 | | Journal (issue) | | —————————— Mineral News ————————————————— Page Mineral News Vol. 38, No. 12 December, 2022 The Mineral Collector’s...$6.00 Chlorargyrite from Silver Reef, Utah Bob Werner – werner@lcturbonet.com Chlorargyrite, AgCl, or...as it is often referred to, is a fairly common mineral that is often found in the upper, weathered portions...a shallow depth, capping the ore deposits. The mineral is soft, H-2 on Mohs scale, resinous or waxy and...Utah’s Washington County (figure 1) is a very unique occurrence. The high-grade chlorargyrite of the Silver |  | | 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 © 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.— Ist | | | 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 Copyright© 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) | | —————————— Mineral News ————————————————— Page Mineral News Vol. 39, No. 12 December, 2023 The Mineral Collector’s...Standards Mineral Samples Tony Nikischer tony@excaliburmineral.com There are so many obscure, mineral-related...the more esoteric compounds, there were several mineral standards as well! Who knew? A significant part...by the research community that often requires mineral standards for analytical work. For example, when...when the Mars rover (Curiosity) uncovered the mineral jarosite, KFe3+3(SO4)2 (OH)6, as a constituent of |  | Andreu, E., Torró, L., Proenza, J.A., Domenech, C., García-Casco, A., Villanova de Benavent, C., Chavez, C., Espaillat, J., Lewis, J.F. (2015) Weathering profile of the Cerro de Maimón VMS deposit (Dominican Republic): textures, mineralogy, gossan evolution and mobility of gold and silver. Ore Geology Reviews, 65. 165-179 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.09.015 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Minera Dominicana, C/ José A. Brea Peña #3, Edificio District Tower, Level 3, Ensanche Evaristo Morales, Santo...George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA b a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...zone and (iii) an oxidized zone. This study reports new data on the textural and mineralogical characteristics...with emphasis in the Au-Ag-bearing phases. The mineral paragenesis of the oxidized zone is essentially...under tropical conditions, suggests that this mineral cannot be considered an indicator of extremely |  | | Journal (issue) | | by R. W. Eveleth S tib n ites o f the Stayton district, H o llister, C a lif o r n ia .................field and are strongly motivated to find something new or different, rare or interesting, bigger or better...into exhibits offers the opportunity to attract new visitors, and to encourage previous visitors to return...mineralogist/collector particularly appreciates knowing what is new or being produced currently at given localities....guide to taking mineral specimen photographs (vol. 18, no. 3, p. 229-235). KOREAN MINERAL STAMPS In our |  | | Book | | from California. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 7 THE MINERAL KINGDOM 9 IDENTIFICATION TARLES 146 CONVERSION...relationships among minerals. Members of the main mineral families are grouped together. Each such family...To find a particular mineral in this section, consult the Index. Under each mineral name in the Index there...this reference section. If you have a sample of a mineral of whose identity you are unsure, you should consult...section. When you think you know the name of the mineral you can find its entry by consulting the Index |  | | Book | | authoritative published archives of data for the mineral collector and specimen-oriented mineralogist that...decade, however, the need has been growing for a new, comprehensive index. Because the 14-year index suffered... Consequently, it was our decision to prepare a new index which is cumulative back to volume 1, fully...the 14-year index, and which is organized on a new plan. Nevertheless, all readers and users of the...the last ten years, and which has inspired this new effort. The current 25-year index is divided into |  | | Book | | by detailed encyclopedic information on all the mineral varieties importantto the collector or lapidary...into sections, describing every aspect of the mineral world, this book gives the most complete coverage...find as much in this book as the enthusiastic mineral-collector and the experienced lapidary for whom...O’Donoghue The Mineral Kingdom 148 compiled by Michael O’Donoghue 288 Glossary \ Mineral Identification...What is the outstanding feature presented by a mineral or a gemstone to the casual observer? In many cases |  | | Book (edition) | | Fireside Book Published by Simon & Schuster Inc. New York London Toronto Sydney Tokyo r Copyright ©...Rockefeller Center 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020 Inc. FIRESIDE and colophon are...which man has samples (meteorites and the Moon). 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EARTH SCIENCE* LIBRARY... it is not Thus, for is a rock- forming mineral, has been relegated to the Salts in company with...almost ubiquitous to be regarded as a rock-forming mineral, placed with the Ores ; and even there to find...the reader, since the description of any given mineral can be found by refer- ence to the index, where |  | | Book (edition) | | Mineralogy American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York Research Associate, Department of Mineralogy...Toronto. Canada ~VANNOSTRAND REINHOLD COMPANY ~ NEW YORK CINCINNATI TORONTO LONDON i UI \J- MELBOURNE...Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Regional Offices: New York Cincinnati Chicago Millbrae Dallas Van Nostrand...Nostrand Reinhold Company 450 West 33rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10001 Published simultaneously in Canada...Vesuvius, Italy (12, column 2) and SEMSEYITE, Julcani mine, Huancavelica, Peru (#3, column 2). 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London • Sydney Copyright...that a mineral is a (crystal) phase found in nature, and that one phase and therefore one mineral is not...Atomic Structure of Minerals, 1937. 2H. Strunz: Mineral. Tabellen, 1941. 3 M. Fleischer: Some Problems... Preprint 117 (1947). v 47511 VI PREFACE mineral, like plagioclase, may show continuous variation...(NaAlSi308) to a different one (CaA^S^Og). Or one mineral may vary continuously in composition from one formula |  | | Book (edition) | | Physics and Curator of Mineralogy, Yale University. New edition, entirely rewritten and reset. By William... For the Student of Elementary Mineralogy, the Mining Engineer, the Geologist, the Prospector, the Collector...University TOTAL ISSUE, TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND NEW YORK JOHN WILEY & SONS, LONDON: CHAPMAN & 1922 ...course, been made in order to embody the results of mineral investigation during the last two decades. Only...been made in the order of classification of the mineral species. 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