 | | Journal (issue) | | of Emerald Mining in the Habachtal Deposit of Austria, Part II Karl Schmetzer The finale of a two-part...of articles on all aspects of the field. Please see the Author Guidelines at gia.edu/gemsgemology or...Karl Schmetzer traces the history of the Habachtal mine during the era between World Wars I and II, using...workings were called the Königskrone (“Kings Crown”) mine. The finest topaz crystals were extracted during...items of enormous cultural and historical value are See end of article for About the Authors and Acknowledgments |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINES AND MINERALS OF AUSTRIA By P H I L I P M O R R I L L EastDerry, N. H. 03041 This data was accumulated...These operations are on leased land and trips to Austria. While it may be the most not open to the general...two or more until a more rounded text results. Austria is defined here as what is localities. presently...mineral museums of torically, within recent times, Austria in which the best is the Natural History cluded...Nature Geologically, it has a beautiful sim in Salzburg has a fine collection which is plicity. There |  | | Book | | exposed extensive sand and gravel banks. You will see inconspicuous boulders lying about, most of them...pale, reddish spots. Break it open, and you will see a tangled mass of fine, blackishgreen needles with...times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...instance, in various parts of the Austrian Tirol and Salzburg. Much tin ore came from Britain so that brisk...derives its name from the saltmining district of Hallstatt in Upper Austria, where many prehistoric finds have |  | | Book | | mineral, e.g. quartz, may vary not only in colour (see plates) but also in crystal form, e.g. the many crystal...inspection — running along the crystallographic planes. (See drawing) Cleavage (left to right): galena, fluorite...interesting minerals can also be found on heaps of mine refuse, but never enter abandoned shafts or caves... 30 lamp fi for testing : ; to the handle (see illustration). The handle is usually 30 cm long,...Apart from the hammer, different chisels are needed (see illustration), i.e. pointed as well as flat. They |  | | Book | | Frontcover Upper left: The observatory at Kremsmunster. Austria. which houses the mineral collection. Upper right:...mineralogical cabinet of the convent at Kremsmunster, Austria. The . specimens a~e displayed m baroque furniture...important mineralogical museums in Western Europe Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany (Federal...half are in Germanspeaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The reasons for this are partly...universities, 14 by town or city councils, 13 by district councils or regional boards, and 16 form part |  | | Catalog/List | | Time 8am -9pm) FLUORITE,Rosilare Level.Minerva Mine No 1 ,Cave-in-Rock District.Southem Illonois.Xtl...£10 9. SPHALERITE,var.Ruby Blende.Mid-Continent Mine,Pitcher.Oklahoma,USA Rich continuous druse of ruby...free Very attractive D Ml. £5 36 MALACHITE,Dolwen Mine,Devils Bridge.Dyfed.Wales Vughy matrix of milky...Matrix free Good D or RF Ml £8 39 PYRITE,Nanisivik Mine,Baffin Island.North West Territory,Canada Xtl group...45 FLUORITE & SPHALERITE,Rosiclare Level,Minerva Mine No1 .Cave-m-Rock, lllonois.Pretty group of fluorite | | | Book | | mineral, e.g. quartz, may vary not only in colour (see plates) but also in crystal form, e.g. the many crystal...inspection — running along the crystallographic planes. (See drawing) i-l Cleavage (left to right): galena, fluorite...interesting minerals can also be found on heaps of mine refuse, but never enter abandoned shafts or caves...edges. k": « s i I 9 i 30 to the handle (see illustration). The handle is usually 30 cm long,...Apart from the hammer, different chisels are needed (see illustration), i.e. pointed as well as flat. They |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gold-oxysulphides in copper deposits of the Greywacke Zone, Austria: A mineral chemical and infrared fluid inclusion...Leoben, Peter Tunner-Straße 5, A-8700 Leoben, Austria a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received... Veit im Pongau, and Mitterberg (all Salzburg Province, Austria). Fluid inclusions in tetrahedrite, which...raith@unileoben.ac.at (J.G. Raith). 0169-1368/$ – see front matter © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved...Reviews 35 (2009) 87–100 et al., 1994), the Amelia Mine, Southwest Wisconsin (Kucha and Barnes, 1995) as |  | | Journal (issue) | | Special issue on the minerals of Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham...(1992-2000) Anderson, D. see INGRAM, S., TODD, J.G. & ANDERSON, D. Aubrey Jones, D. see BRUCE, I. & AUBREY-JONES...localities: Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England 20:7-37 Bevins, R. see SOUTHWOOD, M. & BEVINS... D. (1999) Famous mineral localities: Ting Tang mine, Gwennap, Cornwall 19:18-23 CLARK, A.M. (1998) Earth's...P. (1995) Crystallized Enargite from the Gregory mine, Ashover, Derbyshire 15:28-29 DAY, B. (1998) Collecting |  | | Report (issue) | | (1) p. 17. Inyo County: district, 2, As radial clusters near Lippincott mine, Ubehebe McAllister (4)...bakerite has been collected from the Stirling Borax mine, Tick Canyon, Pemberton (p.c. '58). This is an unusual...lens as pale brown crystals at the Foster Bluebird mine 3 miles north of the abandoned station of Ogilby...Canyon, near junction with the road to Cerro Gordo mine, McAllister (4) p. 53. Mariposa County: 3, Colorless... Reported as coatings in fractures from the Old Mine ore body, Kinkel et al. (2) p. 89. ARAGONITE Inyo |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Library] at 03:41 01 August 2012 Olivenite TSUMEB MINE, TSUMEB, OSHIKOTO REGION, NAMIBIA H ydrothermal...specimen of olivenite from the worldfamous Tsumeb mine in Namibia, where attempts at specimen mining have...secondary copper assemblages from the Black Pine mine in the Phillipsburg area of Granite County (Waisman...and Gibbs 1983; Anthony et al. 1995). At the 79 mine in Gila County, olivenite occurs as small, olive-green...brochantite and anglesite (Keith 1972). At the Grandview mine, Coconino County, small prismatic olivenite crystals | | | Book | | mineral, e.g. quartz, may vary not only in colour (see plates) but also in crystal form, e.g. the many crystal...inspection - running along the crystallographic planes. (See drawing) t-i 1- - i Cleavage ( left to right):...interesting minerals can also be found on heaps of mine refuse, but never enter abandoned shafts or caves...~-•irh c11rr1n.~ ,·1(::0·. 30 to the handle (see illust ration) . The handle is usually 30 cm long...t from the hammer, different chisels are needed (see illustration), i.e. pointed as ,,vell as flat. They |  | | Book | | specimens, which few people have the opportunity to see for themselves. Cover photograph: Hexagonal siderite...structures. Despite this familiarity, however; 1 am still fascinated and thrilled by their intrinsic...67 crocidolite 100 crocoite 62, 63 eryolite 22 cuprite 22, 23 curite 36 cuspidine 85 cyclosilicates...liroconite 74 lithiophilite 65 ludwigite 5/, 53 magnesite 38, 38 magnetite 23, 24 malachite 47, 48 malacon...alkaline; with a low silica content Bi-sphenoid. See Sphenoid Botyroidal. Having spherical bumps on the |  | | Book | | Salt miners at work in the Diirrnberg-Hallein mine (1756) (see also comment on copyright page) Mineral...Durrnberg-Hallein mine (1756). Oil painting in the ancient mine office at Hallein Salzburg. The picture was...occasion of a visit to the mine by the Prince Bishop Sigmund III. of Salzburg on 5th of May 1756 (bottom...At the top of the painting and on the steps are mine surveyors and a miner at work. Note the romantic...heldatBled/Yugoslavia 3-7, 1977, held at Leoben/ Austria 5-10,1981, held at Berchtesgaden/Bavaria, FRG |  | | Book | | museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...for the study of crystals; if we take a cube we see that there can be straight lines drawn through the...as coming out of the equatorial edges. We can now see that crystals can be quite precisely classified even...planes of weakness, especially in twinned crystals (see below). It is particularly common in the corundum...three colours (the specimen needs to be turned to see all of them) may be a useful clue to identity. Minerals |  | | Book | | negative Kristalle") aus der Emerald & Hiddenite Mine im Alexander County, North Carolina/USA. Aus der...negative crystals") from the Emerald & Hiddenite Mine, Alexander County, North Carolina/USA. From the...oft spektakulären Erzmineralien geringere Interesse am Quarz eine nicht unwesentliche Rolle, derartiges...Arkansas, USA, in Quebec, Canada and in Brazil (see LAEMMLEIN 1972, RYKART1995). This phenomenon is most...diamonds" (ULRICH 1989). Europe ha s deposits in Austria, England ("Cornish diamonds", "Bristol diamonds") |  | | Book | | vanadium, uranium, phosphates, borates, gypsum and magnesite. Both residual and infiltration deposits are often...grades to larger differences among the last minerals (see Fig. 2). More precise methods of determining the...property is seen most clearly in columnar kyanite (see Fig. 3) or calcite. Crystals intended for collections...precious stones. The following degrees of transparency (see Fig . 