 | | Journal (issue) | | .....................785 by W. E. Wilson Black topaz from the Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah .........crystals from the Mud Tank Carbonatite, Northern Territory, Australia ......................................(deceased) Peter L. Via (deceased) Salim Edde Lyda Hill Daniel J. Record Rob Lavinsky Wilbert A. Danner... orders@crystalclassics.co.uk | +44(0)1935 862673 Crystal Classics, No. 1, The Old Coach Yard, East Coker...SELECTION OF THE FINEST MINERALS ON OUR WEBSITE CRYSTAL CLASSICS CRYSTALCLASSICS.CO.UK MALKHAN Tourmaline |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cryptocrystalline quartz is composed of micro scopic crystal grains. The names of the crystalline varieties...color and degree of transparency and include rock crystal (colorless), amethyst (violet to purple), smoky...intergrown ag gregates of microscopic quartz crystal grains with a fibrousto-granular texture. Macroscopically...chemical composition S i 0 (silicon diox ide) and a crystal structure based on S i 0 " tetrahedra that are...and z. B: Left-hand crystal with m, r, z, ' s , and 'x. C : Right-hand crystal with m, r, z, s, and |  | | Book | | New South \!\Tales 1797 National Library of Australia Card umber an d ISB ISB1 0-9581305-0-7 © Copyright...:n:m1t1rodluction The New England area is unique in Australia for the quality, quantity and range of its gem...geologically complex fold belt. Diamond, sapphire, beryl, topaz, quartz, garnet, zircon, feldspar, rhodonite, nephrite...these granites cooled, late fluids produced quartz, topaz, beryl, fluorite and garnet (Figure 2). The second...the wash, associated with garnet, sapphire and topaz. By 1904 mining had petered out at Bingara but it |  | | Book | | and 8 7 ' ' 10 For "Coronet Mine'" Coronet Hill. For ' ' " three miles " after " 33 Line...Remarks on the Geology and Mineralogy of : South Australia, by Thomas Burr, Esq., at one time Deputy SurveyorGeneral...the transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia for 1882-3, with the kind permission of the author...AUSTRALIAN MINERALS. ACTINOLITE. Amianth Place, Brown Hill, Flaxman's Valley, Lyndoch Valley, Point Pretoria...Winninnie, Flinders Heights. AGATE. All over Central Australia from Hergott Springs northward, on the Diamentina |  | | Book | | vugs of crystalline talc. Easily the best extant crystal, a doubly terminated floater found in a talc vug...localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...Shelley Lambert extracted excellent loose ilmenite crystal clusters from a calcite vein-dike digging site...Chamberlain, 1982; Joyce, 2006a). Some of the ilmenite crystal faces are partly overgrown by a brown coating which...and is by far the largest known single ilmenite crystal from any locality worldwide. The crystals are blue-black |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | part of the nineteenth century, gemstones and crystal specimens came to be known from the state’s granite...quartz, ammonite, and topaz were discovered and eagerly sought around Crystal Peak and other parts of...of the Pikes Peak region beginning in the 1870s, and in the 1880s aquamarine, smoky quartz, and the associated...associated feldspar and topaz were found on Mount Antero. More mineral occurrences were discovered when...species prior to World War 11, but most of the gem-crystal occurrences were already known by that time. The |  | Henley, H. F., Brown, R. E., Brownlow, J. W., Barnes, R. G., Stroud, W. J. (2001) Grafton-Maclean Metallogenic Map (SH/56-6, SH/56-7) Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets. Geological Survey of New South Wales | Report (issue) | | crystals of cassiterite (dark brown) in a quartz–topaz vein, Taronga prospect (right, see Photograph 30)...mineralisation. The Drake Volcanics, which lie on the northern margin of the area, represent the southern extension...tin, lead, zinc, tungsten, topaz, silexite, emerald, beryl, quartz crystal, monazite, chromium, mercury...well-developed contact metamorphic aureole around the northern and southwestern margins. Extensive mineralisation...(1207) 5. Dutchmans and Harts (1336) 6. Fielders Hill north (468) and south (467) 7. Carters cut (474) |  | | Book (edition) | | Adelaide. PERRY, N.; PERRY, R. 1979. Gemstones in Australia. Reed Books : Sydney. SUTHERLAND, F. L. 1992....(Moh’s scale) SG = specific gravity (g/cm3) CS = crystal system AGATE see Quartz AGATE, MOSS see Quartz...azurite is found include Cascade River, Dundas, Gads Hill, Hampshire, Heazlewood River, Mackintosh River,...recorded in small amounts around Back Creek, Colebrook Hill and Ringarooma. CHRYSOLITE see Chrysoberyl, Olivine...green (oriental emerald), blue, yellow (oriental topaz) and purple (oriental amethyst). Sometimes the stones |  | | Book | | arclest substance 2 • Three specin1ens of quartz crystal Chinese sn uff bottles with rutiJe 11eedle-like...had a well organized inclt1stry for mining rock crystal north of Asst1an and amethyst near Gebel Abt1 Diyeiba...belief at the time that crystal was ice turned to stone, and thus a crystal or agate bowl was supposed..."search amid the regions of the clouds for vessels [ crystal] with which to cool our draughts and to excavate...Romans had special keepers for their cabinets of crystal and agate cups and some even had individt1al names |  | | Book (volume) | | Hallelujah Junction, Nevada; blue, cushion cut topaz (25.30 ct), Ramona, California; brownish yellow...certain other areas, as around the Great Lakes region. Numerous small discoveries of gem materials took...cceseesseceersereenes Figure 3. Map of amber mines in northern Dominican Republic ...........:cceseeseeseeseerees...tect gatcue eee ee Figure 13. Prive aquamarine crystal (rom sawtootimhange, WN) 2.2 .e. se aecceretensee=...Granite County, MT... eee Figure 20a. Danburite crystal group from Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico... |  | | Book (volume) | | (Licking Co.) and Zanesville (Muskingum Co.), a region of rolling, wooded hills. Here, prehistoric Indians...W several mi., in a region exposures of blue clay, as large masses⎯ Pyrite crystal clusters. SANDUSKY...October; per person limits are 10 lbs. Plus one crystal cluster per day. Natural salt (halite) coating...cycad wood; d N to Tri-State Marker (OK-CO-NM), on hill⎯rose agate; e E ½ mi., turn N across Cimarron R...array of silicified woods. The fertile western region is also heavily endowed with gemstones, and nearly |  | | Book (volume) | | (Licking Co.) and Zanesville (Muskingum Co.), a region of rolling, wooded hills. Here, prehistoric Indians...W several mi., in a region exposures of blue clay, as large masses⎯ Pyrite crystal clusters. SANDUSKY...October; per person limits are 10 lbs. Plus one crystal cluster per day. Natural salt (halite) coating...cycad wood; d N to Tri-State Marker (OK-CO-NM), on hill⎯rose agate; e E ½ mi., turn N across Cimarron R...array of silicified woods. The fertile western region is also heavily endowed with gemstones, and nearly |  | | Book | | information b Book review c Crystal morphology information d Crystal drawing ff Continues on following...localities: Baveno, Italy 14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario: an occurrence of large nepheline...18:185187 ALLACTITE AJlactite from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey (by P. J. Dunn) 14:251-252 ALLCHAR Famous...ALLEGHANYITE A highly magnesian alleghanyite from Sterling Hill, New Jersey (by 0. V. Petersen, J. BoUhorn & P....Rare-earth minerals in the Alpine ar,d Subalpine region [Switzerland,Austria and Iti:Jy](by C. M. Gramaccioli) |  | | Journal (issue) | | partial list of them. DESERT visits the ARIZONA NORTHERN MINE, Dick Wick Hall's Glory Hole SWANSEA, Ghost...Treasure Stories: The Lost Rhodes Mines Quartz Crystal Hill Lost Mine The Silenta Senora Mine The Lost Horse...UTAH'S DIXIE DESERT VISITS WHITEWATER MOUNTAIN 0' TOPAZ THE CHUCKWALLA AN INTRODUCTION TO EXPLORING GHOST...DESERT READERS EDITOR'S LETTER DUMP AT THE ARIZONA NORTHERN MINE 34 40 43 44 Karen Davis The Desert Bookstore...Mills. As early as 1851, cotton was raised in Northern Utah. In 1855, it was cultivated on a small scale |  | | Journal (issue) | | Thomas C. Smith FIELD TRIPS 6 THE TREASURES OF CRYSTAL HILL A popular collecting area near the site of...UT 84404 Mrs. Toby Cozens. Treasurer 4401 S. W. Hill Street. Seattle, WA 98116 SOUTH CENTRAL FEDERATION...an idea once SPECIAL FREE OFFER FACETED BLUE TOPAZ Beautiful medium sky-blue at unbelievable prices...NOVEMBER 1985 - 5 . - .,,., II OIll .., Crystal Hill is near the location of the famous Quartzsite...For the past fifty years, at least, Arizona 's Crystal Hill in the Kofa Range, not far from Highway 95, |  | | Book (edition) | | test samples in the field for color, hardness, crystal formation, transparency, and other distinguishing...Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal ^J^ Garnet __ Azurite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...in rock and being the first to see a sparkling crystal fresh from nature's hand. And the gem hunter gains...deposited by the glaciers that once covered the northern part of North America. As you can see from the...clues toid garnet are these: 1. Hardness. 2. Crystal structure 3. Cleavage — — the innate shape |  | | Journal (issue) | | three-fourths of an inch lang. Another wonder is a quartz crystal, tipped with sbining gold; and other mineral singularities...Here is an African diamond, a perfect octahedral crystal; a Brazilian ruby and a Siberian emerald, presented...sapphire; tbe Colorado, Brazilian, and Siberian topaz; the amethyst, the garnet, the zircon, and a moonstone... Tbe Cairngorm, or smoky quartz, cut for smoky topaz, as found in Colorado, exceeds tbat of any otber...dew." Tbe pbantom quartz crystal in this cabinet, crystals within a crystal, is a marvelous mineral mystery | | | Book (volume) | | Hallelujah Junction, Nevada; blue, cushion cut topaz (25 .30 et), Ra1nona, Caufornia; brownish yellow...certain other areas, as around the Great Lakes region. Numerous s1nall discoveries of gem materials took......... 10 Figure 3. Map of amber 1nines in northern Dominican Republic......................................... 49 Figure 13. Prize aquamarine crystal from Sawtooth Range, ID .. .... .. ....... ....................... 100 Figure 20a. Danburite crystal group from Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico... |  | | Book (volume) | | .................................24 Arizona – Northern half of Coconino Co. Mining Districts ......................50 Arkansas – Garland Co. Coleman Crystal mine Site Map ..............................51...Hounds in the United States Illinois – East Branch Crystal Glen Creek Map ......................................................................470 Utah – Topaz Mt. Site Map .....................................407 ft. Cheaha Mt. This crystalline or mineral region is composed primarily of metamorphosed Paleozoic |  | | Book (edition) | | test samples in the field for/ hardness, crystal formation," (continued on back flap) r 1° *o...M Tourmaline fQl Ruby, O Sapphire Quartz crystal 'y^ Garnet — Azu rite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...in rock and being the first to see a sparkling crystal fresh from na- Furthermore, the gem hunter gains...quartz from Cumberland. The next it may be rock crystal from Madagascar. To him the sense of tenancy in...these: 1. Hardness. 2. Crystal structure 3. the manner in which the crystal splits. Fracture the texture |  | | Book (volume) | | 407 ft. Cheaha Mt. This crystalline or mineral region is composed primarily of metamorphosed Paleozoic...counties. In this contorted, structurally complicated region of slates, phyllites, marbles, quartzites, and...above sea level. From this predominantly farming region the widespreading Tuscaloosa formation disgorges...known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow...BLUFF: c along shores of the Weiss Reservoir⎯Rock Crystal; d N 3.6 mi. on Rte. 9 on left side of road⎯Fluorite |  | | Book (volume) | | 407 ft. Cheaha Mt. This crystalline or mineral region is composed primarily of metamorphosed Paleozoic...counties. In this contorted, structurally complicated region of slates, phyllites, marbles, quartzites, and...above sea level. From this predominantly farming region the widespreading Tuscaloosa formation disgorges...known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow...BLUFF: c along shores of the Weiss Reservoir⎯Rock Crystal; d N 3.6 mi. on Rte. 9 on left side of road⎯Fluorite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | past. A rare-earth pegmatite was mined at Barringer Hill in Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded...Smithville downstream from the bridge; gypsum* (crystal clusters) (Zeitner, 1972). Bastrop, S of Bastrop...County Shaefer pit, 2.25 miles S W of Tordilla Hill, in sands and clays; carnotite, calcite (Eargle... 1957). Thane prospect, 2 miles S W of Tordilla Hill on crest of sandstone escarpment, Stone's Switch...Antonio, in Paleocene Willis Point Clay; gypsum* (crystal groups and masses coating ironstone con cretions) |  | | Journal (issue) | | tabular plattnerite. 1999 World Championship Crystal Dig Mto Ida, Arkansas Neil Van Oost Jr. Waretown...area, finding a camp site, registering for the crystal dig, $75.00 for late registration, and exploring...the Fisher Mountain area looking for Crystal Vista, a free crystal digging area, covered some fifteen miles...grueling climb not go to waste. The trip down the hill did take 25 minutes, but in its way was almost as...in which we were to submit one cluster and one crystal for judging evel) 1day and had our choice of five |  | | Report (issue) | | amethyst, 10.5 cm tall Goboboseb Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia Scott Rudolph collection, Jeff Scovil...petrify the frightened girl, turning her into pure crystal. Various versions impute all sorts of reprehensible...opponent would have been provided with a clear rock crystal goblet, while his clever antagonist drank water...the uncooperative archaeological fact that rock crystal goblets and other containers are abundantly documented...important amethyst source emerged in the Auvergne region in south-central France, approximately corresponding |
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