 | | Journal (issue) | | Mexico ineralogical Record September-October 2003 ❖ Volume 34 Number 5 ❖ $20 Wayne & Dona Leicht,...Van Pelt, Los Angles Mexico Special Issue II The Ojuela Mine Preface to Mexico-II1............................................................... 24 Mapimí District Geology .................................... 32 Sidebar: First Discovery of Adamite at Ojuela................................ 43 Sidebar: Purple...find in the San Judas chimney, Level 6, of the Ojuela mine. Houston Museum of Natural Science collection; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Conichalcite Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb Otjikoto Region, Namibia A n article appeared...austenite, olivenite, clinoclase, chenevixite, libethenite, brochantite, malachite, azurite, and jarosite...Conichalcite on malachite, 10.5 cm across, from the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto region, Namibia. Fine spherules...green crusts of fibrous spheres at the Cap Garonne mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France...chrysocolla and cuprite has come from the Clara mine, Oberwolfach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Conichalcite |  | | Report (issue) | | from a recent chalcocite find in the Las Cruces mine, Gerena near Seville, Andalusía, Spain—and I wrote...=========================== an open-pit copper mine still under active development: it’s for sure that...there. Chalcocite, 3.1 cm, from the Las Cruces mine, Comaria Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalućia, Spain...clusters of fluorite crystals from the La Viesca mine, La Collada area, Asturias, northern Spain, all...especially fine. Fluorite, 8.2 cm, from La Viesca mine, La Collada area, Asturias, Spain. Fabre Minerals |  | | Report (issue) | | colored arsenates (mostly adamite) from the Ojuela mine. The sterling pale purple example shown here...$615). Adamite, 2.2 cm, from the Ojuela mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico. Key’s Minerals specimen and photo...fluorapatite/fluorite “combination” piece from the Sauberg mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Obersachsen—i.e. Upper Saxony...rarity as time goes by. The Sauberg tin/tungsten mine closed for good when the Berlin Wall came down in...Fluorapatite and Fluorite, 2.3 cm, from the Sauberg mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony, Germany. Key’s Minerals |  | | Catalog/List | | Calcite. 2xl". £4.50. 4. NATIVE ARSENIC. Bidi Mine, Borneo. Choice, silvery grey, pure solid mass showing...£16.50. 5. ARSENOPYRITE. Parrall, Chihuahua, Mexico. Fine, bright, sharp silvery crystals to It" in...display. 4x~x2". £28.00. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Pure, bright green, botryoidal...Specimen B - Itxlxi". £2.50. AZURITE. Henderson Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. Bright blue, botryoidal...specimen. ~x2txli". £13.00. AZURITE. South Caradon Mine, st. Cleer, Cornwall. Rich, bright blue, lustrous |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ADAMITE FROM THE OJUELA MINE, MAPIMI, MEXICO* Menv E. MnosBl wrrn Norns oN rHE Occunnpwce sv Dew E...described from a new locality, the Oiuela mine at Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. A chemical analysis is given together...Chile Mte. Valerio, Italy GoId Hill, Utah Mapimi, Mexico Thasos, Turkey Laurium, Greece Laurium, Greece...correlations could be ADAMITE FROM MAPIMI, r+J -t MEXICO established.Laspeyres (1878) has shown that the...9J E F . X* UlH dN ADAMITE FROM MAPIMI, MEXICO 453 Oprrcar Pnopnnrtps The optical properties |  | | Catalog/List | | times. JUNE 1976 1. ADAMITE. Mina ojuela, Mu~imi, Durango, Mexico. Very fine lustrous limegreen sharp...s~£ci"";cm. 2-tx2xlt". £24.00. 2. AJoITE. ~ew Cornalia Mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona, U.S.A. Rich, light greenish...together ltxlixli". £3.25. 6. ANGLESITE. Wallclose Mine, Nr. Matlock, Derbyshire. Dark creamy coloured well...Selenite. 2xlfxl~". £4.50. 26. CALCITE. Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope, Co. Durham. Large, shorp, creamy colClIT'orl...5x~xlf". £13. CO. 28. CASSITERITE. Ne~ Rosewarnc Mine, Gwinear, Cornwall. Lustrous, brownish black sharp |  | | Report (issue) | | = 5.82–5.84 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Higgins mine, Bisbee, Arizona, USA. 2.84 (10), 2.59 (10), 3.14...00 (1) Hinojosa de Córdoba, Spain. (2) Higgins mine, Bisbee, Arizona, USA; by electron microprobe, H2...Association: Austinite, olivenite, clinoclase, libethenite, chenevixite, brochantite, malachite, azurite...the Gold Hill mine, Tooele Co., Utah; from Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona; in the Bristol mine, Lincoln Co...Empire-Nevada mine, Yerington, Lyon Co., Nevada. From the Ojuela mine, Mapimı́, Durango, Mexico. At Collahuasi |  | | Catalog/List | | Limonitic matrix. 2x2xlt" .£2.75. ARGENTITE. Valenciana Mine, Guana,;uato, Me~ico,. Fine, bright, silvery grey... 5. 6. 7. ARSENOPVRITE. Parrall, Chihuahua, Mexico. Sharp, very bright, silvery crystals to .,." in... 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. AURICHALCITE. 79 Mine Gila Co., Arizona, U.S.A. Select turquoise blue...matrix. l~xltxl". £3.25. AZURITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, 5. Australia. Pure bright blue crystaline...crystalised Calcite. 3x~1". £r,.50. BARYTE~. Mowbray Mine, ;'rizington, west Cumberland. A select group composed |  | | Catalog/List | | museum-quality Tourmalines, including the 2nd largest Sapo Mine “shaving brush” and an exceptional Elbaite on Feldspar...Auction 2 53001 CALEDONITE Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Named by the Romans...This example hails from the Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine: a legendary Arizona locality. Unlike the vast majority...Caledonite and a dash of azure blue Linarite. The mine is now collapsed and only a memory for the lucky... 53002 CHALCOCITE Lucky Friday Pocket, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin, USA This is one |  | | Catalog/List | | MUS=MUSEUM(lOOmm +) 1. ADAMITE.Mina Ojuela,Mapimi,Durango,Mexico. Superb,large, colourful cabinet display...is fluorescent. MUS,L85. 2. ADAMITE. Kameriza Mine,Laurium,Attica,Greece. Goethite fragment vith aggregates... SC,L6. 3, AGARDITE(CALCIAN).Penberthy Crofts Mine,St Hilary,Cornvall ■ Tvo specimens. Specimen A-boxed...xtls and thin crusts. SC,L8. ~- AGARDITE-Y. Clara Mine,Rankachtal,BLack Forest,Germany. 3 boxed specimens...deeper blue. SC,L9. 6. ALSTONITE. Brownley Hill Mine,Nenthead,Cumbria. Six specimens. Specimen A-matrix |  | | Catalog/List | | 5. APATITE variety FRAN~OLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Choice, small, sharp transparent...4h2xli". £7. ~ - -2- 8. Very Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. rich turquoise needly crystals thickly...display. 4ix4". £12. AURIc~LCITE. AXINITE. Obira Mine, Oita Prefecture, Japan. Lustrous, sharp, clove...BARYTOCALCITE. Admiralty Flats, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Nr. ,;lston Cumberland. Intergro~m group of large...crystaL Itxl". £2. 16. BREWSTERITE. Bellsgrove Mine, Strontian, Argyll, Scotland. Superb, transparent |  | | Catalog/List | | ADAMITE A basic arsenate of zinc Mexico Durango, Mapimi, Mina Ojuela ~enish-gray to reddish-brown crystalled...limonit'e ...................... . Mexico Durango, Mapimi, Mina Ojuela White to very pale yellow sheave-like...on limonite .................. . Mexico Durango, Mapimi, Mina Ojuela ~lliant lime-yellow prismatic orthorhombic....... . Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine --=.rransparent micro crystals on limonite gossen...silicate' Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on monzonite . |  | | Catalog/List | | <.Sanv We(ftuMineraG Mineral Dealer & Mine Agent Levanl Gallery, Lower Boscaswe/1, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance... I" ' 2. 3. 4. AD.AMITE.Mina Ojuela ,Mapimi,Durango, Mexico. Brilli.e.nt ( not recent!) green coloured...- ✓...,· -~Xc ,d, 12. APATITE.Panesquira xtls Mine,Beira i3eixa,PortugaL (to about 1ri in size) .....D2~5.OO. r ' \ 20. lURICBJ.ICITE. Golconda Mine,Brassington,Derbyshire. Silky blue-green xtl aggregRtee...Specimen B. 1~1"(very gemmy) ~2.00. AZURITE. Tsumcorp Mine,Otavi,S.W.Africa~ Brilliant,sharp,striated 'Roman-sword' |  | | Catalog/List | | 50x25x35nun. i\ la,. .£95. 3) AURICHALCITE. Ochrycraig Mine, Llangynog, Powys, Wales. Cavities in ironstainccl...50x30x I 8111111. £ 15. 5) C..-\ LCITE. Carrock Mine, Mosedale, Cumbria. A group of about 15 sharp hexagon:il...50x40x30mm. £45. <> C.\ LCITE and Mr\RCASITE. Pare Mine, Llanrwst, Gwynedd, North Wales. Nice intcrgrown...8) CASSITERITE. Robinsons Section, South Crafty Mine, Pool, Cornwall. An intergrown mass or black cassitcritc...£20. 9) CASSJTERlTE. North Lode, WalkJiam United Mine, Whitchurch, Devon. Small quartz veinlet in tourmaline |  | | Catalog/List | | fire five years ago. ADAMITE. Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Fine, pale-lemon coloured, transparent...5x1.25", £12.00. A/2. ADAMITE. Mina Ojuela, Mapimi. Durango, Mexico. Superb, large, colourful cabinet display...well. 6x3.5x2.5", £85 ADAMITE. Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. An attractive and inexpensive example...5x2x5/8", £8.75 A/4. ADAMITE. Kameriza Central Mine, Laurium, Attica, Greece. A sparkling lime-green...£10.00 A/5. ADAMITE (Mauve). Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. From a rare find of several years |  | Chukanov, N. V., Pushcharovsky, D. Yu., Zubkova, N. V., Pekov, I. V., Pasero, M., Merlino, S., Möckel, S., Rabadanov, M. Kh., Belakovskiy, D. I. (2007) Zincolivenite CuZn(AsO4)(OH): A new adamite-group mineral with ordered distribution of Cu and Zn. Doklady Earth Sciences, 415 (2) 841-845 doi:10.1134/s1028334x07060037 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tsumeb, Namibia, (3) pure Zn-adamite from the Ojuela Mine, Mexico, and (4) Cu-adamite from Dal’negorsk, Russia...Greece, and (7) pure Zn-adamite from the Ojuela Mine, Mexico. b a Fig. 4. Crystal structure of zincolivenite...to adamite Mineral Formula Sp. gr. Source Libethenite Cu2PO4OH Pnnm [5] Zincolibethenite CuZnPO4OH...is similar to that of zincolibethenite with libethenite. The most important diagnostic characteristics |  | | Journal (issue) | | with Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...explore literally thousands of mineral occurrences, mine dumps and abandoned mines in the public domain administered...enough, just across the border to the south is Mexico, rieb in active mines where miners are gathering...Heintzelman (1805-1880) shipped ore specimens from his mine to be exhibited at the Cincinnati Merchant's Exchange...later when Edwin Over paid a visit to the Red Cloud mine and made one of history's most spectacular wulfenite |  | | Catalog/List | | at a ll times . Al£UST 1979 1 . ADAI'1ITE. mna Ojuela , t'1apimi , Dura ngo , Mexi co . Lus t rous greenish-...£4.75p 2 10. BARYTES . Wilsons level, Hilton Mine , Scordale , westmorel and . Sharp transparent to...crystals . 4x2" , £3 . 7Sp 12 . BARYTES . Crowgarth Mine , Frizington , Cumberland . Transparent pale ye...