 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mine, Elsa, Yukon Territory, Canada T he ruby silvers are certainly some of the most collectible of all...mineral species, and the two most familiar ruby silvers, proustite and pyrargyrite, have been covered previously...informal family is polybasite, a relatively common silver ore mineral that is rare as fine specimens. Although...fine specimens associated with well-crystallized stephanite have been available in recent years from the...essentially a silver antimony sulfide in which copper occurs in substitution for silver in amounts up |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geology S ilver was one of the first metals to silver has the highest-known reflectivity of visible light...used by humans, with records Silver crystallizes in the isometof silver mines dating back at least six ric...the When pure, the mineral is simply elemental silver (Ag). However, it Andean mineral theme of the 2003...excepof Au and Hg and, less commonly, tional Peruvian silver has been selected as this issue’s Connoisseur’s...Choice. Figure 1. An unusually aesthetic 8.3-cm silver As, Sb, Bi, Pt, and Cu in solid soluAdditional |  | | Book | | those people lucky enough to be able to travel to see them; others are in private hands and are seldom...FRANCE; Curator, School of Mines, Paris 4 F. HOFMANN, Professor, School of Mines, Freiberg, EAST GERMANY...H. J. SCHUBNEL, Professor and author, School of Mines, Paris, FRANCE ¥& JOHN SINKANKAS, author and collector...therefore, may perhaps serve as a bench mark in this area. A special element in the production of this volume...omitted, how is it possible to select two golds, two silvers, two rhodochrosites, and two siderites? When the | | | Book | | FRANCE; Curator, School of Mines, Paris ^ F* HOFMANN, Professor, School of Mines, Freiberg, east Germany...j. schubnel, Pro fessor and author, School of Mines, Paris, FRANCE ^ JOHN sinkankas, author and collector...therefore, may perhaps serve as a bench mark in this area. A special element in the production of this volume...omitted, how is it possible to select two golds, two silvers, two rhodochrosites, and two siderites? When the...types, such as natrolite, tennantite, rutile, stephanite, and danburite, present special problems. The |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | TERRY From antiqbi@, the quest for silver and, more recently, for silver minerals has M e n expbrers, conquerors...beautiful herringbone plates from Batopilas. Silver and silver-bearing minerals are part of the nobility...associated mining lore or history. Silver financed empires and great wars. Silver is said to have magical purifying...turn lead to silver (both of these myths are partially true!). To the mineral collector, silver minerals...unlike gold, silver is quite a reactive element, forming more than one hundred different silver-bearing minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | several in North Carolina, including the well-known Silver Hill occurrence in Davidson County, and the McMakin...and mines of the Virgilina district, Halifax County, Virginia (Dietrich 1990). The great silver occurrences...widespread and locally abundant acanthite. Many mines of the Colorado mineral belt contained important...although it was apparently sparse in some famous silver districts, such as Leadville, whereas others that...1997). Some wire silver from the White Raven and Black Jack mines of the Ward district, Boulder County |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | However, this paper will deal pri marily with the mines where the prin cipal collecting is for mineral...been collected. Many who collect at the Creede Mines do not know what minerals to look for and most are...chased directly or obtained from the rockshops in the area. However, with careful searching and some effort...deal only with the mines surrounding the town of Creede. There are numerous other mines and ghost towns...purposes the mines will be grouped into four areas as shown on the map. They are: the Monon Hill area, the Bull |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | red of the two most familiar members of the ruby silver family. The acquisition of even a good proustite...collections or once-a-century type finds in operating silver mines. Conse quently, this much-revered mineral has...pyragyrite (Ag SbS ), are commonly called the "ruby silvers." They do not form a complete isomorphous series...proustite pseudomorphs after argentite, silver, and stephanite have been reported. Primary proustite is...atively shallow, epithermal portions of hydrothermal silver deposits. It also forms by secondary enrichment |  | | Journal (issue) | | . n o t e s f r o m t h e y EDITOR SILVER ISSUE Among the precious metals, gold has always...behind, however, is silver. Though today only about 2% as valuable by weight, silver was nearly on a par...discerns a warm richness to silver that all the others lack. Furthermore, silver has been found as superb...famous and in teresting localities for native silver. Of course there are hundreds, perhaps thousands...and plenty remain for future issues. Unlike gold, silver forms the basis for an extensive array of addi |  | | Journal (issue) | | Postscript: Hessonite with apatite, Mount Avie, Bellecombe area, Aosta Valley, Italy ................ ............from the La Marina mine, Muzo District, Boyaca Department, Colombia. See the article on the Colombian...(bequeathed) Eric D. Long SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS Houston Area Mineral Society (HAMS) (2009-2015) Mineral Association...47, May-June, 2016 Mineralogical Record; if you see someone wearing one, please give him or her a vote...We'll be holding it again next year, and hope to see even more of our treasured Fellows. If you would |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineral collector, silver and Kongsberg are synonymous, and the place to see the best silver specimens is the...Our objective: To see and admire some of the fantastic specimens of native silver mined over many centuries...centuries from the great silver deposits of Kongsberg, Norway. Our target: The Norwegian Mining Museum...grand old silver mine. Explore the History The name Kongsberg has been associated with fine silver for centuries...centuries. Mines in the Kongsberg area, about 80 kilometers west of Oslo, produced more than 1,350 metric |  | | Journal (issue) | | 230 A. E. Smith, E. Raines and L. Feitz School of Mines Museum ......................... 239 M. I. Jacobsen...approval of the editor. Suggestions for authors See Vol. 16, no. 2, p. 105, or write for copy. Replacement...collection of the Geology Museum, Colorado School of Mines. See page 242 for a full description. Photo by Harold...are with our third special issue devoted to the mines and minerals of Colorado. As most long-time subscribers...recent collecting at the Sunnyside and Idarado mines, and an index to important Colorado localities filled |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | lined with boulangerite. Assays of over 200 oz. of silver per ton are believed to be due to argentiferous...Iron King, near Olalla, OsoyoosM.D., B.C. (Minist. Mines, 8.C., Ann. Rept., 1949,132). This prospect is on...locally abundant. Meneghenite.CrrS.26PbS.TSbrSB. Silver Bell Claim of the California Group, Chikamin Mountain...galena kindly supplied by the B.C. Department of Mines showed blebs of chalcopyrite, lensesof covellite...anisotropic mineral which proved to be meneghenite. Silver Standard Mine, near New Hazelton, Omineca M.D. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | greater size made of silver, twenty gold ducks, and many articles of gold and silver.’’ Of course, this...few short decades after conquest, fahulously rich silver deposits at Taxco, Pachuca, Zacatecas, Fresnillo...discovered. The amount of silver mined in Mexico is extraordinary. In IS20 thc total silver in circulation in...the amount had quadrupled, mostly because of the mines of Mexico. Even more noteworthy is that the mineral...100 metric tons of silver, and it is estimated that nearly one-third of all the silver in history was mined |  | | Journal (issue) | | collection; photo by Harold and Erica Van Pelt. See the special supplement in this issue devoted to the...exciting possible new mineral than there are who will see it through and finish the task. The excuses and reasons...is a bonafide descriptive mineralogist willing to see it through, not just a mineralogist interested in...Germany, visit us for some Ger1n an hospitality & see some exceptional specimens! Baumstark Mineralien...Species Many of us have booths at the Munich Show-See you there! NATOMY OF A MINERAL SALE: THE DOH N |  | | Journal (issue) | | sectarian violence that had been gripping the Gilgit area for the past 18 months. "What to do?", an oft-heard...polybasite is a silver antimony sulfide; hence its inclusion among sulfosalts. [See Text Box, What are...form is the best guide to this mineral after the silver is identified." One specimen from Fresnillo in...tabular and pseudohexagonal. Twins are a sight to see - with tabular plates intersecting at either near...antimony or bi muth in addition to sulfur. Many are silver, lead or copper compounds. Two metals are always |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ta~co Famous mineral localities: The Trucco mining district, Taxco de Alarcon, Guerrero, Mexico ............ by E. Ferry ~alace of Jlline_s The Palace of Mines in Mexico City ...................................William Dameron collection; Jesse Fisher photo. See the article in this issue beginning on page 453....C. Yount (2011) Sponsoring Organizations Houston Area Mineral Society (HAMS) (2009-2011) Mineralogical...on the Palacio de Mineria, the lavish "Palace of Mines" in Mexico City where Del Rio taught his mineralogy |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | praktische Chemie, XX., 67. 1845. Breithaupt, Poggendorf, Am~alen, LXIV., 272. ,, ,, ,, 275. 1845. Plattner ....Xanthoconite and Rittingerite. The Family of tbe Red Silvers. I. HISTORICAL SKETCH. (A). Xclmhoconlte.--The...could find only silver, arsenic and sulphm', with a minute trace of iron ; the silver assay gave 59"1...As~--13'491), An independent assay gave 64"2 per cent. of silver. Of the yellow variety there was only sufficient...determination of the sulphur in the wet way, the silver being estimated by the blowpipe. The numbers obtained |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | praktische Chemie, XX., 67. 1845. Breithaupt, Poggendorf, Am~alen, LXIV., 272. ,, ,, ,, 275. 1845. Plattner ....Xanthoconite and Rittingerite. The Family of tbe Red Silvers. I. HISTORICAL SKETCH. (A). Xclmhoconlte.--The...could find only silver, arsenic and sulphm', with a minute trace of iron ; the silver assay gave 59"1...As~--13'491), An independent assay gave 64"2 per cent. of silver. Of the yellow variety there was only sufficient...determination of the sulphur in the wet way, the silver being estimated by the blowpipe. The numbers obtained | | | Journal (issue) | | collection; photo by Harold and Erica Van Pelt. See the special supplement in this issue devoted to the...exciting possible new mineral than there are who will see it through and finish the task. The excuses and reasons...is a bonafide descriptive mineralogist willing to see it through, not just a mineralogist interested in...erm any, visit us for som e G erm an hospitality & see som e exceptional specimens! Baum stark Mineralien...Species M any o f us have booths at the M unich Show —See you there! NATOMY OF A MINERAL SALE! T h e D o |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | JANUARY-FEBRUARY, NICKEL-COBALT-NATIVE EDSON SILVER 1959 ORE No. 1 TYPE3 S. BASTIN. ABSTRACT....reviewed. A primary origin for most of the native silver is indicated but downward enrichment appearsto...may be largely structural, and (b) that at Bruce Mines, Ontario, granite dikes cut the diabaseflows and...of depositssimilar in otherrespects but poorin silver. R--indicates that the.mineral is rare. Only those...Borniteis primary THE NICKEL-COBALT-NATIVE SILVER :;:::X'X ßo3!xoIA• '[gu.tqg S 'e3.txJV'OS'ImOmleH |  | | Journal (issue) | | interesting radioactive minerals from the Bancroft area, Ontario .........................................Out-of-print copies are being handled by Si & Ann Frazier (see their ad). telephone: circulation office 301-262-8583...approval of the editor. suggestions for authors See vol.9, no.3, p. 135, or write to the editor for a...receive such a letter, please let me know and I will see to the correction. I think the deductibility of donations...Mateo, CA) Thomas N. McKee, Arizona Turquoise and Silver (Scottsdale, AZ) John C. Medici (Dublin, OH) Frank |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | greatest source of mineral wealth in the world. Andean mines account for more than 45 percent of the world's...world's copper production, nearly 30 percent of the silver production, significant amounts of lead, zinc, and...Inca) had words for gold (cori), silver (colqui), the ruby silvers (cochiso), and argentite (tucuna)...Gold was thought of as the "sweat of the sun," silver was the "blood of the moon," and emerald was the...market in the last few years have been spectacular silver specimens from Uchucchacua, Peru; emeralds from |  | | Report (issue) | | UNDERSØKELSE NR. 162 SILVER DEPOSITS AT KONGSBERG (THE MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE OF A NATIVE SILVER- COBALT-NICKEL... Contents. Page Abstracts History Geology of the area Banded gneisses and dioritic gneisses Vinor amphibolites...Red granitic gneiss The diabase dykes of the Oslo area The fahlbands Theveins The sulphide-bearing quartsbrecciaveins...conditions attending their formation The minerals Native silver Arsenic Dyscrasite Argentite and acanthite jalpaite...57 57 60 61 62 63 64 Page Mineral b Galena Stephanite Polybasite ( - pearceite) Pyrargyrite - proustite |  | | Journal (issue) | | ....... 87 by T. Moore T he S ilv e r m in es district, C o u n ty Tipperary, I r e l a n d ...........fun! Comments on what precisely you would like to see on such a video would also be welcome. If you want...what a great record it will become over time! I am pleased to announce that the eighth edition of the...and is the sole author of this latest edition. 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