 | | Journal (issue) | | Number 5 The JllilpillaB Jlline Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico .............................................with malachite, 5.4 cm, from the Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico. Fine Minerals International specimen;...the mines and minerals of Mexico is devoted entirely to the Milpillas mine, a relatively new locality...quantities. We published a preliminary report on the mine by Tom Moore and Marcus Origlieri back in 2008,...specimens; they visited Milpillas and went underground with the miners. Since the mine has now shut down permanently |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | Graham Sutton 4 5 CONTENTS 08 20 22 24 36 6 Milpillas Encore By Peter Megaw and Evan Jones Mineral...Future of Mineral Collecting By Tama Higuchi MILPILLAS ENCORE By Peter Megaw and Evan Jones W eâve...10 cm, Rosette Pocket, 1100 level, Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico. Unique Minerals specimen. and the...phenomenal specimens that poured from the Milpillas Mine in Sonora, Mexico from 2006-2021. These finds reset...malachite pseudomorphs after azurite, brochantite, volborthite and olivenite-and a host of accessory species |  | | Journal (issue) | | cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...custom jewelry. Wulfenite, 5.4 cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn...(hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected in 1958;...pseudomorph after azurite, 4 cm, from the Inspiration mine, Globe-Miami district, Gila County, Arizona. Ken...Cerussite twins on matrix, 6.5 cm, from the Grand Reef mine, Aravaipa district, Graham County, Arizona. Ken |  | | Report (issue) | | specimens of pyromorphite from the Bou Iboulkhir mine, Moulay Bouazza, KhĂ©nifra, MeknĂšs-Tafilalt region:...==ï„ Pyromorphite, 4 cm, from the Bou Iboulkhir mine, Moulay Bouazza, KhĂ©nifra, MeknĂšs-Tafilalet region...=====ï„ Co-rich calcite, 6 cm, from the Agoudal mine, Bou Azzer, Morocco. Mch Minerals specimen and photo...acanthite from the Imiter mine, concerning which John writes the following: The Imiter mine in Morocco has produced...of the finest specimens of acanthite known. This mine is nearing its end, and no new specimens have come |  | | Journal (issue) | | row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the GachalĂĄ mine, GuaviĂł-GuatĂ©que mining district, BoyacĂĄ Department...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The...Spodumene (variety kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, GalilĂ©ia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler...the Musonoi mine, Zaire (#950). Jerry Cone photo. Adamite, 5-mm view, from the Mohawk mine, San Bernardino |  | | Journal (issue) | | KHURSHEED DINSHAW NEVADA PATENT MINE 34 United Statesâ only active azurite mine. STUART âTATEâ WILSON Regular...Azuritecredit) with Malachite,. (photo Milpillas Mine, Mexico : ARKENSTONE specimen now in the Jeff Kremer...of Tiffany Stone are no longer available from the mine at Delta Utah, even though the beryl content is... Mexican miners working underground at Ojuela mine circa 1908. Note safety equipment of the day. IMAGE...have Mexico become a reliable source of mineral specimen wealth â and periodic surprises. Mexico is a |  | | Journal (issue) | | Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...Alaska, ca. 1906. She organized her own company to mine the garnets, and may have distributed thousands...that men would be hired as laborers to work the mine and help develop it, but that no men would be involved...SeptemberâOctober, 2019 7 HISTORY had declined and the mine was sold. Today it is formally owned by âthe children...time collection,â he said, âcollected by a former mine superintendent over a period of many years. Nearly |  | | Report (issue) | | describes his recent visits to a small former fluorite mine 2.5 kilometers north of the village of Mihalkovo...border with Greece. Until its closure in 1994 this mine produced fluorite for industrial uses, and, it seems...and sphalerite after calcite, from the Broken Hill mine, Aggeneys, Northern Cape Province, South Africa...epimorphs after calcite, 14.2 cm, from the Broken Hill mine, Aggeneys, Northern Cape Province, South Africa...Gegentrum mine, Frohnau, Annaberg district. Fluorite, 8 cm, from the Bergsmannisch GlĂŒck Gegentrum mine, Frohnau |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystal with calcite, 6.5 cm, from the Cosq uez mine, Colombia; found in 1998. Scott Rudolph collection............................................... 22 Mine Exploitation (or not) Today ......................Detail of the area marked by the rectangle, showing Santa Fe de Bogota (lower right) and "Musos" (Muzo) about...occurrences (abandoned), The Nemoc6n mine is primarily a salt mine refitted as a tourist attraction; it...(including the La Chapa, Camancha, Alumbral, Guincha, Santa Barbara, El Chulo and Yacopi), and in the Eastern |  | | Journal (issue) | | Voynick THE WORLDâS FINEST AZURITES Part II: The Milpillas mine has its pockets full of fine crystals. By Bob...area around Zumpango del Rio, Amatlan, Guerro, Mexico. (Jeff Scovil photo/ University of Arizona collection)...shattuckite (basic copper silicate), after the Shattuck mine in Bisbee, Arizona; and the qualifications of minerals...crystalline nate), after Mexicoâs historic Ojuela mine; and tsumebite, structure because it is a liquid...historically considered to be after Namibiaâs famed Tsumeb mine. About 14% of minerals are named for their chemistry |  | | Journal (issue) | | AZURITES 16 Part I: Electric blues from the Milpillas mine. By Bob Jones 16 PREHISTORIC TEXAS Lubbock...others, at an auction. I was told it was taken from a mine in Alaska called Aurora Borealis in the â60s. I...on, there is an old mine adit bored into a sheer rock wall. Beyond the old mine, there are spectacular...from the Milpillas Mine T Story by Bob Jones he azurite specimens recently mined in Mexico are the...azurite. But this recent source of azurite, the Milpillas mine near Cuitaca, about 25 miles south of the Arizona |  | | Journal (issue) | | many exceptional pockets have been discovered. The mine is renowned for the diversity of colors and habits...One of the most remarkable pockets found at the mine was the Afghan Pocket, collected in 2001; it did...cmâ Continued on page 6 Pederneira Mine (Brazil) The Pederneira Mine is one of the most important sources...crystals on matrix are the signature specimens for this mine. Associated Photographer: Jeff Scovil (USA) Topaz...find: J. Elliot photo. Gypsum; 10 cm; Naica, Mexico. K. & C. Graeber specimen. J. Scovil photo. A |  | | Journal (issue) | | M ontreal Mine! L L The Mineralogical Record MAYâJUNE 2020 âą VOLUME 51 âą NUMBER 3 âą $25 & Wayne...gemgypsy@bellsouth.net MAYâJUNE 2020 Articles The Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin ........................... 