| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | MINERALS OF THE Harris Creek Fluorspar District Hardin County, Illinois ROSS C . L I L L I E P . O . B o x...O V E R 140 Y E A R S , the mines of southern Illinois have been producing lead, zinc, and fluorspar...come from the renowned district of Cave in Rock and adjacent deposits. Mining activity is presently restricted...to new orebodies recently discovered in the Harris Creek district (figure 1). History The earliest known...located on the southwest end of the Cave in Rock district. On an excursion in 1821, he revisited the same area | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Sphalerite and calcite, 5 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. +!.+!+%% 34!2+ ...chalcopyrite, and sphalerite, 12.7 cm high, Hardin County. Marv Rausch specimen. 3(%,"9 -!#/50). /5...3/. 0/0% (!2$). -!33!# 05,!3+) %8 !. $% 2 Illinois Mineral Locality Index 7)..%"!'/ /',% #!22/...(above). Map showing the counties in Illinois, courtesy the Illinois Geological Survey. 96*2:...he bedrock under Illinois is predominantly composed of Paleozoic sedimentary rocks. In the southern portion | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Fluorite in Mississippi Valley–type Downloaded by ["Queen's University Libraries, Kingston"] at 08:16...left). Fluorite, Heights mine, North vein, near Eastgate, Weardale, County Durham, England. This transparent...transparent, dark green twinned fluorite crystal is perched on a triangular piece of ironstone matrix. The...specimen is 5.5 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm and was recovered in July 1977 by British collector Richard Barstow. Jesse...(center left). Fluorite, Dow Scar level, Hilton mine, near Appleby, Scordale, Cumbria, England. This | | | Journal (issue) | Wilson T he Circulation Manager Mary Lynn Michela M in e r a l o g ic a l R ecord Associate Editors Pierre...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A, County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...Twenty-eight, Number One Hlmois-Kentucky Fluorite District Correspondents Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain Michael...S-M SA S y m p o siu m o n cop p er and cop p er m in e r a ls ................................................. 51 Chairman: K. Wenrich W hat's n e w in m in erals D en v er S h o w 1996 ................. | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | relatively abundant and widely distributed element in the Earth’s crust, barium is a major component of...widespread and is usually available to collectors in good specimens from several interesting localities...historical British occurrences and the Illinois-Kentucky fluorite district. A fine witherite from Fallowfield...although it is occasionally seen in shades of pale yellow, brown, or green. It is typically transparent to...universal repeated twinning on {110} that results in characteristic pseudohexagonal dipyramidal (hereafter | | | Report (issue) | GEOLOGY OF THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF . ILLINOIS BY J. IA.R\' IN \YELLER, ROBERT M. GROGAN, AND FRANK...PRINTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS URBANA, ILLINOIS 1 9 52 MANUSCRIPT COMPLETED FEBRUARY...FEBRUARY 1951 ORGANIZATION STATE OF ILLINOIS HON. ADLAI E. STEVENSON, Governor DEPART 1ENT OF REGISTRATION...he University of Illinois DEL YTE W. MORRIS, PH.D., President of Southern Illinois University GEOLOGICAL...EDUCATIONAL EXTENSION GILBERT 0 . RAASCH, PH.D., Geologist in Charge MARGARET HAYES, B .S., Research Assistant | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | sphalerite from the HillLedford mine: 11 by 9 by 6 cm: HMM #117417. Southern Illinois, as amply demonstrated...All specimens are from mines in the Cave in Rock district, Hardin County, Dlinois. Clive Russ, photographer...Rosiclare mine. John Carlon, photographer. Figure 4: The sign near the front gate of the Rosiclare mine. John...m i n e J o h n Fluorite and southern Illinois have become syn onymous for the mineral connoisseur...collectors because it occurs in a wide range of colors and crystal forms—often in strikingly beautiful associa | | | Book | price or value of any specimens discussed or reported in this work. Copies may be purchased, while supplies...series of rare-earth species found as small crystals in drusy dolomite-lined cavities. The extremely rare...rarely as doubly terminated crystals to I cm floating in vugs of crystalline talc. Easily the best extant...found in a talc vug in 1997, is 1.7 cm long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where...from quartz veins in a variety of metamorphic, plutonic and pegmatitic environments. In the mid- l 970s | | | Book | Winter for assistance with the text. The photographs in this book were taken by Carlo Bevilacqua and supplied...(bottom) G Mazza. 145 C Annunziata. First published in Great Britain by Orbis Publishing Limited, London...Encyclopedia of Minerals and Gemstones Reprinted in 1994 under the Black Cat imprint Little, Brown and...publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic...a fee depending on the nature of the use. Printed in Slovak Republic 50162/2 ISBN: 1-856-05239-7 Title-page | | | Report (issue) | been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town...Societies insignia fornia by undetermined means in 1939, and became the organization's on April 20...1952. of Mines and Geology mineral exhibit in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA...Indian minerals 25 The discovery Borax 28 of gold in California 30 Crestmore 36 Pegmatite gem area...Minerals and mineral lists Mining Districts of California Unvalidated entries in the mineral 517 543 localities | | | Book | volume combines several features not found together in any previous publication. A simple, clear exposition...these are fully explained. In addition, the fashioning of gemstones is explained in full, from building your...transformation thatturns a stone into a gem, wili find as much in this book as the enthusiastic mineral-collector and...of Congress Catalog Card Number: 76-1419 Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara 77-04773 Content* Introduction...represent the form of the crystals at an earlier stage in th eir de veiopm en t This book has several purposes: | | | Book | and Shrubs Wild Birds and Their Music Wild Flowers in Homes and Gardens My Wild Flower Garden Common Ferns...Book of the Skies The Shore Fishes of Bermuda Each in One Volume fully illustrated including many Colored...Brewster Loomis Professor of Mineralogy and Geology in Amherst College ^ With 47 Colored Specimens and...thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission. Made in the United States of America ...made where many men are interested and enthusiastic. In no science should there be a difficult barrier between | | | Report (issue) | Rg Ny pring [$6 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN THE WESTERN OF MINERAL HEMISPHERE DEPOSITS ...ha - ia a ~ — Vs Y = * 4 re => - ae ~~ in: eae > = 9 <2 ve o 2 ae - 7: “Sale a...131 Annotated Bibliographies of Mineral Deposits in the Western Hemisphere JOHN D. RIDGE The Pennsylvania...America, Boulder, INC. Place Colorado Printed in the United States by Edwards Inc. 72-178773 References...oonseesccedeisleanie. Ese inaemrallorpmreRereretersroe cave oreiets ss steriierecerersie icicle etecaiersis | | | Report (issue) | pseudosecondary inclusions on a {111} cleavage fracture in n pale-colored fluorite crystal from a vug, which...inclusions are still flat and arc almost two dimensional. In addition, the index of refraction of the oil is much...masses of dark-brown bircfl'ingcnt matter have formed in the oil phase since tmpping, and the round gas bubbles...under pressure) characteristically occur in the oil rather than in the brine, where both phases nrc present...transmitted light. Sample ER 69-3, Hill mine, Cave-in-Rock, southern Illinois fluorite-zinc distt·ict. LOWER | | | Journal (volume) | of an ongoing effort to preserve the information in books and make it universally accessible. https://books...Resumption of Activities at the Howell Mine BY WILL C. HIGGINS The Howell Mining Company, of Salt Lake City, is...brought $ 1.29 an ounce and when gold, in prevails that, in time to come, better and ores , was not...eration of its property in the South Fork The property of the Howell Mining Com of Big Cottonwood canyon...canyon, about twentyfive miles, in a southeasterly direction , from Utah's metropolis . pany was productive | | | Book | MINERALOGY COMPREHENDING THE MORE RECENT DISCOVERIES THE IN MINERAL KINGDOM. BY ROBERT ALLAN, i’.R.S.E. M...CHARLES BLACK AND LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, GREEN & LONGMAN, LONDON, 1834. f T r*). > V ....FRIEND THE AUTHOR Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from Wellcome Library https://archive...https://archive.org/details/b29310714 PREFACE. In every science secutive year brings butions, it tual...outline of its ac- This service has been rendered, in succes- English mineralogist, by Kir wan, Aikin | | | Book | and Applications Craig M. 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