 | | Journal (issue) | | index 246-255 Siderite, Siete Suyos mine, Atocha-Quechisla District, Potosi Dept., Bolivia 258-264 Unpublished...Iron Monarch, a mine in South Australia 270-276 Uranium mineralization at the Apex mine, Land 279- Rochester...occurrence, W-Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., NY;Chickering mine, Walpole, New Hampshire; crystal structure of yofotierite;...Rosh Pinah lead-zinc mine, Namibia 410-416 Desmond Sacco, Johannesburg, S-Africa 417-420 The Johannesburg... S-Africa 424-429 Southern African minerals : photo-essay 430-435 Ettringite, N'Chwaning II mine, South |  | | Journal (issue) | | provided by the Jewelry Group CSMS Calendar Pg 2 Cornetite Pg 4 April Fools Field Trip Pg 5 New Mineral... October 2015 PICK & PACK Page 3 Cornetite: A Blue Copper Phosphate by Mike Nelson csrockguy@yahoo...csrockguy@yahoo.com I am a sucker when it comes to purchasing blue, red or green minerals if the price is reasonable...small out-of-the way venue I noticed something “blue” that really caught my eye. Snagging the specimen...order, from Sauktown Sales. OK, the blue mineral is cornetite, a copper phosphate hydroxide— Cu3(PO4)(OH)3—that |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geol. Survey S. Africa, Mere. No. 12, p. 20 et seq. ; Trans. Geol. Soc. S. Africa, 1919, vol. xxi, p...asbestos mine, this word being formed of the initial letters of the company ' Asbestos Mines of South Afi'ica'...yellowish-red, apricot-eoloured quartz pebbles from near Cape May, 1~'ew Jel~ey, used as gem-stones. Arsenobismite...in a mixed fiiable ore from the Mammoth mine, Tintic district, Uhdl. This tbrmula is deduced from a very...zircon and orvillil~e (q.v.), from the Caldas district, ~Jinas Geraes, Brazil A~ee Zirkite. Carbonate-spatite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | African Localities T o complement the Minerals of Africa theme of the 2002 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show,...88; Namibia is next with 73; the Republic of South Africa is third with 65; together they represent about...immediately leap to mind at the very mention of Africa, David Livingstone (18 13-73) and Henry Morton...for them, but neither species was first found in Africa; Mexico and Peru are the type localities for livingstoneite...discovered in a famed Kimberley diamond pipe in South Africa (see Who’s Who in Mineral Names by Tarassoff |  | | Book | | Sciences in Brussels and the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren played an important role in descriptive...originating from foreign countries, especially in central Africa. Also the contributions of mining organizations...colour (e.g. rhodochrosite, for pinkish; azurite, for blue), density (e.g. barite, for heavy), shape (e.g....be it a senior geologist or mineralogist (e.g. cornetite, lepersonnite (Gd), schoepite) or a senior administrator...different varieties of corundum, such as sapphire (blue}, oriental emerald (green), ruby (red). No generally |  | | Report (issue) | | Cornetite Cu3 (PO4 )(OH)3 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic...Color: Deep blue, peacock-blue, pale blue to greenish blue; in transmitted light, greenish blue, may be zoned...the oxidized zone of some hydrothermal copper Association: Copper, brochantite, pseudomalachite, libethenite...heterogenite. Distribution: From the Star of the Congo mine, near Lubumbashi, and at the Kalabi and Lukini mines...Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). From the Bwana Mkubwa mine, Ndola, and Kansanshi, Zambia. At the Alaska, Mangula |  | | Catalog/List | | 94403 U.S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV•t- tor cr11•t•J...association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will...dumps or surface float. Mirute crystals seen on a mine dump are a clue but nearly always tao weathered...secondary minerals and concentrates ful oxidized copper minerals. Cat. No. 26 on the color$160.00 40...likely to be encountered in the oxidized zones of copper, lead, zinc, silver and gold deposits permanently |  | | Catalog/List | | JULY/AUGUST 1996 1. ATACAMITE. Mount Gunsun Mine, South Australia. A small solid rounded mass of dark...£8- 2. AZURITE. Oujda, Morocco A ball of dark blue intergrown bladed xls to 10mm with a little included...back. 30xl5xl5rnm. £9. 6. ■ CASSITERITE. Old Beam Mine, St Austell, Cornwall. Triangular quartz tourmaline...60x40x35mm. £18. 9. CHALCOCITE. Cooks Kitchen Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. A quartz/hematite veinstone... ?0. CHALCOPYRITE (BLISTER COPPER) AND TENNANTITE. Cooks Kitchen Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Mass of botryoidal |  | | | | 38 bornite 8 boulangerite 18 corundum 25, 25 cornetite 66, 66 cotunnite 22, 22 covellite 8, 8 crandallite... amianthus, amphibole 100 amianthus, blue 100 -amianthus, Cape 100 amphibole group 98 annabergite 73...bazzite 93,95 benitoite 89, 90 copiapite 61 copper 4, 5 copper vitriol 59 coquimbite 60 beryl 92, 93 cordierite...elements (cations)*, such as iron, magnesium, zinc, copper, lead, sodium, and potassium, they have very few...simple types containing only native elements such as copper, silver, and so on. After this we go on to more |  | | Book | | amianthus, amphibole 100 amianthus, blue 100 _amianthus, Cape 100. amphibole group 98 analcite 76,...arduinite 119, /2/ beudantite 58 corundum 25, 25 cornetite 66, 66 biotite 80, 104 covellite 8, 8 betafite...colemanite 54, 54 columbite 36 copiapite 61 copper 4, 5 copper vitriol 59 coquimbite 60 cordierite 95 ...elements (cations)*, such as iron, magnesium, zinc, copper, lead, sodium, and potassium, they have very few...first containing only native elements such as copper, silver, and so on. After this we go on to more |  | | Catalog/List | | crystals. Good display piece. Vambori, Ahmedhagar District, Maharashtra State, lndia about 5x2.5 inches £70...with micro Sphalerite on 2x2 matrix Lers Malines Mine, Gard, France £20 4. BENTORITE a very rare, Cr containing...Israel £30 1-Iatrurim 5. PHOSPHOSIDERITE rich blue mass on on small I x2 matrix (under magnification...crystals, possible Dickite micros too. Panteg-y-Gaseg Mine, Amlwch Anglesey, Wales £18 I 0. PENNANTITE small...matrix. Plates are about I to 1.5 mm size (Benallt Mine,Lleyn, Wales) £30 11. BOURNONITE good blocky grey | | | Book | | amianthus, amphibole 100 arnianthus, blue 100 ...amianthus, Cape 100 amphibole group 98 analcite 76, 108...copiapite 61 copper 4, 5 copper vitriol 59 coquimbite 60 cordierite 95 corundum 25, 25 cornetite 66, 66 cotunnite...59 zippeite 62 zircon 77, 78, 78 zoisite 88 THE MINE LKINGDOM All physical bodies in Nature can be...elements (cations)*, such as iron, magnesium, zinc, copper, lead, sodium, and potassium, t~ey have very few...si1nple types containing only native elements such as copper, silver, and so on. After this we go on to more |  | | Journal (issue) | | Newsletter $6.00 Fibrous Malachite from the Mindingi Mine Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo Tony Nikischer...fibrous malachite from the Mindingi Mine in the Kambove District of Katanga began to appear in the specimen...figure J ). Although the mine was first worked superficially in the 1930s for copper, it became known as one...DRC as well (see figure 2). Today, the Mindingi Mine continues to produce wonderful malachite specimens...specimenand image. Nickel Laterite From the Tiebaghi Mine, New Caledonia Bob Werner werner@lcturbonet.com |  | | Catalog/List | | 4~x4x2-t". £17.00. ATACAMITE. Copiapo, Atacama District, Chile. Specimen A - Bright, deep green, radiated...encrusting large areas on massive lustrous turquoise blue CHRYSOCOL~A on altered Porphory matrix. Spectacular...aggregated in areas on matrix with a little turquoise blue Chrysocolla, and with the reverse of the specimen...are from a new find in this famous old mining district. , AUTUNITE. Bessinesi Haute-Vienne, France. Rich...50. 7. AZURITE. Tsumeb, Otavi, S.W. Africa. A fine" deep blue, sharp, perfectly formed elongated terminated |  | | Journal (issue) | | Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;...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, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler |  | | Catalog/List | | £46 . 00 4. APATITE va riety FRANCOLITE . Clitters Mine , Gunnisl ake , Cornwall. Rich crusts of smoll clear...75p . 7 . AZURIrE . Curra - ~ urra , South Australia. : right blue mass with small sparkling crystals lining...2tx1-tx 1~' '' ' £9 . 00 · 8 . BARYTES. Wet Groves Mine , wensley da le, Yorkshire . Very fine groups of...2x2x 1~" , t4 .7 5p 25 . CERUSSITE. Rought~ngi ll Mine , Coldbeck , Cumb~r~and. Lustrous translucent-t...1tx1-tx1 " , £14 . 00 26. CHAOAZI TE. Roan Antelo pe Mine , LUi'lnshya , Za~bia . Shar p creamy rhombic cryst |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite,...scheelite, vanadinite, wulfenite Corral Canyon District Various mines and prospects: anatase, rutile,...(top). Clinotyrolite spray, 3.4 mm across, Lovelock mine, Churchill County. Figure 2 (bottom). Wulfenite...Hot Springs Iron meteorite Lake (Mopung Hills) District Various mines and prospects: mopungite,* romeite...Table Mountain (Bolivia, Cottonwood Canyon) District Lovelock mine: annabergite, atacamite, ciinotyrolite |  | | Journal (issue) | | net NOVEMBER–DECEMBER 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 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | analysis. 1090 Berry, L. G. Pseud.omalachiteand cornetite. 365 Beryl at Mt. Mica, Maine. (Hurlbut)... 283...Bookreview. Brook, A. G. Crystal properties of copper (II) and nickel (II) chloride coordination complexes...Campbell, C. D.. . INDEX r@7 365 Cornetite. (Berry). Crestmore sky blue rnarble, its 671 linear thermal...Donnay). ,.^:^ vrrr.. . . . 898 Crystal properties of copper (II) C h a i s s oU n ,. . . . . 279 and nickel...mineral from Marnmotla R. B. Metamict pitchblende 93 Mine,Arizona..... from Goldfields, SaskatcheDark-field |  | | Report (issue) | | green; Y = yellowish green; Z = deep bluish green to blue-green. Orientation: Z = b; X ∧ c = 21◦ –23◦ . Dispersion:...zone of hydrothermal copper deposits. Association: Libethenite, malachite, cornetite, chrysocolla, quartz...in the Empire-Nevada mine, Yerington district, Lyon Co., Nevada; at Lone Star mine, near Safford, Graham...Bogan mine, near Tottenham, New South Wales, and at the Burra Burra mine, Mt. Lofty Ranges, South Australia...(2) Berry, L.G. (1950) On pseudomalachite and cornetite. Amer. Mineral., 35, 365–385. (3) Shoemaker, G |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 South America . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 Northern and western Europe . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 Northern and Central Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . 1.8 Southern Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....and vanadocrete (vanadate). Panczner 1987 Tajo Mine, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico Panczner |  | | Catalog/List | | attractive piece, like a blue and green sunbust effect , cut and polished slab 2.5 xl .5 Mine de L' Etoile Congo...AMAZONITE , a cleavage piece with particularly good deep blue-green colour 3x3 inches £7 B) 2x2x2 inch piece £6...fine pale green fibrous mass with some quartz. 3x2 South Norway £6 Selasvatn 9. TOURMALINE dark green elongated...lxl.5 inches La Noria mine, San Martin, Zacatecas Mexico £15 , 16. NATIVE COPPER coppery looking wire...nice Ix 2.5 inch exposed cleavage surface. Mission Mine, Pima County, Arizona USA £25 17. GRAPHITE, pure |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SOCIETY. IV[II~IER2~LOGI02~L December, 192L On Cornetite from Bwana M-~r Vol. XIX. No?'tltern Rlwdesia...found hy Mr. J. L. Popham in 1910 at Bwana Mkubwa, Northern I~hodesia, and was sent by him to )Ir. A. E. V...orthorhombic crystals and that it consisted in the main of copper and phosphoric acid, but that it differed in many...many respects from the known hydrated copper phosphates such as libethenite, tngilitc, dihydrite, or pseudomalachite...collected by Mr. H. Buttgenbach in 1911 s the copper mine 'L']~toile du Congo', Katanga, Belgian Congo |  | | Journal (issue) | | August 2018 Minerals of the L'Etoile du Congo Mine Lumbumbashi, Katanga Province, Democratic Republic...Tony Nikischer Excalibur Mineral Corp Colorful copper minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo...chrysocolla have been widely available, with cornetite, libethenite and other species less so. The L'Etoile...L'Etoile du Congo (Star of the Congo) Mine is the type locality for cornetite, described in 1912 from the locality...locality, and subsequently found at Bwana M'Kubwa in Northern Rhodesia, later to become Zambia (and not to be |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 301 On the absence of cobalt in Cornetite from Katanga, Belgian Congo. By ALFRED SCHO~P, ScD. Professor...under the title ' Oil eornetite from Bwana Mkubwa, Northern Rhodesia', that the only difference--if any--between...any--between the Rhodesian mineral and the original cornetite from Katanga consists in the presence of cobalt...the chemical composition of the cornetite from the ]~toile du Congo mine in Katanga. The material examined...examined consists of rather flattened, peacock-blue crystals adhering to a talc-bearing rock of whitish colour |
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Blue Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa