 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure 1. Postcard view of the Waukon iron mine, Allamakee County, cia. 1912. John Taylor collection. ARTHUR...Unfortunately. with today’s environmental laws and mine and quarry regulations. the prolific collecting...HAROLD L. PRlOR P.O. Box 111 Columbus Junction, Iowa 52738 halprior@ louisacomm.net When we began this...too, could be cited with many other localities. Iowa contains the type locality for one mineral, iowaite...December 2014 Figure 2. Map of Iowa showing the counties. Courtesy Iowa Geological Survey. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |  | | Report (issue) | | panting-dog days. Durangite, 2.7 cm, from the Barranca mine, Coneto de Comonfort, Durango, Mexico. Arkenstone...Budd photo. Durangite, 1.7 cm, from the Barranca mine, Coneto de Comonfort, Durango, Mexico. Arkenstone...see in the Mineralogical Record a brief report of mine from the new New York City Metro Show, which happened...the type locality for the species, the Barranca mine, Conete de Comonfort, Durango, Mexico. At this point...for this species. Barite, 4.7 cm, from the Muzo mine, Vasquez-Yacobi district, Boyaca Department, Colombia |  | | Journal (issue) | | & C. R. Anhaeusser Minerals of the Linwood mine, Scott County, Iowa ............. 231 by P. L. Garvin... . . . . . . . . . . . 282 COVER: FLUORITE on quartz, 14 x 18 cm, from Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France...in the still open underground workings of the Gem mine. He encountered an open pocket containing well formed...conglomerate. The stories of these early discoveries and mine developments, some of which were conducted under...,,.•• MINE r •• •• ' ··, . TRANSVAAL e e e \ . | | | Journal (issue) | | C. R. Anhaeusser Minerals of the Linwood mine, Scott County,Iowa ..................... 231 by P. L....in the still open underground workings of the Gem mine. He encountered an open pocket containing well formed...conglomerate. The stories of these early discoveries and mine de velopments, some of which were conducted under...examples 209 MESSINA \ / *• \ / EERSTELING MINE y • PETERSBURG \ k PHALABORWA ii / ■ • r...deposits in the Trans vaal Province. The Eersteling mine was the first deposit to be seriously exploited |  | Huizing, Terry E., Richards, R. Peter, Clifford, Janet H., Cook, Robert B. (2017) Connoisseur's Choice: Calcite from the American Midwest, Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee. Rocks & Minerals, 92 (1) 46-63 doi:10.1080/00357529.2017.1241690 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from the American Midwest Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee C alcite is ubiquitous...the Gordonsville mine, Central Tennessee Lead-Zinc district near Carthage in Smith County. Calcite from...cm tall, from the Ben Hogan quarry in Lawrence County, Arkansas. Terry Huizing specimen (No. TEH 273)...and sandstone. Virtually any outcrop, road cut, or mine, especially in carbonate strata, may host calcite...dolostone at the Black Rock quarries of the Lawrence County Zinc district. Specimens often feature calcite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | jeffscovil@earthlink.net Figure 1. Quartz (4.8 cm) from Middleville, Herkimer County, New York. Joel and Jason...faces (fig. 5), but skeletal quartz (also called fenster or window quartz) (fig. 6) is an even better...in marl (6.7 cm) from the Ampliación a Victoria mine, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain. Chris and Agatha Galas...characteristic of hopper crystals from the Zapata mine, Santa Elena de Uairen, Bolivar, Venezuela. Keith...(3.4 cm) from the North Geronimo mine, Trigo Montains, LaPaz County, Arizona. Dick Morris specimen. |  | | Journal (issue) | | KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...371 by C. J. Stefano Featured Collection Pages Scott Rudolph Collection ...............................only): $139/one year (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...Philip G. Rust (deceased) SENIOR FELLOWS Gold Level Scott A. Rudolph (2021) Paradise Woods (2019) Gail & Jim...Maria Fiske (2021) Dona and Kim Niederman (2021) Scott Werschky (2021) Noel De Dora (2021) Sean P. Sweeney |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2, center block figure 9 ------------[calcite, quartz] axis or by pairing on opposite sides of a solid...Specimen is 1.2 cm wide and is from the König David mine, Gallenbach valley, Wittichen, Black Forest, Germany...6 cm high and is from the Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado. Alex Schauss specimen, Jeff...13.4 cm high and is from the Sedalia mine, Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. Colorado School of Mines...high and is from the Tarryall Mountains, Jefferson County, Colorado. Ian Merkel specimen, Jeff Scovil photo |  | | Journal (issue) | | $315/three years, (Canada) $180/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $259 per year Subscription (individuals...