 | | Journal (issue) | | the Moonta and Wallaroo mining districts, South Australia ................................................Heyden Mimetite and duftite from the Mount Bonnie mine, Northern Territory .........................................466 by W. D. Birch The Mount Isa-Cloncurry mineral f ie ld ................................University of Wollongong Wollongong, N.S.W. 2500 Australia Thomas G. Vallance Department of Geology University...University of Sydney Sydney, N.S.W. 2006 Australia INTRODUCTION Australia, the island continent with a land |  | | Journal (issue) | | the last hard rock mines in England. Frazer's Hush mine in Weardale is scheduled to close shortly and South...unfortunately this was too little too late to save the mine. A few hand specimens of siderite displaying drusy...cassiterite and wolframite were collected just before the mine closed. South Crofcy will perhaps be best remembered...Isles where large excavations have been made in mine dumps and left unfilled. This type of activity gives...pharmacosiderite collected from a shaft dump of Ting Tang mine (see separate article in this issue). The locality |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | carries a large picture of the famous lead-zinc mine at Tiger, Ariz. This caption reads: "This is Tiger—mining...and Development Company shuts down its lead-zinc mine (on hill at left). Company officials say development...will ease the economic blow to the area. The Tiger mine, one of the biggest lead producers in the U. S....This is disturbing news as the company's Mammoth mine is world famous for its beautiful minerals. The...were found in the vicinity of the noted benitoite mine in San Benito Co., Calif. From Wilfred E. Eyles |  | | Book | | On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma |  | | Journal (issue) | | DESIGNS A trip around the gem fields of Eastern Australia Conservation gemstones: Beyond fair trade? Dior...Mining A trip around the gem fields of Eastern Australia Ethical Mining and Fair Trade Conservation gemstones:...The fact that only an extremely small part of a mine run can be polished and used in jewelry further...countries, it covers these sectors vertically, from mine to marketplace, and horizontally within each of...on behalf of Wild’s Jewelry of Hong Kong, Belmont Mine and the Instituto Brasileito De Gemas & Metais. |  | | Report (issue) | | No. 7 Woolman, Government Printer, South Australia, 1983 REF 349.994, N668c Noble, R. A. Catalogue...Mineralogy—South Australia. |. Just, J. (Juri). Il. Johnson, J. E. (James Eric). Ill. South Australia. Dept. of...and Energy. IV. Title. (Series: Handbook (South Australia. Dept. of Mines and Energy); 7) 549.99423 ISSN...Keywords: Mineralogy/Catalogues/Minerals/South Australia. Issued under the authority of The Hon. R. G...crystal is 9 mm. Frontispiece: Azurite, Burra copper mine; 5 mm crystal group on chrysocolla. INTRODUCTION |  | | Journal (issue) | | receive as part of your collection. Smoky quartz AUSTRALIA Dear Reader, MINERALS Foshagite, Ludlamite, Tephroite...It was extracted from the Earth at the Pedra Alta Mine, San Geraldo do Baixio (Brazil). Below: A brooch...(France); Hagendorf, Bavaria (Germany); the San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia District, Chihuahua (Mexico). Some...San Bernardino counties (California); Sunnyside Mine, San Juan County (Colorado); Salt Lake Crater, Oahu...Antarctica; Minas Gerais (Brazil); the Treburland Mine near Bodmin, Cornwall, and Chillaton, Devon (England); |  | | Book | | PALAONTOLOGY OF QUEENSLAND AND NEW GUINEA, WITH SIXTY-KIGHT PLATES AND A GEOLOGICAL MAP OF QUEENSLAND. BY ... ROBERT GOVERNMENT GEOLOGIST FOR L. JACK, QUEENSLAND; F.G.S., FORMERLY OF THE F.R.G.S., GEOLOGICAL..., Minister for Mines and Public Instruction, Queensland. BRISBANE: JAMES CHARLES BEAL, GOVERNMENT...the collection as a record of the Geology of Queensland up to date. My labours in the field, occupying...say that this beau ideal has been reached in Queensland. In every country, and especially in every new |  | | Journal (issue) | | stop was at the Yuma Mine near Tucson. This mine opened originally as a gold mine, was mined in World...adventurers packed back about five miles to an old mine which had recent ly been worked for scheelite....Naco back into the States. The Old Bridal Chamber Mine at Lake Valley, New Mexico produced some splendid...limestone. At Mapimi, Durango, Mexico in t11e Ojuela Mine some wonderful collecting was