Session No. 20 Thursday, May 9, 2002

8:00 AM-11:00 PM, Sharwan Smith Center: Starlight Room
T3. Gemstone and Semiprecious Minerals and Host Rocks in the Western United States
W. Dan Hausel, Presiding
Start Time
8:00 AM GEMSTONE OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: MODRESKI, Peter J., US Geol Survey, PO Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225-0046, pmodresk@usgs.gov and MURPHY, Jack A., Denver Museum of Nature and Sci, Denver, CO 80205
8:20 AM GEMSTONES, SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, LAPIDARY MATERIALS, ORNAMENTAL STONES, AND OTHER UNIQUE MINERALS AND ROCKS OF WYOMING: HAUSEL, W. Dan, Wyoming State Geol Survey, Box 3008, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, dhause@wsgs.uwyo.edu and SUTHERLAND, Wayne M., Wyoming State Geol Survey, Box 3008, University Station, Laramie, WY 82071
8:40 AM PROBABLE SOURCES OF ALLUVIAL SAPPHIRES IN WESTERN MONTANA: BERG, Richard B., Montana Bureau Mines & Geology, 1300 W Park St, Butte, MT 59701-8997, dberg@mtech.edu.
9:00 AM PROVENANCE OF THE MONTANA ALLUVIAL SAPPHIRES USING GEOLOGY, TRACE ELEMENT CHEMISTRY AND INCLUSION ANALYSIS: GARLAND, Mary I., Geology, University of Toronto, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada, garland@geology.utoronto.ca, HENDERSON, Grant S., Geology, Univ of Toronto, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada, and WICKS, Fred J., Earth Sciences, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queens Park, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6, Canada
9:20 AM THE GENESIS OF FIBROUS CALCITE AND SHALE-HOSTED EMERALD IN A NON-MAGMATIC HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM, UINTA MOUNTAINS, UTAH: KEITH, Jeffrey D.1, NELSON, Stephen T.1, THOMPSON, Timothy J.1, DORAIS, Michael J.1, OLCOTT, Jay1, DUERICHEN, Erin2, and CONSTENIUS, Kurt N.3, (1) Department of Geology, Brigham Young Univ, Provo, UT 84602, jeff_keith@byu.edu, (2) School of Earth Sciences, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305, (3) 1622 W Avenida de Maximillian, Tucson, AZ 85704-2021
9:40 AM Break
10:00 AM TOPAZ RHYOLITE HOSTED RED BERYL IN THE WAH WAH MOUNTAINS, UTAH: A GENETIC MODEL AND MINE UPDATE: THOMPSON, Timothy J., KEITH, Jeffrey D., CHRISTIANSEN, Eric H., and TINGEY, David G., Department of Geology, Brigham Young Univ, Provo, UT 84602, kirhere@email.byu.edu
10:20 AM TOPAZ RHYOLITE-HOSTED RED BERYL OF STARVATION CANYON, THOMAS RANGE, UTAH: CONTRASTS AND COMPARISONS WITH OTHER RED BERYL OCCURRENCES: BAKER, Jean M., KEITH, Jeffrey D., CHRISTIANSEN, Eric H., and DORAIS, Michael J., Department of Geology, Brigham Young Univ, Provo, UT 84602, bakerj@dpg.army.mil
10:40 AM GEOLOGY OF THE IRON MOUNTAIN KIMBERLITE DISTRICT, WESTERN WYOMING: HAUSEL, W. Dan, Wyoming State Geol Survey, Box 3008, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, dhause@wsgs.uwyo.edu.

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