 | | Book | | of Stockport d—-Librejnes 5L+-9 000769884 ODO BLACK CAT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors and publishers...Minerals and Gemstones Reprinted in 1994 under the Black Cat imprint Little, Brown and Company (UK) Limited...radiating structure. Opposite: gold on quartz from California. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 7 THE MINERAL KINGDOM...The spellings of names follow CIM; thus pyrite, baryte and sylvine replace the older pyrites, barytes...The colour is silverwhite, tarnishing quickly to black. The streak is silver-white and the lustre metallic |  | | Catalog/List | | museum-quality Tourmalines, including the 2nd largest Sapo Mine “shaving brush” and an exceptional Elbaite on Feldspar...CALEDONITE Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Named by the Romans for the area...This example hails from the Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine: a legendary Arizona locality. Unlike the vast majority...Caledonite and a dash of azure blue Linarite. The mine is now collapsed and only a memory for the lucky...Lucky Friday Pocket, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin, USA This is one of the Chalcocite |  | | Catalog/List | | directly from the miners at the Elmwood Mine in Tennessee, when the mine was actively producing twenty years...world-class Manganite from Ilfeld in the Harz Mountains of Germany, with crystals up to 1.88 inches (4... 52002 SZENICSITE with POWELLITE Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region...mineral came from one pocket in the Jardinera No. 1 Mine. That find was roughly one cubic meter in volume...inches (3.9 cm) radiate in random directions from a black sulfide matrix. The same Manganese that lends that |  | | | | surrounded ce ne white calcite, from!iheBluebell Mine; Riondel, Digitized by the Internet Archive...rhodochrosite, malachite, azurite, gypsum, anhydrite, baryte, apatite, turquoise, borax, ulexite are species...denser than common quartz or feldspar (2.6 g/cm*). Baryte and fluorite are much heavier with densities of... Moderate (Mohs 214 - 514) ll Black | covellite (dark blue, black), p. 36 | chalcopyrite (brassy...chalcocite (dark grey), p. 34 | graphite (steel grey, black), p. 30 | stibnite (lead grey), p. 62 | galena (silver |  | | Journal (issue) | | informal and informative account covering a wide range of these exquisite wonders of nature. Illustrated...Burgess Shales of British Columbia, Canada. This is a black, very fine grained Cambrian shale and many of the...- ' T~ -~:-1~~-~:-:' : Death Valley, California, USA Roger Kemplen gave a very interesting, illustrated...trapped between the Pinamint Mountains to the west and the Amargosa Range to the east. One fifth of the...dry because the Sierra Nevada and the Panamint mountains block the passage of moist air from the ocean |  | | Journal (issue) | | Scovil photo. In this issue also: Twin Creeks mine, USA Scott KLEINE, Bryan K. LEES & Malcolm SOUTHWOOD...Paul Cragan (USA) Malcolm Southwood (Australia) Associated Photographer: Jeff Scovil (USA) Contact: s...orpiment specimen from Cut 62 in Twin Creeks mine, Nevada, USA; 9.6 cm high. Azurite Corporation specimen...well-crystallised orpiment at the Twin Creeks mine in Northern Nevada, USA, and it's subsequent extraction as fine...them the mining company that owns and operates the mine, and the other a company that spe- Marshallsussmanite |  | | Catalog/List | | Crystal Classics always have a comprehensive range of mineral specimens in stock so please ask us if...co.uk 1. CAROLLITE (4cm x 3cm x 3cm) Mashamba Mine, Zaire, Africa. Two modified bright octahedral crystals...matrix. £60 2. DIOPTASE (6cm x 5cm x 4cm) Tsumeb Mine, Namibia, Africa. Bright green 2mm dioptase crystals...TOURMALINE ON COOKEITE (6cm x 5cm x 3cm) Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Chalky...calcite £15 7. MALACHITE (5cm x 3cm x 3cm) Musonoie Mine, Zaire. Crystalline mass of fibrous dark to pale |  | | Journal (issue) | | State Line Kimberlite District, Colorado & Wyoming, USA By Philip Persson, PerssonRareMinerals.com 6 Page...History of Silver Deposits in the Calico District, California By Jeremy Zolan, jzolansci@gmail.com 54 Page...worldwide amateur and professional mineralogists who range from first-day collectors through voting members...State Line Kimberlite District, Colorado & Wyoming, USA Philip Persson, PerssonRareMinerals.com While small...Stateline District, most notably from the Kelsey Lake Mine, a cluster of 8 diamondiferous pipes near the Wyoming |  | | Journal (volume) | | flat, Admirality Concession Flat, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. Specimen