fort - Giclee Print |
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Prospectors and Their Families in Camp: Panning $49.99 G.w. Lambert Prospectors and Their Families in Camp: Panning - Giclee Print |
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View of a Miner Panning for Gold - California $19.99 View of a Miner Panning for Gold - California - Premium Poster |
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Panning for Gold in the Yukon Territory, Alaska $39.99 Panning for Gold in the Yukon Territory, Alaska - Giclee Print |
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Lichens, Specimens of Subspecies $24.99 Lichens, Specimens of Subspecies - Photographic Print |
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Specimens Mounted in Bio-Plastic $79.99 Specimens Mounted in Bio-Plastic - Premium Photographic Print |
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Stone Specimens in a Box $24.99 A. Rizzi Stone Specimens in a Box - Photographic Print |
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Gold Panning Idaho (Paperback) $26.36 A complete guide to popular collecting sites in Idaho and source-book brimming with advice on gold panning, this timely guidebook to 40 gold panning sites in Idaho appeals to adventurers seeking the ?new gold rush." Inside you`ll find: Maps and detailed site descriptions with directions GPS coordinates for each site Suggested tools and techniques Land-use regulations and legal restrictions |
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Gold Panning Montana (Paperback) $26.36 A complete guide to popular collecting sites in Montana and source-book brimming with advice on gold panning, this timely guidebook to 40 gold panning sites in Montana appeals to adventurers seeking the ?new gold rush." Inside you`ll find:Maps and detailed site descriptions with directionsGPS coordinates for each siteSuggested tools and techniquesLand-use regulations and legal restrictions |
