 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | This extraordinary locality has yielded hundreds of superb specimens often featuring large, sharp crystals...Choice column. Serandite was first described as a new species from Rouma Island, Los Archipelago, Guinea...Guinea (Lacroix 1931). It was named in honor of Jules Numa Mugnier Serand (1872– 1933), a lighthouse keeper...keeper who supplied Lacroix with suites of samples from the Los peralkaline complex (Fontan and Martin 2017)...formula of serandite is NaMn2Si3O8(OH). It is an end-member of the serandite-schizolite-pectolite series |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | smoky quark, and turquoise specimens, New Mexico boasts an array of mineral species. RAMON S. DEMARK 6509...Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110 THE PURPOSE OF THIS INDEX is to provide a comprehensive listing of New Mexico...article suggest or imply approval to collect at any of the sites mentioned. In many cases, collecting is...Particular attention was directed toward incorporating new information on discoveries and occurrences, although...all of the mineral occurrences in New Mexico-a venture of that magnitude is beyond the scope of this |  | Petersen, O. V., Niedermayr, G., Johnsen, O., Gault, R. A., Brandstätter, F. (2002) Lovdarite from the IlÃmaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Monatshefte, 2002 (1) 23-30 doi:10.1127/0028-3649/2002/2002-0023 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | complex, South Greenland Contribution to the mineralogy of IlÃmaussaq, no. 103 Petersen, O. V., Copenhagen...sphalerite, tugtupite and the recently approved new mineral nabesite. The IlÃmaussaq lovdarite forms...forms fans, cockscomb to almost spherical aggregates of platy crystals, with individual crystals to 0.05 ´...orientation are concerned. The unit cell parameters of the lovdarite from IlÃmaussaq are: a = 39.948(4)...lovdarite from the type locality. The empirical formula of the IlÃmaussaq lovdarite, derived from crystal structure |  | | Report (issue) | | Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal Data: Triclinic. Point Group: 1: Prismatic to acicular crystals, elongated...(OH): Polymorphism & Series: Forms a series with pectolite. Occurrence: In sodalite xenoliths and pegmatites...Saint-Hilaire, Canada); in vugs in phonolite (Point of Rocks, New Mexico, USA); in a contact metamorphosed terrigenous...Los Islands, Guinea. In the USA, at Point of Rocks, Colfax Co., New Mexico; from the Gem mine, San Benito...collection of type material. Type Material: National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 96515 |  | | Book (edition) | | PROKRTY VEBia JH Of HIGH SCHOOL UMAH w- oc Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 http://www...org/details/mineralsofnewmexOOnort MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO Before all things, there which has them...upon men the increasing attention to the science of Mineralogy, manifested United its States, pursuit...1933 MINERALS of New Mexico STUART A. NORTHROP University of Mew Mexico PROPERTY OF HBSIER JR. HIGH...Edition UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS ALBUQUERQUE © 1944. 1959. UNIVERSITY OFNEW MEXICO PRESS ALL RIGHTS |  | | Book (volume) | | corner of Kimball Co. where it overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the entire...in the southeastern corner where Pennsylvanian rocks crop out. These formations resulted from Tertiary...Mountains as they rose during the Larimide revolution of 100 million years ago that closed the Mesozoic era...west reaches rise to the high, arid sagebrush plains of eastern Wyoming, disclosing spectacular bedrock formations...Nebraska contains most of the gem fields in the state, insomuch as both the Black Hills of South Dakota and |  | | Report (issue) | | Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Cubic. Point Group: 4/m 3 2/m. {111}, {hll}, {hkl}; commonly...sodalite, nepheline, neptunite, lamprophyllite, pectolite, serandite, eudialyte, ussingite, chkalovite,...intrusion, Greenland. From Aris, about 20 km south of Windhoek, Namibia. At Lake Magadi, Kenya. From Poços...Minas Gerais, Brazil. In the USA, at Point of Rocks, Colfax Co., New Mexico, and on Porphyry Mountain,...Villiaume, French explorer, in whose collections of rocks from Guinea the mineral was first found. Type |  | | Journal (issue) | | WASHINGTON November 3, 2007 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Clark County P. U. D. Building 1200 Fort Vancouver Way Vancouver...table to share with others. There will be samples of fluoro-edenite from Summit Rock available. We will...guest speaker has been planned, so if you have slides of mineral specimens or collecting localities that you...would like to have to munch on. In the evening, many of us plan to go to a local buffet restaurant, so please...Stickney of Eugene, Oregon near the town of Trent in Lane County, Oregon, just southeast of Springfield/Eugene |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Pete J. Dunn Washington... Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Mi George W. Robinson Natl. Museums of Canada Ottawa, Ontario...0026-4628 'Continued on p. 327 Articles Some aspects of modern mineral specimen curation...................mine, New Brunswick ..................... 263 by W. E. Wilson Wattersite, Hg4+1Hg+2Cr+6Oe, a new mineral...mineral from the Clear Creek claim, San Benito County, California ............269 by A. C. Roberts, M . Bonardi |  | | Report (issue) | | Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point Group: 2=m or 2: Crystals prismatic, somewhat elongated...also f111g, f111g, rare f210g. Also as aggregates of small crystals, druses, rosettes, blooms, and earthy...mineral found in almost all rock types, including most of the pegmatites, in a di®erentiated alkalic massif...lamprophyllite, murmanite, lomonosovite, eudialyte, pectolite, villiaumite, sodalite (Lovozero massif, Russia);... Kola Peninsula, Russia. At Point of Rocks, Colfax Co., New Mexico, USA. From Mont Saint-Hilaire and |  | | Book (edition) | | This book is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Dr. John Sinkankas for his kind initiative and support...phorographed specimens are fivm the collectio11s of both authors as ire!/ as from many other collections...Te~in 14/02/03/0 I All rights reserved•• ·o pan of thh. work may be reproduced by any mechanical. photographic...photographic, or electronic process, or in the fonn of a phonogrciphicrecording. nor may it be ,torcd in...public or private U<,e. without written penni,,ion of the publi,her. ISBN 80-7296-039-3 CONTENTS Preface |  | | Book | | PREFACE The end of 1994 marked the close of the first quarter-century of publication of the Mineralogical...helping to build one of the single most valuable and authoritative published archives of data for the mineral...problems, however. With each passing year the sum of knowledge contained in the back issues has grown...early on that, were this problem of access not relieved, the sheer bulk of data would eventually compromise...compromise its own reference value. In 1980, at the urging of Pete J. Dunn, we initiated a feasibility study for |  | | Book | | listing geographic boundaries and the known minerals of each area. Entire chapters are devoted to several...will find the information on gemstone fluorescence of particular interest. Data tables list all mineral...which produce fluorescence, determine the color of luminescence. For example, fluorite may fluoresce...color due to the presence of a different activator. A comprehensive catalog of known fluorescent minerals...description of color variations in a quick-reference format. The author has included a number of experiments | | | Book | | listing geographic boundaries and the known minerals of each area. Entire chapters are devoted to several...will find the information on gemstone fluorescence of particular interest. Data tables list all mineral...minerals which produce fluorescence, determine the color of luminescence. For example, fluorite may fluoresce...color due to the presence of a different activator. A comprehensive catalog of known fluorescent minerals...description of color variations in a quick-reference format. The author has included a number of experiments |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Collector’s Guide to the Downloaded by [University of Toronto Libraries] at 09:45 25 December 2014 Mica...Taxonomy of the Mica Group The mica minerals are a large group that covers a considerable range of compositions...compositions, many of which form continuous solid-solution series with others. Not surprisingly, organizing...organizing the group into a rational set of accepted mineral species is a painstaking process. The classic work...the nomenclature of the group as a whole was imperfect. Recently, the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral |  | | Book | | Museum Gems & Minerals reveals the beauty and splendor of the natural world around us. This book is a comprehensive...illustrated guide to 260 examples of gems and minerals from the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto...right conditions, geological activity over millions of years can form amazing and sometimes strikingly beautiful...the crystal structure of minerals, as well as illustrations