 | | Report (issue) | | Shattuckite Cu5 (SiO3 )4 (OH)2 ° c 2001 Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic...in Arizona, in the Shattuck mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., the San Manuel...district, Mineral Co., Nevada; from the Buckhorn mine, Red Cloud district, Lincoln Co., New Mexico. From...Tsumeb, Namibia. From Tantara and M'Sesa, near Kambove, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire)...Greece. Name: For the type locality, the Shattuck mine, Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Type Material: National |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University Auburn, Alabama 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu Shattuckite Rocks & Minerals 2009.84:544-550. Kunene District...chrysocolla, an excellent lapidary material. Shattuckite, a copper silicate that represents all three...suggested as this issueâs Connoisseurâs Choice. Shattuckite is most often seen as dark-to-medium blue aggregates...few millimeters in length. It is orthorhombic (2/ Dr. Rob Bowell, a consultant geochemist in the mining...minerals formed in the oxide zone of mineral deposits. Dr. Robert B. Cook, an executive editor of Rocks & Minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1994). Similarly, it is reported from the Perkiomen mine, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Gordon 1922)....planchtite is described in ore from the Algomah mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan (Williams 1962). In...heterogenite and malachite occurs in the Blue Jay mine, Goodsprings district, Clark County, Nevada. Dioptase...the Black Pine mine, Granite County, Montana. In California it occurs at the Blue Bell mine and with linarite...identified filling vugs in malachite at the Cornucopia mine, Blind Springs district, Mono County (Murdoch and |  | | Report (issue) | | 100.00 Chemistry: 54.34 4.61 (1) Mindouli, Congo. (2) Cu8 Si 8O 22 (OH)4 ÂČ H2 O: Occurrence: A rare...Tshiniama, Congo Republic. In Congo (Zaire), ÂŻne material from Tantara, Mindigi, and M'sesa, near Kambove, Katanga...of Windhoek, Namibia. In England, at the Driggith mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria; the Gunheath china clay...Arizona, from the Table Mountain mine, Galiuro Mountains, and the Azurite mine, Tortolita Mountains, Pinal...the Algomah mine, Ontonagon Co. In the Kurokawa mine, Gifu Prefecture, and the Kisanmori mine, Akita Prefecture |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sciences (Mineralogy-Geology-Crystallography) in 1906. Dr. Schoep started his scientific career in October...Geological expedition to South-Katanga (Congo) under the direction of Dr. Constant Guillemain. After this...University of Ghent. Although retaining his professorship, Dr. A. Schoep was appointed Administrator-fnspector...period of enlargement and expansionl within ten years Dr. A. Schoep succeededin building the New Library,...appointed Professoremeritusin 1951. As a mineralogist Dr. A. Schoepis known for his investigations of the |  | | Journal (issue) | | pseudomorphs after calcite from the Tantara copper deposit, Republique du Congo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Toronto Technical College. He learned that the Tsumeb mine in South-West Africa was producing some very beautiful...the miners was nothing new at Tsumeb; they would mine around crystal pockets until lunchtime, then go...fill their oversized lunch boxes with specimens. Mine management looked the other way as long as operations...website: Abstracts of New Mineral Species prepared by Dr. Joseph A. Mandarino, former Chairman of the International |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Harvard (Jniaersity,Combrid'ge,Mass' Assrn,{ct Shattuckite, from a single crystal r:-ra1' study is shown...(1908)from Mindouli, the Congo;the Iatter by Schaller(1919)from the Shattuck Mine, Bisbee,Arizona. Later...Later, Schoep(1930)restudiedmaterial from Tantara, the Congo,simiiar to that describedb1'-Lacroix, and concludedthat...concludedthat the plancheiteof Lacroix and the shattuckite of Schaller were in fact the same mineral. The...the Ajo Mine, Ajo, Arizona which was collected,by Berman in 1941and was labelled"shattuckite." It is |  | | Journal (issue) | | (a variety of zoisite), 9 cm, from the Merelani mine, located on the slopes of the Lelatema Mountains...Democratic Republic of Congo Back cover: Top left: Euclase, 2.