| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | CONNOISSEUR'SCHOICE RoBeRT B. Cook Department of Geology and Geography Auburn University Auburn, Alabama...are a traditional favorite of many mineral collectors. They are colorful and of widespread geologic and...pyromorphite, mimetite, other members of the apatite group, and a very long list of additional minerals, all characterized...phosphate radical, are some of the most attractive species and indeed represent some of our most valuable specimens...many of our favorite phosphates are of only secondary origin, forming during the weathering of metal-bearing | | | Journal (issue) | The Journal of Gemmology 2008 / Volume 31 / Nos. 3/4 Š2004 Gemmological Association and Gem Testing...Laboratory of Great Britain The Gemmological Association of Great Britain The Journal of Gemmology...Volume 31 / No. 3/4 The Gemmological Association of Great Britain 27 Greville Street, London EC1N 8TN...V. Wetten, South West â R. M. Slater The Journal of Gemmology Editor: Dr R. R. Harding Assistant Editors:...new light on subjects of gemmological interest for publication in The Journal of Gemmology. A Guide to | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Red and PinkVariscite from the Wood Mine, Cocke County, Tennessee HENRY BARWOOD Indiana Geological Survey...November 2014 I n 1969 or 1970 a few specimens of snow-white wavellite on black manganese oxides were...author at rock swaps in western North Carolina. Some of these specimens contained small pink to distinct...source to be the Wood mine in Cocke County, Tennessee. Rather cursory examination of the specimens by the...comparison of X-ray films of known strengite specimens and the rather typical âstrengiteâ color of the specimens | | | Journal (issue) | Julie Newnham 10 Heyington Close, Croydon Victoria 3136, Australia Telephone (03) 9725 5386 Facsimile (03)...9723 5041 .9Lustrafian Jouma{ of Afirze,rafogy The Australian Journal of Mineralogy is published by the...Mineralogical Societies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria Volume 2, Number...Articles: Some mines of the Mt Isa District, Queensland Part 3 - The Mount Oxide mine ............ B. Day...England The Francis Collection A. Pring 21 Post mine sulphates from Teutonic Bore base metal deposit | | DĂaz-Acha, Yael, Campeny, Marc, Casas, LluĂs, Di Febo, Roberta, IbaĂąez-Insa, Jordi, Jawhari, Tariq, Bosch, Josep, Borrell, Ferran, Jorge-Villar, Susana Esther, Greneche, Jean-Marc, Tauler, Esperança, Melgarejo, Joan Carles (2022) Colours of Gemmy Phosphates from the GavĂ Neolithic Mines (Catalonia, Spain): Origin and Archaeological Significance. Minerals, 12 (3) 368 doi:10.3390/min12030368 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | minerals Article Colours of Gemmy Phosphates from the GavĂ Neolithic Mines (Catalonia, Spain): Origin...cat; Tel.: +34-93-256-2185 J.-M.; et al. Colours of Gemmy Phosphates from the GavĂ Neolithic Mines (Catalonia...2022 Abstract: In the Neolithic GavĂ mines, variscite and turquoise were exploited for ornaments manufacturing...such as smectite or kandite. A 3D study of the distribution of mineral phases allows us to determine the...the parameters involved in variscite colours. Methods are comprised of quantitative colourimetry, thin | | Grey, Ian E., Mumme, W. Gus, Downes, Peter J., Grguric, Benjamin A., Gable, Robert W. (2019) Segelerite from the Mount Deverell variscite deposit, Western Australia. Hydrogen bonding and relationship to jahnsite. European Journal of Mineralogy, 31 (3) 465-471 doi:10.1127/ejm/2019/0031-2829 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Segelerite from the Mount Deverell variscite deposit, Western Australia. Hydrogen bonding and relationship...Resources, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia *Corresponding author, e-mail: ian.grey@csiro...Western Australia 6986, Australia 3 Centre for Exploration Targeting, University of Western Australia, 35...Western Australia 6009, Australia 4 School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010...3010, Australia Abstract: The crystal structure of segelerite, Ca2Mg2Fe3Ăž 1:4 Al0.6(PO4)4(OH)2(H2O)8, from | | | Book (edition) | DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR-U, S, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEORGE OTIS S~IITU, DIRECTOR rfI-IE PRODUCTION OF GEMSAND...ADV A:SUE Cll.1 l'TER FRO)! ~I l:SEltA L RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES CALE!\DAR YEAR 1910 WASHINGTON...Ledbetter amethyst mine .......................................... . North Geor~ia Co. mine ........................................... . Littlefield beryl mine ............................................. .............. _............ ___. __. _. Beck beryl mine ............................................... | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | THE PHOSPHATE MINERALS OF F A I R F I E L D , U T A H By ARTHUR MONTGOMERY Lafayette College, Easton...finished our second, summer's work in the variscite mine of Clay Canyon, we felt sure that the rich nodule-bearing...but that additional variscite nod ules might be discovered elsewhere in the mine. We wanted to hold on...exploration. A hundred dollar's worth of mining or re lated development of the mineral deposit must be performed...A good friend of ours, James W . Gough, an excellent miner and collector living north of Lehi, agreed | | | Report (issue) | PHOSPHATE MINERALS OF VICTORIA W. D. Birch and D. A. Henry Editors Special photography by Francesco...Francesco Coffa THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA INC. SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 3. 