 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Guanajuato (Mexico) and has become the richest silver mine in the world, in more recently Bou Azzer and Imiter...ceased vein. The San Juan production by the de Rayas mine in time of World War II. Guanajuato also In 1946...very city In Morocco, the of Oberschlema Bou Azzer mine, itself, which finally already very had to be relocated...show. The Imiter mine began its modern producing many quality specimens, until mining production period...luster. Since 2005, 3-4 In Fresnillo (Cerro Proaño), mining the silver deposits cm octahedral crystals were |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | JoaquĂn Folch Girona Mineral Collection Barcelona, Spain Downloaded by [University of Birmingham] at 13:56...Barcelona Passeig Picasso, s/n 08003 Barcelona, Spain ccurto@bcn.cat Jordi Fabre i Fornaguera c/o Arc...Arc de Sant MartĂ 79 local 08032 Barcelona, Spain mineral@fabreminerals.com Carles Curto MilĂ is the curator...at the Museum de CiĂšncies Naturals de Barcelona, Spain. Jordi Fabre i Fornaguera (better known to mineral...period when mineralogy was in almost a vacuum in Spain, an extensive collection that in its day was considered |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure 2 (right). Pyromorphite, 7.7 cm high, Daoping mine, Gongcheng, Guangxi, China; Scott Rudolph specimen...(left). Elbaite and albite, 11.1 cm wide, Pederneira mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Green Mountain Minerals specimen...Figure 4 (above). Wulfenite, 12 cm wide, Defiance mine, Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona; Joe and Susan...January 2015 Figure 7 (left). Hematite, field of view 6.4 cm, Eisenkaute mine, Marienberg, Germany; Norbert...Elbaite, quartz, and albite, 17.5 cm wide, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California; Martin |  | | Book (volume) | | Chalcopyrite) Cata Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, 10 Adamite (Manganoadamite) Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango,..., Morocco, 48-49 Apatite (with Bikitaite) Foote Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina,...Div., Myanmar, 22 Aphthitalite PCA Intrepid Potash Mine, Carlsbad, New Mexico, 22 Axinite (Magnesio-Axinite)...Pakistan, 7 Azurite (& Malachite) "Sams Pocket", Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 20-21 Bastnaesite (on Calcite)...Tourmaline) Paprok Mine, Nuristan Prov., Afghanistan, 33 Bismuthinite Biggenden Mine, Mount Biggenden, |  | | Journal (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . 19 by J. A. Scovil The Machow mine, Tamobrzeg, Poland . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. ...Pelt Fluorite and associated minerals from Asturias, Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...after argentite, 10 cm tall, from the Las Chispas mine, Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico. Houston Museum of Natural...altered either by nature, by construction, by further mining, or by subsequent collecting. If there is the slightest...geologic setting and mineralogy of the mine site. The Harding mine catalog will provide researchers and |  | | Journal (issue) | | left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the GachalĂĄ mine, GuaviĂł-GuatĂ©que mining district, BoyacĂĄ Department, Colombia...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The...Spodumene (variety kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, GalilĂ©ia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler...(âthe MAD Groupâ), formed in 1979, and the Houston Area Mineralogical Society (âthe HAMS Groupâ), formed | | | Journal (issue) | | by J. A. Scovil The M achow m ine, Tarnobrzeg, P o la n d ........................................... 29...Pelt Fluorite and associated minerals from Asturias, Spain .............................................after argentite, 10 cm tall, from the Las Chispas mine, Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico. Houston Museum of Natural...altered either by nature, by construction, by further mining, or by subsequent collecting. If there is the slightest...geologic setting and mineralogy of the mine site. The Harding mine catalog will provide researchers and |  | | Journal (issue) | | (a variety of zoisite), 9 cm, from the Merelani mine, located on the slopes of the Lelatema Mountains...cover: Top left: Euclase, 2.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Colombia. Top right: Topaz, 8.4 cm, from Ouro...left: Phosphophyllite, 2 cm, from the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Bottom right: Grossular, 3.5 cm...government livestock inspector. He returned to the area 30 years later, found a crystal-bearing horizon...Fluorapatite on elbaite, 5.5 cm, from the Alto da Cabeca mine, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Will Johnson |  | | Report (issue) | | United Kingdom BY IAN JONES 38 Fluorite from Spain: Every Color Under the Sun BY GUIOMAR & MIGUEL CALVO...Brian Stefanec explores a pocket at the Elmwood mine. Photo Mark Kielbasa Switzerland BY HANS ANTON...108 Morocco's El Hammam: Six Decades of Fluorspar Mining BY PIERRE CLAVEL & GUNTHER NEUMEIER 112 Faceting...MICHAEL GRAY 54 Elmwood-Gordonsville-Cumberland Mine Complex Of Eastern Tennessee BY ARVID PASTO 56...been exploited since at least the Middle Ages, when area miners, like their counterparts in the that those |  | | Journal (issue) | | Butterfly Twin Pocket, 1989. Malmberget mine, Sweden. Benitoite Gem mine, USA Editors: Tomasz Praszkier (Poland)...an iron mine in the polar region of northernmost Sweden two decades ago. The Malmberget mine located...preservation of specimens during several decades of mining goes to miner Kenneth Holmgren. Of course this...positive attitude toward collecting held by the mining company â LKAB. In 1982 a pocket with exceptional...few small nearby deposits, only the Benitoite Gem mine has commercially produced gem quality benitoite |  | | Journal (issue) | | interest were: Stolzite (PbWO4) from Brandy Gill mine and Wulfenite (PbMoO4) from Poddy Gill. Generally...with a crude hexagonal outline - from the Carrock mine The very rare tsumebite from Roughton Gill. Pale-green...crystals of brochantite. Duftite from Brandy Gill Mine. Dull grey-green coloured crystals with acute terminations...Postlewaiteâs Mines and Mining in the English Lake District, Shawsâs Mining in the Lake District and...pyromorphites from the Driggith and Roughton Gill mine tips, linarite from Red Gill and blocky yellow pyromorphite |  | | Catalog/List | | of Crystallized Gold from the famed Eagleâs Nest Mine in California A superb Crystallized âLeafâ Gold...gemstone Amethyst to come from the famed Four Peaks Mine in Arizona A sharp and complicated Crystallized...Crystallized Silver with Copper from the famed Wolverine Mine in Michigan A âclassicâ Rhodochrosite with associated...associated Pyrite and Quartz from the Sweet Home Mine in Colorado An unusually massive and extremely colorful...colorful, Smithsonite from the iconic Kelly Mine in New Mexico A âgemâ quality specimen Tanzanite crystal in |  | | Journal (issue) | | Special issue on the minerals of Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham...(2000) Famous mineral localities: Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England 20:7-37 Bevins, R... D. (1999) Famous mineral localities: Ting Tang mine, Gwennap, Cornwall 19:18-23 CLARK, A.M. (1998) Earth's...P. (1995) Crystallized Enargite from the Gregory mine, Ashover, Derbyshire 15:28-29 DAY, B. (1998) Collecting...from Boulby mine, Cleveland 14:4-8 __& McCALLUM, D. (1993) Millerite from Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead |  | | Journal (issue) | | No 4. Bournonite, Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath Specimen: 55 x 70 x 55mm Watercolour commissioned for...magnesite plates, a 24 x 18mm specimen from Boulby Mine, Cleveland (seearticle in this issue). David I....and photo. SOUTH CROFTY MINE ------------- 4 BORATE NODULES from BOULBY MINE DI Green· MD Freier 8 ...interest to amateur mineralogists, collectors, and mining historians. Contributions or suggestions for articles...issue by South Crofcy Pie, Europes last primary tin mine, launched on 30th July 1994, successfully reached |  | | Journal (issue) | | pounds. Painting Century Plant in the Big Bend area (1939) by Jerry Bywaters. Courtesy Amon Carter Museum...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the...there; the first claims were staked in 1894 and mining soon commenced. Eventually over two dozen mines...mines were opened, one of which (the Mariposa mine) produced a wider variety of mercury minerals than anywhere |  | | Journal (issue) | | Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...prospectors. All of this activity gave a jump-start to mining interests and prospecting in the lands of the Pacific...Alaska, ca. 1906. She organized her own company to mine the garnets, and may have distributed thousands...company of 15 women to exploit it. The Alaska Garnet Mining and Manufacturing Company was the first all-woman...had first been located in 1881, but little actual mining had been done; it had become a favorite spot where |  | | Journal (issue) | | specimen was detailed down to the levels