and explanations of many geological concepts...informative introduction to Gems & Minerals explains some of this science, continued on back flap... ye : |  | | Book (volume) | | Prairie State, Illinois exhibits a length of 378 miles and a width of 210 miles, with its 56,000 sq. mi. sloping...more than 275 rivers, the state is bounded along ¾ of its circumference by navigable waters, primarily...along the northern borders, rising only to a altitude of 900 to 1,000 feet above sea level. Though well endowed...the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift of the Late Pleistocene Wisconsin...Wisconsin glaciation, the bluffs and detritus of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and in the southern Fluorspar |  | | Book (volume) | | Prairie State, Illinois exhibits a length of 378 miles and a width of 210 miles, with its 56,000 sq. mi. sloping...more than 275 rivers, the state is bounded along ¾ of its circumference by navigable waters, primarily...along the northern borders, rising only to a altitude of 900 to 1,000 feet above sea level. Though well endowed...the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift of the Late Pleistocene Wisconsin...Wisconsin glaciation, the bluffs and detritus of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and in the southern Fluorspar |  | | Book | | serandite (orange) and analcime (white). It is one of the most famous specimens collected at Mont Saint-Hilaire;...shortly thereafter acquired by the Canadian Museum of Nature (CMNMC 37124), where it is currently on display...crystals of monteregianite-(Y), [KNa 2YSi8 0 19 • 5H 20], and on the right, deep blue crystals of carletonite...Monteregianite is named after the Monteregian Hills, of which Mont Saint-Hilaire is a member; carletonite...carletonite is named after Carleton University, where much of the early work on Mont Saint-Hilaire minerals was |  | | Journal (issue) | | Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml George W. Robinson Natl. Museums of Canada Ottawa, Ontario.................... 2 A short history of mining in New Mexico .........................................5 by W. E. Wilson Minerals first described from New M ex ico ...................................... 9...mineral localities: The Magdalena district, Kelly, New Mexico ...............................................localities: The Hansonberg district, Bingham, New Mexico ............................................ |  | | Journal (issue) | | worden vermenigvuldigd en/of openbaar gemaakt door middel van druk, fotokopie, of op welke wijze dan ook...privé-excursies, raadplegen van de bibliotheek, uitleendienst of... gewoon een gezellig babbeltje... Deze maand worden...vakantievondsten of bespreken we onze ervaringen met betrekking tot mineralen zoeken of tot musea die we...Stuur een mailtje naar Ineke ina.van.dyck@skynet.be of bel 03/827 67 36. De toekomst verzekerd... Op 10...een totaal ander genre DVD's te maken, die hij de New Crystal Hunters noemde. Geonieuws 36(7), september |  | | Book | | Zeolites Defined Origin of the Name The name zeolite was created in 1756, by Freiherr Axel Fredrick...(to boil) and "Iithos" (stone), to describe a group of silicate minerals that expel water when heated and...many local names in the eighteenth century. Most of the research in zeolite mineralogy was done, at that...Britain. Because of differences in language, nationality, and obscurity of some of the publications,... no uniform system of nomenclature had been developed. There was no governing body, like the International | | | Book | | Zeolites Defined Origin of the Name The name zeolite was created in 1756, by Freiherr Axel Fredrick...(to boil) and "Iithos" (stone), to describe a group of silicate minerals that expel water when heated and...many local names in the eighteenth century. Most of the research in zeolite mineralogy was done, at that...Britain. Because of differences in language, nationality, and obscurity of some of the publications,... no uniform system of nomenclature had been developed. There was no governing body, like the International |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...semiprecious stones, which are plentiful in every section of this I continent. A precise location guide, by...organized describes tested digging under the names of the nearest towns and counties. More than fifty maps...stretches of stream beds, and easily identifiable land- marks. Here is a precise explanation of h< to recognize...Edition Russell P. MacFall Thomas Y. 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Point of Rocks Quarry, Point of Rocks Mesa, Springer, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA