 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Alps-Strobl and St. Gilgen Windows Alps-The Hallein District I . Alps-The Hallein District II . Alps-The...eastern end of the Tauern Window and runs from Salzburg in the north to the Italian border in the south...six days of geology are based on Hallein, near Salzburg, the next five on Spittal, in Carinthia, and the...Radstadt Tauem (Day 5) The Kitzlochklamm-Klamm Limestone (Day 6) 47 50 54 56 58 60 61 62 66 70 72 77...Geologists' Association 1966 Field Meeting in Austria. The form of the orig inal Guide has been retained |  | | Book | | tl1c pr ·.,_cn1-d.1y rcgionJI out rop p:ittcm of c:1.st-,,c t trending rock-units. modified loc.1llyin Lhr...for tl1c Gcologi l\ As ociation Field Meeting in Austria, 1966. This article is planned, hO\\C\er. in ·uch...Central Gnei s, D=ichstcinkulk G'i Dacl1 tcin Limestone, Ko scncrschicl1tcn u Kti en Bed·. On tl1\! otl1cr...s(X'Cialtl1ank to Ors. D. Plochingcr.. . G. Fi her. R. St. J. Lambert ~lnd to R. A. Cliff ~,nd R. J. 'orri...part by Dr. R. A. Cliff, Dr. A. G. Fischer, Dr. R. St. J. Lambert, Mr. R. J. Norris, Dr. B. Plochinger |  | | Journal (issue) | | Manager Thomas P. Moore COVER: PROUSTITE, 3.5 cm, from St Andreasberg. Germany, found in 1899; ex collection...number 3, May–June, 2017 Contents The St. Andreasberg Mining District, Western Harz Mountains, Niedersachsen............................................ 407 Johann Caspar Zeisig the Mysterious “Minerophilo Freibergensi”...working in the lode” (Simonin, 1869). The Mining District Western Harz Mountains Niedersachsen, Germany...minrecord@comcast.net The geographically tiny St. Andreasberg District of silver mines has an outsized reputation: |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINES AND MINERALS OF AUSTRIA By P H I L I P M O R R I L L East Derry, N . H . 0 3 0 4 1 IV S A L Z...Z B U R G (Land Salzburg) (Part II) T h i s refers to the Province of Salzburg X l s ( C l e a r )...Epidote X l s : Calcite which contains the city of Salzburg. Many people are familiar with this city but not...climbs up to Gerlos Pass, the western border of Salzburg. From edge of the glacier, and is not to be this...valley going S on General. Albite; Prehnite; Pyrite; F l u  the W end of Salzburg. T h i s is famous for |  | | Journal (issue) | | Zoned eosphorite from Lavra da Ilha, Taquaral district, M inas Gerais, Brazil .........................Fluocerite-(Ce) and other minerals from the Little Patsey quarry ........... 429 by M . I. Jacobson & M . W. Smith...have. The chosen work this time is even older: Johann Ernst Hebenstreit’s Museum Richterianum (1743)...massive documentation of the per sonal collection of Johann Christoph Richter, which ranks as the earliest...Figure 1. Detail from the engraved portrait of Johann Christoph Richter, showing his hand resting on |  | | Journal (issue) | | Zoned eosphorite from Lavra da Ilha, Taquaral district, M inas Gerais, Brazil .........................Fluocerite-(Ce) and other minerals from the Little Patsey quarry ........... 429 by M . I. Jacobson & M . W. Smith...have. The chosen work this time is even older: Johann Ernst Hebenstreit’s Museum Richterianum (1743)...massive documentation of the per sonal collection of Johann Christoph Richter, which ranks as the earliest...Figure 1. Detail from the engraved portrait of Johann Christoph Richter, showing his hand resting on |  | | Book | | Frontcover Upper left: The observatory at Kremsmunster. Austria. which houses the mineral collection. Upper right:...mineralogical cabinet of the convent at Kremsmunster, Austria. The . specimens a~e displayed m baroque furniture...important mineralogical museums in Western Europe Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany (Federal...half are in Germanspeaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The reasons for this are partly...universities, 14 by town or city councils, 13 by district councils or regional boards, and 16 form part |  | | Catalog/List | | ^/^ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 ^ Im m^p^ Hf 1^ 17^.^9 I III IZO I.I 1.8 1.25 ...Hallein, 9. L. Hallein, Lower Lower Austria. Fibrous. Austria. Lamellar, color sky blue and white...white. 10. L. Ischel, Upper 2 Austria. Color red. Mineralogical Cabinet. Genps V. Sp. ac. U. Ammoniac-Salt...Epsom Salt. Chem. Sulphate of Magnesia. 15. L. Salzburg. Near Albany, New- York. 16. L. and may be...Hungary. Triv. Pollyhallite. 26. L. Ischel, Upper Austria. CLASS ORDER Genus 28. L. 29. L. 30. L. HJILOIDE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Permian and early Triassic sandstones, Eastern Alps (Austria) KARL KRAINER 1 and CHRISTOPH SPOTL 2 1 Universitiit...und Paliiontologie, Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck (Austria) 2 Universitiit Bern, lnstitutfiir Geologie, BaltzerstraBe...Permian and early Triassic sandstones, Eastern Alps (Austria). Sediment. Geol., 62: 59-77. Detrital and authigenic...Triassic (Scythian) sandstones of the Eastern Alps (Austria) have been investigated using thin section microscopy...are weakly to highly altered to phyllosilicates. Albite is the only feldspar species, and up to 38% of |  | | Journal (issue) | | from left: Fluorite, 6.7 cm, from the Weisseck, Austria. Collected by Reinhold Bacher; Reinhold Bacher...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | A. Wilson Selected Minerals from the Volcanic District of Laacher See, Germany.........................8 O xfo rd St., L eice ster L E 1 5X W South Africa: H o rst W indisch, 3 0 van W ou w St., G ro en klo...Alta Crystal Gallery (Denver, Colo.) Rex Bannister (St. Louis, M o.) Carlos Barbosa (Rio de Janiero, Brazil)...Minerals (Saugus, Calif.) 264 Hansen Minerals (St. Louis, M o.) Richard Hauck (Bloomfield, N. J.) Minerals...possibly chlorite. The phyllite contains only quartz, albite, muscovite, chlorite and graphite, with rare rutile |  | Staude, Sebastian, Werner, Wolfgang, Mordhorst, Teresa, Wemmer, Klaus, Jacob, Dorrit E., Markl, Gregor (2012) Multi-stage Ag–Bi–Co–Ni–U and Cu–Bi vein mineralization at Wittichen, Schwarzwald, SW Germany: geological setting, ore mineralogy, and fluid evolution. Mineralium Deposita, 47 (3) 251-276 doi:10.1007/s00126-011-0365-4 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Wittichen Co–Ag–Bi–U mining area (Schwarzwald ore district, SW Germany) hosts several unconformity-related...Mainz, Germany Introduction The Schwarzwald ore district (SW Germany) hosts a large number of polymetallic...Wittichen mining area Geology of the Schwarzwald ore district Hydrothermal veins in the Wittichen mining area...ore district Hydrothermal mineralization occurred discontinuously in the Schwarzwald ore district over...fluorite, quartz and Cu–Bi mineralization (e.g. Johann am Burgfelsen mine), strikes on average 130–150° |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | veins in the Schwarzwald area were precipitated by district-scale mixing of a homogeneous deep saline brine...Sb–Ag-bearing quartz veins occurring throughout the entire district, Co–Ni–Ag–Bi–U-bearing barite–fluorite veins (most...characteristics of the post-Variscan veins by district-scale hydrothermal convection cells which were...the mine workings. In addition, samples from limestone units of the sedimentary cover and from a metamorphic...near Wolfach Friedrich-Christian Sophia, Wittichen Johann, Wittichen Daniel Gallenbach, Wittichen Drey, Schnellingen |  | | Book (edition) | | Mineralogisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 236, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany...grey); Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Sachsen, Germany (sample: Seifert);...quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog Mine, Bullfrog District, Nye Co., Nevada, USA (sample: Witzke); PPL If...placers Kaietur Falls, Potaro River, Kangaruma District, Potaro-Siparuni Region, Guyana Chalcopyrite,... Zone Breches N-S, 49-51 m, Bleida, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineral localities: Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Austria .................................................EPIDOTE from Knappenwand, Untersulz bachtal, Austria. (See the article in this issue, p. 167.) The specimen...alifornia (1983) P em berton $36 postpaid (H ) T im e-L ife’s excellent review of the m ajor I—I gem...andy’s 1944 classic m o n ograph on L lallagua. T im e-L ife’s excellent review of gold, I— I silver and...ollection B en itoite 244-page co m pendium on an im p o rtan t I I collection; 475 photos. R e p rin |  | | Journal (issue) | | green diopside on syenite matrix from the Jeffrey quarry, Asbestos, Quebec. Collected by miner Bruno Carriere...Germany, Switzerland (three!), the Hohe Tauem of Austria, Pi'fbram in the Czech Republic, the Carpathian...several small mines in the Beaverdell silver-mining district of southern British Columbia, near the village...50 km north of the U.S. border. Activity in the district began with a small "gold rush" in the late 1880s...list, 1984). NORTHWEST TERRJTORJES Port Radium district, Great Bear Lake. A deposit of uraninite (variety |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mandarino Famous mineral localities: The Annaberg District, Lower A u stria ...............................Denver Merchandise Mart • Mart Plaza 58th St. & Washington St. (North side of Mart) SEPT. 1 8 - 1 9 -...