 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 85728 pmegaw@imdex.com Legrandite Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico W e all love a good detective...was first described in 1932 and was named after “a mine manager . . . Mr. Legrand, of Belgian nationality...collector of minerals who is known to have visited Mexico three times during the early 1900s. The specimen...locality, the Flor de Peña mine, Lampazos de Naranjo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Legrandite, Zn2(AsO4)(OH)∙H2O...Peña is an obscure little mine in the state of Nuevo Leon in northernmost Mexico, famous only as the type |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mexico ineralogical Record September-October 2003 ❖ Volume 34 Number 5 ❖ $20 Wayne & Dona Leicht,...Van Pelt, Los Angles Mexico Special Issue II The Ojuela Mine Preface to Mexico-II1............................................................... 24 Mapimí District Geology ................................Discovery of Adamite at Ojuela................................ 43 Sidebar: Purple Adamite Tales ........ ◆ Website www.minrec.org Front Cover Purple adamite crystal cluster, 5.4 cm across, from the 1981 find |  | | Journal (issue) | | cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...custom jewelry. Wulfenite, 5.4 cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn...photo. Wulfenite (hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected...pseudomorph after azurite, 4 cm, from the Inspiration mine, Globe-Miami district, Gila County, Arizona. Ken...Cerussite twins on matrix, 6.5 cm, from the Grand Reef mine, Aravaipa district, Graham County, Arizona. Ken |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Conichalcite Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb Otjikoto Region, Namibia A n article appeared...Conichalcite on malachite, 10.5 cm across, from the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto region, Namibia. Fine spherules...green crusts of fibrous spheres at the Cap Garonne mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France...chrysocolla and cuprite has come from the Clara mine, Oberwolfach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Conichalcite...was acquired in 1975 labeled as being a cuprian adamite. The specimen was X-rayed then, and reexamined |  | | Report (issue) | | 116.16(3)° Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Ojuela mine, Mapimí, Mexico. 2.557 (100), 3.414 (90), 3.175 (90)...(2) 47.0 18.7 14.2 11.4 8.4 99.7 (1) Ojuela mine, Mapimí, Mexico; by electron microprobe, total Fe as...Association: Adamite, cryptomelane, chalcophanite, goethite. Distribution: From the Ojuela mine, Mapimí, Durango...Durango, Mexico. Name: Honors Julius Lothar Meyer (1830-1895), German chemist and physician, Karlsruhe Polytechnic...Lotharmeyerite, a new mineral from Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Mineral. Record, 14, 35-36. (2) (1983) Amer |  | | Report (issue) | | 10)Σ=4.84 (H2O)4(AsO3OH)2.31(AsO4)1.69. (2) Mapimí, Mexico; by electron microprobe, average of five points...sainfeldite-miguelromeroite series. Occurrence: A rare post-mine low-temperature reaction product of carbonate gangue...zone of an arsenic-rich base metal deposit (Mapimí, Mexico); on a single specimen from a metamorphosed...arseniosiderite, chalcophanite, adamite, Fe-Mn oxides (Mapimí, Mexico); manganoan calcite, willemite,...Large crystals at the Ojuela mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico. In the Veta Negra mine, Pampa Larga district |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sphalerite and celestine, 17 cm high, Cumberland mine, Smith County, Tennessee. Steve Neely specimen....Wulfenite, 14.5 cm wide, Ahumada mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico. Scott Rudolph specimen. Figure...hemimorphite, 7.8 cm high, San Antonio mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. Scott Rudolph specimen. Figure...Fluorapatite with arsenopyrite, 13.5 cm high, Panasqueira mine, Beira Baixa, Portugal. Marcus Budil specimen. Figure...Elbaite, quartz, and albite, 17.5 cm wide, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Marty |  | | Report (issue) | | a whiff of Mexico too. There are many good things here from the famous Little Three mine, Ramona district...blue topaz: Topaz, 6 cm, from the Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California....impressive: Axinite, 5 cm, from the Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California....County, especially from the Stewart mine. And from the Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande district, San Diego County...(besides plenty of elbaites) such rarities from that mine as cassiterite, hambergite, and a large, superb |  | | Report (issue) | | pale blue barite from the Ouichane (or Sidi Lahcem) mine in Nador Province, and furthermore I cautioned against...this with the barite from the Bou Nahas (or Afrou) mine in the Oumjrane-Alnif district near Meknes. Really...These new specimens come from the Shijiangshan Pb-Zn mine, which Jordi locates close to “Jipeng” in the Huanggang...much, much more than the famous Huanggang Sn-Fe mine, see the articles in our September-October 2012...resembling tarbuttite crystals from the old Broken Hill mine at Kabwe, Zambia. Mixed with them, on matrix plates |  | | Book | | Minerals, Collecting, and Value across the U.S.-Mexico Border TRACKING GLOBALIZATION Robert J. Foster... Minerals, Collecting, and Value across the U.S.-Mexico Border elizabeth emma ferry Indiana University...Minerals, collecting, and value across the U.S.-Mexico border / Elizabeth Emma Ferry. pages cm — (Tracking...States. 2. Minerals—Collection and preservation—Mexico. 3. Rock collectors. 4. Mineral industries—Social...industries—Social aspects. 5. United States—Commerce—Mexico. 6. Mexico—Commerce—United States. I. Title. QE392.5.U5F47 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Saint-Hilaire La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality Montérégie Québec, Canada A s Bruce Cairncross...Saint-Hilaire (La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality [RCM], Québec, Canada), one of the Quintin Wight...Auctions Nature & Science Adamite Ojuela Mine, Mapimí Mun. de Mapimí Durango, Mexico 2.8 x 1.6 x 1.2 inches |  | | Report (issue) | | evenings… Clinoatacamite, 5.6 cm, from the Lily mine near Pisco, Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru...clinoatacamite in the Lily mine, Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru. In 1998 this copper mine began giving up...and he landed the two superb miniatures of Lily mine clinoatacamite now offered on his site (trinityminerals...in arsenic from the 1991 find in the Tellerhäuser mine near Pöhla, western Erzgebirge, Upper Saxony, Germany...these specimens “Pöhla mine” but in fact the Tellerhäuser is another small mine southeast of the town |  | | Journal (issue) | | the Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango, México. Moore and Megaw (2003) described the Ojuela Mine as Mexico’s...from the deposit including the world's finest adamite (in a gorgeous array of colors and habits), legrandite...fluorite, calcite, wulfenite and other species. Mina Ojuela is also the type locality for paradamite, lotharmeyerite...Collector that “of all the species from the Ojuela mine, perhaps the least eye-appealing is köttigite... Famous mineral localities: The Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico: Mineralogical Record, v. 34, September |  | | Journal (issue) | | row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The...Spodumene (variety kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler...the Musonoi mine, Zaire (#950). Jerry Cone photo. Adamite, 5-mm view, from the Mohawk mine, San Bernardino |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | terminated gem crystal, 13.0 × 2.5 cm, from the Jaquetô mine, Medeiros Neto, Bahia, Brazil. Bonisoli specimen...crystal in quartz, 7.5 × 6.0 cm, from the Himalaya mine, San Diego County, California. Bonisoli specimen...concretions, 7.0 × 6.5 cm, from the Mashamba West mine, Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo. Bonisoli...coated with malachite, 4.5 × 4.5 cm, from the Onganja mine, Seeis, Windhoek, Namibia. Bonisoli specimen 3349...crystals on galena, 6 × 4 cm, from the Montevecchio mine, Guspini, Sardinia, Italy. Bonisoli specimen 4063 |  | | Report (issue) | | there is new work afoot at the famous Red Cloud mine in the Trigo Mountains, in the southwestern part...backgrounds on the history of wulfenite from the Red Cloud mine, see the essay by Szenics just quoted (“Ed Over...headed by Wayne Thompson (“Bonanza at the Red Cloud mine,” in the SeptemberOctober 1996 issue). The Thompson...notable wulfenite would be found at the Red Cloud mine. But 14 years ago Robert Bell, a mineral collector...collector who lives in Kansas, purchased the mine anyway, and now he has contracted for experienced field man |  | | Thesis/Dissertation | | The mineralogy of the Mapimí mining district, Durango, Mexico Item Type text; Dissertation-Reproduction...MINERALOGY OF THE MAPIMl' MINING DISTRICT, DURANGO, MEXICO by Victor Joseph Hoffmann A Dissertation...Mineralogy of the Mapimi Mining District,______ Durango, Mexico______________________________ be accepted...samples from the mines and offered information on the mine locations and their access. Mr. Salvador Davila...Smithsonian Institution from both the collections of Ojuela mine specimens obtained by Foshag in 1934 and from |  | | Report (issue) | | flamboyantly colored arsenates (mostly adamite) from the Ojuela mine. The sterling pale purple example shown...yen is about $615). Adamite, 2.2 cm, from the Ojuela mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico. Key’s Minerals specimen...fluorapatite/fluorite “combination” piece from the Sauberg mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Obersachsen—i.e. Upper Saxony...rarity as time goes by. The Sauberg tin/tungsten mine closed for good when the Berlin Wall came down in...Fluorapatite and Fluorite, 2.3 cm, from the Sauberg mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony, Germany. Key’s Minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | COOK Adamite Downloaded by [Simon Fraser University] at 04:32 20 November 2014 Ojuela Mine, Mapimi...Mapimi, Durango, Mexico f asked to name the first Mexican mineral locality to come to mind, most collectors...Mapimi, Durango; or Santa Eulalia or Naica, Chihuahua. If asked to name a mineral for which Mexico is well...well known, at least some would choose adamite. Adamite would be just another “ho-hum,” almost-interesting...Mineral Show, we have chosen adamite from the Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, for this issue’s Connoisseur’s |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 13:46 05 June 2016 from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico ARTHUR E. SMITH 9 1 I8 Concho Street...Houston, Texas 77036 Allphotos by the author, of Ojuela mine specimens in the author; collection I f you...crystals in Houston in the 1960s and to 5 mm in the Ojuela mine. Actually, most of the austiearly 1970s. you...were intergrown group labeled, most were from the Ojuela Figure at the Houston Show in the early 1970s,...clear, bright austinite crysmine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. tals from the new (1998) opera- all cuprian |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | private appointments Topaz, Cleavelandite Mokrush Mine, Russia Thomas Spann Photo 2 3 CONTENTS 06...written by Bryan Swoboda. 12 Väyrynenite. Lolu Dahku mine, Roundu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan...specimens from the mim museum Stibiotantalite. Urandu mine, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan... James Elliott photo 14 Malachite. Kalukuluku mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga, D.R. Congo. 60 x 48 x 26 cm...quality similar to the best specimens from the Shilu mine in China with the same ‘chatoyant’ effect. And being |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ADAMITE FROM THE OJUELA MINE, MAPIMI, MEXICO* Menv E. MnosBl wrrn Norns oN rHE Occunnpwce sv Dew E...Alsrnect Adamite of unusually pure corrposition is described from a new locality, the Oiuela mine at Mapimi...Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. A chemical analysis is given together with measurements of the morphological axial...Cnvsrerr,ocRAPHY Most of the crystals of Mapimi adamite occur merged together as radiating crusts or as...rosettes on a matrix of limonite. A few Frc. 1. Adamite crystal from Mapimi showing all the forns observed |  | | Book | | K FIELD GUIDE to the GEMS and MINERALS of MEXICO (Exclusive of Baja California) A guide to the...Information............ Driving in Mexico................... Trailcring in Mexico ............. 5 6 6 7 8 8........ A Word to the Wise ............. Jade in Mexico......................... Manto and Chimney Deposits...Eulalia District....... El Potosi Mine............. San Antonio Mine....... Cusihuiriachic District....... Minerals of Ojuela Mine .... . Velardena District........................ Durango ............... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | described from a second locality, the Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Measurement of several crystals...new speciesfrom the Fior de Pefla mine, Lampazos, Nuevo Leon, Mexico by Drugman and Hey (1932). Their...ble.The new occurrenceat the Ojuela mine, near Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, produced a relatively large number...up to 60 mm in length. The legranditeat the Ojuela mine occursin cavitiesin a hard, compact limonite...flat, lenticular, anhedral crystals of adamite. These adamite crystals occur mostly as single individuals |  | | Report (issue) | | 692(2) α = 103.25(4)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Ojuela mine, Mexico. 6.33 (10), 3.71 (10), 2.99 (9), 2.84 (9)...12 0.45 56.22 3.44 0.00 Total 100.40 (1) Ojuela mine, Mexico. (2) Zn2 (AsO4 )(OH). Polymorphism & Series:...(2) 40.09 56.77 3.14 100.00 Dimorphous with adamite. Occurrence: A rare secondary mineral in the oxidized...Mimetite, adamite, ojuelaite, mapimite, “limonite” (Ojuela mine, Mexico); köttigite, adamite, smithsonite... Distribution: Name: From the Ojuela mine, Mapimı́, Durango, Mexico. At Tsumeb, Namibia. From the Greek |
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Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico