 | | Journal (issue) | | TX Sublette County Rock Hounds Annual Show June 18-20. Big Piney, Wyoming, Sublette County Fairgrounds...REPORTS MINERAL SECTION Mineral Section held a Zoom meeting on May 19, 2021. The talk, given by Steve...give a talk on "Striations on Crystals", also via Zoom. As always, please see the Upcoming Programs section...anticline) in the Kellogg Acres community outside of North Little Rock (formerly Argenta, Arkansas) and only...mile from the old Kellogg Silver Mines. There were quartz veined pumpkin sized rocks on one side of the yard |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on silversmithing Member Bob Culver of the Wayne County Gem and Mineral Club, Marion, found a "fair sized"...and wulfenite crystals were found at the Wheatley mine (Penna.) Robert Middleton, American Museum of NatĀ...reported without once referring to the beautiful quartz crystals as "diaĀ monds". (Your reporter knew it...and now Superintendent of all muĀ seums in Nassau County, spoke with the Long Island Mineral and Geology...slide talk on the gems in the museum before the North Shore Rock and Mineral Club. A field trip was made |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | fine minerals who had a particular love of North Carolina specimens. This resulted in his active participation...in Charleston, South Carolina; the Colburn Museum in Asheville, North Carolina; the Grandfather Mountain...Mountain Museum near Linville, North Carolina; and the Smithsonian Institutionās National Museum of Natural...at his retreat in the mountains near Celo, North Carolina, played an important role in the development...to write several articles about his favorite North Carolina collecting localities (see Rocks & Minerals |  | | Journal (issue) | | padawans went to the Crystal Cave on the planet Ilum to mine kyber crystals to construct their own light sabers...Kokernot 06 Ranch, a historic ranch in Brewster County, Texas, and a new agate hunting destination for...REPORTS MINERAL SECTION The Mineral Section held a Zoom meeting on April 21, 2021, hosted by Steve Blyskal...areas of Spain. They made plans to have another Zoom meeting on May 19, 2021. The talk will be on Fluorite...mineral lovers are welcome! Fluorite, La Viesca Mine Asturias, Spain BEADING SECTION The Beading Group |  | | Journal (issue) | | ANOTHER CHALLENGE SMLS BARBECUE 2021 CONONISH GOLD MINE ZOOM LINKS DATES FOR YOUR DIARY MINERAL QUIZ 3 ā answers...the next journal. Colin Brough will be giving a Zoom presentation on Friday July 2 nd on Mineral of the...meantime we should acknowledge that our monthly Zoom meetings have at least offered the compensation...us. In March we found an additional advantage, as Zoom allowed us to hear an excellent talk delivered from...replying that their fluorite is from the West Pastures Mine, or perhaps from Permian Mississippi Valley-type |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | C , were examining a speĀ cimen under the Star Zoom at about 40x. I t was a bit of material collected...1928 from the 80 foot level of the old Hiddenite Mine at Hiddenite, N . C . T h e micro had found its...collection of the University of South Carolina, and back to North Carolina to D r . Hudson. T h e water-clear...specimen were not only the rare hiddenites, but also quartz x l s , mica xls, pyrites, and calcite x l s ....American Optical H i g h Resolution Stereo Star Zoom. W i t h a turn o f a butĀ ton, it can be moved |  | | Journal (issue) | | CIRCULATION, SALES & FINANCE Jean C. Spence SADDLEBACK MINE Peter Briscoe ā¢ David McCallum ā¢ Paul Nicholson...Editorial Board. fEITKNECHTITE FROM BENALLT MANGANESE MINE Publication ofinformation on a collecting site...LTD ISSN 0952-2409 Tom Cotterell 49 NORTH DEVON UNITED MINE Mike Rumsey ā¢ Mike Savage 53 PIUNTING...omwall, the mothballed , rkings of South Crofty Mine have prung to life and a new decline is being driven...way to the Highland and Islands. An ancient lead mine, which carves a conspicuous scar on the hillside |  | | Journal (issue) | | Engelhardt-Moore January 7, 2021: The Section hosted a virtual Zoom program. At 7:35 PM Bob Moore, Section Chair, called...Group met on Saturday, January 16th at 1:30 PM via Zoom. Maggie Manley demonstrated creating a spiral chain...Beading Section plans to continue future programs via Zoom. All interested persons are welcome to join the...Maggiem2@windstream.net and I will send you the Zoom link and project photos. SCHOOL COLLECTIONS by...each time. The Quartz Set, containing different examples of crystalline and massive quartz and rocks that |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | acanthite paramorph after argentite from the Rayes mine, Guanajuato, Mexico. Francis Benjamin specimen,...1878); the Baker quarry near Billmeyer, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where it occurs as an alteration...several in North Carolina, including the well-known Silver Hill occurrence in Davidson County, and the...McMakin mine in Cabarrus County (Genth 1891); and mines of the Virgilina district, Halifax County, Virginia...Black Jack mines of the Ward district, Boulder County, were coated with acicular crystals of primary |  | | Journal (issue) | | BOULBY MINE David Green NEWS and EVENTS Mick Wolfe Richard Bell 33 OLSACHERITE FROM WATERBANK MINE Steve...of the di covery of the matlockite pocket at Bage Mine Wirks\vonh. Derb) hire and its rediscovery by th...Victorian mineral dealer Bryce Wright. The Bage Mine matlockite was found in as ociation with large cry...might otbeiwise be lost. Unlike the well-known county record schemes, which operate in subjects such...StrontianBarileMine, Strontian,Highland. UK Journal of Mine, & MincrJls No. 25 -3- preserve mineralogical |  | | Journal (issue) | | OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MONTHLY NEWSLETTER Zoom Meetings Continue Please connect to our February... Volume 79-02 February 2021 Issue Highlights: Zoom Meetings Continue 1 February 3, 2021 Program ...pinch-hitting for President Dave Hennessey, called the Zoom meeting to order, welcomed all members and guests...color, so named because it was first discovered in a mine in Cornwell, England. In the Cornish language, āKernowā...critical benefit for the club when visiting private mine locations. The EFMLS also hosts instructional workshops |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 Brookite Dodo Mine, Subpolar Urals, Russia Downloaded by [Colorado...minerals. Consequently, a fine brookite from the Dodo mine, Subpolar Urals, Russia, has been chosen to feature...where it is found with anatase, rutile, titanite, quartz, adularia, albite, hematite. calcite, and chlorite...mm, associated with anatase. rutile, zircon, and quartz, in cavities exposed in a small prospect pit near...the Consolidated No. 2 quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine (King and Foord 1994). It occurs with anatase |  | | Journal (issue) | | Prehnite, O&G Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, CT. Photo: Bob Cooke. the specimens shown above...of prehnite have been found, the famous Jeffrey Mine in Asbestos, Quebec, Canada. I found well-crystalized...Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada. Photo: Bob Cooke. The first discovery of prehnite in North America...for specimens from Southbury was 2008. Staying in North America, weāll move to another classic prehnite...babingtonite, Roncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford County, CT. Photo: Bob Cooke. Now we get to the prehnite |  | | Journal (issue) | | PM GUEST SPEAKER: Melanie McCalmont, M.Sci. Via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87575301885?pwd=cjVj... Other CSMS Events Not cancelled, actually (Via Zoom) Board Meeting General Assembly Meeting Board Meeting...https://wmmi.org/welcome.html ITāS LOCAL! Just off North Gate Blvd. Community Events (from Pete Modreski)...Museum. Topic TBA. Mar 18 7:00 PM Monthly meeting via Zoom, Colorado Scientific Society, Kyle Bracken āLayer-bound...information TBA. Apr 15 7:00 PM Monthly meeting via Zoom, Colorado Scientific Society, Teresa Schwartz (CSM) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pangea [6]. These fault systems continued into the USA in the southwest and into Europe in the east. Deformation...close to the North River granitemine pluton, thedeposits Horton Group itself is barite are mine and the active...extending from the southshales are found close to the North River granite pluton, and the Horton Group itself...Cumberland and Pictou groups accumulated to the north and south of the Cobequid Highland horst. In Nova...1) are type-A deposits, except for the Bass River mine deposit (11 in Table 1), which is a stratigraphically |  | | Journal (issue) | | few months at least our presentations will be on Zoom, so speakers will not have to physically MARCH 2021...General Meetings at the clubhouse rather than over Zoom. I look forward to serving the club in this position...Group met on Saturday, February 20th at 1:30 PM via Zoom. Maggie Manley demonstrated making an odd-count...Maggiem2@windstream.net and she will send you the Zoom link and project photos. 4 THE BACKBENDERāS GAZETTE...address the question of the terminations. Unlike quartz, calcite can have a huge variety of crystal shapes |  | | Journal (issue) | | 15 Collecting at the Red Cloud Mines of Lincoln County, New Mexico 17 Truths, A Poem 18 Purpose of...virtual show. On a brighter note, we are planning a Zoom Christmas Party on December 12th at 7:30, with contests...Engelhardt-Moore November 5, 2020: The Section hosted a virtual Zoom program at 7:30 PM since the HGMS Clubhouse is closed...for future announcements about our programs and Zoom login information. We hope to see you online. UPCOMING...Gallery, will do a virtual presentation through Zoom entitled āIs It Ancient or Not? How Science Can |  | | Journal (issue) | | Group met on Saturday, March 20th at 1:30 PM via Zoom. Maggie Manley demonstrated learning to make a Beaded...Maggiem2@windstream.net and she will send you the Zoom link and project photos. JEWELRY REPAIR WITH A...Facebook Group Page, and we have done a few āsocialā Zoom meetings to stay connected. What has your club been...about some travel plans again! We continue to have Zoom meetings with the groups that are looking at how...(Doris Riemersma photo, as shown in Zanjani's A Mine of Her Own, page 280.) Like Mary herself, the route |  | | Journal (issue) | | 14 AFMS Land Use Policy 15 Alabastine Gypsum MineāThe End Of An Era 16 AFMSāSafety Matters 18 ...announcements about our upcoming programs and for Zoom invitations. We hope to see you online! UPCOMING...beginning. Bob Moore, the Section Chair, will give a Zoom presentation on āLost Ancient Greco-Roman Medicine...state gem of Washington and the state fossil of North Dakota and Louisiana. What is now arid Texas was...decay became petrified wood, which is actually a quartz-like stone. The organic wood cells were replaced |  | | Journal (issue) | | GUEST SPEAKER: Amy Titterington āFinding Mine Locationsā Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81403959149... Other CSMS Events Not cancelled, actually (Via Zoom) General Assembly Meeting Board Meeting 15 Apr...https://wmmi.org/welcome.html ITāS LOCAL! Just off North Gate Blvd. Community Events (from Pete Modreski)...information TBA. Apr 15 7:00 PM Monthly meeting via Zoom, Colorado Scientific Society, Teresa Schwartz (CSM)...Vacant, Federation Representative the third largest quartz crystal found in Colorado (now at WMMI). Mentioned |  | | Journal (issue) | | General Assembly Thursday, Feb 18, 2021, 7:00 PM Via Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84082544688? pwd=WUNU...Article - M. Nelson, Grand Canyon Mining: Orphan Mine and Halotrichite 16 Presidential Matters 20 ...[Zn3(AsO4)2 Ā· 8H2O]. The specimen came from the Ojuela Mine, MapimĆ, MapimĆ Municipality, Durango, Mexico. ...cancelled actually: General Assembly Meeting (Zoom) Board Meeting (Zoom) 18 Feb ā21 7:00 PM 4 Mar ā21 6:00 PM...Monthly meeting via Zoom, Colorado Scientific Society, Marieke Duschene (USGS), āNorth and Middle Park, |  | | Journal (issue) | | Los Angeles County Museum Acquires Outstanding Micromount Collection Tony Nikischer tony@excaliburmineral...year, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County acquired the remarkable combined micromount collections...rattlesnakes only kill nine people per year in the USA, which has a population 4,000 times that of Amami...enough. No one on the island has feet as big as mine, so I hobble out into the forest in rubber boots...first professional microscope. an Olympus stereo-zoom model that I still use in my laboratory to this |  | | Journal (issue) | | personā in Haywards Heath and those āvirtuallyā via Zoom. A move from our usual Friday was chosen to avoid...(Perthshire) and as a biproduct at the Glebe fluorspar mine (Derbyshire). Itās main use is as a heavy drilling...the flattened tabular habit. Stoneham, Colorado, USA. Allan and Elvire Mortimer collection. Plate 3....Azurite from Tsumeb Spanish pyrite cube Charlie from North Chailey Chloe from Ardingly Kay from Cuckfield Gabrielle...a sedimentary provenance. They include calcite, quartz, baryte, gypsum, pyrite and marcasite, with some |  | | Journal (issue) | | House, Rock River Valley Gem & Mineral Society, North Suburban Library Auditorium, 6340 N 2nd St, Sat...IL 60th Annual Mineral, Gem & Jewelry Show, Macon County Fair Grounds, 3700 Westlawn Ave, Decatur. 9...Chippewa Valley Gem & Mineral Society, Eau Claire County Expo Center, Lorch Ave, corner of Hwy. 93 and I-94...com Apr 21-22: Roseville, MN; Spring Show, Anoka County Gem & Mineral Club, Har Mar Mall, 2100 Snelling...Show: Kettle Moraine Geological Society, Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Road, Sat 10:00-5:00 |  | | Journal (issue) | | 7.30 - 10.00 . Sometimes presentations may be by ZOOM as well as or instead of face-to-face. Chairman...From East to West and North to South the Logoās been unfurled For North is North and East is East both...moved into the digital age with Facebook and use of Zoom; small steps maybe but progress. Nick manages Facebook...useful in promoting SMLS and the Sussex Mineral Show. Zoom is something we have now all got used to; how did...did we live without it? I now have regular zoom calls with relatives, friends and SMLS overseas members; |
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