 | | Journal (issue) | | Gemmology / 2008 / Volume 31 / No. 3/4 Ornamental variscite: A new gemstone resource from Western Australia...Susan Stöcklmayer and Dr Martin Wells Abstract: Variscite (AlPO4.2H2O) is an uncommon bluish-green mineral...gemstone since the Neolithic Age. A new location of variscite has recently been investigated on Woodlands Station...Station, Western Australia. The variscite from here occurs in n a variety of aggregated habits within...encrusted with microcrystals icrocrystals of variscite and wardite. Within the host rocks, associated |  | | Report (issue) | | francoanellite, brushite, ardealite, strengite, variscite, vivianite. Distribution: From the Sugarloaves...Yangsue Posayen Cave, 20 km south of Guilin, Guangxi Province, China. From the Niah Great Cave, Sarawak |  | | Journal (issue) | | Smithsonite-Mark Hughston collection, page 144; Variscite-Gus and Jane Eifler coLlection, page 82; Cinnabar-Rob...mine, Liubao, Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Don and Laura Aaron photo. Drusy... Calcite, 3 cm, from Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China. Don and LauraAaron photo. Malachite, 12 cm, from...Ruijin County, Ganzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China. Don and Laura Aaron photo. 14 Supplement to The...from Huanggang mining complex, Inner Mongolia, China. (right: under shortwave ultraviolet). Joe Budd |  | | Journal (issue) | | GemeWizard Ltd., Ramat Gan, Israel; Guanghai Shi, China University of Geosciences, Beijing; James E. Shigley...from 1 to 15 ct (e.g. Figure 16). Most were cut in China, except for the largest piece that was cut by Luigi...Figure 30). The jewellery is hand-fabricated in China using silver with a platinum plating, and contains...Xianghualing tin-polymetallic ore field, Hunan Province, China. Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 21–29, http://dx.doi...Chen Miaofen, Chenxi, Guangxi, P.R. China Fan Xingyu, Xuancheng, Anhui, P.R. China Féral, Catherine, Paris |  | | Journal (issue) | | photo. Pyromorphite, 9 cm, Daoping mine, Guilin, Guangxi, China. Ex Steve Smale Kunzite spodumene, 11...Pyromorphite, 12 cm, Daoping mine, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Joe Budd photo. 10 Supplement... 9 cm, Mt. Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Sichuan, China. Joe Budd photo. Mesolite with apophyllite, 14...cm, Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China. Joe Budd photo. Supplement to The Mineralogical...Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China. Joe Budd photo. Calcite on stibnite, 8.5 cm, Xionghuang |  | | Journal (issue) | | shape yes no not yet encountered Biwa, Japan; China; USA yes Chinese, ‘coin bead’, round no not...ornamental gem material for jewellery and carving in China. However, the reserves of the stones have dramatically...spectra, nephrite, Shoushan stone, Introduction In China over the past 5000 years, high quality nephrite...northern suburbs of Fuzhou, Fujian province, P.R. China (Wu and Cui, 1999). Shoushan stone comprises around...unit of mass equivalent to 50 g used in ancient China) of Tianhuang stone is worth ten Liang of gold. |  | | Journal (issue) | | and trapiche-type sapphire from Hunan province, China (bottom); slices perpendicular to the c-axis, the...inclusion study of gem tourmaline from Xinjiang, China. Geochemistry, 5(3), 234–40 Lussier, A.J., and Hawthorne...all its forms. Brownish red zircon from Muling, China. T. Chen, H. Ai, M. Yang, S. Zheng and Y. Liu. Gems...archaeogemmology of peridot; natural and treated nephrite in China; the use of photoluminescence spectra in determining...concerning blue and pink sapphires from Muling, N.E. China; a review of gems in southern Brazil; ruby from |  | | Journal (issue) | | author’s earlier visits to other pearl farms – in China, Australia and French Polynesia – had invariably...particular reference to cultivations at Yangxin, China. J. Gemm., 22(1), 3-15 Komatsu, H., 1987. Introduction...Hsianghualing deposit, the People’s Republic of China. Geochemistry International, 40(9), 860-73 Anonymous... 