 | | 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....... Jade in Mexico......................... Manto and Chimney Deposits . Mexican Agate................................. Glossary of Mexican Agate Terms 13 SECTION 1 â Highway 15 El Antimonio District Cananea... . Velardena District........................ Durango ...................................... . Cerro |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New Agate Discoveries In Old Mexico By BILL C. HARVEY Durango, Dgo., Mexico The new organization of...AMERICAN new Agate discoveries has been their PRODUCERS has necessarily been slow CONETO PICTURE AGATE in the...nodules. These nodules vary in tion down here in Mexico, a foreign coun- size from 1" to 6" diameter. Each...strange laws that nodule consists of high grade Agate, in must be observed. But today they are various...for 130 Norte, in City of Durango, Dgo., naming them PICTURE NODULES. The Mexico. Their 12 mines are all |  | | Journal (issue) | | Earth Science Digest upon MONTANA AGATE | will visit the Montana agate fields in early summer Will take... 2 in West Virginia, and 1 each in Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Wyoming. These figures...Terry, MontanaâââThe Heart of the Agate Betl.â Raihlâs Box 445 Agate Store Terry, Montana SCIENCE DIGEST...MOUNTING YOUR GEMS Wholesale only. Also wholesale agate jewelry rite for details and prices NORTH Box 305...Visitors Greenâs 757 E. Revere Minerals Welcome Agate St. Shop Bend, Oregon THE EARTH salt, in the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Scovil M ining began in Mexico more than four hundred years ago! As a result, Mexico has been a prolific...1960s. European museums received specimens from Mexico as early as the late sixteenth century, but it...American museums began to acquire specimens from Mexico. The Harvard collection is probably typical of...of those with no strong connection to Mexico and its mines. A precious opal from the Iris mine in Queretaro...offered as a general introduction to the minerals of Mexico, the theme of the 1999 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 130 Nte., Durango, Dgo. Mexico, are mine owners and producers of high grade Mexican agate of 12 varieties...shipping facilities will permit pro- high-grade select agate. Also rockhounds cessing and shipping out a volume...pleasure to visit. ducers to inspect the stockpiles of agate Your inquiry is welcome as to prices on on hand...hand. Address above. our stockpiles of famous Durango agates, of which we name a few: black diamond You may...may send a one dollar deposit to agate, Aztec royal purple, Durango red flame, green and gold lace, Coneto |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MEXICO MINERAL COLLECTING, THE EASY WAY' By JAMES SMEDLEY Mineral Museum, 1959 Eldersville Road, Follansbee...26037 So you have been wanting to take a trip to Mexico to hunt minerals. The first thing to do is get...to the Gems and Minerals of Mexico, also you can write to Humble Mexico Travel Service, 800 Bell Ave...Smedley holding apafite specimens. Collected a1 Durango, Mexico. ROCKS AND MINERALS 411 have seen dead horses...from, you see no houses. Well our next stop was Durango where we arrived at 9:00 that evening. The first |  | | Journal (issue) | | (rniddle colurnn) Fluorite, 5.3 cm, from Naica, Mexico---Stephen Blyskal and Sigrid Stewart collection;...like those found in neighboring Arizona and New Mexico; Texas is oil country, and many fortunes have been...ofLeadville, Colorado. Eventually rnoving on through New Mexico and Arizona as a prospector, he leamed some mineralogy...but it was not until America acquired Texas from Mexico in 1848 that stories began to circulate about the...which specialized in Mexican minerals. Buying in Mexico and selling in Houston (where Dalton served as |  | | Book | | "'<' ~/ BOUNDARIES U A Mo<'ÂŤ u~ o V :ž MEXICO r - ¡â˘-.. ¡-¡¡-¡¡-¡¡-¡¡ < â˘â˘ ....... V S TATES...org/details/mineralsofmexico0000panc MINERALS OF MEXICO ⢠ERALS OF ~XICO M ______ William D. Panczner...1938Minerals of Mexico. Bibliography: p. 1. Mineralogy-Collectors and collecting-Mexico. 2. Mines and mineral...mineral resources-Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36 1987 549.972 86-13325 ISBN 0-442-27285-5 This boo i...i.. is deJicated tu the people of Mexico and to the three people who directly affected me and this project | | | Book | | anc MINERALS OF MEXICO 7 | : = Pras #0 AaprTTARE ; | MINERALS OF MEXICO William D. Panczner...1938Minerals of Mexico. Bibliography: p. 1. Mineralogyâ Collectors and collectingâ Mexico. 