 | Carreño-MĂĄrquez, IvĂĄn, Castillo-Sandoval, IsaĂ, PĂ©rez-CĂĄzares, Bernardo, Fuentes-Cobas, Luis, Esparza-Ponce, Hilda, MenĂ©ndez-MĂ©ndez, Esperanza, Fuentes-Montero, MarĂa, Montero-Cabrera, MarĂa (2021) Evolution of the Astonishing Naica Giant Crystals in Chihuahua, Mexico. Minerals, 11 (3) 292 doi:10.3390/min11030292 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Evolution of the Astonishing Naica Giant Crystals in Chihuahua, Mexico IvĂĄn Jalil AntĂłn Carreño-MĂĄrquez...Evolution of the Astonishing Naica Giant Crystals in Chihuahua, Mexico. Minerals 2021, 11, 292. https://doi...Engineering, Universidad La Salle Chihuahua, Chihuahua 31625, Mexico; 10307@ulsachihuahua.edu.mx Department...InvestigaciĂłn en Materiales Avanzados, Chihuahua 31136, Mexico; isai.castillo@cimav.edu.mx (I.C.-S.);...Chemistry, Universidad AutĂłnoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua 31125, Mexico; bernardoperez.cazares@gmail.com |  | | Book | | "'<' ~/ BOUNDARIES U A Mo<'« u~ o V :Ÿ MEXICO r - ·âą-.. ·-··-··-··-·· < âąâą ....... V S TATES...org/details/mineralsofmexico0000panc MINERALS OF MEXICO âą ERALS OF ~XICO M ______ William D. Panczner...1938Minerals of Mexico. Bibliography: p. 1. Mineralogy-Collectors and collecting-Mexico. 2. Mines and mineral...mineral resources-Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36 1987 549.972 86-13325 ISBN 0-442-27285-5 This boo i...i.. is deJicated tu the people of Mexico and to the three people who directly affected me and this project | | | Book | | anc MINERALS OF MEXICO 7 | : = Pras #0 AaprTTARE ; | MINERALS OF MEXICO William D. Panczner...1938Minerals of Mexico. Bibliography: p. 1. Mineralogyâ Collectors and collectingâ Mexico. 2. Mines and...and mineral resourcesâ Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36 1987 549.972 86-13325 ISBN 0-442-27285-5 This book...Jalisco; D. Santiago Ramirezâs La Riqueza Minera de Mexico, and his translation of Danaâs Tratado de Mineralogia...a. ie = Maes Lie Auadado = ae MINERALS OF MEXICO Vv | Oona tA. IMPORTANT MINING DISTRICTS |  | | Catalog/List | | Cityâ, Malachite Stalactites, Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DRC 36 cm tall x 27 cm...cm wide 20 21 SELENITE Selenite from Mexico is a benchmark locality. Mexico represents the finest...finest quality for the species. Selenite (also known as gypsum) can grow into enormous crystals. In 1910...found with glowing selenite crystals. This crystal comes from one such cave. This selenite exhibits the properties...perfection, transparency. Selenite, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico 36 cm tall x 15 cm wide |  | | Catalog/List | | mining district has always been the most revered mine for silver in the world. Officially opened in 1623...and the main mine were named for him, âThe Kings Mineâ (Kongens Grube, His Majestyâs Mine.) The strength...1944â45, Kongsberg Silver Mines. Silver, Kongsberg Mine, Buskerud, Norway 15.3 cm tall x 12.8 cm wide RHODONITE...examples from this discovery. Rhodonite, Morro da Mina Mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil 5.8...tall x 7.3 cm wide COPPER Copper, Chengmenshan Mine, Jiujiang Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China 12 cm tall |  | | Book | | K FIELD GUIDE to the GEMS and MINERALS of MEXICO (Exclusive of Baja California) A guide to the...Information............ Driving in Mexico................... Trailcring in Mexico ............. 5 6 6 7 8 8........ A Word to the Wise ............. Jade in Mexico......................... Manto and Chimney Deposits...District Chihuahua .......................... Santa Eulalia District....... El Potosi Mine................ San Antonio Mine....... Cusihuiriachic District..... Barranca de Cobre (Copper Canyon) Batopilas |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | that a is in acute angle B. THE SELENITE Wnrtau CAVES OF NAICA, MEXICO F. Fosuec, (I . S. I{ati,onal...characteristic feature of many of the ore deposits of Mexico that are found in the Cretaceouslimestones of the...discovered in 1912 during mining operations in the Potosi Mine at Santa, Eulalia, but now destroyed, was remarkable...remarkable are those of Naica, a small mining camp in the state of Chihuahua. To reach them one goes...kilometers south of the city of Chihuahua and from here by a narrow gauge line to Naica, a distance of about 30 |  | Garofalo, Paolo S., Fricker, Mattias B., GĂŒnther, Detlef, Forti, Paolo, Mercuri, Anna-Maria, Loreti, Mara, Capaccioni, Bruno (2010) Climatic control on the growth of gigantic gypsum crystals within hypogenic caves (Naica mine, Mexico)?. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 289 (3) 560-569 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.11.057 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | gigantic gypsum crystals within hypogenic caves (Naica mine, Mexico)? Paolo S. Garofalo a,â, Mattias B. Fricker...r a c t Three hypogenic caves within the Naica mine of Mexico (Cueva de los Cristales â CLC, Ojo de la...from cave and mine gypsum indicates surprisingly that climatic changes occurring at Naica could have controlled...two ïŹuids, generated at different depths of the Naica drainage basin, determined the stable supersaturation...combination of geological and geochemical factors of Naica suggests that other hypogenic caves found elsewhere |  | | Report (chapter) | | be the future of the giant gypsum crystals of Naica mine? PAOLO FORTI La Venta Esplorazioni GeograïŹche...paolo.forti@unibo.it Abstract: The mine caves of Naica (Chihuahua, Mexico) are famous because they host large...large gypsum crystals. Mine works intersected new caves hosting the largest crystals in the world in...dewatering of the mine ceased. This occurred at the end of 2015, so that the lower part of the mine is already...growth. The caves of Naica (Chihuahua, Mexico) are perhaps the most famous mine caves in the world due |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | natural giant gypsum (selenite) crystals found in four deposits in Spain, Mexico and Chile. The film,...Cristalesâ (âCrystals Caveâ) in the Naica mine, Chihuahua, Northern Mexico. The worldâs biggest gypsum crystals...wealthy Roman city based on the mining of large selenite crystals (lapis specularis). The large size of... was discovered in 1999 in an old lead and zinc mine. The crystals display a very high transparency with...to the history of the Naica mine in Mexico. Next to the lead and zinc ore mine, the so-called âCave of |  | | Journal (issue) | | June 1963 CONTENTS NAICA AND ITS CAVE OF THE SwoRDS-Paul W. Johnson "SULFUR HOLE" - William P. Moller...Coldornio T H E NAICA mining district i s i n the Sierra de Naica, Municipio of Saucillo, Chihuahua. The turn-off...turn-off for Naica is approximately 68 miles north. of Hidalgo de) Parral, or 71 miles south of ChihuaÂ...and mercury. Like many mining districts in Mexico, Naica was at one time divided into a number of small...Currently the mine is divided into two parts on the basis of different owner ship: 1 . the Naica mine, including |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2016), hydrothermal selenite crystals (Caves of the Naica mine, Chihuahua, Mexico; Garofalo et al., 2010;...the megacrystals of the caves in the Naica mine (Chihuahua, Mexico) (GarcıÌa-Ruiz et al., 2007; GaÌzquez...al., 2010; KruÌger et al., 2013). We analyzed selenite samples from Crystals Cave (n = 6) and Ojo de...Reina Cave (n = 1) (Appendix 6), both in the Naica mine, using the analytical method described by GaÌzquez...dD values of the Naica paleo-aquifer lie above the modern groundwater in north Mexico, and from water |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pp. 1002-1034 ORE GENESIS IN THE CHIHUAHUA, NAICA DISTRICT, MEXICO JOHN G. STONE CONTENTS PAGE Abstract.............................. 1010 Structure in mine area Northwest fractures Northeast fractures 1010............... Genesisof the primary ores of the Naica district ...................... 1024 1024 1025......................... 1033 ABSTRACT In the Naica miningdistrictof north-centralMexico,pyrometasomatic...The only igneous rocks known in the Sierra de Naica, consistingof thin, discontinuous dikesand sills |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Washington, DC 20513 pohwatp@si.edu FLUORITE Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee R egular readers...Fluorite with sphalerite, 8.8 cm high, from the Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee. Note the gemmy corners...to describe is difficult. The Burnt Hill tungsten mine, York County, New Brunswick, is located in a metamorphic...the greisen and in kaolinite at the Mount Pleasant mine, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, as transparent...specimen from the Faraday (also called the Madawaska) mine, located near Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | LVVâlong w a v e Twinning is also very common in selenite, fishtails and butterfly wings are terms used...forms of selenite. The accepted names are swallowtail and fishtail. In the United States selenite has been...reported occurrence. That is reserved for the Braden mine, Chile where a crystal ten feet long has been reported...cleavable and transparent crystals under the heading SELENITE. Fine crystals have been reported from Ellsworth...at Lockport, N . Y. comes thick tabular xls of selenite with petroleum inclusions. These are very showy |  | Castillo-Sandoval, IsaĂ, Fuentes-Cobas, Luis E., PĂ©rez-Cazares, Bernardo E., Esparza-Ponce, Hilda E., Fuentes-Montero, MarĂa E., Castillo-Michel, Hiram, Eichert, Diane, Reyes-Cortes, Ignacio, Carreño-MĂĄrquez, IvĂĄn J., Napoles-Duarte, JosĂ© M., Montero-Cabrera, MarĂa E. (2018) Surface impurities on giant gypsum crystals from âla Cueva de las Espadasâ (Cave of Swords), Naica, Mexico. Mineralogy and Petrology, 112 (6) 865-879 doi:10.1007/s00710-018-0586-7 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | âla Cueva de las Espadasâ (Cave of Swords), Naica, Mexico IsaĂ Castillo-Sandoval 1 & Luis E. Fuentes-Cobas...The Cave of Swords was discovered in 1910 at Naica, Chihuahua, MĂ©xico. During the last century, human presence...correspond to minerals that were abundantly present in Naica ore deposit before any anthropogenic activity. The...Swords were not produced by human presence. Keywords Naica . Impurities on gypsum . Synchrotron radiation techniques...discovered in 1910 at Naica mine. This cave is located 120 m below one of Naica mine entrances (GarcĂa-Ruiz |  | | Journal (issue) | | KHURSHEED DINSHAW NEVADA PATENT MINE 34 United Statesâ only active azurite mine. STUART âTATEâ WILSON Regular...Azuritecredit) with Malachite,. (photo Milpillas Mine, Mexico : ARKENSTONE specimen now in the Jeff Kremer...of Tiffany Stone are no longer available from the mine at Delta Utah, even though the beryl content is... Mexican miners working underground at Ojuela mine circa 1908. Note safety equipment of the day. IMAGE...have Mexico become a reliable source of mineral specimen wealth â and periodic surprises. Mexico is a |  | | Catalog/List | | 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. -2BARYTES. Silverband Mine, Dun Fell, westmoreland. ~ single glassy transparent...pinkish Granite. ltxltxlt"- ÂŁ2.50. BORNITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne Cornwall. A pure, purply, tarnished metallic...the higher workings of the Mine. 2xltxlt". ÂŁ1.50. BOTALLACKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Select... . 3x2xlt". ÂŁ8.00. ' . . BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. Metallic grey slightly tarnfshed...âą. BROCHANTITE. Blanchard Claims, Bingham, New Mexico, U.S.A. Light green, silky, -needly crystals encrusting |  | | Report (issue) | | the classic smithsonites from the old Kelly mine in New Mexico. Associations of aurichalcite, kipushite...come from a recent find in Sounion mine #6 (also known as the Exi mine, âExiâ being Greek for âsixâ) in...$130). Cu-rich smithsonite, 2.7 cm, from Sounion mine #6, Laurium district, Attika, Greece. Greek Rocks...===============ï„ The same discovery in Sounion mine #6 has also produced larger specimens which show... calcite and hemimorphite, 5.5 cm, from Sounion mine #6, Laurium district, Attika, Greece. Greek Rocks |  | | Catalog/List | | while they last. TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near...inch specimens, $25.00 each. CAMPYLITE: Dry Gill Mine, Cumberland, England; A unique and rare species...UORESCENT GEODES: Nice quality geode halves from Chihuahua, Mexico. These are all deeply hollow and have banded...structures. $20.00 each DENDRITIC WIRESIL VER Elure Mine, Cobar, NWS, Australia; Fine crystalline wire silver...size and characteristics. WINDOW SELENITE: Colonias, Chihuahua, Mexico: Excellent single large bladed and |  | | Catalog/List | | good stuff that used to come out of the Marencl mine, ~ut the price is a whole lot better. specimens...boxes: $3.00 each BROWN DOG-TOOTHED CALCITE: Chihuahua. Mexico: I Know, there's a lot of thla around, but...larger specimen grab you! GARNET CALCITE: Chihuahua, Mexico: OK, I know what you are thinking, what the...sections (orange) LARGE COMBINATION CALCITE: Chihuahua, Mexico: Another one I just couldn't pasa up! Large...00 eaoh. CLEANED COPPER AND MALACHITE: Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Arizona: I've had these for a few years |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystals of selenite (gypsum) was discovered in late 1999 at the Naica Mine in Chihuahua, Mexico. I had the...visit this mine a little more than a decade ago. Naica is a working lead, zinc and silver mine in which...voids have been found, containing crystals of selenite as large as 4 feet in diameter and 50 feet long...1000 feet down in the limestone host rock of the mine. The crystals were formed from circulating hot waters...drilling through the Naica fault, which they were worried would flood the mine. The Cave of Swords, discovered |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Viburnum Trend, Southeast Missouri: Character, Mine Distribution, Paragenetic Position, Trace Element...occurrence. This communication discusses their character, mine distribution, paragenetic position, trace element...galena occurrences in Germany, Bulgaria, Russia, Mexico, and notes their occurrence at the Pine Point District...Northwest Territories of Canada and at the Black Cloud mine in Colorado. Flat, platy galena crystals have been...in the Gonderbach Ag mine in NW Germany, the Dalnegorsk Pb-Zn (skarn deposit) mine in SE Russia, the Madan |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineral occurrences of amazoniteâsmoky quartz and selenite-calcite-aragonite as they are found in nature...carbonaceous chrondrite that fell over northern New Mexico in 1969 is part of the meteorite display. This...center: Native silver weighing 10 ounces, Smuggler mine, Aspen, Pitkin County, Clorado. The specimen is...galena cubes coated with white quartz, Galena Queen mine, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado. Below:...of gold known from Colorado. From the Gold Flak mine, Farncomb Hill, French Gulch, near Breckenridge |  | | Journal (issue) | | and as white, coloured or transparent crystals (selenite). Satin Spar Maria Glass When it is in large...times. Alabaster is used for decorative carvings. Selenite crystals come in several forms, some of which...to giant sizes (12m x1m, found in caves in Chihuahua, Mexico) and 'desert roses' which are petal-like clusters... Large single crystal Acicular (needle-like) selenite *A big thank you to Geoffrey Carver who took...of the Crystals at Naica, Chihuahua showing the immense size of its amazing selenite crystals; there are |
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