 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Linarite Mammoth–St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona O f the blue minerals, azurite is likely...the case with the much-rarer linarite, a striking blue mineral that occurs, like azurite, in the oxidized...it has been at places such as Broken Hill, New South Wales, where linarite’s legacy is primarily in the...Choice mineral. Linarite is a bright to dark azure-blue mineral with a vitreous to subadamantine luster...fracture surfaces. Linarite is a basic sulfate of copper and lead with the formula of PbCu(SO4)(OH)2. It |  | | Journal (issue) | | Dunn Famous mineral localities: the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah .............................Kokinos & W. S. Wise The Wagon Wheel Gap fluorspar mine, Mineral County, Colorado ........................B. Cairncross The Jan Coetzee copper mine, Namaqualand, South Africa .................................W ilson, senior author of the recent “ Michigan Copper C ountry” issue (vol. 23, no. 2), and former curator...Perhaps the droplet is turning green, suggesting a copper mineral, or pink, or brown? Perhaps the droplet |  | | Report (issue) | | Transparent to translucent. Color: Sky-blue to azure-blue. Streak: Pale blue. Luster: Silky. Optical Class: Biaxial...(+). Pleochroism: X = colorless; Y = pale blue; Z = bright blue. Orientation: X ⊥ elongation; Z = c. α =... c = 2.90 Z=1 X-ray Powder Pattern: Grandview mine, Arizona, USA. (ICDD 11–131). 10.2 (100), 3.88 (90)...(2) 12.43 15.82 49.38 22.37 100.00 (1) Grandview mine, Arizona, USA. (2) Cu4 Al2 (SO4 )(OH)12 • 2H2 O...the oxidized portions of copper sulfide Association: malachite. Brochantite, spangolite, chalcophyllite |  | | Journal (issue) | | cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...considering the historic importance of copper mining in Arizona, native copper would be the logical choice for... And in fact, a group of fourth graders at the Copper Creek Elementary School in Oro Valley, spearheaded...difference between native copper and copper ore composed of many different copper-containing minerals (e...mining industry support) to propose designating copper as the official State metal rather than mineral |  | | Book | | EarlyGermanGeologistsand Entrepreneursin South West Africa The People- Mineralogists,Geologistsand Collectors...TsumebSpecial The Otavi Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central...and South of Rehoboth The Central and South-CentralDeposits Onganja Mine and Surrounding Copper Deposits...Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and the Diamonds 44 49 241 254 272 275 291...natural science museums in the World, and our Tsumeb Mine has been labeled the "World's greatest mineral locality" |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University Auburn, Alabama 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu Brochantite Downloaded by [Orta Dogu Teknik Universitesi]...Blanchard Mine, Bingham, New Mexico T here once was a time when most green acicular copper minerals...minerals were routinely labeled brochantite, a seemingly inexhaustible supply of such specimens supposedly originating...originating at what was then known only as the Blanchard mine, Bingham, New Mexico. Oh, for those simpler times... and although the once implied abundance of brochantite may be burned permanently into the minds of older |  | | Journal (issue) | | from the 1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection of the...collection, John Chapman photo. • 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia. George Stacey collection, Jeff...Scovil photo. Middle row from left: • 2.3 cm, Kintore mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. Aloe Family collection;...Chapman photo. • 1.4 cm, Chapman’s Gully, South Australia. South Australian Museum collection; Jeff Scovil...Jeff Scovil photo. • 4.2 cm, Mongalata goldfield, South Australia. Geoscience Australia collection; Jeff |  | | Journal (issue) | | Azurite with malachite, 5.4 cm, from the Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico. Fine Minerals International...minerals of Mexico is devoted entirely to the Milpillas mine, a relatively new locality which has yielded a virtually...quantities. We published a preliminary report on the mine by Tom Moore and Marcus Origlieri back in 2008,...and went underground with the miners. Since the mine has now shut down permanently, we are taking this...Overload, to say nothing of world-class malachite, brochantite, volborthite, olivenite and an array of other |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 11:41 06 January 2015 Moonta Mine, South Australia, Australia W ere it not for a few...mineralizing fluids or earlier-formed species. The copper species atacamite [Cu2Cl(OH)3], boléite [KPb26Ag9Cu24Cl62(OH)48]... Consequently, an atacamite from the Moonta mine, South Australia, Australia, has been suggested for...addresses above. 