 | | Report (issue) | | No. 12: Bolivia ht of Mineral Collecting N 978-0-9790998-5-4 Publisher Lithographie, LLC Denver, Colorado...specimen 'being sold with the shrine when he was in Bolivia buying mineral specimens in the 1970s. He took...ophyllite; 5. 2 cm tall Cerro Rico, Potosi, B,atillo province, Potosi Andy Seibel col/action Jejf-SC,m/.plwto...Yaalte: 12.5 cm wide Siglo XX Mine, ,U� Bustillo province, Potosi Malty Zinn colkdknt (ex Marv Rausch) Jase...640 200 100 600 The Political Divisions of Bolivia (after United Nations Map No. 3875, Peacekeeping |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 cookrob@auburn.edu Polybasite Downloaded by [Northeastern University] at 11:57...typically included in this rather informal family is polybasite, a relatively common silver ore mineral that...as fine specimens. Although the most familiar polybasite localities are in Mexico, exceptionally fine...Husky mine polybasite has been nominated as this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice specimen. Polybasite is typically...characteristic. Repeated twinning on {110} is common. Polybasite is essentially a silver antimony sulfide in which |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | C. After the Punic Wars, Iberia became a Roman province, and huge quantities of silver flowed from Spain...discovered. In 1535, Pizarro conquered Peru and Bolivia, and the incredible deposits of Potosi were discovered...silver mined up to that point in history, and Bolivia and Peru had also produced substantial amounts...ROCKS&MlNERALs sulfosalts: (1) ruby silver, (2) polybasite, (3) argyrodite, and (4) andorite groups. The...hemimorphic habit. The polybmife group minerals (polybasite, pearceite, and xanthoconite) are pseudohexagonal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | amounts up to several percent. Pynte, acanthite, polybasite, and silver pseudomorphs after pyrargyrite are...acanthite, tetrahedrite, stephanite, miargyrite, polybasite, silver, calcite, dolomite, and quartz. There...Bastin (1923) reported crystals of pyrargyrite, polybasite, and chalcopyrite in ore from the Emma and Smuggler-Altmont...fine acanthite, polybasite/pearceite, and aguilarite. Pseudomorphs of both polybasite and acanthite after...(crystals to 2 cm) and the Millotingo mine, Huarochiri Province (somewhat dull crystals to 3 cm long). Stout simple |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bournonite Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China T here are certain mineral species that...most prolific being the Yaogangxian mine, Hunan Province. (Additional locality information and photographs...it occurred as tiny crystals with freibergite, polybasite, stromeyerite, and matildite; mines of the Lake...in the Vibora and other mines at Machacamarca, Potosí, where it occurred with augelite, tetrahedrite...rather common in the vuggy Tajo vein at Pulacayo, Potosí, where it was associated with pyrite, freibergite |  | | Report (issue) | | 589(1) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Machacamarca, Bolivia. 3.02 (100), 1.863 (50), 2.66 (40), 3.14 (30),...Total 99.95 99.68 100.00 (1) Chocaya, Bolivia. (2) Aullagas, Bolivia. (3) Ag8 GeS6 . Polymorphism & Series:...deposits (Bolivia). Association: Canfieldite, stephanite, acanthite, pyrargyrite, polybasite, aramayoite... At a number of localities in Bolivia, including Aullagas, Colquechaca, Potosı́, Oruro, Porco, Chocaya...Korea. From Shuiji, Fujian Province, and in the Baiguoyuan deposit, Hubei Province, China. Name: From the |  | | Report (issue) | | 16.37 Total 99.29 98.33 100.00 (1) Aullagas, Bolivia. (2) Revelstoke, Canada; by electron microprobe...Argyrodite, pyrargyrite, stephanite, acanthite, polybasite, freibergite, stannite, stannoidite, cassiterite...Distribution: In Bolivia, exceptional crystals from the Gallofa vein, Aullagas, near Colquechaca, and at the...Pirquitas deposit, Riconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina. In Canada, from about 33 km northeast...Prefecture, Japan. At Shuiji, Jianyang Co., Fujian Province, China. From the Karamken Au–Ag deposit, Okhotsk |  | | Journal (issue) | | livia Alfredo Petrov Casilla 1728 Cochabamba, Bolivia e-mail: alfredopetrov@earthlink.net Bill and Carol...Colorado 80020 e-mail: smith72@attglobal.net Bolivia, a landlocked nation three times as large as M...this gazetteer. INTRODUCTION Most people think of Bolivia as a land of great mountain ranges and high cold...description only fits the southwestern third of Bolivia. The two thirds of the country to the north and... Cerro Manomo. The northeastern two thirds of Bolivia contains the fastest growing regions; industrial |  | | Report (issue) | | Association: Baumstarkite, proustite, pyrargyrite, polybasite, silver, galena, sphalerite, pyrite, quartz,...Felsőbánya, Hungary). From Hiendelaencina, Guadalajara Province, Spain. In the Strezhen deposit, Altai Mountains...India. In the Ailaoshan metamorphic belt, Yunnan Province, China. From the Van Silver mine, Brandywine Creek...Huantajaya, Tarapacá. At Colquechaca and Cerro Rico, Potosı́, and Pulcayo, Huanchaca, Bolivia. From Huancavalica |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Torres mines. Associated minerals are stephanite, polybasite, pyrargyrite, galena, quartz, fluorapophyllite...in brilliant crystals to 5 cm, associated with polybasite, stephanite, pearceite, native silver, silver...acanthite crystals were once saved from mines at Colquechaca, Bolivia, and Chaiiarcillo and other camps in the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | veinlets of clausthalite (grey-white); Coiquechaca, Bolivia. Frc.6. Eucairite (light grey) intimately intergrown...naumannite associated with penroseitefrom Colquechaca,Bolivia (Bannister & Hey, 1931 ,p.319) is probably...CusSezformed by pyrosynthesis. 19. Penroseite, Colquechaca, Bolivia. 20. Compound (Ni,Cu)Sez formed by pyrosynthesis...chalcopyrite. Clausthalite and penroscite, Colquechaca, Bolivia (ROM, M19163); fine grained interstitial... Penroseite- (Ni, Cu) Sez Penroseite, Colquechaca, Bolivia (ROM, M18460); massive ore specimen; botyroidal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 205 feet), Tocorpuri on the border of Chile and Bolivia is 6,873 meters (22,550 feet), and the highest...narrow to only 32 kilometers (20 miles), whereas in Bolivia they Dr. Terry C. Wallace is a professor of geosciences...09:23 14 October 2014 vivianites from Oruro, Bolivia; and fantastic pyrargyrites from Hauncavelica,...Pomerape (6,282 meters) on the border of Chile and Bolivia. These volcanoes, like hundreds of others in the...by one of the authors (TCW) and colleagues in Bolivia. in silicates and thus are quite viscous. This |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | );…1972larosite (Foster m.) 4 – Colquechaca (area) \(18°39`S, 66°01`W) (area), Potosi, Bolivia \\1926penroseite;…1978mandarinoite...13°20`E), Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany \\1829polybasite (Neuer Morgenstern m.);…1963arsenpolybasite...…1940montgomeryite 5 – Llallagua \(18°25`S, 66°38`W), Potosi, Bolivia \\1922vauxite (Siglo XX m.); …1982jeanbandyite...…1983lotharmeyerite (Mapimi) 4 – Pacajake \Colquechaca (18°39`S, 66°01`W), bolivia \\1926penroseite;…1978mandarinoite |  | | Book (edition) | | Chalcostibite II/E.04-10 462 Emplectite II/E.04-20 464 Polybasite II/E.05-50 466 Stephanite II/E.06-10 468 Proustite...(yellowish to blue grey anisotropy); Huallatani Mine, Bolivia [c]; Nic. + C Twinned skeletal bismuth (distinct...(dark grey); Dolores I Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Chile [a]; Nic. // Anhedral domeykite as fissure...(dark grey); Dolores I Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Chile [a]; Nic. // Domeykite (dark grey), safflorite...reflections); Dolores I Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Chile [a]; Nic. + 94 Domeykite A 60 μ C |  | | Book (edition) | | Sternbergite Tausonite Bournonite Eskebornite Polybasite Lenaite greyish distinct white with a creamy...internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach); XPL...grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL B Same sample as above:...(West Wits Line), Witwatersrand field, Gauteng Province, South Africa; PPL B Intergrowth of electrum (yellowish...Bleida, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco (sample: Goldmann/Oberthür); |  | | Report (volume) | | Mountains, Germany; Copiapo, Chile; and Colquechaca, Bolivia; and the pitchblende-bearing sulfide veins...absent. The Hiaco (Pacajake) silver mine near Colquechaca, Bolivia, and the silver-lead selenide vein at Cerro...minerales de Bolivia : Bilbao, Banco Minero de Bolivia y Corporacion Minera de Bolivia, p. 223-224. The...region, 25 kilometers east southeast of Colquechaca, Bolivia, was discovered in 1935. The deposit is...achavalite are described. At Sierra de Umango, La Rioja Province, umangite, klockmannite, eucairite, berzelianite |  | | Book | | Republic. Masses weighing several kg found in Bolivia (Tasna, Velaque) and Australia (Kingsgate, New...association with silver, proustite, pyrargyrite, polybasite, stephanite, galena and other minerals in Mexico...also found in several localities in Bolivia (Atoche, Colquechaca, Potosi). Crystal measuring 60 mm (24...