| | Book | GJI7 i * ; :,i i ' 1 Bart Cannon I # *'/ * %. test?,, # - : / ,-M A\ 3— . / / - s% r»...and Illustrated by Bart Cannon 1975 CORD ILLERAN Mercer Island, Washington Lilli liliiiLt' 111? KLi-KlLLLIlrVlIlI...KLi-KlLLLIlrVlIlI Copyright © 1975 by Bart Cannon. All rights reserved. frorn the author. No part of...Cordilleran 18 Holly Hill Drive Mercer Island, Washington 98040 COVER ILLUSTRATION: Amethyst scepter heads...milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A. Maykut | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | New York City, New York County, New York State T he minerals of the garnet group represent some of the...deposits. In fact, in some types of economic deposits, garnet constitutes an important gangue mineral, and such...America’s largest hard-rock garnet mines within its borders, a famous New York garnet specimen has been chosen...this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice piece. Moreover, garnet was designated as New York’s official state gemstone...Almandine is one of fifteen minerals in the garnet group, each member of which is defined by its pure | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Featured Mineral Group at the 1993 Tucson Show Downloaded by [Virginia Tech Libraries] at 03:28 25 February...February 2015 GARNET PETER J. MODRESKI U.S. Geological Survey Box 25046, MS 905, Federal Center Denver...cdorado 80225 THE GARNETS ARE A COMMON but complex group of minerals. They are perhaps the mineral kingdom’s...as a separate and distinct mineral species. In garnet, we deal not with just a single series between...plagioclase series), but rather with a complex group of solid-solution series between as many as fourteen | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu GROSSULAR Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources...important group of these minerals makes collectors sit up and take notice. The garnet group has great...stones looked like glowing coals. The Romans called garnet carbunculus (from the Latin meaning “little charcoal”)...and color (Gilg 2008). The first use of the name garnet was by Albrecht von Bollstädt (1193–1280), who...pomegranate that garnet resembles (Galoisy 2013). There are also a few myths associated with garnet, some of | | | Report (issue) | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Box Elder County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cache County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | | Journal (issue) | National Mineral Collection. Photo: Chip Clark. garnet on muscovite Mineral of the Month Spessartine...spessartine can’t seem to keep a name. This member of the garnet family was always known from the Spessart Mountains...manganese ore”) in 1797. The name became “manganesian garnet” in 1823 before François Sulpice Beudant, in 1832...part of the Garnet Group, spessartine shares elements with a spectrum of others in the group, such as pyrope...mixture of pyrope and spessartine called Malaya garnet (an unofficial name), from Tanzania and Kenya, | | | Book | ....243 APPENDIX II: MINERAL SPECIES LISTED BY COUNTY ...............................248 ABOUT THE AUTHORS...Gogebic, Ontonagon, Houghton, and Keweenaw Counties GROUP Iron and Dickinson Counties Jacobsville Sandstone...Sandstone ---------------------------- Oronto Group a.. 3: co w C: _J 0 0 Marquette Iron District...Formation ---------------------------- Powdermill Group Bessemer Quartzite Peavy Pond Complex ------...-------------------------- t) co ll:'. ll:'. <( Menominee Group ~ ~ E Emperor Volcanic Complex ------------ | | | Book (volume) | amethyst (left, upper group) which measures about 25 mm (1 in.) across. TOP GROUP. Green fluorite (121... Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet (16.62 ct), Ramona, California; deep red cushion...(25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...gold. The necklace is 45 cm (18 in.) long. BOTTOM GROUP. Deep, spinel red oligoclase feldspar (5.04 ct) | | | Report (issue) | (CaBSiO4OH) vesicle filling from a basaltic Houghton County lava flow. Small specks of native copper occur... the 1845 discovery of the Cliff Mine ( first in the world to mine native copper as its sole product)...exceptionally fine, twinned analcite crystals from Houghton County ························-··-······-··-········...····· 41 2. Ankerite on siderite from Alpena County ···-··············-··················· 46 3....stalactitic limonite from Negaunee in Marquette County .............................................. | | | Report (issue) | Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. 2 NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL...Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C. Two other important sources were used...Trans.-American Geophysical Union Transactions. Washington, D. C. Am. Jour. Sci.-American Journal of Science...Bull.-Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin. Washington, D.C. Calif. Inst. Technology Thesis-California... Chem.-Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. Washington, D. C. Internat. Boundary and Water Commission | | | Book (volume) | amethyst (left, upper group) which measures about 25 mm (I in.) across. TOP GROUP. Green fluorite (121... Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet ( 16.62 et), Ramona, California; deep red cushion...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...gold. The necklace is 45 cm (18 in.) long. BOTTOM GROUP. Deep, spine! red oligoclase feldspar (5.04 et)...operators, Morefield Mine, Amelia, VA; Max & Suzy Berchtold, Royal Rainbow Mine, Laytonville, CA; Ralph | | Ramkissoon, Nisha K., Pearson, Victoria K., Schwenzer, Susanne P., Schröder, Christian, Kirnbauer, Thomas, Wood, Deborah, Seidel, Robert G.W., Miller, Michael A., Olsson-Francis, Karen (2019) New simulants for martian regolith: Controlling iron variability. Planetary and Space Science, 179. 104722 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2019.104722 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX, 78238, USA b c A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Keywords:...spacecraft data, for example Y-Mars and MGS-1. Y-Mars (Stevens et al., 2018) was designed to replicate the Sheepbed...mudstone and Fe2þ/Fe3þ ratio are unclear. MGS-1 (Cannon et al., 2019) was designed to replicate the Rocknest...B€ ottger et al., 2012), Y-Mars (Stevens et al., 2018), MGS-1 (Cannon et al., 2019) and simulants designed...Shergottites are the youngest and least altered group of martian meteorites, and therefore more representative | | | Report (issue) | Commission UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON: 1964 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 CONTENTS Page Abstract-------...Middle Ordovician)______________________________ Swan Peak formation (Middle Ordovician)_____ Fish Haven dolomite...__________________________ _ 74 Older volcanic group _____ --_---_---,..---75 General features ______...________________ :.._·:.._ , 85 Younger volcanic group ___ _: __________ :.::~-·.· · 86 · '86 General | | | Book (volume) | Alleghenies, culminate in Harney Peak in southern Pennington Co. At 7,242’ this peak is the highest point in America...artesian, Rocky Mountain snow melt water. Harney Peak is the crest of the geologically notable granite...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...Section, covering a somewhat larger area around Harney Peak. The northern section is characterized by vein deposits...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm | | | Report (volume) | Index UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1965 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402. Price $10.75 per set of four volumes...P., 15. California, Barstow quadrangle: Trenton group, Ordovician: Bowen, O. E., Jr. , 5. Clark, T. H...4. also Limestone; Dolomite; Western, Claiborne group: Miss. Phosphate. Geol. Soc., 2. California: Calif...described. Div. Mines, 1; Jenkins, O. P., Choctaw County, Highway 17 area: 3. Toulmin, L. D., Jr., 3. Minor: | | | Journal (issue) | page 5) In this issue … Datolite nodule Quincy Mine, Michigan Source: Brandes (2019). Photo: Paul T...although it often occurs with minerals of the Zeolite Group. It can form lustrous crystals or attractive masses...at ti.meredith@aol.com. Formation The Zeolite Group of minerals, along with datolite, forms during hydrothermal...2019 Datolite crystal from Prospect Park, Passaic County, NJ. Photo: Bob Cooke. 2 vugs in the basalt...pseudomorph after anhydrite, Prospect Park, Passaic County, NJ. Photo: Bob Cooke. Initially, datolite nodules | | Collins, Donley S., Cobban, Robert R., Foord, Eugene E., Murphy, Jack A. (1989) Bibliography for update and revision of U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado -- a 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel, Part A - Paper copy --Bibliography data file disks. Open-File Report Vol. 1989 (89-206) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr89206a | Report (issue) | Beryllium deposits of the Mount Antero region, Chaffee County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Trace Element...Beryllium deposits of the Mount Antero region, Chaffee County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 982-D...1974, Murataite, a new complex oxide from El Paso County, Colorado: American Mineralogist, v. 59, nos. 1-2...Gate Canyon and Ralston Creek areas, Jefferson