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| Dauphiné law-twinned smoky quartz specimens from a new locality in Malawi called Mount Mulanje, a granite...granite inselberg in the southern part of the little country, almost on the border with Mozambique. I had heard...2012 Tucson Show, telling me at that time that the Mount Mulanje deposit is an 6 ======================...to the famous one at Mt. Malosa, Zomba district, Malawi, and, like Mt. Malosa, produces well-crystallized... aegirine and parisite. Most of Mike Keim’s smoky quartz crystals are loose singles, but there is one |
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| Baranda Some pegmatite minerals from the Zomba district, Malawi .........................................minerals (facsimile: $10) v.2/#2 Chessy (France), Blue Quartz, Panasqueira (Portugal), X-ray crystallography...Ill) (facsimile: $10) v.2/#5 Gold Hill (UT), Rose Quartz, Grandview mine (AZ), Crandallite (VA), Early American...Chuqui$7 camata (Chile) v.9/#6 Libethenite (Zambia), Quartz & Pyrite (WA), Hydroboracite (CA) $7 v.10/#1...minerals v,10/#3 Taewha mine (Korea) Japan Twins (Quartz), Bancroft (Ont.), Franklin $7 v.10/#4 Chanarcillo |
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| Krasny Chikoy, Transbaikalia, Eastern Siberian Region, Russia .........................................Krasny Chikoy, Transbaikalia, Eastern Siberian Region, Russia Jindr=ich Kynický,1 Jan Kynický,2 Bryan...wonderfully large crystals of wine-red tourmaline with smoky quartz and cleavelandite that rival the great historical...INTRODUCTION Gem tourmaline from Russian’s Transbaikalia region has become a valuable part of our global mineral...assemblages of wine-red tourmaline, lustrous smoky quartz, and blue-white cleavelandite—the typical signature |
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| Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins in a variety of metamorphic, plutonic and...Litchfield, where a mass of white quartz on a ridge had once been mined for quartz, and large ilmenite masses...ilmenite crystals to 7 .5 cm in matrix of massive quartz from these dumps-adding that, in his judgment,...localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...(Chamberlain and Robinson, 2013). MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the |
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| of the pegmatites are simple, consisting only of quartz, feldspars and micas; others are zoned, with a...specimens. Literature on the gem pegmatites of the region is sparse, and first-hand information is difficult...photographs. Monitoring gem and mineral finds in the region over the past three decades has clearly revealed...pricing is presented here. The western edge of the region surveyed in this article is about 50 km east-northeast...east-northeast of Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital city. The region, measuring about 80 km east-west and 65 km north-south |
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| cavities and simple pegmatites that contain smoky quartz crystals of outstanding quality. The abundance...the diligent searcher will uncover gem quality smoky quartz crystals. 92 ROCKS AND MINERALS SETTING... SETTING AND LOCATION The scenery of this region is excellent. Just to the west of the crystal locality are the...one time glaciers covered all of the region except for the razor-sharp mountain ridges that dot the horizon...Wones, 1972). The Dinkey Dome Pluton is composed of quartz monzonite and alaskite and is one pluton of many |
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| specimen is permitted any independent strip. The mount thus formed is inserted movement whatsoever. A rigid...that the leg portion of it will be the mount which is handled a mount constructed in this manner will rather...tendency to spring outwardly, and As regards the mount proper, there are by pressing against the ends of...hold suggest themselves, and personal prefer- the mount in position. In effecting such ence will largely...largely govern what form is removal of the mount from the tray, a selected. The provision of an individual |
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| in Europe was made in an iron mine in the polar region of northernmost Sweden two decades ago. The Malmberget...known as the Dallas Gem mine, is situated near the southern tip of San Benito County about 30 km to the north...them. Imagine the difficulty in accessing this region in 1907, the year benitoite was discovered, when...discovery. Arrows shows limit of mineralization. southern San Benito County for new mercury deposits in...possible that the Native Americans who inhabited this region may have seen this deposit at some point in the |