done. Hemin1orphite...Burnham exclaims in his diary of the trip-"What a mine! One can't imagine without seeing it, how large |  | | Book | | volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...MOUNTAINS, E. Slopo, Mohave Co. N.W. of Kingman Opal CALUMET, Cochise Co., 3 ml. N. of Dragoon. ClIRYSOFRASB...Co., 45 mi. N. Phoeniz Onyx Marble COPPER QUEEN MINE, Cochise Co. Azurite CLIFTON-MORENCI DISTRICT, Greenlee...DEFIANCE, Apache Co., 10 mi. N. of, Olivine FRENCH MINE, Santa Cruz Cruz Co^ near Harshaw Rhodocrrosite |  | | Journal (issue) | | paper. Teramae, Hirata and Soeda, colleagues of mine at Central Gem Laboratory, are thanked for their...Association tour: lab, gem collection • Steinkaulenberg mine tour • Historic and modern gem cutting workshop...described and compared to natural blue chalcedony, blue opal and stained chalcedony. The gemmological characteristics...dyed blue chalcedony, dyed blue quartzite and blue opal. In 1998 we found another material resembling blue...(Taiwan), natural blue chalcedony (Taiwan), blue opal (Peru). Photo by H.A. Hiinni, SSEF. imitations of |  | | Report (issue) | | geology and developments recently published.1 ESKA MINE. The principal operations were at Eska, where an...RD MERIDIAN FIGURE 2. Sketch map of part of Eska mine, Matanuska Valley, showing position of face of Shaw...under way for the erection of a washery. CHICKALOON MINE. At Chickaloon an average of .35 men were employed...mines, the same number as in 1918. The Gold Cord mine, which was operated in 1918, was idle, but the War...WILLOW CREEK AND TRIBUTARIES. The Gold Bullion mine on Craigie Creek, operated by the Willow Creek Mines |  | | Book (edition) | | .......................................... . Australia ............................................................................................ Australia ............................................................................................ Queensland ................................................................................... Royal Blue mine .............. ·~ ................................"'illiam Petry mine ............................................. :Myersand Bona mine .............. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 16 October 2014 Caddo County Apache, a calcite mine near Apache, a vein of massive calcite exposed in...alabaster) (Johnson and Denison 1973). Hale Copper mine, in Sandy Creek, NW1/4 NE1/4 and SW1/4 NEU4 sec...1963). Lawton, American Girl mine, Coal lode, Copper Eagle mine, and Starley mine (Parker prospect), a few...(crystals to 7.5 cm, some fluorescent yellow-green). Milo area, NW1/4 SE1l4 sec.7, T.2S, R. 1W: pyrite (crystal...Huizing photo. Figure 12. Galena, 7.5 cm high, Kenora mine, Picher district, Ottawa County. Martin Zinn specimen |  | | Journal (issue) | | ......44 Another New Mlneral from the Big Chief Mine by Martha Llnde .........................66 8 111...MATERIALS ARE PRE-SIZED AND TUMBLE-READYI Amethyst, Australia, light color ............................................ $1 .00 per l b. Opal, Mexico, black plume• in salmon color opal.................................................. $3.05 per lb. Sapphire, Australia, blue and black mixed, some star included.......slabs MAGER. Jeanne· Handcrafted Jewelry MALINE, Opal & Maury-Carvings MAI..KOW, Fem-Carvings MARIN PEGBOARDERS-Faceted |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in Miinchen eiiie inhaltreicbe Arbeit wiiber den .Opal und den Zustaud der Gestaltlosigkeit (Amorpbismus)...Kieselsiiure oder d m Quarz die amorphe Sgure oder deu Opal gegeniiber. Ani Glase, am Schwefel, der arsenigen...beideii letzten iiicht selleii Aehrilichkeit init Opal haben , was I ~ r u c l i und aufseres Aiiseheii...meisten Fiilleii weiiigstens, Cenaenge von Quurz und Opal seyen, urid dafs iiian die dicliteii Abaiideroogen...Masseii vot~kommcn lionnen, welche aus Quarz und Opal 1 ) Lclwb. d. Ccol 11, 1244. 12* I8 0 bestehen |  | | Book | | surpassing that of the trophies the is the first mine, present day. 5 world and more conveniences...Live Coal Titans Silver From of To-day and Mine some to Craft of Light from The Pocket Precious...24 44 - - Mouth an - - - Coal-mine - - - Coal-mine Holing -- - - A Turf Bog at Grange...Western Labrador, Southern India, the or that Australia, large part of a tropical Africa. How now we...attention as was fact, giving in India, Australia, and America combined joie, and eruptions, |  | | Journal (issue) | | semi-precious stones. The main gems in th is group were once opal, turquoise, amethyst, garnet, aquamarine, Above:...measure the hardness of minerals and gemstones, opal and turquoise rate 6, while diamond at the top...collections. This fine example is from the Traverse/la mine, Turin, Italy. Right and below: Three different...SAG Tel. 0171-434-9298 Fax 0171-287-0280 AUSTRALIA In Australia, the Field Geology Club organises a wide...Loch Broom at the foot of Ben Mor Coigach in Hoss-shire, Scotland. This is one of many locations throughout |  | | Report (issue) | | MONOGRAPH 17 of Somepats oe ilar ce| + in Australia mail iii DOOO38J0754 oA., eet OF ROME prhge...IMPORTANT MINERAL DEPOSITS IN AUSTRALIA Cover Picture—The Argyle Diamond mine Photo by courtesy of Ashton...DISCOVERY OF SOME IMPORTANT MINERAL DEPOSITS IN AUSTRALIA Editors K. R. GLASSON J. H. RATTIGAN INCORPORATED...House, 191 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052 1990 © Copyright By THE AUSTRALASIAN ...any of its publications | National Library of Australia Card No. ISBN 6 949106 57 7 Typeset by Abb-typesetting |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Australian Zircite with Zircon sand, Rutile sand from Australia and the very rare and much in demand Petalite...abandoned Silver Queen Mine where we had the pick of a huge scrap pile, the mine shafts being full of water...the same day was devoted to the Lyndhurst Quartz Mine at Black Rapids. Here we found Quartz crystals varying...the evening however turned out to be the lesson in opal polishing. Mr. Wilcox came prepared with 125 pre-dopped...then demonstrated how to grind the edges of the opal to locate the fire layer; how to shape the stone; |  | | Book | | The Great Opal Kelsey I. “The Newman Flame Queen” Collection THE MAGIC AND SCIENCE... Kelsey collection the precious “The Flame opal, for Newman, and opals of his use unique ...and Mrs. William her Australia; Mr. to M. Mr. G. Henry T. Australia; Mr. James Susman, whom...whom this Mel- Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; C. Howat, Kozminsky, Melbourne, my wife England;...England; help in preparing Mr. S. Australia; my and other gems from Mr. Walker, Melbourne, Adelaide |  | | Journal (issue) | | Feature Articles 490 Green-Luminescing Hyalite Opal from Zacatecas, Mexico By Emmanuel Fritsch, Peter...colour appearance of this rough and cut hyalite opal from Zacatecas, Mexico, is due to its green daylight-induced...Photo by Orasa Weldon. 532 Conferences Sinkankas Opal Symposium|AGA Las Vegas|Mallorca GemQuest| Scottish...from California; and daylight-luminescent hyalite opal from Mexico (as reported in this issue of The Journal)...the Lightning Ridge area of New South Wales, Australia, and was probably mined in the late 1920s. Such |  | | Journal (issue) | | Snowberger, Allen D. Tirrell, Lillian Tirrell, Milo Tupper, James F. Underwood, Bruce Van Vranken, Thomas...and polished specimens daughter, June, Altadena; Milo Potter, of various sizes: agate, petrified wood...Gneiss quarry (small work- ing). 9-S,hoonmaker Mine. 10-Strfrkland Quarry. 11- Red sandstone quarries...effects in many minerals, such as Fluorite, Semi-Opal, Hy.alite, Wernerite, Hackmanite, Sphaler- ire... South American Fauna as Peculiar as that of Australia According to Bryan Patterson, assistant curator |  | | Journal (issue) | | until a group of 13 craters were discovered in Australia in 1931 that opinion began to swing to Barringer's...crater in Kiowa county, Kansas. Afterwards one in Australia and some in Texas. In all of these, conditions...Arizona 5—According to legend the Lost Dutchman mine of Arizona is located in the—• Harqua Hala range...Yucca__Cactus Palm Agave...Z.. 8—If you owned a cinnabar mine with a mill for processing the ore you would ship...by the paint crew. Sheds were built around an old mine shaft, and a stamp-mill was erected—new at first |  | | Book (edition) | | ............................................. . Opal. .................................... _...........the result, of prospecting nt the Turner emernld mine near Shelby, N. C. The qunlity of some of the gems...probably equals that of South American emernlds. The mine hns been purchosed by New York men, who expect to...Aqunmnrine was found during 1910 at the "Beryl Hill" mine, near Royalston, :Mass. No sys~ematic mining w::is...that prospecting was continued at the "Beryl Hill" mine (during 1911) and a number of beautifol beryl crystals |
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