 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 31 December 2014 NEVADA MINERAL STEVEN PULLMAN 1755 Circle Drive NW Reno, Nevada 89509 RICHARD THOMSSEN...THOMSSEN P.O. Box 1656 Carson City, Nevada 89702 Map showing Nevada counties, by William W.Besse. N evada...represented by numerous geothermal areas. The range of minerals found in mines, quarries, and prospect...year. Nevada is one of the few western states without a published state mineralogy; thus, mineral collectors...collectors are aware of its mineral specimen wealth from only a few well-known and collected localities, |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Surv. of Canada Ottawa George W. Robinson Seaman Mineral Museum, MTU Houghton, Michigan Abraham Rosenzweig...327 COVER: BARITE, 17 cm, from the Miekle mine, Nevada. (See the article in the previous issue.) Keith...1937. This mine, though small, provided many new mineral species. Dr. Gaines wrote a compreĀ hensive review...great opportunities to acquire rare and classic mineral specimens which were attractively displayed in |  | | Catalog/List | | extra) Please quote both the code number and the mineral name when ordering I. GORCEIXITE , Ba Al PO/4...New Jersey USA 2x2 Ā£14 4. GRAPHITE pure grey slightly crystalline mass, Ratnapura district SriLanka small...curved crystal plates, like parts of spheres on pegmatite rock. Interesting display specimen 3.5 x2 x2 Hoydalen...GOETHITE on QUARTZ attractive rich coating of small golden brown goethite crystals, on quartz crystals on...short-wave. Los Gavilanes area, Baja California, USA with copy of John Sinkankas collection label Ā£ 15 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Betts, 215 W. 98th St., #2F, New York, NY 10025. Mineral collectors are steadily losing their old collecting...promising forgotten locations is an area of old pegmatite quarries in South Glastonbury, Connecticut. This...81MINERALS dletown-Portland, Connecticut, pegmatite district. They are found in South Glastonbury, about...includes one of the largest quarries of the entire district, the Howe No. 1. Access is through a trail system...December 2014 result is a new map of the area. Mineral occurrences have been documented with the help |  | | Report (issue) | | Elpasolite K2 NaAlF6 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Cubic. Point Group:...Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Pikes Peak, Colorado, USA. 2.863 (10), 2.024 (10), 2.336 (8), 1.428 (6), 0...Total [99.00] 98.62 100.00 (1) Pikes Peak, Colorado, USA; F calculated for charge balance; corresponds to...minerals in a quartz-microcline pegmatite (Pikes Peak, Colorado, USA); on vein quartz in a hydrothermal...Colorado, USA); cryolite, chiolite, pachnolite, thomsenolite, ralstonite (Amelia, Virginia, USA); ralstonite |  | | Report (issue) | | Prosopite CaAl2 (F, OH)8 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point...X-ray Powder Pattern: St. Peters Dome, Colorado, USA. 4.35 (10), 2.13 (6), 1.837 (6), 1.813 (6), 3.07...weberite, jarlite, siderite, hematite, cassiterite, quartz. Distribution: In Germany, from Altenberg, Saxony... From Mt. Bischoff, Tasmania, Australia. In the USA, at St. Peters Dome, near Pikes Peak, El Paso Co...Dugway district, Tooele Co., Utah; at the Zapot pegmatite, 25 km northeast of Hawthorne, Fitting district |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gemstones Simmonsite, Zapot pegmatite, Gillis Range, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA. Named in honor of W.B...miarolitic cavities found near the centers of pegmatite bodies or in reaction zones between pegmatites...occur in pegmatites (Simmons 2007). Historically, pegmatite deposits in Brazil, Madagascar, Russia, and the...āfrozenā in massive quartz or feldspar in the core or core margin of a pegmatite Aquamarine (green-blue...commonly occur in massive quartz or feldspar of the centrally located pegmatite core zone or in the core |  | | Report (issue) | | Cryolite Na3 AlF6 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point Group:...late-stage mineral in some granite pegmatites; in tin-bearing alkalic granites; a vapor-phase mineral along...weberite, jarlite, prosopite, chiolite, microcline, quartz, fluorite, siderite, topaz (Ivigtut, Greenland);...deposit at Ivigtut, southwestern Greenland. In the USA, from St. Peters Dome, near Pikes Peak, El Paso Co...from the Zapot pegmatite, 25 km northeast of Hawthorne, Fitting district, Mineral Co., Nevada; in the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Californiaās gemstone treasure trove right next door, Nevada would be equally blessed with gem material. However...However, this in not the case. Although Nevada, with more than I10,OOOsquare miles, is the seventh largest...is