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| MINES AND MINERALS OF AUSTRIA By P H I L I P M O R R I L L East Derry, N . H . 0 3 0 4 1 IV S A L Z...Approach via the village of A s the name states, salt was a major proยญ Habach in the Pinzgau between Neukirduct...e old emerald Venediger and Hohe Tauern form the Mine is about 7 M i from Habach. T h e trail leaves the...Alpenrose going E and then N . The crystalline Alps. Mine is a few hundred yards beyond the I f we come in...cliff. copper mine, 2 M i S from the main Kapruntal. Extensive work has been valley (Upper P i n g a u |
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| crystal'ized cinnabar which comes from the Culver-Baer mine, Sonoma Co., Calif. ColoradoโAn interesting article...Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.) The Micanite pegmatite district lies across the Park-Fremont County line in south-central...village of Micanite. The pegmatite of the Micanite district contains unusually large 378 ROCKS AND MINERALS...operating a cobalt mine in the Blackbird district of Lemhi Co., Idaho. This mine is reported to be the...the largest cobalt mine in the U. S. Reliable reports say that plans are being made to construct a large |
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| live in Germany, the other 10% live in Holland, Austria, Switzerland and many other countries of Europe...have no remarkable mineral locations, except a few salt mines under ground. But the area is sometimes interesting...for limestone. This Triassic limestone is called "upper Muschelkalk" and contains many beautiful sea lilies...purposes is yielded. The quarries operate in the upper Jura, called white jura. Beautiful fossils have...not far from the Rhine River, with the abandoned mine "Friedrichssegen", which brought out beautiful specimens |
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| Krokoite from Tasmania. Endlichite from New Mexico. Selenite Crystals Japanese from Ohio. Twinned Chiastolite...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 |
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| the liberty of forwarding you a specimen of the selenite which lies exposed on the south shore of our Lake...The specimen received was a beautiful colorless selenite, 4 x 7 x 1 y4 inches thick. The locality is the...reaching three localities, of which the Lake Mead selenite is one. Directions for reaching this locality...walk EAST about 1 V2 miles. You cannot miss the selenite as it shines and glistens in the sunshine and...matrix, was recently found in the vicinity of the Gem Mine (benitoite locality), San Benito County, Calif. |
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| the center of the county. I do not know if this mine is still in operation, as I haven't any recent report...of the dealers ; however I did not ask from what mine these were from." ARIZONAโWe recently received...interest along its shores." ARKANSASโThe Morning Star mine, in Marion County, Ark., has furnished many handsome...smithsonite. Desiring to ascertain the location of this mine we petitioned the help of Byron C. Marshall, 204...his reply, dated March 5, 1954. "The Morning Star Mine is near the little village of Rush, on Rush Creek |
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| MOISISOVIGS Vea sees eo. . 63 IX REFINEMENT IN ASIA: SALT RANGE AND HIMALAYAS . 67 x PROGRESS IN NORTH AMERICA:... landin the Trias. Stars show occurrences of Hallstatt-type limestone; the cluster num- bered 25 indicates...covered the Lower Griesbachian, less certainly the Upper Griesbachian. It was recommended that Gangetian...appear on Table II. The names of the Middle and Upper Triassic stages date from the last century and are...Lower Trias, the Nammalian stratotype is in the Salt Range; Gangetian in the Himalayas; the remainder |
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| best of the classic smithsonites from the old Kelly mine in New Mexico. Associations of aurichalcite, kipushite...come from a recent find in Sounion mine #6 (also known as the Exi mine, โExiโ being Greek for โsixโ) in...in the ancient Laurium mining district of Attika, Greece. On the website of his always-interesting Greek...Cu-rich smithsonite, 2.7 cm, from Sounion mine #6, Laurium district, Attika, Greece. Greek Rocks specimen...===============๏ฅ The same discovery in Sounion mine #6 has also produced larger specimens which show |
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| Malachite 47 Azurite 48 Rock crystal 88 Selenite 52 91 Celestite 92 Rose quartz 53 Barytes...forcing its way to the surface may crystallize in the upper regions of the crust. Because the cooling is fairly...evaporation of sea water. Examples are halite (rock salt) and gypsum. Another sedimentary mineral which produces...very lucky, the minerals that can be found on old mine dumps, beaches, in quarries, etc. in Britain cannot...on a local theme or even concentrate on a single mine. Others may consist of a single class of mineral |
