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Rock Crystal from
Burg, Burg - Fiesch Glacier area, Fieschertal, Goms, Valais, Switzerland


Classification
Species:Quartz var: Rock Crystal
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rock Crystal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Burg, Burg - Fiesch Glacier area, Fieschertal, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:557341
Long-form Identifier:1:3:557341:7
GUID (UUID V4):a95a54d3-c033-4266-baca-d3708e139f95
References
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Journal (issue)
for3issuesinc. p& p . Cheques should be made payable to Rock Bouom Publications Ltd. ARTICLES TO:Max D.Freier...article on the latter in this issue). This superb crystal, 15mm on edge, sits on a small group of doubly-terminated...2048) make collecting decidedly difficult. Bakewell Rock Swap has become the No 1 show in the world (some...770248. The new Intergalactic Theme Park covering an area of 500 square miles of Alston Moor with its centre...reason) Will rebate purchase price· of any other rock software up to half the price of ROCKWARE ls OLIVINE
Report (issue)
Sequence. Soapstone is found in an altered ultramafic rock intrusive into rocks of the Damara Sequence. Pyrophyllite...varieties 10.1.1. Amethyst 10.1.2. Citrine 10.1.3. Rock Crystal 10.1.4. Rose Quartz 10.1.5. Smoky Quartz 10...of the aquamarine was derived from the southern area of the pegmatites where it was associated with large...gemstones usually occurred as small prisms with good crystal face development. The deposit has been worked to...South African Mining & Engineering Journal, 1940; Burg, 1942; Frommurze et al., 1942; South African Mining
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the private Bally foundation at Schonenwerd, Switzerland; and the Folch Museum at Barcelona, Spain. Because...Germanspeaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The reasons for this are partly because they...catalogued, at an Ecole Cen- Part of the exhibition area 14 trale, during the subsequent French regime....mineralogy and petrography possesses about 15,000 rock samples and 28,000 mineral specimens. The Exhibits...collections of timber specimens. The mineral display area is small (ca.30m 2), and adjoins a geoscience exhibit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
aquamarine (beryl) and was part of a broken gemmy crystal. and fine Magnet Cove collection. It would indeed...was found here. None found lately but search of area could possibly locate more xls." CONNECTICUT — "Thought...terminated, slender rock crystal, lightly stained brown by iron. Six small doubly terminated rock crystals (also...by iron) are grouped at the base of the large crystal. It is a beautiful specimen. Mrs. Lieser is the... Leave car and walk % mile west to a light gray rock (peridotite) exposed in a small stream south of
Book
damaged and repaired. 1-15/16"; D. 1-3/8". Marks: 56, area have been 13/16"; W. Kokoshnik; MIl; ...jade bud and two jade leaves. The pot is rock crystal. One of reshaped. pot 1-1/2". Marks: 72; B.W...velvet case): Double-headed eagle, Fabergé, Peters­ burg, Moscow, London, all in Cyrillic on lining of case;...Moscow branch of the firm. The tester's initials burg 1903. tester, Jacob are Fabergé those of the... and center of the blossom. It stands in rock-crystal pot. The enamel chipped and repaired. H. 3-7/8";
Journal (volume)
rrie and o u t ­ crops i n the vicinity of Moscow area, and also visits t o m i neral deposits With student...Denisov under the direction of Adju nct of St. Peters­ burg Imperial Academy of Sciences H elmersen and include...Brokgaus and I.A. Efron, volume XX, St. Peters­ burg, 1897, p. 1 16. 7. Encyclopaedic Dictionary F. A...Brokgaus and I.A. Efron, volume XXVII, St. Peters­ burg, 1899, p. 286-287 --=====-G ■2 A Aquamarine...e ralogy: h e stu d i e d along h i s route all rock outcrops, m i n e ra l s fo u n d i n t h e m ,
Book (edition)
formula, allegiance to a mineral group, symmetry and crystal structure as well as the strongest X-ray powder...and opaque minerals. More attention is paid to crystal habit or aggregate development and their sizes...species must contain chemical formula, structure (crystal system, space group, and unit cell dimensions)...units (A), expressed differently according to the crystal system: only a for the cubic system, a,c for the...specifying the orientation of the crystal faces in relation to the crystal axes, a set of three or four numbers
Journal (issue)
size and rarest forms at higher prices . ( One crystal associated with Northupite . ) FROM PATERSON ,...recoverable by the OCR engine. SMOKY QUARTZ CRYSTAL INCLOSING RUTILE. Locality : Waterbury, Vermont...one, the object cut from the crystal being worth much more than the crystal in native condition.* There...which would afford many fine cut stones. This crystal is, doubtless, the finest specimen of its kind...minerals both in literature and in commerce. Bock-crystal, amethyst, milky quartz, rose quartz, citrine,
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Cuwrator, Australian Museum, Sydney, AUSTRALIA & ROCK CURRIER, photographer and collector, Ardsley, New...jeweler, Lucerne, Curator, private museum, SWITZERLAND ye CLAUDE GUILLEMIN, Director, National Geological...STALDER, Curator, National History Museum, Bern, SWITZERLAND ¥& JAROSLAV SVENEK, Professor, National Museum...Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, SWITZERLAND j& DAVID WILBER, dealer and collector, Reno,...California, U.s. A. WERNER BURGER, collector, Zurich, SWITZERLAND ¥& FRED CASSIRER, collector, New York, New York
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Curator, Australian Museum, Sydney, AUSTRALIA x ROCK CURRIER, photographer and collector, Ardsley, New...EDWARD GUBELIN, collector and jeweler, Lucerne, SWITZERLAND j& CLAUDE GUILLEMIN, Director, National Geological...Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, SWITZERLAND Ye DAVID WILBER, dealer and collector, Reno,... U.S. A. WERNER BURGER, collector, Zurich, SWITZERLAND ¥& FRED CASSIRER, collector, New York, New York...Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, SWITZERLAND x JOHN JAGO, collector, San Francisco, California
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Cura­ tor, Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia ^ rock currier, photographer and collector, Ardsley, New...edward gubelin, collector and jeweler, Lucerne, Switzerland ^ claude guillemin, Director, National Geological...stalder, Curator, National History Museum, Bern, Switzerland ^ jaroslav svenek, Professor, National Museum...Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, SWITZERLAND ^ david WILBER, dealer and collector, Reno, Nevada...u. S. A. ^ werner burger, collector, Zurich, Switzerland ^ fred cassirer, collector, New York, New York
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
this peak with crystallinity. A transparent rock-crystal pegmatite sample from Elat's Precambrian Massif...this critical reading of the manuscript and Mr Avi Burg for his generous gift of samples. References 0
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
There is a very wide­ spread error relative to rock crystal. This mineral being more refractive than crown...18, it is necessary to give curves of 18 � to rock crystal. It happens, then, that . almost every one who...glass shou� bf! entirely rejected; and that (3) rock crystal, no matter how It t8 cut, slwuld be 1'ejected...sufficiently lar�e when Bible, from the pre�s of John Gute�burg, ¥entz, 1455, the drawn into the circulation to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
There is a very wide­ spread error relative to rock crystal. This mineral being more refractive than crown...18, it is necessary to give curves of 18 � to rock crystal. It happens, then, that . almost every one who...glass shou� bf! entirely rejected; and that (3) rock crystal, no matter how It t8 cut, slwuld be 1'ejected...sufficiently lar�e when Bible, from the pre�s of John Gute�burg, ¥entz, 1455, the drawn into the circulation to
Report (issue)
Localities, Great Associations 78 Fluorite from Peru BY ROCK CURRIER a taste of ASIA 82 BY RAY GRANT 86 92...pocket at the Elmwood mine. Photo Mark Kielbasa Switzerland BY HANS ANTON STALDER best of the AMERICAS ...been exploited since at least the Middle Ages, when area miners, like their counterparts in the that those..."crystallized spar ... which can be differentiated from rock crystal by its truncated or cut pinnacle columns, number...wandering the hills and one day stooping to pick up a rock that showed a strange blue glow. fluorite at a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
