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| a few yellow Sphene micros in one area (Sonnblick, Rauris, Salzburg,Germany) £15 ALMANDINE, quite sharp...inch size, with a smaller garnet growing out of one face. (Fauske, Norway) £6 ANALCITE nice coverage of 5mm...Northumberland CACOXENITE golden micros in cacoxenite rich area on magnetite lxlxl .5 Levaeniemi Mine, Norbotten...vein section with some clean white quartz (Timmins area,Ontario,Canada) 2x2 £15 less rich piece 2x2,5 £8...on the surface, on feldspar. (Globe Mine.Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, new Mexico) £15 b) smaller |
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| a few such specimens have been found after 1960 (see the Amity-Edenville entry for Edenite and Spine!)...is not common in the metasedimentary rocks of the area which host these species, but "reasonably good"...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...to 2 cm which are pseudomorphs after bastnasite--see photo in Guastoni, Pezzotta and Zorzi (2008). ILMENITE... r ILMENITE QUEBEC Girardville, Lac Saint-Jean area. Just northwest of the town of Girardville, itself |
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| larger stone, and it had some ... Read on page 17 Fluorite with albite, microcline and stilbite, 6.5 cm wide...specimens. There are over 40 active quarries in the area, and with such a large amount of mining it is amazing...crystals can reach 1 m in length, and high quality fluorite crystals are known up to 20 cm! In April 2009...was able to collect 2 very good quality fluorites (see first photo on page 10) in addition to many feldspars...centuries an important source of lead, industrial fluorite, and, to a lesser extent, zinc, iron, and barium |
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| The Robert Brandstetter Fluorite Collection Downloaded by [Heriot-Watt University] at 10:26 31 December...December 2014 WARTH, AUSTRIA JEFFREY A. SCOVIL PO Box 7773 Phoenix, Arizona 85011 jeffscovil@earthlink...Brandstetter was born in 1967 in Neunkirchen, Austria, and started a general collection of minerals and...his favorite fluorite specimens, a red/pink fluorite perched on a smoky quartz crystal; see figure 3 for...(above). “Frédéric,” a fluorite with smoky quartz, 9.3 cm across, from the north face, Aiguille Verte, Glacier |
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| available these can be obtained from: Mrs. J. Spence, (see above). E. Otty ADVERTISING R. Watson For details...belt. An old open level was investigated on the north-east side of a hill 1.5 km N. W. of Bontddu. A small...being undertaken in other trials and mines in the area, and it is to be hoped that from time to time other...dominated by two broadcasting towers. In a small area in the city are the stock exchange, banks and mining...wa given to a new shaft to enable the remaining area of the lease to be exploited. After ten schemes |
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| Soft Myrrhine The Barber Cup Carved of banded fluorite, the Barber Cup is thought to be one of only a...British Museum in London houses two extraordinary fluorite vessels: the Barber and Crawford cups. The Crawford...must have been carved from a soft stone such as fluorite. In probably the most famous example of the Roman...today as fluorite. While modem collectors continue to have a strong predilection for fluorite, they will... Contents 4 Fluorite: from Ancient Treasures to Modern Labs and Collections 72 13 Fluorite Luminescence |
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| Golden Topaz, 3.5 inches, from Katlang, Mardan District, Pakistan; Freilich Collection. OPENING SPREAD:...from the Red Cloud mine, Arizona; Calcite and Fluorite from the Elmwood mine, Tennessee; Aquamarine from...biographies of these two interesting men and you will see how well they fit together. Then sit back and enjoy...can say that because he’s six years younger that I am), Joe Freilich has a brilliant future in the collecting...route they stopped at Yellowstone National Park to see the wonderful sights there, and in due course arrived |
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| Beautzjhl green fluorite specimens from this classic locality m e once again on the collector market...important source of lead, fluorspar (commercial fluorite), and other metallic and nonmetallic ores for...a byproduct of these mining operations, and the area around Weardale is particularly noted for the production...well-crystallized specimens of fluorite that exhibit a strong daylight fluorescence unique to fluorite from this region...has seen a serious decline throughout the Weardale area, along with the rest of the United Kingdom. As a |
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| exceptionally fine material. Crystals of cel estite and fluorite, for example, are especially prized by min eralogists...mineral dis trict and the Serpent Mound zinc district continue to attract the attention of mining geologists...Findlay Arch district. )- 1 Findlay Arch District • 1 - LOUDEN Serpent Mound District OHIO Figure...Figure 2: Mineral localities of the Serpent Mound district. KENTUCKY Volume 65, November/December 1990...age from Ordovician to Permian at the bedrock sur face (King and Beikman, 1974) and are blanketed by Pleis |
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| ILLINOIS-KENTUCKY OF THE RELATION HUTSON TO FLUORSPAR DISTRICT. W. A. OESTERLING. CONTENTS. PAGE Abstract..... Calcite-fluorite-sulphidemineralization ................................ Post-fluorite faulting ....ABSTRACT. A zinc sulphidedeposit,almostuniquefor the district, is being worked at the Hutson mine in the Southern...Southern Illinois-Western Kentucky fluorspar district. A lode-fissurewith flanking massivereplacementdepositsis...later than the main calcite-fluorite-sulphidemineralization in the district. Some late sphalerite and galena |
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| Show--------------------------Page 29. Reviews: Peak District GeoWalk -------------------------------------...----------------Page 33. Field Guides to Lake District Mineral Sites ---------------------------------Page...Devon beginning at the end of March. I do hope to see many of you there. The Autumn and Winter months have...Full details of the talks are given in the Members Area of the Society web site. This Newsletter has a some...on, albeit small but wonderful finds made by the North Branch on field trips to Shap Pink Quarry in 2021 |
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| AND ITS GENERA]. FBATURES The granite underlies an area about 25 by 35 miles in extent, mostly in Carroll...for the doctorate dealing with the geology of an area which includes some of this granite. Although it...Rattlesnake Mountain. These hills are shown on the North Conway topographic sheet published by the U. S....following accessoryminerals; ilmenite, apatite, fluorite and allanite. An estimate of the average mineral...free from them. This sheet was at that time the north face of the quarry in its western part. In the eastern |
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| Micro all essential elements .I am sure that you would also I Ike to see a regular 'What's new in Minerals...those produced in America and on the Continent. I am IOQklng forward to Rockbottom Issue 2,are you...the underground workings of ail the mines in the area and placing restrictions on the collection of mineral...Pseudo-hexagonal plates showing pearly lustre on the 1 c 1 face normally.identify i~ usually takes a few visits...before going on to the high level dumps.One small area showed mineralised material in the tap 3-6<:ms,probebly |
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| Russell Society’s 2017 ASM Weekend to be held in north Wales. It promises to be a really good event and...period of renovation and redesign. I’ve been to see it (a report appears in the following pages) and...held for the first time in August at Leyburn in North Yorkshire and seems to have been well received....http://russellsoc.org/safety/. The Health & Safety Policy (See opposite) and the Field Trip Leaders Indemnity Form...reports interesting – and perhaps even useful. I am always open to ideas for future editions so please |
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| fabulous group of highly lustrous getniny bicoloured fluorite crystals to 5cm in length showing the characteristic...Contributions or suggestions for articles are welcome. See back page for address, subscriptions and advertising...mineralogical discoveries in Scotland, Ireland JL and the north of England, we have amassed a backlog of articles...feeding back information about what you would like to see. Please visit the site and send comments to the webmaster...Scotland 2002. It is sad that Kemp never got to see this lasting tribute to him in the book. About 6 |
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| pink bipyramidal stokesite crystal, 6.5 mm long (see Figure 12, p. 43 for details). Penryn Granite Company’s...visible (top), LUV (middle) and SUV (bottom). East Face, Croft Quarry, Croft, Leics. Frank Ince specimen...Central Branch field excursions have visited this area over the years and it was, of course, one of the...thought in this article! Finally, we visit the north of England for Brian Young’s account of magnetite...aggregate; some of them since Roman times (Le Bas, 1993; see also Fenn, R.W.D. Quarrying at Croft, Part 1: The |
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| .............. ..Erosion Stu.dies in the Lake District Dr. Stephen Moreton 21 ........................ethical mineral collection, and/or to a related area such as conservation or curation. The technical...commitment to the Society as we move forwards. We face a number of significant challenges in the near future...charities. Work in this area is going on behind the scenes as I write this, and you will see the results shortly...Finally, there are challenges that affect the whole area of mineral collecting, which by now you should know |
