 | | Journal (issue) | | by alert miners in the Wuning (Wuling) antimony mine in Jiangxi Province of southeastem China. Stibnite...story.) So in the 1930s the Empire of Japan (then including Japan, Korea. Taiwan and Manchuria) had a serious...familiar with the global ,,·ar that started when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. but what many have...that for several years previous to that dark day Japan had perceived America to be increasingly hostile...Pacific. After exports to Japan stopped, what could be done? By 1938. Japan was running out of borates |  | | Book | | museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...rocks contain large crystals, often of the feldspar group and are known as porphyries. The individual crystals...alteration of clay to mica and which shows a distinct cleavage following the mica plate direction. The...right angles by slate. Phyllite contains larger mica crystals than slate and may show a wavy rather than...composition alter to a rock largely made up of mica and mica schists are the home of a number of interesting |  | | Book (edition) | | extensively rewritten by the book’s distinguished group of authors in the light of new research and important...Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce ©...all varietal names, synonyms, spelling variants, group names, and so forth; only names in contemporary | | | Book (edition) | | extensively rewritten by the book's distinguished group of authors in the light of new research and important...Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...all varietal names, synonyms, spelling variants, group names, and so forth; only names in contemporary...contemporary use have been included. Most of the mineral group lists presented were taken from the Glossa,y of Mineral |  | | Book | | Crystals up to 140mm (5½ in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Very fine spinel-law...100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Genaro Mine in Huancavelica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds...Dorado, California, US.A. Gold, 68 mm, Eagle's Nest Mine, California, US.A. Gold gold on it. Typical aggregates...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine, Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from...mm (4 5/i6 in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets |  | | Book | | Crystals up to 140mm (5'A in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbce, Arizona, USA. Very fine spincl-law...100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Gcnaro Mine in Huancavclica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine. Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from...110 mm (47.6 in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets...of crystallized gold occurred in the Jamestow n mine. California, USA, where a cavity, which yielded |  | | Book (edition) | | 10 Transpose illustrations for AXINITE, Hyuga, Japan (12, column 1) and AZURITE, Concepcion del Oro,...Vesuvius, Italy (12, column 2) and SEMSEYITE, Julcani mine, Huancavelica, Peru (#3, column 2). Color, page...attempt a complete description of a small mineral group to uncover the unsatisfactory state of our present...well render the volume difficult to use by a large group of potential readers not familiar with structural/chemical...with the inherent problems of end-member names vs. group names and related aspects of nomenclature. Rather |  | | Book | | Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...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...calcite. or, rarely, still attached to the feldspar/mica walls of the dike (www.davidkjoyceminerals.com,...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the |  | | Book | | Miguel Hortiguela, LPPO Illustrations: Crowle Art Group Printed in China The publisher gratefully acknowledges...ofjust a few minerals; quartz and the feldspar group are the most abundant processes — called biominerals...A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22...x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1 x 1 om Acicular These minerals |  | Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy (8th ed.) Wiley-Interscience. p.1872 | Book (edition) | | California. Akira Kato: National Science Museum, Tokyo, Japan. Petr Korbel: Dept. of Mineralogy, National Museum...Species containing more than one anion or anion group may be assigned to a separate class or may be assigned...specifies the atomic (cation to anion, or to anion group) ratio for the mineral. This and the remaining numbers...appropriate Dana number. When recognized, membership in a group is noted. Occasionally, the phrase “an inadequately...internally contradictory. 5A. Groups The term group refers to an aggregate or multiple (usually three |  | | Book (edition) | | deals with the descriptive mineralogy of a selected group of species representing those most likely to be...one species only, or even specimens only from one mine. Whatever limits the collector imposes on himself...educated collector and connoisseur. In the latter group may be, for example, alexandrite twins from the...hold layers together. This is true in graphite and mica where strong bonds exist between the atoms in the...detached from the main portion, or in the case of mica, to separate the sheets by slipping a fingernail | | | Book (edition) | | vvith the descriptive mineralogy of a selected group of species representing those most likely to be...one species only, or even specimens only from one mine. Whatever limits the collector imposes on himself...educated collector and connoisseur. In the latter group may be, for example, alexandrite twins from the...hold layers together. This is true in graphite and mica where strong bonds exist between the atoms in the...detached from the main portion, or in the case of mica, to separate the sheets by slipping a fingernail |  | | Book (edition) | | Micaceous 1-'Iassive mica, hematile (specularite), chlorite. Foliate, Lam ellar Talc, mica. Bladed Kyanite...Dodecahedral Cleavage Sphalerile. Pinacoidal Cleavage Mica, topaz. Rhombohedral Cleavage Calcite. Prismatic...thin sheets or polished slices of the following: mica, topaz, quartz, beryl, or tourmaline. LUSTER AND...hold layers together. This is true in graphite and mica ,,vhere strong bonds exist bet,veen the atoms in...detached fron1 the main portion, or in the case of mica, to separate the sheets by slipping a fingernail |  | | Book (edition) | | Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...to the chemical formula, allegiance to a mineral group, symmetry and crystal structure as well as the strongest...chemical formula, structure (crystal system, space group, and unit cell dimensions), and at least some other...site occupancy. The Sb members of the tennantite group (2.G) will serve as a good example: tetrahedrite...very complicated compositions, e.g. the amphibole, mica, tourmaline, labuntsovite, eudialyte, and several |  | | Book | | a mineral belonging to the actinolitetremolite group having the nature of an asbestos. cabochon a gemstone...stone came from — some¬ times down to the actual mine. Today it is commonplace to see in sale catalogues...corundum • hematite in topaz and euclase • • • • • mica: biotite, phlogopite or fuchsite in quartz, emerald...the apatites. The various types of mica form rocks known as mica schists; these are metamorphic rocks...recrystallize the mica, leaving corroded and etched fragments as inclusions in the emerald crystals. 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