 | | Journal (issue) | | Climax Mine, by Mike McDonald, General Manager of the Henderson Mine and former GM of the Climax Mine in...school curriculum I learned about the Atacama Desert in Chile (the “absolute desert”) as being the driest...years) but we learned that some localities in the Atacama had not seen rain in hundreds of years—at least...That aspect made a deep impression Fig. 1. The Atacama in South America. Courtesy of Google on my developing...little more today about the extreme aridity: The Atacama Desert represents an extreme habitat for life on |  | | Catalog/List | | crystalised. Quartz. 2xlf". £9.00. 4. Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, N.S. WalSS, Australia. Very fine sharp...ARSE~OPYRITE. 10. ATACAMITE. Mina La Farola, Copiapo, Atacama District, Chile. Choice, bright green, radiated... £8. DO. 11. 12. 13. 14. AURICHALCITE. 79 Mine, Gi~a Co., Ari~o~a, U.S.A. Specimen A - Select,...attractive specimen. 2txltxlt". £4.50. AZURITE. Bou Sko~r Mine, Atlas Mts., Morocco. Specimen ~ - A choice group...Barytes matrix. 2tx2-txlt". £7.00. BARYTES. wetgrove Mine, Wensleydale, Yorkshire. Specimen A - Lustrous, |  | | Catalog/List | | TN. 45 £12 00 NATIVE SILVER with COPPER, Central Mine, Keweenaw Co . Michigan, USA. Growths of native...schistose matrix. R.MI. 77 £12.00 NATIVE GOLD, Homestake Mine, Lead,South Dakota, USA. Flecks of native gold <4mm...matrix. R.MI. ' 6 £12 00 NATIVE GOLD, Homestake Mine, Lead,South Dakota, USA. Flecks of native gold <4mm...matrix. R.ML : 81 ■ £12.00 NATIVE GOLD, Homestake Mine, Lead,South Dakota, USA. Flecks of native gold <4mm...26x7x5mm. 44 £18.00 NATIVE SILVER & COPPER, White Pine Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA. Flatfish growth of |  | | Catalog/List | | little ~artz. 2x1tX1~, £4.5Op ATACAMITE. Mina la Farola, Copiapo, Ch~le. Specimen A: Bright green bladed...association. 2x1-tx1t", £11.00 BARYTES. Force Crag Mine, nr. Keswick, Cumberland. Select, cluster of sharp...1x1", £4.5Op 2 11. BEUDANTITE. Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Sharp lustrous light coloured...matrix. 2x1", £3.5Dp 14. BRoCHANTITE. Mina la Farola, Copiapo, Chile. oright green silky radiated tufts of...display. 4ix3tx21'" , £11.00 16. CALCITE. Millclose Mine, near Matlock, Derbyshire. Fine large doubly terminated |  | | Catalog/List | | Maple Avenue, 17th Floor • Dallas, TX 75219 Design District Annex • 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207...between the Galapagos Islands and the coast of Chile. It is in pristine condition with a naturally worn...(CHROMIAN CLINOCHLORE) Kop Krom Mine, Kop Daglari, Erzurum Province, Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey...The sole exception is material from the Kop Krom Mine in Turkey, where the mineral appears as sharp and...specimens. It is also quite unfortunate that this mine is near the end of its productive lifespan. The |  | | Catalog/List | | Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...extremely ine, specimens from the Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine of Tiger, Arizona: now a vanished place alive only...‘goodies,’ as Rock would say, as they came out. Mining projects that Rock was a part of, often yielded...potential mineral buying area, or go into another mine. He travelled to areas that had seen few Americans...occasional trips to Uruguay, Chile, and Colombia. Besides buying, he started mining projects to provide material |  | | Catalog/List | | £18.00 3. APATITE variety FRANCOL ITE . Holmbush Mine , Stoke Cl~sland , Cornwall. Specimen A: Smal~ sparkling...50p 4. ARAGONITE variety FLOS- FERRI. Cabezon de la Sal , Santander , Spain. Creamy- white wormlike and... 1tx1tx1 " , £4.75p 7 . ARTHUR ITE. Majuba Hill Mine , Churchill Co., Nevada , U. S. A. Lime- green crystallised...o 2x1" , f .? ~ 8 . ATACAMITE . Mina la Farola ,· Copiapo, Chile. Speci men A: Oright green s harp cr...ma1;rix . 2X1f'.', £6.00 9 . AXI NITE . Colebrook Mine , Rosebe ry, Tasmania, Australia. Lusteous clove- |  | | Book | | On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma |  | | Catalog/List | | colourless calcite. 70x40xl5mm. £35. 2) ANNABERGITE. KM 4 Mine, Laurion, Greece. Cavities in gossan matrix showing...(a) 40x20xl2mm. £6. (b) 4) ATACAMITE. Mina la Farola, Chile, Nice thumbnail showing dark green radiating...matrix. 30x20x7nun. £10. 5) AURICHALCITE. Royal Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. Calcite matrix with some...xls, dolomite and hematite. 130x70x80mm. £475. 9) BOURNONITE on SIDERITE. Mure Mine, lse:re, Rhone-Alpcs...colour. 140x80x90mm. £85. -12) CASSITERITE. Old Beam Mine, Goonbarrow Clay Pit, St Austell, Cornwall. An approx |  | | Catalog/List | | occurance in California. 9. ATACAMITE. Mina la Farola, Copiapo, Chile. Specimen A: Very choice brrnght green...axinite. 2x1~x1t", £1•• 5~ 11. AZURITE. HEnderson Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. Choice bright blue ball-like...association. 3x2~x1~", £16.5~ 12. BARYTES. Dalmellington Mine, Frizington, Cumberland. Fine lustrous transparent...length richly scattered over and lying flat on hematite/dolomite matrix. The reverse side is completely...matrix. 2~x17", £33.00 15. NATIVE BISMUTH. Botallack Mine, St. Just, Cornwall. Bright metallic silvery masses |  | | Catalog/List | | GOLDfSILVER ORE, mostly GALENA, Hidden Treasures Mine, Nevadaville, Colorado, USA. Mass of pure ore body...Small C. £5 | 152, £5.00 NATIVE COPPER, White Pine Mine, Ontonagon Co, Michigan, USA. Nice reference specimen...Free Keweenaw area mine map. 65x40mm. £5 | 150| £5.00 NATIVE COPPER, White Pine Mine, Ontonagon Co, Michigan...display. Large Ml. £5 [—{75] £6.00 BARITE, Montreal Mine, Montreal, Wisconsin, USA. Attractive salmon pink...long pure aragonite xtls. Small M. £9 : Montreal Mine, Montreal. Wisconsin. USA. Very attractive deep |  | | Catalog/List | | £13.00 8. APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Clitters Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich crusts of minute sparkling... 3x2x1'~'" £9.00 10. ATACAMITE. Mina la Farola, Copiapo, Chile. Specimen A: Choice bright green sharp...MALACHITE. 1tx1-tx1f", £5.5Op 16. 8ORNITE. Red-a-Ven Mine, Meldon, Devon. Rich purply tarnished masses associated...Specimen 8: 1tx1 -:r", £2.50p 17. 8OURNONITE. Julcani Mine, Junin Prov., Peru. Specimen A: Choice bright silvery-grey...crystals. 2tx1~", £6.5Op 18. CALCITE. Cammock eals Mine, weardale, Co. Durham. Specimen A: Select creamy-whit |  | | Journal (issue) | | History Mining Background India is a vast and densely populated country with a history of mining going...(the Golconda district in the princely state of Hyderabad, now Andhra Pradesh; a district located between...between the Mahanadi and Godavari valleys; and a district around Panna in the old region of Bundelkand, now...in the early 1800’s at Padyur in the Coimbatore district of Tamilnadu. Exceptionally deep blue aquamarine... and there is likewise little thought given by mining personnel to saving specimens that are primarily |  | | Journal (issue) | | Arthur Roe Famous Mineral Localities: The Brumado District, Bahia, Brazil..................................O S IT E fro m th e N ’C h w a n in g m ine , K a la h a ri M a n g a n e s e F ie ld , C ape P ro v in...David R. Hahn (Crystal Habit; Portland, ME) Hamel Mining and Minerals (Los Angeles, CA) Gary R. Hansen (Hansen...AZ) D. Vincent Manson (Santa Monica, CA) Maricopa Mining Corporation Gary & Carol Mathiasen (Mathiasen Miner...(El Toro, CA) Ann and Dean McCrillis (Plumbago Mining; Rumford, ME) A. L. McGuinness (San Mateo, CA) |  | | Catalog/List | | 94403 U.S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV•t- tor cr11•t•J...association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will...dumps or surface float. Mirute crystals seen on a mine dump are a clue but nearly always tao weathered...'hite hairs on feldspar. 784 ADAMITE, Moha\'.1k Mine, San Bernardino County, r.alifornia. Group o f colorless...MANGANOAN, t-✓.apimi, Durango, Mexico. Transpa::-ent la vender tipped crystals with minute tabular chalcophanite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini...the words of the original discoverers. Adelaide Mine, Tasmania, 1971, 2012 Albert Chapman wrote one such |  | | Catalog/List | | quality of the suns. CHINESE STIBNITE: Hunan Province, China: 1-2 inch single silver crystals and small...while they last. TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near...inch specimens, $25.00 each. CAMPYLITE: Dry Gill Mine, Cumberland, England; A unique and rare species...structures. $20.00 each DENDRITIC WIRESIL VER Elure Mine, Cobar, NWS, Australia; Fine crystalline wire silver...priced at $20.00 each CINNABAR AND STIBNITE: Gorlovka Mine, Ukraine; Nice thumbnails mounted in plastic perky |  | | Book (edition) | | xx 12 mm, Morococha, Peru, H Gypsum, xx 40 mm, Las Salinas, Peru, H Variscite, xx 5 mm, Iturnbiara,...Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and oblast (Russia). The country names are |  | | Journal (issue) | | Historical highlights of gold mining in Romania 10 2. Overview of the gold mining in Romania 12 3. The metallogenic...Metaliferi Mts. 15 4. Baia Mare metallogenic district 64 5. Other sources of native gold from Romania...alabandite, etc. The museum belongs to ”MINVEST” - Deva mining company. After 1990, when everybody expected a...courage and commitment of several people devoted to mining and geology (the mayor of Brad – Florin Cazacu...from various mineral, rock and mining tool collections belonging to mining companies from the end of the |  | | Book | | museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...species as in quartz on calcite and rutile on hematite. Some faces attract overgrowth more than others...colouring of alternate faces of quartz by red hematite. -40- Old overgrowths may themselves be overgrown...as in malachite Reniform: kidney-shaped as in hematite Mammillary: breast-shaped as in spherulitic or...over its beer: to go underground in a non-working mine is sheer folly unless you are accompanied by someone |  | | Report (issue) | | and Guevara Formations of western Cuba and Isla de la Juventud (Pushcharovsky and others, 1988) Artificial-fill...western part of southernmost Cuba, and the Jucaro and La Cruz Formations, found farther east (Pushcharovsky...(Vila and others, 1985) of central Haiti (or, the Las Cahobas Formation of Maurrasse, 1982a) consist of...Chaîne des Matheux, along north side of Golfe de la Gonâve (Gulf of Gonâve). In northwestern Haiti near...Bahia de Samaná and west of Santo Domingo near Padre Las Casas; marine sandstone, sandy marl, and conglomerate |  | | Book | | oxygen-for examp le. quartz (S10 2), rutil e (Ti0 2). hematite (Fe,0 1). Also in this category are the hydroxides...not always adhere to an unvarying chemical formu la. In siderite, for example, some portion of the iron...Chemical Classification Siderite, 8ri.iderbund Mine, near Eiserfeld (Siegerland, Germany), 3x almost...specimen shown here comes from the Eagle's Nest Mine in California, and its actual size is about 2 inches...be scratched with fluorite, take the next-harder mine ral from the scale, until yo u find a mi ne ral |  | | Journal (issue) | | .61 C O V E R : A T A C A M IT E from M ina la Farola, C o p iap o , C h ile . T h e large crystal is...San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico. A mineral wholesaler who held the lease to this mine during its most...IN G , E C O N O M IC S , P O L IT IC S , LA W , P.T. F la w n . 1975. L im ite d s to c k . P ublisher's... P R E C IO U S S TO N E S , M. Bauer. A p o p u la r a cco u n t o f th e ir characters, occu rren ce...Gems and the C u l tu re d Pearl. English tra n s la tio n . C lo th b o u n d . 6 7 2 p p ., 13 c o |
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