 | | Report (issue) | | cm high fi-om the Vallone workings in the Rio Marina mine Collection Walter Giannini Photo Franco Valoti...Pezzotta Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milan, Italy with Contributions by Christina Denison, Andrea...high Grotta d'Oggi, San Piero in Campo, Elba, Tuscany, Italy Collection Dave Eidahl; photo Erica and Harold...history on Elba is, in the words of long-time iron mine director Giulio Pulle,"lost in the obscurity of...Etruria called Aethalia where there is a copper mine from which they had obtained the copper employed |  | | Journal (issue) | | PRIVATE MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN ITALY WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY FEDERICO PEZZOTTA CURATOR OF MINERALOGY...JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 2011 PRIVATE MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN ITALY Participating Collectors: Marco Amabili Silvia...Aragonite, 25 cm Cozzodisi mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Adalberto Giazotto collection... MINERAL COLLECTING IN ITALY )In OutCine of MINERAL COLLECTING IN ITALY Federico Pezzotta Mineralogy...literature and music, scholars and aristocrats in Italy assembled some of the first great collections of |  | | Catalog/List | | £13;50. 6. APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, TYwardreath, Covnwall. Small, bright, creamy hexagonal...white Quartz. 2i" x 3". £10. BARYTES. Force Crag Mine, Nr. Keswick, Cumberland. An attractive intergro~n...2" on edge. 3x3~_ll.£6. 50. BARYTES. Ale & Cakes Mine, Gwennap, ~ornwall. Unusual, greyish green ~lusters...£6.50. BARYTI)~~ITE. Admiralty Flats, Nentsberry Mine, Nr. Alston, Cumberland. Large, spear-shaped crystals...2-blt"xl" thick. £5.50. BOTRYOGEN. Gambatesa, Liguria, Italy. Lustrous, orangey brown, cellular mnss of smoll |  | | Catalog/List | | 1-3:" in length, 1:1.5Op. 2. ALGoDoNITE. Mowhawk Mine, Keweenaw Pen., Michigan, U.S.A. Very rich bronz6...2~1-f.-", £7 .00. B. ARSENoPVRITE. New Rosewarne Mine, Gwinear, Cornwall. Large tarnished sharp crystals...specimen. 2x1~1", 1:24.00 11. BARVTOCALCITE. 81agill Mine, Alston Moor, Cumberland. Sharp clear tm creamy...matrix. 2x1b<1*", 1:2.5Op. 12. BAVLDoNITE. Brandygill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland. Rich light green coatings... 3x~211,1:4.5Op 2 13. BORNITE. South Caradon Mine, st. Cleer,· Cornwall. Ricr solid attractively metallic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | morganite, crystal on albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The...morganite, with associated elbaite from the Stewart mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The...variety morganite, on albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Fisher-Kureczka...variety morganite, and albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Fisher-Kureczka...tourmaline-bearing pegmatites on the island of Elba, Italy, 52 ROCKS & MINERALS was referred to in earlier |  | | Catalog/List | | J 3. APATITE variety FRA~CoLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Select, sharp, lustrous...association. l-txltxl". £2.75. ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Nr. Callington, Cornwall. Very rich, light green...mineral. 4x2xli". £4,50. 5. 6. AURICHALCITE. 79 Mine, Gila Co., Arizona, U.S.A. Select, turquoise coloured...attractive specillBn. 3x2xlt". £4.75. 7. AUTUNITE. Mine La Faye, Grury, Saone-at-Loire, France. Rich, crust...3-txltxl-t". £4.50. J -28. AZURITE. Henderson Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A. Specimen A |  | | Book | | listed above are heavy, hard and unalterable (cassiterite, diamond, ruby, etc.) they may remain in this...crystals, macles may have re-entrant angles (cassiterite). In a work of this scope, it was difficult to...Annabergite 104 Iron 106 Hematite 106 Tin 108 Cassiterite 108 Uranium 110 Becquerelite 110 Billietite 112...cm. 2 - Tourmaline/Rubellite (San Piero, Elba, Italy): 1 cm. 3 - Tourmaline/Rubellite (Bara de Salinas...deposits on Mt. Capane, on the island of Elba, Italy, as well as a grossularite (calcium); in the pure |  | | | | Translation © Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by |GDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...102, 103 aquamarine 92, 92 aragonite 45, 45 cassiterite 34 disthene 79 dolomite 44, 45 dravite 96 dumortierite...(Yugoslavia), some mines on Mount Amiata, Tuscany (Italy), and Almadén (Spain). In the United States...Filiform silver: Nicola Secci, Sarrabus, Sardinia (Italy) endritic copper rmation. Houghton fichigan) ...covered with calcite. Casteltermini, Agrigento (Italy) look more different. Theirs is the most notable |  | | Book | | with Orbis Publishing Limited abcdefgh Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara Adapted from the original Italian...18 carbonates 38 carnallite 20 carpholite 98 cassiterite 34 cotunnite 22, 22 crandallite 67 crocidolite...Idrija (Yugoslavia), some mines on Mount Amiata, Tuscany (Italy), and Almadén (Spain). In the United States...Filiform silver. Nicola Secci, Sarrabus, Sardinia (Italy) Dendritic copper famous (Michigan) 1822. It...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite | | | Book | | Translation © Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...18 carbonates 38 carnallite 20 carpholite 98 cassiterite 34 cat's eye 24 celestine 55, 56 cerussite 46...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...(Yugoslavia), son1e n1ines on Mount Amiata, Tuscany (Italy), and Almaden (Spain). In the United States |  | | Catalog/List | | £4.32. ANAPAITE. San Giovanni Valdarno, Arezzo, Italy. Small, Very lustrous,greyish green crystals thickly...lustrous £1.08. Itxl~". /. -2- BORNITE. Dolcoath Mine, ~mborne, ~orn\~ll. Very rich, irridescently tarnished...sPHALEEITE crystals. 3x2t". £17.28. 12. CALCITE. Stank Mine, Ulverston, N.1ancs. Specimen A - A superb, plate...inclusions of Hematite. Itxlt". £3.24. CALCITE. Blackdene Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham. Large, milky white, well... 6x4". £2.16. 14. CARMINITE. Penberthy Crofts Mine, st. Hilary, Cornwall. Rich, reddish crystaline |  | | Book (volume) | | Spain by F. Vazquez Guzman Portugal by D. Thadeu Italy by P. Zuffardi European part of the U.S.S.R. by...Southwest Europe embraces France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. Each volume has an introductory chapter of the... Huelva-Sevilla district Aznalc6llar . Sotiel . Rio Tinto mines. San Telma . Lomero-Poyatos. Maria Luisa...Elisa and Dorinda Barruecopardo Golpejas or Bellita mine Morille-Martinamor El Cubito El Trasqui16n. Santa...Alquife. Titanium • • Ores of aluminium Pyrite . Rio Tinto Tharsis and La Zarza Las Herrerias . Manganese |  | | Catalog/List | | 5x2x5/8", £8.75 A/4. ADAMITE. Kameriza Central Mine, Laurium, Attica, Greece. A sparkling lime-green...00 5^/ ANDRADITE (Var.Demantoid). Vai Malenco, Italy. A silvery-green, schistose matrix slab, 'carrying...5x2x1", £10.00 6. ANDRADITE GARNET. Belstone Consols Mine, Sticklepath, Devonshire. A vitreous brownishgreen...25x5/8", £15.00 12. ANDRADITE/URALITE. Cornwall Iron Mine, Lebanon Co, Colorado, U.S.A. Lustrous coffee brown...£22.00 14. ANGLESITE/GALENA. Tiny Mme, Sardinia, Italy. A glittering, silvery metallic, crystalline cleavage |  | | Catalog/List | | Quarry, Santa Cruz County, California, CREEDITE Hall Mine,Tonopah.Nyc County,Ncvada. U S.A 1142 ■ MENEGHINITE...PICKERINGITE JosefMine, Dubnik,Slovakia 761 Bambolla Mine. Moctezuma. Mexico EMMONSITE 104 Creamy coloured...Mg ------- -·-PIEDMONTITE St Marcel, Piedmont, Italy 149 ■■ FERRIERITE Mg Svojanov nearTisnov, Moravia...Sultanchayir.Turkey San Giovanni.ilarione, Verona Italy 13 858 ■■ FERROSAPONITE Black todark grey linings...Minas Gcrais I 1022 ■ PYROLUSITE lmini Mine, Quarazatc Province Morocco 157 Good coverage of lustrous |  | | Catalog/List | | thick. £13.00. BISMUTHINITE. George & Charlotte Mine, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon. Rich, silvery grey, bladed...veinstuff. IpHxl" , £1.50. BISMUTHINITE. Patino Mine, Uncia, Potosi Dist., Bolivia. Choice, very rich...crystaline mass associated with black Cassiterite, with small bright Cassiterite crystals in odd cavities. lixl-...lixl-!;-". £4.50. 14.'/ BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Clusters of tarnished Bornite crystals...mm. 2x2xl-t". £13.00. 15. BROCHANTITE. Mammoth Mine, Tintic District, Utah, U.S.A. Bright, deep green |  | | Report (issue) | | deposits ................ 11 Geologic setting of cassiterite deposits ...... 12 Production, reserves, and...deposits ................ 16 Geologic setting of cassiterite deposits ...... 16 Production, reserves, and...resources potential ...... 21 TIN DEPOSITS continued Rio Grande do Sul ..................... 23 Location...deposits ................. 23 Geologic setting of cassiterite deposits ....... 24 Production, reserves, and...Sab Paulo ......................... 26 Parafba, Rio Grande do Norte, and Geara .......... 26 Amapa |  | | Book | | (Federal Republic of, FRG) Great Britain Ireland Italy Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Swi~erland...Wulfenite Buttgenbachite Connellite Heterogenite Cassiterite Cuprosklodowskite Shangulowe, Shaba, Za'ire...Zoisite (Tanzanite) Apophyllite Senarmontite Cassiterite Cassiterite Manganite Scheelite South Africa St Andreasberg...Freiberg, Saxony, GDR llfeld, Harz, GDR Rio Marina, Elba, Italy Schneeberg, Saxony, GD R Wolfsberg, Harz...particularly interesting collection of miners' lamps and mine surveying instruments. Ancient and mediaeval mining |  | | Catalog/List | | half an inch thick, illustrated left. Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte Brazil. £90 AFGHANITE good display...mass of red-brown Piedmontite. (Praboma Mine, St Marcel, Aosta Italy) display surface 3x3 inches £36 4. ...crystals over 3x4 inch matrix Osa Quarry. near Rome Italy 7. CHLORARGYRITE relatively rich grey exposed...Also smaller areas on the side, £30 ( Bell creek Mine, Timmins, Ontario Canada ) 13 . STILBITE, rich mass...crystals ~ 2x2.5 Cookeite small crystal plates. . lpe Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil coating |  | | Book | | Monoclinic The Orthorhombic] |The Tetragonal Tricl cassiterite zircon | scheelite vesuvianite wulfenite...than 180°) occur quite frequently, e.g. in cassiterite gypsum, and fluorite. In some cases the growth...Crystals of (from left to right): fluorite, gypsum, cassiterite 17 grows columnar crystals of pseudo-hexagonal...wolframite has a brown streak, and black cassiterite an almost colourless streak. Test results...group of minerals, such as the dark sphalerite, cassiterite, rutile, etc., it is rather difficult to specify |  | | Catalog/List | | - 2txltxl". £3. )0. 4. AF,SENOPYhITE. Kassandra Mine, Stradouiki, Greece. Bright, metallic, silvery twinned...Limonite. 2x2". £).)0. 8. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Brigh e , deep green, botryoidal...BARYTO~LCITE. Admiralty Flats, Nentsberry Hag6s Mine, Nr.Alston, Cumberland. Unusual, whitish, intergrown...Jasper. 2tx2". £5.50. N.TIVE BISMUTH. Bow Creek Mine, Deepwater, N.S. Wales, .u~tralia. Superb, ~oarsely...little Quartz. 3JC2tx2". £11. BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, L3nreath, Cornwall. Small, bright, silvery grey |  | | Catalog/List | | <2x1t", £4. SOp /-. " 9. AUTUNITE." South Terras Mine, St. ~e~; Cornwall. Pale green flakes and masses...places. 2~2x1t", £18.00 11. AZURITE. Sir Domoni r Mine, Mt. Painter, S. Auatralia. Select cluster of large...3-~x2il-x2", £23.00 14. BARYIES. Mt. Wellington Mine, Twelveheads, Cornwall. Specimen A: Lustrous creamygrey...mass. 1~x1x~", £3.50p 15. BARYTOCALCITE. Nentsberry Mine, Alston Moor, Cumberland. Fine lustrous golden-brown...3x2-}x1i.-", £9.00 16. BARYTOCALCITE. Nentsberry Mine, Alston Moor, Cumberland. Select sharp tabular crystals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | discovered. The deep potential of the South Iberian Province is therefore promising and open to sophisticated...more than 20 Spanish mines of very variable size (Rio Tinto, Aznalc611ar, Sotiel, Tharsis, Concepci6n,...ore deposits of the Pyrite Belt, both proximal (Rio Tinto, La Joya, Concepci6n) and distal (orebodies...massive sulphide deposits, of which the best known is Rio Tinto with 234 Mt of ore (mined + reserves + resources)...Abitibi massive sulphide belt of Lake Superior Province (Canada) with 476 Mt in 40 ore deposits (Franklin |  | | Book (edition) | | Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga...Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION...conditions in the gold-bearing "greenstone" in Abitibi province in northern Ontario and Quebec. Some genetic problems |  | | Book (edition) | | Sulfur, native Bismite yes Zincite lamellar Cassiterite pseudohexagonal stellate or reticulate forms... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...of cuprite (bluish grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co.,...(red internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach);...(greenish grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL B Same sample as above: |  | Rollinson, G.K., Pirrie, D., Power, M.R., Cundy, A., Camm, G.S. (2007) Geochemical and mineralogical record of historical mining, Hayle Estuary, Cornwall, UK. Geoscience in South-West England, 11 (4) Ussher Society. | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | detrital heavy mineral assemblage is dominated by cassiterite, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite and pyrite...interpreted to represent (a) the input of historic mine waste tailings and smelt waste into the estuary...contaminants either initially in solution through mine drainage or as a result of the discharge of particulate...referred to as tailings). Whilst the management of mine drainage is one of the main environmental challenges...mining industry (e.g. Salomons, 1995), the release of mine waste tailings during historical mining activity |
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