 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Department of Geology and Geography Auburn University Azurite Downloaded by [National Sun Yat-Sen University]...mineralogical author Richard Bideaux (1 973) wrote that “Azurite must be considered a cornerstone mineral of any...for superior gold specimens. For these reasons, azurite remains one of the most popular and highly sought...of the 2002 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, three azurite specimens from Tsumeb and one from Morocco have...chosen for this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice. Azurite is perhaps the most familiar blue mineral, ranging |  | | Journal (issue) | | been hitherto unreported are: Brochanthite after Azurite. Good Springs, Nevada Cerussite after Fremontite...Fremontite. Canion City, Colorado Delafossite after Copper (?). Bisbee, Arizona Chalcocite after Sphalerite....through: (a) the loss of a constituent-e.g., native copper 396 Bulletin American Museum of Natural History...History [Vol. LXVII after cuprite or azurite, (b) the gain of a constituent-e.g., gypsum after anhydrite...pseudomorphs of chrysocolla after copper minerals such as azurite, liro'Pointed out by Miers, H. A., |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2012 Olivenite TSUMEB MINE, TSUMEB, OSHIKOTO REGION, NAMIBIA H ydrothermal copper deposits are dominated...dominated in their primary mineralogy by copper-bearing sulfide minerals such as chalcopyrite. When these deposits...2005), the sulfides become unstable and oxidize. Copper released from this reaction can form a plethora...“supergene” minerals, ranging from simple native copper and copper oxides to complex secondary minerals such...specimen of olivenite from the worldfamous Tsumeb mine in Namibia, where attempts at specimen mining have |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Manganite, 2.4 cm high, Ilfeld, Harz Mountains, Thuringia, Germany. Tom Moore specimen. Figure 4. Fluorite...Fluorite with stilbite, 11.9 cm high, Malmberget mine, Gallivare, Lappland, Sweden. Scott Werschky specimen....specimen. Figure 5. Pyromorphite, 4 cm high, Les Farges mine, Ussel, Correze, France. Frank Sousa specimen. Volume...cm across, Halsbrücke, Freiberg district, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Irv Brown specimen. Figure 9....10. Quartz on hematite, 11.1 cm across, Florence mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom. Steve |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | uglies,” yet they are not only important ores of copper and silver, they can also provide impressive and...superb example of the mineral. It was from Saxony, Germany, and was to me at that time a thing of beauty and...National University] at 06:43 31 December 2014 mine in Colorado, and they found virtually the entire...silver substituting for copper. Zinc and mercury may also substitute for copper in some specimens. It is...most common, and is an important ore mineral of copper and a minor source of silver. In fact, in some |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | indeed. Gone would be azurite, malachite, and the plethora of related supergene copper minerals; lead-dominated...historically interesting localities as the old cobalt mine at Great Hill, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut;...Sussex County, New Jersey; the old Tilly Foster iron mine near Brewster, Putnam County, New York; Pennsylvania...been found in the Martin mine of the Upper Mississippi Valley lead-zinc district, Lafayette County, Wisconsin;...Wisconsin; and the Mohawk mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan. In the western United States, erythrite is known |  | | Report (issue) | | secondary mineral in the oxidized zone of hydrothermal copper deposits, typically formed by alteration of tennantite...tennantite. Association: Tennantite, malachite, azurite, brochantite, chrysocolla. Distribution: Numerous...Slovakia. In the Midezianka copper mine, near Kielce, Poland. In Germany, at Schneeberg, Saxony; from...and Stahlberg, Thuringia; at Bieber and Richelsdorf, Hesse. From the Cap Garonne mine, near le Pradet...Province. From the Gortdrum mine, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. In the Gwaithyafon mine, Cwmsymlog, Wales. In Russia |  | | Report (issue) | | brochantite, azurite, malachite, chrysocolla. Distribution: At the Zapachitsa copper deposit, Ismerez... Switzerland. In Germany, from Kamsdorf and Saalfeld, Thuringia; at the Clara mine, near Oberwolfach...Mountains, Hesse; and elsewhere. From the Cap Garonne mine, near le Pradet, Var, and Triembach-au-Val, Haut-Rhin...Tynagh mine, near Loughrea, Co. Galway, Ireland. In the USA, in Nevada, at the Majuba Hill mine, Antelope...Antelope district, Pershing Co., in the Nickel mine, Table Mountain district, Churchill Co., from the San |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rhodochrosite- Marc & Janis Countiss collection, page 76; Copper-Paul Bordovsky collection, page 33; Elbaite-Jeremy...Barite-James and Charelle Webb collection, page 279; Azurite-Bob Howard collection, page 138; Calcite- Kevin...