399 Vaterite in freshwater cultured pearls from China and Japan U. Wehrmeister1, D. E. Jacob2*, A. L....in the southern, central and eastern regions of China (approximately 167000 km 2 (Strack, 2001)). Mussels |  | | Journal (issue) | | Hubei Province, China Qi Lijian, FGA, DGA, Yan Weixuan, FGA, DGA, and Yang Mingxin, FGA China University of...430074, P.R. China ABSTRACT: The turquoise deposit in Yunyang district, Hubei Province, China, is characterized...varieties, compared with similar bodies outside China. The copper and phosphorus in the deposit originate...Age, located in Yongjing County, Gansu Province, China. This indicates a mining history of about 3200-3800...of Gemmological Institute of climbed the Qinling China (Wuhan) have climbed J. Gemm., 1998, 26, 1, 1- 12 |  | | Book | | Number: 2008941032 ISBN 978-0-9817995-2-0 Printed in China Treasured Minerals 3 4 Treasured Minerals ...23 24 Treasured Minerals Variscite and Topaz from Utah Variscite was discovered in Fairfield, Utah...nodules that are now so highly prized found. Variscite is a phosphate mineral and is one of 14 phosphate...published in 1975 when he was 82 years old. The variscite is the green mineral, and the yellow is crandallite;...There have not been any more recent finds of variscite to match these multicolored nodules, and they |  | | Journal (issue) | | Arizona” (2012), “The Crystalline Treasures of China” (2013), and “The Best of the Best: Prized Minerals...County, Bayinguoling Autonomous Region, Xinjiang, China. Ken Donn photo. Azurite “rose,” 3.5 cm, from the...cm, from the Baisha copper mine, Hubei Province, China. Jeff Scovil photo. (left) Goethite (“turgite”)...Yangchun County, Yangjiang, Guandong Province, China. Jeff Scovil photo. Mottramite, 14 cm, from the...Wenshan mine, Wenshan County, Yunnan Province, China. Jeff Scovil photo. Shattuckite, 12 cm, from the |  | | Journal (issue) | | obtained from pegmatites in Australia, Brazil and China. Eleven single crystals from Heffernan's mine, Torrington...localities in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and one from China have been investigated {Table I). Crystals are hexagonal...of some samples from Araguai, Minas Gerais, and China show corroded surfaces, with a large number of point...{1121} faces of crystals from Minas Gerais and China are characterized by heavily developed etch pits...world sources, the south-western United States, China, Persia/Iran, Sinai and Cornwall being singled out |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Sichuan Province, China. Rob Lavinsky collection, ex James Horner collection;...polished. Slabs of liddicoatite from Madagascar and variscite nodules from Fairfield, Utah have always had an...mistake the cut and polished flat surface on a variscite nodule or an agate as natural! The cut merely...simple appreciation of earth materials. Some 266 Variscite Liddicoatite Agate us to see into the specimen...quartz. Most of the quartz production is sold to China, which since the mid-1990s has been the world’s |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral Specimens, 21-12:10. Weinrich, Dan: News from China, 21-11:7. Minerals Acan1hi1e:Morocco, 21-9:1 P...Juan La Akaparrosa, Sama Elena. 21-9:7 Boumoni1e: China. Hunan Chenzhou. Yaogangxian. 21-11 :7 P Brochanti1e:...Florida, 21-8:6 P Calci1e: China, Hubei, Daye Tonglushan, 21-11:7 P Calcilc: China, Hubci, Daye Tonglushan...Tonglushan , 21-11 :8 P Calcile: China. Hunan Leiyang. Shangbao. 21-11 :9 P Calci1c: USA, Illinois Godfrey. Lohr...Granite. Philipsburg. Ser.itch A"I. 21-7:3 Epidote: China. Sichuan :',1eigu21-11:S E, lite: Namibia. Tsumeb |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1580 1.7 8.9 183 23.5 4.0 0.12 0.28 56.03 China Hyriopsis shell <0.009 0.13 0.15 775 0.73...2.6 28.0 191 20.0 <0.13 0.07 0.34 56.03 China Ming cultured pearl <0.005 0.05 0.39 138 0...darkfield lighting in microscopes. Prof. Lijian Qi (China University of Geosciences, Wuhan) described the...Dr Zhili Qiu (Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China) explained how to differentiate jadeite from Myanmar...mainland China. He said that compared to the ‘mature’ market in Taiwan, the emerging market in China The |  | | Journal (issue) | | 3 cm, from Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. (below) Quartz with anthraxolite inclusions, 12...15.2 cm, from the Sanming mine, Fujian Province, China. Fluorite, 10.9 cm, from the Rogerley mine, Frosterley... from the Daye mine, Huangshi, Hubei Province, China. Jeff Scovil photo. Kermesite, 8.8 cm, from the...Caiwa mine, Danfeng County, Shangluo, Shaanxi, China. Jeff Scovil photo. Cuprosklodowskite, 9 cm, from...Huanggang mine complex, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China. Jeff Scovil photo. Supplement to the Mineralogical |  | | Catalog/List | | business, or for his collection. At the same time, China was beginning to open up, so it was time for him...on. Rock was not one of irst mineral buyers to China, but he did make many successful trips there: he..............................................170 China ..................................................HA.com/5445 72057 Variscite, Crandallite & Wardite Little Green Monster Variscite Mine, Clay Canyon,... Utah, USA “A polished slab of variscite showing the green variscite, the yellow crandalite and the grey |  | | Journal (issue) | | selections from Rob Lavinsky's "Crystalline Treasures of China". Cuprite, 8.3 cm, from the 1000 Level of the Cole...Maton garnet mine, Yunxiao County, Fujian Province, China. Dale Armstrong photo. Gold, 4.5 cm, from the Mystery...Shilu mine, Yangchun County, Guangdong Province, China. Jeff Scovil photo. 