(deceased) Salim Edde Daniel Trinchillo Lyda Hill Scott A. Rudolph Daniel J. Record Gail & Jim Spann Rob...Sickinger MARCUS BUDIL Monaco budil@monaco.mc Quartz var. Gwindl, Galenstock, Uri, Switzerland, 9 cm...level of the underground mine was refurbished to accommodate visitors, showing mine workings dating from...village of Almadenejos we find: The Vieja Concepción mine. Here it is possible to visit part of the historic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineral descriptions. Anthony R . Kampf Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Mlnerals of Arlzona:...University,Alabama Collecting Crystals: The Guide to Quartz In Arkansas by Darcy and Mlke Howard. A&l Studio...to head for Arkansas to quench your thirst for quartz crystals, this little book is required reading...followed by a glossary. The first chapter discusses quartz in general but closes with a description of the...review of the techniques used to clean Arkansas quartz as well as some good suggestions regarding specimen |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | say that 99 per cent of the tills in Illinois and Iowa will not go much outside of 16 grades. If we average3...boulder-clay, Davenport, Iowa. Blue boulder-clay, two miles north of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Yellow boulder-clay...section 2, Crescent township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. 6. Yellow boulder-clay, Dimmick, Illinois....near Peoria, Illinois. Glacial sand, Muscatine, Iowa. Glacial sand from cross-bedded part of a bank,...materials.— Most terrace materials in Illinois and Iowa are also deposits in glacial waters and show the |  | | Book | | Carboniferous intrusions 31 Late Carboniferous quartz-dolerites 34 Early Permian alkali olivine-dolerites...mineral resources . However, a knowledge of the old mine workings is essential when planning for development...the north e�d of Faslane Port. The pebbles are of quartz and feldspar, with a notable proportion of microcline...grey-brown sandstones with a few beds containing small quartz and Highland pebbles. Subordinate siltstones also...present district from Auchensail Quarry [342 798] (Scott et al. , 1 976) and Psilophyton has been found at |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | assistant and cousin.) Extreme left is the booth of Scott Williams (W) of Scottsdale, A r i l . 34 ROCKS...Merritt, Jr., Mt. Airy, N.C. and Mrs. Hilda Chance, Linwood, Pa. 2nd: (Tied) Edgar A. Wengerd, Baltimore 22... Brasstown, N . C , and Mr. & Mrs A.E. Lyall, Linwood, Pa. Faceted Stoiiw—1st: W.E. Merritt, Jr., Mt...Geisler, Baltimore, Md. 2nd: Mrs. Hilda Chance, Linwood, Pa. 3rd: Olga Van Kirk, Miami, Fla. North Carolina...Travel Bureau Photo A view of the McKinney feldspar mine, Crabtree, Mitchell Co., N.C, during the Eastern |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | have been found along the Cahaba River in Shelby County, Ala. The colors are gray with red veins, red and...not believe anyone interested in odd, or unsual quartz xls will regret taking a couple of hours for this...abandoned diamond mine near Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Ark. Murfreesboro has the only diamond mine in the United...United States and though the mine is no longer in operation it has been "opened up" as a tourist attraction...number of years hills close by, quartz crystals, of odd, ago at the same mine in Arkansas. Howard A. Millar |  | | Journal (issue) | | interest were: Stolzite (PbWO4) from Brandy Gill mine and Wulfenite (PbMoO4) from Poddy Gill. Generally...with a crude hexagonal outline - from the Carrock mine The very rare tsumebite from Roughton Gill. Pale-green...crystals of brochantite. Duftite from Brandy Gill Mine. Dull grey-green coloured crystals with acute terminations...pyromorphites from the Driggith and Roughton Gill mine tips, linarite from Red Gill and blocky yellow pyromorphite...the Carrock Mine tips and the intense blue-white fluorescent scheelite from inside the mine. Guided by |  | | Journal (issue) | | Travelcade to Ray-Hayden Mines, from Phoenix. Jan. 23—Buffalo Dance and Fiesta, San Ildefonso Pueblo, N. M. Jan...Hubert Lowman, Old Plank Road By LAURA W. DUNLAP County, California. THE DESERT By FRANCES PARKER GRAAF...stream is the Green River. and dime stores, Daggett County And in this high desert region five in the upper...scheduled for comple- sippi. Winding through the county on its First leg of my trip to the damsite tion...Lake City east to Vernal. All I knew about Daggett County then was that its northeast corner contained the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sylacauga, Talladega Co., Ala. ARIZONA—The old Yuma mine, famous for its wonderful specimens of vanadinite...vanadinite and wulfenite, is located in Pima County, Ariz., about 15 miles N . W . of Tucson. Although abandoned...am sending some wulfenite xls from the old Yuma mine in the Tucson Mts. These xls range anywhere from...single xls. This mine quit working about 1920 and was mainly a gold, silver, and lead mine." ARKANSAS—Billy...Creek bridge. I was unable to enter the titanium mine, so did not get any rutile. I finally was able to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Devonian ages of Iowa, for minerals or fossils from other states. Amel Priest, Peru, Iowa. EXCHANGE. Tumbled... MINERALS OPALS, B R I L L I A N T COLORS—Direct f r o m mine, 15 for $ 5 . 