 | Kampf, A. R., Sciberras, M. J., Williams, P. A., Dini, M., Molina Donoso, A. A. (2013) Leverettite from the Torrecillas mine, Iquique Provence, Chile: the Co-analogue of herbertsmithite. Mineralogical Magazine, 77 (7) 3047-3054 doi:10.1180/minmag.2013.077.7.14 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from the Torrecillas mine, Iquique Provence, Chile: the Co-analogue of herbertsmithite A. R. KAMPF1,*, M...ideally Cu3CoCl2(OH)6, was found at the Torrecillas mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Chile, where it...shows leverettite to be isostructural with herbertsmithite and gillardite. K EY WORDS : leverettite, Iquique...authors (AAMD) in early 2012 at the Torrecillas mine, Iquique Province, Chile. Rhombohedral green crystals...characterized by substitution phenomena. These include herbertsmithite, Cu3ZnCl2(OH)6, (trigonal, R3̄m) (Braithwaite |  | Sciberras, Matthew J., Leverett, Peter, Williams, Peter A., Schlüter, Jochen, Malcherek, Thomas, Welch, Mark D., Downes, Peter J., Hibbs, David E., Kampf, Anthony R. (2017) Structural and compositional variations of basic Cu(II) chlorides in the herbertsmithite and gillardite structure field. Mineralogical Magazine, 81 (1) 123-134 doi:10.1180/minmag.2016.080.079 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | variations of basic Cu(II) chlorides in the herbertsmithite and gillardite structure field MATTHEW J. SCIBERRAS1...trigonal symmetry (R3m) analogous to that of herbertsmithite (Zn) and gillardite (Ni), with a ≈ 6.8, c ≈...paratacamite, paratacamite-(Mg), paratacamite-(Ni), herbertsmithite, gillardite, compositional boundary, crystal...apparently continuous and extends to the minerals herbertsmithite, Cu3Zn(OH)6Cl2 (Braithwaite et al., 2004),...related structural transformations that lead to herbertsmithite can be described by the space group chain P1 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure 1 (left). location map of the Tonopah-Belmont mine, prepared by william Besse. Figure 2 (below). View...Tonopah-Belmont mine. All photos by Ron Gibbs Microminerals of the Tonopah-Belmont Mine Big Horn Mountains...Maricopa County, Arizona T he Tonopah-Belmont mine is home to one of Arizona’s more unusual mineral...locality for the copper-zinc species bechererite. The mine is located in the Big Horn Mountains about 75 miles...Although four-wheel-drive is not required to reach the mine, a high-clearance vehicle is a must. The roads steadily |  | Nishio–Hamane, D., Momma, K., Ohnishi, M., Shimobayashi, N., Miyawaki, R., Tomita, N., Okuma, R., Kampf, A. R., Minakawa, T. (2017) Iyoite, MnCuCl(OH)3 and misakiite, Cu3Mn(OH)6Cl2: new members of the atacamite family from Sadamisaki Peninsula, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Mineralogical Magazine, 81 (3) 485-498 doi:10.1180/minmag.2016.080.104 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2+(OH)6Cl2 series consists of paratacamite-, herbertsmithite- and kapellasite-type polymorphs. The cations...paratacamite, paratacamite-(Mg), paratacamite-(Ni), herbertsmithite, gillardite, leverettite, tondiite, kapellasite...km from east to west and between 2 and 3 km from north to south. It is located on the westernmost part...Japan. This narrow peninsula faces the Sea of Iyo (north NEW MEMBERS OF THE ATACAMITE FAMILY FIG. 2. Raman...mines are scattered along the peninsula, and the Oku mine was once a small operation targeting copper-manganese |  | Kampf, A. R., Sciberras, M. J., Leverett, P., Williams, P. A., Malcherek, T., Schlüter, J., Welch, M. D., Dini, M., Molina Donoso, A. A. (2013) Paratacamite-(Mg), Cu3(Mg,Cu)Cl2(OH)6; a new substituted basic copper chloride mineral from Camerones, Chile. Mineralogical Magazine, 77 (8) 3113-3124 doi:10.1180/minmag.2013.077.8.06 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | clinoatacamite, Cu2Cl(OH)3 (Jambor et al., 1996), herbertsmithite, Cu3ZnCl2(OH)6 (Braithwaite et al., 2004),...clinoatacamite [Cu2Cl(OH)3, monoclinic, P21/n] to herbertsmithite [ideally Cu3ZnCl2(OH)6, rhombohedral, R3̄m]...by Ni and Co, leading respectively to the herbertsmithite analogues gillardite [ideally Cu3NiCl2(OH)6]...R3̄m converged smoothly to the structure of herbertsmithite, giving R1 = 0.0240 and wR2 = 0.0592 for 239...related minerals anatacamite, clinoatacamite, herbertsmithite, gillardite and leverettite (Malcherek and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Interestingly, the first to go, Patrick Beaulieu of France, who died in January, had not been a micromounter...is sad, but fitting, that his obituary appeared in Le Cahier des Micromonteurs (the bulletin of L’Association...everywhere, her death has left vacancies from Wildacres, North Carolina, to Rochester, New York, to Baltimore,...L’Association des Micromonteurs de Minéraux de Montigny-le-Tilleul (4M) for thirty-eight years, its president...January through March Micromounting, at least in North America, starts in California, and normally it begins |  | | Journal (issue) | | Crystalis ninecm in length. the Mons Cupri Copper Mine, southwest of Whim Creek. After confirming its identity...tantalite (Michell, 2004). (Continues on page 2) Herbertsmithite A Rare Mineral with Weird Physics Vivien Gornitz...Gornitz vgornitz@giss.nasa.gov Herbertsmithite, a green copper-zinc hydroxychloride, is a rare secondary...itself Mineralogical and Geologic Setting Herbertsmithite is a copper and zinc hydroxychloride, named...is a metastable rhombohedral polymorph of herbertsmithite (Table I). A closely related mineral is paratacamite |  | | Journal (issue) | | gypsum on chert that I collected at the Minerva No. 1 mine dump in 1985. It had bundles of orange crystals...specimens I had collected in 1995 from the Annabel Lee mine ore pile had been cataloged as "celestine." I found...typical for celestine. They were typical for gypsum var. selenite (Photo 2)! Several of the crystals were...trace surrounded by kieserite in Juventae Chasma, north of Valles of nontronite. Since water is considered...sand sea surrounding the north planet to harbor life. past or present. polar cap. (Continues on page 10) |  | | Book (edition) | | MINE andtheir LOCALITIES JAN H. BERNARD AND JAROSLAV HYRSL INERALS DESCRIBED SINCE 2004 MINERALS...dist., China Fluomatromicrolite, x 25111111, Naipa mine, Mozambique Daliranite, 5111111, Zarshouran Au-As...Domafov, Czech Rep. Juangodoyite, 60111111, Santa Rosa mine, Chile Back cover photo: Ho/fertile on hematite...piment pseudomo,phs after realga,; 75 mm, Palomo mine, Pen, Page 3: Stepite on arsenic, 45 111111,Jachymov...2(4) - 4.0(6) - 2.58(10) - 2.04(5). At the Kiura mine, Saiki City, Oita pref., Japan. IMA 2012-101. Adolfpateraite |  | Clissold, M. E., Leverett, P., Williams, P. A., Hibbs, D. E., Nickel, E. H. (2007) THE STRUCTURE OF GILLARDITE, THE Ni-ANALOGUE OF HERBERTSMITHITE, FROM WIDGIEMOOLTHA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. The Canadian Mineralogist, 45 (2) 317-320 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.45.2.317 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | STRUCTURE OF GILLARDITE, THE Ni-ANALOGUE OF HERBERTSMITHITE, FROM WIDGIEMOOLTHA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA Meagan...the Ni-analogue [ideally Cu3NiCl2(OH)6] of herbertsmithite [ideally Cu3ZnCl2(OH)6] has been determined... Z = 3. The oxysalt is isostructural with herbertsmithite, with the two different sites in the paratacamite-type...octahedral geometry. Keywords: gillardite, herbertsmithite, nickel analogue, new mineral species, paratacamite...nickelifère de la herbertsmithite [formule idéale: Cu3ZnCl2(OH)6] découvert récemment, à 273(2) K. Le monocristal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1986; Bancroft and Weller, 1993兲. The Botallack mine, near St. Just, Cornwall, is usually considered...evidence that the type locality is not the Botallack mine, and that the original material collected by Richard...Cock, a rich little copper mine very close to the Botallack 共Crowns兲 mine 共Knight, 2002兲. Exceptional...levels of the Levant mine, which is approximately 1 km north of the Botallack mine. Small finds of botallackite...共Schnorrer-Köhler, 1987兲 and from the Sounion #19 mine, Laurion, Greece 共Wendel et al., 1999兲, showed this |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | W here of M ineral N ames Skorpionite Skorpion Mine Lüderitz District Karas Region Namibia BRUCE CAIRNCROSS...scattered on a green tarbuttite matrix, Skorpion Zinc mine; field of view 1.6 cm. Bruce Cairncross specimen...Skorpion mine 562 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 2. View of the mining operation at the Skorpion Zinc mine ca....photo. Figure 3. Location of the Skorpion Zinc mine in southern Namibia; prepared by William Besse....cleavage. The mineral is named after the Skorpion Zinc mine where it was discovered, and that is the only known |  | | Journal (issue) | | Jeffery Self discovered a new beryl crystal on his mine, the Blue Eagle Claim, on Mount Antero. This crystal...Sowerby's British Mineralogy, and Kunz's Gemstones of North America. Of special interest for gem enthusiasts...Downey & Gail Spann AUG. 15 - 17, 2008 • 45 Miles North of Atlanta ••• I-75 at EXIT 293 • Next to the...Ownership: Excalibur Mineral Corporation, 1000 North Division Street, Peekskill, NY 10566-1830. Publisher:...features a life-size mine replica that depicts the mining method used in the Franklin Mine. The building that |  | | Report (issue) | | 13.8459(4) Z = 3 X-Ray Diffraction Pattern: 123 North deposit, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia, Australia...(1) 55.6 15.3 0.2 0.1 17.3 13.1 3.9 97.7 (1) 123 North deposit, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia, Australia;...Ni-bearing clinoatacamite. Distribution: 123 North deposit, 5 km north-northwest of Widgiemooltha, Western Australia...Gillardite, Cu3NiCl2(OH)6, a new mineral from the 132 North deposit, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia. Australian...structure of gillardite, the Ni-analog of herbertsmithite, From Widgiemooltha, Western Australia. Can |  | | Journal (issue) | | County, Michigan, approximately ten kilometers north of the village ofQuinnesec (See map on page 5)....Ownership: Excalibur Mineral Corporation, 1000 North Division Street, Peekskill, NY 10566-1830. Publisher:...not be reliable, for information about from which mine they came. Most will have forgotten but often will...erroneous detailed location data. The Sweet Surrender mine near Story is located near the northwest end of...Show. We might have done better buying a bucket of mine run quartz and cleaned it at home. These run from |  | Kampf, Anthony R., Chukanov, Nikita V., Möhn, Gerhard, Dini, Maurizio, Molina Donoso, Arturo A., Friis, Henrik (2019) Cuatrocapaite-(NH4) and cuatrocapaite-(K), two new minerals from the Torrecillas mine, Iquique Province, Chile, related to lucabindiite and gajardoite. Mineralogical Magazine, 83 (5) 741-748 doi:10.1180/mgm.2019.26 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cuatrocapaite-(K), two new minerals from the Torrecillas mine, Iquique Province, Chile, related to lucabindiite...2O. Both minerals were found at the Torrecillas mine, Iquique This is a 'preproof' accepted article...gajardoite; Torrecillas mine, Chile Introduction The small, long-inactive Torrecillas mine in the northern...Pabellón de Pica guano deposit is only about 7 km north of Torrecillas Hill. Although the veins that were...reported by Pimentel (1978), who also noted that the mine was probably finally abandoned several years prior |  | | Journal (issue) | | Items A Northern Odyssey: Two Weeks in the Far North .............................. Peter Tandy Retires...in Prospect ........................ A New Mine in the North York Moors National Park?............................. Commissioning Underway at Drakewalls Mine (Hemerdon) What’s In a (Mineral) Name? ...........enrolment at a College and provide himself with cap and gown of Master status. Without Doris’s help and...importance of why our Society wanted to visit the mine sites. A small group (again co-ordinated by David |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2012-085 Eckhardite (Ca,Pb)Cu2+Te6+O5(H2O) Aga mine (35.27215ºN 116.09487ºW) and the Bird Nest drift...2012-086 Clino-oscarkempffite Ag15Pb6Sb21Bi18S72 Animas mine, Chocaya Province, Department of Potosi, Sur Chichas...2012-089 Vendidaite Al2(SO4)(OH)3Cl·6H2O La Vendida mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Region, Chile (22º53’30’’S...IMA No. 2012-090 Pauloabibite NaNbO3 Jacupiranga mine, Cajati county, São Paulo state, Brazil Luiz A...Joteite Ca2CuAl[AsO4][AsO3(OH)]2(OH)2(H2O)5 Jote mine, Pampa Larga