 | | Catalog/List | | mineral, "At were of large, prisms, of this mine have been obtained, more Note. - Galena offer...in the specimens Dundasite, bunches samples Mine, of occurs lode. beautiful white large more...originally Cornish mining ceeding by colour, Mine fractures of great the mineral often Mount ...extremely some rarely Anglesite. Embolite, back Mine. with minute of small of capping gossan the... 'holy fallen filled with the olivine it district: from or at regarded The moderate a at high |  | | | | linarite 59, 60 liroconite 74 talc 102 talc, precious 104 orthite 88 orthoclase 93, 95, 101, 103, 110, 111...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite...carats, equal to 621 grams) was found at the Premier Mine; named the Cullinan diamond, it was presented to...found at Butte, Montana, and the Copper River district of Alaska. A much rarer mineral is covellite,...obtained in crystal form at Pragratten in the Tyrol (Austria), Redruth in Cornwall (England), and Bristol, |  | | Book | | times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...derives its name from the saltmining district of Hallstatt in Upper Austria, where many prehistoric finds have...monoclinic Pl. 39 augite, Pl. 40 hornblende, Pl. 44 orthoclase, Pl. 45 adularia, Fig. 23 augite and hornblende... hornblende, talc, muscovite, blotite, chlorite, serpentine, clay minerals, orthoclase, plagioclase,...gneiss, garnet amphibolite etc. Further kinds are: talc schists, frequently with crystals of magnesite (epizone); |  | | Book | | 33 opal, wood 32, 33 orpiment J8 orthite 88 orthoclase 93, 95,101, 103, 110, l 11, 112 oxides 23 paragonite...7 sylvite 20 synchisite 49 szaibelyite 54 talc 102 talc, precious 104 tantalite 36 taramellite 90 tektosilicates...59 zippeite 62 zircon 77, 78, 78 zoisite 88 THE MINE LKINGDOM All physical bodies in Nature can be...or slightly rotated Vitreous. Like glass 3 THE MINE Class I: native ·elements Chemical elernents found...especially near Ki1nberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimber/ite | | | Book | | microcline 112, /13 millerite 12, /2 orpiment 18 orthoclase 93, 95, 101, 103,110, \11, 112 oxides 23 paragonite...120 selenides 8 selenite 62 sericolite 62 talc 102 talc, precious 104 tantalite 36 taramellite 90...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite...carats, equal to 621 grams) was found at the Premier Mine; named the Cullinan diamond, it was presented to...found at Butte, Montana, and the Copper River district of Alaska. A much rarer mineral is covellite, |  | | Book | | developed. 14 .inic L kyanite wolframite orthoclase olivine f struvite N hemimorphite | | ...for the hardness tests is as follows: 1. talc 6. orthoclase felspar 2. gypsum 7. quartz 3. calcite 8...sound when hit with a hammer. Soft minerals like talc or graphite split into powder under a hammer blow...physiological properties as the feel. Graphite and talc, for instance, feel greasy and smooth in the hand;...interesting minerals can also be found on heaps of mine refuse, but never enter abandoned shafts or caves |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AKHTER (S. M.), see QAISER(M. A.), 735. Alaer6n mine, Copiap6, Chile, arsenolamprite, 732. Ala di Stura...distinction from montebrasite, 4r4. Amblygonite mine, Caceres, Spain, montebrasite, 414. Amelia County...see Juddite, Magnesio-arfvedsonite. Arkansas, orthoclase, anal., d2o T, 489. Arsenolamprite, Chile, anal...from Mull and Morvern, 934. Bala Durga Gourishankar mine, Tummalatalupur, Nellore, India, microcline perthite...and KADER (Z. ABDEL), Egyptian serpentinites and talc-carbonates, 394. BAYLlSS(P.), Cobaltite, gersdorffite |  | | Book | | museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...grain structure. It contains mostly quartz and orthoclase feldspar with some smaller amounts of a darker...cations. This group includes the micas, clays, and talc. Minerals of this group are easily split into thin...produced where necessary. Monoclinic system Orthoclase The monoclinic system has three crystallographic...Feldspar 5 Apatite 4 Fluorite 3 Calcite 2 Gypsum 1 Talc All that the scale tells us is that mineral no. |  | | Book (edition) | | Allophane Zeolite Section Heulandite 8. 