0 0 . 10 ringsize cabochons (opal...k l a homa City, Oklahoma. Scott's Rose Quartz Co.—Rose Quartz—also Black Hills Rock Specimens of many...B U T ' S A G A T E SHOP. R.R. # 6 , Muscatine, Iowa. 1 " x 1 " SPECIMENS A N D LARGER — Of the f o l...satin spar, chrysocolla, rhodonite, garnets, coral, quartz x l . , pyrite, obsidian, a m e thyst, aragonite |  | | Journal (issue) | | (a variety of zoisite), 9 cm, from the Merelani mine, located on the slopes of the Lelatema Mountains...cover: Top left: Euclase, 2.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Colombia. Top right: Topaz, 8.4 cm, from Ouro Preto...left: Phosphophyllite, 2 cm, from the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Bottom right: Grossular, 3.5 cm...Tucson Show, held in a quonset hut at the old Pima County Fair and Rodeo Grounds. I’ve known all of the great...Fluorapatite on elbaite, 5.5 cm, from the Alto da Cabeca mine, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Will Johnson |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | reported as having discovered recently in Berks County, Pa., is 381 Downloaded by [JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY]...help comes from Mrs. Hilda Chance of Linwood, Pa., in Delaware County. She would like to duplicate a very...supply. W e revisited a very old locality in Chester County some weeks ago just to see if we still knew where...(Wavellite) mine which used to be quite near the famous Foote Mineral property. Chester County, Pa., is...writer, rode through back roads and by-ways in Berks County, Pa. A very sensitive radioactive detection device |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | beautiful specimens are found of snowy-white drusy quartz which line cavities of gray chert. California—R...of black, crystallized ferberite from the Conger Mine, near Nederland, Boulder Co., Colo. It is good to...consisting of about 22 minerals of which garnet and quartz seem to be the most common. Along with the sand...(microcline, orthoc'ase, albite, oligoclase, anorthite), quartz, mica (biotite, muscovite) obsidian and gold??...examination not one jasper was found—they were all common quartz stp.'ned brown by limonite. Florida—At Daytona |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | “Mineral Galleries on Lester” to the neighborhood. Scott with the success of last year’s concert and party...private appointments Topaz, Cleavelandite Mokrush Mine, Russia Thomas Spann Photo 2 3 CONTENTS 06...specimen. James Elliott photo 10 Fluorite and quartz, 21 cm aross, Planggenstock, Göschenenalp, Kanton...written by Bryan Swoboda. 12 Väyrynenite. Lolu Dahku mine, Roundu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan...specimens from the mim museum Stibiotantalite. Urandu mine, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan |  | | Report (issue) | | 1(2)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Palermo #1 mine, New Hampshire, USA. 3.05 (10), 2.73 (9), 3.22 (8), 3.48 (7)...74 0.78 [100.0] 100.00 (1) Palermo #1 mine, New Hampshire, USA; corresponds to (Ca3.28 Mn0.47 Mg0.17...Republic; recalculated to 100% after deduction of quartz 3.90% from an original total of 99.89%; corresponds...amblygonite, siderite. Distribution: In the USA, from the Palermo #1 mine, near North Groton, Grafton Co., New...Top, Linwood, and White Elephant mines, near Custer, Custer Co., South Dakota; at the Champion mine, White |  | | Journal (issue) | | call for appointment Tourmaline Tourmaline Queen Mine Pala, California NEW ACQUISITIONS: RUTILE from...collection from Alexander County, North Carolina, and those superb quartz crystal groups with cavernous...Directors of the Foundation of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. It was my pleasure, and...interpenetrating twin cubes of thorianite from Hud dersfield County, Quebec. Their addresses: Vickery — 4 Brendon Road...superb minerals have been coming out of the Jeffrey mine at Asbestos, Quebec. The grossulars, prehnites, |  | | Book (edition) | | gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper...the general arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized...SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE |
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