374 ROCKS & MINERALS Atacamite is copper hydroxychloride with the formula Cu2Cl(OH)3. Some...most often seen as an oxidation product of other copper minerals, particularly under arid saline conditions |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from the Greek words for both its major element (copper) and its typical morphology (leaflike). This attractive...compared to other copper arsenates that occur in the supergene weathering zones of copper-bearing ore deposits...reported from the now-closed Harborside mine and nearby Rosier mine, Brooksville, Hancock County, Maine....occurs sparingly in ores of the Tucson mine in the Leadville district of Lake County, Colorado (Eckel 1997)...identified widely throughout the Warren mining district but always in small amounts (Palache and Merwin |  | | Journal (issue) | | Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The...Spodumene (variety kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler |  | | Journal (issue) | | the Mineralogical Societies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria Volume...Some mines of the Mt Isa District, Queensland Part 3 - The Mount Oxide mine ............ B. Day & B....England The Francis Collection A. Pring 21 Post mine sulphates from Teutonic Bore base metal deposit...Book reviews 2 29 Mineral news from Southern Africa ......... 32 Society news ........... ...........Sabine's Shaft, Mount Bonnie mine. 44 km north-west of Pine Creek. Northern Territory. The specimen is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | part, to a discussion of the crystallography of Brochantite. Several minerals, differing from one another...them to four distinct types, namely:—(1). The Brochantite of Eezbanya in Hungary, of which two varieties...a third variety (c) from Bezbanya. (3). The Brochantite of Nischne-Tagilsk, in Siberia. (4). TheKonigin...the relation between the crystalline forms of Brochantite and those of Malachite. Just as Malachite was... so it appears that careful measurements of Brochantite tend to remove it from the prismatic system. |  | | Corporate Document (Series) | | Adelaide mine, Dundas {Photo: A Wright] Rear cover: Bismuthinite on quartz and siderite, Princess mine {Photo:...{Photo: A. Tuma] Cassiterite on quartz, Blue Tier [Photo: R. Bottrill] Fluorite on ferroan magnesite, Mount...Mount Bischoff {Photo: A. Tuma] Siderite, Renison mine {Photo:]. Leeming] While every care has been taken...and mine locations, Dundas mineral field Geology and major deposits, Heazlewood mineral district ......silver mine are considered unconfirmed, as the authors and other recorded investigations of the mine have |  | | Report (issue) | | COVER Left: Right: ' Native gold, Goldenville Mine, Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia. Specimen measures 18 mm... Gary Ansell. Arsenopyrite crystal, Goldenville Mine, Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia. Crystal measures ! 6 mm...THE COLLECTOR ., '1'· Northeastern Nova Scotia~~·Cape Breton Island, and Prince Edward Island Ann P....mines Natural Blue Stone quarry Lake Catcha gold mines Dunbrack mine Lake Charlotte mine Tangier gold...mines Moose River gold mines Moose River tungsten mine Harrigan Cove gold mines Goldenville (Sherbrooke) |  | | Report (issue) | | months” in the Big Bear orebody in the Fletcher mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri; these...twin, 6 cm, from the Big Bear orebody, Fletcher mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri. Weinrich...Galena, 4 cm, from the Big Bear orebody, Fletcher mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri. Weinrich...specimens has been given as the Ortega mine in the Mundo-Tamboras district, Sanchez Carrion Province, La Libertad...occurrence was actually in a previously unnamed mine that the Ortega brothers, who developed it for the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | aspect of malachite mineralogy. Malachite is basic copper carbonate with the formula Cu,CO,(OH),. Some published...presence is unknown, so the extent of substitution for copper in the mineral’s structure is uncertain. Malachite...azurite, copper, and cuprite; less commonly reported are malachite after atacamite, brochantite, chalcopyrite...widespread secondary minerals of copper, occurring in the oxidized portions of copper deposits of all types. The...or interesting localities include the Loudville mine, Hanipshire County, Massachusetts; Chimney Rock |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | BROCHANTITE B y Richard Green 1745 13th St., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 4 4 2 3 3 The sulfate minerals in...cabinet size, the beautiful barites from England, the blue tapered crystals of celestite from Ohio, and the...lead and copper mines. One such sulfate of this nature is brochantite. Chemically, brochantite is a basic...basic copper hydroxyl sulfate. It is usually formed in the upper few hundred feet of lead, zinc, and copper...referred to as secondary min erals. Besides brochantite, the blues of azurite, the greens of malachite |  | | Journal (issue) | | men. Minerals of the Scratch Awl Mine PhilipsburgMining District, GraniteCounty, Montana Larry B. French...59301 french@midrivers.com The Philipsburg Mining District, immediately east of Philipsburg, Montana, occupies...renamed the Hope mine (Albright, 2005). Silver was the primary metal produced by the district, but after 1916...1916, the Philipsburg district became the nations' leading producer of manganese. Lead, zinc, and some...some gold were also recovered from the district ores. The Flint Creek Range was created by several of granitic |  | | Journal (issue) | | to 22nvn from 3 ---- - - ----- Cook's Kitchen mine, Cornwall. Spedmen In the collection of the Royal...SOCIETY Peter Moore • John Pearce 10 FORCE CRAG MINE Dtlf.!idGreen • DavidMcCa/lum • Mike Wood 15 MINERAL...through the appropriate channels. YSTRAD EINION MINE John Mason • Steve Rust 37 BOOK REVIEWS 45 CLASSIFIED...Sponsors: SUSSEX MINERAL AND LAPIDARY SOCIETY PEAK DISTRICT MINERAL AND LAPIDARY SO�IETY UK Journal of Mines...cm olivenite specimen, said to be from Tincroft mine, but more probably from either Wheal Gorland or |  | | Catalog/List | | JOITE CRYSTALS New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona. Hydrated copper aluminum silicate. New mineral...mineral described in 1958. Sharp pale blue tabular micro crystals thickly coating vugs in altered quartz...and $5. 9 \ ANHYDRITE CRYSTALS Sonderhausen, South Harz, Germany. Calcium sulfate. Single sharp rectangular...FAMATINITE Cerro de Pasco, Peru. Bismuth sulfide and copper antimony sulfide. Long gray prismatic crystals...BOURNONITE COGWHEEL CRYSTALS Keystone mine, Crested Butte, Colorado. A lead copper antimony sulfide.--i3i.rilliant |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 South America . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 Northern and western Europe . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 Northern and Central Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . 1.8 Southern Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....and vanadocrete (vanadate). Panczner 1987 Tajo Mine, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico Panczner |  | | Catalog/List | | SPECIMEN LIST from PAUL Ao LOWE BRITISH - CORNISH - NORTHERN WORLD DISPLAY - REFERENCE 1995 Nol Terms All...Time 8am -9pm) FLUORITE,Rosilare Level.Minerva Mine No 1 ,Cave-in-Rock District.Southem Illonois.Xtl...to side length 23mm showing pale zonation, pale blue to smoky brown.Xtls of excellent shape & clarity...Good D TN to Ml £12 5. CASSITERITE.Emmasville.New South Wales.Australia.Incomplete milky quartz prism of...powder blue to grey shaley matrix Rich RF Ml £10 9. SPHALERITE,var.Ruby Blende.Mid-Continent Mine,Pitcher |  | | Book (edition) | | occur in their oxidised states: Copper minerals then show green, blue, and sometimes red tinges, cobalt...cross-cut by a crack filled with secondary covellite (blue). Optically Similar Minerals of comparable chemical...Reflection colours of bornite (brown), chalcocite (blue), and pyrite (creme). 2 Reflectance Reflectance...Internal reflections of hematite (red), azurite (blue), and malachite (green). Common Habit Many minerals...and complex (lower left) twinning of gudmundite (blue and brown anisotropy). 6 Malleability/Ductility |  | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR: NORTHEASTERN NOVA SCOTIA, CAPE BRETON, AND PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (Report, 5 figures...MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR: NORTHEASTERN NOVA SCOTIA, CAPE BRETON, AND PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Ann P. Sabina... Montague gold mine.......................................... Lawrencetown gold mine . . . . . . . ..... • . • • • • . • • . . . . • • . . . . Natural Blue Stone quarry . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . ... Lake Catcha gold mine .........•.••.••••..•...•••.•••... , . . . . Dunbr ack mine . . . . . . . . . |
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