actually there but has yet to be discovered. Nevada has been extensively explored in the past for strategic...However, although prospectors may have stumbled upon quartz lodes and pegmatites that contained gemstone wealth...of Virgin Valley, outside of Denio in Humboldt County near the Oregon border. Much of what is found are |  | | Catalog/List | | extra) Please quote both the code number and the mineral name when ordering I. APOPHYLLITE delicate pale...crystals. Good display piece. Vambori, Ahmedhagar District, Maharashtra State, lndia about 5x2.5 inches Ā£70...France Ā£20 4. BENTORITE a very rare, Cr containing mineral . Mauve massive vein about 5x6mm in 8mm matrix...visible under close scrutiny . Unusual to see this mineral as a single crystal like this Ā£30 . Koksha Valley...2x1.5 inch Prospect Park, Patterson, New Jersey USA Ā£ 18 18. CAVANSITE small blue crystals scattered |  | | Report (issue) | | Cryolithionite Na3 Li3 Al2 F12 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Cubic....some granite pegmatites. Association: Cryolite, quartz, fluorite, siderite (Ivigtut, Greenland); cryolite...At the Zapot pegmatite, 25 km northeast of Hawthorne, Fitting district, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA. Name:...National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 106833. References: (1) Palache, C., H. Berman,...cryolithionite, {Na3 }[Al2 ](Li3 )F12 . Amer. Mineral., 56, 18ā23. (4) (1971) NBS Mono. 25, 9, 23. All |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | envision a convecting fluid phase cycling around the pegmatite body, and a reaction path that brings the acidified...acidified fluid back into the heart of the pegmatite. There, it is aggressive toward the microcline perthite...cleavelanditic albite + muscovite + quartz, mostly in the range 250ā400Ā°C, a process that enlarges the...cycles of hydrothermal enrichment in a large LCT pegmatite can give rise to zones enriched in micas of the...i.e., super-LCT deposits. Keywords: granitic pegmatite, NYF and LCT affiliations, miarolitic cavities |  | | Journal (issue) | | NUMBER 1 ā¢ JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2000 ā¢ $15 Gem and mineral dealers depicted in the Hortus Sanitatis (1491)...Katlang, Mardan District, Pakistan; Freilich Collection. OPENING SPREAD: Some exceptional mineral specimens...Nuristan, Afghanistan; Neptunite from San Benito County, California; Spinel from Mogok, Burma; and Emerald...Sams Barlow Foreword B em ent Swoboda The mineral collecting āeliteā in America have been an imporĀ...increasing number of them harbor a love of fine mineral specimens. In fact, there are more āeliteā collectors |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 04:13 19 December 2014 Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado A s virtually every collector knows...finest gem minerals and most perfectly crystallized mineral specimens occur in āpockets,ā those often-clay-filled...are found in certain pegmatites, granite bodies, quartz veins, and metal deposits. The pockets of pegmatites...and some districts, such as those in San Diego County, California, and many of those in Minas Gerais...premier aquamarine localities, Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado, was highlighted by Jacobson and Lees |  | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright Ā© 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.ā Ist |  | Pekov, I. V., Chukanov, N. V., Kononkova, N. N., Zubkova, N. V., Rabadanov, M. Kh., Pushcharovsky, D. Yu. (2008) Elpasolite from hyperalkaline pegmatite of the Khibiny pluton, Kola Peninsula. Symmetry of elpasolite. Geology of Ore Deposits, 50 (8) 749-754 doi:10.1134/s1075701508080114 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PARAGENESES OF MINERALS Elpasolite from Hyperalkaline Pegmatite of the Khibiny Pluton, Kola Peninsula. Symmetry...K2NaAlF6, has been found for the first time in a pegmatite related to peralkaline foid syenite at Mt. Koashva...size within cavities in the natrolite core of pegmatite in association with amicite, sodalite, aegirine...K2NaAlF6, is a rare mineral. We found only ten mentions of occurrences of this mineral in the literature...amazonite pegmatite of St. Peters Dome related to Pikes Peak Alkali Granite, El Paso County, Colorado |  | | Report (issue) | | Hambergite Be2 BO3 (OH, F) c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic...05 ]Ī£=0.98 . (2) Little Three mine, California, USA; corresponds to Be2.00 B1.00 O3 [(OH)0.70 F0.30 ]Ī£=1...]