 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Conichalcite Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb Otjikoto Region, Namibia A n...but lacks sufficient crystal size is conichalcite. Conichalcite was first described from specimens obtained...meaning “powder,” and χαλκος, meaning “lime.” Conichalcite is a member of the adelite-descloizite group...zinc-rich variety of conichalcite. Higginsite is a vanadiumbearing variety of conichalcite. Barthite is described...described later in the column. Conichalcite is orthorhombic with point group 222. It rarely occurs as well-defined |  | | Report (issue) | | San Juan, Chile; H2 O by difference. (2) Dome Rock mine, Australia; by electron microprobe, H2 O by difference;...brochantite, geminite (Cap Garonne mine, France); cuprian adamite, conichalcite, o’danielite, tsumcorite...Salterton, Devon; in the Cligga mine, Perranzabuloe, and the Pentireglaze mine, Cornwall. From Bunmahon, Co...Scotland. In France, from the Cap Garonne mine, near le Pradet, Var, and at the Salsigne mine, 15 km north...the Arhbar (Aghbar) mine, Bou Azzer district, Morocco. In Chile, at the Blanca mine, San Juan, Freirina |  | | Report (issue) | | of hydrothermal copper deposits. Association: Conichalcite, clinoclase, tyrolite, cornetite, cornwallite...localities. In England, from Cornwall, at the Carharrack mine, Wheals Gorland, Unity, and others in Gwennap, Linkinhorne...Tavistock, Devon. From the Cap Garonne mine, near le Pradet, Var, France. In the Clara Mine, near Oberwolfach...Forest, Germany. At the Kamariza mine, Laurium, Greece. From the Touissit mine, near Oujda, Morocco. Large...Tintic district, Juab Co., Utah; at the Majuba Hill mine, Antelope district, Pershing Co., Nevada. In Chile |  | | Journal (issue) | | 21 Bakewell Rock Swap Allan Winrow 23 Levant Mine Trevor Wolloxall 24 Smallcleugh, Melanterite Steve...Steve Uttley 27 Micro Minerals from Dyfngwm Mine S. &D. Rust 28 Mineral News Keith Hammond 32 FRONT...section has been included, whats new, recent finds/mine closures/new mines etc. . . . . . . . . . . . ....Cobham, Su,roy. T1l1phon1; Cobham (0932)62340 Cap Garonne Secondary Copper and Lead W.R. van den Berg Mineralogically...Mineralogically, the mines of Cap Garonne have been well known in Europe for a long time. The recent |  | | Report (issue) | | lavendulan, tyrolite, spangolite, austinite, conichalcite, brochantite, azurite, malachite. Distribution:...Carpenter, Gwinear, and other mines; in the Potts Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. From Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines...Haut-Rhin, and at the Cap Garonne mine, near le Pradet, Var, France. In the Clara Mine, near Oberwolfach...crystallized at the Gold Hill mine, Tooele Co., Utah; at the Majuba Hill mine, Antelope district, Pershing...Pershing Co., Nevada. From the Guerra al Tirano mine, Guazapares, Chihuahua, Mexico. In Australia, at Broken |  | | Report (issue) | | 16.994(32) Z=3 X-ray Powder Pattern: Grand Reef mine, Arizona, USA. 5.87 (100), 3.054 (97), 3.61 (45)...33.08 6.45 Total [100.00] 100.01 (1) Horn Silver mine, Utah, USA; recalculated after deduction of 10.05%...Al0.54 )Σ=3.08 (SO4 )2.00 (OH)6 . (2) Grand Reef mine, Arizona, USA; by electron microprobe, average of...of Pb–Cu deposits. Association: Olivenite, conichalcite, duftite, beudantite, osarizawaite, hidalgoite...Horn Silver mine, near Frisco, San Francisco district, Beaver Co., at the Centennial Alta mine, Little Cottonwood |  | | Report (issue) | | 17.23–17.25 Z=3 X-ray Powder Pattern: Osarizawa mine, Japan. 