 | | Journal (issue) | | silver, 3.2 cm, from the Santa Cruz mine, Durango, Mexico. Collected by Arthur L. Flagg, ca. 1910, when he...CongresoLeĂłn mine, San Pedro Corralitos, Chihuahua, Mexico. Jeff Scovil photo. Quartz on chrysocolla, 13...the Kelly mine, Magdalena, Socorro County, New Mexico. Jeff Scovil photo. Calcite (cobalt-rich), 16...Kellogg, Shoshone County, Idaho. Jeff Scovil photo. Hematite, 19 cm, from Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, England...Hemimorphite, 12 cm, from Guadalupe Victoria, Durango, Mexico. Jeff Scovil photo. (below) Smithsonite, 12 cm |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mexico ineralogical Record November-December 2003 â Volume 34 Number 6 â $20 Wayne & Dona Leicht,...Photo by Harold and Erica Van Pelt, Los Angles Mexico Special Issue III Los Lamentos Famous Mineral...ErupciĂłn/Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos District, Chihuahua, Mexico ...................................... 4 by W....Famous Mineral Localities: Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico .............. 36 by T. C. Wallace & M. K. Hall-Wallace...Vigas Famous Mineral Localities: Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico .............. 55 by W. Lieber & Gerhard Frenzel |  | | Report (issue) | | cm tall Amatitlan, Zumpango del Rio, Guerrero, Mexico Canadian Museum of Nature specimens (Cat. No. 56777)...rare scepters Creede, Colorado, USA Las Vigas, Mexico Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia Soufli, Thrace, Greece...prismatic habit include Vera Cruz and Guerrero, Mexico (see page 34), and the Goboboseb Mountains in Namibia...Quartz variety amethyst, 9.6 cm tall Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico Roz and Gene Meieran collection; Jeff Scovil...amethyst, 4.7 cm wide, from Piedra Parada, near Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico Arkenstone specimen (ex Miguel |  | | Journal (issue) | | enough, just across the border to the south is Mexico, rieb in active mines where miners are gathering...often received huge shipments of minerals from Mexico. She and Brooks also built an important personal...Geronimo and Hamburg mines; large, mirror-bright hematite crystals from the Veta Grande claim; pyrite and...(below) Amethyst, 28 cm, from Amatitlan, Guerrero, Mexico. Ex Hubert de Monmonier collection, donated in...BS degree in geology from the University of New Mexico in 1973. Forty years later I'm still collecting |  | | Report (issue) | | which came from the Naica district, Chihuahua, Mexico in the 1970s and 1980s, but Shelter Rock has two...there. Anhydrite, 7.9 cm, from Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico. Shelter Rock Minerals specimen and photo. 5 ...surrounding the settlement of Las Vigas, in Veracruz state, Mexicoâsee the thorough article by Werner Lieber...Gerhard Frenzel in the November-December 2003 issue (âMexico IIIâ). Amethyst from Las Vigas has generally been...========ï„ Amethyst, 2.7 cm, from Piedra Parada, Veracruz, Mexico. IC Minerals specimen; Isaias Casanova |  | | Journal (issue) | | Concordia, Piedra Parada, Veracruz, Mexico. Ex Dan Kennedy collection. Amethyst with hematite inclusions...2 cm, from the Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico. Jeff Scovil photo. (top left) Smithsonite, 14...Kelly mine, Magdalena district, Socorro County, New Mexico. Ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection; Jeff Scovil...16.8 cm, from the Naica mine, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico. Jeff Scovil photo. Azurite, 11.7 cm, from the...Watercourse Pocket, Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico. Jeff Scovil photo. Smithsonite, 8.2 cm, from |  | | Journal (issue) | | 5-mm view, from the Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico (#1001). Michael Michayluk photo. Supplement to...Dallas Mineral Collecting Symposium, and to the New Mexico Mineral Symposium, where I could further my knowledge...quartz crystals to 14.4 cm, from Lincoln County, New Mexico. Jeff Scovil photo. 16 Supplement to The Mineralogical...Carlos mine, Municipio Manuel Benevides, Chihuahua, Mexico. Tom Spann photo. 18 Supplement to The Mineralogical...ErupciĂłn-Ahumada mine, Sierra de Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico. Joe Budd photo. Pyromorphite, 7 cm, from the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Honduras; a wonderfully fine chrysoprase from New Mexico; rare chlorastrolites from Lake Superior and cbiastolite...in the Southwest, traveling through Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado; they liked Colorado so much that...SHOP 201 West San Francisco Street . Santa Fe, New Mexico Edwin Jenkins Over, Jr. (1905-1963), one of America's...Wright of The Prospector's Shop in Santa Fe, New Mexico. lt consisted of about 3 tons of specimens, including...Quartz with malachite, 9.1 cm, from Chihuahua, Mexico. Jeff Scovil photo. Smoky quartz, 12.8 cm, from |  | | Journal (issue) | | (rniddle colurnn) Fluorite, 5.3 cm, from