 | | Journal (issue) | | BERBES! The Miner alogical Record JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2024 • VOLUME 55 • NUMBER 1 • $30 Wayne & Dona...JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2024 Articles The Berbes Fluorite District, Asturias, Spain.................................Moore COVER: FLUORITE, 4.3 cm, from the Valdelmar area of the La Cabaña zone at Berbes. Will Johnson...Chris Coy (2023) SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS Houston Area Mineral Society (HAMS) (2009–2024) Mineralogical...the collectors and dealers in the entire Tri-State area. A typical weekend was spent driving their Mercury |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Unconventional gas resources in the Cantabrian Zone (NW Spain): A comprehensive preliminary assessment Rodrigo...Department of Mining Exploitation and Prospecting, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain 2 Research...Resources Department, Geological Survey of Spain (IGME), Madrid, Spain 3 With the aim of acquiring a better...the potential for unconventional gas resources in Spain, 134 rock samples were taken from 12 lithostratigraphic...lithostratigraphic units in the Cantabrian Zone (north‐west Spain) and studied for a 3‐year period. The selected units |  | | Journal (issue) | | because the sun came out later. ·· Chalk in the area between Folkestone and Dover is well known for its...161 - Sept/Oct 1999 SMLS FIELD TRIP TO NORTHERN SPAIN July 17 - 30th July 1999 Part I. An Overview This...This was geotourism at its best. Northern Spain is the home of the famous quality fluorites with their...colours and variously modified crystal edges; also the area of the zinclead mines in the Picas mountains. We...massifs and separate the rest of Spain from the principality of Asturias, a land of bagpipes and cider, |  | | Journal (issue) | | of-interest co amateur mineralogists, collectors, and mining historians. Concril?ucions or suggestions for articles...Hughes -------26 ------A JOURNEY THROUGH NORTHERN SPAIN David I. Green · Max D. Freier Peter J.Briscoe ...following: borne lead in the area. This will mean that the New Glencrieff area will be levelled, covered...involved in rescue collecting from various dumps in the area for many years particularly as opportunities for...extensive excavation work. The NMS trenched part of this area in early April 1991 (from the Beam Engine cowards |  | | Report (issue) | | describes his recent visits to a small former fluorite mine 2.5 kilometers north of the village of Mihalkovo... Until its closure in 1994 this mine produced fluorite for industrial uses, and, it seems, turned out...out some very good, collector-quality fluorite specimens as well. These have not yet reached the collector...yourself) you heard it here first. Most of the fluorite crystals, individually reaching 2 cm, are cuboctahedrons...typical of the pieces soon to be offered for sale. Fluorite, 10.5 cm, from Mihalkovo, Rhodope Mountains, Smoljan |  | S^|^Aacute;NCHEZ, VIRGINIA, STUART, FINLAY M., MART^|^Iacute;N-CRESPO, TOM^|^Aacute;S, VINDEL, ELENA, CORBELLA, MERC^|^Eacute;, CARDELLACH, ESTEVE (2010) Helium isotopic ratios in fluid inclusions from fluorite-rich Mississippi Valley-Type district of Asturias, northern Spain. GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 44 (1) doi:10.2343/geochemj.1.0077 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | inclusions from fluorite-rich Mississippi ValleyType district of Asturias, northern Spain VIRGINIA S ÁNCHEZ...Geológicas, Universidad Complutense, 28040, Madrid, Spain 2 Isotope Geosciences Unit, SUERC, Rankine Avenue...Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles, 28933, Madrid, Spain 4 Dept. Geología, Facultat de Ciences, Universitat...Universitat Autònoma, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain (Received September 22, 2009; Accepted January 18, 2010;...in fluorite and sulphides from fluorite-rich Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) deposits from Asturias, Spain |  | Symons, David T.A., Kawasaki, Kazuo, Tornos, Fernando, Velasco, Francisco, Rosales, Idoia (2017) Temporal constraints on genesis of the Caravia-Berbes fluorite deposits of Asturias, Spain, from paleomagnetism. Ore Geology Reviews, 80. 754-766 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.08.020 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | constraints on genesis of the Caravia-Berbes fluorite deposits of Asturias, Spain, from paleomagnetism David T...Ajalvir Km. 4, 28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain d Department de Mineralogía y Petrología, Universidad...48080 Bilbao, Spain e Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Rios Rosas 23, 28003 Madrid, Spain b a r t...Paleomagnetism Caravia-Berbes fluorite mineralization Remagnetization Ore genesis Spain a b s t r a c t The...The Caravia-Berbes district is a major fluorite producing area in Europe. The fluorite occurs as mantos |  | | Journal (issue) | | up a hill through a wooded path to the collecting area which is the size of a rugby pitch and consists...the quarry, and a further 10 minutes to reach the area at the back of the quarry where the best calcite...produced a meteorite that had fallen in the Aveyron area, just 50 kilometers from Millau itself. She went...NORTHERN SPAIN July 17 - 30th July 1999 Part 2. The Main Collecting Trips Field Trip 1. Berbes The obvious...obvious first site to visit was Berbes, the Mecca for Spanish fluorite collectors. As the village and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Harold & Erica Van Pelt Fluorite and associated minerals from Asturias, Spain . . . . . . . . . . . ....altered either by nature, by construction, by further mining, or by subsequent collecting. If there is the slightest...This refers to Georges de La Bouglise, a French mining engineer, after whom the mineral ''bouglisite"...one can speculate that Dohrmann may have been a mining engineer or consultant. Only by actually visiting...summer) Specialties: Worldwide minerals; Colorado mining & minerals A. E. Seaman Mineralogical Museum Curator |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Un Siglo de Minería en Asturias (The Fluorite: A Century of Mining in Asturias), by M. Gutiérrez Claverol...Rodríguez Terente. Published by the authors, Oviedo, Spain. 565 pages; 2009; 75€ (padded hardcover). In Spanish...interviews with miners and mining companies, visits to old and new mining works, and searches in the...the historical Asturian archives and other mining-related Spanish institutions, we have in our hands this...enthusiastic lovers of Asturian mineralogy and mining history. At 3.2 kilograms, this is not a pocket-sized |  | | Journal (issue) | | ................. 731 by W. E. Wilson COVER: FLUORITE crystal on celestine, 8 cm (see page 672), from...Donovan (2020) SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS Houston Area Mineral Society (HAMS) (2009–2020) Mineral Association... Company, another shipping firm serving major American mining and chemical companies. The company ceased operations...mineral collector and curator, was born in the mining town of Anyox, British Columbia on April 30, 1930...Michael’s early employers were the Britannia Beach Mining and Smelting Company of British Columbia, and the | | | Journal (issue) | | Harold & Erica Van Pelt Fluorite and associated minerals from Asturias, Spain ..........................altered either by nature, by construction, by further mining, or by subsequent collecting. If there is the slightest...This refers to Georges de La Bouglise, a French mining engineer, after whom the mineral “bouglisite” was...one can speculate that Dohrmann may have been a mining engineer or consultant. Only by actually visiting...de Sant Marti 79 Local 08032-B A R C E LO N A (SPAIN) « (3) 4 3 3 3 0 2 2 * -(3 ) 3571869 Fax (3 )4 5 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Institution Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu FLUORITE Part 2 Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China...South American fluorite localities (Pohwat 2013). In this installment I look at fluorite specimens from...reiterating what I wrote in the first installment, fluorite is a mineral deserving of a separate book, so...tour. Europe England has long been known for its fluorite specimens, in particular those from the north...1874, p. 77), Bryce M. Wright Jr. said of English fluorite, “It is perhaps the most beautiful of all English |  | | Report (issue) | | geology, mineralogy and recent mining history of this red-hot mineral area, which comprises much, much more...with specular hematite, hausmannite and white fluorite. Isaias Casanova of IC Minerals bought up the...you should check it out. Also Ian has many fine fluorite specimens, the majority from England, and extensive...purple fluorite and of fluorite/barite/quartz combinations from the well-known Berbes mining area, Ribadesella...Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain…and of course there’s a page of “Alpine Treasures” to represent the base stock |  | | Journal (issue) | | H. Museum. The stars are created by twinning. FLUORITE Collected in 1985 from Meldon Aplite quarry,...on the SMLS trip to northern Spain in 1999 at La Cabana, Berbes, Asturias. Interesting inclusions including...including quartz and hydrocarbons. CITRINEon FLUORITE Collected about 15 years ago from Yew Tree mine...another slow search. Conveniently close to the parking area and sustenance. HEMIMORPHITE From level Fawr,... good parking and plenty of micro material, The area on both sides of the road still has great potential |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ʥˑˎˎˇ˅˖ˑ˔ˑˈ˖ˊˇʧ˚˓˗ˋ˕ˋ˖ˇ Spain has historically been a country with little tradition...Barcelona Parc de la Ciutadella, s/n 08003 Barcelona, Spain ccurto@bcn.cat collections, such as that of Josep...cm high, from Pedrera AVE, Riudarenes, Girona, Spain; mined 2006. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 4 (top right)...at the Natural History Museum of Barcelona, in Spain, since 1973. =VS\TL 5V]LTILY+LJLTILY...wide, from the Azkarate quarry, Eugui, Navarra, Spain; mined 2002. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 7 (below) |  | | Report (issue) | | Soft Myrrhine The Barber Cup Carved of banded fluorite, the Barber Cup is thought to be one of only a...British Museum in London houses two extraordinary fluorite vessels: the Barber and Crawford cups. The Crawford...must have been carved from a soft stone such as fluorite. In probably the most famous example of the Roman...today as fluorite. While modem collectors continue to have a strong predilection for fluorite, they will... Contents 4 Fluorite: from Ancient Treasures to Modern Labs and Collections 72 13 Fluorite Luminescence |  | | Catalog/List | | Mineral Shows 1 3 5 BARITE, FLUORITE & TAR Emilio Mine, Caravia, Spain. Fluorite cubes to 14mm. 68x52x29mm...68x52x29mm. £52 8 FLUORITE Berbes, Asturias, Spain. c.2000 (one of the last - now a land fill). 103x82x48mm...103x82x48mm. £95 3 FLUORITE with SCHORL inclusions on QUARTZ, Erongo, Namibia. 68x67x37mm. £38 6 NATIVE GOLD Gympie... £155 18 NATIVE SILVER in ARSENIC Tellerhauser area, Pohla Mine, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Very large |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | explain.” The artist notes that he can look at a fluorite or quartz and see it in his mind as it will be...October 2014 Figure 2. Fluorite, Minas Gloria, Hornachuelos, Córdoba, Spain; 20 × 30 cm, formerly in...Cataluña, Spain; 20 × 30 cm, Pepe collection. Figure 5. Pyromorphite, Mina San Andrés, Córdoba, Spain; 20...Estrella attended the Academy Tárrega in Barcelona, Spain, studying drawing and painting and eventually earning...with many images of the Figure 6. Fluorite, La Collada, Asturias, Spain; 20 × 30 cm, Jordi Fabre collection |  | | Catalog/List | | The Malvern Hills Area of Outstanding Natura) Beauty with its highest peakt Worcester Beacon at 1394...of the Severn plain and is a geologicallycomplex area. Most aspects of the history and development of... ANAPAITE. Bellaver de Cerdena,Gerona Province,Spain.11 specimens. 7 sr,ecimens as half phosphatic geodes...LC,tlO. 33. DARITE. La Union,M~rcia Province,Spain. Pale blue,vafer ular xtls forming superb coral-like...BARITE/FLUORITE. Solis,Asturias Province,Spain. blue,tabular xtls to 8mmon pale yellow Fluorite SC,tl6 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Arizona 85011 jeffscovil@earthlink.net Figure 2. Fluorite, 12.3 cm across, Bisage, Puy Saint Gulmier, Puy...Thuringia, Germany. Tom Moore specimen. Figure 4. Fluorite with stilbite, 11.9 cm high, Malmberget mine,...Arizona] at 22:28 17 December 2014 Figure 7. Fluorite, 7.1 cm across, Halsbrücke, Freiberg district...Arizona] at 22:28 17 December 2014 Figure 13. Fluorite and quartz, 11.3 cm across, Le Burg mine, Tarn...specimen. Figure 15. Fluorite and barite, 10.7 cm high, Ana mine, Berbes, Asturias, Spain. Wayne and Dona |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | only color in which fluorite fluoresces. Different geological circumstances of fluorite formation can introduce...red, and white fluorescent color responses. Some fluorite is able to fluoresce in one color under shortwave...makes fluorite possibly the most interesting of fluorescent minerals. Blue-fluorescent Fluorite MANUEL...held by the author. The Many Fluorescences of FLUORITE I N T H E M I D D L E O F T H E L A S T C E N...was experimenting with the effect of sunlight on fluorite. His experiments were carried out in a darkened |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | textural features of several SCT samples from Italy, Spain, France, China, and Brazil were investigated by...show extensive secondary enrichment in barite, fluorite, and base metal sulfides (Pb-Zn, Sb, Sb-Cu-Hg...microcrystalline quartzitic host rock of an Italian Norian fluorite mineralization in the central southern Alps as...in quartz microcrystals in the silicified and fluorite mineralized bodies of the El Tule district (Mexico)...studied Middle Triassic silicified stratabound fluorite-bearing bodies of the Presolana Mine (central |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in Bredene, Belgium. c3 Figure 2. Fluorite, Berbes, Asturias, Spain; 40 x 50 cm. 276 ROCKS & MINERALS |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineraalnamen en kristallografie Fluoriet zoeken in Asturias Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen vzw Oprichtingsdatum...zoeken in Asturias Toen Glen, ons kleinzoontje (toen 8), tijdens onze vakantie in Asturias (Noord-Spanje)...Peruyes, een kilometer of 7 landinwaarts van Ribadesella, dat op zijn beurt maar een boogscheut verwijderd...van het bij mineralenverzamelaars wereldberoemde Berbes met zijn prachtige fluorieten. Het verslag van...Vanuit Ribadesella rij je 7 km in over de N632 richting Colunga. 100 m voorbij het bordje "Berbes" sla |
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