 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from GoM3 O4 O10 slerwand, Prägratten, Tyrol, Austria. It typically forms elongated, Al O OH often striated...in amphibolite gneiss at the Keystone trap-rock quarry, Cornog, Pennsylvania. • Pink to green crystals...niigataite for the type locality, in the Itoigawa-Ohmi district, Niigata Prefecture, in central Japan (Miyajima...in a sample of pumpellyite rock from the Wakasa district, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. The host rock consisted...crystals are found at Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Austria, associated with graygreen fibrous byssolite. Fine |  | | Journal (issue) | | D from the Latin word marmor (a shining stone), marble may be said to cover a considerable n u m b e r...marbles are typically rocks. W h a t is marble ? T o the geologist marble is usually defined as a crystalline...stonemasons— or shall it be said the commercial view—marble is widely interpreted and may be said to include...form of gypsum known as alabaster is thought of as marble. For the purpose of this study the subject of marbles...some other types of rocks, so like marble and therefore termed marble in commercial parlance, also demand |  | | Catalog/List | | Potosi Bolivia small 2x3 £ 16 8. ZOISITE variety THULITE rich mass of deep pink cleavages in matrix, rich...some galena in the matrix, Bleiberg Carinthia Austria ( one of the most famous European mines) £20 Min...matrix with minor Hydrozincite Bleiberg Carinthia Austria £6 20. HUNTITE white chalky massive areas coating...small stilbite crystals 3x2 inches £25 Wagholi Quarry, Poona ,India 23. EUDIALYTE really excellent display...some slight dame which is not obvious. Boyleston Quarry Glasgow, Scotland £9 28. BARYTES cut and polished |  | | Catalog/List | | the rarer Zeolites Malegaon near Nashik, Nashik District ,Maharashtra India lxl.5 inches £25 2 TRILITHIONITE...attractive, rich yellow platy mass in quartz La Bosse Quarry, Echassieres Allier France 2x3 inch £10 33 MAGNESITE...black grains in Serpentine 2x2.5 inch Kraubat Austria £9 53 NATIVE SILVER five silvery wire/plates about...YHALITE pinkish fragments in glass tube Hallstadt Austria £8 TOBERMORITE, small botryoidal on 2cm Bellerberg... orange coating on Feldspar about 2.5cm Tuften Quarry, Tvedalen Norway £6 CHENEVIXITE green masses on |  | | Book | | Calcite 79 80 81 Cobaltocalcite Onyx marble 82 83 Landscape marble Smithsonite 85 84 108 102 Introduction...although a few rocks consist of one mineral only (e.g. marble, which in its pure state consists entirely of calcite)...yielded enormous crystals weighing many tons. At lower temperatures than that at which pegmatites are formed...some other mineral. Some of these, such as fire marble and wood opal, make attractive ornamental stones...recrystallization of the existing minerals. Examples are marble, the metamorphosed form of limestone, and quartzite |  | | Catalog/List | | 'holy fallen filled with the olivine it district: from or at regarded The moderate a at high...Meteoric Stone, or Iron Moes, Transylvania, Austria-Hungary. Meteorites, Canon Diablo, Arizona. Kiowa...the crystals sandstone allows cabinet are is Austria-Hungary, brown coal formation.” am cases and...are scarcer. instances, material, Pater- at quarry received the entire we in- or through the...Von 2O to be Thaumasite the he and dis- quarry, West aggregate of pris- matic uals crystals |  | | Journal (issue) | | collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite, apatite, ferroan...goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite Esmont slate quarry-Esmont dolomite. limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite...11; W. F. Giannini specimen). Martin Marietta quarry-near Charlottesville epidote, muscovite crystals...crystals, pyrite, quartz Old Dominion soapstone quarry-near Old Dominion actinolite-tremolite, apatite, chalcopyrite...ferroan dolomite, malachite Dominion Stone Plant quarry-near Piney River albite, apatite, chalcopyrite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | abstracts follow. ADDITIONAL MINERALOGY OF THE KOSS QUARRY, MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN. I: W.Buchholz,' A...these elements. Recent discoveries in the Koss quarry include: monazite- and rhabdophane-group species;...fluorite, which are the lowest in total REE (>50 ppm lower in total REE + Y). It is interesting that Mn and...at the interface between coarsely crystallized marble and silicates in a calc-silicate rock. Analytical...quartz crystals that occur embedded in Grenville Marble. The association of gieseckite and quartz suggests |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Perloff photo. Figure 3: Micro quartz, Nello Teer quarry; L . Perloff photo. Figure 4: Micro epidote, Snow...Spruce Pine. Epidote, chlorite, tremolite, calcite, thulite, azurite, malachite, albite, and green quartz crystals...crystals have been found in the MayMeade quarry. There is some massive green quartz with tremolite inclusions...about 0.25 mile beyond where the pavement ends. The quarry is on the right and is not in operation at this...L . Perloff photo. Figure 6: Micro vivianite, quarry; L . Perloff photo. Figure 8: Micro beraunite |  | | Catalog/List | | ~black cry~t~i;,o;-~;atrix. M~~nl Malo~O:. i:~n{ba District. IX I ins £5 2 AEGIRINE £10 Pyroxene Malawi lxl... _ . Pure black mica plate new Analysis , Saga Quarry. Tvedalcn near Ix I £3 I x2 £6 2x2 £ 12 7 AN!lilTE...- Creamy white micro crystals in cavirties Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Ix½ £3 59 BOEHl\lITE AIO OH inNatrolite...--· 73 BRUCITE Grey grains richly distributed in marble Kilchrist, SJ...--ye, Scotland lxl £1 2x2 £2 2x3...AMITE Rich brown fibrous in matrix. Found Meldon Quarry, lx2 £2 lxl £1 _ ~_Ca SJ2.._ __ __ some ycm ago |  | | Catalog/List | | matrix with minor Hydrozincite Bleiberg Carinthia Austria £6 23. HUNTITE white chalky massive areas coating...small stilbite crystals 3x2 inches £25 Wagholi Quarry, Poona ,India The name reflects the formula of...not obvious. Boyleston Quarry Glasgow, Scotland £9 31. ZOISITE variety THULITE rich mass of deep pink...stock of Hilary Corke. (he called it Youlgreave Marble) £10 33. VANADINITE small display piece of orange-brown...1x 1.5 inch surface of grey · Phonolite. (Arris Quarry, Windhoek,Namibia) £ 10 39. MELANOPHLOGITE a rare |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | a prison; the Allyndale quarry in North Canaan, from w h i c h came the marble for the Connecticut State...York City and elsewhere; and the Hoadley Neck quarry in Guilford, which furnished the granite base for...through out the United States. I n modern times, one quarry has been used by the Navy as an underwater sound...metal mining in Connecti cut. Now, trap rock, marble/limestone, sand and gravel, gran ite, and crushed... limestone q u a r r i e s , Beaver B r o o k district, Danbury: barite, calcite, graphite, microcline |  | | Journal (issue) | | gems you will receive as part of your collection. Marble MINERALS --------------8ism uthin it e, Blue...GEM MATERIALS, MARBLE IS FAIRLY EASY TO RECOGNISE BUT DIFFICULT TO DEFINE The finest marble is white, but... green, grey or red. Scientists usually regard marble as a rock rather than a mineralogical species....a reference to its distinctive sheen Oustre). Marble is not really a mineral species but a metamorphic...although it may be highly variable in composition, marble is principally made up of calcite. Each molecule |  | | Report (issue) | | Actinolite. 0 , f # Minerals of the Hamme-Tungsten District . Amethyst Kyanite 0 \ \ . .."..... . Beryl... but one of the better localities is south of Marble, in the area where the road to Peachtree crosses...crosses the Valley River (Mr. Arthur Palmer, Marble, Personal Communication) Staurolite: (see Map 5, Locality...Staurolite can be found 1.0 miles southeast of Marble ad jacent to the south bank of the Valley River...2). Staurolite also occurs 1.3 miles north of Marble in the stream beds of Hyatt Creek and its tributaries |  | | Journal (issue) | | edges. =) I fl Si o LLI cc Q_ E.1 Bottom: Thulite, a compact, granular variety of brown zoisite /Telemark...a high concentration of manganese are known as thulite; the tanzanite form of zoisite is sapphire-blue...was originally located at Saualpe in Carinthia (Austria), and specimens from here form the type locality...Above: Table-top shaped crystals of strontianite (Austria). Formations like this are typical of the orthorhombic...crystals of strontianite on a base (matrix) of marble (Carrara, Italy). ST MINERALS ORIGINS < cc |  | | Book (volume) | | crystals); (b) Hamilton Quarry, the lower Warsaw section at the top of the quarry (see map) ⎯geodes (lined...Smithsonite and Sphalerite in any combination). Hamilton Quarry Location East Branch Crystal Glen Creek NAUVOO...ELIZABETHTOWN, NE 2 mi., at the Meshberger Stone Co. quarry⎯Calcite (fluorescent, UV pink-blue type), Fluorite...COUNTY LOGANSPORT, E 2½ mi., the France Stone Co. quarry⎯Apatite (associated with collophane), Calcite (crystals...preserved). DECATUR COUNTY NEW POINT, N 1 mi., a stone quarry⎯Chalcopyrite (as tiny crystals encrusting blackish |  | | Book (volume) | | crystals); (b) Hamilton Quarry, the lower Warsaw section at the top of the quarry (see map) ⎯geodes (lined...Smithsonite and Sphalerite in any combination). Hamilton Quarry Location East Branch Crystal Glen Creek NAUVOO...ELIZABETHTOWN, NE 2 mi., at the Meshberger Stone Co. quarry⎯Calcite (fluorescent, UV pink-blue type), Fluorite...COUNTY LOGANSPORT, E 2½ mi., the France Stone Co. quarry⎯Apatite (associated with collophane), Calcite (crystals...preserved). DECATUR COUNTY NEW POINT, N 1 mi., a stone quarry⎯Chalcopyrite (as tiny crystals encrusting blackish |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE MARBLE BAY MINE, TEXADA ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA. • VICTOR DOLMAGE. CONTENTS. Introduction....... 