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| always interesting and profitable. However the region of chief interest lies wholly within the town of...reader to visualize the region. The most highly mineralized zone of the entire region is the Fisher Feldspar...deep cut running nearly north and south along the southern slope of the first hill north of the Cathance...found to be bordered with lilac lepidolite and had quartz Benjamin B. Burbank was a chemist and mineral...beryls are quite numerous; small vugs c o n  tain quartz crystals, and considerable samarskite h a s been |
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| intense green demantoid. There was one with larger razor sharp 5/8 to 3/4 inch crystals on white matrix that...area where most Arkansas minerals occur, with most quartz, localities. Rush. l\llagnet Cove.. etc .. only...several good topaz, garnet on star mica. and smoky quartz, and a spectacular matrix specimen of green... m icroclinc. m11lcn1c. muscov ite, q u:trt.L, smoky qu:in 1.., s10 1!1-itc. 1itJ n11c, to paz 17-1 1...pangol11c 175 3.-1. San Pedro ~t 111e. Santa Fe County Quartz 17 -9. 1-1; Truchas. Santa Fe County Xcno11me 17 |
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| . . . . . . . . . . . .95 by R. Appiani Alpine quartz gwindels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171 COVER: SMOKY UARTZ GWINDEL, 9.5 cm, from the G scheneralp, Uri...collection; photo by Thomas Sch pbach. See the article on quartz gwindels in this issue. The Mineralogical Record...crystal groups ever found, as well as albite, smoky quartz, goethite, fluorite, and many rare species at...crystals, crystallized topaz, helvite, spessartine, smoky quartz, and feldspar. Following his divorce from Linda |
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| 65402; Tel: (314) 244-8619; e-mail: brm@fidnet.com Southern California Chapter For Chapter Information contact:...finally revealed. I have studied many maps of the region explored by FernĂŁo Dias Paes Leme, and have concluded...northeastern part of the state, cutting through a region rich in deposits of precious stones. According...and others tourmaline, along with the usual mica, quartz and feldspar. Most of the feldspar has decomposed...Bulldozers are often employed to cut through the quartz-micakaolinite bodies along an open face until signs |
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| 20:00 23 August 2013 Chihuahua Mexico Figure 1. Quartz with an outstanding calcite crystal that resembles...geodeguy@verizon.net Figure 2. A view of the southern end of the Las Choyas geode deposit. The Carrillo...on the surface. The Carrillo claim occupies the southern end of the deposit. Production mining is occurring...educational programs and the sale of geodes from southern Indiana and Chihuahua, Mexico. His article titled...which he called the Santa Rosa claims, at the southern end of the deposit; this is now the only major |
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| meteorites that contains a rare form of shocked Quartz called Stishovite. The irst remnants of Muonionalusta...lunar meteorite was found in the Dhofar Desert region of Oman by noted meteorite hunter Michael Farmer...due to its metallic luster and patches of drusy Quartz crystals. This medium-sized sphere has been carved...a fascinating pattern of patches and veins. The region that produced this material has been closed now...green and cream orbs with a spattering of drusy Quartz among a sea of concentric orbs. This sphere has |
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| Moore Tpmoore1@cox.net COVER: ELBAITE with smoky quartz and cleavelandite, 14.5 cm, from Paprok, Nuristan...Mineralogical Record, volume 48, September–October, 2017 Quartz var. Gwindel, Göscheneralp, Switzerland, 10 cm...Monaco budil@monaco.mc www.budil-minerals.com Quartz var. Gwindel, Tiefengletscher, Switzerland, 10...of the pegmatites are simple, consisting only of quartz, feldspars and micas; others are zoned, with a...specimens. Literature on the gem pegmatites of the region is sparse, and first-hand information is difficult |
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| ..................................... AMETHYST-SMOKY QUAR1Z-TOPAZ IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. By Harold.................................. (0PPER•STAINED QUARTZ FROM ARIZONA ....................................Horace W . Slocum, of Rock Hill, S. C. The lure of southern fried chicken, the large number of interesting...treat is in store for the Editor - meeting these Southern collectors. shire wet ·n Electric A.re Speeds...ASSOCIATION lock Vol. 20, No. 6 ardally AMETHYST - SMOKY QUARTZ ritaIn Northern New Hampshire •eek IJU• ,ubBuPril |
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| Page 11 Pezzottaite Federico Pezzatta Page 26 Mount Antero: The Peak of Colorado Beryl Collecting Mark...Stefan Weiss Page 32 Beryl from the Pegmatites of Southern California Jesse Fisher Page 20 Discovery Stoppaniite...Beryl in Australia Dermot Henry Page 78 Beryl from Southern Africa Bruce Cairncross Page 84 Brazilian Beryl...phosphate type pegmatites, beryl is associated with quartz, microcline, albite, muscovite, biotite, ferrocolumbite...Alpine and hydrothermal veins, it is found with quartz and feldspar. In topaz rhyolites where red beryl |
