 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | encrustation pseudomorphs of hemimorphite after calcite. The hemimorphite is colored yellow by microscopic...specimen was found in a Joplin, Missouri, district mine in the late 1800s and was donated to the Carnegie...minerals of these metals, such as smithsonite, hemimorphite, cerussite, and anglesite. However, late in...crystal morphology and color were recovered from a mine in the Joplin area. The best known of these specimens...Missouri state issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice. Hemimorphite is typically found as small, colorless to white |  | | Report (issue) | | =========== Veszelyite on hemimorphite, 3.6 cm, from the Laochang mine, Gejiu County, Yunnan Province...report’s major purpose, Carsten Slotta also offers two very new specimens, both miniature-size, which show bright...linings of drusy white hemimorphite, from a locality which he gives as the Laochang mine, Gejiu County, Yunnan...Yunnan Province, China. Some very similar-looking Chinese veszelyite specimens were brought to the most...gave “Dulong” as the mine name, gave “Laochang” as the name of a town and not of a mine, and put the whole |  | | Catalog/List | | to your favorite mineral or fossil sites. We are VERY happy the winter of 1996/97 is behind us. At least...orders to us. As always, the single specimens will go very fast. Each item will be saved for the first person...a variety of forms with cubic being predominant. Very nice and priced at $4.00 each. ARAGONITE CLUSTERS...These beauties are VERY showy and will look good in any mineral collection. Always very popular and priced...balls, and some also fluoresce white under UV light. Very showy! 1.5 X 1.5" specimens: $4.00, 2X2+": $8.00 |  | | Catalog/List | | SUNS IN SHALE MA TRIX: Sparta, Illinois: Always a very popular item that we have not been able to carry...awhile back and specimens became hard to find and very pricey! We found a source with a hoard, and can...while they last. TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near...a half dozen of these from an old collection. A very rare mineral for sure and this Is one of the most...inch specimens, $25.00 each. CAMPYLITE: Dry Gill Mine, Cumberland, England; A unique and rare species |  | | Catalog/List | | to my list and hope that you will find it full of good, interesting specimens, fairly -~~- • Lists are...of good quality material, but please ask before sending. I am also interested in purchasing good mineral...colours than A. £5. 3. ALSTONITE, Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. 4x3.5x3.2cm. Ex D. Hoyle coll...xtls. A fine example. £6. 7. ANATASE, Virtuos Lady mine, Devon. l.4xl.5xlcm. A MM with a micro xtl of sparkly...top. £4. IO. APATITE, llarding's Vein. · Carrock mine, Caldbeck fells, Cumbria. 5x4x2.5cm . One fairly |  | | Catalog/List | | orange cleavages , making up a good deal of the matrix. 5x5x2.5cm Molinello Mine, Vai Graveglia, Italy £35...or more pieces in a plastic box. Friedrichsegen Mine, bad Ems , Lahn .Rhineland-Palatinate Germany £18...rich grey masses with large cleavage face 5x4 Fuka Mine ,Okayama Japan £45 B) smaller piece 2.5 x 3cm £20...HACKMANITE rich piece of pale violet mass , with very good long wave orange fluorescence 3.5x3cm Koksha valley...inclusions of Hydrocarbon Berbes, Asturias Spain. £4 33 HEMIMORPHITE colourless micro crystals in cavities |  | | Journal (issue) | | Los Angles Mexico Special Issue II The Ojuela Mine Preface to Mexico-II1.............................in the San Judas chimney, Level 6, of the Ojuela mine. Houston Museum of Natural Science collection; Wendell...headframes and processing facilities of the Ojuela mine ca. 1900. The famous suspension bridge designed...Mexican localities that came to mind was the Ojuela mine, source of countless thousands of wonderful mineral...interviews, that could be gathered on the Ojuela mine and adjacent Mapimí deposits; and he spent several |  | | Catalog/List | | & ASSOC/A TIONS: Finch Mine (AKA Barking Spider), Pinal County, Arizona: Very nice combinations which...which may have wulfenite, hemimorphite and other minerals. Interesting facet of this locality is that most...wulfenite crystfils are coated with a drusy hemimorphite coating (clear to blue). #1) 1X1" to 1.5X1.5"...