325 Talc, Pyrophyllite, Sepiolite Glauconite 329 Serpentine...is very similar in general form to Fig. 4, of orthoclase, which is monoclinic. This 46 CRYSTALLOG R...4. ORTHOCLASE. OLIGOCLASE. with one exception; but there is this difference, that in orthoclase, as...triclinic feldspars it conforms to the directions in orthoclase, with only the exception arising from the obliquity...feldspars, and is a means of distinguishing them from orthoclase. Similar twinning occurs also in calcite, and | | | | | Fig. 5. Various crystal twins: a) gypsum, b) orthoclase (so-called Carlsbad Twin), c) aragonite. A single...way the pseudomorphs of quartz after calcite, or talc after quartz are formed. In nature, much rarer than...in order of increasing hardness as follows: (1) talc, (2) rock salt (or gypsum), (3) calcite, (4) fluorite...For instance, calcite, some kinds of corundum, orthoclase, tourmaline, apatite, fluorite, scheelite, etc...temperature, e.g. quartz at 1713 °C, sulphur at 115 °C, orthoclase at 1300—1350 °C. If the magma within the interior |  | | Book | | Fig. 5. Various crystal twins: a) gypsum, b) orthoclase (so-called Carlsbad Twin), c) aragonite. A single...way the pseudomorphs of quartz after calcite, or talc after quartz are formed. In nature, much rarer than...in order of increasing hardness as follows: (1) talc, (2) rock salt (or gypsum), (3) calcite, (4) fluorite...For instance, calcite, some kinds of corundum, orthoclase, tourmaline, apatite, fluorite, scheelite, etc...temperature, e.g. quartz at 1713 °C, sulphur at 115 °0, orthoclase at 1300-1350 °0. If the magma within the interior |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pP., x•x?, and "Geology of the An-shah Iron Mine District, South Manchuria," 53 PP., x922; both were published...lower memberare chiefly schists,in which staurolite,talc, and andalusiterespectivelymay predominate.They...greenfibrousmaterialthatis probably chlorite. The talc schistand andalusiteschistoccurin the easternpart...appearsmegascopicallyto consistalmostentirelyof talc, but under the microscopeshowsassociated muscoviteand...show streaksof flaky graphite,and grainsor massesof talc. In most cases,however, the carbonatesoccur in rather |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (Sverige) Aln6 lsland, titanomagnetite, 265 Brattfors mine, Nordmarks Odalffalt, Viirmland, manganhumite, katoptrite...Gutter, Brook, Hampshire, glauconite, 373 Mill Close mine, Darley Dale, Derbyshire, corundophilite, I7I Seathwaite... 373 Turf Pits mine, Grassington, Yorkshire, spencerite, I76 Cornwall Botallack mine, digenite, I72 Carn...pseudomorphous after analcime, 245 INDEX Geevor mine, neotocite, 279 and M26 Luxulyan, luxullianite (in...apatite, hornblende, diopside, 427 South Terras mine, St. Stephen-in-Brannell, francevillite, I72 Stamps |  | | Book | | Guide MINERALS AND ROCKS A Magna Field Guide MINE LS AND ROCKS By Dr. Jifi Koufimsky Illustrated by...Fig. 5. Various crystal twins: a) gypsum, b) orthoclase (so-called Carlsbad Twin), c) aragonite. A single...way the pseudomorphs of quartz after calcite, or talc after quartz are formed. In nature, much rarer than...in order of increasing hardness as follows: (I) talc, (2) rock salt (or gypsum), (3) calcite, (4) fluorite...For instance, calcite, some kinds of corundum, orthoclase, tourmaline, apatite, fluorite, scheelite, etc | | | Book | | Fig. 5. Various crystal twins: a) gypsum, b) orthoclase (so-called Carlsbad Twin), c) aragonite. A single...way the pseudomorphs of quartz after calcite, or talc after quartz are formed. In nature, much rarer than...in order of increasing hardness as follows: (1) talc, (2) rock salt (or gypsum), (3) calcite, (4) fluorite...For instance, calcite, some kinds of corundum, orthoclase, tourmaline, apatite, fluorite, scheelite, etc...temperature, e.g. quartz at 1713 °C, sulphur at 115 °C, orthoclase at 1300—1350 °C. If the magma within the interior |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | abandoned diamond mine near Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Ark. Murfreesboro has the only diamond mine in the United...United States and though the mine is no longer in operation it has been "opened up" as a tourist attraction...close by, quartz crystals, of odd, ago at the same mine in Arkansas. Howard A. Millar, Manager, Crater of...early. "Near Eddyville in Pope Co., 111., is an old mine dump, its name I could not find, we obtained some...blue white color and perfect. Then on to Crystal mine (in Hardin Co.) between Rosiclare and Golconda. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | microscopy, 453; -and ZUSSMAN (J.), The unit cell of talc, IO7 Alabandine, I.R. spectrum, 277 and MI7 ALABASTER(C...St. Just aureole, Cornwall, 427 Alice Mary copper mine, W. Australia, lavendulan, 369 Alkali feldspar,...Italy, 63; and see adularia, albite, microcline, orthoclase, valencianite Alkaline-earths and alkalis, partition...breakdown product of staurolite from Donegal, 237 Auburn mine, Michigan, stilpnomelane, 36I and M37 Augite, Turkey...anal., opt., sp. gr., X-ray, I79 Bali Low copper mine, Capricorn Range, W. Australia, lavendulan, 369 |  | | Book | | feldspar, in a groundmass of labradorite with orthoclase rims, olivine, augite, and some leucite. [ Absaroka...