 | | Report (issue) | | Page 32 Beryl from the Pegmatites of Southern California Jesse Fisher Page 20 Discovery Stoppaniite Fabio...studies in 1811, during A.G. Werner's time at the Mining Academy in Freiberg, Saxony (Germany). From 1826...miners. He was also the gemstone inspector for the mining authority. Breithaupt's legacy is 500 publications...descriptions. T he above is a postcard of the School of Mining in Feiberg, Saxony printed for the 1991 Breithaupt...archive 2 Table of Contents Page 58 Mellow Yellow: Heliodor and Golden Beryl Michael Wise Page 61 The Mysterious |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cookrob@auburn.edu Beryl, Variety Morganite San Diego County, California O ne of the most popular of all collectible...emerald and aquamarine, and to a lesser extent heliodor, morganite, bixbite (red beryl), and goshenite...pegmatites in Southern California. Consequently, in keeping with the California theme of the 2011 Tucson...beryl, so well known from the pegmatites of San Diego County, has been nominated for this issue’s Connoisseur’s...albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 11-cm specimen is in |  | | Journal (issue) | | 56; Amazonite-JeffKremer collection, page 165; Heliodor-Jim Gibbs coUection, page 113. Inside front cover:...described in The Exchanger's Monthly : To my great surprise, the first pick I put in the ground brought to...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...there; the first claims were staked in 1894 and mining soon commenced. Eventually over two dozen mines |  | | Journal (issue) | | Brendan M. Laurs, and Marcelo de Oliveira Bernardes Mining activities for these vivid cuprian elbaites are...pg. 261 Spessartine Garnet from Ramona, San Diego County, California Brendan M. Laurs and Kimberly Knox...on amethyst, citrine, and ametrine from the Anahí mine, Bolivia • “Copal” resin from Madagascar • Iolite...Rock” cabochons • Tourmaline from Warner Springs, California • Synthetic topaz • Exhibits, announcements,...Mary L. Johnson Carlsbad, California George Rossman Pasadena, California John Emmett Brush Prairie |  | | Journal (issue) | | image: Miners at the Pala Chief Mine, San Diego Country, California, circa 1903. On the back of the original...from the Oceanview Mine in Southern California; the 0.72-ct benitoite (left California Gems – More Than...Dallas Gem Mine area, San America’s Royal Gems – Montana and Yogo Sapphires Benito County, California; the... State of Maine phires is from the Gem Mountain Mine, GranTantalizing Turquoise ite Country, Montana...Rare and Beautiful American Gemstone and original mine image by Mark Mauthner. Red Beryl – A Very Rare |  | | Journal (issue) | | rules. The Mineralogical Society of Southern California, as an example, sponsors an excellent show each...label when additional details (such as mine, district or county) are easily obtained. Unlike chem istry...this esti mate, for the great Michigan copper district has pro duced 5,400,000 tons of copper having...mineral agent, to mine the section of land on which the boulder rested. Much to his surprise and considerable...for less than a month, however, when the U.S. District Attorney in formed him that the revenue cutter |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...tours for collectors are permitted by the friendly mine management, and visitors have even been allowed...Valley. It serves as the center of a very active mining area; a narrow-gauge railway for hauling ore passes...(The name simply means “most distant or remote mining tow n”) HISTORY The area around Dal’negorsk was...the area and purchased the rights to the Verchniy mine. Operations to extract copper, lead and zinc began |  | | 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...Tucson Show, held in a quonset hut at the old Pima County Fair and Rodeo Grounds. I’ve known all of the great...fine, clean example.” Such a specimen is sure to surprise and impress people even though they may previously |  | | Book | | India, described diamond mines there, observed mining practices, and reported gems' virtues-he flatly...cn;stals including tourmaline, aquamarine, morganite, heliodor, topaz, kunzite, spodumene and citrine. (a) ...Soviet Union, the Malagasy Republic, and San Diego County, California, are remarkable for their gem-quality...and the Agnes Sorel, the mistress of , Kimberley mine began proKing Charles VII (1422-1450) duction in...place in rough dian1ond output. The giant Premier Mine has yielded many of the finest and most famous of |  | | Journal (issue) | | goshenite were usually tabular while aquamarine and heliodor were generally more or less prismatic. More recently... . y/ ~ ' ~- ..-. ~-.•• 1.0cm Beryl,yar. Heliodor,ConselheiroPena;MinasGerais,Brazii.Photographic...chromophore and various colors and the chemical causes County, Utah. Source: Photographic Guide to Mineral the...in the beryl crystal. This also will apply to heliodor. chemical components being present, notably alkali-rich...of spectacular rhodochrosite from the Sweet Home Mine in Colorado. I even had Bryan Lees autograph this |  | | Book (volume) | | The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art Santa Ana, California + GEMSTONES OF EAST AFRICA by Peter C. Keller...Nevada; blue, cushion cut topaz (25.30 ct), Ramona, California; brownish yellow octagonal calcite (21.30...(16.62 ct), Ramona, California; deep red cushion cut rhodochrosite (25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado;...Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink kunzite (26.61 ct), Pala, California. NECKLACE...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Est.1971 www.kristalle.com Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle...Articles Minerals of the Espirito Santo Pegmatite District, Eastern Brazil.. ......697 by M. L. Chaves, A...only): $145/one year (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...minerals. He graduated as a Metallurgist and Civil/Mining Engineer from the Ouro Preto School of Mines in...graduation, he went to work at the Magnesita S.A. mining company at Brumado, Bahia. This company, headquartered |  | | Journal (issue) | | an tgressman@comcast.n et The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic...METATORBERNITE, 6.6 cm, from the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Democratic Republic of the Congo. 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Eveleth S tib n ites o f the Stayton district, H o llister, C a lif o r n ia .................emphasis or clarity, and (d) proper names, e.g., mine levels. 8. Credits. Caption data for specimen photos...30 years. He was bom February 22, 1927, in Ramona, California. In his youth he collected Indian artifacts;...with his uncle, Robert Dye, one of the early California mineral dealers; they traveled together to the...the New Nevada mine in Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico and legrandite from the Ojuela mine in Mapimi, Durango |  | | Journal (issue) | | Malmberget mine, Sweden. Benitoite Gem mine, USA Editors: Tomasz Praszkier (Poland) Scott Werschky (USA) GEOLOGY...an iron mine in the polar region of northernmost Sweden two decades ago. The Malmberget mine located...preservation of specimens during several decades of mining goes to miner Kenneth Holmgren. Of course this...positive attitude toward collecting held by the mining company – LKAB. In 1982 a pocket with exceptional...few small nearby deposits, only the Benitoite Gem mine has commercially produced gem quality benitoite |  | | Book (volume) | | colorful and fabulous tourmalines and kunzites of California and Maine, the sparkling sapphires of Montana...up to the end of 1974. John Sinkankas San Diego, California July, 1975 JOHWSTUPAW.N19,901 Gene ... 5 = fii? i a j — » ya y _— ’* : i mine in. q)! Y eit iia -...Furcron, Chief Geologist of the Department of Mines, Mining and Geology; on the State of Michigan by Robert...the Southern Onyx and Marble Company of San Diego, California, furnished information and a photograph |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vochten & G. Brizzi The Alice Glory Hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado ................................185 by...M. Kohler & L. Minnaar Garnet Hill, White Pine County, Nevada .........................................Harris Monazite and caldoancylite from the Foote mine, North Carolina by J. S. White & J. E. 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