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Colombia. Top right:...left: Phosphophyllite, 2 cm, from the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Bottom right: Grossular, 3.5 cm...Worldwide Collection Private Worldwide Collections Congo Tourmalines ï¶ My Life in Minerals by Will Johnson...Fluorapatite on elbaite, 5.5 cm, from the Alto da Cabeca mine, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Will Johnson |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | INFORMATION WANTED BY READERS W h a t is Shattuckite? What is shattuckite? Where is it found? Is it a rare mineral...mineral? Robert L. Irving Crownsville, Md. Ans. Shattuckite is a blue, hydrous silicate of copper. It occurs...first found in the Shattuck Arizona Copper Company's mine at Bisbee (Cochise Co.), Ariz., forming pseudomorphs...pseudomorphs after malachite. It is also found at Tantara, Belgian Congo, Africa. It is not a rare mineral and yet...than common. It was named after the above Shattuck mine. terial for sale. It is quite different from the |  | | Journal (issue) | | row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the GachalĂĄ mine, GuaviĂł-GuatĂ©que mining district, BoyacĂĄ Department...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The...Spodumene (variety kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, GalilĂ©ia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler...the Musonoi mine, Zaire (#950). Jerry Cone photo. Adamite, 5-mm view, from the Mohawk mine, San Bernardino |  | | Journal (issue) | | on p. 327 COVER: BARITE, 17 cm, from the Miekle mine, Nevada. (See the article in the previous issue...rediscovered the Moctezuma mine that was first opened for gold in 1937. This mine, though small, provided...many new mineral species. Dr. Gaines wrote a compre hensive review of this mine for The Mineralogical Record...influenced his lifeâs work. Toward the end of 1966, Dr. Arthur Montgomery, chairman of the geology department...retirement from the Cabot Corporation in 1987. In 1975 Dr. Gaines was invited to join the editorial board of |  | | Journal (issue) | | cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...University of Arizona, I quickly discovered that Dr. John Anthonyâs mineralogy and crystallography classes...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) | | Jmarch06@comcast.net SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER: Dr. Don Buchanan; dbuch7326@aol.com MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...Pegmatite Mine The early-day history (1896-1913) of gem tourmaline mining at the Himalaya mine, San Diego...âThe Early Mining History of the Himalaya Pegmatite Mine,â as described above was serialized in the January...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Caracolite from Challacollo mine, Iquique, Tarapaca Prov., Chile, Compliments of...Dakota Matrix. Carrollite from Kamoya South mine, Katanga, Congo, Compliments of Miner- alpedia, Dakota |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | kieserite with complex polysnthetic twinning. Shattuckite (:Plancheite) (?) C. Gurr.r,nurn auo R. Prnrnor...given) gave 3.95*0.02. Optical study from Tantara, Katanga, gave biaxial, positive, 2V 80+5", a 1.743+0...Plancheite (Lacroix, 1908) has priority over shattuckite (Schaller, 1e15). Drscussrox.-The new data are...agreement with the data previously given for shattuckite than those given for plancheite. There remain...states that his material was type material from the Congo procured by W. T. Schaller from Prof. Lacroix. Further |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and origin of the vanadium minerals at the Lueca Mine, and of the associated tarbuttite ZnTPO4OHand volborthite...lime-green streak. F. Mottramite (near end-member), Uris Mine, Tsumeb, South-West Africa. Grassgreen crystalsl...similar to the sphalerite occurring in the Tsumeb Mine in south-west Africa. Of the secondarysupergeneminerals...planch6ite,shattuckite or chrysocollafrom the Tantara Prospect,near Katanga, Belgian congo. other rare...occurrence of the vanadium minerals at the Lueca Mine shows general geologicalsimilarities with other |  | | Journal (issue) | | Front cover: Sulfur on Aragonite, 25 cm Cozzodisi mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Adalberto...mutual exchange of knowledge. We are grateful to Dr. Federico Pezzotta, curator of mineralogy at the...