 | | | | Translation © Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by |GDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...galaxite 24 heliodor 93, 93 hematite 25, 25, 27 hemimorphite 86, 87 hercynite 24 hessonite 77, 78 heulandite...vonsenite 53 vulpinite 55 wad 34, 35 sulphides, complex 17 sulphur 6, 6, 7 wavellite 7/, 73 wernerite...to reconstruct, through the study of rocks, the complex transformations in the Earth’s crust. So we cannot...silver, and so on. After this we go on to more complex classes containing elements combined with sulphur |  | | Book | | with Orbis Publishing Limited abcdefgh Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara Adapted from the original Italian...hedenbergite 96 heliodor 93, 93 hematite 25, 25, 27 hemimorphite 86, 87 hercynite 24 hessonite 77, 78 heulandite...sulphates, hydrous 59 sulphides 8 sulphides, complex 17 sulphur 6, 6, 7 sylvite 20 synchisite 49 szaibelyite...to reconstruct, through the study of rocks, the complex porphyry, granite, or sand, we would notice that...silver, and so on. After this we go on to more complex classes containing elements combined with sulphur | | | Book | | Translation © Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...55 sulphates, hydrous 59 sulphides 8 sulphides, complex 17 sulphur 6, 6, 7 sylvite 20 synchisite 49 szaibelyite...to reconstruct, through the study of rocks, the complex transformations in the Earth's crust. So we cannot...silver, and so on. After this we go on to more complex classes containing elements co1nbined with sulphur...progression fron, the simplest nesosilicates to the most complex tektosilicates. The classification of minerals |  | | Book | | Corundum encke Madagascar e(2x23x3em Quartz, Mount Ida, Arkansas, USA ° 14x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique...California, Mexico. Europe: Mt. Vesuvius; Solfatara di Pozzuoli, near Naples; Perticara, near Rimini; Carrara...Yellowstone Park, Tuscany; Cianciana, Sicily — all in Italy; Conil, Spain. Asia: volcanic regions in Japan....Japan. Sulfur, Cianciana Mine, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy * 8 x 75 x 5 cm Name From the Greek word arsenikos...nuggets and even Passau, Bavaria, Germany; Piedmont, Italy. indicates that it is composed of carbon. Graphite |  | | Book | | County, Utah, U.S.A., who found the first braunite. Mount Ochi, Karystos, Greece. Reinecke, T. et al. (1991):...problematical nature of the mineral. Ilfmaussaq alkaline complex, Tunugdliarfik, Greenland. SrAIF4(OH)eH20, mon...at the University of Modena, Italy. Monte Chiaro, Taro Valley, Italy. Veniale, F. & van der Marel, H...Alluaiv Mountain, Althupite Lovozero alkaline complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia. AITh(UO;)[(UO2)3(PO4)20(OH)]...Oleny Stream apatite deposit, Khibina alkaline complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia. ear Alumino-magnesiotaramite |  | | Book | | Guastoni; Roberto Appiani. Originally published: Italy : Mondadori, 2003. [256] p. : col. photos. ; cm...and the Federico II Museum of the University of Naples. Some specimens were made available by private...Susa Valley, Piedmont, Italy Pages 8-9: Beryl from the Codera Valley, Lombardy, Italy Pages 42-43: Silver...crystals from Mount Bregaceto, Liguria, Italy Pages 104-105: Azurite crystals from Sardinia, Italy Pages 118-119:...160-161: Elbaite crystals from the island of Elba, Italy Pages 244-245: Whewellite crystals from the Czech |  | | Journal (issue) | | needed. :::, C. CJ) "' i::r Cl :::, Prmted in Italy 9: TREASURES OF THE EARTH ,s pubhs~cd by Orb,s...globular aggregates of steatite from Piacenza (Italy). The most notable characteristics of steatite are...Lizard, Cornwall (England); Egypt; India; Piacenza (Italy); the Shetland Islands (Scotland); Barberton, Transvaal...grape-shaped (botryoidal) mass of steatite from Piacenza (Italy). The greasy FACT FILE STEATITE Group: Silicates...discovered, on the slopes of the volcanic Mount Vesuvius near N aples (Italy). C) C (/) (/) -I ALTERNATIVE |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystals set in an asbestos base from Sondrio in Italy. Actinolite has high mechanical sensitivity - this...(matrix) from Balzano, Italy. Below: Note the blackness of these crystals from Novara, Italy. ~ Actinolite forms...British Columbia (Canada), in the Alpine regions of Italy, in New Zealand, in Siberia (Russia) and in Alaska...occurring in Switzerland, Austria and northern Italy. Albite is a mineral that is common and widespread...Switzerland, the Austrian Tyrol and right across northern Italy in the Val D'Aosta, around Lake Maggiore, and in | | | Book | | Guastoni; Roberto Appiani. Originally published: Italy: Mondadori, 2003. (256} p. : col. phptos. ; cm....and the Federico II Museum of the University of Naples. Some specimens were made available by private...Valley, Piedmont, Italy Pages 8- 9: 13eryl from the Codera Valley, Lombardy, Italy Pages 42- 43: Silver...crystals from Mount Bregaceto, Liguria, Italy Pages 104-105: Azurite crystals from Sardinia, Italy Pages 118-119:...160-161: Elbaite crystals from the island of Elba, Italy Pages 244-245: Whewellite crystals from the Czech |  | | Book | | native elements such as silver, gold and copper to complex silicates such as vesuvianite, first discovered...discovered in limestone blocks ejected by Mount Vesuvius, each one exemplifies the wonder of nature. Often emanating...shown that its interior is far more dynamic and complex than anyone ever thought. Beneath the thin rocky...after the island of Stromboli off the west coast of Italy. Gas escapes sporadically and the volcano repeatedly...clouds of gas and ash called nuees ardentes, such as Mount Pelee, Martinique, in 1902. 'Plinian' eruptions |  | | Book | | shown that its interior is far more dynamic and complex than anyone ever thought. Beneath the thin rocky...But isolated high mountain peaks, like Kenya's Mount Kilimanjaro - some 5895m (19,340 ft) high - are...Asia to build the Himalayas (see below). A more complex picture In recent years, however, geologists have...mountains have deep boundary. In fact, it seems the complex interaction between erosion, ‘roots’ that protrude...Mountains Mountains crust Tibetan Plateau Complex thrust faults and folds Strike-slip faults ■HK |  | | Report (chapter) | | erupting Mount Vesuvius, a geological interest of his. Anticipating spending the next winter in Italy, Smithson...(1730-1803). 4 Hamilton was British envoy to the Court of Naples, and among his many interests he was an avid observer...observer of the neighbouring Mount Vesuvius. In the late spring of 1794 Smithson was residing in Florence...former Oxford friend then living as an expatriate in Naples, some 200 km to the south. The volcano had been...METEORITICS AT THE SMITHSONIAN On 15 June 1794, Vesuvius experienced one of its largest eruptions ever |  | | Book | | Filrnset by Kcyspools Ltd, Golbornc, Lanes Printed in Italy 3 6 8 8 9 10 l1 11 23 30 33 36 45 205 209 2I...limonite, cerussite, anglesite, smithsonite, hemimorphite, azurite, cuprite and chrysocolla. Part of the...discovered annually all over the world. Recent finds in Italy alone, for instance, include roggianite, canavasite...six free valencies forming a chain. Examples: hemimorphite, epidote, vesuvianite, ilvaite. 3. Cyclosilicates...oxides, but it is poisonous, and the procedure too complex to be dealt with here. Some collectors recommend |  | | Book | | extrusive. We usually have in mind a volcano such as Vesuvius or Mauna Loa when we refer to this sort of he)...only active volcano in the United States. When Vesuvius sprang to life in A.D. 79, suffocating Pompeii...removable sliding trays, which can 36 Fig. 20 Riker mount with glass top be set on a table, are popular with...in housing, Ser Fig. 21 Pe Plastic specimen mount 37 lighting, mounting, arranging, collection for...described in Key No. 4.) A nonmetallic luster is more complex, because several kinds can be recognized. Minerals |  | | Book | | (Peridot) 160 Vesuvianite 137 Kyanite 162 Hemimorphite 138 Spar Kyanite 163 Apophyllite 140 Titanite...major source of azurite, chrysocolla, cuprite, hemimorphite, malachite, turquoise, and wulfenite minerals...minerals, as well as many others. Mount Vesuvius, near Naples, Italy A range of rare volcanic minerals...others. The crater of MountVesuvius in southern Italy is the home of many rare volcanic minerals. 31...distinguish from other similar minerals such as hemimorphite and prehnite. Color: Very variable; green, |  | | Book | | through volcanic activity in Vulcano. Lipari Islands, Italy. Tellurium Te TRIGONAL • • ceiestite and halite...come from many localities near Girgetui, Sicily, Italy (Caltanisseta. Cianciana) where they reached up...volcanically active places, like Solfatara near Pozzuoli, Italy or in sulfur lava near Shiretoku. Japan. Sulfur...to 30 mm (1Y» in) occur in Sarrabus, Sardinia, Italy. Maybe the best argentite crystals occurred in Mexico...Freiberg, Germany; Cobalt, Ontario, Canada and in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. It was a principal Ag |  | | Book | | found in altered limestones from places like Monte Somma. Lava on its journey to the surface saturates limestone...groups together minerals with the same simple or complex anion. If you need to compare the various minerals...crust. It forms the tetrahedrally coordinated complex silicate anion with oxygen, (Si04) . Silicates...as the sole anion. When the sole anion is the complex anion (OH) minerals are hydroxides. -25- Many...important oxides. Phosphates Phosphates have the complex anion (P04)3". As in silicates P04 tetrahedra can |  | | Book | | effervescence (fizzing) of a carbonate mineral in acid, to complex ones that need the services of a good laboratory...future. Some of the present methods are highly complex, each being adapted to special problems. • 50...Antigorite: after Antigorio Valley, in Piedmont Province, Italy. Aragonite: after Aragon, a former kingdom in Spain...was brought to Europe. Vesuvianite: after Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Persons Aguilarite: after P. Aguilar,...Smithsonian Institution, who distinguished it from hemimorphite. Stephanite: after Archduke Stephan of Austria | | | Book | | effervescence (fizzing) of a carbonate mineral in acid, to complex ones that need the services of a good laboratory...future. Some of the present methods are highly complex, each being adapted to special problems. 50 MINERAL...Antigorite: after Antigorio Valley, in Piedmont Province, Italy. Aragonite: after Aragon, a former kingdom in Spain...was brought to Europe. Vesuvianite: after Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Persons Aguilarite: after P. Aguilar,...Smithsonian Institution, who distinguished it from hemimorphite. Stephanite: after Archduke Stephan of Austria |  | | Book | | structure) that constitute a series, and in more complex groups that we call fami- lies there are more...garnet group although the substitutions are more complex. Once again the crystalline structure remains constant...series. The pyroxenes and amphiboles are even more complex. In these two large groups there are several series...19 :ORIGIN OF MINERALS Nocturnal eruption of Mount Etna. There are : three environments in which...formation of intrusive rocks in orogenic belts is very complex. Let us consider, for example, the case of colli- |  | | Book | | aragonite. calcite, Sulphur, 66 mm, Sicily, Italy Selenium Se TRIGONAL e e Properties: C - gray...through volcanic activity in Vulcano, Lipari Islands, Italy. Tellurium Te T R IGONAL e e celestitc and halite...come from many localities near Girgenti, Sicily, Italy (Caltanisseta, Cianciana) where they reached up...volcanically active places, like Solfatara near Pozzuoli, Italy or in sulf11r lava near Shiretoku, Japan. Sulfur...30 mm (] 3/ 16 in) occur in Sanabus, Sardinia, Italy. Maybe the best argentite crystals occurred in Mexico |  | | Book | | different rocks or ore samples presents a pretty complex picture regarding the shape, size, and arrangement...and the sequence of events in this case is very complex. In addition a number of plutonic rocks, especially...succession of halite and other minerals, is very complex. A simplified approach is to think of a marine...of the highly metamorphosed skarn ores is very complex, and they are restricted to old rocks. These deposits...octahedron. Elba, Italy. Below center Combined octahedral and pyritohedral faces. Elba, Italy. Below right |  | | Journal (volume) | | Eight-sided crystals from the Traversella mine, Piedmont, Italy. .&. crystals. It can also be found in kidney...rose quartz can also be found in parts of Germany, Italy, Ireland and Scotland. History Many ancient examples...native gold panned from the River Orba in Piedmont !Italy>. Bismuth After mercury, bismuth is the poorest...&. A leaf-like aggregate of native copper from Italy. -· < rt- CD CD CD 3 CD ::::::s rtu, ome.... Filaments of silver from Cagliari, Sardinia <Italy>. The 92 naturally occurring elements The 20 elements | | | Book | | need the can be carbonate mineral in acid, to complex ones that services of a made by good laboratory...future. Some of the present methods are highly complex, each being adapted to special problems. 50 ...Antigorite: after Antigorio Valley, in Piedmont Province, Italy. Aragonite: after Aragon, a former kingdom in Spain...brought to Europe. Vesuvianite: after Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Persons Aguilarite: after P. Aguilar...Smithsonian Institution, who distinguished it from hemimorphite. Stephanite: after Archduke Stephan of Austria |  | | Book | | deposits. Main Sources: ¢ Brazil ¢ England ¢ Germany ¢ Italy @ Arizona, California, Colorado, Massachusetts,...they make a new material. lite, after Torniella, Italy, where it was first discovered. eee 1O ALUMINITE...¢ England ¢ France Germany ¢ Hungary ¢ India @ Italy @ Russia Spain @ Colorado, Missouri, and Utah, United...sodium and phosphorus. Main Sources: @ Australia ¢ Italy ¢ Spain Ukraine Alunite has a wide range of industrial...Dominican Republic @ England France @ Germany ¢ Italy ¢ Mexico @ Myanmar (Burma) ¢ Norway # Romania @ |
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