 | | Journal (issue) | | Nuristan, Afghanistan; Neptunite from San Benito County, California; Spinel from Mogok, Burma; and Emerald...Becker, Thcson, 1976. Dave W ilber and Larry Conklin, Tbcson, 1979. 10 ♦ K. ENGLAND David P. Wilber...specimens that his rockhound father had found while “rock hunting” in the Bishop area of California. That...world. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County was particularly interesting among the museums...working for gem dealer Ron Romanella in New York; and Rock Currier (owner now of Jewel Tunnel Imports), with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | was collected in May 1970 by Dietmar Stitz from rock excavated for a bank-building foundation on South...a very aesthetic specimen (fig. 19). On Staten Island an excavation at the foot of the Verrazano-Narrows...on Staten Island, dark red almandine crystals to 20 mm across were found in the 1960s in rock excavated...Aqueduct. Ancylite-(Ce), CeSr(CO3)2(OH)•H2O: Recently, translucent pink ancylite-(Ce) and honey-yellow...honey-yellow calcioancylite(Ce) crystals to 1 mm long were discovered on an old specimen of orange stilbite crystals |  | | Book | | ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALASKA Famous mineral localities: Prince of Wales Island, Alaska (by P. B. Leavens & R. W. Thomssen) 8:4-12...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PSEUDOBROOKITE FROM THE NINE MILE PLUTON, MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN. T. W. Buchholz1, A. U. Falster2, and...Ladick Trucking and Excavating weathered granite quarry is located approximately 1 mile east of State Highway...quartz-pyrite-fluorite vein was recovered from a pile of shot rock derived from blasting large boulders removed from...fluorapatite, fluorite, monazite, zircon, and a LREE-carbonate mineral, probably bastnäsite-(Ce). Secondary minerals...contain inclusions of fluorapatite and monazite; all monazite identified so far has been as inclusions |  | | Book (volume) | | Duane L. Leavitt The Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine . ........................................permanent photographic exhibits in the northeastern USA. The Shaubs have been active in ornithological research...gratefully dedicated. Gene Foard (right) at Swamp #1 quarry, Topsham. Gene Foard speaking with Frank Perham...Gene Foard with Yan King, 1994 (left) at Nevel quarry, Newry. In Memoriam Gene Foord Gene [Eugene Edward]...tourmalinebearing Himalaya pegmatite at Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Most recently, Gene was gratified |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Trimouns Quarry Luzenac, Ariège, France Freddy Marty Rue de l’Hôpital 11230-Chalabre France In recent...recent decades, the Trimouns quarry has become well known as a source of outstanding crystals of several...reference to the three peaks that overlook the quarry. Langue d’Oc is a regional language of Latin The...Littéraires et Industrielles de l’Ariège. In 1905 the quarry was acquired by the Société des Talcs de Luzenac...producer of talc at 1.3 million tonnes per year. The quarry employed some 100 workers at the beginning of the |  | | 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...Gerais, Brazil, better than those from the Harvard quarry in Greenwood? Are the morganites of Cerro de Urucum |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Thomas P. Moore Niantic, CT Joe Polityka Staten Island, NY Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Pierre-Nicolas...miniature size) from the Eagle’s Nest mine in Placer County, California (half of them with quartz matrix) were...of the mineral business, however, and moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, where he pursued his PhD studies in...Richard Rice, a lifetime resident of Washington County, Oregon, was a retired logging contractor. With |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | phosphates. This fractionation is stronger with monazite than with xenotime. The normalized spectrum of...fluorapatite, strontium, rare earth elements, monazite, xenotime, ironstone, Armorican Massif, France...sandstones are exploited in the Boisde-la-Roche quarry at Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux (LoireAtlantique, France)...found associated with lanthanide phosphates [monazite-(Ce) and xenotime-(Y)] (Moëlo et al., 2002). The...(pretulite, xenotime and monazite – Moëlo et al., 2002). Detrital monazite is observed occasionally, |  | | Journal (issue) | | advertising. JUDKINS QUARRY F. Ince· R.E. 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Mineralogically, the rock consists of quartz, alkali feldspar, minor plagioclase...It was speculated that the fire exposed the bare rock, leading to the first find of topaz, but it is clear |  | Jonsson, Erik, Harlov, Daniel E., MaJka, Jarosław, Högdahl, Karin, Persson-Nilsson, Katarina (2016) Fluorapatite-monazite-allanite relations in the Grängesberg apatite-iron oxide ore district, Bergslagen, Sweden. American Mineralogist, 101 (8) 1769-1782 doi:10.2138/am-2016-5655 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | COMMON MINERAL, UNCOMMONLY VERSATILE Fluorapatite-monazite-allanite relations in the Grängesberg apatite-iron...FI-20500 Åbo, Finland 2 Abstract Fluorapatite-monazite-xenotime-allanite mineralogy, petrology, and textures...contains sparse monazite inclusions. In the breccia, fluorapatite is rich in monazite-(Ce) ± xenotime-(Y)...especially in its cores, along with reworked, larger monazite grains along fluorapatite and other mineral grain...small subset of the fluorapatite grains contain monazite ± xenotime inclusions, while the large majority |  | | Report (volume) | | to be extrusive. Carbonatites and related alkalic rock complexes are listed under carbonatites. Pegmatites...formulas by the chemical symbol for either cerium (Ce) or yttrium VII MINERALS OF THE RARE EARTHS (Y);...for example, the formula for calkinsite is given as Ce 2 (C0 3 h · 4H 20. This does not mean that cerium...member. Some formulas, such as that of cordylite (Ce, LahBa (C0 3 ) 3 F 2 , are written so as to emphasize...element Cerium subgroup: Lanthanum (La) - Cerium (Ce) - - - Praseodymium (Pr)Neodymium (Nd) Promethium |  | Harlov, Daniel E, Andersson, Ulf B, Förster, Hans-Jürgen, Nyström, Jan Olov, Dulski, Peter, Broman, Curt (2002) Apatite–monazite relations in the Kiirunavaara magnetite–apatite ore, northern Sweden. Chemical Geology, 191 (1) 47-72 doi:10.1016/s0009-2541(02)00148-1 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | – 72 www.elsevier.com/locate/chemgeo Apatite–monazite relations in the Kiirunavaara magnetite–apatite...(LA – ICPMS). In all three types, Th- and U-poor monazite is present as small inclusions in the apatite...apatite. Larger (up to 150 Am) recrystallised monazite grains, both along apatite grain boundaries and intergrown...banded samples. Primary apatite grains, without monazite inclusions, are generally enriched in light rare...apatite ore experienced successive stages of fluid – rock interaction. The first stage occurred under high-temperature |  | | Journal (issue) | | 287 288 293 353 A hornfels unit in the Poudrette quarry .................................................and J.Van Velthuizen Figure 1. The Poudrette quarry in the summer of 1988. Photo by L. Horvath. 284...natrophosphate, vitusite-(Ce), ussingite, chkalovite, revdite, daqingshanite-(Ce), sazhinite-(Ce) and others, have...as carletonite, leifite, leucophanite, cordylite-(Ce), donnayite-(Y), monteregianite-(Y), elpidite, serandite...important for the collector to recognize the various rock units which represent the unique mineralogical environments |  | | Journal (issue) | | ....................................465 by L. Conklin Microminerals: Photography of microminerals ....353-7285 M any o f us have lists, others Cave-in-Rock fluorite & are open by appointment or associated...specimens Natural History Museum o f Los Angeles County C urator (mineralogy): Dr. A nthony R. K am pf...PUBLISHING P.O. Box 37072, Tucson, Arizona 85740 USA Richard A. Bideaux, General Partner (602) 297-4862...at the Tucson Show in 1989 was collected from a quarry in the vicinity of Wagholi village. Thousands of |  | | Journal (issue) | | Alves Mineralogy of the Bennett pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine ...........................................................................225 by L. H. Conklin Columns Notes from the editor ................../# 6 C alifornia Issue B enitoite, G old, L .A . County M useum , H