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| Some Zinc-Lead Deposits of the Wrangell District Alaska GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 998-B Some Zinc-Lead...Zinc-Lead Deposits of the Wrangell District Alaska By H. R. GAULT, D. L. ROSSMAN, G. M. FLINT, JR., and...minerals are also known or reported at the Hyder district, Whiting River, and Farragut River on the mainland...Cornwallis Peninsula on Kuiu Island, the Keku Islets north of Kuiu Island, Cholmondeley Sound and Beaver Mountain...Alaska-Juneau gold mine and from the Riverside mine, Hyder district. In 1947 and 1948 about 70 tons of zinc and lead |
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| ILLUSTRATIONS Folio 1. Folio 2. Plan maps, Empire mine area, Plates 1 to^S. ,/ Sections, Empire mine. Plates...mine, principal mine in the Alder Creek mining district, is situated in the White Knob Range, about six...Pacific Railroad and is also accessible from the north and south by U. S. Highway 93-A. The Empire'mine...granular garnet; diopside, and calcite. Magnetite, fluorite, sphalerite, molybdenite , spec.ularite, and -scheelite...mine, principal mine of the Alder Creek Mining. district, is situated in the YJhite Knob Range in Custer |
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| worked open-cast,is about 250 m above sea level in an area of rugged topography. There are about 2,000 m of...serpentine,garnet, olivine, pyrite, chalcopyrite and fluorite. At the baseof the skarn there are bedsof calcite...pointing peninsulathat is surroundedon the west, north and east by a highly indentedcoastline. It is about...iron mine. FxG. 3. Panorama of iron mine looking north. Ma On Shan (Saddle Mountain) in center. MINERALOGY...regardedas the basementbeds of the area. Three kilometersto the north are Pat Sin conglomerates (Lias) |
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| Page Chapter I — Introduction 9 Location of district geologic Earlier 9 summary Historical 10... 22 Summary 24 Minerals of the veins- 25 Fluorite 25 Calcite 25 Quartz Galena 25 26 Sphalerite...and malachite 31 Relations between calcite and fluorite 31 Oil and bitumen in the veins 37 Vugs 38...generations of fluorite Purple coloration of Solution cavities and Chapter III — Blanket fluorite around...deposits General Primary fluorite Secondary fluorite Solution of primary fluorite Primary calcite Secondary |
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| Host mineral Examples of applications Quartz Fluorite Halite Calcite Baryte Garnet Pyroxene Gold mineralisation...transparent minerals such as quartz, carbonates and fluorite (Table I). Fluid inclusions are generally small...g. Skinner, 1953; Osborne and Haszeldene, 1993; see also the discussion by Worden et aI., 1995). Although...of phase change observed during microthennometry (see text for a detailed description of events). A: T...crush-leach analysis. Fluids extracted from quartz and fluorite samples were analysed for F, Br, CI, I and S04 |
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| I'm falling!" I am on my back and falling away from an overhanging rock cliff face .. My long-time climbing...mental baggage than one should normally carry. I am turning fifty soon and coming to buy in a mineral...uncertain personal relationship with a woman. and I am left to start a soul-searchingjourney on this miserable...in my stomach as "·ell as to catch up on sleep, I am already away two weeks from the USA. This journey...another writer to detail accounts of the show. (See Claus Hedegaard's article in Mineral Ne,,·s, Vol |
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| 47-50 NOTES Childrenite from the English Lake District Richard S. W. Braithwaite and Richard P.H. Lamb...Lamb 50-51 An unusual fluorescent fluorite from Derbyshire Richard S. W. Braithwaite and 1. Ike Wilson...common. In several of the mines in the Nenthead area, Cumbria, such as Brownley Hill Mine and Carr's...by far the most abundant mineral in the central area of the individual deposits and are clearly visible...black lustrous blebs of wad occur in the iron zone (see later). MINERALS OF THE 'COPPER ZONE' The width |
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| ....... ... ............... 31 A new site for fluorite in the Mendips: Nyland Hill by Sue Cowdry ................... 32 Further notes on the Banwell fluorite specimen from Wells Museum by Sue Cowdry .................... 34 Film, flash and fluorite by John M. Baty .............. ................... ... ............................................. 55 ••• See centre pages for the Russell Society Winter Programme...many plan to attend next year's A GM in Durham (see page 49). It seems no time at all since Northern |
North face, Hoher Sonnblick, Alteck - Hoher Sonnblick area, Rauris, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria