 | | Book | | MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...in 2002 in a calcite-carbonatite vein intruding gneiss, together with very large Baveno-law-twinned crystals...Alberene and Old Dominion quarries, Albemarle County. In these two soapstone quarries, tabular ilmenite crystals |  | | Report (issue) | | Beryl Luiz Menezes Page 97 Bolivia and Colombia Alfredo Petrov and Rupert Hochleitner Page 98 Beryl Red...meter long crystal has been recorded from the Alger quarry in New Hampshire (USA). The crystal weighed 455... 8.4m: The largest beryl crystal at the Bumpus quarry in Maine was 8.4 meters long, 1.9 meters in diameter...A pH of 4-5 produces bertrandite, euclase, or phenakite. A near neutral pH~7 will produce bertrandite...becomes unstable and breaks down to chrysoberyl, phenakite, and quartz (Burt, 1978). Locations Locations |  | | Report (issue) | | Jindrich Kynicky, Peter Lyckberg, Mike Menzies Alfredo Petrov, V ladimir A. Popov, Valentina I. Popova...Volodarsk-Volynski PETER LYCKBERG 30. Japanese Topaz ALFREDO PETROV & JOHN RAKOVAN 34. Colorful Colorado DAVID...1981). Two gemmy crystals from the Te6filo Ot6ni region in Minas Gerais, Brazil, weighing 32 and 50 kilograms...iron bearing species, less commonly beryl and phenakite, and rarely spessartine. A few localities produce...Murzinka Batholith, Russia (page 68), the Mogok region, Myanmar (formerly Burma); Naegi and Shiga Prefectures |  | | Journal (issue) | | names too, those now long since lost.) Although the region may have had a short history of working, the endeavors...amethyst. Despite the demand for specimens, the region is remote and the landscape challenging. Over time...It exhibits all the most desired traits from the region, all in one specimen—a culmination of perfection...situated on the northern seacoast of the Asturias region of Spain. Figure 2. The Caravia-Berbes District...existence of fluorite in 18 the Berbes-Caravia region was made by Guillermo Schultz (1836), who observed |  | | Report (issue) | | Michael Wise and Marisa Zachovay Translation by Alfredo Petrov and Gunther Neumeier Photos and Diagrams...which they formed and therefore vary from region to region (see page 66). Other phenomena related to...Cordillera Oriental, the deposits of the Chivor region in the eastern emerald zone formed 65 million years...Earth's emerald deposits is found in the Khaltaro region south of Gilgit in Pakistan. Classification of...decomposition -of beryl, feldspar, mica and from phenakite, the chromium from mafic rocks such as serpentinite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | platinum, diamonds, chrysoberyl, quartz, topaz, phenakite, uvarovite, and many more. Nevertheless, one must...reasonable cost for such a high-quality book. Alfredo Petrov Peekskill, New York Atlas of Non-Silicate |  | | Journal (issue) | | Medenbach Bochum, Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland photomicrography Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New...Benny Fenn (Colonia Juarez, Mex.) Alfredo Ferri, / Sassi de Alfredo Ferri (Milan, Italy) Chris and Agatha...Franklin/Sterling mines, Franklin, New Jersey Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine Dunton mine, Newry, Maine Las Vigas...Goschenen clefts, Goschenen, Switzerland Lengenbach quarry, Bina Valley, Switzerland Knappenwand, Salzburg,...Greece Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada Jeffrey quarry, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada Arsukfjord, Ivigtut, |  | | Report (issue) | | Vandall T. King, John I. Koivula, Ole V. Petersen, Alfredo Petrov, Minik T. Rosing, William B. Simmons, Berhard...McClure, P. Michalek, Harold & Erica van Pelt, Alfredo Petrov, Paul Prokop, Gamini Ratnavira, William...Tropical Rainforest ......................... 54 Alfredo Petrov • Burmese Tourmaline - An Historical Perspective...cm "water melon tourma line " from the Dunton Quarry in Newry, Maine. Woodrow Thompson collection; Jeff...rinds on pink cores of tourmalines from the Havey Quarry in Poland, Maine. The term was original ly coined | | | Journal (issue) | | Medenbach Bochum, Germany Eric Ottermann Arlesheim, Switzerland photomicrography Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New...Benny Fenn (Colonia Juarez, Mex.) Alfredo Ferri,/ Sassi de Alfredo Ferri (Milan, Italy) Chris and Agatha...Franklin/Sterling mines, Frartklin. New Jersey Pulsifer quarry, Auburn. Maine Dunton mine, ewry. taine Las Vigas...Goschenen clefts, Goschenen, Switzerland Lengenbach quarry, Bina Valley, Switzerland Knappenwand, Salzburg,...Greece Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec. Canada Jeffrey quarry, Asbestos, Quebec. Canada Arsukfjord, Ivigtut, |  | | Journal (issue) | | magnificent large smoky quartz crystals from one region of the Lake Tahoe basin. at the north shore near...will bring to light the occurrence of a second region containing collectible mineral . this time along...stories that crystals had been fonnerly found in this region. How long ago these prospects had been dug, and...(R&R in Greenland: Rubies and rare Minerals), Alfredo Petrov (minerals of Bolivia), Dr. John Rakovan...fine cluster of amethyst recently mined in his quarry: arguably this may be one of the best North American |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bochum-Querenburg, West Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland R H O D O C H R O S IT E fro m th e N ’C h w...(Kitchener, Ontario) Stanley Esbenshade (Ashland, OH) Alfredo Ferri (Milan, Italy) Richard V. Gaines (Pottstown...Switz erland) Robert Sullivan, Jr. (Oberwil, Switzerland) Joseph Taggart (Socorro, NM) Doug and Fran Toland...clefts in the Mont Blanc Swiss-French border region. genbach quarry specimens (see the Record, They really...prices would otherwise be way out of reach. buck region. This can produce some surprises both ways. Another |  | | Journal (issue) | | der Region Usti nad Laben. Rund 80 km Luftline weiter im Südosten liegt bei Kostälov in der Region Liberec...der Ölbohrindustrie als Tagebau (,, Bellsgrove Quarry" ) wiederaufgewältigt und die Halden abgetragen...dem Ural (7 x 7 x 7 cm), darunter facettierte Phenakite mit 6-18 et Gewicht. Geologisches Museum Ekaterinburg...untersuchten Grubenrevieren vorkommen, wobei die besten Phenakite aus dem Starskygebiet und schöne Alexa ndrite...beschrieben. Die in diesen Arbeiten untersuchten Phenakite stammten aus den Topasminen von Miask (heute Miass |  | | Journal (issue) | | Fluorapatite, 3.3-cm crystal, from the Pulsifer quarry, Maine. Collected by Terry Szenics; Jeff Scovil...rosette, with prehnite, 14 cm, from the Centreville quarry, Fairfax, Virginia. Smithsonian Institution collection...C6649; Lee Boltin photo. Fairfax Quarry, Virginia, 1967 The Fairfax quarry in Virginia is a classic locality...northeastern corner of the Fairfax quarry in Centreville, Virginia. I visited the quarry the next weekend. Nothing...be opened to the left (west) of this byssolite region. Across the top of this doorway, about 1 foot in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | platinum, diamonds, chrysoberyl, quartz, topaz, phenakite, uvarovite, and many more. Nevertheless, one must...reasonable cost for such a high-quality book. Alfredo Petrov Peekskill, New York Atlas of Non-Silicate |  | | Journal (issue) | | Collector's Newsletter $3.00 Barrel Calcites from Lohr Quarry Dennis W. Haas DennisDWH2001@aol.com Calcite comes...Lohr Quarry one finds barrel-shaped calcites irr geodes from the Warsaw Formation. Lohr Quarry is located...Illinois on Illinois Route 267. The walls of the quarry are Salem Limestone and St. Louis Limestone. Below...makes up most of the floor of the quarry, found in the center of the quarry in an area that is not being actively...the quarry during a club field trip to Lohr Quarry. It is nearly impossible to collect in quarries nowadays |  | | Journal (issue) | | Surve~•.Denver, CO Gunther Neumeier, Tucson, AZ Alfredo Petrov, Desert Hot Springs, CA Rocks & Minerals...Lucking collection, p. 78 5 36 86 Chips from the Quarry Connoisseur's Choice: Topaz from Granite Pegmatites...column beginning on page 36. Chips from the Quarry T UCSON: In trying to come up with a new way...source of some amazing gem material. --.In fact, the region was one of the world's leading sources of gem tourmaline...