 | | Journal (issue) | | of Emerald Mining in the Habachtal Deposit of Austria, Part II Karl Schmetzer The finale of a two-part...diamond surface • Spessartine garnet in aquamarine • Hematite in diamond • Hyalite with magnificent features...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINES AND MINERALS OF AUSTRIA By P H I L I P M O R R I L L East Derry, N . H . 0 3 0 4 1 IV S A L Z...Z B U R G (Land Salzburg) (Part II) T h i s refers to the Province of Salzburg X l s ( C l e a r )...Epidote X l s : Calcite which contains the city of Salzburg. Many people are familiar with this city but not...e old emerald Venediger and Hohe Tauern form the Mine is about 7 M i from Habach. T h e trail leaves the...Alpenrose going E and then N . The crystalline Alps. Mine is a few hundred yards beyond the I f we come in |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | -Petrogr. Abteilung, Burgring 7, A-1014 Wien, Austria (Received 14 August 1989; accepted in revised form...diageneticmetasomatic magnesite formation by Mg-rich pore solutions. The depositional environment of the magnesite-bearing...7139). Coarser grained recrystallized magnesite and magnesite veins show a distinct increase in their...fluids of Eoalpine age. The findings of these magnesite occurrences, which have been affected only by...similar genetic model is proposed for the first magnesite mineralization in those Paleozoic strata, but |  | | Journal (issue) | | and a History of Emerald Mining in Habachtal, Austria Duncan Pay FEATURE ARTICLES p. 300 292 Blue...of Emerald Mining in the Habachtal Deposit of Austria, Part I p. 347 Karl Schmetzer Contributes to...zoning in tourmaline • Quarterly Crystal: Rutile on hematite 390 Colored Stones Unearthed The debut of this...sales of pink and blue diamonds from the Argyle mine • Chalcedony-epoxy composite imitation of “candy...of articles on all aspects of the field. Please see the Author Guidelines at gia.edu/gemsgemology or |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Reading through some of the species descriptions, I am amazed just how much classic material is still available...aragonite on calcite, 10.3 cm across, from the Agrigento mine, Agrigento, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy. In...aragonites are sometimes fluorescent, as this example is (see fig. 11). The Arkenstone specimen, Joe Budd photo...color that appears to be caused by inclusions of hematite or goethite; other crystals are a honeybrown or...Alston Moor (Tindle 2008). The Yorkshire Silverband mine, Cronkley Fell, Durham, has produced interesting |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CeCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3H2O H EXAGONAL Locality: The Clara mine, central Black Forest, Germany. Occurrence: Associated...the long-abandoned Clear Creek mercury mine, New Idria district, San Benito County, California, USA. Occurrence:...mercury, cinnabar, edgarbaileyite, quartz and magnesite. General appearance: Irregular, thin patches from... johillerite, sylvite, arsenatian orthoclase, hematite and tenorite. General appearance: Prismatic crystals...Also from (2) the Kali Kafi mine, Anarak, Iran and from (3) the Chah Khouni mine, Anarak, Iran. Occurrence: |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | as thoseof Jordania-Israel,the iron-manganese district of Sinai and the western Egyptian desert. Chazanand...the geosynclinaltroughs,suchas the prototypeof hematite depositsin the Lahn-Dill region .or the sulfide...metallogenesis, however,is not definite. In the case of magnesite,the facts indicate that locally the overlying...traces of mercury in sphaleriteof the lead-zinc district of Kalkalpen in northern Tirol wasascertained...developedthefollowingfigures:3 Atlasin Tunisia Alpsin Austria Mountainsin Bulgaria 30 tonsPb q- Zn 24 tonsPb |  | | Report (issue) | | new-finds and recirculated-old-classics departments. See for yourselves: On the Web German collector/dealer...Veszelyite on hemimorphite, 3.6 cm, from the Laochang mine, Gejiu County, Yunnan Province, China. Mintreasure... from a locality which he gives as the Laochang mine, Gejiu County, Yunnan Province, China. Some very...gave “Dulong” as the mine name, gave “Laochang” as the name of a town and not of a mine, and put the whole...==== Bournonite, 2.6 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. John |  | | 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...species as in quartz on calcite and rutile on hematite. Some faces attract overgrowth more than others |  | | Journal (issue) | | 2018 Articles Oberdorf an der Laming, Styria, Austria ................................ ................STRONTIANITE, 9 cm, from Oberdorf an der Laming, Styria, Austria. Fine Minerals International specimen, now in the... Brazil 16.4cm See me in Tucson at Riverpark Inn and Westward Look Show SEE US EVERY YEAR ATTHE...TOURMALINE DEO DARRAH MINE, NEAR PATTA GUZAR, BADAKSHAN, AFGHANISTAN 6CM TOM SPANN PHOTO Come see our limited...STEPHANIE@STONETRUST.COM Obtrdorf an dtr Laming ~ tyria, austria Thomas P. Moore Peter Huber 2709 East Exeter |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geowissenschaften, Montanuniversit~it, A-8700 Leoben, AUSTRIA Geologische Rundschau, 73, 1, 131 - 147, Stuttgart...mineralisation exploited at the Felbertal/Mittersill mine. The ore occurs in banded quartzite and stockwork...the Achselalm/Hollersbachtal west of the scheelite mine. The L o w e r A u s t r o - A 1p i n e "quartzphyllites"...period: the ultramafics contain Cr- (Ni-asbestos-magnesite) occurrences (HADITSCH 1981), and in the aureole...(COL[NS et al. 1980). Important deposits are: hematite and magnetite (Graz, Lavam/ind), stratiform and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Arthur Roe Famous Mineral Localities: The Brumado District, Bahia, Brazil..................................bility can be assumed for unsolicited material. See vol. 9, no. 3, p. 135, for suggestions fc authors...for $15 to $20 in Europe, but Si and Ann Frazier —see their ad— still have some available at the original...collection (later part of the Bosch collection; see Arthur Roe’s article on page 181 of this issue) which...on the Benitoite Gem mine, it was stated that the Mina Numero Uno, a nearby mine having a similar mineralogy |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINES AND MINERALS OF AUSTRIA By P H I L I P M O R R I L L East Derby, N . H., 0 3 0 4 1 ( P A R T III)...Goldzeche-Gold (xlized). Wacshganz-Gold (xlized). Zern See, N E / from Heiligenblut-Thurningite. Dobrova-Tourmaline...nesite (radiated xls in magnesite). ROCKS AND MINERALS Altenberg-Hematite. Wochein-Limonite (Geodes)...to enter is difficult to se cure. Mountain and mine can be seen to the S of the village. Siderite X...(blue); Dolomite (ferroan) ; Ankerite; Cinnabar; Hematite; Goeth ite; Vordernberg. Calcite. Kraubat or |  | | Book (edition) | | Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...amphibole group). For more detailed information see "Dana's System of Mineralogy•· ( 1944, I 951, 1962)...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....other mineral mixtures, more detailed information see page 7 * valid mineral species in our opinion which...Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry AM - American Mineralogist AMG - Ark.iv Mineralogi och |  | Burisch, Mathias, Walter, Benjamin F., Gerdes, Axel, Lanz, Maximilian, Markl, Gregor (2018) Late-stage anhydrite-gypsum-siderite-dolomite-calcite assemblages record the transition from a deep to a shallow hydrothermal system in the Schwarzwald mining district, SW Germany. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 223. 259-278 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2017.12.002 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | hydrothermal system in the Schwarzwald mining district, SW Germany Mathias Burisch, Benjamin F. Walter...hydrothermal system in the Schwarzwald mining district, SW Germany, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2017)...hydrothermal system in the Schwarzwald mining district, SW Germany Mathias Burisch*1, Benjamin F. Walter2...Universität Frankfurt, Altenhöferallee 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany *corresponding author: mathias.burisch@mineral...sulphide-fluorite-quartz-barite veins of the Schwarzwald mining district, SW Germany. Mineral textures of samples from |  | | 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 (issue) | | . . . . . 317 by B. Cairncross The Clear Creek mine, San Benito County, California: A unique mercury... 4.9 cm, from O Stope, 31st Level of the Tsumeb mine, Namibia. William Pinch collection; Jeff Scovil...Scovil photo. For more background on this specimen see the note on page 315. The Mineralogical Record (ISSN...Wouldn’t it be instructional and interesting to see a museum exhibit of mineral art spanning the centuries...and MOLLER, W. P. (2005) The Sulfur Hole, Calico District, San Bernardino County, California. Axis, volume |  | | 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...mineral particles (eg inclusions of chlorite and hematite in jasper). Allochromatic minerals display other...unaltered crystals of the same mineral. For instance, hematite (hardness 6) will have a lower hardness in the...property is seen most clearly in columnar kyanite (see Fig. 3) or calcite. Crystals intended for collections | | | 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...mineral particles (eg inclusions of chlorite and hematite in jasper). Allochromatic minerals display other...unaltered crystals of the same mineral. For instance, hematite (hardness 6) will have a lower hardness in the |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pohwatp@si.edu Siderite Siete Suyos Mine, Atocha-Quechisla District Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department...1. Gemmy siderite from Siete Suyos mine, Atocha-Quechisla district, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department...A complete series exists between siderite and magnesite and between siderite and rhodochrosite . There...minerals known to pseudomorph siderite include hematite, magnetite, quartz, cacoxenite, calcite, barite...minerals of siderite include sphalerite, galena, hematite, calcite, ankerite, dolomite, fluorapatite, pyrite |
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