district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó |  | Arfè, Giuseppe, Boni, Maria, Mondillo, Nicola, Aiello, Roberto, Balassone, Giuseppina, Arseneau, Vernon, Soyk, Dominik (2016) Supergene Alteration In the Capricornio AU-AG Epithermal Vein System, Antofagasta Region, Chile. The Canadian Mineralogist, 54 (3) 681-706 doi:10.3749/canmin.1600012 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | chlorides (atacamite, pseudoboleite, cumengeite, herbertsmithite), chlorocarbonates (phosgenite), chloroiodates...deposit is located, is a Late Cretaceous– Paleocene, north–south trending extensional basin (Cornejo et al...the western edge of the study area, in a narrow north–south belt, granodiorite of Lower Cretaceous age...(‘‘electrum’’) atacamite pseudoboleite cumengeite herbertsmithite phosgenite seeligerite pyromorphite mimetite...Table 5), as well as minor cumengeite and herbertsmithite (Table 6). Abundant anglesite is also present |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CeCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3H2O H EXAGONAL Locality: The Clara mine, central Black Forest, Germany. Occurrence: Associated...pit near the long-abandoned Clear Creek mercury mine, New Idria district, San Benito County, California...ONOCLINIC Locality: The second cinder cone of the North Breach of Great fissure Tolbachik eruption (GFTE)...010 ▲ 100 011 010 1909 NEW MINERALS Herbertsmithite Cu3Zn(OH)6Cl2 T RIGONAL Locality: (1) Mina...Also from (2) the Kali Kafi mine, Anarak, Iran and from (3) the Chah Khouni mine, Anarak, Iran. Occurrence: |  | | Journal (issue) | | net SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2023 Articles The Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England............containing a wet and dry cave environment and a mine. He was active in the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society...TRINCHILLO TOURMALINE WITH LEPIDOLITE Cruzeiro Mine, Brazil 16 cm | w w w.FineMineral.com Fine... /crystal.classics.fine.minerals The Dry Gill Mine Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England Peter S. Burr...to green, barrel-shaped crystals at the Dry Gill mine in Cumbria, England. It is among the most attractive |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | lead article on the beautiful blue fluorites from France (see pages 212–232). David London (right) receiving...lemanskiite, christelite, gordaite, changoite, and herbertsmithite. In 1998, after many years of globetrotting...many important and beautiful mineral specimens in North and South America, he was presented with the 2016 |  | | Book (edition) | | Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...localities of magmatic origin (in the sequence North and South America and Greenland, then Europe, Asia...those of pegmatitic origin in the same sequence: North and South America and Greenland, then Europe, etc...Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO...Harding Co .. South Dakota. and at the Fuemrole No2 mine, Emery co .. Utah. Also at Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald |  | Arfè, G., Boni, M., Mondillo, N., Aiello, R., Balassone, G., Arseneau, V. (2016) Mineralogy of the supergene alteration in the Capricornio Au–Ag epithermal vein system, Antofagasta region, Chile. Applied Earth Science, 125 (2) 74 doi:10.1080/03717453.2016.1166605 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | es (atacamite, pseudoboleite, cumengeite, herbertsmithite), chlorocarbonates (phosgenite), chloroiodates...deposits in southern Namibia, approximately 40 km north of the Orange river, are within 15 km of one another |  | | Journal (issue) | | incompletely characterised mineral from Penberthy Croft Mine .. 16 Meeting & Field Trip Reports ............. I would also like to express my thanks to the North-West Branch for organising such a successful Annual...perhaps, leading a fieldtrip to some long forgotten mine in Wales. I joined the Russell Society fifteen years...the heavy metallic ‘rocks’ that could be found on mine dumps in Mid-Wales during walking trips. My parents...and David at the bottom of Whim Shaft, Whitesmith Mine, Strontian in April 2009. Photograph: David Green |
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