(emeralds may be found in the exometasomatic contact region of some pegmatites with mafic country rocks), most |  | | Journal (issue) | | collections, mineral dealers, schools, mines and quarries. Yes, good, class, those are all excellent places...places. But remember that the mines and quarries should be active, because if you have to move the rock...this kind of thing very successfully lives near a quarry in Canada and has managed to convince the managers...collector for the quarry. He has managed to make a living by collecting the minerals from the quarry and has built...in the United States is the Herkimer “diamond” region near Herkimer, New York. There you can experience |  | | Journal (issue) | | Medenbach Bochum, Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland photomicrography Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New...mined out as far as the outcrops. Today only the quarry open in this level remains. About 10 tons of heterosite...the access track. At the north corner of the same quarry floor are 1 or 2 tons of triphylite stock containing...Riacho Genipapo and gemmy petalite from several quarries. Finally it must be em phasized that, nearby... The basement is essentially mica schists and gneiss, with quartzitic intercalations and mafic dikes |  | | Journal (issue) | | grow to around J t/4 inches (3 cm). The Chavan Quarry (W agho li. 12 miles (20 km) east of Pune (Poona)...avail ab le in Munchen . Note that four different quarries around Wag holi produce cavansite on an intermittent...and less green than s pecime ns from the Dhoot Quarry, producing the first Indi a n specimens. The crystal...the most significant new finds at the show. Ed.) Alfredo Petrov had spectacular freibergites from a new...Gaber, Ca therine J. M1lleri1c in Hunting Hill Quarry. Roc kv1llc, Marybnd 16-3 ·2: Penn State Minera |  | | Journal (issue) | | China. Even in the relatively well-worked-over region of Hunan and its neighboring provinces there are...associations, not just from the mines but also from quarries, prospects, and exploration sites in the high...the Altai Mountains in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the Tianshan-Yanshan fold zone in northwestern...controlled by the tectonics of the Circum-Pacific region. As a result of the upward movement of mantle magma...in Hunan and Guilin in the southern autonomous region of Guangxi are important regional centers for mineral |  | | Book (volume) | | (Licking Co.) and Zanesville (Muskingum Co.), a region of rolling, wooded hills. Here, prehistoric Indians...are rare, although quarries in the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast...found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT...COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co....countywide exposures of blue clay in rd. cuts, pits, quarries, excavations⎯Pyrite (clustered crystals sharply |  | | Book (volume) | | (Licking Co.) and Zanesville (Muskingum Co.), a region of rolling, wooded hills. Here, prehistoric Indians...are rare, although quarries in the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast...found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT...COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co....countywide exposures of blue clay in rd. cuts, pits, quarries, excavations⎯Pyrite (clustered crystals sharply |  | | Book (volume) | | rises abruptly into the 6,000 sq. mi. Black Hills region enclosed by the Belle Fourche and Cheyenne rivers...has come only from the core of the Black Hills region. Two divisions are recognized: the Northern Section...Fluorapatite (fluorescent orange). BUFFALO GAP, entire region W 37 mi. to the WY line, in stream gravels, cut...minesColumbite, Gold, Silver, etc.; and (2) Old Marble Quarry on the Needles Hwy. 5.5 mi. NEScheelite, and deep... E 6 mi., on French Cr., the Scott Rose Quartz QuarryAmblygonite (large yellow crystals), Aquamarine |  | | Journal (issue) | | Medenbach Bochum, Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland photomicrography Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New...)2*3H 20 Artinite is very common in the Kop Dag region. It occurs dissemi nated in the altered serpentine...extensive, geologically old Kop Dag serpentine region was subjected to hydrothermal alteration by solutions...been found in specimens mined from the Khandivali quarry near Bombay, India. The specimens, imported by...cavities, which have been exposed in the Khandivali quarry. The approximate growth sequence in the cavities |  | | Journal (issue) | | Medenbach Bochum, Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland photomicrography Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New...lead-silver ores in several other mines in the region, caused a rush from the declining gold mines to...America, and none in the world, has exceeded this region in the production of fine specimens of cerussite...and brown pyromorphite specimens from the Bad Ems region in Germany. This zone of fracturing is about 70...mode of the phosphate ion lies in the 500-600 cm'1 region, as also can metal-oxygen absorptions, leading |
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