 | | Journal (issue) | | Organized by Robert Sielecki Designed by Wendell Wilson with Photography by Jeff Scovil, Gerald Pauley...number 5 Publisher & Editor-in-Chief: Wendell E. Wilson Associate Publisher: Thomas M. Gressman Senior...Rhodonite, 4.7 cm, from the 1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection...collection, John Chapman photo. • 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia. George Stacey collection, Jeff...Scovil photo. Middle row from left: • 2.3 cm, Kintore mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. Aloe Family collection; |  | | Catalog/List | | Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 PRELIMINARY...866-835-3243 Email: Bid@HA.com Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Thursday...rana crassituberculata Devonian, Silica Shale Formation Sylvania, Ohio, USA This is an almost pristine specimen...maximus Ordovician, Richmond Formation Mt. Orab, Ohio, USA This classic specimen of Isotelus maximus, the State...Edwardsville Formation Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA This robust little example is of the same genus as |  | | Journal (issue) | | visit! \ Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Wendell E. Wilson T he Editor Thomas P. Moore M in e r a l o g...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...in y u lite from the W illard m in e, P ershing County, N e v a d a .................................................................... 329 by W. £ . Wilson & R. H. Currier Columns N o tes from the e d it.....................................266 by W. E. Wilson & T. P. Moore A bstracts o f n e w m ineral d e |  | | Catalog/List | | President Hayley Brigham Managing Director Beverly Hills Steve Ivy CEO Co-Chairman of the Board Alissa...Roberta Kramer Managing Director Chicago BEVERLY HILLS NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO CHICAGO PALM BEACH LONDON...“rough” directly from mine owners. Over the years, he befriended many of these mine owners and would travel...occurring. The stone exhibits a native cut as the mine owner would not let the “rough” leave the country...without being faceted. From a single 262 carat crystal, this incredible and singular gemstone was cut |  | | Journal (issue) | | Leonard Beach, whose undying faith in the Sweet Home Mine made it all happen. M in e FRONTISPIECE: “The...24 cm, found in the Good Luck Pocket, Sweet Home mine, in 1992. Sweet Home Rhodo, Inc. specimen; photo...17 cm, found in the Good Luck Pocket, Sweet Home mine, in 1992. Sweet Home Rhode. Inc. specimen; photo...specimen collecting in our time: the Sweet Home mine operation. Many thousands of specimens have reached...rhodochrosite and other species from the Sweet Home mine. The experience of owning those specimens can now |  | | Journal (issue) | | scale of waste and destruction both in terms of mining for more minerals and landfills filling with minerals...While somewhat mild by Earth standards, this is a big deal among those who study 10 ROCK&GEM | WWW.ROCKNGEM...natural mineral specimens packed with very small crystal surfaces that reflect light and create a dazzling...called druzy, druse, or drusies) describes that fine crystal mineralization. The term drusy does not pertain...any mineral variety that displays this type of crystal arrangement. DRUSY CHARACTERISTICS The shimmering |  | | Journal (issue) | | Schmitt. 812 Imperial Court, Hartland, Wisconsin 53029 USA. Telephone: (0414) 3673674 U.S. $7.50 inc. p & p...Dyer and 0. Wilson Mining of the Basal Pennian Sands 22 J. Hodgkins Lead and Zinc Mining in the Ewden...Ewden Valley 25 R. Moore 28 Pandoras Crystal Box D. Melville The Minerals ofRhuba a'Mhill 2' Islay, Scotland...can be taken broadly given the limited number of mining sites available for contemporary study and research...interpretation of mining remains above and below ground, the identification of minerals and current mining news. |  | | Book | | and Collecting Hazards A Third Dimension Map of Mining Locations The Gallery List of Plates The Plates...SWITZERLAND j& DAVID WILBER, dealer and collector, Reno, Nevada, U.S. A ¥% C. DOUGLAS WOODHOUSE, Professor, University...Sydney, AUSTRALIA Ye M. DUSTERUD, Museum Manager, Mining Museum, Kongsberg, NORWAY }& PAUL FRAENKEL, collector...curators and collectors, and in contacting recognized crystal photographers. Another quarter of a million miles...recommended mineral—predictably—was white quartz (rock crystal). It was obvious that any selective factors used | | | Book | | and Collecting Hazards A Third Dimension Map of Mining Locations The Gallery List of Plates The Plates...SWITZERLAND ^ david WILBER, dealer and