 | | Journal (issue) | | —————————— Mineral News ————————————————— Page Mineral News Vol. 39, No. 12 December, 2023 The Mineral Collector’s...Standards Mineral Samples Tony Nikischer tony@excaliburmineral.com There are so many obscure, mineral-related...the more esoteric compounds, there were several mineral standards as well! Who knew? A significant part...by the research community that often requires mineral standards for analytical work. For example, when...when the Mars rover (Curiosity) uncovered the mineral jarosite, KFe3+3(SO4)2 (OH)6, as a constituent of |  | | Journal (issue) | | —————————— Mineral News ————————————————— Page Mineral News Vol. 38, No. 12 December, 2022 The Mineral Collector’s...as it is often referred to, is a fairly common mineral that is often found in the upper, weathered portions...a shallow depth, capping the ore deposits. The mineral is soft, H-2 on Mohs scale, resinous or waxy and...at Silver Reef in southwestern Utah’s Washington County (figure 1) is a very unique occurrence. The high-grade...City cuts right through the middle of the Mining District. (Continued on page 2) The Moravian Territorial |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 31 December 2014 NEVADA MINERAL STEVEN PULLMAN 1755 Circle Drive NW Reno, Nevada 89509 RICHARD THOMSSEN...THOMSSEN P.O. Box 1656 Carson City, Nevada 89702 Map showing Nevada counties, by William W.Besse. N evada...year. Nevada is one of the few western states without a published state mineralogy; thus, mineral collectors...collectors are aware of its mineral specimen wealth from only a few well-known and collected localities,...reasonably expect to obtain a specimen in the current mineral market. We have chosen not to include commercial |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OF OF UNCONFORMITIES EPIGENETIC UNITED IN MINERAL STATES THE DEPOSITS AND LOCALIZATION IN THE...localization of epigenetic mineral deposits should improve our understandingof mineral depositgenesisand sh...shouldsuggestadditionalmeansfor effective mineral exploration. INTRODUCTION THE objectivesof this paperare:...especially 1232 LOCALIZATION OF EPIGENETIC MINERAL DEPOSITS 1233 disconformities, are quite inconspicuous...relationshipsare illustratedby brief discussions of mineral-bearing districtsin the United States and Canada |  | | Journal (issue) | | M ontreal Mine! L L The Mineralogical Record MAY–JUNE 2020 • VOLUME 51 • NUMBER 3 • $25 & Wayne...kristalle.com KRISTALLE Est.1971 Visit us at mineral shows: Costa Mesa, Ca / Tucson, Az / Conroe, Tx... Co / Munich, Germany Laguna Beach, California, USA tel: +1 949 494 5155 / info@kristalle.com The ...Mineralogical Record The International Magazine for Mineral Collectors VOLUME 51 • NUMBER 3 Publisher & Editor-in-Chief...gemgypsy@bellsouth.net MAY–JUNE 2020 Articles The Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin ......................... |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rosenzweig Tampa, Florida Richard W. Thomssen Reno, Nevada photography Nelly Bariand Paris, France Werner...Walker Bytownite —a legacy of early Ottawa, a Montreal medical doctor and a Royal Engineer.............in 1978 by Donald Elliott at the Diamond Willow mine near Thunder Bay, Ontario. Photo by Harold and Erica...Munich, Germany, and Tucson, Arizona, Gem and Mineral Shows; specimens have been illustrated in many...Rubellite Tourmaline on Albite from the Itatiaia mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Rubellite crystal measures |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Surv. of Canada Ottawa George W. Robinson Seaman Mineral Museum, MTU Houghton, Michigan Correspondents Dudley...Volume Thirty-seven, Number One Articles Famous mineral localities: The Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec...Brian Charles Shelton, a well-known Australian mineral dealer during the 1970’s and 1980’s, died in hospital...early 1970’s, taking advantage of the private mineral-collecting boom hitting Australia at the time. |  | | Journal (issue) | | University of So. Fiorida Tampa, FL Richard W. Thomssen Mineral Exploration Consultants Carson City, NV photography:...Tucson, AZ Board of Directors Richard W. Thomssen Mineral Exploration Consultants President Wendell E. Wilson...Secretary-Treasurer Patricia A. Carlon Funk Gem & Mineral Museum Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Anthony...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University.......................151 by A. Levesque Famous Mineral localities: Baveno, Italy .................... |  | | Report (issue) | | ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN THE WESTERN OF MINERAL HEMISPHERE DEPOSITS Pid erih gd ar 6a he...Inc. Memoir 131 Annotated Bibliographies of Mineral Deposits in the Western Hemisphere JOHN D. RIDGE...Pennsylvania State University College of Earth and Mineral Sciences University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 1972...6oe) Ayal ANNOTATED viii BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF MINERAL DEPOSITS 86 MUNTO. 6 c-0.0.0 dbo gio erslel betas...Zi oe Mountatn ~Pass) cs. sim ssicwiy tat.0e 276 Nevada City-Grass Valley ..... 279 New Almad@n 6.6sravs |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and a history rich in mineral production. This compilation of the state’s mineral localities is part of...settlement was initially spurred by the lead-zinc mining in its southwest comer, a heritage preserved by...by the figure of a miner on its state seal. Its mineral localities, however, are not well known beyond...Wisconsin represents a frontier state for the mineral collector. A renaissance in the study of the state’s...several new localities, including the Flambeau copper mine near Ladysmith (Rosemeyer 1999, the Vulcan Materials |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gallery, Redpath Museum, in 2011, with fossil, mineral and biological exhibits on the main floor, and...Minerals and the Redpath Museum McGill University Montreal, Quebec PETER TARASSOFF Redpath Museum, McGill...McGill University 859 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 0C4 peter.tarassoff@sympatico.ca...ca M CGILL UNIVERSITY’S Redpath Mu- seum in Montreal, Quebec, which opened in 1882, is Canada’s oldest...mineralogy, paleontology, zoology, and ethnology. The mineral collection has a history dating back to the 1820s |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralogical Record The International Magazine for Mineral Collectors VOLUME 50 • NUMBER 2 Publisher & Editor-in-Chief...MARCH–APRIL 2019 Articles The Candelaria District Mineral County, Nevada .....................................by P. M. Adams Atacamite from the New Cornwall mine, Kadina, South Australia .........................Wilson Columns Notes from the Editor American Mineral Heritage Award 2019 .............................COVER: ATACAMITE, 10.5 cm, from the New Cornwall mine, Kadina, South Australia. Collection of (and photo |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral Collections in the PACIFIC NORTHWEST Organized by Don Newsome With an Introduction by Wendell...Mineralogical Record, September–October 2019 Mineral Collections in the Pacific Northwest A Supplement...scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...Amethyst scepter, 17 cm, from Petersen Mountain, Nevada; Brianna and Brendan Traw collection. Barite, 7 cm |  | | Journal (issue) | | Smithsonian Institution feature articles Famous Mineral Localities: Bou-Azzer, Morocco...................M. Pryce and J. Chester The Amity Area, Orange County, New Y o rk ............................... 85...Geological Survey Uralolite from the Dunton Gem Mine, Newry, Maine: A Second O c c u rre n ce .......................99 Richard V. Gaines Response: Mining Claims for the C o lle c to r....................it all in Greek. Hence, they could describe a mineral in shapes that looked like breasts and with the |  | | Report (issue) | | Francon Quarry, Montreal. Specimen measures 3 cm from tip to base. National Mineral Collection specimen...St-Hilaire quarry. Specimen 22 is cm long. National Mineral Collection specimen (No. 37124). National Museum...history How to use this Guide Section I: Kingston-Montreal Kingston-Sharbot Lake occurrences Kingston township...west of Highway 38 Freebern mica mine Mobey (Burnham) mine Enterprise mine Sand Road (Card) quarry Dwyer...Road Kingston (Bedford) mica mine Richardson feldspar mine Glendower iron mine Road-cut at km 10.9, Westport |  | | Report (issue) | | CHARACTERIZATION OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN ROCKS OF THE TRIASSIC TO JURASSIC MAGMATIC ARC OF WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN...Open-File Report 96-9 Prepared in cooperation with the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology This report is preliminary...School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0047 'Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, MS...MS 178, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0088 'U.S. Geological Survey, Retired, 8920 West 2nd.............................................. 6 MINERAL DEPOSIT TYPES ................................ |  | | Catalog/List | | tufts ACTINOLITE: Bull Run Quarry, Loudon County, Virginia, USA. sprays and tufts ACTINOLITE,variety AMIANTHUS:Steintal...ACTINOLITE,variety BYSSOLITE: French Creek, Pennsylvania, USA. sprays and tufts ACTINOLITE SMARAGDITE:Micciano...ADAMITE: Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. crystals ADAMITE,variety CUPROAN:Gold Hill, Utah, USA. crystals...AFWILLITE: Crestffiore Quarry, Riverside, California, USA. massive AGRELLITE: KipawQ River, Villodieu Township...ALABANDITE:Tombstone. Arizona, USA. massive ALBERTITE(HYDROC,\RBONl: Prince Albert County. Nova Scotia, massive | | | Report (issue) | | How to use this Guide 5 | Section E Kingston-Montreal 5 Kingston-Sharbot Lake occurrences 6 Kingston...of Highway Freebern mica mine 8 y Mobey (Burnham) mine 9 Enterprise mine 10 38 38 Sand Road (Card)...(Bedford) mica mine 12 13 14 14 1D 1 16 16 17 Richardson feldspar mine Glendower iron mine Road-cut at...Hickey-Murphy lead mine Road-cuts at km 16.7, Westport Road McLaren phosphate mine Long Lake blue calcite occurrence...occurrence Long Lake zinc mine Gabbro quarry Road-cut on Highway 38 at km 57.6 17 brucite occurrence 18 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | decadein determining the age of pegmatites and other mineral bodies containing radioactive minerals by determining...determine the age of pegmatites and other radioactive mineral-bearing deposits which are impossible of dating...North America; the rare earth pegmatitesb of Llano County (Texas), Minas Geraes(BraziI), Ytterby (Sweden)...alkaline syenite pegmatites occur on Mount Royal, Montreal. Intrusions of pegmatite accompanied Paleozoic...2, pp. 104-105, 1907. la Reid, A. Mclntosh, The mining fields of Morina, Mt. Claude, and Lorinna: Tasmania |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure 2) in which all, except the Vermilion district in northern Minnesota, of the major iron districts...formed more spectacular mineral specimens in iron ore bodies than in the Montreal mine located in the community...community of Montreal, just west of Hurley, Wisconsin. Orebodies in the Montreal mine extended top depths...and, like the other mines on the Gogebic range, mining was by underground methods. Unfortunately, all...when crystallined cavities were encountered in the mining. South of the Gogebic range in Wisconsin is a broad |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Woàld Atea** 04* Mineral Occu>i%ence¿ Abbreviations: Items on new find» are desired. Please send them...you, by separate cover, a small specimen of a mineral that I am unable to identify. This sample was taken...make way for a highway. Veins of white and pink calcite (intermixed) were also found in the rock. The pink...under "World News on Mineral Occurrences," The specimen sent in is not a mineral sub-head Alaska, you...the but a rock called phyllite—a lustrous dark mineral Stellerite was found in Alaska. gray finely xline |  | | Report (issue) | | Government bookshops: HALIFAX 1735 Barrington Street MONTREAL /Eterna-Vie Building, 1182 St. Catherine St....the route 3 Section 1: Kingston - Island of Montreal Kingston township quarry . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Freebern mica mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mobey (Burnham) mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enterprise mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Report (issue) | | Publisher Lithographie, Ltd. Denver, Colorado, USA Design and Layout Gloria A. Staebler © 2012 Lithographic...Lithographic, Ltd. PO Box 11613 • Denver, CO 80211 • USA Phone: 1.303.495.5521 • Fax: 1.303.482.1238 W\\w...Quartz variety amethyst, 3.5 cm tall Kakamunurle Mine, Kar0r, Tamil Nadu, India Bill Larson collection...Bottom: Quartz variety amethyst, 6.7 cm tall Wattika Mine, Murzinka, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Russia Peter Lyckberg...lapidary amethyst during that period. The first mine was opened at Valz-sous-Chateauneuf in the middle |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Surv. of Canada Ottawa George W. Robinson Seaman Mineral Museum, MTU Houghton, Michigan Abraham Rosenzweig...Thirty-one, Number Four Articles Juanitaite, a new mineral from Gold Hill, Utah.............................Rossman Orpiment from the Twin Creeks mine, Humboldt County, N e v a d a .............................. 311 by B. K. Lees The Purple Passion mine, Yavapai County, A rizona.................. 323 by E. Davis |  | | Journal (issue) | | specimens at many localities throughout the world; mineral collectors have little trouble locating enough...cultural standpoint. These are localities rich in mining history and regional flavor; the old drifts and...years a great many mineral collectors have decided to try their hand at the mineral business. Most of...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...2 Germany An historical perspective on silver mining in G erm any.................. by W. Lieber and |
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