| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Activity in the Variscan Karkonosze Massif and Its Eastern Metamorphic Cover (SW Poland) Stanisław Z. Mikulski...Research Institute, Rakowiecka 4, 00-975 Warszawa, Poland Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National...University, Żwirki i Wigury 93, 02-089 Warszawa, Poland; Jan.Wierchowiec@uw.edu.pl Correspondence: stanislaw...dating of the two main igneous rocks types in the Karkonosze Pluton, porphyritic and equigranular monzogranite...Michałowice) or/and metasomatic and hydrothermal (e.g., Kowary, Czarnów and Miedzianka) processes forming Mo- | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | PEGMATITES FROM SZKLARSKA PORE˛BA, KARKONOSZE MASSIF, SOUTHWESTERN POLAND Adam PIECZKA§ and Bożena GOŁĘBIOWSKA...Geochemistry, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30–059 Kraków, Poland Abstract We describe a complete sequence of cuprobismutite...homologues (kupčikite, hodrušite, cuprobismutite and an unnamed N = 2.5 homologue) coexisting with one another...pegmatite cutting the Karkonosze granite at Szklarska Poręba, southwestern Poland. The minerals are associated...81(Bi13.84Ag1.88Cd0.16)S15.89S26.30 may represent an unnamed N = 2.5 homologue in the series. The slightly excessive | | | Journal (issue) | gemgypsy@bellsouth.net MAY–JUNE 2022 Articles Capelinha: Titanite and epidote deposits of the Capelinha Region,......................433 by T. P. Moore COVER: TITANITE twin with albite and epidote on matrix, 4.4 cm...Society, supported gem and mineral shows around the county as a museum exhibitor and speaker, and served on...volume 53, January–February, 2022 CAPELINHA TITANITE AND EPIDOTE DEPOSITS OF THE CAPELINHA REGION,...producing beautiful specimens of titanite and epidote. The titanite crystals, measuring up to 20 cm, | | Haluzová, E., Ackerman, L., Pašava, J., Jonášová, Š., Svojtka, M., Hrstka, T., Veselovský, F. (2015) Geochronology and characteristics of Ni-Cu-(PGE) mineralization at Rožany, Lusatian Granitoid Complex, Czech Republic. Journal of GEOsciences, 60 (4) 219-236 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | the total PGE contents found in Rožany are much lower than those reported from the Ransko Massif, but...types, Pt–Pd–As–Te mineralization represented by unnamed Pd-bearing tellurides [Pd 2(Ni,Fe) 2BiTe 6, PdNi(Sb...Teplá–Barrandian, the Moldanubian and the Moravo–Silesian (Schulmann et al. 2009). The Rožany deposit is...two old nearby quarries (location of the first quarry: N 51°2.09'; E 14°27.08', of the second: N 51°2...Ni–Cu–(PGE) mineralization, Lusatian Granitoid Complex Poland Czech Republic P P D Rothstein Fm. sediments | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | minerals found in Ver mont slate. Figure 2. Slate quarry, Poultney; photo by Roger Bacon. The granite industry...decorator tiles. The Belvidere Mountain quarry, Low ell (Orleans County) is the most signifi cant locality...producers. The nearby hamlet of Eden Mills (Lamoille County) is the commonly given but incorrect name for the...the locality; it is near er to the quarry than the village of Lowell and is the last set tlement seen...locality from the south. The Belvidere Mountain quarry has produced worldclass crystals of grossular (the | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...Bentley provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium...pit—east of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite (Martin and Stafford, 1972). Cheatham...property—Route 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8...[University of Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 Barrow County Arnold mine—1.6 km northeast of Statham, near the | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | homogeneous ilmenite that is extensively replaced by titanite or a rutilehematite mixture in the form of a sub-graphic... 4e). Few relics of ilmenite are preserved in titanite (Fig. 4f). Martitized magnetite is much less abundant...The latter figure shows an occurrence of perfect titanite rhombs with preferential confinement to the granular...their nano-size (as fine as 2 μm) including an unnamed Cu-rich phase that is intergrown with fine Cu sulphide...replaced by titanite along cracks and peripheries (Fig. 6g) or to a mixture of rutile-titanite along the | | | Report (edition) | cm tall; gem weighs 2 carats. From the Havey Quarry, Poland, MaifJ. e. Photo copyright 1995 by Wendell...on quartz crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers...much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...Supplemental labels were added where necessary to show quarry sites, road names, and other useful landmarks....those which are still open. The words "mine" and "quarry" are often used interchangeably in discussing mineral | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY began in 1818...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the...1831 along tributaries of the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has...iron ore, clay, marble, bauxite, and Figure 1. County map of Alabama. Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey | | | Book (volume) | publisher. Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...than Maine's, as well. An area smaller than Oxford County in Murmansk Ob last, Kola Peninsula, Russia, has...clear to slightly blue topazes. However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite...American green and red gem tourmalines are from Paris, Poland, and Newry. These gems might qualify as world's | | Houzar, S., Litochleb, J., Sejkora, J., Cempírek, J., Cícha, J. (2008) Unusual mineralization with niobian titanite and Bi-tellurides in scheelite skarn from Kamenné doly quarry near Písek, Moldanubian Zone, Bohemian Massif. Journal of GEOsciences, 53 (1) 1-16 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | mineralization with niobian titanite and Bi-tellurides in scheelite skarn from Kamenné doly quarry near Písek, Moldanubian... scheelite skarn containing accessory niobian titanite, native bismuth and Bi-tellurides of the Bi2X...type of skarn. The presence of accessory niobian titanite is typical, in particular, of the veins. In addition...Na in titanite correspond to the substitutions Al(OH,F)(TiO)-1 and Al(Nb,Ta)Ti-2. Niobian titanite has...members were described from numerous localities as unnamed minerals. In contrast to the published data this | | Pieczka, Adam, Hawthorne, Frank C., Ball, Neil, Abdu, Yassir, Gołębiowska, Bożena, Włodek, Adam, Żukrowski, Jan (2018) Graftonite-(Mn), ideally M1MnM2,M3Fe2(PO4)2, and graftonite-(Ca), ideally M1CaM2,M3Fe2(PO4)2, two new minerals of the graftonite group from Poland. Mineralogical Magazine, 82 (6) 1307-1322 doi:10.1180/minmag.2017.081.109 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | two new minerals of the graftonite group from Poland Graftonite-(Mn) and graftonite-(Ca), two new minerals...minerals of the graftonite group from Poland 1, 2 2 2,3 1 1 4 Adam Pieczka *, Frank C. Hawthorne , Neil...and Geochemistry, 30-059 Kraków, Mickiewicza 30, Poland; pieczka@agh.edu.pl 2 Department of Geological...Nanotechnology, 30-059 Kraków, Mickiewicza 30, Poland *E-mail: pieczka@agh.edu.pl [Received 30 October...and Michałkowa in the Góry Sowie Block, Lower Silesia, SW Poland. Graftonite-(Mn) is pinkish brown, whereas | | Jastrzębski, Mirosław, Żelaźniewicz, Andrzej, Murtezi, Mentor, Larionov, Alexander N., Sergeev, Sergey (2015) The Moldanubian Thrust Zone — A terrane boundary in the Central European Variscides refined based on lithostratigraphy and U–Pb zircon geochronology. Lithos, 220. 116-132 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2015.01.023 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | in Wrocław INGPAN, Podwale St. 50-449, Wrocław, Poland Centre of Isotopic Research, All-Russian Geological...Město Belt (SMB) and Velké Vrbno Dome, the Sudetes (Poland and Czech Republic), have been used to refine the...from the OSD and from the thrust-bounded upper and lower units of the SMB yielded protolith ages of 500 ±...Brunovistulia was engaged in the Variscan orogen as the lower plate during a collision with the Moldanubia and...assigned (Don et al., 2003; Skácel, 1989). The unnamed unit (“middle unit” according to Jastrzębski, 2012) | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | examples come from the Jeffrey mine (also noted as quarry on some labels), Asbestos, Les Sources Municipalité...aegirine, allanite, calcite, epidote, prehnite, titanite, and microcline (Horváth and Gault 1990). Also...been collected at Dungannon Township, Hastings County, Ontario. The crystals in the collection are associated...is also found in a skarn at Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, as brown-red dodecahedra to approximately...Lowell quarry (also labeled as Eden Mills quarries), 428 ROCKS & MINERALS Lowell, Orleans County, Vermont | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | in the Hinomaru-Nago mine, Kiyo area, Abu, Abu County, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan (34°53′N 131°52′E)...† For a complete listing of all IMA-validated unnamed minerals and their codes, see http://pubsites.uws...decavanadate mineral from the Burro Mine, San Miguel County, Colorado. Canadian Mineralogist, 55(3), 473–481...the Burro mine, Slick Rock district, San Miguel County, Colorado, U.S.A. (38°2′42″N, 108°53′23″W), which...collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. F.C. Ferri-Obertiite* | | Peck, W. H., Volkert, R. A., Mansur, A. T., Doverspike, B. A. (2009) Stable Isotope and Petrologic Evidence for the Origin of Regional Marble-Hosted Magnetite Deposits and the Zinc Deposits at Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey Highlands, United States. Economic Geology, 104 (7) 1037-1054 doi:10.2113/econgeo.104.7.1037 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | arc by mafic magma provided the heat to melt the lower crust and drive the hydrothermal system, resulting...where it is divided into the stratigraphically lower 335- to 457-m-thick Franklin layer, which hosts...Limecrest quarry; 7 = Hill vein; 8 = Furnace bed; 9 = Splitrock mine; 10 = Kanouse mine; 11 = Unnamed prospect;...mine; 13 = Twin Lakes calcic skarn; 14 = Hamburg quarry. Zinc deposits at Franklin and Sterling Hill are...linear trend that includes the Kanouse mine, an unnamed prospect, and Splitrock mine in the New Jersey | | | Journal (issue) | Three Interesting Silicates from the Laytonville Quarry, California Robert J. Lauf Oak Ridge, Tennessee...silicate minerals were discovered at the Laytonville quarry, Mendocino Co., California, Agrell and coworkers...collector. Geology of the Laytonville Quarry The Laytonville quarry, Mendocino Co., California, contains...