7 Printed by McPherson's...Society of Victoria Inc. P.O. Box 12162, A'Beckett Street, Melbourne. Victoria. 3000 Australia (Tel. (03)...(03) 669 9892). National Library of Australia Card Number and ISBN 0 9594573 2 1 In this series: Special...Minerals of the Maldon Goldfield, by J. C. Haupt. Special Publication No. 2: Zeolites of Victoria. W. D | | | Journal (issue) | (Hons). Ph.D. Curâ˘or of Minďż˝rals. Rocks and M.teorites. N1111on11I Museum ol Victoria by E. R. Segnit CSIRO...Division of Mineral Chemistry, Port Melbourne, Australia and G . L. Francis lron Knob, South Australia â˘on... B. Sc., F. G. A.A. Lecturer â˘t Canberra College of Technical and FurtMr Educetion ďż˝alph Segnit M.Sc...M.M.. A.B.S M Mďż˝ ol Council. National Museum of Victoria &editor & publisher , ii Kovac F.G.A.A. telephone...contribution of articles and news ilems ia welcomed. but all me1e,ial is 1uqect to lhfl app,oval of lhe edilotiâ˘I | | | Journal (issue) | VOLUME LII THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA Photoluminescence Spectroscopy...VOLUME 52, No. 1 EDITORIAL 1 Tucson: A Showcase of Colored Gemstone Innovation Duncan Pay FEATURE ARTICLES...Breeding Presents the underlying physics and methodology of this analytical technique, which has become an essential...New England Placer Deposits, New South Wales, Australia Karl Schmetzer, Franca Caucia, H. Albert Gilg...Gilg, and Terrence S. Coldham Examines a collection of chrysoberyl samples from these sapphire placer deposits | | | Report (volume) | DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR BULLETIN 509........................................... A study of the rutile group................................................................... Characteristics of the rutile group...................................relations of primary compounds.....:.................... Isomorphous mixtures of essentially two of the primary...................... Isomorphous mixture of more than two of the primary compounds....... Striiverite | | | Journal (issue) | Arkansas Aluminum Phosphates: Wavellite with Variscite and Planerite Arthur E. Smith artsmithite@msn...collected in Arkansas since the middle of the 1800s. A drawing of a typical wavellite specimen is included...Arkansas. Dug Hill in Garland County was the source of most early wavellite specimens despite often being...from Montgomery County. Dug Hill was in fact part of Hot Spring County until December 1842. Even though...Magnet Cove, was erroneously reported as the source of early Dug Hill wavellite. (Continues on page 2) | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | CITE-METAVARIS CITE DuNcaN McCoNNBrr, The []niversity of Texos, Austin, Tesas. INrnooucrtoN In 1916, W. T...suggestedthe existenceof the isodimorphous series,variscite-metavariscite. Until recentl-v no additional data...the validity of this premise, so it seemeddesirable to investigate the supposed members of the series by...At an early stage of the investigation it became desirable to study one member of each group in some...measurementshad not been made on any of the members of the series. Investigations of phosphosiderite and scorodite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Downloaded by [University of Otago] at 01:45 31 December 2014 NEVADA MINERAL STEVEN PULLMAN 1755 Circle...Nevada 89509 RICHARD THOMSSEN P.O. Box 1656 Carson City, Nevada 89702 Map showing Nevada counties, by William...miles, contains both sedimentary and igneous rocks of every geological age from Precambrian to Recent....represented by numerous geothermal areas. The range of minerals found in mines, quarries, and prospect pits...state being identified every year. Nevada is one of the few western states without a published state | | MATSUBARA, SATOSHI, SAITO, YASUJI, KATO, AKIRA (1988) Phosphate minerals in chert from Toyoda, Kochi, City, Japan. Journal of Mineralogy, Petrology and Economic Geology, 83 (4) 141-149 doi:10.2465/ganko.83.141 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Toyoda, Kochi, City, Japan SATOSHI MATSUBARA, YASUJISAITOand AKIRAKATO Department of Geology, NationalScienceMuseum...NationalScienceMuseum, Tokyo 160,Japan Wavellite, variscite, planerite as the first occurrence were formed...on walls came from nearby and cacoxenite of aluminum of fractures fluorapatite were found phosphate...The chemical analyses of wavellite, variscite, planerite from Toyoda, Kochi City, in sedimentary rocks... wavellite to be a high fluorine material, variscite to be a nearly ideal one, planerite to be a copper-bearing | | | Book (edition) | DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR-U, 8, GEOLOGIOAL SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMlTIJ, DtnECT0R TI-IE PRODUCTION OF GEMSAND... B. MINERAL CALENDAR STERRETT RESOURCES YEAR OF THE 1909 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING 1911............................................. . Australia ................................................ l ncrcased value of the diamond ...................................... . Sale of Hope and other large........................................ . New form of diamond cutt.ing ............................... | | Kampf, A. R., Adams, P. M., Mills, S. J., Nash, B. P. (2016) Crimsonite, PbFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2, the phosphate analogue of carminite from the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Nevada, USA. Mineralogical Magazine, 80 (6) 925-935 doi:10.1180/minmag.2016.080.031 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | (PO4)2(OH)2, the phosphate analogue of carminite from the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Nevada, USA A. R. KAMPF1...Mineral Sciences Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los...Geosciences, Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne 3001, Victoria, Australia Department of Geology and Geophysics...Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA [Received 28 May 2015; Accepted 10 September...the phosphate analogue of carminite, is a new mineral from the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Iron Point district | | | Journal (issue) | Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml George W. Robin son Natl. Museums of Canada Ottawa, Ontario...University of So. Florida Tampa, FL Richard W. Thomssen Mineral Expl. Consultants Carson City, NV photography:...Graphics, Compton, CA Mineralogical Record Inc. Board of Directors Richard W. Thomsssn President Wendell E...Secretary-Treasw er Ronald Bentley Houston Museum of Natural History Patricia A. Carlon Illinois State...Natural History Museum of Los Angeles Cou nty George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur Roe Tucson | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Glyn L. Francis and Minerals of Iron Monarch A Mine in South Australia I f you have a red crystalline...collection labeled variscite, most collectors will call you on it, saying, âVariscite is a massive green...the Iron Monarch mine in South Australia. Glyn L. Francis of Whyalla, South Australia, has written a great...the minerals from this mine. The Iron Monarch Mine The Iron Monarch is one of several iron mines located...the Middleback Ranges at the top of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The ore in the area is mostly | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Does variscite control phosphate availability in acidic natural waters? An experimental study of variscite...rates of natural, well crystallized variscite (AlPO42H2O) were determined from the evolution of aqueous...acidic, Al and P-free solution with variscite. Hence, variscite can buďŹer aqueous phosphate concentrations...conclusion is conďŹrmed by consideration of the compositions of natural waters. Ă 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All...Valsami-Jones, 2008). Knowledge of the dissolution and precipitation rates of the major phosphate bearing | | | Book | GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY a division of UTAH DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES 1987 Miscellaneous Publication... TO LEND YOU A HELPING HAND ... This description of the semiprecious gemstones found in Utah is based...Mineralogical Survey Bulletin 73, Mineral and Water Resources of Utah. Bulletin 73 , published in 1969, was prepared...with the UGMS at the request of U.S . Senator Frank E. Moss , member of the Senate Committee on Interior...expanded. DID YOU KNOW? .. Utah has a wide variety of gem materials from which semiprecious gemstones can | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Mineralogisf of May, 1940, announces two new minerals discovered in the variscite nodules of Fairfield,...Over, of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Montgomeryite, after Mr. Arthur Montgomery, of New York City. Overite"...cavities in the variscite nodules. The nodules in which it is found are made up chiefly of banded intergrowths...intergrowths of pseudowavellite and what is believed to be deltaite, and generally have a kernel of variscite...The overite partially surrounds and cements the variscite kernels to the surrounding pseudowavellite. It | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Mineralogisf of May, 1940, announces two new minerals discovered in the variscite nodules of Fairfield,...Over, of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Montgomeryite, after Mr. Arthur Montgomery, of New York City. Overite"...cavities in the variscite nodules. The nodules in which it is found are made up chiefly of banded intergrowths...intergrowths of pseudowavellite and what is believed to be deltaite, and generally have a kernel of variscite...The overite partially surrounds and cements the variscite kernels to the surrounding pseudowavellite. It | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | February 1998, Vol. 62(1), pp. 93-111 A reexamination of the turquoise group: the mineral aheylite, planerite...Ao_IB6(PO4)4_x(PO3OH)x(OH)8"4H20, where x = 0 - 2 , and consists of six members: planerite, turquoise, faustite, aheylite...an unnamed F e > - F e 3+ analogue. The existence of 'coeruleolactite' is doubtful. Planerite is revalidated...vacancy. Aheylite is established as a new member of the group, and is characterized by having Fe 2+ dominant...dominant in the A-site. Chemical analyses of 15 pure samples of microcrystalline planerite, turquoise, and |
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