5) are recog nised: , :•:.. ................refractive index of 2.6- 3.0, such as cinnabar and cuprite. Adamantine lustre (shining) occurs only on transparent |  | | Book | | sharp- 1< been combined. edged testing device (see The multicolored margin bar along the also page...different colors; some even have all color of fluorite (see page 10) is always the colors of the spectrum. Color...tune half degrees of hardness have been easy to see substantial differences be- added to the scale;...than it is in the and coastal deposits. center (see illustration below). Always try Specific gravity... lated to its external shape (e.g., crystal magnesite) are attracted by a magnet. The growth faces) | | | Book | | illustrated Encyclopedi of the World’s Rocks and Mine re L A R E N MI OF THE WORLD Rudolf Duda and...vanadium, uranium, phosphates, borates, gypsum and magnesite. Both residual and infiltration deposits are often...grades to larger differences among the last minerals (see Fig. 2). More precise methods of determining the...property is seen most clearly in columnar kyanite (see Fig. 3) or calcite. Crystals intended for collections...stones. The following degrees of transparency (see Fig. 5) are recognised: Fig. 5 Transparency of identically |  | | | | specimens, which few people have the opportunity to see for themselves. £ 1.95 net SBN: 0 85613 0001 in...67 crocidolite 100 crocoite 62, 63 cryolite 22 cuprite 22, 23 curite 36 cuspidine 85 cyclosilicates 90...109, 111 lithiophilite 65 ludwigite 5/7, 53 magnesite 38, 38 magnetite 23, 24 malachite 47, 48 malacon...alkaline; with a low silica content Bi-sphenoid. See Sphenoid Botyroidal. Having spherical bumps on the...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite | | | Book | | specimens, which few people have the opportunity to see for themselves. £ 1.95 net SBN : 0 856130001 in...structures. Despite this familiarity, however,·I am still fascinated and thrilled by their intrinsic...67 crocidolite 100 crocoite 62, 63 cryolite 22 cuprite 22, 23 curite 36 cuspidine 85 cyclosilicates 90...liroconite 74 lithiophilite 65 ludwigite 51, 53 magnesite 38, 38 magnetite 23, 24 malachite 47, 48 malacon...59 zippeite 62 zircon 77, 78, 78 zoisite 88 THE MINE LKINGDOM All physical bodies in Nature can be |  | | Book | | magnetite, pyrite, galena, sphalerite, tetrahedrite, cuprite, and some native elements such as gold, silver...siderite, of malachite after native copper, of cuprite after azurite, of quartz after barytes, and of...chrysocolla, turquoise; green—malachite, dioptase; red—cuprite. The colour of a mineral may be also caused by...‘Copper Belt’ in Zaire and Zambia; and in Bura-Bura Mine, Australia. Sedimentary copper is found in schists...Jachymov and Pyibram, Czechoslovakia; Schladming, Austria; Baia Sprie, Romania; Kongsberg,Norway; Borgofranco |  | | Book | | magnetite, pyrite, galena, sphalerite, tetrahedrite, cuprite, and some native elements such as gold, silver...siderite, of malachite after native copper, of cuprite after azurite, of quartz after barytes, and of...chrysocolla, turquoise; green- malachite, dioptase; red-cuprite. The colour of a mineral may be also caused by...'Copper Belt' in Zaire and Zambia; and in Bura-Bura Mine, Australia. Sedimentary copper is found in schists...achymov and Pfibram, Czechoslovakia; Schladming, Austria ; Baia Sprie, Romania; Kongsberg,Norway; Borgofranco |  | | Book | | ring (see page 69) Page 2: Cerussite “Light of the Desert” (see page 117) Page 3: Malachite (see page...page 120) Page 6: Mimetite (see page 139) Page 248: Quartz (amethyst variety), Erongo Mountains, Namibia...Canada * 10.5 x 10.5 x 65 cm Page 256: Labradorite (see page 171) I would like to dedicate this book to...A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...named for their angular cavities — with calcite (see photo opposite). Crystal linings that survive being |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralization at Flatschach (Eastern Alps), Austria Johann G. Raith 1 & Thomas Leitner 3 & Werner H...mineralization in the historic Flatschach mining district (Styria, Austria) occurs in a NE–SW to NNE–WSW oriented...Leoben, Leoben, Austria 2 Pezoltgasse 46, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria 3 Salinen Austria AG, Bad Aussee...Aussee, Austria chalcopyrite with pyrite or arsenopyrite. Sericite-carbonate alteration is developed around...strongly oxidized assemblage that includes hematite, cuprite, and various secondary Cu- and Fe-hydroxides and |
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