 | | Report (issue) | | the royal regalia of many countries, including Austria, Denmark, England, the Holy See, Italy, Norway...scepters Fieschergletscher, Switzerland Morchnerkar, Austria Dasoto, Drama, Greece Epithermal veins in intermediate...salinities short prismatic, banded Maissau, Austria Schlottwitz, Germany Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada...Oudi, Morocco Origins 11 PARANJ\-ETENDEKA FLOOD BASALT Above: Quartz variety amethyst, 12.6 cm wide Rio...our planet are found in the Parana-Etendeka flood basalt province in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and in neighboring |  | | Catalog/List | | ANALClTE. Zeolite Group White crystals well covering Basalt. {Talisker Bay, Skye ,. Scotland) lxl 60p lx2 fl...creamywhite micro crystals in cavities in Natrolite (Saga Quarry,TvedalenNorway} lxl E2.60 062 BORNITE Cu/5 FeS/~...CHABAZITE sharp small white crystals in cavities 1n Basalt. (Quirang, Skye, Scotland) ·lxl 60p .J 092 CHIAVENNITE...BAZI'i'E Zeolite qroup s111allwhite crystals on Basalt (N.!reland) lem 0.80 1 x ½ fl.10 119 CHALCOSTIEI'l'ECu...ITE Feldspar group pale green phenocrysts :n qrey Basalt. (Eycott Cumbria) 2x2 60p 2x3 El.OO 080 ClJ..CITE |  | | Book | | A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...collectors and often used as decorative items. Basalt is the most abundant volcanic rock on Earth’s surface...rock, created when hot gases were trapped in the basalt lava as it a specimen. The minerals may have grown...solidify into an extrusive igneous rock such as basalt. Magma may also solidify very slowly beneath Earth’s...physical property by which to identify it. Guat (citrine variety), Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil 11 |  | | Book | | © 1993 Eigenverlag Dr. Reinhard Exel, Vienna/Austria: A-1100 Wien, Malborghetgasse 31 Gesamtherstellung:...Zeolithmineralisationen (z. B. von Klöch und Weitendorf/Stmk.) aber auch Olivinvorkommen (am Kapfensteiner...leicht gelblich gefärbte Rauchquarze, i. a. als Citrine bezeichnet, kommen hier vor und werden facettiert...wirklich um Citrine handelt. Es wurde sogar behauptet, daß es in den Alpen überhaupt keine Citrine gäbe, weil...1989) bestätigen aber nun das Vorkommen „echter" Citrine in Osterreich, weil deren Verhalten bei Erhitzung |  | | Book | | crystals of quartz, on the title page is a facet-cut citrine and above is a polished thunder egg of agate....causes the formation of fine-grained rocks such as basalt, in pockets of which tough, micro-crystalline minerals...the chalcedony group, filling rounded cavities in basalt. Great care has to be taken, using hammers, gads...sapphires; wolfram could mean topaz or beryl and, in a district where tin has been mined, the collector might...found in association with citron chrysoprase. Citrine* Yellow-brown variety of quartz. Citron chrysoprase |  | | Book | | topmost layer, made mostly of silicaterich rocks like basalt and granite. It is thinnest under the oceans and...these other worlds are 1nade almost entirely of basalt, and are very stable and ancient, barely changed...years ago. Earth has a basalt crust, too. The crust under the oceans is basalt, for instance. But Earth's...forms barely a quarter of the world's surface. Basalt crust forms when magma (molten rock) from Earth's...irectly from n1antle melts like this - only when basalt ren1elts, changing its chemistry and mixing in |  | | Catalog/List | | chlorophosphate New Ham.12shire Graf ton Center, Ruggles quarry ...... Olive green masses in pegmatite ...... ARAGONITE...$1. 50. New Mexico Socorro County, Hansonberg district Large white crystal sections, select ....... ...................... . Southern Rhodesia Miami district Yellow-green hexagonal crystal prisms from l"...to l½" thick ........................ • EMERALD Austria or Russia Bright green single hexagonal crystal...aluminosilicate New Jersey Phillipsburg, Royal Green quarry Olive green coarse micaceous plates with serpentine |  | | Book | | large, such as pegmatite, lo microscopic, as in basalt. Igneous rocks with a crystal size greater ...well-formed crystals. This specimen is from the Petaca district of New Mexico. Granite 6 The darker, heavier...of its matrix or groundmass (granite porphyry, basalt porphyry, etc.). This specimen is a granite porphyry...This example is from Durango. Mexico. Andesite Basalt A form of lava, andesite corresponds in composition...aphanitic rock corresponds in composition to gabbro. Basalt is common both as lava and as intru sive rock |  | | Book | | muscovite (No. 13). Rare. Specimen from the Tyrol (Austria). 10 Biotite is the most common mica, named after...tablets. Occurrence: Eifel (Germany), Carinthia (Austria), Norway (No. 10). 