(1972) gives a detailed description of this unique quarry and its yttrium-niobiumbismuth-vanadium mineral...Hechtsberg quarry, Hausach NAMIBIA 10Khorixas UNITED STATES 3Stewart mine, Pala district, California...or pneumatolytic origin Mica Lode-Meyers Ranch quarry, 8-Mile Park, Colorado Beyerite, schumacherite |  | | Book | | periods of stability PLANET | 114 San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 om are uncommon...where the calcium carbonate can eventually form limestone. Sedimentary rocks made in this way are known...small calcite crystals in the sedimentary rock limestone change into larger crystals in the metamorphic...variety), Portman, Dendritic manganese oxide on limestone, Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany * 11.5 x 24x 0.5...Cumbria, England + 6 x 9x § cm Quartz (smoky variety), St. Gotthard, Ticino, Switzerland © 4 x 8x 5 om that |  | | | | cemented or fused together. A few rocks such as limestone or quartzite may be composed of one mineral species...together (lithification). Examples are sandstone and limestone. Metamorphic rocks are derived by subjecting igneous...heat source like a magma chamber (for example, limestone heated and recrystallized to marble). Regional...calcite, dolomite, and aragonite, or rocks such as limestone, dolostone, and marble. Streak plate: Use a piece...Grain size Coarse Fine conglomerate (p. 268) limestone (p. 276) siltstone (p. 274) breccia (p. 270) |  | | Catalog/List | | CATALOGUE 90 ~~ ---- (SIZES MAINLY IN INCHES) ALBITE variety Pericline, 5 mm crystals over a 4x2.5 surface...Sphene micros in one area (Sonnblick, Rauris, Salzburg,Germany) £15 ALMANDINE, quite sharp dark red single...grey-white crystals on 2x3.5 inch surface. (Croft Quarry,Leicestershire) £5 ANATASE sharp black single crystal...on the surface, on feldspar. (Globe Mine.Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, new Mexico) £15 b) smaller...top, light brown fibrous on the edges. (Merehead Quarry, Mendips) 2x2.5 £4 HELVITE quite rich light brown | | | Book | | A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...by the calcium carbonate can eventually form limestone. Sedimentary rocks made in this way are known...small calcite crystals in the sedimentary rock limestone change into larger crystals in the metamorphic...° 14 Nellexorem Dendritic manganese oxide on limestone, Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany * 11.5 x 24 x 0.5...England « 6 x 9 x 5 cm Ye 4m Quartz (smoky variety), St. Gotthard, Ticino, Switzerland « 4x 8 x 5 om MINERALS: |  | | Book | | 10:215-217 ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54...D. Richerson, A. J. Regis: New minerals from Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec 2: 141-142 AJO Famous mineral localities:...14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario: an occurrence of large nepheline, biotite and albite-antiperthite...the Alpine ar,d Subalpine region [Switzerland,Austria and Iti:Jy](by C. M. Gramaccioli) 8:287-293 Minerals...10:85-89 Micromounting in the eastern Alps of Austria (by K. Kotal) 13:171-173 ALSTONITE An occurrence |  | | Report (issue) | | Gilgit-Baltistan DUDLEY BLAUWET 58. Zimbabwe Blue Topaz: St. Anne's Mine JAN KANIS 60. Brazil: The Land of Topaz...chains that run parallel to the c-axis and that st Topaz Mineralogy 5 Optical Data The refractive...fluortopaz from Untersulzbachtal, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria The projection is down (100). Notice the... Topaz and Associates Above: Topaz, schorl, and albite, 7.8 cm tall; Shigar Valley Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan;...Kleine Spitzkoppe, Namibia; Mokrusha Mursinka District, Ural Mountains, Russia; Paprok, Laghman Province |  | | 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...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...1991). Simdeled, Aust-Agder. Early in 1999, in a quarry near S~ndeled, collectors opened a pocket containing...PORTUGAL Montijos quarry, Monte Redondo, Leiria Estremadura. The Montijos gabbro quarry at Monte Redondo |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Chloritil-Mixitegruppe mit Seltenen Erden von Fundorten im Schwarzwald. Chemie der Erde 29, 36-47. WALENTA,...THEYE, T. (2004): Agardit-(Ce) von der Grube Clara im mittleren Schwarzwald. Aufschluss 55, 17-23. § ...long-abandoned Clear Creek mercury mine, New Idria district, San Benito County, California, USA. Occurrence:... Department of Crystallography, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia. Comments: IMA...S)12O34(OH,F)8•5H2O O RTHORHOMBIC Locality: Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada |
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