 | | Journal (issue) | | Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail...Province, China. Keith & Diane Brownlee collection; Joe Budd photo. Tourmaline with cleavelandite, 4.3 cm...Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection; Joe Budd photo. Middle...Ximeng County, Yunnan, China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd photo. Topaz, 2.6 cm, from Katlang, Mardan Dist...Jeff Starr collection; Joe Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pluton, La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Montérégie, Québec, Canada, is part of the...manganoneptunite, willemite, sphalerite, and Baveno-twinned albite of considerable interest to micromineral collectors...(better known to collectors as the Kola Peninsula), northern region, Russia (Pekov 2000). The massif is a layered...minerals. The Shkatulka pegmatite in the Umbozero mine (now flooded), Alluaiv Mountain, has produced the...In the Sirenevaya pegmatite, also in the Umbozero mine, serandite occurs as clusters of semiparallel yellowish-pink |  | | Journal (issue) | | mines, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa ..................................crystals on matrix, 17.2 cm, from the N’Chwaning I mine, collected in 1978. Private collection and photographer...(2015–2016) Scott A. Rudolph Paradise Woods (2008–2016) John Dabney (2015–2016) Daniel J. Record Irv Brown (2009–2015)...(2016–2017) Eric D. Long Barry M. & Beth Kitt (2011–2016) John Schneider (2016) Dylan Stolowitz Steve Maslansky...com APATITE Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 11.5cm. Fine Minerals International |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za SUGILITE Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field Northern Cape Province...Province, South Africa P urple is a relatively uncommon color in the mineral world, and one of the most...Kalahari manganese field in South Africa and in one mine in particular, the Wessels mine (Dixon 1985). If it...it were not for the South African deposits, sugilite would be considered a rare mineral. Sugilite, KNa(Fe2+... parts of the host rock. It is associated with albite, allanite, aegirine, andradite, apatite, pectolite |  | Moore, John M., Kuhn, Barbara K., Mark, Darren F., Tsikos, Harilaos (2011) A sugilite-bearing assemblage from the Wolhaarkop breccia, Bruce iron-ore mine, South Africa: Evidence for alkali metasomatism and 40Ar-39Ar dating. European Journal of Mineralogy, 23 (4) 661-673 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2011/0023-2117 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bruce iron-ore mine, South Africa: Evidence for alkali metasomatism and 40Ar-39Ar dating JOHN M. MOORE1,...Geology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa *Corresponding author, e-mail: h.tsikos@ru.ac...breccia at the Bruce iron-ore mine, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. The upper portion of the breccia...breccia is dominated by braunite, albite, K-feldspar and aegirine, and locally hosts irregular-shaped void-fills...that comprises tabular serandite [NaMn2Si3O8(OH)], albite, K-feldspar and lesser granular sugilite. The cores |  | | Journal (issue) | | affiliated with the Friends of Mineralogy publisher John S. White Division of Mineralogy The Smithsonian...Arthur Roe Famous Mineral Localities: The Brumado District, Bahia, Brazil..................................Thomssen, Walt Risch, Star Northam, Carolyn Wilson, John Muntyan and Wayne DeBrusk assisted with record keeping...Brazil) Pierre and Nellie Bariand (Paris, France) F. John Barlow (Appleton, WI) Ron Bentley (Windsor, CT)...Cureton, David Wilber, Miguel Romero, Richard Webster, John Barlow and Rustam Kothavala made cash donations |  | | Journal (issue) | | 85741 Editor & Publisher Wendell E. Wilson Founder John Sampson White Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne...Zeolites and associated minerals from the Palabora mine, Transvaal........................................& R. S. W. Braithwaite The Lake George antimony mine, New Brunswick ..................... 263 by W. E...Kalahari m an g an ese field, C ape Province, South Africa. (See th e article in this issue, b eg in n...d e r n M in e r a l C o l l e c t io n CURATION John Sampson White Department of Mineral Sciences Smithsonian |  | Fairey, Brenton J., Timmerman, Martin J., Sudo, Masafumi, Tsikos, Harilaos (2019) The Role of Hydrothermal Activity in the Formation of Karst-Hosted Manganese Deposits of the Postmasburg Mn Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Minerals, 9 (7) 408 doi:10.3390/min9070408 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Deposits of the Postmasburg Mn Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Brenton J. Fairey 1,† , Martin J...Geology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6139, South Africa Correspondence: h.tsikos@ru.ac.za Current address:...Postmasburg Manganese Field (PMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa, once represented one of the largest...and Ba-bearing minerals, particularly aegirine, albite, microcline, banalsite, sérandite-pectolite, paragonite...Postmasburg manganese field; hydrothermal; karst; South Africa Minerals 2019, 9, 408; doi:10.3390/min9070408 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure 2. Golden muscovite crystals, to 3 cm, on albite, Galileia, Brazil. T Taxonomy of the Mica Group...to ensure that labeling is consistent with the local judging rules. For the systematic collector, and...Muscovite crystals forming a 10-cm rosette, Jose Pinto mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Table 3. Interlayer-deficient...spectacular recent find of muscovite was at the Jose Pinto mine, where more than a ton of beautifully crystallized...pink (manganoan) varieties are found at the Harding mine, Taos County, New Mexico (Jahns and Ewing 1977) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cm high, Wessels mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa; Becky Sterbentz...high, N’Chwaning II mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa; Patrick Mayer specimen...8 cm high, Riemvasmaak, Kakamas, Northern Cape Province, South Africa; Eric Long specimen. Jeffrey A...carats, South Africa; Martin Zinn specimen. Figure 6. Ettringite, 2.7 cm wide, N’Chwaning II mine, Kalahari...Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa; Alex Schauss specimen. Figure 5. Despujolsite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | oxymica associated with sugilite from the Wessels Mine, South Africa: Crystal chemistry and 40Ar-39Ar dating...silicate-rich sample from the Wessels mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa. The mineral forms centimeter-sized...submarine exhalative origin of the Hoskins mine in New South Wales, Australia (Ashley 1986; Eggleton and...occurring in pockets in the Wessels mine, Kalahari Mn field, South Africa (e.g., Cairncross et al. 1997)...occurrences located in the lower Mn-ore layer at Wessels mine. This norrishite-bearing specimen N2 (Fig. 1) |  | | Journal (issue) | | (a variety of zoisite), 9 cm, from the Merelani mine, located on the slopes of the Lelatema Mountains...cover: 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...discovery of morganite at the famous Corrego do Urucum mine in 1973. Will Johnson collection (I had to trade |  | Kawachi, Y., Ashley, P. M., Vince, D., Goodwin, M. (1994) Sugilite in manganese silicate rocks from the Hoskins mine and Woods mine, New South Wales, Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, 58 (393) 671-677 doi:10.1180/minmag.1994.058.393.18 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | manganese silicate rocks from the Hoskins mine and Woods mine, New South Wales, Australia Y. KAWACHI Geology...localities, the Hoskins and Woods mines in New South Wales, Australia. The occurrences are in manganese-rich...greenschist facies (Hoskins mine) and hornblende hornfels facies (Woods mine). Coexisting minerals are...alkali feldspar, braunite, rhodonite, tephroite, albite, microcline, norrishite, witherite, manganoan calcite...Woods mine sugilite is colour-zoned with pale mauve cores and colourless rims, whereas Hoskins mine sugilite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gauteng, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za ALLAN FRASER PO Box 369 Fourways 2055 Gauteng, South Africa mineralman@telkomsa...Kingston"] at 08:22 13 August 2013 Rosh Pinah LEAD-ZINC MINE Figure 1 (above). Transparent yellow barite crystals...Figure 2 (below). General view of the Rosh Pinah mine (foreground) with the village in the background...Kingston"] at 08:22 13 August 2013 he Rosh Pinah mine is located in southern Namibia, 20 kilometers north...north of the Orange River border with South Africa, at the edge of the Namib Desert between Diamond Area |  | Origlieri, Marcus J., Downs, Robert T., Hoffman, Derek R., Ducea, Mihai N., Post, Jeffrey E. (2021) Marshallsussmanite, NaCaMnSi3O8(OH), a new pectolite-group mineral providing insight into hydrogen bonding in pyroxenoids. Mineralogical Magazine, 85 (3) 444-453 doi:10.1180/mgm.2018.2 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineral from the Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Marshallsussmanite...phases, in the Wessels mine at Black Rock, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. The Wessels mine lies within...Kalahari Manganese Field; collectively, the Wessels mine and the adjacent N'Chwaning mines are type locality...minerals. Mr. Sussman periodically visits southern Africa to acquire mineral specimens. On one such visit...an estimated spot size <1 µm. Standards included albite (Na), forsterite (Mg), orthoclase (Si), wollastonite |  | | Report (issue) | | hematite is from the Wessels Mine near Hotazel in northern Cape Province, South Africa. Dan Carlson specimen;...Cover: Grossular on diopside; 7.1 cm tall Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Richmond County, Quebec, Canada Paul... H. Albert Gilg Mickey Gunter, Jaroslav Hyrs 1, John I. Koivula, Jiri Kourimsky, Bertold Ottens Pete...Bainbridge, Modris Baum, Dan Behnke Dudley Blauwet, Joe Budd, Thomas Calligaro, Matteo Chinellato, Rick Cowley...Hochleitner Richard Jackson, John I. Koivula, George F. Kunz, Arthur Lakes, John Lucking Hans Jorg Mullenmeister |  | | Journal (issue) | | consisting chiefly of microcline, quartz, and albite, although accessory minerals such as schorl, epidote...waters of the lake, the pine forested hills with local groves of bright yellow aspens, and the fantastically...and the police were summoned on two occasions. Local newscasts delighted in the story! The show status...southeast margin of the basin near the town of South Lake Tahoe. Stories had been heard long ago that...RETAIL So Easy to Find ... On Bristol Just South of the South Coast Plaza Shopping Center. Martin Zinn |  | | Book | | On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario: an occurrence of large nepheline, biotite and albite-antiperthite...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G |  | | 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...(8) Scorodite, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. (9) Shigaite, N’Chwaning II mine, South Africa. v This special supplement |  | | Journal (issue) | | Elbaite-Jack Olivier collection, page 204; Cerussite-Joe Budd collection, page 63; Malachite-Tim & Holly Smith...Bristol Kevin & Mark Brown Keith & Diane Brownlee Joe Budd Sam & Sarah Cooper Marc & Janis Countiss Thad...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the...dozen mines were opened, one of which (the Mariposa mine) produced a wider variety of mercury minerals than |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS Figure 2. Carrollite, 5.8 cm tall, South Kamoya mine, Kambove, Katanga, Democratic Republic of...for Amateurs by John Sinkankas (now deceased). Figure 4. Topaz, schorl, and albite, 7.4 cm tall, Haramosh...Haramosh Mountains, Northern Areas, Pakistan; Gobin specimen. This is a superbly aesthetic combination...Bournonite and quartz, 10.2 cm tall, Yaogangxian mine, Yaogangxian, Hunan, China; Dan Weinrich specimen...Hematite, 10.6 cm across, Wessels mine, Cape Province, Republic of South Africa; Stuart Wilensky specimen |  | | Journal (issue) | | Front cover: Sulfur on Aragonite, 25 cm Cozzodisi mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Adalberto...Liddicoatite and elbaite crystals to 3.5 cm, with albite, from Forcel Rosso, Adamello massif, central Alps...place in the Sardinian mines and the Traversella mine (Piedmont). The second edition of the Catalogue...chalcopyrite and various rare sulfosalts from the Bottino mine in Tuscany. MINERAL COLLECTING FROM THE POST-WAR...more or less strictly linked to the activities of local clubs and associations. Tue second direction has |  | | Book | | talc vug in 1997, is 1.7 cm long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals...and pegmatitic environments. In the mid- l 970s, local historian-collector William J. Brunet set out to...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...which they called the Bentley Lake Road occurrence, south of Bancroft. Sharp, flattened rhombohedral ilmenite...Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals(Hew- portant contributionshave been made by John de ett and Fleischer,1960), and the GriqualandWest...0861-0128/88/192/1108-1152.50 Mn DEPOSITS, SOUTH AFRICA 1109 Geologic Framework .• •:•:•:•:•:•:•:•:•:•...Stellenbosch). 1110 j. E. DE VILLIERS proximatelynorth-south,and regionalshearingand (includingmetamorphic deposits)...Morocco,for instance,hausmanniteand janekke,70 km south-southwest of Postmasburg. It was cobsiteoccurin...hypogeneappliesto mineralswhosecomponents were Kalahari(Wessels and Middelplaas, 400 m deep)and derivedfrombelow |  | | Report (issue) | | Ti 0:06 Fe2+ ) (Li Al Fe ) Si O : (2) Wessels mine, South Africa; by electron 0: 03 §=2:00 2:12 0:59 0:...manganese deposits (near Kuruman, South Africa). Association: Japan). Albite, aegirine, pectolite, titanite...Japan. In the Wessels and N'Chwaning mines, near Kuruman, Cape Province, South Africa. At Mont Saint-Hilaire...Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. In the Cerchiara mine, near Faggiona, Liguria, Italy. From an undetermined...Pradesh, India. In the Woods mine, 30 km north-northeast of Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia. Name: For |
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