 | | Book | | museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...granite but with no quartz. Sandstone (South Dakota, USA) _9_ A darker rock than granite but with a similar...Fluorite is a common example. Aragonite (Utah, USA) 27 Crystals Crystal Morphology The term morphology...crystal form. Other crystals Wulfenite (Arizona, USA) 29 may show lesser symmetry on a scale at the...show octahedral cleavage (four directions) and sphalerite six directions. The tetragonal system often shows |  | | Book | | to be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS...Madagascar e(2x23x3em Quartz, Mount Ida, Arkansas, USA ° 14x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique * 17 x 11...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22 |  | | Catalog/List | | Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Session...Collection LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...museum-quality Tourmalines, including the 2nd largest Sapo Mine “shaving brush” and an exceptional Elbaite on Feldspar...CALEDONITE Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Named by the Romans for the area...This example hails from the Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine: a legendary Arizona locality. Unlike the vast majority |  | | | | world-renowned gem and mineral collection at Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History since 1980. Joan Kaylor...Makeup » Crystals Earthly Treasures » Mines & Mining * Ocean Minerals » A Multitude of Uses » Gemstones...Oxygen reacts with the iron in rocks to pro- Colorado Plateau in Arizona, home WEATHERING Rocks formed...fossils. Those shown here were uncovered in Franklin County, Indiana, in sedimentary rock formed some 440 million...in the The Grand Canyon was probably when the Colorado River cut jh sedimentary sequence where the fossil |  | | Book | | world-renowned gem and mineral collection at Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History since 1980. Joan Kaylor...Makeup Crystals 56 Earthly Treasures Mines & Mining Ocean Minerals A Multitude of Uses Gemstones Legendary...erosion can be an awe-inspiring sight. On the Colorado Plateau in Arizona, home to Monument Valley and...fossils. Those shown here were uncovered in Franklin County, Indiana, in sedimentary rock formed some 440 million...after Vishnu's Temple, a rock formation on the Colorado River. Vishnu is a Hindu god. morphic rock, and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tiny amounts of chalcopyrite, pyrrhotine and sphalerite may also be present. USES Marble is used extensively...(Spain); El Marmol, Ca lifornia and Yul e, Colorado (USA). Group: Metamorphic rock Crystal system: Variable...aggregate of prismatic bismuthinite crystals from a mine at Brosso, near Turin (Italy). TESTS AND TREATMENT...minerals chalcopyrite, galena, magnetite, pyrite and sphalerite. The world's principal sources of bismuthinite...Sardinia and Turin (Italy); Peru; Haddam, Connecticut (USA). FACT FILE BISMUTHINITE Group: Sulphides Crystal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE 32nd RMS rd The 33 logical ra er Mine st e h c Ro um Symposi9, 2006 April 6— Artwork by Susan...December 2014 THE FENGJIASHAN WOLLASTONITE MINE, DAYE COUNTY, HUBEI PROVINCE, CHINA. B. Ottens, Klingenbrun-Banhof...described in 2002 as a new mineral from the “Daye mine ” near the city of Huangshi. At the time, the precise...have visited the Fengjiashan Wollastonite mine in Daye County, and a huge number of well-developed minerals...from this occurrence. The Fengjiashan Wollastonite mine lies in the copper iron belt in the Eastern Yangtze |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | brightest fl. mineral is the zinc sulphide, sphalerite. Sphalerite is also known as mock lead, black jack...lamp gives us a weapon against this deceiver. True, not all sphalerite fl., and this is true about almost...uncommon property not often seen in minerals. Sphalerite, when fl., is far easier to identify. Even when...are most interested in which are seen in fl. sphalerite are: color •— 619 white to pale yellow, reddish...black especially when assoc. with galena. Fl. sphalerite is generally massive though small xls may be |  | | Journal (issue) | | persian,purpurinсоррег оге, orskjasper. Meta/s:go/d, silver. Тhе "Gems"museum. Photo:Е. Kassin CoverJ "ZEMFIRA"...purpurin, ruby,j/uorile, Ыие jasper. Meta/s:go/d, silver. 