in each mine. Apart from the malachites there is now a standard...countries. Institutional Museums: 6. Moscow State Mining University. This University was established in...education ·in Russia. It was founded as the Moscow Mining Academy in 1918. Its museum is used by students...from the Granada region of Spain, also some pyromorphites from Bwlch Glas mine, Talybont in Wales and Anglesite...Lloyd's minerals at the November meeting from La Encontrada Mine, may like to modify the location details |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cassedanne & J. N. Alves Minerals of the Black Pine mine, Granite County, Montana .........................Governor Howard Dean and attended by mining industry representatives, mine owners, representatives from all...being engaged in sweettalking the owner of the M ack mine into allowing her and her young proteges to collect...ichigan 49930 (906) 482-9560 Michigan native copper; mine owner; wholesale, retail Jo e & D iane K ielbaso...Appt. Only t o fy v E I\S lD E J V f'S S j Z P a la I n t 'l & the C o l l ect o r Kent Bricker & |  | | Book | | On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...18:65-74 Phosphate microminerals of the Indian Mountain area [Georgia and Alabama] (by J.B. Gordon, Jr. & C....ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles Update on the mineralogy of the Majuba Hill mine, Pershing County, Nevada .........................Interest and collecting activity at the Majuba Hill mine have increased since the publication o f the initial...(Jensen, 1985). Information on new discoveries at the mine, as well as on certain aspects that were left vague...presented here. As o f October, 1991, access to the mine is tenuously unrestricted. INTRODUCTION Several...covered in this update discussion: ( 1) the status of mine access, (2) minerals previously unreported from |  | | Journal (issue) | | way oftraveler as har3h and pristine mountainous area Refer to doctor and writer Sergei Yakovlevich Elpatievskiy...Sludskiy also admired Karadag (1912), mountain in the area, Svyataya Mountain (Holy Mountain), later ·'Anciellt...Russian Federation of March 11, 2019, the total area oft he rcsc"'C Magnitny and Kok-Kaya ridges. The...rnlcanic activity" (Pallas, 1795). In 1823-1825. mining surYeyorG. Kazin searched for coal, iron, oil,...event of the first half of the I9th century was the mining expedition, which was carried out in 1837 in the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tampa, FL Correspondents Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England Thomas P....ecord Articles Rare sulfosalts from the Van Silver mine, British C olum bia...............................Balacko Famous mineral localities: The Brownley Hill mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria, England....................COVER: ATACAMITE in GYPSUM, 6.8 cm, from the Lily mine, lea, Peru. Irv Brown collection; Jeff Scovil photo...British Columbia the Silver Tunnel o f the Van Silver mine has produced hundreds o f rare and beautiful crystal |  | | Book | | However, from deep inside an asteroid, similar to the area deep inside Earth if they are too big for the atmosphere...cosmetics, or as sources of color for ceramic glazes. Hematite and other iron oxides create reds and browns,...different optical properties. The play of colors on hematite comes from very thin surface layers similar to...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana MâKubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22...Namibia * 20 x 18 x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1 x 1 om Acicular |  | | Catalog/List | | They are the Directors of this new and exciting area, having served as consultants in this arena for...Boyce Thompson: founder of Newmont Mining and owner of the Tsumeb mine. Upon his demise, it lent its considerable...wielding prospector Bud Guthrie (Lot 49046). The La Viesca Fluorite (Lot 49055), with its enormous 4-inch...WILLEMITE WITH CALCITE SPECIMENS Sterling Hill Mine and Franklin area, Sussex Co., New Jersey Willemite and Calcite...(14 x 7.6 x 4.4 cm), from the famed Sterling Hill Mine, it is a large exposed Willemite face, with a thinner |  | | Book | | is not common in the metasedimentary rocks of the area which host these species, but "reasonably good"...Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage... r ILMENITE QUEBEC Girardville, Lac Saint-Jean area. Just northwest of the town of Girardville, itself...lustrous, though some which are coated by rutile or hematite are yellow or red and earthy; they are equant |
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