 | | Report (issue) | | some good-looking specimens of pyromorphite from the Bou Iboulkhir mine, Moulay Bouazza, Khénifra, Meknès-Tafilalt...locality that once was known by the presence of pyromorphite but not with this quality and less represented...======================= Pyromorphite, 4 cm, from the Bou Iboulkhir mine, Moulay Bouazza, Khénifra,...mines area of the famous Bou Azzer cobalt-mining district. We have seen pink cobalt-rich calcite from Bou...===== Co-rich calcite, 6 cm, from the Agoudal mine, Bou Azzer, Morocco. Mch Minerals specimen and photo |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | collectors may form. One of these minerals is the lead carbonate cerussite. The artificial compound was...pulverulent, or earthy masses. Chemically, cerussite is lead carbonate (PbCO,) and is a member of the aragonite...caledonite, hydrocerussite, bournonite, linarite, pyromorphite, and vanadinite have been reported. Concentrically...are well known to collectors and geologists. Pyromorphite, minium, malachite, and a variety of other minerals...exclusively from the oxidized upper portions of lead-bearing ore deposits, where it is formed through |  | | Journal (issue) | | index. This is organised hierarchically by country, county or state, then site name. To avoid the confusion...century boundary changes in the British Isles, the county boundaries defined by the Local Governmant Act...referred to as Glamorgan. The new counties and county boroughs brought in by the Lieutenancies Act of...Special issue on the minerals of Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham...(2000) Famous mineral localities: Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England 20:7-37 Bevins, R |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 W Pyromorphite Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln]...23:16 02 June 2016 Bunker Hill Mine, Coeur d’Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho 190 ROCKS & MINERALS...23:16 02 June 2016 I t is only fitting that pyromorphite should follow on the heels of its sister mineral...between the two, particularly for the collector. Pyromorphite specimens seem to appear in relatively enormous...are well known to collectors. Unlike mimetite, pyromorphite is historically important from localities in |  | | Book | | articles. Sándor Szakáll (1953, Berettyóújfalu, Hungary) Head of the Department of Mineralogy, Herman Ottó...Mineralogical Regions Czech Republic (Milan Novák) Hungary (Sándor Szakáll) Poland (Ewa Kos/.owska) Romania...Mineral Species Czech Republic (Milan Novák). Hungary (Sándor Szakáll), Poland (Ewa Kos/.owska). Romania...Museums of the Carpathians Czech Republic (Moravia) Hungary Poland Romania Slovakia Ukraine 397 397 399 409...countries, (i.e. the Czech Republic. Slovakia, Poland. Hungary, Ukraine, and Romania). From a mineralogical viewpoint |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | variations and translations of “green lead ore” or “brown lead ore.” Early miners at Caldbeck Fells,...of pyromorphite, and not realizing until later that it contained lead, called it ‘‘coloured lead ore...ore. ’’ PYROMORPHITE, Pb,(PO,),Cl, has been chosen by the Tucson Show Committee as the featured mineral...accessibility to collectors in the field or marketplace. Pyromorphite certainly meets these criteria, although specimens...quartz (1987). Truly impressive specimens of pyromorphite come from the United Kingdom, Germany, Zambia |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Perhaps best known in recent years for its pyromorphite, Idaho also boasts many other mineral species...across, on blue thomsonite. Lucky Peak Dam, Ada County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Figure 3 (below)...cut near Pinehurst, Adams County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Ada County Lucky Peak Dam, on east side...PHILLIPSITE, and THOMSONITE. Adams County Alaska mine, Seven Devils district: azurite, grossular, malachite... Arkansas mine, Seven Devils district: grossular. Blue Jacket claim, Seven Devils district, about 4 miles |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Kautenbach Mine Bernkastel-Kues, Rhineland-Palatinate Germany Steffen Jahn c/o Bode Verlag GmbH Am...pseudomorphs after pyromorphite—the so-called Blaubleierz (“blue lead ore”)—from the Kautenbach mine near Bernkastel-Kues...tiny lead mine only in the mid-19th century. INTRODUCTION Galena pseudomorphs after pyromorphite (Blaubleierz...(Blaubleierz, “blue lead ore”) from the Kautenbach mine is, to put it simply, a mineralogical specialty of...Kautenbach material as “a variety of pyromorphite wherein the original pyromorphite is being replaced by galena |  | | Journal (issue) | | EVENTS Mick Wolfe Richard Bell PETROLOGY OF ZINC-LEAD-COPPER CRow DESIGN Julie Ballard ISLAND, Co. ...cases through the appropriate channels. SUPERGENE LEAD MINERALISATION IN CENTRAL WALES John Mason 47 ...imaees in the article on fluorite from the Rogerley Mine, Weardale, in the last edition of this journal....problematic, the famous blue fluorite from Florence Mine in west Cumbria commonly register a dirty pink on...photoDavidGreen. working of the Strontian Barite mine. The habit, bipyramids with large prism faces, is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fluorescent Forum Fluorescence in Pyromorphite and Other Lead Apatites M A N U E L ROBBINS Manning Lane...and Chester County mines operated in gneiss and red shale to extract galena and other lead min erals...attractive of all, clusters of dark grass-green pyromorphite crystals in the form of barrels, hexagonal cylinders...they may fluoresce, because only some of the pyromorphite from this locality fluo resces. Other minerals...collect ing localities in the East. Pyromorphite My interest in pyromorphite was rekindled recently as a result |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | azurite, malachite, smithsonite, wulfenite, pyromorphite, and mimetite. Of these, the acquisition of...(AsO,),CI] forms a solid-solution series with pyromorphite [Pb,(PO,),Cl], with the name mimetite being...appear to be quite rare in contrast with those of pyromorphite; pseudomorphs of bayldonite after mimetite are...mineral in the oxidized zones of a wide variety of lead deposits that contain associated arsenopyrite or...Associated minerals can include cerussite, anglesite, pyromorphite, smithsonite, hemimorphite, wulfenite, willemite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Manila Mine Downloaded by [New York University] at 00:58 20 June 2015 Cochise County, Arizona ROBERT...mm, from the Gallagher mine. T HE TOMBSTONE MINING DISTRICT in Cochise County, Arizona, is one of the...near its intersection with Highway 80 in Cochise County, Arizona (fig. 2). The mineral claims are typical...the area was made in 1857 Figure 3. The Manila mine shaft at the bottom of the photo and another shaft...and reportedly an expert with the blowpipe. The mine was initially known as Bronco but was later “relocated” |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California...9(2) Å3, Z = 2, is a new mineral from the Capitana mine, Copiapó, Atacama Province, Chile and has been identified...numerous other deposits world-wide. At the Capitana mine, it occurs as transparent, colorless, tapering hexagonal...secondary mineral in the oxidized zone of the Capitana mine, a Cu-Pb-Ag deposit, where it closely associated...implications with respect to the chlorapatite-pyromorphite solid solution series. An analysis of compositions |  | | Book | | MLP. (Michael P. Minerals of the English Lake District Caldbeck Fells Cumbria. Caldbeck. Mineral deposts...largely of debris washed down fromthe Roughton Gill mine dumps under Iron Crag C O N T E N INTRODUCTION...of the finest mineral specimens ever found: pyromorphite, plumbogummite, mimetite, linarite, hemimorphite...renowned. CALDBECK FELLS MINING DISTRICT The Caldbeck Fells mining district oceupies approxi— mately 25sqkm...Lake District, some 12 km north—north—east of Keswick. Before 1974 the fells were in the county of Cumberland |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GeologicalSuraey.4 Pyromorphite has been identified in a lead ore concentrate from the AIco Lead Company mine in the...the fluorspar-lead-zincdistrict of southern Illinois. This mineral has not previously been reported from...fluorspar district of westernKentucky by W. S. Tangier Smith,l who statesthat pyromorphite "occurs in...Occurrence The lead ore containing the pyromorphite came from the open-pit Patrick mine of the AIco Lead Company...+, lttrW 1, sec. 16, T. 12 S., R. 9 E., Hardin County, about 8 miles northeast of Rosiclare. The presenceof |  | | Journal (issue) | | to 22nvn from 3 ---- - - ----- Cook's Kitchen mine, Cornwall. Spedmen In the collection of the Royal...SOCIETY Peter Moore • John Pearce 10 FORCE CRAG MINE Dtlf.!idGreen • DavidMcCa/lum • Mike Wood 15 MINERAL...through the appropriate channels. YSTRAD EINION MINE John Mason • Steve Rust 37 BOOK REVIEWS 45 CLASSIFIED...Sponsors: SUSSEX MINERAL AND LAPIDARY SOCIETY PEAK DISTRICT MINERAL AND LAPIDARY SO�IETY UK Journal of Mines...cm olivenite specimen, said to be from Tincroft mine, but more probably from either Wheal Gorland or |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PYROMORPHITE by R I C H A R D G R E E N 1745 13th Street Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 44223 Undoubtedly the...such mineral which is well rep resented is pyromorphite. dark greeen to light tan. At one particular...a rarity. Num erous specimens from the ancient lead mines of Cumberland, England demonstrate two or...easily con fused with mimetite, the lead chlorarsenate. This is a lead clorphosphate which oc curs as a...a secondary mineral in lead ore bodies. It is quite prevalent throughout the world and may be found with |  | | Book (edition) | | Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains by...Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District and the Blackbird Mining District, and to Ben Sheppard for reviewing...reviewing the chapter on the Blackbird Mining District. Those who contributed photographs, or specimens...or a vein of massive pyrite and chalcopyrite in a mine, so references such as these were not included....for a particular mineral may be a certain mine, but that mine may now have a new name, or may now be a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | deposits of the primary ores of copper, zinc, and lead have yielded great quantities of wonderful carbonates...chemistries and much more limited distribution. One such lead mineral from the latter category—leadhillite—is...of Leadhills in the heart of Scotland’s lead mining district; desiring to acquire complete suites of...other exotic oxidized zone in an as-yet-undeveloped mine. For now, however, Tsumeb holds top honors for the...species. Working on material from the Scottish lead district, Brooke (1820, pp. 117–120) determined the next |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | along a plane containing the c-axis. Crocoite is lead chromate (PbCrO4). Reported analyses conform closely...An excellent treatment of the naturally occurring lead chromates can be found in Williams (1974). Crocoite...secondary mineral formed in the oxidized portions of lead deposits contiguous to or hosted in chromium-bearing...surface. Associated minerals include cerussite, pyromorphite, wulfenite, vanadinite, iron oxides, and a variety...from a variety of mines and prospects in Maricopa County (Anthony et al. 1995). These include the Collateral |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Simmons Fluorapatite from the King Lithia mine, Custer County, South Dakota .. 361 by M. L. Wilson, J..../TljY ined for lead and silver since Roman, C/z£vei/i deposits of jf v l t h e Ems district in West Germany...one which has made Bad Ems world-famous, is pyromorphite. INTRODUCTION The town of Ems has been well...The ore-carrying system which comprises the Ems district is known as the Ems-Braubach belt. It consists |  | | Journal (issue) | | • , • • • • • • • • • • , • GALENA ps. after Pyromorphite xld., Cornwall. Very good. 3 ½ x 2 ½ .. AXINITE...Shoup ................ 317 W URTZ IT E IN W ASHOE COUNTY, NEVADA. By Hat field Go11dey .............................................................. 320 LEAD IN AUSTRALIA ....................................................................... 326 D UBUQUE LEAD J.11N ES WAS F IRST SETT LEJ..I ENT IN I OWA .....H . Ducote, Paris.) So11th Af,ica.- The Premier mine, near Pretoria, and the Jagers£ontein, near Kimberley |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS * . *, *l f-f . Figure 4: Lustrous, lead-grey hopper crystals of acanthite pseudomorphs after...South West Africa (7 cm). Figure 8: Lustrous lead-grey acanthite pseudomorphs after argentite crystals...Golden brown barite crystals, Villamassargia, near mine, Guanajuato, Mexico (8.5 cm). Iglesias, Sardinia...Enna, Sicily (6 cm). West 800 Level, White Capps mine, Man- 11: Dark grey stibnite crystals, (variety...(5.3 cm). Figure 13: Silver, Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan (11 cm). A photograph of this specimen |  | | Catalog/List | | Copper Minerals page 2 : CHALCOMENITE, CHRYSCOLLA, Lead Minerals page 3 : ALAMOSITE and SCHULTENITE. CERULEITE...fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x H £2.50 1x1 £4 040 BITYITE...Mica white cleavages in Muscovite. (Harding Mine,Taos County, New Mexico) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £7 097 CHLOANTHITE...MINERAL !! dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 151 LEUCOSPHENITE...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH U |  | | Book | | houses the mineral collection. Upper right: Pyromorphite crystals from Pribram. Czechoslovakia. Natural...universities, 14 by town or city councils, 13 by district councils or regional boards, and 16 form part...Barite Hureaulite Strengite Galena (ps. after Pyromorphite) Mimetite (var. Campylite) Hedenbergite Olivine...particularly interesting collection of miners' lamps and mine surveying instruments. Ancient and mediaeval mining...worn by mine officials of Saxony on ceremonial occasions. A special attraction is a model mine, 20m below |
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