(Agrell, Bown, and McKie 1964). The Laytonville quarry exotic block represents a series of deep-ocean...Mn-poor pelitic rocks. During a later, and apparently lower pressure period in the metamorphic history, howieite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | change crossing the Great Smoky Thrust Fault to lower Paleozoic TRAVIS A. PARIS 5604 Malmsbury Road Knoxville...left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo....Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis...associated with limestones and dolomites of the lower Ordovician-age Knox Group along the crest of the | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | exposed in a small portion of the north face of the quarry. Miaroles up to several inches iicross abound in...Besesitra dike, the Ifasina dike, and several unnamed dikes. The less-evolved dikes include the Andasy...the Fiakarandava dike, as well as several other unnamed dikes. Rhodizite either occurs in the wall zone...KUNZITEBEARING PEGMATITE IN THE PALA DISTRICT, SAN DlEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. J. Fisher, 380 Pennsylvania Ave.,...Katerina mine, Hiriart Mountain, Pala, San Diego County, California. J. Fisher specimen and photo. Heavy-mineral | | | Book | which is shared by Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland and Austria, has been focused on these industrial... Germany, Luxembourg, France, The Netherlands, Poland, the Czech Republic and Austria. Together with...Pegmatitic Rocks and Economic Geology Triassic Town Lower Permian + Upper Carboniferous Border IL Hof ...realms of the European Variscides from Portugal to Poland. In addition to the Hagendorf-Pleystein Pegmatite...K-rich pegmatitic upper portion and Na-rich aplitic lower zone of individual pegmatites. More recent theories | | | Report (issue) | 40.51 25.32 0.48 1.32 5.25 102.30 (1) Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada; average of...and nepheline syenite pegmatite. Association: An unnamed burbankite-group mineral, donnayite-(Y), clinoamphibole...mica (muscovite?), titanite, clinopyroxene, calcite. Distribution: Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire...Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada. Name: Honors Dr. Robert (“Bob”) James Traill (b. 1921), mineralogist | | | Journal (issue) | Incorporated TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. The Franklin Quarry by Philip P. Betancourt 2 Early Products of the...new zinc magnesium carbonate and data for other unnamed species from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey...International License. Minerals of the Franklin Quarry Philip P. Betancourt 410 Chester Avenue Moorestown...Franklin Quarry (formerly called the Farber Quarry, and before that known as the Moses Bigelow Quarry). The...The quarry is situated in the Franklin Marble on Cork Hill Road between Franklin and Ogdensburg, about | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | The ^Cobaltite" Crystals from the Kibblehouse Quarry by J. A L E X A N D E R SPEER JAMES R. C R A I G...octahedron from the Kibblehouse quarry, Perkiomenville, Mont gomery County, Pennsylvania. Department of...the Kibble house quarry near Perkiomenville, Marlborough twp., Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, was...corner (known as the "cobaltite corner") of the quarry (Grant, 1972; Montgomery, 1973c). The cobaltite...of cobaltite-veins have been recognized in the quarry: 1) irregular calcite veins with cobaltite, actinolite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | thomsonite, 1061 thorite, 60, L26L thorogummite, 60 titanite,370,548, 1205 tourmaline, 681, 1061 tourmaline...257 stibarsen,257 sulphotsumoite,257 TiO2(B),343 titanite, 370 tremolite,fluor, l81l Eemolite,oH, 1811 volynskite...(synthetic), 1485 tuanakite, 1722 l0-A phase,106 titanite. 370 Dugganite, 1434 Eclogite, 971, l78L Edenite...rutile-hematite intergrowths, 113 Tio2 (B), 343 titanite, 37o, l2o5 vesuvianite, 397 zircon, 1510 Electron...direction. 1931 rutile, 113, 1205 Tio2 (B),343 titanite, 370, 1205 tremolile, 181I tremolite (synthetic) | | | Report (issue) | of uranium deposits at the Pitch Mine, Saguache County, Colorado .......................................uranium might have migrated upward from the middle-lower crust along a deep dislocation zone during the first...than by fractionation of upper mantle or the mafic lower crust. The limited number of chemical analyses show...structures of the host rock. The more important lower one has an average thickness of 5 m and has been...a migration of uranium upwards from the middle-lower crust along deep reaching dislocation zones may |
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