11 Zinnwaldite (lithium mica)...crystals, usually in irregular plates. Occurrence: Austria, Norway, USSR, Australia, India. Fig. 13 from the...characteristic bronzy sheen. Fig. 17 from Styria (Austria). Hypersthene rarely forms well-shaped crystals...below). Occurrence: Eifel (Germany), Bohemia, Austria, Norway, Fig. 18 from Norway. 19 Olivine, Peridot |  | | Book | | the natural processes of colour change. Yellow citrine may be obtained from the violet amethyst by heating...should preferably be more detailed, e.g. walls of a quarry, or refuse heap specimen, so that one could find...10H,O (Glauber Salt) Hallstatt, Salzkammergut, Austria colourless, white, yellow, grey, red, brown vitreous...PLUMBOCALCITE (Pb,Ca)COx, Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria WITHERITE BaCO; Alston Moor, Westmorland, England...barytes, coelestine, natrolite Eisenerz, Styria, Austria STRONTIANITE SrCO, Sendenhorst, Germany Table |  | | Journal (issue) | | result of a several weeks stay at Matara, which gem district he visited in response to an urgent request for...kaha palingu. "A lighter coloured smoky Topaz". Citrine. Brown Crystal: tillia palingu (both Malab. & Singhal)...the yellow and brown crystals correspond to our citrine and smoky quartzes. But in the same breath Thunberg...Belligam. He also noted that zircons of the Matara district receive the name "Matara diamonds" for their finest...and synthetic sapphire, ruby, ruby, amethyst and citrine Dipl.-Min (I)and and Dr Dr Karl Karl Schmetzer(2) |  | | Book | | crystal (colourless), amethyst (violet-purple), citrine (yellow to brown), rose quartz (pink, sometimes...Single crystal specimens of rock crystal, amethyst, citrine and (rarely) rose quartz occur in prismatic form...some of the dark igneous rocks such as gabbro and basalt it is rare. Since silica dissolves quite easily...to be so. Citrine There is not much difficulty in establishing the origin of the name citrine, used for...was for many years customary in the trade for citrine to be called topaz and the true topaz, precious |  | | | | quartz, quartz, quartz, quartz, aventurine 31 citrine 31 morion 31 rutilated 31 sodalite 114 sorosilicates...accumulated around a point Diabase. An altered form of basalt Druse. A rock lined with crystals Ductile. Capable...found at Butte, Montana, and the Copper River district of Alaska. A much rarer mineral is covellite,...obtained in crystal form at Pragratten in the Tyrol (Austria), Redruth in Cornwall (England), and Bristol,...Saxony, Cavnic in Romania, Schwaz in the Tyrol (Austria), and Cornwall, England. In the United States good |  | | Book | | amethyst 29, 31 quartz, aventurine 31 quartz, citrine 3J quartz, morion 31 quartz, rutilated 31 quartz...accumulated around a point Diabase. An altered form of basalt Druse. A rock lined with crystals Ductile. Capable...found at Butte, Montana, and the Copper Rjver district of Alaska. A much rarer mineral is covellite,...obtained in crystal form at Pragratten in the Tyrol (Austria), Redruth in Cornwall (England), and Brist'ol,...Saxony, Cavnic in Romania, Schwaz in the Tyrol (Austria), and Cornwall, England. In the United States good | | | Book | | amethyst 29, 31 quartz, aventurine 31 quartz, citrine 31 nesosilicates 75 quartz, rutilated 31 nemalite...accumulated around a point Diabase. An altered form of basalt Druse. A rock lined with crystals Ductile. Capable...found at Butte, Montana, and the Copper River district of Alaska. A much rarer mineral is covellite,... Wales r, at Pragratten in the Tyrol and (Austria), Bristol, C Redruth cticut. in Cornwali...Saxony, Cavnic in Romania, Schwaz in the Tyrol (Austria), and Cornwall, England. In the United States good |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | FACETING ROUGH: Topaz, amethyst, pyrope, aquamarine, citrine, goshenite, sphene, spodumene, spessartite, andalusite...bi-color tourmaline, blue, p i n k and golden topaz, citrine, aqua, smithsonite, malachite, epidote, apatite...I A N I T E , x l d . mass 2 % x 2 Steirmark, Austria. $ 6 . 0 0 * list some purchase - Weekcall first... "Flos F e r i " . 8 V i x 4 V i Erzberg, Styria, Austria. $ 1 5 . 0 0 * S M I T H S O N I T E , pale...sand Bastite Albite Slate Chert Flint Chalk Tuffa Basalt Marble Gabbro Pumice Aug ite Dacite Aplite Gneiss |  | | Journal (issue) | | Russia Alexander 1. Kissin Gem Corundum in Alkali Basalt: Origin and Occurrence A. A. Levinson and P. A...the author traveled to the Kootchinslzoye marble quarry, where he discovered ruby, pink sapphire, and other...crystals were found at the 1~ootcl1i11s1zoye marble quarry in the Southern Ural Mountains of Russia. They...LOCATION AND ACCESS The I~ootcl~inslzoye marble quarry (figure 4), which measures about 100 in x 40 m...representative of material i n which ruby occurs. The quarry is filled with water 5-7 m deep. Photo b y A. 1 |  | | Book | | light coloured rocks with a fine-grained texture. Basalt arises from a lava solidified into a black rock...