7he "Gems"тиsеит. Photo:Е. Kassin Cove,4 Charoite...meteorites 326 МANOR А VENUE CLANFORD, NJ 07016 USA Tel (098) 276-2155 Fax (098) 276-8951 FalkoBaatz...ma/achite c,ysta/s. Mednorudyanskii Mine, Midd/e Ura/s. 4.5 ст across. Тhе Mining Museum, St.Petersburg (ММ),...pseudosta/actites оп wa/1ofjissure in mica schist. Gumeshevskii Mine, Middle Urals. Pseudosta/actites 2 ст. SGM, № 11945 |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | 2:45 R a r e - e a r t h mineralogy of the Mohave County pegmatites, NW Arizona byS.L. Hanson, A U. Falam;...Natromontebrasite from the Meyers quarry, Fremont County, CObyM. I. Jacobson,.1, W Nizamoff,A. U. Falster...pseudomorphs, minerals from the Second Sovietskiy mine, Dal'negorsk, Russia, and manganoan calcite. About...r a p h y of carrollite from the Kamoya South II mine, Democratic Republic of Congo by V. King andR.L...Morgan 10:30 T h e Fengjiashan Wollastonite mine, Daye County, Hubei Province, China by B. Opens 10:45 N |  | | Book | | variety amethyst, sceptre habit, Denny Mountain, King County, Washington, U.S.A. / Photo by Ken Mayer Production...1000° Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle...Marquis imprimeur inc. Barite on Quartz, Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer...Mayer Publisher Pyromorphite, Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Mineralogical... Ontario Canada Diopside on Grossular, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec / Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil |  | | Book | | Properties 20 Where Gemstones are Found 24 Mining Gemstones 26 Cutting Gems 28 Polishing and...that crystallize in the cubic system include gold, silver, platinum, diamond, and spinel. system have one...face Dendritic Dendritic aggregates, such as this silver specimen, form as slender, divergent, somewhat...those in some moss agates, are also dendritic. silver crystal Pyramidal Crystals whose predominant faces...semimetal combines / with sulfur. In sphalerite, F zinc is the metal. SPHALERITE Oxides When oxygen alone combines |  | | Book | | --fu'ffu~ite _ Copper -------------------------Silver --------------------------Gold --------------------------Platinum...__________________ Sillima.nite ______________________ Silver --------------------------Smithsonite ______________________...metals; consider the value of the gold, platinum, and silver which have been taken from the ground. Then add...Phosphorus Platinum Potassium Selenium Silicon Silver Sodium Strontium Sulfur Tio Titanium Tuogsceo Zinc...Some well known isomorphous groups are: copper-silver-gold; corundum-hematite; cakitedolomite-magnes |  | | Journal (volume) | | Mexico. Eight-sided crystals from the Traversella mine, Piedmont, Italy. .&. crystals. It can also be...South Africa; and Maine and other regions of the USA. Minor deposits of rose quartz can also be found...in Afghanistan , India, Pakistan, China, Montana, USA, and Norway. • • TWo 19th-centurv brooches set with...at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, USA. • A Burmese ruby in calcite, a common mineral....conifer trees, which are (or were) living things. Mining for minerals is tricky and it can be dangerous |  | | Book (edition) | | at the outstanding shows of the annual San Diego County Fair at Del Mar, California. In addition, the collections...Los Angeles, California, E. M. Gunnell, Denver, Colorado, Specimen Minerals, Ltd., Woodville West, South...one species only, or even specimens only from one mine. Whatever limits the collector imposes on himself...certain metals INTRODUCTION ll such as gold, silver, iron, etc. Even these are really never pure because...Ferrum - from Plumbum - from Hydrargyrum Potassium Silver Sodium Tin Tungsten 1( Ag Na Sn w -from Kalium | | | Book (edition) | | the out- standing shows of the annual San Diego County Fair at Del Mar, California. In addition, the collections... Denver, Australia, MinMassa- California, Colorado, Gregory, Speci- Bottley England, and others...one species only, or even specimens only from one mine. Whatever limits the collector imposes on himself...certain metals INTRODUCTION 1] such as gold, silver, iron, etc. Even these are really never pure because...Kk Ag —from Argentum Gold Au —from Aurum Silver Iron Lead Fe Pb —from Ferrum —from Plumbum |  | | Book (edition) | | the outstanding sho,vs of the annual San Diego County Fair at Del Mar, California. In addition, the collections...Angeles, California, E. l\lf. Gunnell, Denver, Colorado, Specin1en Minerals, Ltd., Woodville \Vest, South...useful in the arts and sciences and therefore worth mining. The formation of various types of ore deposits...exhausting examples, it may also be mentioned that silver, lead, and other metals were also discovered, and...Historica, in ,vhich man y observations ,vere made on mining and m ineralogical n1atters in the various portions |  | | Book | | notable example in this category is the Nuristan District of Afghanistan, which over the past 10 years has...The Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Iyo Province, Ehime Prefecture, Island of Shikoku Ashio Mine, Shimotsuke Province...Prefecture, Honshu The Obira Mine, Bungo Province, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu; The Toroku Mine, Hyuga Province, Miyazaki...Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu Otome Mine, Suisho Pass, Kurobera, Kai Province, Yamanashi Prefecture, Honshu...21 Mogok, Ruby Mines District, Sagaing Division, Upper Burma Mogaung District, Kachin State, Upper Burma |  | | Book | | from power stations fuelled by locally mined coal. Mining directly employs half a million people and another...million people formally employed in the country. The mining industry returns billions to the economy in operating... taxes, royalties, dividends and interest. The mining industry, and the minerals on which it relies,...(field of view 8 cm). Figure 1.3 An opencast iron ore mine (Postmasburg, South Africa). 7 microscopes, or...the increase in the size of atoms. For example silver (Ag, Z=47) has a radius of 134 pm, the same as |  | | Book (edition) | | In the earliest periods of civilization, people silver. became curious about natural objects, including...and beauty. will ruby, sapphire, Proustite, a silver arsenic sulfide, is a rare mineral that seldom...cases the text lists only the pervasive rences, mining and cutting techniques, or market and or especially...differences may be attributed to the presence of silver in cerargyrite as opposed to sodium in halite....natural or synthetic but also to indicate the very mine from which it came! Inclusions are the most powerful |  | | Book | | wide areas. The molybdenum deposit at Climax, Colorado, occupies an area of less than one square mile...grouped like the petals of a flower. Cleveland County, Oklahoma. Minerals Past and Present (75 percent)...important emerald locality is limited to a small district near Muzo in Colombia, South America. Minerals...groupings are copper, lead, zinc; gold and silver; silver and lead; copper and gold; tin, tungsten, and...States, the tin-bearing region of Malaya, and the silver-producing belt of Mexico are some examples. Impact |  | | Book (edition) | | For the Student of Elementary Mineralogy, the Mining Engineer, the Geologist, the Prospector, the Collector...meet the needs of the student of mineralogy, the mining engineer, the geologist, and the amateur mineralogist...ordinarily show distinct hextetrahedral forms. Sphalerite 30 CRYSTALLOGRAPHY occasionally exhibits...minerals. Graphite (G. 2.1) seems light, while silver (G. 10.5) seems heavy. The average specific gravity...Resinous. Having the appearance of resin. Example, sphalerite. Pearly. Having the iridescent appearance of | | | Book (edition) | | For the Student of Elementary Mineralogy, the Mining Engineer, the Geologist, the Prospector, the Collector...ordinarily show distinct bextetrahedral forms. Sphalerite 30 CRYSTALLOGRAPHY occasionally exhibits...it is oriented, in the absence of other deter mining properties, in the positive position. Fm. 117...minerals. Graphite (G. 2.1) seems light, while silver (G. 10.5) seems heavy. The average specific gravity...Resinous. Having the appearance of resin. Example, sphalerite. Pearly. Having the iridescent appearance of |  | | Book (edition) | | minerals that ordi- distinct hextetrahedral forms. Sphalerite occasionally exhibits them, commonly its crystals...narrow beam of x-rays through a cleavage plate of sphalerite, ZnS, allowing the beam to fall on a photographic...of glass. — quartz and tourmaline. Examples — sphalerite and Examples luster of resin. iridescent pearl-like...Light Examples, nepheline and some specimens of sphalerite and massive quartz. Silky Silklike. is It...from pale to dark green to nearly black. Also in sphalerite, ZnS, the progressive substitution of iron for |  | | Book | | jewel? NATIVE ELEMENTS Gold Crown of Charlemagne Silver Platinum Marie Antoinette’s diamond earrings Copper...42 44 46 48 50 52 58 60 62 GEMSTONES Pyrite Sphalerite Stuart Sapphire Sapphire Danish ruby parure Ruby...ruby) Sedimentary rock Magma Polished copper and silver in a rock matrix Crystals Native elements A...other elements (see also p.14), including gold, silver, and diamond (carbon). With the exception of platinum...are known as “native elements” and include gold, silver, and diamond (see below). However, most minerals |
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