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| GUIDE TO Minerals and Gemstones 154 ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR by CLAUS CASPARI - a collector's guide...revised by JOHN SINKANKAS with 154 illustrations in colour by Claus Caspari THAMES AND HUDSON Tnnslated...Publisher's prior consent, in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and...this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical...storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher. © 15)68 by Droeme=he |
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| Scott Mitchell This is the first dictionary published in the English language devoted exclusively to the names...over 4,000 alphabetically arranged names. In addition to rocks in the usual classification of igneous, sedimentary...and more. A glossary of 200 petrologic terms used in the definitions is included for those who may be...historical value. Foreignlanguage terms frequently used in English-language publications are defined as well...varieties • cave rocks • many decorative and gem rocks In addition to providing concise definitions for each |
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| New York City 10016 This edition first published in the United States 1990 by Gallery Books, an' imprint...Caution: All images are © copyright as cited. Their use in any form without prior permission from the appropriate...copyright holder is strictly forbidden. Published in England by Dragon’s World Ltd, Limpsfield and London...book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without...Bookworm Typesetting, Manchester, England Printed in Singapore Contents Introduction 7 Rocks 9 Minerals |
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| special quotations are invited. ABBREVIATIONS used in this catalog xl -crystal xlled -crystalled xlline...County, Pacoima Canyon Large black tabular crystals in pegmatite ..... Norway Gjerstad Nearly pure pitch...Benito River, Gem mine Black prismatic xls imbedded in syenite CROSSITE Sodium iron silicate California...Champion, Spons mine White-tan fibrous aggregates in magnetite with stilpnomelane, penninite, quartz ...Arizona Final County, Christmas Dark green cleavages in andesite ........ . Canada Ontario, Verona ~rly pure |
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| special quotations are invited. ABBREVIATIONS used in this catalog xi xlled xlline xllized - ~J('' Jr...~lliant lime-yellow prismatic orthorhombic crystals in radial groups on limonile ........... Utah Toelle...silicate ~ Province of Huesca, Estopinian Blue massive in an_cient trap r·ock, resembles lapis AJOITE Copper...opalescence ................... PERICLINE Italy, Austria 1 SWitzerland Aleine areas Fine large white twin...County, Pacoirna Canyon Large black tabular crystals in pei,;malite ...... R. Norway Gjerstad Nearly pure |
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| mineral is dealt with systematically and defined in terms of its hardness, specific gra¬ vity, chemical...appearing opposite a colour photograph of the rock in question. For the layman, there are clear defi¬ nitions...collectors. Both on the reference shelf and for work in the field this will prove an indispensable book....PRESS GUILDFORD AND LONDON First published in Great Britain in 1974 Translator’s Foreword Professor Schumann’s...Schumann’s book will, undoubtedly, fill a considerable gap in geological literature, particularly because of the |
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| Alphabetically arranged---the Names of the Authors in capital letters. Alps~ Eastern, SUESS on the Secondary... . . . , L o m b a r d y , CVRIONI on Fluor-spar in the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Avesnes~...28 27 23 Bohemia, FOETTERLE Oil Polishing-slate in N o r t h e r n . . . . . . . . . . . . -~ JOKELY... . . . . . . . : - , NEVMANN on N a t i v e Iron in the Chalk of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bone-bed...17 24 Chalk of Bohemia, NEUMANN on native iron in the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Classification of |
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| department of natural science which is so defective in its general scheme of arrangement as mineralogy;...substances united in such groups are included under one general formula, and function in a more or less...rock-formers. Under such methods of arrangement as are in vogue, many substances are left to stand isolated...--substances which frequently form important integers in a regular sequence. And when such groups ars constituted...linked together substances which have nothing else in common. Mineral,~gy presents numberless examples |
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| CATALOGUE OF. MINERAL PSEUDOMORPHS IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM -B CLIFFORD FRONDEL BU.LLETIN OF THE AMRICANMUSEUM'...71) Article IX.-CATALOGUE OF MINERAL PSEUDOMORPHS IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY' BY CLIFFORD...and not solids,3 and would also exclude those cases in which organic material has been replaced by quartz...petrifactions and molds, and also: (1) Any mineral change in which the outlines of the original mineral are preserved...change here carries with it a connotation of no change in the dimensions of the surface. The plane-sided, hollow |
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| Defined Origin of the Name The name zeolite was created in 1756, by Freiherr Axel Fredrick Cronstedt, a Swedish...to boil and puff up in a borax bead, followed by melting to a white glass. The in in "zein" was dropped...known by many local names in the eighteenth century. Most of the research in zeolite mineralogy was done...at that time, in Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain. Because of differences in language, nationality...The general acceptance of the mineral names used in Traite de Mineralogie by HaUy (1801) formed a basis |
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| Defined Origin of the Name The name zeolite was created in 1756, by Freiherr Axel Fredrick Cronstedt, a Swedish...to boil and puff up in a borax bead, followed by melting to a white glass. The in in "zein" was dropped...known by many local names in the eighteenth century. Most of the research in zeolite mineralogy was done...at that time, in Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain. Because of differences in language, nationality...The general acceptance of the mineral names used in Traite de Mineralogie by HaUy (1801) formed a basis |
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| Triassic deposits 31 Mineral localities 38 District of Columbia Mavtrl a Tirl IWlCfci JT XClilUl...Loudoun County 143 Prince William County 149 Diabase quarries of northern Virginia 155 CAPTIONS Illustrations...Index map showing region covered in this report. Stfaded area is covered in most detail. Figure 2. Block...Complex at Ilchester, Maryland. Figure 6. Triassic diabase dike forming a ridge north of Route 7 near Dranesville...of mineral deposits in Washington, D.C. it Figure 8. Locations of iron mines in the Coastal Plain of |
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| of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. Minerals and gems form naturally in the immense heat and pressure...publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic...Publisher Cataloging-in-Publication Data (U.S.) Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Tait...C2011-902340-7 Published in the United States by Firefly Books (U.S.) Inc. Published in Canada by Firefly Books...of the minerals, gems and meteorites in this book are on display in Editing and Index: Gillian Watts |
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| JAMES FURMAN KEMP, A.B., E.M., Professor of Geology in the School of Mines, Columbia University New York...is ex- is unrelated processes are involved in In order not to confuse and bewilder students, must...their chief foundations in past misconceptions, such as the time element in the classification of igneous...igneous rocks, or that require microscopic In the following pages the attempt study to substantiate...equipped with the necessary preliminary training in mineralogy, can observe and grasp. Some years of |
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| MINING IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA, 1907. By CHAKLES W. WEIGHT. INTRODUCTION. The mining industry in southeastern...conditions of labor and transportation and the fall in the market value of copper. These adverse factors...considering the ore bodies and mines under development in detail, a brief discussion is given of the general...'occurrence of gold in the northern districts and of copper to the south in the Ketchikan district is also noteworthy...the principal mining districts in southeastern Alaska are set forth in the reports on the Juneau gold |
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| GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Map of Industrial Mineral Occurrences in the National Forests of Arizona Compiled by Brenda...AZ 85721 MAP OF INDUSTRIAL MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE NATIONAL FORESTS OF ARIZONA This map shows the...gravel) within the boundaries of the National Forests in Arizona. The map was prepared as part of a mineral...resource appraisal of the Mexican spotted owl habitat in National Forest lands. The accompanying pamphlet...(1987) tabulation of industrial mineral occurrences in Arizona and from Bates (1969). Geologic contacts |
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| Constantinou Mineral production and developments in Southeastern Europe by A. J. G. Notholt Anyone who...of Europe is available in English, or for that matter in any other language; in fact, most European countries...comprehensive descriptions of their own mineral deposits even in their national languages. The need for such a publication...geologists and other specialists in government, the universities and colleges and in industry. Good clear descriptions...lecturers preparing courses in economic geology, by companies interested in prospecting, by organizations |
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| FLOOR AT THE IDALPE (ENGADIN WINDOW) NEAR ISCHGL/TYROL Karl Krainer1 & Peter Tropper2 Institute of Geology...Innsbruck, Innrain 52f, A-6020 Innsbruck 2 Introduction In the Lower Engadine Window rocks of the Penninic Unit...Unit are exposed which originally were formed in the Piemont-Ligurian Ocean, the Iberian-Brianconnais...(Silvretta-Seckau Nappe System sensu Schmid et al. 2004) in the north, the Stubai-Ötztal Metamorphic Complex...(Ötztal-Bundschuh Nappe System sensu Schmid et al. 2004) in the southeast and east, and the Engadine Dolomites |
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| PRACTICAL MINERALOGIST AND GEOLOGIST AND FOR INSTRUCTION IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. BY JAMES D. DANA. \\ FOURTH..."This Manual in its present shape is work (1878) is as follows: new throughout. In the it has undergone...modified greatly in all its parts, it is still simple in its methods of presenting the facts in crystallography...crystallography, and in all other explanations and special prominence is given, as in former editions, to the more...under the prominent metal they contain, and of giving in connection some information as to mines and mining |
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| ___________________ j_____. _______ Previous work in the area-____--____----------_--_------__--___ General...area___-___-_-_-_____--.___________._ "Tufa" stone, gypsum, and diatomaceous earth..__-.__.______ "Tufa" stone...stone...-.__..-______________________ Gypsum __ Diatomaceous earth__________________________________...686 687 687 688 691 ILLUSTRATIONS [Plates 52-54 in pocket] . PLATE 52. Geologic map and sections Of...prospect. 671 85. Geologic map and sections of the gypsum area..---_--.---- . 682 A CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMIC |
 | Boyle, R. W., Wanless, R. K., Stevens, R. D. (1976) Sulfur isotope investigation of the barite, manganese, and lead-zinc-copper-silver deposits of the Walton-Cheverie area, Nova Scotia, Canada. Economic Geology, 71 (4) 749-762 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.71.4.749 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) |
| sippian)and Triassic age. Diabase sills, probablyof Triassic age, occur in one place. The Mississippianrocks...origin. The Mississippianrocks are intricately folded in places,and all are extensivelyfaulted; the Triassic...have beenfaulted in many places.The economicdepositsof the area are gypsum and anhydrite in sedimentarybeds...and epigeneticbarite and sulfide bodies. The sulfur in the sulfates and sulfides of the country rocks and...and epigenetic deposits exhibitsa wide range in $a4Scomposition,from +33.6½• to --42.07o,. All of the |
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| FURMAN KEMP, E.M., D.Sc., PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY IN THE SCHOOL OF MINES, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK...diverse, and many unrelated processes are involved in In order not to confuse and bewilder students, their...their chief foundations in past misconceptions, such as the time element in the teacher the classification...that require microscopic study to substantiate them. In the following pages the attempt has been made to...equipped with the necessary preliminary training in mineralogy, can observe and grasp. Some years of |
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| eighth publication in the Virginia Aimeral Localities series is comprehensive in that it includes the...the occurrence data given in all the previously published bulletins of this scries as well as many additional...particularly noteworthy kinds of occurrences with in the state. The format of the locality description...unlike that of previous bulletins in this series, lists the minerals in alphabetical order. This should...are only casually familiar with the Dana System. As in previous bul letins, chemical formulae or statements |
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| Specialty Minerals Marble Quarry . . . . . . S top 5 - Georgia Marble Company Marble Quarry . . . . . . S top...top 6A - Cross Hill Clay Quarry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S top 6B - Rock-Avalanche Deposit ..... . . . . . . . . . . . Stop 8 - Gold Bond Gypsum Quarry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S top 9 - Putnam.... . . . . . . . . . S top 1 0 - Troy Quartzite Quarry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S top 1 1... Papers Mineral economics of industrial minerals in southeastern Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| GENERAL GEOLOGY REPORT 1976 33 MINERAL COLLECTING IN PENNSYLVANIA by Alan R. Geyer Robert C. Smith, ... “old” Lime Bluff quarry, Muncy; right fibrous : tremolite, C. K. Williams quarry, Easton: bottom: calcite...oriented coatings of goethite, “old” Lime Bluff quarry, Muncy, (courtesy of Delbert L. Oswald) ADDITIONAL...Lapham was the original senior author of this report in 1959 and of succeeding revisions and maintained an...This edition of Mineral Collecting Cedar Hill in quarry where Dave had done IV much of his work |
