 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Arizona 85728 pmegaw@imdex.com Legrandite Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico W e all love a good detective...was first described in 1932 and was named after “a mine manager . . . Mr. Legrand, of Belgian nationality...unequivocally to the type locality, the Flor de Peña mine, Lampazos de Naranjo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Legrandite...et al. 2000). Flor de Peña is an obscure little mine in the state of Nuevo Leon in northernmost Mexico...1932). Compañia Minera Flor de Peña operated the mine intermittently from the late 1880s until perhaps |  | | Report (issue) | | 933(1) c = 10.215(2) X-ray Powder Pattern: Ojuela mine, Mexico. 4.08 (100), 6.68 (71), 5.93 (71), 3.09...37.71 53.42 8.87 Total 100.0 100.00 (1) Ojuela mine, Mexico; H2 O by the Penfield method. (2) Zn2 (AsO4...köttigite, scorodite, smithsonite (Ojuela mine, Mexico); leiteite, smithsonite, reniérite (Tsumeb, Namibia);...the Flor de Peña mine, Lampazos, Nuevo León; large crystals found in the Ojuela mine, Mapimı́, Durango;...Durango; at the Potosı́ mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua. From Tsumeb, Namibia. At Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg |  | | Book | | characteristic such as the “Japan-Law” twinned rock crystals from Japan. Even though most of the classic...notable example in this category is the Nuristan District of Afghanistan, which over the past 10 years has...Localities of Asia Japan The Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Iyo Province, Ehime Prefecture, Island of Shikoku...Shikoku Ashio Mine, Shimotsuke Province, Tochigi Prefecture, Honshu The Ani and Arakawa Mines, Ugo Province...Akita Prefecture, Honshu The Obira Mine, Bungo Province, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu; The Toroku Mine, Hyuga |  | | Report (issue) | | mineral col lector, was born in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on August 30, 1874. Soon after his graduation...at the Arakawa Mine, Akita Prefecture. In 1909, he was promoted to Director of the Mine and held. the...then that of the Director of the Yoshioka Mine, Okayama Prefecture, for about seven years altogether. He...technology in the first half of this century in Japan. He retired from the Advisory Board of the Mitsu...such volumes as " Beiträge zur Mineralogie von. Japan ", Neue Folge I and II (T. Ito, 1937), " Japanese |  | | | | Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, New...Zealand. In Australia, at Mount Morgan Mine, from Chartres Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and...Luning and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped... Found frequently around volcanoes in Iceland, Japan, Hawaii, Mexico, and South America. 20 5 X Sulfur...unusual crystals at Carn Brea Mine, Cornwall, England. Found at Wanlockhead Mine in Scotland, and also at |  | | Book (edition) | | Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, Mine...Chartres In Australia, at Mount Morgan Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and large production...and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped... Found frequently around volcanoes in Iceland, Japan, Hawaii, Mexico, and South America. 20 21 SULFIDES... England. Found at La Bufa, Brea Mine, at Wanlockhead Mine Scotland, and also at Wallaroo, South |  | | Book | | 5 Kuroko, Hokuroku basin, Northeastern Honshu, Japan ..................... 58 3.2.6 Laochang, Changning-Menglian................ 62 3 .2.8.1 Letneye, Dombarovsk District ....................................................... 62 3.2.8.2 Komsomolskoye, Mednogorsk District ...................................... 64 3.2.8.................... 65 3.2.8.6 Bakr-Tau, Baimak District, Bashkirian Republic ....................... 66.................... 75 3.3.2 Ungban, Bergslagen District, Sweden...................................... |  | | Report (issue) | | \ \I Cover: The De Wet Shaft, Tsumeb mine (photograph by Dr Gabi Schneider, Geological Survey of Namibia)...from the Tsumeb deposit (Namibia) and the Clara mine, Schwarzwald (Germany). At Tsumeb, the phase occurs...zone along 30 Level. The material from the Clara mine is a sulphate-rich variety. 13 --, Type mineralogy...has also recently been described from the Clara mine, Schwarzwald, Germany (Walenta, 1990). The phase...described by Rouse et al. ( 1988) from the Kombat mine. Asisite occurs as transparent yellow to yellow-green |  | | Book | | times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...culture, derives its name from the saltmining district of Hallstatt in Upper Austria, where many prehistoric...often preserved as mala~ chite, azurite, or smithsonite; the occurrence of these minerals with cerussire...slightly twisted. Terminations missing. Shikoku, Japan. Right Massive cinnabar ore. Almaden, Spain. 53...broad. Small sharp crystals (!I) Breckenridge district, Summit Co., Colorado, also from Red Mountain |  | | Journal (issue) | | calcite; crystal aggregates 15 cm in size. Vеrklinii Mine, Dabugorsk, Pпmorskii Krai, Russia. Specimen: V...and typical fluorescence of uraniferous mica, smithsonite, cerussite, willemite, and other minerals of...production in Norway commenced at deposits of this district in the end of the 1500x. Yserby, Sweden: * 1800...— Finbo near Falun; * fluocerile — Broddho. The mine was in operating since the middle of the 11th century...Shirley Fiske соllесtroп. i Вогпite & calcite. Mine # 57, Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, 3.3 cm high. Нeliodor |  | | Book | | A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...allochromatic. For example, the many colors of smithsonite (ZnCO3) are due not to zinc but to impurities...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22...x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1 x 1 om Acicular These minerals...Brazil * 5 x 3 x 0.6 cm Platy muscovite, José Pinto Mine, Jaguaracu, Minas Gerais, Brazil * 12 x 19 x 6 cm |  | | Book | | museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...quartz is virtually universal; Dauphine, Brazil and Japan twins are the most common types and twinning in...over its beer: to go underground in a non-working mine is sheer folly unless you are accompanied by someone...(preferably several people) who really knows the mine. Before venturing into the field serious collectors...really is a matter of life or death when you are in a mine - only a plan will show where water on the floor |  | | Book (edition) | | Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely...Silver Plume district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise mine, Dolores County;...lode, Summit County, and in the Cripple Creek district. It is also found in Canada; Mexico; Bolivia; | | | Book (edition) | | Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce ©...ye ty a ara id (ean ® “1 le hI AAP : oo A Mine seh Ranier “i i : lever vei ekealps ; cet ...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely |  | | Book | | Crystals up to 140mm (5½ in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Very fine spinel-law...100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Genaro Mine in Huancavelica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds...Dorado, California, US.A. Gold, 68 mm, Eagle's Nest Mine, California, US.A. Gold gold on it. Typical aggregates...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine, Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from...mm (4 5/i6 in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets |  | | Journal (issue) | | postage paid at Bowie Md. 20715 CERUSSITE. Tintic district, Utah. A textbook example of a reticulated aggregate...understandably calling it “star mica”. The specific mine is not known by any of our associates but the local...former times (before 1914) it belonged to the district of Nassau. There is still a village called Nassau...was, in earlier times, the center of a mining district. Smelters have also been there. The Mineralogical...Friedrichssegen mine (closed since 1880) is halfway between Bad Ems and Brau bach. The old Rosenberg mine (closed |  | | Book | | Crystals up to 140mm (5'A in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbce, Arizona, USA. Very fine spincl-law...100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Gcnaro Mine in Huancavclica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine. Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from...110 mm (47.6 in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets...of crystallized gold occurred in the Jamestow n mine. California, USA, where a cavity, which yielded |  | | Book (edition) | | one species only, or even specimens only from one mine. Whatever limits the collector imposes on himself...whose name now is borne by the zinc mineral smithsonite, was also an amateur of the sciences, particularly...Smithsonian now houses not only splendid examples of smithsonite, but also the finest collection of minerals and...frequently mark concentric bands in malachite, smithsonite, and others, but are rarely ob- served in goethite...fine examples came celebrated locality in Kai, Japan. from the Twinning in quartz is complicated by | | | Book (edition) | | one species only, or even specimens only from one mine. Whatever limits the collector imposes on himself...whose name now is borne by the zinc mineral smithsonite) was also an amateur of the sciences, particularly...Smithsonian no1,v houses not only splendid examples of smithsonite, but also the finest collection of minerals and...frequently mark concentric bands in malachite, smithsonite, and others, but are rarely observed in goethite...examples came from the celebrated locality in Kai, Japan. Twinning in quartz is complicated by its curious |  | | Book (edition) | | 10 Transpose illustrations for AXINITE, Hyuga, Japan (12, column 1) and AZURITE, Concepcion del Oro,...Vesuvius, Italy (12, column 2) and SEMSEYITE, Julcani mine, Huancavelica, Peru (#3, column 2). Color, page...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuernrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely...Pelican Dives rnine , Silver Plun1e district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise...Canada, Scotland, England, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, and New Zealand (nephrite). BEST REF. IN ENGLISH: |  | | Book | | malachite, azurite, goethite, cerru site and smithsonite). In these deposits they concentrate in so-called...volcanic origin is found in Turkey, Mexico, Indonesia, Japan, USSR, Italy and Iceland. Sulphur found in oxidized...Caucasus - crystals up to 1.5 cm (USSR), Getchell Mine - Nevada (USA) •Application: ore (extraction of...• Occurrence: rare; Ciclova (Romania), (USA), (Japan)• Application: Te and Bi ore. Sulphide Au(PbSbFe)...- aggregation of crysta ls from pil e of a coal mine; Kladn o (Czechoslovakia - width of field 15 mm) |  | | Book (edition) | | 2). Carbonates Calcite (2.7), siderite (3.8), smithsonite (4.0), witherite (4.3). Borates Ulexite (l.95)...examples came from the celebrated locality in Kai, Japan. Twinning in quartz is complicated by its curious...in quartz. A 7" rock crystal from the San Pedro Mine, Hiriart Hill, Pala, San Diego County, California...the famous locality of Otomezaka, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The thickness of this crystal is only about...Calcite l\lfagnesite Rhodochrosite Siderite Smithsonite Calcium 10 l\I agnesium - 2-1 lVfanganese - | | | Book | | illustrated Encyclopedi of the World’s Rocks and Mine re L A R E N MI OF THE WORLD Rudolf Duda and...malachite, azurite, goethite, cerrusite and smithsonite). In these deposits they concentrate in so-called...volcanic origin is found in Turkey, Mexico, !ndonesia, Japan, USSR, Italy and Iceland. Sulphur found in oxidized...Caucasus — crystals up to 1.5 cm (USSR), Getchell Mine — Nevada (USA) e Application: ore (extraction of...gold (50), pyrite (436) Ciclova (Romania), (USA), (Japan) e Application: Te and Sulphide ; Au(PbSbFe) |  | | Journal (issue) | | 38 by R. Cobban Metamict minerals at the Bemco mine near Cranberry Lake, New Jersey ..................cinnabar mines 2 Musonoi uranium mine, Katanga, Zaire N’Chwaning mine, Kuruman, South Africa Mibladen...of smoking, silica dust, and radioactivity in the mine may be complicating factors. Manganese mineral dust...= {210}, / = {311}. (c) Ferroaxinite, Botallach mine, St. Just, Cornwall, England; <7= {151}. (d) Manganaxinite...Australia Colebrook Hill, Rosebery district, Tasmania (1)* Rosebery district, Tasmania (3) Tasmania (1) Austria |  | Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York. | Book (volume) | | 100. Found at several mines in the Huantajaya district, calcite, embolite, cerargyrite, bromyrite, iodyrite...as at Caracoles in Antofagasta, the Huantajaya district in Tarapaca, and especially Chanarcillo in Atacama;...Obtained in notable amounts in the Broken Hill district. New South Wales (bromian pt.). In the United...Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona; in the Rand district and in the Calico and Barstow mines, San Bernardino...in Nevada in the Bullfrog district, Nye County, and in the Rochester district, Halides 14 Humboldt |
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