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| color) have been found in the Silver Mountain district, Alpine Co., Calif. COLORADO-"Prof. Richard M...octahedra in quartz from the Mica Lode, Royal Gorge District, (Fremont Co. ), Colorado. The garnet ranges in...number of specimens from that famous Zinc-Lead District, which includes N. W. Arkansas, S. W. Missouri...rhodochrosite is considered extremely rare in the district." NEBRASKA-Everett Lapidary Shop, 2941 N. 65th...item I've never seen mentioned in R&M. A graphite Mine is located about 1 mile north of the village of |
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| Stewart, Agent and Manager of the ~illingham anhydrite mine, very kindly supplied a special note outlining ยทthe...ยทthe trackless methods recently introduced at his mine, thereby bringing Up to date the infu11nation already...clear, crystalline variety of gypsum is known as selenite. The massive, granular, marble-like variety, known...system. When in well-formed crystalsJ such as selenite, these are colourless, transparent and flattened...change which is accelerated by fine powdering. The mine~al is usually white, but is sometimes grey or blue |
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| A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...variety of geologically active environments. In the upper crust, minerals may crystallize in wide fractures...fine way to recognize their hard work! Gypsum (selenite variety), Galetta, Ontario, Canada * 12 x 13 x...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana MโKubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22...Namibia * 20 x 18 x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1 x 1 om Acicular |
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| Several varieties of gypsum are found in nature: selenite and satin spar are the crystalline varieties,...gypsum sands are the unconsolidated varieties. Selenite is found as colorless transparent crystals which...unlike mica, the selenite plates break down under heat and are not elastic. Selenite occurs either scattered...although some are as much as 4 feet long. In places, selenite occurs as an aggregate of crystals so intergrown...Permian age, which are divided into two parts, an upper red bed and evaporite series and a lower dolomitic |
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| Habsburg dynasty elite to the Lower Hungarian mining district around Banskรก ล tiavnica (Schemnitz, Slovakia):...Johannes Mattes, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria, johannes.mattes@oeaw.ac.at, 0000-0002-8546-7149...if he had to either buy them from abroad [โฆ] or mine them at own expense in his own mines. Everybody...Hungary. The first consisted of the Archduchy of Austria, the Duchies of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola...traveled to the chamber estate (Kammergut) in Upper Austria. There he studied the area mineralogically and |
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| .................................. GLOGCNITZ, AUSTRIA, CAPTURED BY RUSSIANS ...........................ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท GAP NICKEL MINE ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท...calcite ยทwith the MineraJight, the ore veins of the mine, copper and gold, ,vere located. The calcite does...interests of that day. A remarkable feature of the mine was its spiral shaft, patterned after old Spanish...in many parts of the county, but those from the Upper Providence township were magnificent specimens. |
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| really appears to be the start of a quickly abandoned mine and is located near Huntsville (Madison Co.), Alabama...mining operation is a barite mine operated by the National Lead Co. The mine is easily seen from Highway...in the dump of the old open pit Sodium Sulphate mine in Imperial County near BertROCKS AND MINERALS ...summer of 1957 in the area of the old Calumet iron mine. You will note the quartz xls have inclusions and...epidote. This specimen came from the old Calumet iron mine area in Chaffee Co., Colo. No. 4โA group of dark |
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| ............................... EL COBRE COPPER MINE OF CUBA ........................................................................... A SALT MINE AT ISCHL, AUSTRIA ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท...in history. To rock hounds in the San Francisco district, attention is drawn to a new location within a...is reported that the old St. John's Quicksilโข ver Mine in the hills about six miles from the Mare Island...Del Mar Avenue, Vallejo. The writer visited this mine several years ago, but the small dumps, mostly covered |
