 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 04217 carlfrancis62@gmail.com ROBERT B. COOK Department of Geosciences Auburn University Auburn, Alabama...cookrob@auburn.edu Euclase La Marina Mine, Municipio de Pauna Boyacá, Colombia E uclase is a species whose...Rocks & Minerals, is a professor emeritus in the Department of Geosciences at Auburn University in Auburn...crystal group, 11.2 cm tall, La Marina mine, Municipio de Pauna, Boyacá, Colombia. Scott Rudolph specimen...lack modern verification, include the Lost River mine on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska; the Fisher prospect |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | represents the culmination of two expeditions to Colombia and Ecuador in 1853 and 1857, inspired by the...January–February, 2016 The Emerald Mines of Colombia Thomas P. Moore The Mineralogical Record 2709...organics-rich sedimentary rocks in the Department of Boyacá in west-central Colombia. From the early 16th century...late 20th century, when the Gachalá, Peñas Blancas, La Pita and other deposits were first worked, these...are on the rise and may someday catch up, but Colombia is still the source of 60% of all gem-quality |  | | Journal (issue) | | (a variety of zoisite), 9 cm, from the Merelani mine, located on the slopes of the Lelatema Mountains...color zoning, 5.1 cm, from Rubaya, North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo Back cover: Top...Top left: Euclase, 2.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Colombia. Top right: Topaz, 8.4 cm, from Ouro Preto...left: Phosphophyllite, 2 cm, from the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Bottom right: Grossular, 3.5 cm...Fluorapatite on elbaite, 5.5 cm, from the Alto da Cabeca mine, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Will Johnson |  | | Report (issue) | | Tyson-originating examples from, oh, St.-Hilaire and the Jeffrey mine in Quebec; Ontario’s Flamboro quarry and Liscombe...called the “Cobalt Lode mine” (the Quebul specimen is attributed to the “Castle mine”). Stilbite and Chabazite...Safflorite coating silver, 5.2 cm, from the Castle mine, Gowganda area, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada...Pau, 50 km north of the Spanish border in the Department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. Even in the...(also rendered “Chah Kharboze”) mine, Anarak district, Esfahan Province, Iran. The brilliantly red-orange |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sakura Ishi and Rainbow Garnets JOHN RAKOVAN Department of Geology Miami University Oxford, Ohio 45056...Sokichi Ko, a professor of economic geology in the Department of Mining at Kyushu University from 1911 to 1929...arsenopyrite and quartz (Ko #1508) from the Obira mine, Oita Prefecture. It is a huge matrix piece, measuring...from the Obira mine; chalcopyrites from the Ani mine, Akita Prefecture, and the Ashio mine, Tochigi Prefecture;...matrix specimens of fluorapatite from the Ashio mine, Tochigi Prefecture. Of the several collections |  | | Journal (issue) | | Appellation 16 The Second World Emerald Symposium in Colombia The Second World Emerald Symposium Focuses on...Decade of Change A New Era for the Historic Coscuez Mine Esmeraldas Santa Rosa: Our Wealth is Green Rediscovery...More Exquisite Emeralds Magnificent Old Mine Emeralds 143 Mine Visit A Visit to Colombia’s “Green” Emerald...Thailand Board of Directors Gabriel Angarita, Colombia Saurabh Bansal, Germany Warren F. Boyd, Canada...Zoysa, Sri Lanka Advisors Jean Claude Michelou, Colombia Ruben Bindra, USA Immediate Past President Benjamin |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystal with calcite, 6.5 cm, from the Cosq uez mine, Colombia; found in 1998. Scott Rudolph collection, ex............................................... 22 Mine Exploitation (or not) Today ......................represents the culmination of two expeditions to Colombia and Ecuador in 1853 and 1857, inspired by the...organics-rich sedimentary rocks in the Department of Boyaca in west-central Colombia. From the early 16th century...late 20th century, when the Gachala, Penas Blancas, La Pita and other deposits were first worked, these |  | Pignatelli, Isabella, Giuliani, Gaston, Morlot, Christophe, Rouer, Olivier, Claiser, Nicolas, Chatagnier, Pierre-Yves, Goubert, David (2017) Recent Advances In Understanding the Similarities and Differences of Colombian Euclases. The Canadian Mineralogist, 55 (4) 799-820 doi:10.3749/canmin.1700011 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2016 euclases were also found at the La Marina mine in the western emerald belt. The present study is centered...fr 800 THE CANADIAN MINERALOGIST Keywords: Colombia, emerald belts, euclase, ‘‘trapiche’’ texture...In 2016, euclase extracted from the La Marina mine in the western emerald belt appeared on the gem market...emerald deposits in the eastern emerald belt of Colombia (modified from Giuliani et al. 1999). emerald...euclase are located in the western and eastern emerald belts of Colombia (Fig. 2). They are found in |  | | Journal (issue) | | cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff...Mineralogy newsletter. After joining the Geoscience Department at the University of Arizona I was surprised...custom jewelry. Wulfenite, 5.4 cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn...photo. Wulfenite (hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected...pseudomorph after azurite, 4 cm, from the Inspiration mine, Globe-Miami district, Gila County, Arizona. Ken |  | | Journal (issue) | | BARITE 13 cm, from Jebel Ouichane, Sagangane, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco. Doug Fiske collection;...from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail & Jim Spann...photo. Fluorite with quartz, 11 cm, from Fujian Province, China. Keith & Diane Brownlee collection; Joe...from Katlang, Mardan Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Jeff Starr collection; Joe Budd photo...photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection; James |  | | Journal (issue) | | M ontreal Mine! L L The Mineralogical Record MAY–JUNE 2020 • VOLUME 51 • NUMBER 3 • $25 & Wayne...gemgypsy@bellsouth.net MAY–JUNE 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...1970s, and as Deputy Director for the Illinois Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse. Upon retirement...crystals to 1.6 cm on vesuvianite from the Crazy Sphinx mine, Helena District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana |  | | Journal (issue) | | the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Top right: Benitoite, 2 cm, from the Benitoite Gem mine, California...N‘Chwaning I mine, Kuruman, South Africa. Bottom right: Mimetite, 2.7 cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia....Record: (1) Stephanite, Husky mine, Canada. (2) Wulfenite, Rowley mine, Arizona. (3) Diaspore twin, Pinarcik...Adelaide mine, Tasmania. (5) Andradite, Antetezambato, Madagascar. (6) Calcite, Mashamba West mine, Congo...Afghanistan. (8) Scorodite, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. (9) Shigaite, N’Chwaning II mine, South Africa. v This special |  | | Report (issue) | | panting-dog days. Durangite, 2.7 cm, from the Barranca mine, Coneto de Comonfort, Durango, Mexico. Arkenstone...Budd photo. Durangite, 1.7 cm, from the Barranca mine, Coneto de Comonfort, Durango, Mexico. Arkenstone...see in the Mineralogical Record a brief report of mine from the new New York City Metro Show, which happened...the type locality for the species, the Barranca mine, Conete de Comonfort, Durango, Mexico. At this point...4.7 cm, from the Muzo mine, Vasquez-Yacobi district, Boyaca Department, Colombia. Andy Seibel Minerals |  | | Report (issue) | | Werner's apatite samples originated in the tin mine in the town ofEhrenfriedersdorfin the Erzgebirge...Mimetite; San Francisco Mine, Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico Pyromorphite; Les Farges Mine, Correze, France Fluorapatite...Fluorapatite, 3 cm tall; Golconda Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil Fluorapatite in Calcite; Liscombe Property...Minerals specimens (ex Wendy and Frank Melanson) Jesse La Plante photo A B accommodates the inclusionof...Fi(OH)5 Belovite-(Ce) • NaCeSri (PO4)3 F Belovite-(La) • NaLaSri (PO4 )3 F Kuannersuite-(Ce) • NaCeBai |  | Giuliani, Gaston, Groat, Lee A., Marshall, Dan, Fallick, Anthony E., Branquet, Yannick (2019) Emerald Deposits: A Review and Enhanced Classification. Minerals, 9 (2) 105 doi:10.3390/min9020105 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pauvres, BP 20, 54501 Vandœuvre cedex, France Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University...Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada; groat@mail.ubc.ca Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby... UK; fallickt@gmail.com Institut des Sciences de la Terre d’Orléans (ISTO), UMR 7327-CNRS/Université...Austria); (IIB) Sedimentary rocks-black shale (Colombia, Canada, USA); (IIC) Metamorphic rocks (China...ct. Insufu rough emerald extracted from the Kagem mine in 2015. Lastly, on the 2th of October, the remarkable |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CONNOISSEUR'SCHOICE JOHN RAKOVAN Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science Miami University...gemmy, intense purple apatites from this pegmatite mine have made Pulsifer the premier locality for fluorapatite...variety of orthoclase, the pericline variety of albite, calcite, epidote, muscovite, quartz, titanite...University, Oxford, Ohio. Figure 1. Fluorapatite on albite with chlorite, 11.5 cm tall, Acushnet quarry, Bristol...any more material. They found pericline variety albite coated and uncoated with chlorite and a few small |  | | Book | | Alluvial Sapphires from the Orosmayo Region, Jujuy Province, Northwest Argentina: Insights into Their Origin...Cenozoic Alkaline Basalts of the Ratanakiri Volcanic Province (Cambodia), Southeast Asia—Trace Element Geochemistry...Panagiotis Voudouris is Professor of Mineralogy at the Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian...Professor in Economic Geology-Geochemistry, at the Department of Mineralogy, Petrology, Economic Geology, School...pegmatite situated in the Borborema Pegmatitic Province (BPP) from Rio Grande do Norte in Northeast Brazil |  | Hodges, C.A., Cox, D.P., Singer, D.A., Case, J.E., Berger, B.R., Albers, J.P. (1984) U.S. Geological Survey-INGEOMINAS mineral resource assessment of Colombia. Open-File Report Vol. 1984 (84-345) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr84345 | Report (issue) | | UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY-INGEOMINAS MINERAL...MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF COLOMBIA By Carroll Ann Hodges, Dennis P. Cox, Donald A. Singer, James E. Case...Summary 1 Introduction 2 Geologic framework of Colombia 5 Selected deposit types (classification number...Resource Domains of Western Colombia 2. Mineral Resource Domains of Eastern Colombia Figure 1. 2-19...2-19. Geologic provinces of Colombia 4 Domains permissive for given deposit types, as labeled 2. Podiform |  | | Journal (issue) | | EUCLASE with Albite, 11.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Muzo District, Boyaca Department, Colombia. See the...Fort Victor ia, SonthArn Rhorl,,st'l. Bogota, Colombia. LAWRENCE H. CONKLIN 2 WEST 46th STREET , NEW...ROOMJ53 BARITE 20.3 CM XIEFANG MINE , GANZHOU PREFECTURE , JIANGXI PROVINCE , CHINA TOM SPANN PHOTO ■ ...Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences Department of Mineralogy and Petrology Ilkovifova 6, 842...1751 was funded mainly by donations from wealthy mine owners and from simple mining families. Modem times |  | | Journal (issue) | | says University of Arizona Mining Engineering department chairman Mary Poulton. “There are three times...in the pools that formed. The Star of the Congo mine near Lubumbashi, in particular, (famous among mineralogists...rosette of deep yellow shabaite from the Kamoto East mine. This beautiful matrix specimen was pictured in...locality, the mineralogically complex Kipushi mine. He wrote “La collection des . . . chantillons minéralogiques...Katanga minerals. Joseph also wrote “The Mashamba West mine, Shaba, Zaire” (with coauthors G. Gauthier and V |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEMSTONES OPALS, B R I L L I A N T COLORS—Direct f r o m mine, 15 for $ 5 . 0 0 . 10 ringsize cabochons (opal...0 D . W . T . Money orders only. Better price on mine run unsorted gold in q u a n tities. Snowshoe Trout...Permission t o w o r k or prospect your claim or mine on percentage basis. Have equipment. Fantasia, P...xls. Ceylon. Approx. Vz" Genuine Emerald xls. Colombia. Gemmy xls approx. 1 4 " Fine single Pyrite xls...Weekcall first. DIOPTASE, x l d . mass. 1 Vi x 1 lA French Equatorial A f r i c a . $ 1 5 . 0 0 M I M |  | | Book | | contributed during discussions, field trips, and mine visits. As cited in the text, many colleagues provided.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 Western Sredna Gora Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4.3 Western and Central Rhodope Massif . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . 3.5.2 Other Uranium Deposits in the Western Moravian Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . 4.1 South Greenland Uranium Province . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1.1 Ilimaussaq Intrusive |  | | Journal (issue) | | COVELLITE crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection;...the Butte mining camp, especially in the Kelley mine, was just full of vug holes . . . the holes, some...located in Butte, at the site of the old Orphan Girl mine. . . . So wrote a trainee miner, Jerry Dolph, concerning...an underground stope at Butte, Montana’s Kelley mine in the early 1970’s (Dolph, 1994). The wonderful...crystallized species, unusual associations, or individual mine localities. Similarly, the popular journals are |  | | Book | | Berkshire RG11 2PY, England Van Nostrand Reinhold 480 La Trobe Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia...Especies Minerales de Jalisco; D. Santiago Ramirez’s La Riqueza Minera de Mexico, and his translation of...pa Biren vem, nM cad tomas ies ery £5 ao hebe, La iOd aay Am gle Pha yy i;sian, WRT a ss] ae " re...1) produced specimens from such places as the La Fé Mine in the state of Chiapas and Santa Rosalia in...plateau located west of the Mesa Central. The western side of the high Sierra Madre is cut by rugged | | | Book | | Berkshire RG 11 2PY, England Yan Nostrand Reinhold 480 La Trobe Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia...£species Minerales de Jalisco; D. Santiago Ramirez's La Riqueza Minera de Mexico, and his translation of...1) produced specimens from such places as the La Fe Mine in the state of Chiapas and Santa Rosalia in...plateau located west of the !Vlesu Central. The western side of the high Sierra Madre is cut by rugged...CALl[NTCS ... I MI ( Figure 3. The mineral province of Sierra Madre Occidental. (Modified from Berstein |
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