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the...dozen mines were opened, one of which (the Mariposa mine) produced a wider variety of mercury minerals than |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pyrargyrite, stephanite, polybasite in Obersachsen (Germany), Fresnillo in Zacatecas and acanthite appeared...Guanajuato (Mexico) and has become the richest silver mine in the world, in more recently Bou Azzer and Imiter...ceased vein. The San Juan production by the de Rayas mine in time of World War II. Guanajuato also In 1946...very city In Morocco, the of Oberschlema Bou Azzer mine, itself, which finally already very had to be relocated...and east of Schlema, 2014 Tucson show. The Imiter mine began its modern producing many quality specimens |  | | Journal (issue) | | cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...considering the historic importance of copper mining in Arizona, native copper would be the logical choice for... And in fact, a group of fourth graders at the Copper Creek Elementary School in Oro Valley, spearheaded...difference between native copper and copper ore composed of many different copper-containing minerals (e...(e.g., chalcopyrite, azurite, malachite, chrysocolla, linarite, etc.). Consequently it was deemed more |  | | Catalog/List | | Quarry, Maroldsweisach, Lower Franconia, Bavaria / Germany; Colorless long prismatic crystals of 5 mm, rich...original material, found around 1987; KS 48,00 Azurite xls Gunsight Pass, Helvetia, Santa Rita Mts., Pima...Pretty Azurite specimens from a "rare location"; NS 28,00; HS 38,00 Baghdadite xls Fuka Mine, Bicchu-cho...Silicate. KS 48,00; NS 95,00 Borcarite xls Fuka Mine, Bicchu-cho, Takahashi City, Okayama Pref. / Japan;...Pferdeköpfe Pass, Wippra, Harz Mts., Saxony-Anhalt / Germany; "Partial pseudomorphosis from Brianyoungite after |  | | Journal (issue) | | with Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...Backcover (above) Stock certificate for the Rowley Copper Mines Company (1914) Dick Morris collection (below)...explore literally thousands of mineral occurrences, mine dumps and abandoned mines in the public domain administered...collected native copper crystals and botryoidal malachite in the Big Horn Mountains and azurite from near Tucson...Heintzelman (1805-1880) shipped ore specimens from his mine to be exhibited at the Cincinnati Merchant's Exchange |  | | Book | | approximately 5 cm taii and is from the Eagle's Nest mine, Piacer County, California. Ross Beaty Collection......... . . ... .4 Asbestos , . .• • •• .6 Azurite ...... . ..8 Bismuth. .10 ... . .. ..•........• ...... • ....... • ...................... 32 Copper .......•........ . ..... . .. . ... 34 Covellite...Iii= Iii= ~ Bismuth .... .. •••. , . ••• _. •• Copper . . . . •. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. •... .. . ........... . ...• . . . . ..6 Azurite. . .. • ..... • .....8 Chrysocolla _.... • . |  | | Journal (issue) | | Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The...Spodumene (variety kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler |  | | Journal (issue) | | by W. E. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Patagonia, Argentina ............................Rossman, L. Di Martino & A. Oteiza The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County...387 COVER: WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling...WULFENITE with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection...CLASSICS FINE MINERALS LIMITED Azurite with Malachite | Milpillas Mine, Mexico | 4.5 x 3.4 x 1.9cm o |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California. BACK COVER: Copper, 13.5 cm, from the Ray Mine, Pinal County............................. 