(scyelite), hornblende-biotite-pyroxene rock, orthoclase sodie-plagioclase rock (perthosite). [Ach-uaine...quartz monzonite; term originally used for an orthoclase-bearing tonalite. [Monte Adamello, Italy] (Cathrein...ailsyte ig. pluton. Aplite containing sodium orthoclase and quartz with minor riebeckite (6%). [Ailsa...oligoclase and orthoclase, with minor quartz and biotite altered to chlorite. [ Akenobe district, Tajima, Japan] |  | | Book | | forms. The word derives from the Latin ‘minera’ = 'mine’. Mineralogy is the science dealing with minerals...easily scratches topaz easily cannot be scratched talc gypsum calcite fluorspar apatite feldspar quartz...serpentine, sillimanite, sodalite, spodumene, staurolite, talc, titanite, topaz, tourmaline, vesuvianite (idocrase)...Feldspars 100% Na[AlSi308] Albite (pure Na-feldspar) Orthoclase 80% Oligoclase Adularia 60% Andesine Sanidine...Anorthite (pure Ca-feldspar) 100% Ca[Al2Si2Og] Orthoclase (Greek ‘straight refraction’) K[AlSi3Og] (Potassium |  | | Report (volume) | | Iddingsite Phyllosilicates Euclase Leucophane Apophyllite Talc (steatite) Lucianite Muscovite (agalmatolite) Fuchsite...Continued Petalite Analcime Pollucite Feldspars Orthoclase (leelite, lennilite, delawarite) Adularia Microcline...in California; the northern New Jersey mineral district in Sussex and Passaic Counties, N. J., and Orange...Vesuvius, Italy Shinano Province, Japan. Eureka district, Nev_. Badlands, Wyo . Organ Mountains, N. Mex...pisolite, plumbocalcite). Fahlun, Sweden ... Idria, Austria.. Texas, Pa._._. Franklin, N. J. Richmond, Australia | | | Book | | a II o gypsum wolframite ntanite augne orthoclase barytes sulphur hemimorphite olivine g S...for the hardness tests is as 6. orthoclase felspar follows: 1. talc 2. gypsum 7. quartz 8. topaz 3. calcite...sound when hit with a hammer. Soft minerals like talc or graphite split into powder under a hammer blow...physiological properties as the feel. Graphite and talc, for instance, feel greasy and smooth in the hand;...interesting minerals can also be found on heaps of mine refuse, but never enter abandoned shafts or caves |  | | Book (edition) | | However, it will be quite different from, say, an orthoclase crystal, whatever the latter's size. The second...monoclinic prisms + pinacoids dome DOMATIC orthoclase hilgardite pinacoid pedion m P dome SPHENOIDAL...twins: (1 , 2) Interpenetrating twins of and orthoclase; (3, 4) contact twins of fluorite gypsum (...are the perthites, intergrowths of albite and orthoclase or microline due to exsolution. Twinned crystals...MOHS TABLE OF HARDNESS minium powder ( + 1. TALC 6. 2. GYPSUM 7. ) 3. 4. 5. sulfur ^/sjpowder |  | | Book (edition) | | Stiibile, Iloulaiidite Margaro{)]i}d]it.e Section Talc, StTpentine, l)e\ve}lite, Saponito Kuolinite, Finite...lerals ^ iaUb.dtlon of if) L'he))i\r(d Proptriles of Mine nth ; (4) J lescrqjtions of Sj/6; cles j (o) JJeientiUiutloii...is very similar in general form to fig. 4, of orthoclase, which is monocliiiic. This is still more strikingly...exception ; but there is this difference, that in orthoclase, as in all monoclinic crystals, the angle between...triclinic feldspars it conforms to the directions in orthoclase, with only the exception arising from the obliquity |  | | Book | | alignment of pl aty minerals under the surface, as in talc and mother-of-pearl Silky like silk, due to an underlying...glass. Number 1 Mineral Ta lc Number 6 Mineral Orthoclase 2 Gypsum 7 Quartz 3 Calcite 8 Topaz ...(note: it has no units). contrast to the diamond, Talc is the softest mineral, it is the lowest 011 Mob's...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...stannite when zinc-rich. Stannite is found at Etna Mine (South Dakota, USA), Seward Peninsula (Alaska, USA) | | | Book | | alignment of pl aty minerals under the surface, as in talc and mother-of-pearl Silky like silk, due to an underlying...Number Mineral Ta lc Number 1 6 Mineral Orthoclase 2 Gypsum 7 Quartz 3 Calcite 8 Topaz ...(note: it has no units). contrast to the diamond, Talc is the softest mineral, it is the lowest 011 Mob's...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...stannite when zinc-rich. Stannite is found at Etna Mine (South Dakota, USA), Seward Peninsula (Alaska, USA) |
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