2. Mines and...and mineral resourcesâ Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36 1987 549.972 86-13325 ISBN 0-442-27285-5 This book...Jalisco; D. Santiago Ramirezâs La Riqueza Minera de Mexico, and his translation of Danaâs Tratado de Mineralogia...a. ie = Maes Lie Auadado = ae MINERALS OF MEXICO Vv | Oona tA. IMPORTANT MINING DISTRICTS |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | samples, including Durango apatite. We show that our results of hydrogen content of Durango apatite are similar...using a Cr reactor for H2O and δDVSMOW-SLAP for Durango apatite are 608 Âą 102 ppm H2O and δDVSMOW-SLAP...standard for hydrogen. Bulk sample was ground in an agate mortar and pestle, and then sieved to collect the...study (Buckingham, Quebec, Canada; Durango, Cerro Mercado, Mexico; Lake Baikal, Sludyanka, Russia; Morocco...process of gentle crushing and grinding with an agate mortar and pestle to minimize production of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Wulfenite and mimetite. San Francisco mine, Sonora. Mexico. Shirley Fiske specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. March/April:...New York, 240 Adamite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango. Mexico, R. 8. Cook, 40-42 Aegirine, Quebec, I88 Aguilarite...see Russell, P. 1. Augite. Cerro de Mercado. Durango, Mexico, 24; pigment, 329 Aurorite, Nevada, 4 1 1 Autunite...Which Mexico Is the Type Locality, 12-14 Balkanite, Nevada, 41 1 Barite, Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico...Mercado, Durango, Mexico, 20-28 Bartsch. J. A., see Flashback! Beals, D., Tales from Mexico, 106 Benjaminite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Azuritecredit) with Malachite,. (photo Milpillas Mine, Mexico : ARKENSTONE specimen now in the Jeff Kremer collection...Bill Rozdayâs article, âWhere to find Arizona Fire agate,â published in the July issue, it mentions Don Christensen...the July issue. â Don Christensen, via Facebook AgATE FIELDs I have lived in the Big Bend of Texas for...about his find of a quartz scepter on his eponymous agate field. While finding a quartz scepter is extremely...exist while others have eroded away, leaving the agate behind. In some cases, the agates are so thick on |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1987) Abstract-We found a gem quality crystal of Durango fh~orapatiteto have a âHe content consistent with...examined the âHe content and the diffusion of âHe in Durango tluorapatite as a first test of our hypothesis...quite low temperatures. SAMPLE The well-known Durango tluorapatite (C&, N%,wSrO.o, REEoas(P04k.~7(~~b...mar&e deposit located near Cerro de Col- omdo, Mexico (YOUNGet al., 1969). Apatite is found as &sure...FLEISCHER, (1975), and direct fission-track dating of Durango apatite gives an age of 30.2 + 4.2 Ma (NAESERand |  | | Catalog/List | | Fl/R. MM LB. ADAMITE A basic arsenate of zinc. Mexico Durango, Mapimi, mina Ojuela. Green-gray to red-brown...limonite, rich ................. 1.50 . 25 Mexico Durango, Mapimi, mina Ojuela. White-to-pale yellow... 1. 00 groups on limonite ................ Mexico Durango, Mapimi, mina Ojuela. Brilliant lime-yellow...xls on limonite with austinite CUPROADAMITE Mexico Durango, Mapimi, mina Ojuela. -------p;j:fe blue to...limonite ...... ADAMlTE from mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Lime-yellow orthorhombic xls on limonitic smithsonite |  | | Catalog/List | | 10/-, 2x3 15/-, 3x4 25/-. ANTIMONY Chihuahua, Mexico. Tin-white xline with stibiconite and cervantite...2/-, lxl 5/-, l½xl 10/-, lx2 15/-. APATITE Durango, Mexico. Deep yellow, translucent to transparent, terminated...3/-, lx2 6/-, 2x2 12/-, 2x3 18/-. AZURITE Durango, Mexico. Small lustrous dark blue xls on limonite....3x4 10/6d. Variety: ICELAND SPAR Chi-hua-hua, Mexico. Cleaved rhombs showing double refraction. ½xl...2x2 8/-, 2x3 15/-. DAN BURITE San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Colourless terminated xls. ½"tož" 10/-, 1 11 15/- |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bruno Martinez 130 Nte., Durango, Dgo., Mexico, currently advertising very fine agate material and Aztec Mineral...table top after slabbing. Very grateful. Their agate material of many types is excellent and dealers...red palsey, San Carlos red, Durango red flame, Az187 tec royal purple agate in stock awaiting your order...publications authored by the Victors of Victor Agate Shop, 1415 W. 3rd Ave., Spokane, Washington 99204...W T E L L U R I U M MINERALS Moctezuma, Sonora Mexico SPIROFFITE ( M n ; Z n h T e a O , occurs as purple-brown |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEORGE 55-93, Precious FREDERICK (Mexican Mexico has been Spanish conquest; rieties amount....Republics, precious those of Arizona and New Mexico tioned later. and of tecali, the so-called...there, Mexico, is opal, and the only important Navajoes. mineral va- many in country in Mexico prevalence...the richness and only yet occur, November, Mexico. of NEW KUNZ, famous for its but in ENGINEERS...identified with jade. of this remarkable stone OP MEXICO. Recent, studies cited are below. of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | want to tell you about our collecting of Montana agate from Glendive to Miles City along the Yellowstone...What a wonderful lot ROCKS AND MINERALS of nice agate we spotted this way! We collected at different points...done the morning before at Glendive. We got some agate at Miles City but nothing to compare with what we...southern Grafton County, is in W. New Hampshire. NEW MEXICOâ"I am today sending you a rather interesting piece...(town), Red River Mining District, Taos County, New Mexico."âfrom J. Robert Jones, Box 811, Los Alamos, N |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | collection, Russell G. Rizzo photo. P least partly agate; they typically are color banded when cut or broken...âangel-wingâ calcite crystals from Rodeo, Durango, Mexico. The theory of the origin of polyhedroids that...considered a type of geode. In some instances the agate may be very colorful. The surfaces of a polyhedroid...that might appear in the literature are pseudo-agate, polyhydrolithe, and polyhedric quartz, but I have...in Cornejo and Bartonrelli (2010): pseudo-agate, ParaĂba-agate, and polygonal quartz. crystalline quartz |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OUR TRIP TO MEXICO Downloaded by [JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY] at 21:01 25 August 2017 BY HELEN E. WRIGHT...32603 We saw an ad in R&M for a Rockhound Tour in Mexico, so we sent for information, thinking this would...was gold and silver from Tasco, Mexico, and opals from Queretero, Mexico. There were some artifacts from...agates. Of course, there were very many beautiful agate displays, cut and polished; butterflies, spheres...spheres and special cuts to match the design of the agate and hearts, diamonds, tear-drops, stars, etc. The |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | temperature fluorite specimens coming from Durango, Mexico, gifted us also. Of light purple color, octahedron...that come from localities in Kansas, Illinois, and Mexico. Imports and exports to foreign countries as well...mention, also. Due to a recent inquiry (carnelian agate, Vermont), may be purchased from Minerals & Gems...12203. For further information re: to this type agate, please note advertising of the above dealer this |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | representing more than 1,000 years of culture in northern Mexico is being sorted and catalogued at Southern Illinois...the Mexican provinces of Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Durango. Since 1952, archeological field teams under S...Grant Speculation is that some empire in southern Mexico sent technicians and soldiers into Zacatecas and...advanced from Mexico 1,000 miles northward and then, inexplicably, shrank back to near Mexico City. Kelley...and 600 A. D. While most of the S. I. U. work in Mexico was marked by arduous, routine digs, some of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Moines River valley, Dallas Co. Dexter, Dallas Co. Durango, Dubuque Co. Eddyville coal strip mines, Wapello...Buena Vista, Clayton Co. Old Ewing diggings = Durango, Timber Range, Dubuque Co. Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co...Vinton: quartz (variety chalcedony as âcoldwater agateâ). Shellsburg area, most quarries, road cuts, and...Formation: quartz (crystals and chalcedony as âcoldwater agateâ). Black Hawk County Raymond, Peske quarry, S side...Hardin Co. Stratford, Hamilton Co. Timber Range, Durango, Dubuque Co. Turkey River, Howard Co. Union, Hardin |  | | Catalog/List | | 64 W 64 66 W 66 67 W 67 69 Selenite, Chihuahua, Mexico \Vood, Petrified Iron Pyrite; Leadville, Colorado...var. Agale, blue, polished, Uruguay Quartz, var. Agate, red, Uruguay STPaltite & Niccolilc, polished slab...269 272 Pink Satin Spar, Box Elder, Utah. Moss Agate, Powder River, Wyoming Aragonite, Bisbee, Arizona...crystal. Ramona, Cal. Turquoise, Turquoise, Arizona Agate, Uruguay, S. A. Barile and Polybasite, Aspen, Colo...Frizington, England Lapis Lazuli, Andes of Ovalli, Chile Agate, Uruguay, S. A. Fluorite, polished. Bavaria, Germany |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | operation of New Mexico did with the development the same. Like New of Duvalâs Mineral Mexico, Arizona conPark...Clubs, the legislature approved both sapphire and agate as the state gemstones (Montana State Code, Section...dark color (fig. 7). NEBRASKA: Blue Agate Figure 8. Blue agate from the Chadron Formation, Dawes and...designated âthe chalcedony stone, known as blue agateâ as the state gemstone on 1 March 1967 (2009 Nebraska...siltstone-conglomerates (Pabian and Cook 1976). The agate forms 4â8-cm-thick flattened masses; it did not |
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