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Amethyst from
La Luz mine, La Luz, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Amethyst
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)ⓘ1 photo of Amethyst associated with Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amethyst data
Locality Data:Click here to view La Luz mine, La Luz, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:48392
Long-form Identifier:1:3:48392:0
GUID (UUID V4):ccee4686-1dc4-4098-9a8c-c250b534a0aa
Nearest other occurrences of Amethyst
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘSanta Rita Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘPeregrina Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘLa Sirena Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘVeta Madre, Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘGuanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
4.5km (2.8 miles) ⓘValenciana Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
References
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epithermal Ag–Au–Cu–Pb–Zn mineralization in Guanajuato, Mexico Helen Mango & Greg Arehart & Naomi Oreskes...Abstract The Guanajuato epithermal district is one of the largest silver producers in Mexico. Mineralization...northwest–southeast: the central Veta Madre, the La Luz system to the northwest, and the Sierra system...University of California—San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0104, USA H. Zantop Department of...and, in places, boiling. Keywords Guanajuato . Epithermal . Mexico . Fluid inclusions . Stable isotopes
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epithermal Ag-Au mineralization in the La Luz area, Guanajuato Mining District, México Daniel Moncada...epithermal Ag-Au mineralization in the La Luz area, Guanajuato Mining District, México, Ore Geology Reviews...epithermal Ag-Au mineralization in the La Luz area, Guanajuato Mining District, México Daniel Moncada1...central part of the La Luz vein system in the Guanajuato mining district, Mexico. In each sample, the...estimate the depth to the 300°C isotherm along the La Luz vein system. Fluid inclusions and mineral textural
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"'<' ~/ BOUNDARIES U A Mo<'« u~ o V :Ÿ MEXICO r - ·‹-.. ·-··-··-··-·· < ‱‱ ....... V S TATES...org/details/mineralsofmexico0000panc MINERALS OF MEXICO ‱ ERALS OF ~XICO M ______ William D. Panczner...Berkshire RG 11 2PY, England Yan Nostrand Reinhold 480 La Trobe Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia...1938Minerals of Mexico. Bibliography: p. 1. Mineralogy-Collectors and collecting-Mexico. 2. Mines and mineral...mineral resources-Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36 1987 549.972 86-13325 ISBN 0-442-27285-5 This boo i
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anc MINERALS OF MEXICO 7 | : = Pras #0 AaprTTARE ; | MINERALS OF MEXICO William D. Panczner...Berkshire RG11 2PY, England Van Nostrand Reinhold 480 La Trobe Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia...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...Minerales de Jalisco; D. Santiago Ramirez’s La Riqueza Minera de Mexico, and his translation of Dana’s Tratado
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Scovil M ining began in Mexico more than four hundred years ago! As a result, Mexico has been a prolific...1960s. European museums received specimens from Mexico as early as the late sixteenth century, but it...American museums began to acquire specimens from Mexico. The Harvard collection is probably typical of...no strong connection to Mexico and its mines. A precious opal from the Iris mine in Queretaro (fig. 1)...offered as a general introduction to the minerals of Mexico, the theme of the 1999 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show
Report (issue)
nt tr cecoe Se cea Guanajuato MExICOn ec BiOrosandeMachoacanm Mogollon News Mexico. Toles AOE cok...cd ce seis sere eats Oh oie Sole tak rN Ocampo: MEXICO We Sasco he Poo sw oS @Ouartz Hail Montana 2a...teks 7. Sections through Matehuala half dome, Mexico Aenea SmmSCLUCLUTAlEMaprOrsOllyentons district...Section 25. sotructuralamaplorm! li@Orodistrich Mexico ss. 29 Generalesectionvote | Onrodistnictepmearme...Utah, lead-silver district, and of the Matehuala, Mexico, copper district is that of a half dome truncated
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Libertytown, Morristown, and Pabscot, Va., the Morefield Mine at Amelia, and the mines near Spruce Pine, N. C...Ellenville, Herkimer, Gore Mt., and Tilly Foster Mine in N. Y., the Black Lake area and Gaspe, Quebec...visited various districts in California, the Comstock Mine and Lassen Peak. Dr. Thomas obtained anthraxolite...Millbridge, Bancroft, Hybla, and the Phoenix Molybdenite Mine, West of Renfrew, Ont. Many interesting and beautiful...in place in an old mine. The speaker said that the well knor,vn apophyllite-amethyst groups and associated
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GuanaiuatoMining District, Mexico* W. PETRUK AND D. Owens Abstract The silver ores in the Guanajuato mining district...district in Mexico consistof disseminated silver sulfides,selenides,and electrum in quartz-calciteveins and...Tt‱. ores in the Guanajuatomining district, Guanajuato, Mexico, occur as mineralized quartz-calcite veinsand...diameter. It consistsof gray quartz, cal(3) the La Luz vein system(Fig. 1). Three types cite, nontronite...samples from the Cebadamine are specimensof high-grade mine (two of type 2 and two of type 3 ore in the silver
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[Northeastern University] at 11:57 17 November 2014 Husky Mine, Elsa, Yukon Territory, Canada T he ruby silvers...the most familiar polybasite localities are in Mexico, exceptionally fine specimens associated with well-crystallized...have been available in recent years from the Husky mine, Yukon Territory, Canada. Consequently, in keeping...this year’s Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, a Husky mine polybasite has been nominated as this issue’s Connoisseur’s...reported to reach widths of 9 cm, as at Fresnillo, Mexico. Triangular patterns formed by {001} striae are
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ISOTOPE STUDY OF THE RAYAS AG-AU-CU-PB-ZN MINE, GUANAJUATO, MEXICO HELEN MANGO,* HALF ZANTOP,AND NAOMI ORESKES...03755 Introduction The mining district of Guanajuato,Mexico, has beenin constantoperationfor over400 years...of silver and 175 metric tons of gold (Salvadorde la Tejera, pers. commun.).The Rayasmine is a major historicalproducer...Madre Occidental.Subductionalongthe west coast of Mexico producedthe thick packageof Tertiary volcanic ...constitute the Sierra MadreOccidental;in the Guanajuato region,the volcanic rocks are up to 850 m thick
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K FIELD GUIDE to the GEMS and MINERALS of MEXICO (Exclusive of Baja California) A guide to the...Information............ Driving in Mexico................... Trailcring in Mexico ............. 5 6 6 7 8 8........ A Word to the Wise ............. Jade in Mexico......................... Manto and Chimney Deposits...Eulalia District....... El Potosi Mine............. San Antonio Mine....... Cusihuiriachic District................................. Minerals of Ojuela Mine .... . Velardena District......................
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Minerals, Collecting, and Value across the U.S.-Mexico Border TRACKING GLOBALIZATION Robert J. Foster... Minerals, Collecting, and Value across the U.S.-Mexico Border elizabeth emma ferry Indiana University...Minerals, collecting, and value across the U.S.-Mexico border / Elizabeth Emma Ferry. pages cm — (Tracking...States. 2. Minerals—Collection and preservation—Mexico. 3. Rock collectors. 4. Mineral industries—Social...industries—Social aspects. 5. United States—Commerce—Mexico. 6. Mexico—Commerce—United States. I. Title. QE392.5.U5F47
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ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, MEXICO The Geology of North America O r > W 4^ *1^ ^ ^ \ \ f ax4 u \ \...of North America Volume P-3 Economic Geology^ Mexico Edited by Guillermo P. Salas Geologo Consultor...Centro Minero Nacional Carretera Mexico-Pachuca Pachuca, Hgo., Mexico, D.F. 1991 EXPLORATION LIBRARY...reserved. Geologia economica de Mexico. English. Economic geology, Mexico / edited by Guillermo P. Salas...; v. P-3) Translation of Geologia economica de Mexico. Includes bibliography references and index. ISBN
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additional new danburite from Charcas (San Luis Potosi, Mexico). The crystals are white to colorless, elongate...from two localities Posey Mine (San Juan Co., Utah, USA) and Planet Mine (La Paz Co., Arizona, USA). That...That from Posey Mine is composed of 5-10 mm veins, composed of fibers perpendicular to the veins, in...$32.00 per year air, First Class to Canada and Mexico $25.00, rates include sales taxes as applicable...Guangdong Province), France (Chessy near Lyon) and Utah (La Sal): densely intergrown crystals in compressed spheres
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Patrimony, Value, and Collectivity in Contemporary Mexico ELIZABETH COLUMBIA EMMA UNIVERSITY PRESS ...patrimony, value, and collectivity in contemporary Mexico / Elizabeth Emma Ferry. p.cm. Includes bibliographical...Miners—Mexico—Guanajuato ISBN 0-231-13239-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) (State) 2. Guanajuato (Mexico : State)—Social...Cooperative socieues—Mexico—Guanajuato (State)—History. 4. Cooperativa Minera Santa Fe de Guanajuato—History. 5...industries—Mexico—Guanajuato (State)—History. 6. Silver mines and mining Globalization. Mexico Guanajuato
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PORFIKIO DIAZ, President of the United States of Mexico. TRAISACTIOIS OF THE Yol. Containing tiik...the President and the people Uui1.e.d Htates of Mexico. PREFACE. As ]iii[)ers era-l ex])huuo(l of...'‘rhe othi'T found more or and industries of Mexico. Pro(‘(H‘diiigs of <)(‘ on the title-page, this...Laws of Mexico. Precious Stones of Mexico. sion, p. 568), 55 The Value of Ores in Mexico. By N. H...H. Emmons, 2d, The Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, Mexico, and Its Ore-Deposits. By James W. Malgolmson (Discussion
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MINERALS AND JEWELRY BEST OF 2014 ‱ FIELD TRIPS: New Mexico Orbicular Granite Purple Agate from Arizona ‱ COLLECTING...TREASURES ‱ MINERALS AND JEWELRY Laguna agate from Mexico is just one of the many types of agate that will............. 18 Persistence pays off at this New Mexico site by Robert Beard Rock Science ..............Frederick Pough by Steve Voynick Four Peaks, Arizona, Amethyst ........................................................................... 44 Pulga jade, New Mexico rockhound symbols, Dinosaur Diamond crostic Ethiopia’s
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Triangles FIELD TRIP: Orbicular Granite in New Mexico “Triassic Park” Fossils in Arizona www.rockngem...Granite........ 26 Persistence pays off at this New Mexico site by Robert Beard by James A. Miller Rock...are found in a deep cavern in the Naica mine (Chihuahua, Mexico). These amazing crystals are up to 40 feet...huge amethyst geode. We’ve all seen these huge cavities lined with richly hued purple amethyst. They...3-foot-high amethyst geode section from Brazil displayed in the front entry of my home. The amethyst geode
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microthin coating of bomite, 5.7 cm, from the Flam­ beau mine, Ladysmith, Wisconsin. William Larson collection;...Weardale fluorite miniature for $140, a beautiful 79 mine aurichalcite (2.75 inches) for $140, a Zambian libethenite...Show on Saturday, February 13, 1999. Minerals of Mexico were the feature of the 1999 Tucson Show and the...the subject of the 1999 Mineral Symposium. Mexico has a mining specimen collecting history dating back...preeminent geologic research­ ers of Mexico, that set the geologic stage for Mexico and provided a framework for
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GD R Wolfsberg, Harz, GDR Freiberg, Saxony, GD R la Ila Ila Ila Ila Ila I lb II b lib lib lib lib Illa... Drygill, Cumberland, GB Vlb Nordmark, Sweden VI la St John's Island, Red Sea, Egypt Vllb Morawicza (Ocna...particularly interesting collection of miners' lamps and mine surveying instruments. Ancient and mediaeval mining...worn by mine officials of Saxony on ceremonial occasions. A special attraction is a model mine, 20m below...N. from the main railway station, landmark is a mine headframe. Tues.- Fri. 8.30-17.30 hrs.; Sat.- Sun
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Fossil Co-op 1635 North Oracle Road Blue Calcite & Amethyst Polished Shapes ● Aragonite ● Selenite ● Anhydrite...crystals 3) Blue Quartz rough, Citrine Quartz rough, Amethyst Quartz rough, Rutilated Quartz, Kyanite Crystals...Crystals rough (Oil washed) 4) Veracruz Amethyst and Danburite from San Luis for collectors 5) Various Turquoise...Turquoise from Arizona, the Southwest, and Mexico (Nacozari, Campitos, Cananea) 6) Spiny Oyster (rough...from Peru and Mexico in various sizes 20) New lot of Purple Opal rough from Jalisco, Mexico 21) Meteorites
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first six months of 1933. Finland, India, Iceland, Mexico, Newtoundland, New Zealand, Philippine Islands...re- ed ~ (r, ID· ,n, ed lft ed WO he let la· at- ng a ter ts )ffl 1to :gb be the ,a 1dy...information, to Mr. Wade Dean of the Pacific Sulphur Mine of White Salmon, Wash., and to Mr. Joe Yolo of Yakima...for- oew the ,ing Pa- it.an the, 1uat 1dds . la- d tiJ WORLD'S LARCEST CHRYSOBERYL CRYSTAL What...work. The usual amount of calcite, and a little amethyst of good color, but poor crystal form, were found
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Bulldog Tunnel of the Inspiration copper mine. The Live Oak copper mine of the same company (Inspiration Copper...reference to the quartz crystals found in the Josephine Mine near Volcanoville, Eldorado County, California....interest. I happen to be a part owner of the Josephine Mine, and acted as Engineer and Geologist during the...avoid hauling the waste rock to the surface. The mine has been closed for a year and the air now is so...most beautiful sight that I have encountered in any mine. It greatly enriched my mineral collection as far
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5. Fine zoned crystals. a. Synthetic quartz ( amethyst). b. Synthetic quartz. c. Natural quartz. 6. Inner...Unusual Crystallization or... Mineral Pathology? //Mine mlogicheskii zhurnal. 1989.1.11, N 2. p.96-98. 10...during the warm season. Only a watchman stays at the mine through the winter. Last year, the teamleader Vasilii...overgrow motion faces together with sculpture amethyst crystals. The topaz in this pegmatite is in paragenesis...georgines - the flowers which he brought to Russia from Mexico. The next contribution to the seminary's Mineralogical
 
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