im alaya m ine $7 Circulation Manager...crystals o f m ilarite. Excellent albite, euxenite, monazite and zircon crystals have been found there as well...1. Location map. 165 'p V 'w : • euxenite, monazite and zircon were recovered through the efforts |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Thomas P. Moore Niantic, CT Joe Polityka Staten Island, NY Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Pierre-Nicolas...Haggard and Allan Quatermain. Ed. EGYPT St. John’s Island, 7:310-314 MADAGASCAR The Anjanabonoina pegmatite...of a German merchant ship docked at Mozambique Island. The captain correctly identified the specimens...stones which someone had put away on Mozambique Island. There were nearly two dozen prismatic crystals |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Thomas P. Moore Niantic, CT Joe Polityka Staten Island, NY Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Pierre-Nicolas...silicate minerals from Trumbull Peak, Mariposa County, California.......................................................................473 by L. H. Conklin & W. E. Wilson Index to volume thirty (1999)....area, Fresno County, California (Alfors et al., 1965); Chickencoop Canyon, Tulare County, California (Franke |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain Joe Polityka Staten Island, NY Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Pierre-Nicolas...Department Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Boulevard Los Angeles, California...presented to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County by his children. A century ago Bisbee, Arizona...had become the largest clothing store in Cochise County. Ben made frequent trips back East to buy merchandise |  | | Book (edition) | | Prague Printedin Czech Republicby Finidr.u.o .. Ce,ky Te~in 14/02/03/0 I All rights reserved•• ·o pan...dominant rareearth element (REE). e.g. monazite-(Ce), monazite(Nd), etc. In a few cases a similar procedure...Polyphosphates 9. Silicates 9 .A Nesosilicates (island silicates) 9.B Sorosilicates (groups of islands...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mira Loma, Cali- RED CLOUD MINE SITE, YU M A COUNTY. ARIZONA WULFENITE, Red Ckud M m 7 JTQ MINERAL...art Two! COME BACK TO RHODE ISLAND October 28, 29 and 30, 1988. Rhode Island Mineral H unters is proud...at Community College of Rhode Island (CCRIO Knight Campus, Warwick, Rhode Island, (exit 12B off 1-95) ...Natural History are expected to participate. From Rhode Island-am ethyst scepters; from Connecticut-dinosaur...invite you to COME BACK TO RHODE ISLAND IN '88. Sponsored by: Rhode Island M ineral H unters At: C om |  | | Journal (issue) | | the mineralogy of the Majuba Hill mine, Pershing County, Nevada .........................................NOTICE Died, Anne Vossbrinck, 74, of Merrick, Long Island, New York. She and husband Karl started as mineral...tourmaline discoveries in Maine. In the Limecrest quarry they uncovered dravite crystals over a meter in...have held the Majuba Hill property in Pershing County, Nevada, since Gulf Chemical relinquished it, hoping...PREVIOUSLY UNREPORTED Agardite, Cerium analog of (Ce,Ca)Cu6(A s04)3(0H )6*3H20 The cerium analog of agardite |  | | Book (edition) | | Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection...species have been relegated to group names (e.g., monazite group); others have had element designations added...gemandmineralmuseum.arizona.edu) is located in the old Pima County Courthouse building at 115 North Church Avenue...on the market. The mines at Bisbee, in Cochise County, have produced large quantities of gem-quality...mineral stamp issued in 1992. At Morenci, in Greenlee County, gem-quality azurite was also commercially recovered |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain Joe Polityka Staten Island, NY Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Pierre-Nicolas...W. Cassirer Steven C. Chamberlain Lawrence H. Conklin Mahlon Dickerson Martin Ehrmann Russell Filer John...crystals are associated with schorl, fluorescent lime-green hyalite and complexly twinned orthoclase crystals...measure over 1 meter. In 2001, yellow beryl, gemmy monazite and Japan-law twinned quartz were added to the |
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