collector, Reno, Nevada, u. S. A ^ C. DOUGLAS woodhouse, Professor, University...Sydney, AUSTRALIA ^ M. dusterud, Museum Manager, Mining Museum, Kongsberg, NORWAY ^ PAUL fraenkel, collector...curators and collectors, and in contacting recognized crystal photographers. Another quarter of a million miles...recommended mineral—predictably—was white quartz (rock crystal). It was obvious that any selective factors used |  | | Book | | NaFe(SiOs)2. Monoclinic. Prismatic crystals. Cleaverage—district (110.) Brittle. Luster-vitreus. Color-brown or...Gives a sodium flame. Nearly insoluble. COMANCHE COUNTY: SE%, Sec. 4, T.3N., R.15W. The xtals are i to...side by granite, AGATE (See Quartz) CANADIAN COUNTY: South Canadian Rivers. In the gravel bars of...the Also in sand plant waste dumps. CIMARRON COUNTY: Secs. 7, 8, 9, 10; T.5N., R.2E. Cimarron Meredian...widely scattered in the Black Mesa area. DEWEY COUNTY: Agate is found 2 miles east of Seiling in the |  | | Catalog/List | | grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x H £2.50 1x1 £4 040 BITYITE Li...Mica white cleavages in Muscovite. (Harding Mine,Taos County, New Mexico) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £7 097 CHLOANTHITE...dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 151 LEUCOSPHENITE Ba Na Ti B...Cs)Al (B,Be) 0 pale yellow, garnet shaped single crystal. 3 mm £3.50 (Antsirabe Madagascar) 3 small crystals...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH U |  | | Catalog/List | | 214-528-3500 877-HERITAGE (437-4824) HA.com BEVERLY HILLS PALM BEACH Ed Beardsley Cristiano Bierrenbach...President and Managing Director Dallas/Beverly Hills Executive Vice President International Steve Ivy...Editor of the Mineralogical Record Dr. Wendell Wilson, and our friend Kimberly Vagner, Director of Gems...Bronze Age mining sites to modern-day finds from various geographical regions of the county. Inspired...developing culture of transmission of specimens from the mine to the dealers and from the dealers to collectors |  | | Book | | of jaspers ............................... 45 Silica in solution ...................................................................... 73 Source of silica and geologic setting ............................Conclusions and classification of non-crystalline silica ..................... 15 5 Bibliography . . ...Virtually all types of amorphous or microcrystalline silica were taken into consideration in this model and...and temperature. The varieties of non-crystalline silica instead, are formed at surface atmospheric environment |  | | Journal (issue) | | Discovery of 1736. By Ronald L. Ives ...... The Crystal Peak Region Near Florissant, Colorado. By George...Topaz ~Ioonstone )l oss Agate Ca rnelian Rock Crystal Amazonite !\lalachite Tourmaline Agate Ttu·quoise...his life tbis way. On the journey ,ve diseovered a big hematite outcrop, which jutted out of the side of...of rock ,vhich ran obliquely from bank to bank. Big, waterworn stones filled i ts dip ; while on eitbet...toiling painfully OYer ranges of knife-edged schist hills, up and down deep gullies and over beds of horizonta |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tucson, Arizona 85741 Editor & Publisher Wendell E. Wilson Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris...Correspondent Thomas Moore Editing, advertising Wendell E. Wilson 4631 Paseo Tubutama Tucson, AZ 85715 602-299-5274........................................ by W. E. Wilson 7 Washington A. Roebling, his life and his mineral..................................... 63 by W. E. Wilson A collecting trip through Transylvania and Hungary...................................... 96 by W.E. Wilson Abstracts of the 11th annual FM-TGMS-MSA Mineralogicai |  | | Book (volume) | | ;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. • .J_..::.; I Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology edited by Vandall T...Marvinney, State Geologist of Maine Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology Edited by Vandall........... 9 Carl A. Francis Selected of Maine Mining and Minerals . ...................................... 17 Vandall T. King Early Hist01y of Maine Mining and Minerals .................................................... 197 References Cited on Maine Mining Hist01y ...................................... |  | | Journal (issue) | | Caspi 122 Gem Rhodochrosite from the Sweet Home Mine, Colorado Kimberly Knox and Bryan K. Lees pg. 99...from the Sweet Home mine near Alma, Colorado. Current exploration and minig at this mine, as well as the...have been produced. Currently, mining at the most active area, the Zeus mine, is done underground, with the...has brought renewed attention to exploration and mining, with excellent results in terms of both the quantity...information about the mining area and the techniques used for exploration, mining, and processing. This |  | | Journal (issue) | | II, J A N U A R Y JANUARY 11950 950 THE MINING MINING AND HEAT TREATMENT OF ZIRCONS OF ZIRCONS by...OlsrRICT KHA DISTRICT GULF SOUTH OF CHINA SEA SIAM Fig. Fig. I.I. certain area or mine. This is perhaps...semi-finished semi-finished stones marked with the district of origin, and, in two cases, with the names of...note any variation between specimens from each district. The sketch map (Fig. 1) showing the southern...being the chief chief source of zircon, the Kha district is of particular interest because it is the only |  | | Report (issue) | | -_____-___-____.___ Doe River cove___________________ Johnson County cove.______________ Manganese and iron content...Shady Valley.......____________________ Johnson County cove.__________________ 97 97 Blue Ridge province...gorge between Iron and Gap Creek Mountains, Carter County, Tenn. 13. Photographs and geologic profile of..., and small contiguous parts of the Washington County, Va., and Ashe, Watauga, and Avery Counties, N...the Shady Valley district, the Stony Creek district, and part of the Hampton district, and reconnoitered |  | | Journal (issue) | | 摩洛哥鋅孔雀石共生石膏 (Reema Kui Photo) Fluorite (Right) Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan,China 中國湖南瑤崗仙礦螢石 (右) (Anna Zhang Photo) MSHK...depth and temperature. (The more hydrous and less silica containing zeolites formed at lower temperatures...the most famous localities for zeolites are Pune district in India, in which the basalt layers produced...tremendous amount of zeolite specimens with big crystal size. Before the discoveries of the Indian zeolites...zeolites, the basalt quarries in New Jersey in the USA produced a lot of zeolites. Germany, Canada, Mexico |  | | Journal (issue) | | status was of our $675 donation to the Harrison County Gem and Mineral Society to help them recover from...To: Margaret Johnson, President of the Harrison County G & M Society From: John Wright, Acting MS State...to Margaret Johnson, President of the Harrison County G & M Society, last night by phone. I told her...temporary facilities. I belong to both the Harrison County and Mississippi Gulf Coast Clubs. Unfortunately...been able to attend only a few of the Harrison County club’s meetings since Katrina, and I am not really |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 2010 Proportionate crystal growth 1 D.D. EBERL * AND D.E. KILE Electronmicroscopic...CO 80303 USA (*correspondence: ddeberl@usgs.gov) 2 5176 Black Bear Run, Littleton, CO 80125 USA (dkile4@comcast...flowing, supersaturated, K-alum solution. The crystal growth law for this system is: Xfinal = Xinitial...K-alum crystal growth experiments Diameter at time T - initial diameter (mm) 0.20 Big crystal (0.75...75 mm) 0.15 R^2 = 0.99 Small crystal (0.47 mm) 0.10 0.05 R^2 = 0.96 0.00 -0.05 -0.10 0 5 10 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Editor & Publisher Wendell E. Wilson T he Circulation Manager Mary Lynn Micbela Associate Editors...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...o f a m issing term ination w here sufficient crystal faces rem ain to geom etrically constrain artistic...surficially etched follow ing the last stage o f crystal grow th, giving the sam e result. Such crystals...better than it ever was. One m ight assum e that a crystal surface had been brighter prior to a stage o f |  | | Book | | ing light is emitted by a little prism of rock crystal. The world of minerals is magnificent and unique...crumpling and fracturing. For this reason many mining openings running through rocks containing anhydrite...gemmologist V. Suprychev reports on the “rock crystal” town of Risafa recently found by archaelogists...handicraftsmen of the Perm Region. A stone-cutting mine arose at the Kungurskoe deposit. These objects,...gypsum pushes back clay particles that hamper crystal growth. The origin of curved crystals was studied |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | described by Mr. S. Allport, from Ballybrood, in the county of Limerick.1 The rock, he says, " contains small...marmorized, pieces of basalt and inclusions of silica and calcite, which are several inches in length...THE BASALT OF CALTON HILL consists of olivine and big augite phenocrysts in a groundmass of small felspar...felspar microlites of magnetite and glass. The big crystal of augite, to the left, contains inclusions from |
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