34 Supplement to The Mineralogical...Minggang mine, Xinyang Prefecture, Henan Province, China. Jeff Scovil photo. Rhodochrosite, 8.3 cm, from...12.7 cm, from the Wenshan mine, Yunnan Province, China. Jeff Scovil photo. Amethyst epimorphs after barite |  | | Journal (issue) | | YAOGANGXIAN MINE, YIZHUANG COUNTY, CHENZHOU, HUNAN, CHINA JOE BUDD PHOTO The Arkenstone Gallery Fine Minerals...resemble the recent pyrite-coated calcites from China, but they hail instead from the Pogo mine, Southeast...scorodite is not from the closely similar occurrence in China, thus setting to rest some doubts which had been...from the Yangshuo mine, near Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Probably the very best of...Kuruktag Mountains, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China have been marketed in the West for some years now |  | | Report (issue) | | Govemador Valadares, Brazil, or in Changsha and Guilin, China. In these places, you can run from dealer to...cassiterite, sphalerite balls, wavellite crystals, and variscite. Wavellite is far less common from Huanuni than...Foord distinguished two types of variscite, (variscite-M and variscite-L) and believed them to be two different...even better than the new ones from Yaogangxian, China. Bandy ( 1944) described crystals reaching 4 centimeters...wavellite, florencite, cassiterite, jeanbandyite, variscite, tourmaline, bismuthinite, and other species on |  | | Book | | LPPO Illustrations: Crowle Art Group Printed in China The publisher gratefully acknowledges the financial...LEFT: Fluorite, Taihang Shan Mountains, Hebei, China * (Sexes selem 10 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...semiconductors — PLANET RIGHT: Funerary jar and stand (China, Song Dynasty, 960-1279 ce), earthenware, painted...Ajo district, Arizona, USA 6 Keo lecm LEFT: Au (China, Eastern Zhou dynasty, 500-450 sce), bronze, copper...Asia: Hydercahn, Kazakhstan; Tsar Tien Mine, Hunan, China. Name From the medieval Latin cinnabaris, which |  | | Journal (issue) | | Manganese Field, the Lovozero Massif in Russia, China (two), Broken Hill in Australia, and Tasmania. The...Kuruktag Mountains, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Rob Lavinsky (The Arkenstone) specimen; Joe Budd...11.5 cm, from Mt. Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Sichuan, China. Mim Museum collection; Augustin de Valence photo...the wholesale business is now slowly shifting to China, South Korea and even Vietnam as interest grows...in Gross Domestic Product has surpassed that of China, ranking India as the world's fastest growing large |  | | Journal (issue) | | Diego, California Prague, Czech Republic Wuhan, China Edward W. Boehm Dorrit Jacob Guanghai Shi Chattanooga...Chattanooga, Tennessee Sydney, Australia Beijing, China James E. Butler A.J.A. (Bram) Janse James E....Johannesburg, South Africa Nantes, France Wuhan, China Wuyi Wang Eloïse Gaillou Thomas M. Moses New...team of researchers led by Kong Gao of NGTC in China provide a means of discriminating the geographic...a commercially available CVD synthetic made in China. Figure 9A shows blue dislocation luminescence with |  | | Book | | mine, Quinghai Province, and the Nan Dang mine, Guangxi Province-and those seen at Tucson were attributed...probably predate slightly, the 1992 find. ASIA CHINA Fengjiashan mine near Daye, Daye district, Hubei...its localities in California, South Africa and China, inesite was found in excellent specimens in the...Nikolaevskiy mine (Grant and Wilson, 2001). ASIA CHINA Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan. The...weathered so deeply as to form deposits of pure white "China clay"-the end stage of the alteration of feldspars |  | | Journal (issue) | | release selections for sale! Dallas, Texas & Guilin, China info@iRocks.com Facebook.com/Arkenstone.iRocks...mine and, perhaps most interesting, a very rare variscite specimen also from the Cole mine. I also appreciated...Mineralogical Record, volume 53, March–April, 2022 China II: Mineralien, Fundorte, Lagerstätten by Berthold...and in China—as recorded by many an article in the Mineralogical Record and in his 2008 book China—qualify...high-energy attendance when his brandnew book, China II, went on display at the booth of Lapis, the German |
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