 | | Journal (issue) | | Minerals Laura Marble Jack Hanahan Jr. 174 Minerals which Alternate with the Seasons: Epsomite versus Hexahydrite...0035-7529 1978 by The Foote Quarry in Kings Mountain, by LAURA MARBLE 102 Dorset Way Lyman, South Carolina...complex area of pegmatites has been developed into an open pit with 14 twenty foot benches developed to...worthwhile . specimens. Milarite from the Foote quarry. Photo by Lewis Perloff l 58 ROCKS AND MINERALS...pegmatite occurs along parts of the east side of an irregular batholith known as the Cherryville quartz |  | | Book (edition) | | groups: The number of new mineral species may grow as an avalanche, flooding the mineral population with tens...lepidolite, wolfrarnite). In many cases, minerals have an intermediate composition between theoretical end-members...to crystallographic tenns (e .g. prismatine), to an organization (e.g .. mgriite). to a journal (minrecordite)...form. Many minerals display characteristic twinning, an intergrowth of two or more individual crystals of...Miller indices are used. For instance, the symbol for an orthorhombic dipyramid form is { 111}, for a hexagonal |  | | Catalog/List | | twin xl groups, minor muscovite PERICLINE Italy, Austria, Switzerland Alpine areas Fine large white twin...cleavable with blue opalescence I. 00 ALLEMONTITE An intergrowth of arsenic and antimony Germany Harz...2x3" 2.50 . 85 .10 . 25 . 75 1. 50 BARCENITE An antimonate of mercury Mexico Huitzuco, Guerrero ~h.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ BRANNERITE ABSITE An oxide of uranium, titanium, and thorium Australia...00 7.50 l. 00 2.50 4.00 6.50 *~ CORONADITE An oxide of lead and manganese Australia New South Wales |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | donated 3 interesting minerals from the Castle Dome District of Yuma Co., Ariz. The specimens are fluorite...They were very much shaped inside like the inside of an old fashioned iron cooking pot. In other words, a...feet, as I remember. Too, they were very close to an off-set of about eight inches, and on the down side...occurs at the Slocum quarry in E. Hampton. A few of the octahedral crystals measure % of an inch on a side...marl near Delaware City, New Castle Co., Del. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAāThe following notes, dated Dec. 25 |  | | Book | | A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...combination of space for growth, sufficient time and an adequate supply of chemical nutrients. Well-formed...In the larger open spaces, the crystals can reach an impressive size. Among the many minerals found within...carbonate. Geologists can figure out how quickly an igneous rock formed by the calcium carbonate can...of its crystals. If the magma has escaped from in an ocean evaporates, the chemicals in the remaining |  | | Journal (issue) | | they should be criticized for it. If they produce an inferior exhibit, they should be called to account...collections as well. Today, mineral collectors are an active lot. They have more and better means of communication...and publication programs, and managing volunteers. An MS or higher degree in geology and at least three... twinned dodecahedron; FigĀ ure 432 taken from D an aās Textbook o f M inerĀ alogy (Dana and Ford, 1932)...axes; i.e., they are equant. The four species have an amazing propensity to form twins such as those of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Alternate with the Seasons Epsomite versus Hexahydrite versus by Richard Mitchell is an executive editor of...summer (by X-ray diffraction), it was shown to be epsomite (MgS0 ' 7 H 0 ) . Later, during the winĀ ter when...decided to study the crust further, it was no longer epsomite, but had lost water to beĀ come starkeyite (MgS0...starkeyite gained water again to beĀ come epsomite when placed in an environment of high relative humidity...crust of magnesium sulfate minerals on serpentine marble slab from which they developed. Specimen from Impruneta |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mine, Durham: aph~hitalite(?), arsenopyrite(?), epsomite, ferric sulphate(?), gypsum, halite, ilsemannite(...azurite, olivenite, 428; coronadite, 343 Embleton quarry, Cockermouth: alunite, dickite, thaumasite, zunyite...scheelite, 921 Meldon aplite quarry, Okehampton: bavenite, 577 Meldon limestone quarry, Okehampton: scheelite... 353 Woodsetts: galena, 705 SCOTLAND An Leth Allt, Sgi~rr an Airgid, Ross-shire, fuchsite, 179 Tormore...nah' Achlaise, Ledmore: cromaltite, 767 Lettermore quarry, Loch Loyal: nordmarkite, 389 Loch Bad ham Ban |  | | Report (issue) | | , M. D.) L. D. Clark (1) p. 17. Inyo County: district, 2, As radial clusters near Lippincott mine...breccia at Dana Point, Jenni (p.c. '57). GLAUCOPHANE An outcrop of glaucophane schist with abundant yellowish...3, Watters (p.c. '58). Mendocino County: 1, A quarry 5.1 miles north of Longvale on U.S. 101 has furnished...riebeckite crystals occur in glaucophane schist in a quarry 5.1 miles north of Longvale on Highway 101, associated...mine, Tick Canyon, Pemberton (p.c. '58). This is an unusual mode of occurrence for this mineral. San |  | | Journal (issue) | | NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2018 Articles Oberdorf an der Laming, Styria, Austria ................................ ....COVER: STRONTIANITE, 9 cm, from Oberdorf an der Laming, Styria, Austria. Fine Minerals International specimen...STEPHANIE@STONETRUST.COM Obtrdorf an dtr Laming ~ tyria, austria Thomas P. Moore Peter Huber 2709...net Rohe-Wand-Gasse 18 A-2700 Wiener Neustadt, Austria huber@mineral.at Just outside the village of Oberdorf...magnesite mines located outside the village of Oberdorf an der Laming (i.e. Oberdorf on the banks of the Laming |  | | Book | | ROCKS AND MINERALS Michael OāDonoghue GALLERY BOOKS An Imprint of W. H. Smith Publishers Inc. 112 Madison...published in the United States 1990 by Gallery Books, an' imprint of W. H. Smith Publishers, Inc., 112 Madison...the field is the natural glass obsidian. This forms an amorphous material since cooling is too quick for...metamorphosed sandstone and forms a hard rock. Marble forms from the metamorphosis of limestone and may...heat and pressure are accompanied by gases preceding an intrusion the existing sedimentary rock may alter |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Johnson, RFD 6, Knoxville, Tenn., informs us that an oolitic limestone has been quarried near Rockwood...good fire quartz specimens to be foundāapparently an iridescent iron has flowed into the crytocrystalline...to Litchfield cut-off south of Wickenburg. This is an all-paved Hiway connecting with Hiway 80, via Litchfield...1st to Oct. 15th, I advise staying out of this district unless you have a desert man along. Be glad to...interesting in that they had not been completed into an artifact for some reason. These are from 6 miles |  | | Book | | aid to 220 species and varieties ā¢ ā¢ Includes an introduction to the world's key mineral-forming environments...visual aid to 220 species and varieties Includes an introduction to the world's key mineral-forming environments...southwater , This edition Is published by Southwater, an imprint of Anness Publishing Ltd, Hermes House, 88-89...Publishing we believe that business should be conducted in an ethical and ecologically sustainable way, with respect...forests. Certification ensures forests are managed in an environmentally sustainable and socially responsible |  | Hrselova, P., Cempirek, J., Houzar, S., Sejkora, J. (2013) S,F,Cl-rich Mineral Assemblages from Burned Spoil Heaps in the Rosice-Oslavany Coalfield, Czech Republic. The Canadian Mineralogist, 51 (1) 171-188 doi:10.3749/canmin.51.1.171 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | , wadalite, fluorite, cuspidine, rondorfite, and an unnamed mineral with composition Ca4(Mn,Fe)2O7. The...basin) almost 100 km long and 3ā10 km wide covering an area of about 500 km2 in the eastern part of the...Moravo-Silesian zone (orthogneiss, phyllite, mica schist, marble, graphite gneiss, and quartzite). The sedimentary...K3Al5(HPO4)6(PO4)2 Ā· 18 H2O (NH4)Fe3(SO4)2(OH)6 epsomite hexahydrite pentahydrite starkeyite kieserite...(Ā±K,Na). Hexahydrite dominates among sulfates; epsomite, pentahydrite, starkeyite, kieserite, picromerite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles Famous mineral localities: Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria ...........................................Cuprocassiterite discredited as mushistonite; and an unnamed tin mineral from the Etta mine ..........................383 by P. J. Dunn & W. L. Roberts An author's guide to writing locality articles for the...6 cm, from the Stefanie mine at Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria. Photo by Werner Lieber. For a detailed review...designed envelopes printed up for the ocĀ casion, with an appropriate illustration (called a ācachetā) on the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | great, and unlike anywhere else on earth. There is an excellent reason for the New Jersey legislature's...the sixty fluorescent species from the Franklin district recorded in Table 1, ten form the beautiful display...behavior are rather complex. In looking at minerals with an ultraviolet lamp, we are selecĀ ting a narrow field...radiation derived from mercury vapor, itself excited by an electric current. Short wave ultraviolet radiation...Buckwheat dumps, the Sterling mine, and several marble quarries. S E P T E M B E R / O C T O B E R 1982 |  | | Book | | edition is published by Hermes House Hermes House is an imprint of Anness Publishing Ltd Hermes House, 88-89...stones to pieces theyāre still just stones, but to an like saā many roadmakers run daft. experienced...simple. In some ways, they thought, it seems like an egg. The outside is just a thin shell of rock called...(pronounced D double prime) layer, and Long after an earthquake, its asthenosphere like ice floes on...āhearā change (like ice melting) into a denser an increase in speed below the D", from seismic waves |  | Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York. | Book (volume) | | Professor Berman, while traveling abroad, died in an accident. The science of mineralogy suffered a tragic...Particular mention may be made here of Hintze's Haiidhuch der Mineralogie and of the earlier editions of this work...Mineralogical Society of Great Britain. As formerly, an effort w^as made to remedy recognized inadequacies...although only with regard to the mechanics of presenting an adequate description, with certain common and important...from the waters of Great Salt Lake, Utah. In Canada, an important deposit of salt lies along the eastern |  | | Journal (issue) | | Contents for March - April, 1950 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................By John N. TrainĀ« .... 124 AN EPSOMITE OCCURRENCE IN THE TINTIC DISTRICT, UT AH. By Fred F. Mei.rsne...EORGE R . HowE (OBITUARY N OTICE) By Chartes F. Marble ............................ 147 WORLD NEWS ON...Zodac Specially written articles (as contributions) an desired. Subscription price S3.00 a year ; Current...Aueciatien i14 ROCKS AND MINEMU CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY COMING EVENTS NATIONAL SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY CONVENTION |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Peninsula with Special Reference to Those of the Kinta District. BY R. F. PENROSE, JR. f. Geol., 11, 135-154 ;...rarely found in the limestone, but probably not as an original constituent. I n 1901 the Malay peninsula...per cent.). T h e rock is from the quarry of the United States Marble Company, twelve miles north and west...to the Washington marble, the specimen analyzed having been taken from the quarry of Huntington and Clough...Clough, and is of such an extraordinary character as to invite rather detailed consideration. The analysis |  | | Book | | involved in the commercial use of stone also have an essential stake in the matter. From quarryman to...investigators. Research in this area also has been an official concern of many organizations, which in...Geological Survey, and several state agencies. Despite an impressive and valuable body of accumulated data...major structures in any large city, the markers in an old cemetery, or the Washington Monument! In this...kinds of investigations - those with broad scope and an empirical approach, and those aimed at more fundamental |  | Gilg, H. Albert, Boni, Maria, Balassone, Giuseppina, Allen, Cameron R., Banks, David, Moore, Farid (2006) Marble-hosted sulfide ores in the Angouran Zn-(PbāAg) deposit, NW Iran: interaction of sedimentary brines with a metamorphic core complex. Mineralium Deposita, 41 (1) 1-16 doi:10.1007/s00126-005-0035-5 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cameron R. Allen . David Banks . Farid Moore Marble-hosted sulfide ores in the Angouran Zn-(PbāAg)...significant nonsulfide ores, is located at the crest of an open anticline at the contact between Neoproterozoic...exhumation of the metamorphic basement (ā¼20 Ma) and yield an upper age constraint for mineralization. The fine-grained...evaporated Miocene seawater and the lithotypes of an exhumed metamorphic core complex. Minor contributions...high heat flow, probably during the transition from an extensional to a compressional regime. The Angouran |  | | Report (issue) | | various groups of raw materials and acting under an Advisory Council for each department, co-operate...both ways. Publications.- Numerous publications of an authoritative character are issued containing information...those used in the steel industry. Magnesite is also an important raw material in the composition flooring...only does the demand for magnesium meta.I call for an increased production of magnesite, but the continued...(about 650Ā° C.), magnesium takes fire and burns with an intense white dazzling flame of high actinicity, |  | | Book (edition) | | and E) ; pseudoĀ morphs (table-cases 41 46). Bocks. An introductory series illustrating the characters of...series of specimens selected and labelled to serve as an introduction to the study of Minerals. Beginning...Introduction is published in book-form.* I I I * An Introduction to the Study of Minerals, with a Guide...long branches from Case lb. the Lake Superior district, of which the largest (presented by Professor...and allowed to cool under ordinary circumstances, an alloy of the two metals is formed. Gold, one of the |  | | Book (chapter) | | blue-black calcite (marble), Thrush 955 (1968). Saint Baume = yellow calcite (marble), Thrush 955 (1968)...or serpentine, Egleston 13 (1892). sal amarus = epsomite, Dana 7th II, 509 (1951). salamkÅ = blue gem Fe-Ti-rich...(1892). sal anglicanum = epsomite, Dana 6th, 938 (1892). sal anglicum = epsomite, Chudoba RI, 56 (1939);...(1939); [I.3,4338]. sal anglicus = epsomite, Dana 6th, 938 (1892). salanite = suolunite, MM 54, 669 (1990)...(1951). sal catartica = epsomite, Dana 6th, 1128 (1892). sal catharticum = epsomite, Dana 7th II, 509 (1951) |
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