378 379 379 382 386 387 INTRODUCTION. The Marble Bay Mine, situated near the northern end of Texada...the distinctionof being the deepestmine in this district, having now reachedthe seventeenthlevel, which...Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa. 372 THE MARBLE BAY MINE. 373 persistbelowshallowdepths. At...west coast. Considerable informati.on on the Marble Bay Mine has also beenpublishedin the annualreports |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarry—Alberene amphiboie asbestos, apatite, dolomite...goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite Esmont slate quarry—Esmont dolomite, limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite...sphalerite, pyromorphite Old Dominion soapstone quarry—Old Dominion actinolite asbestos, apatite, chalcopyrite...quality), manganite, quartz crystals State lime quarry—near Bent Creek bornite, calcite, chalcopyrite...pyrite, sphalerite Augusta County Belmont limestone quarry—Staunton calcite crystals (some with pyrite inclusions) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Rusy MouNTATNS,MoNreNa Unusually fine specimensof thulite occur at the Camp Creek corundum depositin the...the southern Ruby Range. The thulite occurs in a lens of impure marble, 280 feet long and as much as...carbonate rock rangesfrom a nearly pure dolomitic marble to a Ca-Mg silicate gneissconsisting chiefly of...plagioclase, sphene and zircon. Re- Frc. 1. Rosettes of thulite in diopside-plagioclasemarble, Camp Creek. southern...revealedby variations in birefringence. Within the marble occur three lenses of corundum gneiss (Heinrich |  | | Book (volume) | | WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville Quarry chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE...quarriesCalcite, Quartz crystals; SE 3 mi., quarry on E bank of the Blue R.geodes (lined with Quartz...Quartz or rare blue Celestite); SW of Holmesville, quarry on the Blue R.geodes, flint, fossils. JEFFERSON...(quartz-latite predominating) Gold. FALLON: quarry 14 mi. outwonderstone; E about 25 mi. on W slope...of the Pine Nut Mts., area pegmatite outcrops Thulite (pink Zoisite), Topaz; extreme SE corner of Co |  | | Report (issue) | | golden Morganite -do- Pink to rose Calcite: Marble Calcium carbonate Mexican onyx Satin spar Chrysoberyl:...Franklin County is north of Wake County and in the lower Piedmont plateau near the western border of the...Carolina. The pegmatite dikes of the Spruce Pine district and those northeast of Falls in Wake County,...N., 1951, Feldspar deposits of the Bryson City district, North Carolina: of Mineral Resources Bulletin...1951, Notes on some minerals from the rhodolite quarry near Franklin, North Carolina: American Mineralogist |  | | Journal (issue) | | minerals. The next account of the geology of the district which has been discovered is con" Chapters on...quarried and burnt for lime and crystalline white marble, with a considerable some are At of the beds...lamellae Towards the western end of the largest quarry are striped beds which plunge beneath the purer...metamorphic differentiation. In the northernmost quarry of this group relatively pure marbles carry thin...quantities from the main constituent of a rather pure marble, through a stage in which it is the groundmass |  | | Catalog/List | | twin xl groups, minor muscovite PERICLINE Italy, Austria, Switzerland Alpine areas Fine large white twin...CUPRODESCLOIZITE South West Africa Tsumeb, Otavi-Bergland district Yellow green massive coating descloizite crystals........ Washington Skagit County, Twin Sis ters district Pure green vitreous mass with minor magnetite...silicate Pennsylvania Lancaster Co. , Cedar Hill quarry Pale green waxy massive intergrown with tan colored...germanium South West Africa Tsumeb, Otavi-Bergland district Reddish-brown metallic massive with tennantite |  | | Book (edition) | | and occupy all the space available to them. At lower temperatures atoms stay in contact for a longer...do find zones of coarse grained olivine at the lower part of lava flows or large intrusive bodies. Gemstone... but minerals are arranged in parallel layers. Marble—coarse grained calcareous rock produced by metamorphic...measurement, the weight in carats is intended. Lower-cost cabochons are measured in millimeter size....from the Mohawk Mine, Michigan; Lake Superior district, Ontaria, Canda; Guererro, Mexico; also from |
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