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| when a new pocket was broken into in the Mammoth Mine, Tiger, (Pinal Company), Arizona." ARKANSAS โ Another...xled cyrtolite was found last year in the Pine District, Jefferson Co., Colo., so we were informed by... June 26-29, 1952. CONNECTICUT โ The old copper mine near Bristol, Hartford Co., Conn., used to produce...chlorite have been found at the Little Bob Mineโan 487 old pyrite mine on Land Lot 625, Paulding Co., Ga. I... sends in the following item: "In the Millstone Mine, Millstone, Letcher Co., Ky., Marasite occurs as |
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| 07:22:19. Occurrence of Crystallised Boracite in the Salt-beds of Stassfurt. By R. S c H LTL T Z E (Jahrbuch...composition Na2SOa.MgS04+ 4H20, occurs in the Stassfurt salt-beds associated with carnallite and kainite. Two...Stassfurt differs from that of Astracan Ischl in Upper Austria, and Mendoza, in La Plata, i n forming distinct...this may perhaps arise from admixture of glauber salt or other impurities. H. W. On the Formation of...of Anhydrite occurring together with Rock-salt. By G. R O S E(Berl. Akad. Monatsber. 1 7 Juli, 1871; Jahrbuch |
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| entrance to the old abandoned Leona Heights Pyrite Mine in Oakland, Calif125 ornia. By going far back...which was first discovered in the mine. In the next few weeks, the mine entrance will be blasted shut, so...this might be the last time I could ยปet into the mine, I collected about one hundred and fifty good specimens...items." with leaves and other decaying matter. The mine itself is just a cut in the rock, but the vein runs...very hard to break. Ask permission to visit the mine at the sand company. "I have just started taking |
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| conical heaps, as in the shales of the Onondago Salt Group of New York, but rather in continual horizontal...Vol. XI, No. 8. 723 FRANK 724 A. WILDER upper Des Moines can hardly be accounted for on the principle...unleached, lower part a little darker than the upper 2. Red sandy shale, with occasional thin bands...lepidodendrons. A few iron nodules present and crystals of selenite. Separated from red shales above by sharp line...Webster county, except the scattered crystals of selenite in the Coal-Measure shales, is stratified in heavy |
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| Connecticut. By Wilbur J. Elwell ............270 Selenite Crystals at Ellsworth, Ohio. By Gerald U. Greene...formulas. Pyrrhotite is the commonest mineral in the district but pentlandite and chalcopyrite are also very...One thing is certain, the ore body of the Frood mine, one of the largest, extends 3100 feet under the...copper-nickel for working into art objects and orna- mine at Lancaster Gap, Pennsylvania, ments. These paktong...near-by copper In 1751 Axel P'. Cronstedt identified mine and built a copper refinery at the new element nickel |
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| Wulfenite Fromthe MilfordMine, GoodspringsMining District,ClarkCounty,Nevada JackKepper P.O. Box314 Cave...netcom.com The Milford Mine is located in the Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, about 30 miles south...Vegas, in Clark County, Nevada. Production in the district ( 1856 to 1962) was dominated by zinc and lead...zones of oxidation. The detailed mineralogy of the district has been published in the U.S. Geological Survey...reported the presence of wulfenite in 13 mines in the district. The better material comes from the Mobile, Shenandoah |
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| our feet are homogeneous. On the contrary, the upper layers of the earthโs crust are composed of very...which is constantly under pressure โ reaches the upper, cooler levels of the earthโs crust, its temperature...of the magma. The lighter minerals remain in the upper levels and the heavier ones sink slowly down again...or of a change in its chemical composition. Rock salt, sylvine, gypsum, calcite and some iron ores, such... more recent deposits of phosphorite. Sulphur, salt-petre, pyrite and marcasite are also of biological |
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| long branches from Case lb. the Lake Superior district, of which the largest (presented by Professor...Vincent, Cornwall; and native foil from Sultepec mine, Mexico; all in case 1c : a nugget, weighing thirty-seven...amalgam is found almost wholly in the Landsberg mine in the canton of Ober-Moschel, Rhenish Bavaria;...very fine groups of crystals will be found in the upper and lower parts of the case and in the Pavilion...large crystallised specimen from the Great Laxey mine is shown on the adjacent table. Copper-glance, or |
Salt mine, Hallstatt, Gmunden District, Upper Austria, Austria