$15.00 each ROWLEYWULFENITE &ASSOCIATIONS: Rowley Mine, Painted Rock Mtns., Maricopa Co., Arizona: Clear...00 each GLOVE WULFENITE: Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: Very nice crystalline specimens with |  | | Journal (issue) | | $20 each, but well wrapped and boxed so anything good is well preserved. They were purchased for some...ad- 9u Continued on p. 6 Fig. 1 Colorless hemimorphite crystals, photo by Art Smith. Mineral News...usual. The first nice things offered to me were very lustrous, etched, gemmy, yellow spodumene crystals...same name as the mountain. The best crystal was very green and the size ofmy small finger protruding...the previous October. There were a smattering of good, large afghanite crystal with prices all over the |  | | Journal (issue) | | ..... 13 by R. B. Gibbs The Stephenson-Bennett mine ..................................................from a single locality: smithsonite from the Kelly mine. Probably ever since the 1860’s, when “Old Hutch”...prepare one for us; it covers not just the Kelly mine but the Mag dalena district as a whole. This is...Janet Hammond’s article on the Stevenson-Bennett mine (4, 31-32), which is New Mexico’s prin cipal famous...multiple Japan-law quartz twins from the San Pedro mine (7, 34-35). There was also a thorough review by |  | | Journal (issue) | | ........................ Sussex go to Northern Spain Roger Kemp/en & John Pearce 34 ..................by any society of its type in this country. It is good to be able to report that collaboration with other...mineralogy', and any form of collecting, have a very limited life indeed. I am sorry to be the bearer...fellow colleagues, have a bloody good scramble up a hill or down a mine and rid myself of the rigours of...members have taken parties into the same quarry or mine to look at the same granite or rock face and been |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles Famous mineral localities: The Kipushi mine, Z a ir e ........................................side, Kipushi is connected by a good road to the old Kansanshi mine and the neighboring Solwezi town...Kolwezi, Shinkolobwe and Broken Hill. The Rokana mine is located near Kitwe. deposits in order to establish...re-exploited today, it would still be as an underground mine, despite the mechanized shovels and other heavy...egabreccia (after Francois, 1987). Figure 5. The Kipushi mine out crop in a natural karstic de pression, 1915 |  | | Catalog/List | | a mineral dealer for many years, and had quite a good setup in Arizona sincethe 1950’s. She and her partner...longer able to take care of the collection, which very nearly filled her house and garage. So she decided...sell the collection to a dealer in Georgia, and was good enough to send me a complete list of the material...again. Due to the large purchase I was able to get a good deal on nearly everything. These specimens are valued...advantage of them while you can. AURICHALCITE; 79 Mine, Gila Co., Arizona: This is a zinc/copper carbonate |  | | Catalog/List | | OH Ix! £3 lx2 £6 2x2 £10 34 ■ ANDRADITE Benallt Mine, Lleyn Wales Pale beige fine grained mass with reddish...serpentine. Ix! £5 lx2 £10 38 BANALSITE Benallt Mine, Lleyn Wales Rich brown mass with approx 5 % Cymrite...BANNISTERITE Benallt Mine. Lleyn, Wales Dark brown veinlets throughtout calcite/ quartz matrix. Very rare for GB...fairly sparse. Ix½ £7 CuSe 73 ■ BRAUNITE Praboma Mine, St Marcel ,Piedmont, Italy Dark grey massive with...FLUORESCENCE Long wave Jxl £4 442 ■■ CARYOPILITE Bemallt Mine, Lleyn Wales thin felty brown vens in Calcite Mn |  | | Journal (issue) | | Trebisky and S. B. Keith The Minerals of the Zinc Hill Mine, Inyo County, California..........................c o rc l W \ Beryl. The Hiddenite and Emerald mine, near Stony Point, Alexander County, North Carolina...comprised the rest of the exhibit. It had to be examined very closely to determine just how fine it really was...made his mark in a tourmaline find at the B.B. #7 mine in north Norway, Maine, and came to fame as the...specimens and gem materials in clude the Harvard mine for purple apatite, Plumbago mountain for rose quartz |  | | Journal (issue) | | described from slags at Le Celine di Cotoriano Mine (Rosia, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy). I have...pocket was found in Brandberg. The latter had very good color, crystals to over 15 cm, some double-terminated...aesthetic end we saw the best stibnite from Xikuangshan Mine (Lengshuijiang, Shaoyang, Hunan Province, China)...Naturalcetineiteon stibnitefrom Hunan,China.Fabre yet gotten a good Minerals specimen. stibnite specimen, now is the...on the This year, giYe the gift of information! Mine al The Mineral Collector's Mineral News, The Mineral |  | | Journal (issue) | | by W. E. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Patagonia, Argentina ............................Martino & A. Oteiza The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California...387 COVER: WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling...WULFENITE with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection...MINERALS LIMITED Azurite with Malachite | Milpillas Mine, Mexico | 4.5 x 3.4 x 1.9cm orders@crystalclassics |  | | Catalog/List | | SPECIMENS' SO IF YOU NAVE BEEN AWAY, THERE IS .STILL A GOOD CHANCE I WILL STILL HAVE THESE CUES IN STOCK. -... colourful Halite MINERALS 047 BASTNAESITE Ce La CO/3 F Rich distribution of tiny brown grains in...(Nagyborzsony,North Hungary » ins £3 107 CHLORARGYRITE Ag Cl good greenish yellow micro crystals in cavities in 1...rock £2.50 (Rudabanya Hungary) 248 GADOLINITE (Ce La Nd Y) Fe Be Silicate.2mm to 3mm brown crystal section...transported very far. (Ledyanoi deposit,Kamchiatka,Russia) £15 447 NATIVE SILVER. Aq good wiry micro crystals |  | | Catalog/List | | SPECIMENS’ SO IF YOU HAVE BEEN ABAY, THERE IS STILL A GOOD CHANCE 1 HILL STILL HAVE THESE ONES IN STOCK. -...pinkish fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4...guite rich black masses in matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1...Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH UNUSUAL ELEMENTS 047 BASTNAESITE Ce La CO/3...(Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins £4 107 CHLORARGYRITE Ag Cl good greenish |  | | Report (issue) | | Smithsonite slice and egg, 5.8 and 2.7 cm tall Masua Mine, Carbonia-lglesias, Sardinia, Italy Cal and Kerith...page Smithsonite, 9.2 cm wide 400 Foot Level, Kelly Mine, Magdalena District Socorro County, New Mexico Steve...Howard, John Kepper, Daniel Kile Pete Knudsen, Jesse La Plante, Ken Larsen, Virgil W. Lueth, Ray Lynch Sarah...:n,,..._,....,., Santa Eulalia, ch· ualwa, Mexico La Plante photo n� sp ct, Attica, Greece ion; Scovil...1867. ·thsonian Smithsonite First Oxide Zone, Tsu Mine, Tsumeb, Nami 10cm tall Brent Lockhart coll Joe |  | | Book | | - Bedford United Mine 140 1986 - 1989 More Foreign Travel 154 1990 - 1999 Spain and More 192 2000...David Lloyd laddering down a shaft at Bedford United Mine, Devon. Introduction I was born in Bristol on...contacts in the collecting fraternity, which was very strong in the West Country. My first contact was...time, however, as we were committed to movin g to Spain. My friendship with Ian Jones began in February...Tungsten Mine, at Plympton, Devon, followed by an attempt to rework the famous Tsumeb Mine in Namibia |  | | Journal (issue) | | they are neat specimens for apophyllite. Usually very thin, in tabular glassy (usually transparent to...these in October, I 997, with the first batch of good specimens arriving in March, 1998. To my knowledge...knowledge there has not been a large quantity of good specimens. The ~stals can get large; I have had one that...huge and glistening! It is very crowd-pleasing, but unless there are either very unusual forms or localities...cases put in by the Society members that feaWred very interesting displays of various kinds as well: the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tampa, FL Correspondents Miguel Calvo Zaragoza. Spain Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England Thomas P....he B o u lb y m in e, C lev ela n d C ounty, E n g la n d ...............................................BOURNON1TE crystals on quartz, 8 cm, from the Herodsfoot mine, Liskeard, Cornwall. Stephen Smale collection and...* EDITOR MINERAL CASES Every collector needs a good place to keep his or her col lectibles. Some o...latest mineral video, which contains many other very fine specimens for sale (see his ad for details) | | | Journal (issue) | | by WE. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Pata gonia, Argenti na ..........................RECORD MARCH-APRIL 2020 The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California...1 COVER: WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling...WULFENITE with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection...CONVENTION 8c EXPO CENTER APRIL24-26 INESITE HALE CREEK MINE MAD RIVER ROCK, COASTAL RANGE, TRINITY CO., CALIFORNIA |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles The Almadén mining district, Ciudad Real, Spain ..................................................CINNABAR twin, 6.5 mm, on matrix, from Almadén, Spain. Gianfranco Ciccolini collection and photo. Visit...in search of specimens, though he initially found very little. In 1960 Joe made his first visit to the...successful at the auction than the books, which sold very well. Joe continued collecting minerals and books...District, Ciudad Real, Spain Borja Sainz de Baranda Graf Miami, 3, 4-C 28027 Madrid (Spain) borjateresa@hotmail |
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