| | Corporate Document (Series) | Minerals of Tasmania Geological Survey Bulletin 73 by R. S. Bottrill and W. E. Baker Mineral Resources...Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources E>...56 Rosny Park Tasmania 7018 Phone (03) 6233 8377 Fax (03) 6233 8338 Email info@mrt.tas.gov.au www.mrt...gov.au First published in Australia in 2008 by Mineral Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure...Box 56, Rosny Park, Tasmania 7018 www.mrttas.gov.au ©Copyright State of Tasmania, 2008 All rights reserved | | | Book | # ' 'M & va ;>1 MINERALS All GEMSTONES OF TASMANIA v. AND THEIR LOCATIONS By KEITH E. LANCASTER...LANCASTER Si "s MINERALS All :' GEMSTONES OF TASMANIA AND THEIR LOCATIONS By KEITH E. LANCASTER The author...Lancaster — panning for osmiridium at the “Clay Bank”, west of Adamsfield. Published by GEMCRAFT PUBLICATIONS...National Museum of Victoria. Chromiferous cerussite — (Dundas). Courtesy. National Museum of Victoria. First...National Library of Australia Card Number and ISBN 0909223 04 1 Printed in Australia by Quadricolor Industries | | | Journal (issue) | B Sc.. F. G A A. Cura101 ol Mmerals, Bur�au of Mineral. R•sourct1s. Canberra Ralph Segnit M.Sc (A�I...ruor Principal Rasearch Scientist Or,,s1on of Mineral Chemistry C. S./.R. O. Lin Sutherland B. Sc....Museum ol VICIOI,. Peter Bridge M,nar•fot1••� West•rn A usrrahan Gonrnrmtnl Chemical Laboratories ...sub-rounded, measuring approximately I cm. x 0.5 cm., red to crimson in color, and transparent t o translucent...kilomwcs from the Beechw� rih allu,fal diamond field. and the primary source of th� Bc:echworth d_iamon� | | | Journal (issue) | ................. 365 by R. G. Middleton The mineral collection of the Australian Museum .............F. L. Sutherland & G. Webb Minerals of western Tasmania ................................................Minerals of the Moonta and Wallaroo mining districts, South Australia ....................................Heyden Mimetite and duftite from the Mount Bonnie mine, Northern Territory ................................466 by W. D. Birch The Mount Isa-Cloncurry mineral f ie ld ...................................... | | | Journal (issue) | the natural order Labiatre, and known in parts of West Africa as ''Benefing'' ( ==black sesame) and in...of this very generally grown food crop in Yei District and other parts of the South is likely to be for...as examples. Much ren1 ains to be done in this field, but the work is necessarily slow to yield results...forest s of t he lower Zambesi an d alon g t he coast al belt t o Sout hern T an gan yika. Un successful...low-growing plants suc h as dwarf peas, mustard or field beans whic h do not overshadow the youngc araway | | | Catalog/List | 314-230-8323 FAX 314-256-6540. DEALERS IN FINE MINERAL SPECIMENS RETAIL PRICE LIST - SPRING, 1992 TERMS:...GETCHELLITE - Hajdarkan, Kirgisistan; Very rich bright red micaceous xlline getchellite with massive white calcite...black native rock matrix. Excellent sample of this mineral. Size: 3.5 x 4.5 cm - $40 709) INDERBORITE - Inder...from matrix. Good xllized example of this borate mineral from a classic locality. Size: 4 x 4 x 6 cm - $30...m1nor wolframite xls. 714) STELLERITE - Sarbai mine, Rudny, Kazakhstan; Showy lustrous brown radiating | | | Journal (issue) | Editors Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Pete J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London...Coordinators Eastern U.S. Charles & Marcelle Weber 1172 West Lake Ave. Guilford, CT 06437 Subscriptions • Individuals...Moore Phosphate minerals from the Leveaniemi iron mine, Svappavaara, Sweden ............................................ 343 by C.-G. Bjallerud The mineral collection of the Museum of Natural History, Vienna...Hollabaugh Laueite from Hagendorf-Siid andthe Palermo mine ................. 363 by L. C. Pitman New data | | | Book | authoritative published archives of data for the mineral collector and specimen-oriented mineralogist that...fl. Fluorescent, or fluoresces H History of Mineral Collecting (vol. 25, no. 6) All dimensional notations...Phosphates; 24/#2, Greenland; and 25/#6, The History of Mineral Collecting) are paginated independently, but following...GREENLAND] HMC0 ] 1-264 •MINERAL MUSEUMS OF EASTERN EUROPE 0 HISTORY OF MINERAL COLLECTING Tlir M/11,ru/1111/ml...spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON | | | Journal (entire run) | 293 Wattletree Road, East Malvern, Vic., 3145. Australia. Phone: (03) 509 1666 Fax: (03) 500 9475 All rights...Library of Australia ISBN 0 909223 64 5 Design by Gemcraft Pty. Ltd. Printed in Australia by Ramsay Ware...cover is from the Coober Pedy opal fields, South Australia. The 10-ounce gold crystal on the back cover was...Flinders, Victoria - W.D. Birch Apophyllite in Tasmania - FL. Swherland Minerals of the Oxidized Zone...Warrumbungles - J.V. Sanders Lunar Minerals - DA. Wark New Mineral Localities in Victoria - W.D. Birch Zinc Spine | | | Book | from California. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 7 THE MINERAL KINGDOM 9 IDENTIFICATION TARLES 146 CONVERSION...relationships among minerals. Members of the main mineral families are grouped together. Each such family...To find a particular mineral in this section, consult the Index. Under each mineral name in the Index there...this reference section. If you have a sample of a mineral of whose identity you are unsure, you should consult...section. When you think you know the name of the mineral you can find its entry by consulting the Index | | | Catalog/List | available. I normally have a good stock of each mineral in the catalogue up to where it says 'Single specimens'...~black cry~t~i;,o;-~;atrix. M~~nl Malo~O:. i:~n{ba District. IX I ins £5 2 AEGIRINE £10 Pyroxene Malawi lxl...cleavage Yakutia.Russia MnS lxl £9 ½x½ £3 IX½ Rawhide Mine. Mohave 255 ALA!\IOSITE Rich white cruslS on matrix...Arizona. U.S.A 2x2 1x2 sop Kragero Norway Rich orange-red masses with darker 6 ALBITE £L. 2~ . Fel~sp.ar Hornblende...botryoidal with possible New East Wheat Russell mine, ½x½ 501 ALLOPHANE £4 -·-· . . ALSiO £2.SO B~~.~~~~t~ | | | Journal (issue) | Bariand Paris, France Werner Lieber Heidelberg, West Germany Olaf Medenbach Bochum, Germany Eric Offermann.................. 93 by A. Falster The Rock Candy mine, British Columbia ................................Schoten COVER: ELBAITE on albite, from the Jonas mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Keith Proctor specimen; photo...(IcJufoxnui Northern California has many quality mineral dealers. Some are wholesale, some are both wholesale...dealers. Come and see us the next time you’re in the West. (Appointments are encouraged, as travel for specimens | | Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York. | Book (volume) | Mineralogy of 1949-1950. The preparation of the mineral descriptions has been with but rare exceptions...obtained from the standard reference works in the field. Particular mention may be made here of Hintze's...Neues Jahrbuch fiir Mineralogie and the invaluable Mineral Abstracts published by the Mineralogical Society...a natural expression of the series concept of mineral constitution that has supplanted the older notion...168; 2.165 (calc), M.P. 804°.^ also white, yellow, red, blue, purple. The blue and purple tints usually | | | Book | by detailed encyclopedic information on all the mineral varieties importantto the collector or lapidary...into sections, describing every aspect of the mineral world, this book gives the most complete coverage...find as much in this book as the enthusiastic mineral-collector and the experienced lapidary for whom...O’Donoghue The Mineral Kingdom 148 compiled by Michael O’Donoghue 288 Glossary \ Mineral Identification...of the world of minerals and fashioned gems; to lead those who have already made a first acquaintance | | | Book | MINERAL NAMES WHAT DO THEY MEAN? MINERAL NAMES WHAT DO THEY MEAN? by Richard Scott Mitchell ...America Published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company 135 West 50th Street, New York, N.Y. 10020 Published simultaneously...contrast, the relatively small number of necessary mineral names (probably less than 2500 even now, with about...activities of the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names of the International Mineralogical Association...when more than one is in use, and toward studying mineral groups with the aim of defining the names used | | | Journal (issue) | 1985 Volume Sixteen, Number Six Articles Famous mineral localities: the mineralogy of Graves Mountain,...from the Moculta quarry, near Angaston, South Australia ................................................with dolomite and chalcopyrite, from the Sweetwater mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri. Collection...magainzes in the field have gone under (e.g., Magma, Mineralien Magazin, Gems & Mineral Realm, and Rockhound)...perity; but we are still riding the fine line between red ink and black in the financial ledger. Just because | | | Book | detailed encyclopedic information on all the mineral varieties important to the collector or lapidary...into sections, describing every aspect of the mineral world, this book gives the most complete coverage...find as much in this book as the enthusiastic mineral-collector a... “he experienced lapidary for whom...138 Michael O’ Donoghue The Mineral Kingdom 148 Glossary 288 Mineral Identification Tables 289 ...earlier stage in their development fashioned gems; to lead those who have already tion about minerals that | | | Book | ncyclopedia of Mineral William H. Blackburn William H. Dennen | The Canadian Mineralogist Special Publication...Publication Poicletake of Mineral Names Pee pedia of Mineral Names William H. Blackburn Professor...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 | | | Book (edition) | Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...Introduction .................................. 7 Mineral Species and their Localities .............. Explanation... . . . . . . . . . . . 686 Alphabetic List of Mineral Localities ............. Explanation of Symbols... PREFACE 6 · PREFACE This book reviews abollt 8,500 mineral localities from all over the world, for all valid...with 3,350 minerals in the former edition. The mineral systeniatic classification is based on the updated | | | Book | rockhunting tools; Star Engineering Co., for the field rock saw; DeBeers Consolidated Mines, Inc., for...College. The author of twenty-one books about the mineral world (translations have appeared in French, Japanese...recognition has trade, come to him from gem and mineral organizations in thirteen countries. Professor...both as Rocky Mountain Federaand the Colorado Mineral Society. eration of Mineralogical Societies, the...Preface 9 Mineral Collecting 13 Gem 18 Cutting Identifying Minerals 32 Mineral Terms 51 74 | | | Book | rockhunting tools; Star Engineering Co., for the field rock saw; DeBeers Consolidated Mines, Inc., for...College. The author of twenty-one books about the mineral ·world (translations have appeared in French, Japanese...International recogniLion has come to hitn fro1n gem and mineral organizations in thirteen countries. Professor...Federation of Mineralogical Societies, and the Colorado Mineral Society. He has collected and prospected in nearly... CONTENTS Preface 9 Mineral Collecting 13 Gem Cutting 18 Identifying Minerals 32 Mineral Terms 51 Crystals | | | Book | rock¬ hunting tools; Star Engineering Co., for the field rock saw; DeBeers Consoli¬ dated Mines, Inc., for...College. The author of seventeen books about the mineral world (trans¬ lations have appeared in French,...recognition has come to him from twelve gem and mineral organizations on four continents. Professor Pearl...of Mineralogical Societies, and the Colo¬ rado Mineral Society. He has collected and prospected in nearly... Preface 9 Mineral Collecting 13 Gem Cutting 18 Identifying Minerals 32 Mineral Terms 51 Crystals | | 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) | Perspective Acknowledgments Introduction Descriptions of Mineral Species Abbreviations for Literature References...1702 1721 Indexes List of Mineral Names in Numerical Order List of Mineral Names in Alphabetical Order...natural history collection contained some 2500 mineral specimens, and even today, individual minerals...properties, relationships, genesis, and uses of mineral species. It appears at a time when mineralogy has...Wiley & Putnam) published in the sciences. Dana’s mineral descriptions were considerably condensed, and he | | | Book | 3000 entries defines all valid mineral species and many related mineral names. In addition to traditional...descriptions of major structural groups, methods of mineral analysis, and the paragenesis of min- eral species—...Western Hemi1 : sphere (Including Antarctica and Australia)/./? hodes W. Fairbridge XII THE ENCYCLOPEDIA...another were made and transmitted. The oldest-known mineral artifacts reveal selectivity on the part of a collector;...choppers 1,750,000 years ago. The dietary use of the mineral halite (com- subject mon cross-references to | | | Book | therefore, an attempt to bring a degree of order to a field that struggles, wittingly or unwittingly, to deal...for the authors to develop a resource that could lead the scientist, historian and conservator from those...also became clear from this research that as a field we have commonly been operating within too narrow...users from terms of common application such as ‘lead white’ or ‘Brunswick green’, where there are multiple...multiple associated compounds, to the specifics of a lead carbonate hydroxide or a copper chloride hydroxide |
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