(24 in) across is reported from Porco, Bolivia. Stromeyerite A gCuS ORTHORHOMBIC ••• Jalpaite Properties:...Colorado, USA (Aspen; Red Mountain), Chile (Copiap6), Bolivia (Potosi) and Canada (Cobalt, Ontario). Properties: |  | | Journal (issue) | | raised regarding the rarity of stephanite vs. polybasite (see previous article) and no clear answer is...presence of copper may have some bearing on whether polybasite forms since copper is often present in this chemically...mineral; however bear in mind that copper-free polybasite was documented in our previous article. Crystals...mentioned for silver, acanthite, pyrargyrite and polybasite. This suite of minerals shares a common low temperature...product. Sulfosalts often exhibit twinning - polybasite , proustite, and boumonite are some other examples; |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystal cluster, 7.3 cm, from near Bapu, Guangdong Province, China. Rob Lavinsky specimen, now in the Tom...Stewart D. Redwood Casilla 13385, La Paz, Bolivia Bolivia is fortunate to have had the lifetime services...country of Bolivia, he published numerous works on the geology and mineral deposits of Bolivia, many of...the first geological and mineral deposit maps of Bolivia. The mineral ahlfeldite, a hydrated nickel selenite...selenite discovered at the Pacajake mine in Bolivia, was named in his honor in 1935. Federico Ahlfeld was |  | | Book | | Republic. Masses weighing several kg found in Bolivia (Tasna, Velaque) and Australia (Kingsgate, New...association with silver, proustite, pyrargyrite, polybasite, stephanite. galena and other minerals in Mexico...also found in several localities in Bolivia (Atoche, Colquechaca, Potosi). Crystal measuring 60 mm (24...(24 in) across is reported from Porco. Bolivia. Stromeyerite AgCuS ORTHORHOMBIC • • • Jalpaite Properties:...Colorado, USA (Aspen; Red Mountain), Chile (Copiapo). Bolivia (Potosi) and Canada (Cobalt, Ontario). Properties: |  | | Report (volume) | | biotite or biotite-muscovite granite or, as in Bolivia, with shal-low-seated volcanic rocks such as quartz...major lode tin deposits of the world (those of Bolivia excepted) are o:f this type.2 Lodes are near or...Gerais, Brazil Rondonia-Tapajos, Brazil Tin belt, Bolivia lpameri, Goias, Brazil Encruzilhalda, Brazil Amapa...mineralogically complex and very rich deposits o£ Bolivia, where bonanza tin lodes also contain large amounts...enormous amounts of tin; one mine at Llallagua, Bolivia, produced over 500,000 tons (~lfeld, 1936). Disseminated |  | | Book | | geochemical tin provinces of the East Indies or Bolivia) force an answer in the terms of the second question...peculiar bornite occurrences in the Ookiep area, Cape Province, are on one hand typical transition deposits;... 16 T H E ORE MINERALS FIG. 9 8 X Colavi, Bolivia RAMDOHR Wolframite (hübnerite), in typical lath-shaped...more rapid (Schemnitz, the silver-tin ores of Bolivia). There is no lower temperature limit of hydrothermal...the other. The deposits are known mainly from Bolivia and are there of Tertiary age, but they were surely |  | | Book (edition) | | Artrocitc, Ivigtul cryolitc deposit. Ivittuut municipality. southwest Wi tgreenl Greenland. 73. 1492, ZK...Cobaltomenlte, Pacajakesilvcr mine,near Haicoand Colquechaca,Bolivia.48, 1183,BFCUNC7. 1-4, 54. 448-4S6, CM 12...Provvidenzakaolinquarry,Allumierc,Tolfa Mount district,Roma Province,Lazio,ltaly,NJMM 1976,40~17 (str.),AC 18, 249-252...NaB1OiOH),. mon., Tincalayu borax deposit, Salta Province, Argentina. 52, 935-945, 60, 879-883 (str.) D... Wilagedera iron orc prospcct.. •orth Western Province. Sri Lanka, CM 36. 905-912 .\lica group D Anapaite |  | | Report (issue) | | Honduras ; Mexico ; United States . 8 7 S. America : Bolivia ; Chile ; Colombia ; Peru . 1 2 6 WORLD MAP OF.... . . CentralAmerican States • SouthAmerica : Bolivia and Chile . . Argentina • . ...., Brazil . . ....(Dark-red silver ore) Stephanite (Brittle silver ore) Polybasite Tetrahedrite (Fahlore) • • • • • • • •...yields a globule of silver with sodium carbonate. Polybasite.—A sulphantimonite o f s i l v e r a n d copper...from the Afikfo district northwards into the Muri province. The silver content varies from traces up to 125 |  | | Book (volume) | | position. in the figure labeled 461 San Jose, Bolivia, for the brachydome v read w. insert superscript...5, for Black Forest read Odenwald. for Rhine Province read Westphalia. for in the Tirol read, Salzburg...Andacollo, near Coquimbo. In Hill, New South Wales. Bolivia there is a noted occurrence at Corococo, southwest...after cuprite; also after aragonite (Corocoro, Bolivia), azurite (Grant County, New Mexico), calcite,...a tributary of the Tura. The region is in the province of Perm, east of the crest of the Urals. This |
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