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| ................... 75 by W. E. Wilson COVER: QUARTZ crystal cluster, 8.2 cm, from the Second Sovietskiy...gave us an interesting study on “Unusually shaped quartz aggregates from Timiauz, Russia” (vol. 27, p. 205-206...ia Raymond Grant Mesa Community College 1833 W. Southern Avenue Mesa, Arizona 85202 Wendell E. Wilson The...Essexite-Diabase, Shoukinite)— Paleogenic (8) Felsite, Quartz Porphyry— Paleogenic (9) Datolite Skarn (10) Danburite...Danburite Skarn (11) Garnetiferous Skarn (12) Quartz-Calcite Veins and Lenses (13) Faults Russian expansion |
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| 30067, Tel: 770-973-3632, E-mail: jcgray@gsu.edu Southern California Chapter Visit our website at www.mineralsocal...turquoise crystals on either a mica schist or a white quartz breccia recovered from the dumps of this small...Lynch Station in Campbell County, Virginia, on the southern bank of Bishop Creek. It is not indicated on the...Highway 43. Figure 2. Mines and prospects in the southern portion of the James River–Roanoke River manganese...occurrences of iron and manganese ores are located in the Mount Athos Formation, which contains beds of quartzite |
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| in Placer County, California (half of them with quartz matrix) were taken. The gold nugget jewelry and...Nepheline Opal Paranatrolite Pectolite Polylithionite Quartz Rinkite Sazhinite-(Ce) Serandite Shkatulkalite...Magadiite Makatite Microcline Opal Polylithionite Quartz “chalcedony” Sodalite Strontianite Terskite Thomsenolite...manganneptunite, microcline, astrophyllite, nenadkevichite, quartz and pyrite. Cryolite Na3AlF6 In a very rare and...cavities and hydrothermalites, found mostly at the southern end of 103 the Demix quarry. It occurs as silky |
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| mimetite. The San Antonio continues to produce quartz specimens of all kinds. I recently obtained some...cm) floater balls and blobs of stubby to drusy quartz covering bright red-orange iron-oxides have also...and some have a pale bluegreen mineral under the quartz. Rumor has it that Denis Beals (Xtal of Denver)...cutters • Freestanding for use in the field or mount on your working table • Capacity over 3 tons • Can...sobering, when one realizes they are all potentially razor-sharp knives should one make a wrong move, slip |
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| PATCHICK, Geologist, Mineralogical Society of Southern California, John Melhase wrote (1) that "although...(pronounced: zee-noteem) have been discovered in the Southern Pacific Silica Quarry near Nuevo, Calif." The...and should not be hard to find. The chiefly of quartz with minor amounts of pegmatite is roughly two...take the road left out of town, crocline). The quartz was used as a but continue east, past an orange...work). The past this road is another dirt road with quartz may be found in opaque white "private" and "no |
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| Tpmoorel@cox.net Recent finds of ajoite-included quartz in the Artonvilla mine, Messina District, Limpopo...meteorite impact sites and the volcanic rocks of the region. Bob was made an honorary member of the Sussex...North). It is the center of an important gold mining region measuring 5 X 22 miles. The deposits there have...the village of Berezovsk at the center of the southern edge (1 verst equals 1.07 km). 399 RUSSIA ARCTIC...at Berezovsk in 1745. He is depicted holding a quartz crystal cluster with native gold. The Gold Museum |
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| Opal (Black) Petrified Wood Quartz Rock-Crystal Quartz (Rose) Quartz (Smoky) Rhodonite Serpentine Golden...throughout Australia. Amethyst Amethyst OF ALL the quartz varieties, the amethyst has been the most highly...gemstone throughout the ages. All those specimens of quartz having a purplish or violet colour and a transparency...against the light it is seen to be transparent or smoky coloured. Occasionally the glass may be grey or...valued by many primitive people, who chipped it into razor-sharp knives, axes or spearheads. Obsidian is formed |
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| Mineral Society, Camden, went to Liberty Hill for smoky quartz crystals. NEW HAMPSHIRE The Nashua Mineral...of Lapid ary Arts, which included slides of the Quartz Madonna carved by Richar Holm. The Club is preparing... Gem and Mineral Society of Syracuse and obsidian razor blades (found in held a double barreled program:...Mineralogical Society of the District of A micro mount section of the Club is Columbia heard Dr. Daniel...brought by members. Standfast of the New York Southern After auctioning it off it was placed on Tier |