megaproject, the problem of supplying the project area with mineral resources is extremely critical. There...are some gneiisic–amphibo litic complexes in this area that are analogous to rocks of the Ufalei block... raremetal (moderately deep), ceramic, and rock crystalbearing (low deep). These pegmatites are usually...Year Book 2004 (Inst. Geol. Geokhim., Yekaterin burg, 2004) [in Russian]. 10. G. Yu. Shardakova and E
Book (edition)
Hematite — Red Silver Ore — Rensselaerite — Rock CrystalRock Salt — Rutile — Serpentine — Silicate of...How to Assay Gold in the Simplest Way — To Test Rock for Gold and Silver Find the Purity of — To any...means magnet be either the A as “translu- crystal dimly through to pass the escape of that ...River gion lead; gold, silver seldom found. of rock shells, it is In lie a Valley, or the slate... you not it go specimen, however, well with rock gravity (3.5) 17 grindstone. With is KEY.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
There is a very wide­ spread error relative to rock crystal. This mineral being more refractive than crown...18, it is necessary to give curves of 18 � to rock crystal. It happens, then, that . almost every one who...glass shou� bf! entirely rejected; and that (3) rock crystal, no matter how It t8 cut, slwuld be 1'ejected...sufficiently lar�e when Bible, from the pre�s of John Gute�burg, ¥entz, 1455, the drawn into the circulation to
Journal (issue)
Virginia Minerals and Rocks (3rd Edition) Ex LIBRIS ROCK H. CURRIER BOOK No. _'fl_9_ On the Co•er-Arboreacent...Smithsonian Insti­ tution. Orange County.-A schistose rock composed chiefly of graphite from the "foot­ hills...crystals occur in prehnite-lined cavi­ ties at the trap rock quarry along Route 29-211 near Centerville (Paul...-As a rare constituent of the veins in the trap rock quarry on Goose Creek near Belmont. Rockbridge County...·came from the Wine Prnperty, one mile west of Flat Rock Churc h ( R. S. Mitchell, personal communication
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of basalt quarries in the Scotch Plains-Watchung area from which he would frequently collect; these included...Florida] at 03:36 06 August 2017 In 1967, Key opened Crystal Gems Company, his first retail gem and mineral...trip, Key would travel from Tsumeb to Johannes­ burg and then to London where he and Peter G . Embrey...Keyite crystals; SEM 500X. Figure 3: Ludlockite crystal laths; SEM 1000X. into the mining of potential...a small drilling and blasting business for ledge rock and cement removal jobs. He has also served as engineer
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
one thing is c:-ertain CRYSTALLIZED QUARTZ. (ROCK CRYSTAL.) ther. That the nerves of the lungs receive...Ac­ worth, Keene, N. H. ; Plainfield, Williams­ burg, East Haddam, Mass.; Southbury, Ct.; Westchester
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
one thing is c:-ertain CRYSTALLIZED QUARTZ. (ROCK CRYSTAL.) ther. That the nerves of the lungs receive...Ac­ worth, Keene, N. H. ; Plainfield, Williams­ burg, East Haddam, Mass.; Southbury, Ct.; Westchester
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
one thing is c:-ertain CRYSTALLIZED QUARTZ. (ROCK CRYSTAL.) ther. That the nerves of the lungs receive...Ac­ worth, Keene, N. H. ; Plainfield, Williams­ burg, East Haddam, Mass.; Southbury, Ct.; Westchester
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
one thing is c:-ertain CRYSTALLIZED QUARTZ. (ROCK CRYSTAL.) ther. That the nerves of the lungs receive...Ac­ worth, Keene, N. H. ; Plainfield, Williams­ burg, East Haddam, Mass.; Southbury, Ct.; Westchester
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
one thing is c:-ertain CRYSTALLIZED QUARTZ. (ROCK CRYSTAL.) ther. That the nerves of the lungs receive...Ac­ worth, Keene, N. H. ; Plainfield, Williams­ burg, East Haddam, Mass.; Southbury, Ct.; Westchester
 
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