 | | Journal (issue) | | the Red Cloud, the Old Yuma and the Grand Reef mines, as well as the Morenci open pit. She has been the...mine, San Diego County, California. BACK COVER: Copper, 13.5 cm, from the Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona............................. 188 Species Index: Azurite 41, 71, 141, 182 Barite 53 Beryl (Aquamarine) 59...184 Cerussite 61 Chrysoberyl 95 Chrysocolla 182 Copper 57, 133, 178, back cover Epidote 111, 184 Euclase...from the Kombat mine, Namibia (plate 19) The big Copper crystal, frorn Upper Michigan (plate 23) The V-shaped |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geology Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 COPPER RAY MINE, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA Downloaded by...Whether uncombined or alloyed with other metals, copper has played a major role in the development of our...and widely used nonferrous metals. Consequently, copper deposits have been sought by prospectors and geologists...Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, an h i zona native copper specimen has been chosen for this issue’s Connoisseur’s...(fig. I). For an in-depth description of Arizona copper and its most famous localities, the reader is referred |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rhodochrosite- Marc & Janis Countiss collection, page 76; Copper-Paul Bordovsky collection, page 33; Elbaite-Jeremy...Barite-James and Charelle Webb collection, page 279; Azurite-Bob Howard collection, page 138; Calcite- Kevin...mining soon commenced. Eventually over two dozen mines were opened, one of which (the Mariposa mine) produced...Hillebrand and Schaller) in 1910. And the Terlingua mines also yielded fine groups of scalenohedral calcite...calcite crystals. The Terlingua mercury district, with a few smaller, adjacent districts in Texas west of |  | | Journal (issue) | | Backcover (above) Stock certificate for the Rowley Copper Mines Company (1914) Dick Morris collection (below)...of mineral occurrences, mine dumps and abandoned mines in the public domain administered by the Bureau...file a legal claim. Likewise a number of operating mines are encountering and helping to preserve minerals...the border to the south is Mexico, rieb in active mines where miners are gathering specimens to sell to...collected native copper crystals and botryoidal malachite in the Big Horn Mountains and azurite from near Tucson |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ARIZONA COPPER Featured at the 1997 Tucson Show Downloaded by [California Institute of Technology] at...of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 85721 A rizona and copper are intricately linked in history. Production from...pounds of the red metal. This enormous amount of copper, which, if placed on a regulation football field...from the rock of several thousand mines and prospects. Some of these mines, such as at Ajo, Clifton-Morenci...Jerome, and Bisbee were, and are, among the largest copper camps in the world. At the end of the nineteenth |  | | Journal (issue) | | Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf Medenbach Ruhr Universitat Bochum Bochum, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim...Fourteen, Number Five ARIZONA- V Articles Lost mines of Arizona .......................................Affiliated with the Friends of Mineralogy COVER: COPPER from the Ray mine, Arizona. The specimen is 3 inches...was the winner of the Best Copper Cabinet Specimen and Best Arizona Copper at the 1977 Tucson Show. Evan...(and last) in our series of special issues on the mines and minerals of Arizona. During the years before |  | | Catalog/List | | is simply remarkable. The Elmwood-Gordonsville mines were initially discovered in 1969, then mining began...over the past four decades. 11 14 15 II Azurite ‘Steer wide and keep well to seaward Plug your...song.’ —Circe, The Odyssey, Book XII Imugi Azurite with Malachite Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz...phenomenon comes from a thin transparent layer of azurite over malachite on every face where light reflects...comparison. This piece with bold and radiant blue azurite floating above a ridge of rich green malachite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | meccas such as the Tri-State district or Michigan’s Upper Peninsula copper mines, but—the next-best thing—during...with Midwestern-US minerals, especially Michigan coppers. He subscribed to Dan Weinrich’s monthly newsletter...1993, Gary Richards showed him a wonderful Tsumeb azurite, providing with it a lecture about how very important...important a mineral locality Tsumeb is. The azurite became John’s first mineral purchase for a sum greater...2014 he made his first visit to the Ste.-Marieaux-Mines Show. Bon! The Mineralogical Record, volume 47 |  | | Report (issue) | | pieces, to 9 cm across, of earthy brown limonite. Azurite, 3 cm, from Kamariza, Laurium, Attika, Greece....(greekrocks.com) has a March 1 posting of about 20 new azurite specimens from Laurium, Attika, Greece. As is well...about the most venerable of mineral localities, the mines having been worked for silver and lead by the classical...Minerals and Their Localities (2004). But good azurite specimens from Laurium have always been rather...are being offered on the Greek Rocks site. The azurite crystals form roughly spherical clusters which |  | | Journal (issue) | | Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf Medenbach Ruhr Universitat Bochum Bochum, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim...Scovill & L. Wagner, Jr. The Monitor-Mogul mining district, Alpine County, California .....................Abstracts of the FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on Azurite and other copper carbonates .............................grading system for minerals, a coin’s grade deter mines its price, so the rule might be restated to say...recover equipment and minerals from one of the oldest mines in the United States. Even as the water rose to |  | | Journal (issue) | | "curly albite"andquartz. (Continues on page 2) Copper from the Itauz Mine Near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan...and purchased an unusual specimen labeled merely "Copper, Kazakhstan". Since none had ever been available...my collection. This piece is a blocky chunk of copper with a small, elongated spinel Jaw twin protruding...to Tucson, Arizona in 1999: a large, branching copper with a very light cuprite patina was obtained -...of twinning and I believe they are equal to any copper twins from any other area in quality and perhaps |  | | Journal (issue) | | MICHIGAN COPPER! The Mineralogical Record JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2023 ? VOLUME 54 ? NUMBER 1 ? $40 ...gemgypsy@bellsouth.net JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2023 Articles Copper Country II Introduction...........................3 by W. E. Wilson The Keweenaw County Fissure Mines.............................................................53 by P. Persson & C. J. Stefano The Copper Falls Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan.................................157 by T. P. Moore COVER: COPPER, 8 cm, from the Keweenaw County fissure veins, |  | | Journal (issue) | | President’s Message 2&4 Officers 3 Milpillas Azurite Story 5-9 State Mineralogy Books 10-15 Friends...Newsletter: Get it While You Can: the Milpillas Azurite Story by Bob Carnein A Lake George Club member...thought was an exorbitant amount of money for an azurite specimen from Mexico (Figures 2, 3). The price...enriched “blanket” just below the water table in copper deposits. These supergene sulfides supplement the...collectors. If we focus on copper deposits, the most familiar ones are azurite, malachite, chrysocolla, |  | | Book | | Editions Minerva S. A. Genéve, 1976 Printed in West-Germany Preface Rather than a manual of mineralogy, this...certain metallic seams, in particular, tin, gold, copper, etc. —Deformations which 6 may reach of the...compounds: oxides, carbonates, sulphates, etc., of copper, lead, uranium, etc. Unlike the organic compounds...(pyrite), and sometimes pyramidal cubes (native copper). —Tetragonal: a straight prism, with a square...Crocoite. .. Chervetite........ Wulfenite Copper Native Copper Chalcopyrite Tetrahedrite Cuprite Cumengeite |  | | Journal (issue) | | $190 for one year. *Continued on p. 258 COVER: COPPER, 8.3 cm, from the Central mine, Keweenaw County...Michigan—considered by some to be the world’s finest copper specimen. It was part of the Donald C. Gabriel...Mountain, Alaska, by hardy prospectors looking for copper in the early 1900s. The epidote specimens occur...not only large amounts of gold, molybdenum and copper but also more than 90 different mineral species...Morris Tony Potucek Les and Paula Presmyk 175 Azurite, Malachite and Associated Minerals from the Morenci | | | Book | | Editions Minerva S. A. Gendve, 1976 Printed in West-Germany 4 I I Preface Rather than a manual of mineralogy...certain metallic seams, in particular, tin, gold, copper, etc. —Deformations of the Earth’s crust take the...compounds: oxides, carbonates, sulphates, etc., of copper, lead, uranium, etc. Unlike the organic compounds...(pyrite), and sometimes pyramidal cubes (native copper). —Tetragonal: a straight prism, with a square...84 Crocoite 84 Chervetite 86 Wulfenite 88 Copper Native Copper . . 88 Chalcopyrite . . . 90 90 Tetrahedrite |  | | Journal (issue) | | shows in Tucson, Denver, Munich and Ste-Marie-aux-Mines Tel.: 949-494-5155 • www.kristalle.com • Email:...Email: info@kristalle.com Harz Mountains, Germany by Günter Grundmann Thomas P. Moore Wendell E. Wilson...COVER: PROUSTITE, 3.5 cm, from St Andreasberg. Germany, found in 1899; ex collection of Richard Baldauf...St. Andreasberg Mining District, Western Harz Mountains, Niedersachsen, Germany ........................(Simonin, 1869). The Mining District Western Harz Mountains Niedersachsen, Germany Günter Grundmann Eschenweg |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gleason and Gourtland gets its dumps of the old mines in the area or name from the old Tiffany Mine on...the other In Bisbee azurite is king and malachite is queen. Cuprite and other coppers are side of the mountain...collectors are in a class by found a deposit of azurite but never got themselves and, for the most part...minerals in their where?—Of course a lot of good azurite 440 ROCKS AND MINERALS came from the locality...bringing it out on native copper but the crystals were small and the copper was very dull. It couldn't |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | southeast The fissure vein that is exposed in the of Copper Harbor and has produced Some glaciated outcrop...of the largest copper crystals found in the on the bedrock geology map of tbe Fotr Copper Country. Nearly...view of the flssure vein at Point pmpect showing copper crystals in the siUcilled prehnite veln. Photo... Figure 2 (right). Probably the two best large copper groups recovered from Point prospect. hj?: John...single crystal and shows the original patina of azurite, malachite, and cuprite (clow-up view in flg. 6) |  | | Journal (issue) | | Werner Lieber Heidelberg, West Germany Olaf Medenbach Bochum, Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland...Hee Deuzeldlaan 16-bus 1 B-2120 Schoten COVER: AZURITE on malachite from Bisbee, about 6 inches tall....the world. Though most famous for azurite, malachite and other copper minerals, Bisbee has produced more...Introduction Bisbee is located in the Warren mining district of Cochise Coun ty, Arizona. Situated in the...Mineralogical Record, September— October, 1981 Copper was by far the most important metal; however, zinc |  | | Catalog/List | | Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...trips there: he continued his practice of visiting mines far and wide. Most foreigners stay in the big cities...wasn’t Rock’s thing: he wanted to know about the mines, the miners, and their world. Morococha, Peru .............................................168 Germany .................................................248 72001 Wulfenite Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA “A cluster |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mountain (Świ˛etokrzyskie Mountains, Poland), because copper and silver ores have been mined in this region...secondary-colored copper carbonates and multi-colored calcite veins; (3) mineralization with azurite domination;...minerals; historical mining; ore deposits; cave; adit; copper deposits 1. Introduction The term geological heritage...Poland) are known for the occurrence of lead ores, copper, silver and also gold, as well as rock resources...the Świ˛etokrzyskie Mountains. The history of copper mining in the Miedzianka Mountain probably began |  | | Journal (issue) | | productive and successful describer of new species in Germany—even ahead of August Breithaupt, who described...Arizona 85716 Tpmoore1@cox.net The Dzhezkazgan District in central Kazakhstan has been known since the...a suite now known to include chalcocite, native copper and wire silver, as well as some of the world’s...Жезқазған; pronounced “Jez-kahzgahn”) means “Copper Kettle” or “Copper Diggings” in Kazakh, an appropriate name...name for one of the world’s great stratiform copper deposits. It is located in the cool, semi-arid heart |  | | Journal (issue) | | , Smithsonite from New Mexico , Malachite und Azurite , in alternate layers , and beautiful Wyoming Moss...in North Carolina. An association of quartz with copper is of rare occurrence. A specimen of that character...English while in Michigan, in looking over a lot of coppers, and which he sold me on his return, stating that...inches long, and held in place by filaments of the copper. As a rule, I think, mineralogists like best those...visited the locality and secured several specimens of copper and quartz, both finely crystallized, thus proving |  | | Book | | Stevia Thompson Bob & Susan Thompson for Idaho Opal Mines, Inc. Christiane Toft in memory of Kaj Toft Douglas...point, plot on a map the location of nearly all the mines, prospects, and surface outcrops that have produced...minerals were pouring forth, year after year, from mines relatively close at hand? This is what brought dealers...stunningly beautiful copper, lead and zinc minerals from these surrounding mines and deposits. Then there...mineralogist, ample reason for visiting the show. Local mines and deposits (in Arizona and across the Mexican |
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Copper mines, Rathsfeld, Steinthaleben, Kyffhäuserland, Kyffhäuser District, Thuringia, Germany