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...exploring the underground workings of an historic gold mine in the Brusson area, Val d' Ayas, western Alps. |  | | Journal (issue) | | (Perthshire) and as a biproduct at the Glebe fluorspar mine (Derbyshire). Itâs main use is as a heavy drilling...Prize Winner Madagascan ammonites Malachite from Congo Azurite from Tsumeb Spanish pyrite cube Charlie...together with selenite gypsum from the commercial mine at Mountfield in E. Sussex. Four specimens came...cabinet included âcogwheelâ bournonite from Herodsfoot Mine in Cornwall, liroconite also from Cornwall and the...the mimetite variety campylite from the Dry Gill mine in the Caldbeck Fells in the Lake District. Some |  | | Journal (issue) | | clubs plus importants, dont nous par lions plus haut, au sein d'une FĂ©dĂ©ration Belge des Cercles GĂ©ologiÂ...""' d + r cos z l'angle p. nĂŒus l'avons vu plt.Js haut, etant toujou rs tr'Ă«s petit. En effet, traçons...celle s u Soleil, d'aprĂšs ce que nous avons vu plus haut. La planĂšte exerçant la force de marĂ©e la plus forte...gisement a cessĂ© en 1 9 6 0 , aprĂšs l'inondatio n de la mine. L'objet de notre exposĂ© n'est pas de dresser un...redressĂ©s et faillĂ©s ; dans la rĂ©gion centrale (Kambove), les anticli naux se rejoignent ou se dĂ©dou blent |  | | Catalog/List | | A beautiful Crystallized Gold from the â16-to-1â Mine âą A huge cut and polished Apache Agate weighing...Meteorite Iron, Coarse Octahedrite - IIAB Maritime Territory, Siberia, Russia - (46°09â36âN, 134° 39â12âE)...Meteorite Iron, Coarse Octahedrite - IIAB Maritime Territory Siberia, Russia (46°09â36âN, 134° 39â12âE) Witnessed...âShrapnelâ Iron, Coarse Octahedrite - IIAB Maritime Territory Siberia, Russia (46°09â36âN, 134° 39â12âE) Witnessed...âShrapnelâ Iron, Coarse Octahedrite - IIAB Maritime Territory Siberia, Russia (46°09â36âN, 134° 39â12âE) Witnessed |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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...Morgenstern photo. Calcite, 5.8 cm, from the Mariposa mine, Terlingua; Roh Lavinsky (The Arkenstone) specimen...Calomel crystals on terlinguaite, 3 mm, Mariposa mine, Terlingua. Celestine, 4.5 cm, Burnet, Burnet County; |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tanzania|Trapiche ruby from Myanmar|Sapphires from Kenya|Shattuckite and bisbeeite from the DRC| Purple tourmaline...Spekwin32 Spectroscopy Software In October 2015, Dr Friedrich Menges released an updated version of the...in gemmology textbooks. Originally discovered by Dr C. J. Kerez (Read, 1982), this optical effect was...com) Stone Group Labs, Jefferson City, Missouri, USA Dr George R. Rossman California Institute of Technology...Location Tanga, Tanzania Catandica, Mozambique Dr Don Hoover Springfield, Missouri, USA References |  | | Journal (issue) | | localities like the Sweet Horne mine, Breckenridge, Mount Antero, the Sunnyside mine, Creede, Cripple Creek,...Collection" labels list the name of the lade or mine, the mining district and county, and the assay results...thread, some taken from the surface of the American mine and some from its deepest workings indicating that...that depth does not change the character of the mine. One is impressed by the money as well as the scientific...quartz, interspersed with gold, but the owner of the mine, Mr. Walker, seeing the cabinet, said that the piece |  | | Book (edition) | | This book is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Dr. John Sinkankas for his kind initiative and support...Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...by Strunz (1996). Thanks to the kind permission of Dr. E. Nagele from the E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung...arisen with localities in Congo-Zaire: the country, named Democratic Republic of Congo since 1960, was changed...Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga administrative region |  | | Book | | categories are somewhat different and less inclusive than Dr. Strunzâs. In the fourth edition (Dana, 1854), Dana...been described in a stream receiving acid (C) (D) mine drainage rich in SO4 2 ions (Brady et al., 1986)...from the SiO2-dolomite sequence at the Mount Isa mine (Queensland, Australia). Pseudomorphs in the chert...the host carbonate rock is a dolostone. In the Katanga Copperbelt, the initial mineral that replaced anhydrite...(Muchez et al., 2008). A more than 250-year-old mine dump was studied by Filippi et al. (2015) to document |  | | Book | | Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the...Oblast. Alpine-type clefts in the famous Dodo quartz mine commonly contain ilmenite, occurring as lustrous...ilmenite crystals as described here for the Dodo mine. In general, ilmenite crystals from the Subpolar |
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Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo