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Sharp well-shaped crystals are found |  | | Book (volume) | | The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art Santa Ana, California + GEMSTONES OF EAST AFRICA by Peter C. Keller...Nevada; blue, cushion cut topaz (25.30 ct), Ramona, California; brownish yellow octagonal calcite (21.30 ct)...ct), Ramona, California; deep red cushion cut rhodochrosite (25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless...Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink kunzite (26.61 ct), Pala, California. NECKLACE...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Elbaite candelabra from the Tourmaline Queen Mine in California. Source: Smithsonian Institution; photo:...Androscoggin County (left) and Greenwood, Oxford County (top). Photos: Bob Cooke. traces of iron. Verdelite is...because the pockets can seldom be predicted. The mining situation can literally be boom and bust, especially... 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Keller...red-orange spessartine garnet ( 16.62 et), Ramona, California; deep red cushion cut rho...Kern Cowny, California; octagonal seep cut violetish pink kunzite (26.61 et), Pala, California. NECKLACE...blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75 diainonds...and interviews with persons actively engaged in mining gemstones. Pertinent references are furnished throughout |  | | Journal (issue) | | The Future of Leadville, Colorado A metal-mining district turns to tourism; by Steve Voynick REGULAR... 6, 7 Oct. 12, 13, 14 SALT LAKE CIT'l UT COSTA MESA, CA Oct. 19, 20, 21 Oct. 26, 27, 28 SANTA ROSA...1} 954-0202. MONTEREY, CA SANTA BARBARA, CA SAN DIEGO, CA 11 - 13-DAYTON A BEACH , FLORIDA: 31st annual... 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Beoit PL Lakewood, CO 80227, USA minbooks@rambler.ru Web—site: www. minbook.com B...bene eben ing 65 2. Johan Kjellman Gold: Voitsky Mine, Olonets, South Karelia, Russia .. ... . .. .. 72 |  | | Book | | [(OH)5 (P04)4]' 6 H20 (monoclinic, brown) Rotlăufchen Mine near Wetzlar/FRG Original size 5 x 6 mm ISBN-13:...a deeper view of the crust in mines. The deepest mine shafts are those of the gold mines in the Witwatersrand...mineral derives from the Latin minare, meaning mining, and mina, the shaft. Therefore mineral became...metallic appearance and a high density. From a mining point of view, however, many other minerals are...branches of modern industrial tech- 10 nology: mining, refining, ceramics and glass, chemistry, fertilizers |  | | Journal (issue) | | gressman@minrec.org Articles The Malkhan Pegmatite District Krasny Chikoy, Transbaikalia, Eastern Siberian...the Forgotten Pocket, Sosedka pegmatite, Malkhan district. 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The Finch diamond mine Discovered 52 in 1960, first exploits a Kimberlite...levels deep. *4t afSI -%;S * sw ^Sf Fluorite mine near Chiang Mai/Thailand. Without using machines |  | | Journal (issue) | | 90042, Telephone (213) 211-1488 Add Sales Tax in California LAPCRAFT'S DIAMOND PRODUCTS ARE PACKED WITH...Rees (NFMS) 806 El Monte Twin Falls. ID 83301 CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES Otflc:ere...Otflc:ere WIiiiam E. Tirk, President 3944 Aragon Dr.• San Diego. CA 92115 Mrs. Peggy Norton. First Vice-President...Correspondence and requests for inlormalion to the California Federation shoulo be addressed to. Mrs. Juanita...is priced at only . . . $.85 per lb. BLACK SPIDER MINE TURQUOISE - All ring size stones, mostly of a medium |  | | Book | | Amethyst flower (85 x 60 mm), Ametista do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. Collection of Luiz Alberto Dias Menezes...mineralogists active in Brazil 69 Notable national mining en~·neers and mineralogists 73 Ca inets of curiosities...The auriferous claims 148 The gold mine of Morro Velho 153 The Mine of Passagem 155 The/old rush in P'ianc6...274 276 The class of oxides :ind hydroxides Iron mining in Brazil The Qu:idrilatero Ferrifcro The discovery...topaz 385 T he imperial topaz of Ouro Preto 393 The Mine of Capao do Lana 397 The imperial topaz of Antonio |  | | Book | | �����������������������������74 18. Linden Lead Mine Calcite and Sphalerite������������������������...���������������� 149 43. Black River Falls Iron Mine ������������������������������������������������������������...�������������������������������������� 176 52. Bradley Iron Mine Hematite and Iron Formation������������������������������...������������������������� 188 56. Florence Iron Mine ����������������������������������������������...Montreal Mine Hematite and Magnetite ������������������������������������������ 233 70. Plummer Mine Magnetite |
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