487 COVER: BARITE, 6.5 cm, from the Montreal mine. David and Karen DeBruin collection, ex Muscatine...crystals to 1.6 cm on vesuvianite from the Crazy Sphinx mine, Helena District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana...world-class realgar specimens from the Royal Reward mine, Green River Gorge, King County, Washington. The |  | | Journal (issue) | | com | w w w. FineMineral.com Malachite Shilu Mine, Brazil 21.5 cm CRYSTAL CLASSICS FINE MINERALS... Mimetite | Endeavor Mine, Australia 10.2 x 5.0 x 2.2cm Rhodonite | Chiurucu Mine, Peru 7.1 x 6.2 x 5... volume 50, MayâJune, 2019 Gold | Eagleâs Nest Mine, USA 11.0 x 8.5 x 2.0cm 239 Azurite and Cerussite... Figure 4. Aerial view of the Sosedka pegmatite mine and associated dump areas in 2018. Radoslav Zampach...Essentially, we traveled to Malkhan every 252 time a mine operator signaled us that a significant pocket was |  | | Journal (issue) | | EUCLASE with Albite, 11.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Muzo District, Boyaca Department, Colombia. See...DENVER MART EXPO HALL ROOMJ53 BARITE 20.3 CM XIEFANG MINE , GANZHOU PREFECTURE , JIANGXI PROVINCE , CHINA...1751 was funded mainly by donations from wealthy mine owners and from simple mining families. Modem times...when the area was also being referred to as Bana ("Mine"), and in 1228 when the name Argentifodina ("Silver...runoff from the mine dumps); this was later combined with the word Banska meaning "mine." The name Banska |  | | Journal (issue) | | M. Gressm an tgressman@comcast.n et The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic...COVER: METATORBERNITE, 6.6 cm, from the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Democratic Republic of the Congo...and on the best grossular garnets from the Jeffrey mine (2015). The Yukon Territory has been one of Rod's...west of the Mackenzie River Delta. The Nanisivik mine on Baffin Island was another prolific locality pioneered...Nanisivik mine, at Rapid Creek in the Yukon, at the El Bonanza mine, at the Society Girl mine, and at Emerald |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystals on matrix, 17.2 cm, from the NâChwaning I mine, collected in 1978. Private collection and photographer...Show and Riverpark Inn Rhodochrosite, Sweet Home Mine, USA, 10 cm Photo: Malte Sickinger MARCUS BUDIL...budil-minerals.com Chrysocolla on Malachite Mashamba West Mine Democratic Republic of Congo 26 cm - Joe Budd Photo...mineral shows worldwide! Rhodochrosite - Sweet Home Mine, Colorado - 13cm | Brazilianite - Minas Gerais,...from the Hotazel mine emerged onto the international market. The NâChwaning I mine, opened in 1972, yielded |  | | Book | | Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the...Oblast. Alpine-type clefts in the famous Dodo quartz mine commonly contain ilmenite, occurring as lustrous...ilmenite crystals as described here for the Dodo mine. In general, ilmenite crystals from the Subpolar |  | | Journal (issue) | | net NOVEMBERâDECEMBER 2022 Articles The Laohuan mine, Goncheng, Zhuang, Guangxi, China.................yellow pyromoprhite crystals, 9 cm, from the Laohuan mine, Gongcheng County, Guangxi, China. Federico Pezzotta...w w.FineMineral.com Copper Pearl Handle Pit Ray Mine, Arizona 13 cm Copper has been an essential metal...ability to form sharp crystals, examples from the Ray Mine are among the finest in the world. This beautifully...OF FINE AND RARE MINERAL SPECIMENS The Laohuan Mine G0ngcheng, Zhuang, Guangxi, China Wendell E. Wilson |  | | Book (edition) | | 1) and AZURITE, Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico (13, column 2). Colar, page 108 Transpose illustrations...Vesuvius, Italy (12, column 2) and SEMSEYITE, Julcani mine, Huancavelica, Peru (#3, column 2). Color, page...Transpose illustrations for TELLURITE, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico (#2, column 1) and TENNANTITE, Dresser quarry...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuernrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely... Silver Plun1e district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise n1ine, Dolores |  | | Book (edition) | | wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico; ( center) vivianite,...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...Graeme DJ D. K. Jones Douglas K. Miller DK Arizona-Sonora Desert DM Museum DO = "Donald Olson Delma Perry...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely...district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise mine, Dolores County; at the Double | | | Book (edition) | | wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico; (center) vivianite, Bolivia;...rnodochrosite, NâChwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...beeen foe We @ Wadeetin relvvagigld .xteliliey? santa rowan leks ) Get « ryi St pewory sine toting bee...Richard Graeme D. K. Jones Douglas K. Miller Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum =Donald Olson âDelma Perry David...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee â SS 4 eae wid Bharce © |
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Milpillas Mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico