 | | Report (issue) | | What’s New in the Mineral World? Report #61 August 30, 2021 by Thomas P. Moore The Mineralogical Record...passed three quiet, indoor, Covidavoiding months of working on new articles, watching Netflix, re-reading... and, from behind my streaming window, enjoying the stormrich monsoon season which has come to render...life-giving at last (a herd of oryxes could pass unobserved through the weeds of my back yard right now)...time for the Denver Show in September, and then for the Munich Show in October, and I’ll be on the scene |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | FEATURED MINERAL AT THE 1985 TUCSON SHOW DIOPTASE The Emerald Copper R O B E R T W. J O N E S 3520 N...Rene Hauy peered into the emerald green crystal from Russia. He was struck by the internal reflections...directions of the crystal. Thus, when Hauy wrote his Traite de Mineralogie (1801), he named the mineral...mineral dioptase from the Greek "to see through." As often happens, minerals are studied by several people independently...independently, but the earlier studies may not receive de served credit. Such was the case with dioptase |  | | Report (issue) | | (1) Mindouli, Congo. (2) Cu8 Si 8O 22 (OH)4 ² H2 O: Occurrence: A rare secondary mineral in the oxidized...oxidized portion of copper deposits. Association: Chrysocolla, dioptase, malachite, conichalcite, tenorite...Distribution: From Mindouli, Ren¶eville, and Tshiniama, Congo Republic. In Congo (Zaire), ¯ne material...km east of Windhoek, Namibia. In England, at the Driggith mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria; the Gunheath...Cornwall; and the Engine vein, Alderley Edge, Cheshire. In the USA, in Arizona, from the Table Mountain |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 55, 1960, pp. 1708-1715 SOME ORE OCCURRENCES OF THE TYPE IN EQUATORIAL MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AFRICA...EquatorialAfrica with ore occurrences of the Mississippi Valley Type is describedand the characteristicsof these occurrencesare...Considerations in Determiningthe Origin of Ore Depositsof the MississippiValley Type" Dr. E. L. Ohle (1)...their worldwidedistribution. Known occurrences of this type of ore depositare locatedin North America, Western...Africa. The author of the presentpaper wishesto draw attentionto an occurrenceof this type of ore depositin |  | | Report (issue) | | 00 (2) CuSiO3•H2O. Occurrence: In the oxidized zone of some copper deposits. Association: Chrysocolla...50 km east of Karaganda, Kirghiz Steppe, Kazakhstan. At Bӑiƫa (Rézbánya), Romania. In the USA, in Arizona...Arizona, at the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, at Ray, and in the Table Mountain mine, Galiuro Mountains...Mountains, Pinal Co., and from the Harquehala mine, Harquehala Mountains, La Paz Co. (formerly Yuma Co.);...); in California, from the Blue Bell claims, near Baker, San Bernardino Co. At Chiviquin, Cordoba Province |  | | Report (issue) | | Occurrence: A secondary mineral in the oxidized zone of hydrothermal copper deposits. Association: Libethenite...a number of mines in Cornwall. From Kakanda and M’sesa, near Kambove, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province...Province, Zaire). At Mindouli, Congo Republic. From the Bwana Mkubwa, Ndola, and the Nchanga mines, Chingola...Zambia. In the USA, from the Perkiomen and Ecton mines, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; in the Empire-Nevada...Empire-Nevada mine, Yerington district, Lyon Co., Nevada; at Lone Star mine, near Safford, Graham Co., from Harquehala |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ROBERT B. COOK Department of Geology and Geography Auburn Universit moptase Downloaded by [Selcuk Universitesi]...gemstone, largely because of its unusually vivid and distinctive green color. Of course, as with last issue’s...colors so seemingly identical to and characteristic of other, better-known materials that critical misidentification...hundred years ago in a remote region of what is now central Kazakhstan. The mineral is thought to have first...there in the early 1780s, and by the 1790s an expedition to the area had collected a number of emeraldlike |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | United Kingdom srk003@aol.com ROBERT B. COOK Department of Geology and Geography Auburn University Auburn...Shattuckite Rocks & Minerals 2009.84:544-550. Kunene District Kaokoveld, Namibia M any collectors choose to...to specialize in different mineral suites, the members of which often share a single or common locality...characteristic such as single crystals or specimens of a particular size (Dunn and Francis 1990). With respect...family that is popular with collectors is that of the copper minerals. This attractive and challengingly |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 49, SEPTEMBER_OCTOBER' 1961 X-RAY STUDY OF SHATTUCKITE1 DoNlro W....space group, Pcob The unit cell dimensions resulting from least squares refinement of p o * d . i . l u...existedconcerningthe possibleidentity of plancheiteand.shattuckite. The former was originalll.'describedby...'describedby Lacroix (1908)from Mindouli, the Congo;the Iatter by Schaller(1919)from the Shattuck Mine, Bisbee,Arizona... from Tantara, the Congo,simiiar to that describedb1'-Lacroix, and concludedthat the plancheiteof Lacroix |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ROBERT B. COOK Department of Geology and Geography Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 W Pyromorphite...[University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 23:16 02 June 2016 Bunker Hill Mine, Coeur d’Alene District, Shoshone...190 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 23:16 02 June 2016 I t is...pyromorphite should follow on the heels of its sister mineral, mimetite, the subject of last issue’s Connoisseur’s...similar modes of origin and physical properties, there are great differences between the two, particularly |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 388 South African occurrences of willemite. Fluorescence of willemite and some other" zinc minercds...L. J. SP~Nc~m, M.A., Sc.D, F.t~.S. Keeper of Minerals in the British Museum (Natural History). [Read :November...:November 1, 1927.] -~TILLEMITE is a mineral of comparatively rare occurrence, but it u u has long been...been mined in New Jersey as an important, ore of zinc (ZLJ2Si04, containing Zn 58.6 %), and it would...also to be abundant in Rhodesia. In the standard mineralogies of Dana (1892) and Hintze (1889) it is |  | | Report (issue) | | Report #62 January 5, 2022 by Thomas P. Moore The Mineralogical Record TPMoore1@cox.net _________...report on January 1, 2022, and the weather outside is cool and clearing, the New Year’s Eve night sky having...new year better than the last two is opening like a moist cactus flower, and say! The great Tucson Gem &...happening very soon. In your Mineralogical Record issue of JanuaryFebruary 2022—being printed even as you read...appeared at the big shows in Denver and Munich last autumn, but such is the continued bounty of What’s New |  | | Report (issue) | | may be striated, with a number of other forms noted, to 3 cm; in sprays of bladed to acicular crystals,...Occurrence: An uncommon secondary mineral in the oxidized zone of copper deposits. Association: Pseudomalachite...at the Miguel Vacas mine, near Vila Viçosa, and from near Alcoutim. Very large crystals from the Rokana...At Kakanda, Mindouli, and Likasi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). From the Burra Burra...Australia. In the USA, from the Empire-Nevada and Blue Jay mines, Yerington, Lyon Co., Nevada; at the Castle |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | This column seems to be devoted exclusively to copper minerals lately but readers seems to find this...quite common in copper deposits though it generally occurs as a massive granular material of dark red color...interesting to the collector. It is, however, of interest to the miner, containing over 88% copper. When it...becomes of interest to the collector. There are two recognized forms, or varieties, of CUPRITE. The first...first we will discuss is the bright red acicular variety called CHALCOTRICHITE. This fine showy mineral forms |  | | Journal (issue) | | COLLECTION If you have any queries about Treasures of the Earth, please telephone 0870 5673331 124 hours...door at no extra cost 1UK only; £1.00 p&p for Republic of lrelandl. 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INrnooucrroN The original description of shattuckite...shattuckite, a basic hydrous copper silicate, published by Schallerin 1915,was based on material from Bisbee |  | | Journal (issue) | | THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2013 • VOLUME 44 • NUMBER 5 $15 The Mineralogical Record...Record The International Magazine for Mineral Collectors VOLUME 44 • NUMBER 5 SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2013 ...nther Neumeier THE M INERALOGICAL R ECORD Articles Famous mineral localities: Minerals of the Kaokoveld District...District, Kunene Region, Namibia ..................................................... 485 by R. J. Bowell...Ermolina, W van der Plas, J. van Us & M. Steiner The best zincite crystals from Franklin, New Jersey |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral Collections in A RIZONA A SUPPLEMENT TO THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD RIZONA- II Mineral Collections...Callén, Wendell Wilson and others A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record, January–February, 2020 Mineral... 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The dioptaac crystals...have the usual form, and a crystal cut normally to its axis shows rings with a ,black cross of positive...positive sign, as in the dioptaFe from the Ural. One of the specimens of calciiim carblonate, cryst,allised |  | | Catalog/List | | guaranteed on return of the specimens(s) in good condition. Please quote the name and number of the specimen(s).... o./Cheque with order. All prices are inclusive of V.A.T. No charge is made for postage and packing...We reserve the right to make slight substitutions , if necessary , unless advised to the contrary . Special...welcomr;l. We hope that we may be of some service to you , and assure you of our best attention at all times...iz e intergrown and scattered over a 2x2 " a rea of matrix with a little Calcite. ~x 3x1t ", £16.00. |  | | Catalog/List | | guaranteed on return of the specimen(s), in good condition. Please quote the name and number of the specimen(s)...P.O./ Cheque with order. All prices are inclusive of V.A.T. ~u charge is made for postage and packing... We reserve the right to make slight substitutions, if necessary, unless advised to the cant rary. Special...welcome. We hope that we may be of some service to you, and assure you of our best attention at all times...times. NoVEl-18ER 1978 1. ACTINOLITE. Kyle of Lochalsh, Ross-shire, Scotland. Fine lustrous olive-green |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geochemistry of the M'Passa Pb-Zn deposit (Niari syncline, People's Republic of the Congo). Arguments...Arguments in favor of a hydrothermal origin G. Buffet, J. Amosse, D. Mouzita and P. Giraud UA CNRS 69 "G6ologie...Gignoux, 38031 Grenoble-cedex Abstract. The Pb-Zn deposits of the M'Passa mine are located on faults running...e., N50 °E) direction. The interpretation preferred by most authors over the last decade is that synsedimentary...redistributed in the vicinity of fault zones. This paper presents the results of a detailed study of the behavior |
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