County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 320...and Havens, R. G., 1962, Thalenite from Teller County, Colorado, Art. 121 in Geological Survey Research | | | Book (edition) | . . MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO xii Helen L. Cannon (1952) The effect of uranium-vanadium deposits... H. Cannon L. (1953) Geobotanical reconnaissance near Grants, New Mexico. H. L. Cannon and W....prospecting for uranium on La Ventana Mesa, Sandoval County, New Mexico. .,3d ed. H. C. Dake (1953) The uranium...and the counare arranged alphabetically; within a county the districts are also given in alphabetical order...camps, and synonyms, together with the name of the county in which the district is located. In perusing the | | | Journal (issue) | Spigai* Introduction Coastal rivers of Oregon, Washington, and northern California are the primary suppliers...percent E o u - E ~..2 MINERAL Amphibole Group Actinolite- Tremolite 4 4 3 T J lJ uu II B...4 3 T T T 1 1 T Z 18 1 4 Apatite Epidote Group Clinozoisite Epidote 9 18 Z5 34 31 Z8 47 66 75...41 I 2 5 Garnet Group Clear Pink Salmon Kyanite Monazite Olivine Group Pyroxene Group Orthopyroxen...bottom of the table Columbia Mineral AMPHIBOLE GROUP River Basin North Coast Basin Umpqua and Mid-Coast | | | Journal (issue) | et al. was said to have originated in the Wessel mine near Hotazel by Karuman, N. Cape Province, S. Africa...the mining family washing the gravel. Fig. 5. A group of gem (?) vendors at Khau Ploy Waen, near Chantaburi...Refractive Indices Higher than 1.81 YAG Demantoid Garnet Zircon (High) Sphene GGG Cubic Zirconia Strontium...amazonite and oligoclase, also gaylussite. The garnet group is represented by almandines, which are found...Tourmaline mine (yellow-green, rose-red, yellow and colourless tourmaline), the Otjimbingwe mine (red and | | | Journal (issue) | Geology of Natural Bridge In this issue … Tsumeb Mine, Namibia Source: Wikipedia. Photo: Rob Lavinsky...................... p. 10 Profile of the Tsumeb Mine, Namibia ............. p. 11 Island arcs: How do...lead carbonate mineral, a member of the Aragonite Group. It is found in oxidized zones of lead and polymetallic...protection—remember the last time you had an x-ray? The Tsumeb Mine in Namibia produced a large quantity of fine cerussite...oxidized ore zones. The upper levels of the Broken Hill Mine in Australia also produced excellent specimens. | | | Report (volume) | 1785-1918 BY JOHN M. NICKLES PART ll. INDEX WASHINGTON QOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1924 For sale by...anonymous papers, placed at the end of Part I Co. county cos. · counties CORPORATE AUTHORS. Am G American...Geological Survey Wash Ac Sc Washington Academy of Science Wash G S Washington Geological Survey Wis G S...95; Prouty, 09, 12; Smith (E A), 76a; Labausage mine: Evans (A W), 09. Raccoon Mountain field: Gibson...Mountain: Aldrich (jr), 08 Talladega Co., Gold Log mine: Bastin, 16a Granites: Watson, 10 Iron: Chauvenet | | | Journal (issue) | extraordinary George Frederick Kunz ...... p. 12 Black Rock Mine, South Africa EFMLS: Annual business meeting .... Botryoidal hematite from the Red Mountain Mine, Augusta County, VA. Photo: Bob Cooke. Hematite rose on...ore extracted at the Carajás Mine in Brazil, the world’s largest iron mine, with deforestation as a significant...above the unweathered hematite is the easiest ore to mine. The site is so large that it can readily be identified...also called rainbow hematite, came from the Andrade Mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil, in the 1990s. This brittle | | | Book (edition) | or a vein of massive pyrite and chalcopyrite in a mine, so references such as these were not included....for a particular mineral may be a certain mine, but that mine may now have a new name, or may now be a...there may be others. The biggest problems are with mine names and occasional1y mining district names. Mining...come from one ore zone, but not others. So if the mine is still operating, some of the minerals may not...310 Z . Zinnwald ite - Zoisile / 3 11 Appendix I County Index / 3 17 Appendix n Bibliography / 323 Part | | | Book (edition) | from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...price increases, which make it more attractive to mine domestic deposits at a profit. Foreign labor is...Brannock, C. C. Branson, Paul L. Broughton,J. L. Cannon, Gary Christopher, Sharon Cisneros, J. H. Cornwall...Opal. II 68 IMPORT ANT GEMSTONES The Feldspar Group, Spodumene, Tourmaline, Sodalite, Olivine (Peridot)...Jadeite), Rhodonite, ldocrase (V esuvianite), The Garnet Group. 199 246 III QUARTZ FAMILY GEMSTONES IV RARE |
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