-14 Obsidian Z K ■£ ?*«*? V -S. . _ a Basalt Slate Schist 16 Phyllite Gneiss Homfels...rubbish which may harm animals. If the site is a quarry careful arrangements with respect to equipment...forms part of an important and extensive mining district. Details of the names of species are taken largely...Found at the Pelican Dives mine, Silver Plume district, and Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County, Colorado |  | | Book | | Wells, Somerset; F. E. L. Weaver, Manager, Meldon Quarry, Okehampton, Devon. This help is gratefully acknowledged...care must be taken if blasting is in progress. Quarry walls have often been loosened by blast and rock... andesite; in the basic: gabbro, micro-gabbro, basalt. Ultrabasic rocks, such as dunite and eclogite...known as the ‘Crystal Beach’, where amethyst and citrine could be picked up without much trouble, but you...(cassiterite), apatite, fluorite, rose quartz, citrine 18 fe ie ee:ss [77] | | Aevitxa ON diozosaw | | | | | is granite while an extrusive example could be basalt. Sedimentary rocks are derived from the abrasion...250) Dark gabbro (p. 252) andesite (p. 260) basalt (p. 262) obsidian (p. 266) Sedimentary Rocks Colour...Township, Cochrane District, Ontario; Darwin Mine, McMurray Township, Algoma District, Ontario; nuggets...(48728): Dendritic, or Treetice. habit PD SE ES Yale District, British Columbia. Width of specimen: 5 cm Similar...Kamloops District, British Columbia; Burwash Creek, Yukon Territory; Coppercorp Mine, Algoma District, Ontario; | | | Book | | the natural processes of colour change. Yellow citrine or gold brown topaz may be obtained from the violet...should preferably be more detailed, e.g. walls of a quarry, or refuse heap specimen, so that one could find...10H-O (Glauber Salt) Hallstatt, Salzkammergut, Austria very good soft, inelastic, flexible columnar...PLUMBO CALCITE (Pb,Ca)CO.t Blciberg, Carinthia, Austria WITHERITE BaCO3 Alston Moor, Westmorland, England...485 ARAGONITE CaCOj (Flos Ferri) Eisenerz, Styria, Austria f II Occurrence Assoc. Minerals Similar |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 10 fr 15 fr 25 fr 40 fr doleritic basalt (Nov. 22) olivine basalt (Oct. 8) volcanic geode (Apr. 26) diabase...Gondwanidium e diamonds 9 c red surchage on 8 c opal AUSTRIA April 30, 1976 3 s Ammonite SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER ...quartz 1 r citrine 2 r chalcopyrite August 8, 1968 30 h Ardspach rocks and Ammonite 60 h basalt formation...formation and frog fossil 80 h rocks, basalt, and polished agate 1.00 k Pelecypod 1.60 k Trilobite BRAZIL June...September 27, 1974 4 fr marble blocks 25 fr marble quarry May 7, 1976 25 fr aragonite 50 fr petrified wood |  | | Book | | dolomite and aragonite crystals. 11 This roadstone quarry at Meldon, Devonshire, England, is popular with...crystal’. Even car¬ nelian tends to be cloudy, so citrine might be a more accurate translation. While these...the molecule. The other, named after the Lolling district where it was discovered, has arsenic replacing...area riddled with old tin-mine workings is this quarry at Cligga Head, Cornwall. It shows bands of altered...plates from Sowerby’s books. Above Small cavities in basalt containing the zeolite mesolite. Rough apatite |  | | Journal (issue) | | sapphire and spinel deposit of An Phu, Luc Yen Mining District, Yenbai Province, Vietnam . . . . . . . . . ....12th level of the Cresson mine, Cripple Creek district, Colorado in 1914 (see “The Cresson Vug, Cripple...Steger Nestroystrasse 15 2700 Wiener Neustadt Austria The author has been visiting mines and mineral...mineralogical tours have taken him from his home in Austria to such enticing localities as the Virgem da Lapa...2006 Figure 3. Paolo Vasconcelos with a large citrine quartz crystal in 1999. Guido Steger photo. In |  | | Book | | Amethyst 87 Aurichalcite 49 Smoky quartz Citrine 86 64 103 Wavellite 104 105 Alexandrite ...the resulting volcanic rock is fine-grained (e.g. basalt). Sometimes the cooling is so rapid that crystal...peninsula in Michigan, U.S.A.; the Lake Superior district, and Cobalt, Ontario. Small amounts have been...Queensland and New South Wales; the Mother Lode district of California and parts of Colorado, U.S.A.; Canada;...including: Mt. Mica, Oxford Co., Maine; the Pala district of San Diego Co., California; Haddam Neck, Con¬ |
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Basalt quarry, Weitendorf, Wildon, Leibnitz District, Styria, Austria