~x1tx1-} " , £6 . SOp 13 . BASTNAES ITE. Mountain Pass Mine , San Bernardino Co . , Ca lifornia , USA . Very...on . 1x1" , £2 . SOp 1S . BOURNONITE . All i hies Mine , Co . Cork , Ire l and . Very rich Silvery- grey |  | | Book | | anc MINERALS OF MEXICO 7 | : = Pras #0 AaprTTARE ; | MINERALS OF MEXICO William D. Panczner...1938Minerals of Mexico. Bibliography: p. 1. Mineralogy— Collectors and collecting— Mexico. 2. Mines and...and mineral resources— Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36 1987 549.972 86-13325 ISBN 0-442-27285-5 This book...Jalisco; D. Santiago Ramirez’s La Riqueza Minera de Mexico, and his translation of Dana’s Tratado de Mineralogia...a. ie = Maes Lie Auadado = ae MINERALS OF MEXICO Vv | Oona tA. IMPORTANT MINING DISTRICTS |  | | Journal (issue) | | ...............103 by M. Hansen The libethenite zone, Burra mine, South Australia .....................Quartz, variety amethyst, from Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico. The group is 19 cm tall. Chris W right specimen;...92-meter level,” though all other measurements in the mine will be converted. In short, English units will...worked in the Surveyor’s Department at the Geevor tin mine (Pendeen, Cornwall), and with Consolidated Goldfields...about 20 minutes late. Not bad. We went first to a mine between Huantajaya and Santa Rosa. The Instituto |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rhodonite, 4.7 cm, from the 1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection...collection, John Chapman photo. • 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia. George Stacey collection, Jeff...Scovil photo. Middle row from left: • 2.3 cm, Kintore mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. Aloe Family collection;...spent the rest of their lives there as miners and mine captains. Cornish tradition favored the collecting...build his mineral collection. His job at the Moonta mine was sampling ore for the company’s assay office |  | | Catalog/List | | JUNE 1974-. 1. ACANTHITE. Batopilas, ~ihuahua, Mexico. Rich, dar~ grey, granular masses and microcrystals...association. 3x2". £4-. 2. ADAMITE. Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Lustrous, shrp, well terminated crystal...2xlt". £4-. 7. ANDRADITE GARNET. Belstone Consols Mine, Nr. Okehampton, Devon. Sharp, lustrous, well formed...uartz mntrix Itx3". £4. 12. Cerro de Mer~ado, Durango, Mexi.:o. Specimen large, lime green, mostly transparent...of arsenical compounds in the shale during a coal mine fire. Distinct crystals of Native, rsenic in nature |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Universitesi] at 20:25 14 March 2016 Blanchard Mine, Bingham, New Mexico T here once was a time when most green...was then known only as the Blanchard mine, Bingham, New Mexico. Oh, for those simpler times. The level...fine brochantite from the abovementioned Blanchard mine has been selected for this issue. Brochantite, a...with langite and posnjakite occurs in the Ecton mine, Montgomery County (Smith 1978); and brochantite...upper workings of the Stonehill or Woods copper mine, Randolph County, Alabama (Cook and Smith 1982) |  | | Journal (issue) | | Devon Anthropology of Mineral Collecting Herodsfoot Mine and Richard Talling Journal 246 - Nov Dec 2013...Inside the museum Fig.9 Stibnite (13cm) Xikvangshan Mine, Shaoyong Prejecture, Hunan Prov. China Fig 10...Ferry's Minerals, Collecting and Value across the US-Mexico Border (Indiana University Press, 2013). The book...Guanajuato, Mexico but her research extends to other well-known specimen mines (particularly Ojuela); several...several mineral museums in the US and Mexico; and the activities of collectors, including those at the annual |
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