188 Species Index: Azurite 41, 71, 141, 182 Barite 53 Beryl (Aquamarine) 59...184 Cerussite 61 Chrysoberyl 95 Chrysocolla 182 Copper 57, 133, 178, back cover Epidote 111, 184 Euclase...a superb crystal of kunzite from The White Queen mine in California lends important provenance to the...from the White Queen mine, California (plate 8) The Cerussite from the Kombat mine, Namibia (plate 19) |  | | Report (issue) | | ============================================================ Azurite with arsentsumebite, 5.2 cm, from Tsumeb, Namibia...could not resist showing you: a sumptuous Tsumeb azurite with arsentsumebite ($3400): 2 =============...Veszelyite on hemimorphite, 3.6 cm, from the Laochang mine, Gejiu County, Yunnan Province, China. Mintreasure... from a locality which he gives as the Laochang mine, Gejiu County, Yunnan Province, China. Some very...gave “Dulong” as the mine name, gave “Laochang” as the name of a town and not of a mine, and put the whole |  | | Book | | striking beauty and astonishing properties, such as azurite (meaning blue) and barite (heavy), reveal the fascination...For each fine mineral specimen recovered from a mine, quarry, or canyon wall there must be millions lying...it was first discovered, in a zinc-iron-manganese mine. aly If we imagine one axis of a cube shortened...isometric * lead sulfide Neudorf, Harz Mountains, Germany One of the obvious properties used in characterizing...Cerussite * orthorhombic ° lead carbonate Tintic district, Utah Another example of reticulated twinning | | | Journal (issue) | | by WE. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Pata gonia, Argenti na ..........................MINERALOGICAL RECORD MARCH-APRIL 2020 The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County...1 COVER: WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling...WULFENITE with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection...CONVENTION 8c EXPO CENTER APRIL24-26 INESITE HALE CREEK MINE MAD RIVER ROCK, COASTAL RANGE, TRINITY CO., CALIFORNIA |  | | Journal (issue) | | Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf Medenbach Ruhr Universitat Bochum Bochum, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim...Grice Famous mineral localities: the Mashamba West mine, Shaba, Zaire ....................................Lhoest, G. J. Gauthier & V. T. King The Fat Jack mine, Yavapai County, Arizona .........................Scovill & L. Wagner, Jr. The Monitor-Mogul mining district, Alpine County, California .....................Abstracts of the FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on Azurite and other copper carbonates .......................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | aspect of malachite mineralogy. Malachite is basic copper carbonate with the formula Cu,CO,(OH),. Some published...presence is unknown, so the extent of substitution for copper in the mineral’s structure is uncertain. Malachite...described. Well known are malachite after azurite, copper, and cuprite; less commonly reported are malachite...sphalerite, cerussite, pyrite, and even wood and bone. Azurite, shattuckite, chrysocolla, chalcoalumite, goethite...widespread secondary minerals of copper, occurring in the oxidized portions of copper deposits of all types. The |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cu- and Bi-carbonates of the Schwarzwald mining district: Carbon sources, first data on bismutite and the...Tübingen, Wilhelmstrasse 56, 72074 Tübingen, Germany Received 4 March 2013; accepted in revised form...bismutite, malachite and azurite samples from the Schwarzwald mining district, SW Germany, was analyzed in order...21.0& VPDB, cerussite, bismutite, malachite and azurite d18O values show a variation from +11.2& to +17...sources. We show that the PAFFs of malachite, azurite and bismutite have the same temperature dependence |  | | Journal (issue) | | MINERAL OBSERVER ) 17 7 • 9 't( C S 1 7 /IC • Copper.13 cm.HoughtonCounty,Michigan,USA.Jeff Scovil photo...Saxon minerals in the Terra Mineralia Museum (Germany). A group of Italian mineralogists presents a new...Stefano Dallabona, Ivano Rocchetti Fiemmeite: a New Copper Oxalate from San Lugano (Trentino, Dolomites, Italy)...crystals. 31 x 28 cm. Urals, Russia. GM KFU#6008. 13. Copper. 7.5 x 7.5 cm. Turyinsky mines, Northern Urals...Fluorite (with old labels). 7 x 5 cm. Schwarzwald, Germany. GM KFU #7461. 15-16. (on page 10). 15. Set of |  | | 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...potential mineral buying area, or go into another mine. He travelled to areas that had seen few Americans...Atacama Desert to collect Underground Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia, 1993. "RPG," Artigas, Uruguay...collection that he donated to the Neto and Ed Swoboda to mine University of Arizona RRUFF Project. Another was |
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