3.00 (100), 5.79 (70), 3.52 (60), 2.87 (60)...8.73 Total [100.00] 99.98 100.00 (1) Osarizawa mine, Japan; H2 O by TGA; recalculated to 100% from an...bindheimite, conichalcite, olivenite, quartz, clay, goethite. Distribution: From the Osarizawa copper mine, Kazuno...Western Australia. At the Tui mine, Mt. Te Aroha, New Zealand. In the Ortiz mine, Capillitas, Catamarca Province...Herminia mine, Sierra Gorda district, southwest of Calama, Antofagasta, and in the El Indio mine, El Indio-Tambo |  | | Report (issue) | | Association: Olivenite, cornwallite, cornubite, conichalcite. Distribution: In England, from Cornwall, at...United mines, and others, Gwennap, in the Providence mine, Lelant, at Wheal Hazard, St. Just; from the Bedford... and the Cap Garonne mine, near le Pradet, Var, France. From the Altväter samt Eschig mine, near Sayda...Sayda, Saxony; in the Neues Jahr mine, near Freudenstadt, and the Clara mine, near Oberwolfach, Black Forest...Forest, Germany. At the Santa Lucia mine, near Muravera, Sardinia, Italy. From Novoveská Huta, Slovakia |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2). The mineral occurs at the Cap Garonne mine near Pradet, Var, France, with metazeunerite,atacamite..._mineralfrom rhe Cap Gar_onne Al,O3 0.13 (0.02-0.30),AsrO, 4g.66 (4g.3g_4g.90),HrO mine near k Pradet,var, France...tennantite, scorodite,conichalcite,beudantite, and schneiderhohniteat the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Type...chalcopyrite and tetrahedrite at the former Reinera mine, Lubietov6, near Bansk6 Bystrica, Slovakia.The new...9"in obtuseangleB. Single-crystal from the U.S. mine, Tooele County, Utah. Mineraleral : : 11.748(4) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Library] at 03:41 01 August 2012 Olivenite TSUMEB MINE, TSUMEB, OSHIKOTO REGION, NAMIBIA H ydrothermal...specimen of olivenite from the worldfamous Tsumeb mine in Namibia, where attempts at specimen mining have...secondary copper assemblages from the Black Pine mine in the Phillipsburg area of Granite County (Waisman...and Gibbs 1983; Anthony et al. 1995). At the 79 mine in Gila County, olivenite occurs as small, olive-green...brochantite and anglesite (Keith 1972). At the Grandview mine, Coconino County, small prismatic olivenite crystals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ADAMITE FROM THE OJUELA MINE, MAPIMI, MEXICO* Menv E. MnosBl wrrn Norns oN rHE Occunnpwce sv Dew E...corrposition is described from a new locality, the Oiuela mine at Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. A chemical analysis...Gold Hill, Utah, cobaltian material from Cap Garonne, France, and Tsumeb, Africa, and with cuprian material...Rem. is SiO2.3. Cap Garonne,France (cuprianadamite).Pisani (1870).4. Cap Garonne,France (cobaltian adamite)...this occurs in some related minerals, notably conichalcite, CaCu(AsOa)(OH).The analyses showing the maximum |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | together with arsenocrandalite, arsenogoyazite, conichalcite, olivenite, philipsbornite, azurite, malachite...goethite, quartz, and allophane at the Christina Mine No. 132, Kamareza, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture...which was found by Harry Sniaschek at the Christina Mine No. 132, Kamareza, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture...sulfide–quartz veins. Arsenocrandalite, arsenogoyazite, conichalcite, olivenite, philipsbornite, azurite, malachite... Sarp, “Zdenekite, a New Mineral from the Cap Garonne Mine,” Eur. J. Mineral. 7, 553– 558 (1995). 2. |  | | Book | | de la Société de GRANDMAISON Minéralogie de France BERGERAC Imprimerie Générale du Sud-Ouest 1906...sentiment le nom de de Société de Miné- spéciales et des rents nombreux ses années, le goût ...GRANDMAISON, Clairat, BERGERAC 23 (Dordogne) Dans le but d’assurer l’avenir de cette de de l’âge son...de la edad ragione the his advanced age, suo le di questa collezione proprietario, condizioni...de: plomb, zinc, nickel, cuivre, etc. Dans dont le volume empêchait des etc. se trou- d’être con- |  | | Catalog/List | | BASICLIST OFROCKS AIIDli MERALS lfo 68 1;~ e 2 ail le, ERP.OP ir, the Ia~t. (a~al gue nt>vAn,;!• i: Jr~...vitreous brownish icro plate on Sandine (arro~ed).(le Tre Croci Vetralla Italy) lxlins E4.50 498 ZEKANNITE...Attractive blue masses in and on pink BÅRYTES.(BlairLogie Mine, n~ar Stirling, Scotland) lxl El. 50 202 COPPER...Arsenate good green crust on Quartzite (Cap Garonne, Var, France) lxl El lx2 E2 .. • • • 210 MIXITE...other Cu minerals on matrix. (30'level Gold Hill Mine Utah USA) lem E4 309 PLANCHEITE Cu/8 Si/8 0/22 pure |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Ito, 1957).Bayldonitehas also been found in France: Verriere, Ardillats, R6he, Rebasse,Ceilhes, Herault...Herault (Guillemin, 1956);England: uranium mine, Grampound Road, Cornwall (Guillemin, 1956);and the USSR...Guillemin (1956),using X-ray methodson a samplefrom Cap Garonne. The parametersof the unit cell are:a : 5.03+0...bands are present in the spectra ofolivenite and conichalcite (Sumin de Portilla, 1974), and,euchroite and...atom is in octahedral coordination whereas in conichalcite this band occurs at 575 cm-|, with Cu in tetrahedral |  | | Journal (issue) | | timer's report 1/3/10 Rare minerals at the Sweet Home mine, Park County, CO 8 Platinum and related minerals...Sailauf im spessart (Teil 2) 39 Due Stiepelmann'sche Mine in Namibia (vervalsingen !) 40-57 Das Tujetsch (CH)...42-45 La yugawaralite 48-50 Le coin du prospecteur : préparation des minéraus : le décapage des oxydes de...MINERALCOLOR 2004, 09.04 Themanummer : Quenast * LE REGNE MINERAL #59, 10.04 5-28 On a marché sur l'Oural... Cornwalliet-aggregaatjes op bayldoniet. Penberthy Croft Mine, St.Hilary, Cornwall, Groot-Brittannië. Veldbreedte |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | clinoclase, adamite, legrandite, euchroite, duftite, conichalcite, austinite, bayldonite, and schultenite at 298...from a number of sources. Natural samples of conichalcite (BM 1977, 46) from Tsumeb, Namibia, cornubite...adamite from the Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Mexico, and clinoclase from the Majuba Hill mine, Nevada, USA, were...duftite PbCuAsO4(OH) 6 1.97(5) -961.1 • 0.6 conichalcite CaCuAsO4(OH ) 9 1.29(33) -1471.7 + 3.3...the reverse is true for material from Potts Gill mine, Cumberland (Claringbull et al., 1959). Cornwallite |  | | Book | | Canada (16), People's Republic of China (11), and France (10). These numbers do not necessarily reflect...of a Russian mineral). However, in the case of France, the majority of the ten species were described...Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile Czech Republic Finland France Germany Greece India Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan...(trigonal) HBaAl 3 (AsOJ 2 (0H) 6 Locality: The Clara mine, near Oberwolfach, in the middle Black Forest, Germany...)(CO 3 )s(OH) 2 ·1.SH2 O Locality: T he Kamoto East mine, District ofKolwezi, southern Shaba, Zafre (Lat |  | | Catalog/List | | pinkish fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4...guite rich black masses in matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH UNUSUAL...CO/3 0 Quite rich yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins...MINERAL !I dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 up to 1.5cm £7 |  | | Report (issue) | | \ \I Cover: The De Wet Shaft, Tsumeb mine (photograph by Dr Gabi Schneider, Geological Survey of Namibia)...Heliodor(e) Tantalo-columbite Pietersite Table le: List of type-mineral/mineral names from 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia...Schwab Orleans, France Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook...FLUORITE crystal group, 8.1 cm, from the Shangbao mine, H unan, China. Collector's Edge Minerals specimen;...color, and give a historical background for each mine or mining venture. These catalogs, still available...Cand M inerals M inerals Am erica Alain Carion - France Nevada M ineral & Book Co. Chinese M inerals |  | | Catalog/List | | Greenish , sparse, acicular micros in Penbenhy Croft Mine, St cavities in quartz_________________ Hilary Cornwall... Rich white crusts on matrix. ALAMOSITE Rawhide Mine, Mohave Ixl £9 'A x A £3 1 xA Pb SiO/3_____________...Feldspar_____________ Black areas in actinolite Basinas Mine Sweden 1x1 £1.20 ALLANITE 9 Ce Y Fe SiO__________...grey masses with possible Alstonite Fallowfield mine, ALSTONITE 13 Hexham.Northumberland micros.____...80 Ce Sr CO/3_______________ Glomcl. Brittany, France Rich pinkish mass in dark grey hornfels. 52 ANDALUSITE |  | | Catalog/List | | Greenish, sparse, acicular micros in Penberthy Croft Mine, St 1cm £4 s AGARDITE Y Ca Cu As_O_O_H_____c_a_v_iti_e'-s-'in'-'-...215 69 3 11 Rich white crusts on matrix. Rawhide Mine, Mohave ½x½£3 _P_b_S_iO_13 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...Hornblende ALLANITE Black areas in actinolite Bastnas Mine Sweden lxl £1.20 CeYFeSiO Quite attractive blue-grey...Grey veins in and on matrix, some with Fallowfield mine, Ix½ ALSTONITE BaCaCO/3 Alstonite micros. Hexharn...Rich pinkish fine grained mass in calcite Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Ix½ £2.50 lxl £4 ANCYLITECe CeSr |  | | Catalog/List | | Ca Y Al Fe SiO ALLANITE Ce ♦ Crystalli ne nodu le that fonned on tin ingots on a ship wreck in 1885... x i £5 Rich wh ite crusts on matrix. Rawhide Mine, Moh ave County, ½ x ½ Arizona, U.S.A £3 Kragero...Bastnas Mine Sweden Jx2 £6 2 x2 £1.20 2x2 £1 2 Ix ! £4 l x2 £8 New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon...Ravalli Co unty, Montana U.S.A Glomel. Brittany, France I x½ £2.50 l x2 6 0p variety YIRIDI NE (Mangan...Raphael. France 2x2 £3 2x3 £5 3x4 £8 l x2 £8 2x2 £ 16 2x3 £25 l x l £3 San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia |  | | Book (edition) | | Chakhmouradian (Canada), Pierre-Jacques Chiappero (France). G. Daxner (Austria). M. Dcliens (Belgium). Giancarlo...(ltaly). Stefano Merlino (ltaly), Yves Mo!:lo (France), E.11. ickcl (Australia), Milan Novåk (Czech Republic)...(ltaly). Werner H. Paar (Austria). Gian Carlo Parodi (France). Marco Pa ero (ltaly). Igor Pekov (Russia), atale...(Japan), William B. Simmons (USA). C.J. Stanley (UK). France ca Stasi (ltaly). Tony Steede (Canada). Ricardo...Abernathyitc, K[(UO 2 )(AsO,)](HP) 3, tet., Fumerole No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain. on the southeast flank of the |
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Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Toulon, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France