Naica, Mexico---Stephen Blyskal and Sigrid Stewart collection;...like those found in neighboring Arizona and New Mexico; Texas is oil country, and many fortunes have been...ofLeadville, Colorado. Eventually rnoving on through New Mexico and Arizona as a prospector, he leamed some mineralogy...but it was not until America acquired Texas from Mexico in 1848 that stories began to circulate about the...which specialized in Mexican minerals. Buying in Mexico and selling in Houston (where Dalton served as |  | | Catalog/List | | $300-$400 53002ââ AMETHYST SCEPTERS Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico Two deep purple, glassy Amethyst...PM CT 11 53022ââ AMETHYST Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico A classic cluster of Las Vigas...Colorless euhedral Quartz prisms with brick-red Hematite inclusions. The largest prism is 4 inches long...a phantom inclusion layer of bright red-orange Hematite, along with a minor overcoating of druzy colorless...del Rio District, Mun. de Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico This modern classic from Batopilas consists of |  | | Journal (issue) | | August 4, 2002 SSW toward the ocean. News from Mexico Dennis L. Beals Xtal - Dennis Beals PMB 256, 5994...80111-4251 - 9 I just got back from a trip to Mexico. It 's the rainy season and from Torreon south...metals has serious ly affected mineral production in Mexico and has caused several mines to close. If zinc...found soon. the district may close. Las Vigas. Veracruz has been p rod ucing a lit tk amethyst lately...ince p ri ces a t the mines a rc so h igh . Piedra Parada is a sma ll vi ll age across a very large va |  | | Journal (issue) | | or $49.00 for two years; addresses in Canada and Mexico are US$48.00 per year, or US$90.00 for two years;...formations: FM CHAPTER ACTIVITIES quartz, barite, hematite, fluorite; galena, sphalerite, marcasite. Southern...from Mexico Peter Megaw pmegaw@imdex.com It has been quite a while since I last reported on Mexico, largely...optimistic that a new waYe of killer materials from Mexico is coming. aica, Chihuahua The Cave of the Giants...This is the first major wholly new mineral find in Mexico for some time, and since this mine should be producing |  | | Journal (issue) | | prospects are as follows: AlmadĂ©n mine Within the municipality of AlmadĂ©n, below the village of the same name...slab from the Graphic mine, Socorro County, New Mexico, which now resides in my wife Lorraineâs collection...legrandite mined at the Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Sprays and single crystals sit in etched pockets...Pakistan, and specimens of smoky quartz crystals with hematite microcrystal coatings mined last year at the Talefre...sport an attractive coating of microcrystalline hematite. The Mineralogical Record, volume 50, JanuaryâFebruary |  | | Catalog/List | | a bygone era. âą Amethyst from Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico that has exceptional aesthetics, color, and...Collection of Fine Minerals & Gems Auction 3 52001 HEMATITE Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy...del Rio District, Mun. de Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico Set in a location in the remote Barranca del Cobre... Mun. de Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico The San Francisco Mine in Sonora, Mexico started out as a gold mine...Sierra de los Lamentos, Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico The best known Mexican Wulfenites are the almost |  | | Catalog/List | | 2015 | 12:00 PM CTââ 73 BRUMADO Brumado is a municipality in the Northeastern state of Bahia. Home to...seat of Goiabeira, it is legally located in the municipality of Conselheiro Pena due to complex municipal...#6150 | Sunday, June 7, 2015 | 12:00 PM CTââ 265 MEXICO 73290 SCHORL & QUARTZ Blue Sky Prospect, Santa...Santa Cruz, Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico Mexico is one of those intriguing places where strange things...District, San MartĂn, Mun. de Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico Here three pale lavender crystals of Manganoan |  | | Catalog/List | | Smithsonite from the iconic Kelly Mine in New Mexico A âgemâ quality specimen Tanzanite crystal in matrix...behind the famous âBoot of Cortezâ originating from Mexico. The Alaska Centennial Nugget was sold to a private...Opal - 32.65 Cts. Magdalena, Magdalena Municipality Jalisco Mexico This lot represents a very unique offering...offering of Opal. This curiosity comes from Mexico and is known as a Matrix Opal, which is play-of-color...play-of-color Opal in Rhyolite matrix, called cantera in Mexico. The bottom of the matrix has been cut flat, and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Sphalerite Cu2S PbS FeS2 ZnS Oxides Cuprite Hematite Tenorite Cu1+ 2 O Fe2O3 Cu2+O Carbonates Azurite...School of Mines, Colorado School of Mines and New Mexico School of Mines). A number of specimens from private...photo. Figure 10. Calcite crystal with black hematite inclusions, 4 cm, from the Central mine. Marc... Figure 14. Calcite crystals colored black by hematite inclusions, 8.5 cm, from the Central mine. Calcite...analcime crystals contain inclusions of copper and/or hematite. CalciteââCaCO3 Like many other fissure vein-type |  | | Book (volume) | | ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, MEXICO The Geology of North America O r > W 4^ *1^ ^ ^ \ \ f ax4 u \ \...of North America Volume P-3 Economic Geology^ Mexico Edited by Guillermo P. Salas Geologo Consultor...Centro Minero Nacional Carretera Mexico-Pachuca Pachuca, Hgo., Mexico, D.F. 1991 EXPLORATION LIBRARY...reserved. Geologia economica de Mexico. English. Economic geology, Mexico / edited by Guillermo P. Salas...; v. P-3) Translation of Geologia economica de Mexico. Includes bibliography references and index. ISBN |  | | Catalog/List | | Vigas Region, Veracruz, Mexico The mountainous interior of the state of Veracruz in Mexico boasts one of...49023 QUARTZ (VAR. AMETHYST) Piedra Parada, Mun. de Tatatila, Veracruz, Mexico Limpid, lustrous and possessed...instinctively want, there is no substitute for Veracruz Amethyst. Itâs not the darkest of shades, but...âphantom zonesâ thrown in for good measure. Pinpoint Hematite inclusions pepper both sides. The Smoky âarmâ...layer of colorless Quartz exhibiting sparkling Hematite/Lepidocrocite inclusions just below the terminal |  | | Journal (issue) | | limonitic mineral) and a tiny black prism (possibly hematite, ilmenite, or senaite) were captured by a transparent...chalcopyrite (figure 14); cristobalite (SiO2); hematite; ilmenite; magnetite; near-colorless mica; monazite...Epidote Ferro-columbite Fuchsite Gibbsite Graphite Hematite Hercynite Ilmenite Labradorite Magnetite Monazite...black inclusion resembles an iron oxide such as hematite or ilmenite. WINTER 2015 R AMAN SPECTRA 417...right rear facet (B). Rutile needles and a large hematite-like inclusion are visible from both facets. Photos |  | | Report (issue) | | of the Second Annual Workshop, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 10-11,1998 Janet L. Slate, editor U...GROUND WATER IN THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE BASIN, NEW MEXICO A PROGRESS REPORT L. Niel Plummer, Ward E. Sanford...CERROS DEL RIO VOLCANIC FIELD NEAR SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO PRELIMINARY FINDINGS Ralph R. Shroba and Ren A...THE LOS ALAMOS 30' X 60' QUADRANGLE, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO P.E.Carrara......................................INFILTRATION ALONG THE SANTA FE RIVER NEAR LA BAJADA, NEW MEXICO, JUNE 26-27, 1997 Carole L. Thomas and Jim Constantz |  | | Journal (issue) | | I began to locate the interior channels of red hematite. I continued to grind the upper two planes, increasing...here, but I tried to expose as much in the way of hematite channels as possible, without overdoing the breakthroughs...was underground in the Naica mine in Chihuahua, Mexico, where huge selenite crystals are found. The type...beautiful specimens of orange quartz included with hematite from China. August 2014 Mineral of the Month...terminated quartz crystals on a matrix of orange-brown hematite. Dimitri and Mary also established a parent companyâCelestial |  | | Journal (issue) | | MINERALS AND JEWELRY BEST OF 2014 âą FIELD TRIPS: New Mexico Orbicular Granite Purple Agate from Arizona âą COLLECTING...TREASURES âą MINERALS AND JEWELRY Laguna agate from Mexico is just one of the many types of agate that will............. 18 Persistence pays off at this New Mexico site by Robert Beard Rock Science ......................................... 44 Pulga jade, New Mexico rockhound symbols, Dinosaur Diamond crostic Ethiopiaâs...in a deep cavern in the Naica mine (Chihuahua, Mexico). These amazing crystals are up to 40 feet long |  | | Journal (issue) | | Minerals, Dan Kile Secretary Virgil Lueth, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801 Tel: 505-835-5140;...colored creedite from Mina Navidad, Abasolo, Durango, Mexico. Some clusters have individual creedite crystals...mineral specimens from Bolivia, Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Peru, Russia and Tsumeb; there was a case of mixed...a dead ringer for one of the classic Guerrero, Mexico amethyst specimens. At the booth of Excalibur Minerals...Minerals (860-985-6321) had a variety of minerals from Mexico. Most prominent among them was calcite in butterfly-twinned |  | | Journal (issue) | | and pink fluorapatite. This mine, in the Pauna municipality of Boyaca Department, lies about 20 km east...Aztec King Montezuma II greeted Hernan Cortez in Mexico in 1519, heavily adorned in (Colombian) emeralds...just one of these but he refused (Prescott, 1898, Mexico and the Life of the Conqueror Fernando Cortes)...not anticipating green gems. And yet, in 1519 in Mexico, when Cortes met Montezuma in the latter's capital...nobleman arranged for mining experts to be sent from Mexico and Peru. Thanks to one of these experts a rich |
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