width 60 mm. Trevor...24–30 NOTE Kinoshitalite from Bennalt Manganese Mine, Rhiw, Pen Llŷn, Gwynedd, Wales: a first British...John S. Mason 32–35 The mineralogy of Pim Hill Mine, Shropshire, with a study of mottramites Richard...the Admiralty Consession Flat, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges, Frank Bouweraerts...Mike Leppington 57–61 Book Review “Crystal Mountains Minerals of the Cairngorms” by Roy Starkey David |  | | Book (edition) | | McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...report for California and Arizona. William Blake was the state mineralogist for California in 1866. From...southeastern corner of California, the southern portion of Arizona, and Sonora and Baja California, ;\Iex.ico.The...gemandmineralmuseum.arizona.edu) is located in the old Pima County Courthouse building at 115 North Church Avenue...downtown Tucson, on the west side of the Tucson Mountains. The address is 2021 N. Kinney Rd., Tucson, Arizona |  | | Book | | rhodochrosite, n1alachite, azurite, gypswn, anhydrite, baryte, apatite, turquoise, borax, ulexite are species...denser than common quartz or feldspar (2.6 g/cn1 3). Baryte and fluorite are n1uch heavier with densities of...(Mohs2½ - 5½) Hard (Mohsmore than 5½) Black covellite (dark blue, black), p. 36 pyrolusite (steel grey with...with bluish tint), p. 82 graphite (steel grey, black), p. 30 stibnite (lead grey), p. 62 chalcopyrite...p. 50 chalcocite (dark grey), p. 34 magnetite (black), p. 74 pyrite(pale brass yellow), p. 46 arsenopyrite |  | | Book | | be arranged in the order devised by the great American mineralogist James Dwight Dana (1813-1895). This...In the shafts and tunnels of a sixteenth-century mine INTRODUCTION arabic^groffcvinditaris.f} norrafludd9...writer Above right: James Dwight Dana, the great American mineralogist frequently discovered, however,...in such journals as Mineralogical Magazine and American Mineralogist and from time to time a new textbook...hexagonal Jsixfold) symmetry illustrate the next point. (Si04)4- must be bonded to a cation or cations |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte, galena, sphalerite, and...Creede 6 Rich Silver Legacy of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 “Close, But No Cigar” 7 The Homestake Mining Company...Paradise 11 Mineralogy and Paragenesis Bulldog Mountain Mine 11 Six Stages of Mineraliza�on 18 Minerals Overview | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte, galena, sphalerite, and...Creede 6 Rich Silver Legacy of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 “Close, But No Cigar” 7 The Homestake Mining Company...Paradise 11 Mineralogy and Paragenesis Bulldog Mountain Mine 11 Six Stages of Mineraliza�on 18 Minerals Overview |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte, galena, sphalerite, and...Creede 6 Rich Silver Legacy of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 “Close, But No Cigar” 7 The Homestake Mining Company...Paradise 11 Mineralogy and Paragenesis Bulldog Mountain Mine 11 Six Stages of Mineraliza�on 18 Minerals Overview | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mountain Mine (or Bulldog Mine) A Legacy Rich In Silver Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado...Colorado, USA By Ken Kucera Fabulous mineral specimens from the rich Bulldog Mountain Mine grace private and...Also recovered from the mine was an abundance of fine, wellcrystallized baryte, galena, sphalerite, and...Creede 6 Rich Silver Legacy of the Bulldog Mountain Mine 7 “Close, But No Cigar” 7 The Homestake Mining Company...Paradise 11 Mineralogy and Paragenesis Bulldog Mountain Mine 11 Six Stages of Mineraliza�on 18 Minerals Overview | | | Book | | be arranged in the order devised by the great American mineralogist James Dwight Dana (1813-1895). This...writer Above right: James Dwight Dana, the great American mineralogist Capitulum.leccu m_ Dg10. Sera....journals as Mineralogical reported Magazine and American Mineralogist and from time to time a new textbook...hexagonal (sixfold) symmetry illustrate the next point. (SiO4)*~ must be bonded to a cation or cations...scraps of matter are built into minerals. At this point is is necessary to restrict our scope a little. |  | | Book | | L., Jackson, J.A., 1980. Glossary of Geology. American Geological Institute, Falls Church, VA. In common...study of pseudomorphs in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History in New York as well...Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT. For American collectors, probably the most influential of all...major scientific work published by a native-born American: A System of Mineralogy by James Dwight Dana (1837)...pseudomorphs by an American author. Dana’s work has had great influence on how American collectors and writers |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | About 40 miles northeast of Montgomery in Coosa County there is an outcrop that carries considerable tin...mineral found in the district. The crystals are black or a dark mahogany color, usually less than y4 inch...Truly there is 'Nothing new under the sun'." CALIFORNIA—Three handsome specimens have been donated by...a salmon» colored massive calcite from Ballarat, Inyo Co., Calif. Another is a dendritic white opal on...Quicksilver Mine in San Benito Co., Calif. A new occurrence for scheelite has been found in California. The |  | | Journal (issue) | | ., No 1. Mimetite, variety Campylite, Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria . _ ... Specimen: 135...any community and the UKJMM, reflecting the wide range of interests shown by private and institutional...excitement to a show. This is a very strong element in American shows, and invokes strong emotions among its supporters...varying proportions in separate individuals. Crystals range in size up co 4 x 5mm. Occasionally the crystals...(Telephone 0872 223227). August 2nd: Visit to Dufron Mine, Dufton, near Appleby. Meet at Dufton Village municipal |  | | Journal (issue) | | advertising. 1о OAKSTONE and other PSEUDOSTALACTITIC BARYTE from DERBYSHIRE WAS Sаrјеапt • TD Ford 15 EDITOR...Treolar and the High Raise vein, in the Nentsberry mine at Alston, Cumbria in January 1931, will depend...temperature of skarn formation is typically in the range 350 - 800°C (Evans, 1993), the upper limit of which... The О A K S T О N E and other PSEUDOSTALACTITIC BARYTE of Derbyshire William A.S. Sаrjeent, Department...used as backgrounds. In Derbyshire the so-called "black marble" of Ashford-in-the-Water— actually a highly |  | | Catalog/List | | Crystallized Gold from the famed Eagle’s Nest Mine in California A superb Crystallized “Leaf” Gold specimen...gemstone Amethyst to come from the famed Four Peaks Mine in Arizona A sharp and complicated Crystallized...Crystallized Silver with Copper from the famed Wolverine Mine in Michigan A “classic” Rhodochrosite with associated...associated Pyrite and Quartz from the Sweet Home Mine in Colorado An unusually massive and extremely colorful...colorful, Smithsonite from the iconic Kelly Mine in New Mexico A ‘gem’ quality specimen Tanzanite crystal in |  | | Book | | SMLS Chair 2022 Botallackite (Xtals 3mm) Bunmahon Mine, Copper Coast, Eire. Photo:John Hall CONTENTS...overseas field trips; to Europe, Siberia, Namibia, the USA & Canada and the Faroe Islands. Practical courses...to descend the hydraulic shaft in the Smallcleugh Mine and we bought an inflatable dinghy so we could land...Heath Shows, to purchase specimens and view the range and nature of available specimens. All these activities...had found. Photo 3. Chalcanthite (7cm). Nangiles mine, Cornwall. Whilst at school in Cornwall I was fortunate |  | Kampf, A. R., Adams, P. M., Nash, B. P., Marty, J. (2015) Ferribushmakinite, Pb2Fe3+(PO4)(VO4)(OH), the Fe3+ analogue of bushmakinite from the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Nevada. Mineralogical Magazine, 79 (3) 661-669 doi:10.1180/minmag.2015.079.3.11 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fe3+ analogue of bushmakinite from the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Nevada A. R. KAMPF1,*, P. M. ADAMS2, B....Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA 126 South Helberta Avenue...Avenue #2, Redondo Beach, California 90277, USA Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah...Lake City, UT 84112, USA 5199 East Silver Oak Road, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA [Received 6 October...from the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Iron Point district, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA, where it occurs as |  | | Book | | the same properties, That is brief and to the point, concentrating on the essential criteria. First...(white), nepheline (greyish white), arfvedsonite (black), astrophylli: 2 (yellow brown), and several rare...recent ex- Figure 8. Azurite from Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Azurite is a Cu-containing mineral found in the...mineral was first described) or after a landscape, county, or region in which the type locality was situated... Figure 10. Spessartine from Nathrop, Colorado, USA. Spessartine is named after the type locality near |
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