Ī£=1.00 . Occurrence: An uncommon accessory mineral in granite pegmatites. Association: Beryl, danburite...apatite, spodumene, zircon, fluorite, feldspar, quartz. Distribution: From Helgeroa, Langesundsfjord...Bity; and large crystals from Anjanabanoana. In the USA, fine crystals from the Little Three mine, near Ramona | | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA CopyrightĀ© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst |  | | Journal (issue) | | uitgever : H. DILLEN, Doornstraat 15, B-9170 Sint-Gillis-Waas. Niets uit deze uitgave mag worden vermenigvuldigd...excursies. * DILLEN H., Doornstraat 15, B-9170 Sint-Gillis-Waas. Tel. 03/770 60 07. Bestuurder...Tel. 00 31 226 394231. Fax 00 31 226 393560. <mineral@xs4all.nl>. Werkgroep edelsteenkunde. Webmaster...www.minerant.org Het oude adres www.xs4all.nl/~mineral/ vervalt hiermee. Ook het e-mail-adres van de MKA...n.v. Henri Dillen, Doornstraat 15, B-9170 Sint-Gillis-Waas. Indien we voldoende exemplaren kunnen bestellen |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | lead. Sixty-four samples from nine worldwide pegmatite localities were quantitatively analyzed to compare...Florissant, Colorado; the Zapot pegmatite, Mineral County, Nevada; Carroll County, New Hampshire; the Morefield...Rutherford peg168 ROCKS & MINERALS matites of Amelia County, Virginia; Wisconsin; Tordal, Norway; Russia; and...correlation. Three samples of amazonite from Amelia County, Virginia, repeatedly showed Pb concentration below...below the detection limits. Samples from Amelia County were also analyzed for trace amounts of iron and |  | Grew, Edward S., Hystad, Grete, Toapanta, Myriam P. C., Eleish, Ahmed, Ostroverkhova, Aleksandra, Golden, Joshua, Hazen, Robert M. (2019) Lithium mineral evolution and ecology: comparison with boron and beryllium. European Journal of Mineralogy, 31 (4) 755-774 doi:10.1127/ejm/2019/0031-2862 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Eur. J. Mineral. 2019, 31, 755ā774 Published online 6 June 2019 To Christian Chopin, for 30 years of...of dedicated service to EJM Lithium mineral evolution and ecology: comparison with boron and beryllium...Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5790, USA *Corresponding author, e-mail: esgrew@maine.edu 2...Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN 46323, USA 3 Tetherless World Constellation, Rensselaer Polytechnic...Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180, USA 4 Department of Geology, Southern Illinois University |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | described (Cook 2009). Garnet forms under a wide range of geologic conditions and bulk compositions, resulting...Gem and Mineral Show, spessartine has been chosen as this issueās Connoisseurās Choice mineral. To this...variability, occurs in a wide array of colors that range from almost black through various shades of brown...fracture. The calculated density for the pure mineral is 4.179. Spessartine is cubic (4/m32/m) and is...is from Leiperās quarry at Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania (Peters 1984). When the spessartine |  | | Journal (issue) | | Raman spectrum Introduction O ver the years, the range of coloured freshwater cultured pearls generally...around 1127 and 1524 cm 4 and broad peaks in the range between 2256 and 3730 cm"'. Some dark-coloured cultured...orientated perpendicular to the c-axis. A tourmaline-quartz combination from Brazil has an iridescent chatoyancy...4). Some new unusual cat's-eyes and star stones Quartz-tourmaline cat's-eye from Brazil A strange stone...Brazil and is reliably reported to come from a pegmatite in Minas Gerais. The base is tourmaline with a |  | | Journal (issue) | | MINE ."Iii[! iil"J www.tandfonline.com/vram Pegmatite Minerals & Gems WILENS EXQUISITE MINERALI ...A. Francis Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, ME John Rakovan New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro...Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology...across a local area net\,vork. Subscription offices: USA/North America: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut...Copyright Clearance Center (www.copyright.com) in the USA or the Copyright Licensing Agency (www. cla.co.uk) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | category of corundum-bearing anatectic felsic pegmatite formed in mantle peridotite earlier subjected...overprint by a mixed H2O + CO2 fluid. The bulk of the pegmatite bodies encountered are not obviously of anatectic...an LCT pegmatite also being affected by an LCT-type overprint, to form a āsuper-LCT pegmatiteā is explored...economic potential of pegmatite occurrences. Keywords: granitic pegmatite, felsic pegmatite, classification...+ CO2. En revanche, la plupart des venues de pegmatite sont le produit du fractionnement dāun volume |
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Zapot Pegmatite, Gillis Range, Fitting Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA