 | | Journal (issue) | | Burmese Sapphire and Peridot from Mogok History of Emerald Mining at Habachtal, Part I New Regular Feature:...Peridot from Mogok and a History of Emerald Mining in Habachtal, Austria Duncan Pay FEATURE ARTICLES p....large sizes. 338 History of Emerald Mining in the Habachtal Deposit of Austria, Part I p. 347 Karl Schmetzer...region, which is regarded as one of the earliest emerald deposits. p. 373 REGULAR FEATURES 372 Lab Notes...of antique Mughal spectacles with diamond and emerald lenses • Pink euclase • Vaterite on strand of freshwater |  | | Journal (issue) | | Yellow Topaz from Saxony, Germany History of Emerald Mining at Habachtal, Part II New Regular Feature:...No. 1 EDITORIAL 1 Yellow Topaz from Germany, Emerald Mining in Austria’s Habachtal Region, A Return...behavior. 18 History of Emerald Mining in the Habachtal Deposit of Austria, Part II Karl Schmetzer The...two-part series on the mining history of Austrian emerald deposits in the Habachtal region. p. 40 REGULAR...nickel impurities • Nail-head spicule in a Russian emerald • Dyed fluorite • Repaired grandidierite • New |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Weise on their way to the emerald mine in Habach Valley, Salzburg, Austria. Gudrun Nathrath photo. Figure...Mineral-Fundstellen in Tirol–Salzburg–Südtirol (Mineral Localities of Tirol–Salzburg–South Tirol) by Ludwig...guide, I am certain, came from Christian’s adventures with some friends in the Habach Valley in Salzburg...Salzburg, Austria. The historic emerald mine there was owned at the time by Karl Gaab, a lawyer from Munich...was devoted to the emeralds of Habachtal, Salzburg, Austria. Günther Grundmann (then curator of the mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Blackwall Sequences in the Habachtal Emerald Deposit, ttohe Tauern, Austria Part 1 : Presentation of Geochemical...; accepted May 27, 1981 Summary The Habachtal emerald deposit, Hohe Tauern, is composed of blackwall...to the classical work of Fersmann (1929), the emerald deposits of the Tokowoja area (Ural mountains,...phenakite, partly depleted in K, Biotite schists with emerald, alexandrite, phenakite, margarite, and tourmaline...schist, Talc schist, Serpentinite. In the Habachtal emerald deposit (Tauern window) - the only notable source |  | | Journal (issue) | | Fig. 3 341 EMERALD FROM HABACHTAL by E. J. GÜBELIN, Ph.D., C.G., F.G.A. T H E emerald deposit of Habachtal...Habachtal, in Austria, is discussed in some detail in this paper not only because it is the only source... HISTORY T h e occurrence of emeralds in the Salzburg Alps was already known to the Romans who did not...b a c h Valley while prospecting for ores. There is evidence that the Archbishop of Salzburg had the...the mine worked for emeralds, from which old Salzburg families still retain cut specimens, in the Middle |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Rutherford mine pegmatites, of the Amelia district, Amelia County, and as irregular grains replacing...reportedly reached 5 cm in length although the Amelia district is perhaps better known for micro-sized phenakite...deposit at the Wheeler Peak mine in the Lincoln district, White Pine County, Nevada (Castor and Ferdock...Mineral County, and in pegmatites of the Valley View district in the southern Ruby Mountains, Elko County...accessory mineral in beryllium prospects of the Trail district, Jackson County, Oregon, and at the Granite Hill |  | | Journal (issue) | | Hurlbut, C. S. (1969) Gem zoisite from Tanzania. Am. Mineral., 54, 702-9. Schmetzer, K. (1978) Vanadium...27 ct and measuring 13.2 mm long by 10.2 mm wide (see Figure 1). Though I cannot be certain of my specimen's...shown on the Highway Map 1:106. •For the first, see J.Gemm., 1978, XVI, 3,194-5.—Ed. ISSN: 0022-1252...synthetic gems having refractive indices above 1.81 (see Table l f ). An ever increasing number of synthetic...painstaking process. To overcome this *Patent pending. +see page 535 below. ISSN: 0022-1252 XVI (8)521 (1979) |  | | Journal (issue) | | ................................. EMERALDS IN AUSTRIA ··············································... Emeralds in Austria Amber Mines of Burma, India Emeralds have been found in Austria The amber mines... The occurrence is in the ed in the Myitkyina district on a hill 3 western part of the country, in the...southwest of Maingkwan, on the g au district of western Salzburg province. upper reach of the Chindwin...the The emeralds occur as small sharp cry- Hukong Valley. Their geographical locastals of grass green to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | are many wellknown localities for this mineral (see table 1). Certainly the best-known specimen from...produce some of the most sought apatite gemstones (see Mauthner and Ottaway 2015, this issue). The Connoisseur’s...discovery. Jim and Paul went back up to the pocket to see if they could recover any more material. They found...“faden,” 5.6 cm tall, Alchori, Shigar Valley, Skardu district, GilgitBaltistan, Pakistan. Private collection...Fluorapatite on muscovite, 7 cm tall, Nagar, Hunza Valley, GilgitBaltistan, Pakistan. MIM Museum specimen |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | serpentinites (black ovals) superimposed. FL, Floiten valley; GU, Die Gunggl; PJ, Pfitsch region; SG, Schlegeisgrund;...Schlegeisgrund; SU, Sundergrund; ST, Stillup valley. Arrow indicates width of zone marked by narrow shear zone...east and garnet-bearing rocks within the Stillup Valley, record peak thermal equilibration around 560–600...peak metamorphism in the vicinity of the Stillup valley, but it is unlikely that it was significantly older...exhibit prominent, sub-vertical gullies high on the valley walls; these gullies are particularly evident within |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | consistent with a sedimentary source origin. Type IA emerald REE patterns have upturns in the heavy REE (La/YbCC...occurring in Archaean host rocks. Modeling of type IA emerald compositions indicates that they form from magmatic...crustal protoliths. This geochemical signature links emerald formation with continental suture zones. Diamonds...indicating that plate tectonic processes have led to emerald deposit formation since at least the Archaean....that is responsible for the vivid green color of emerald [2]. Emeralds are scarce commodities requiring |  | | Journal (issue) | | of articles on all aspects of the field. Please see the suggestions fat authors in the Spring 1993 issue...material may cause difficulties in identification (see, e.g., Hanni and Bosshart, 1993; Hanni and Schmetzer...ruby crystals occur in two habits: rhombohedral (see, e.g., figures 1-3) and tabular (figures 2 and 4)...rhombohedral and tabular crystals alike (again, see figure 21. As illustrated in figure 3, the rubies...planes (1010) and (0001), respectively (figure4; see, e.g., Schmetzer et al., 1994). The rhombohedral |  | | Journal (issue) | | been known for centuries and the large mining district of Mogok above a lovely lake has always proved...the temples and pagodas. The author visited this valley for the first time three years ago, after his second...middle Irrawaddy valley; there are mountains in the north and the lake to the south. The valley of rubies is...towards Thabeikyin. T h e n it crosses the Irrawaddy valley on a very b u m p y road and then slowly rises...arrival three private jeeps travelling down the valley were ambushed and robbed. There are neither hotels |  | | Book | | undertake the task of abridging my much larger book, Emerald and Other Beryls (Chilton Book Co, 1981) to provide...literature, Mr Read’s task was far from simple and I am most grateful for his discriminating selection of...xiii Chapter 1 Emerald and beryl in antiquity 1 Emerald in ancient Egypt 1 Emerald and beryl in ancient...10 Large European emerald objects 13 The Emerald Buddha 14 The Budha’s tooth emerald 15 Hernando Contez...use of beryls in the Americas 15 Chapter 2 Emerald and beryl in medieval and modern Europe 18 Biblical |  | | Book | | undertake the task of abridging my much larger book, Emerald and Other Beryls (Chilton Book Co, 1981) to provide...literature, Mr Read's task was far from simple and I am most grateful for his discriminating selection of...Chapter 1 Emerald and beryl in antiquity xiii 1 Emerald in ancient Egypt 1 Emerald and beryl in...Pliny's Natural History 10 Large European emerald objects 13 The Emerald Buddha 14 The Budha's tooth emeraid...use of beryls in the Americas 15 Chapter 2 Emerald and beryl in medieval and ~odern Europe 18 Biblical |  | | Book | | Karl-Franzens-Universitat HeinrichstraBe 26 A-8010Graz Austria ISBN-13 :978-3-642-84642-7 DOl: 10.1007/978-3-642-84640-3...stretching 1500 km between Vienna and Graz in Austria and Genova in Italy. They resulted from the collision... . .. 349 W. FRISCH, G. VAVRA, M. WINKLER The Habach-Formation and the Zentralgneis - A Key in Understanding...Mineralogie, Universitat Salzburg, Hellbrunner Str. 34 A-5Ol0 Salzburg, Austria FLISCH,M. Bruckfeldstr...Palaontologie, U niversitat Salzburg, Hellbrunner Str. 34 A-5Ol0 Salzburg, Austria FRISCH,W. Institut fUr |  | | Journal (issue) | | straightforward names of gemstones such as ruby, sapphire, emerald, garnet, zircon, spinel, tourmaline, topaz, peridot...gemmological knowledge. Nowhere, to-day, does one see stones in jewellery (modern) with any of the more...were some fine green beryls which looked like emerald of good medium quality. They were green when viewed...LIDDIGOAT (R. T.). Developments in the synthetic emerald field. Gems and Gemology, 1964, X I , 5, pp. 131-138...general discussion on the new French synthetic emerald. This agrees in substance with the descriptions |  | | Journal (issue) | | James Elliott (Fine Minerals International) photo. See the article beginning on page 817. Columns Notes...to the collector community, so it was exciting to see them being brought back into useful existence. But...Germany, Switzerland (three!), the Hohe Tauem of Austria, Pi'fbram in the Czech Republic, the Carpathian...essentially inaccessible to the collector. We don't see how any serious mineral collector, mineral curator...several small mines in the Beaverdell silver-mining district of southern British Columbia, near the village |  | | Journal (issue) | | from left: Fluorite, 6.7 cm, from the Weisseck, Austria. Collected by Reinhold Bacher; Reinhold Bacher...from left: Liddicoatite, 7 cm, from the Sahatany Valley, Madagascar. Collected by Federico Pezzotta; Antonio...Ben DeCamp photo. Iolite, 4 cm, from the Entia Valley, Australia. Collected by George Stacy; Jeff Scovil...habit—the only such occurrence in the mine of which I am aware. Altogether about 100 tons of wulfenite crystals...outside of the pocket. Around noontime we were able to see into the pocket and The Mineralogical Record, Eureka |  | | Book | | Lazuli (see No. 96) Top right: Orpiment with Realgar (see No. 288) Bottom: Garnets in Mica Schist (see No... Table of Chemical Elements Symbol Name Ac Ag A1 Am Ar As At Au B Ba Be Bi Bk Br C Ca Cd Ce Cf Cl Cm...important for identification. Physical properties: see above. Occurs in veins, geodes and amygdaloidal infillings...crystals of rutile (p. 170). Physical properties: see above. Found in Scotland, Minas Gerais (Brazil)....be seen to be cut through by white quartz veins {see p. 108). 26 Minerals Feldspars and Feldspathoids |  | | Journal (issue) | | investigate the rocks near the valley of Sandawana in the Belingwe district of Southern Rhodesia together...differentiate them from others. OCCURRENCE T h e emerald occurrence of Sandawana is in very isolated country...valuable of which is the emerald. It is most instructive to study the formation of emerald as shown by this particular...which seems to have m u c h in common with the emerald-bearing rocks at Tokowaya (Ural), Transvaal, Ajmer...Ajmer in India and the Habachtal in Austria. There, same as here, the circumstances of formation and the |  | | Catalog/List | | principal reason for this disposal is not financial 1 am very anxious to purchase from you, if you have duplicate...5", £5.00 A/l 3. ALMANDINE. Zillerthal, Tyrol, Austria. A silvery-green, lustrous surfaced, Mica-Schist...£8.75 A/l 5. ALMANDINE (Garnet). Zillerthal, Austria. Lustrous brownish-red, sharp translucent 1.75"...>ALMANDINE/CHLORITIC-SCHIST. Zillerthal, Salzburg, Austria. Fine, large, showy cabinet Schistose matrix...*Ct51lection. A matrix-free crystalline mass of lustrous, emerald-green coloured, bladed crystals in radiate array |  | | Journal (issue) | | for other synthetic red spinels. I n Fig. l a we see curved lines, which indicate growth by the Verneuil...Smaragdvorkommen im Habachtal. (On the emerald occurrence in the H a b a c h valley.) Zeitschr.d. Deutsch. Gesellschaft...use of a hand lens is not mentioned. Synthetic emerald is to be discussed in a future article. W.S. BANK...they placed diamond, pearl, ruby, sapphire and emerald, and the secondary gems called Uparatnani. T h...1956. A comprehensive survey of the Habachtal emerald mine and the characters of the crystals from this |  | | Report (issue) | | Discovery Stoppaniite Fabio Tamagnini Page 40 Emerald and Aquamarine in Canada Lee A. Groat Page 22...are widely used (see page 22). These include aquamarine, red beryl, morganite, emerald, goshenite, and...varieties emerald and aquamarine are surrounded by the ancient mysticism of birthstones. Emerald, aquamarine...smaragdus" referred to what would be known today as emerald; "beryllus" is the Latin term for beryl; "sea green...of emerald, the modern designations for the beryl varieties emerged much later than did "emerald" and |  | | Book (edition) | | these questions, you're a gem expert! (If you don't, see the back flap for answers.) These fascinating facts...Ruby 82 Quartz group 116 Sapphire 86 Jade 154 Emerald 90 Peridot 158 Aquamarine 94 Zoisite 160 Beryl...jasper, coral, lapis lazuli, pearl, serpentine, emerald aod turquoise. These stones were reserved for the...Canary stone Canary diamond Cape chrysolite or Cape emerald Cape ruby Ceruline Black coral Dioptase Green...amethyst Oriental cat's eye Oriental topaz Oriental emerald Ox-eye Paris pearls Paste Pigeon-blood agate Pipe |
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Emerald deposit, Leckbachgraben, Nasenkopf mountain, Bramberg am Wildkogel, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria