| | Journal (issue) | Bentley Famous mineral localities: Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Austria .................................85741 COVER: EPIDOTE from Knappenwand, Untersulz bachtal, Austria. (See the article in this issue,...Illustrated m ining history: C oeur T he Cliff: Am erica’s First Great Copper M ine LJ d’A lene, Idaho...high as some fine miniatures. The collector may “see” a high-fashion thumbnail waiting to be liberated...approval of the editor. Suggestions for authors See Vol. 16, no. 2, p. 105, or write for copy. Back Issues | | | 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 | PERI0OT CRYSTALS Naran, Kagan Valley, Mansehra District, North Pakistan Single gemmy light green crystals... £-18 each CHAROITE Muran Massif, Chara River area, near Oleminsk, Yakutia, Russia Polished slabs...Cumbria £48 ( 17) BORNITE - Cornwall £10 ( 18) BORNITE - Cornwall £15 ( 19) BORNITE - Carn Brea Mine... EPIDOTE - Knappenwand, Tyrol, Austria £75 (34) EPIDOTE - Knappenwand, Tyrol, Austria £75 (35) | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Lebenslauf Hans J. (Ritter von) Karabacek wurde am 5.3.1878 in Wien geboren. Sein Vater, Dr. Josef Ritter...Direktor der Hofbibliothek bestellt und war außerdem am Museum für angewandte Kunst in Wien tätig. 15 Hans...und nahm an der konstituierenden Generalversammlung am 27. März 1901 teil. Noch vor Beendigung seines Studiums...Monatsversammlungen der Gesellschaft üblichen Ausstellungen am 6. April 1903 im Mineralogisch-Petrographischen ..."hessonitartigen" Granat von der Scharn im Hollersbachtal (Salzburg) und Almandine mit der Form {211}, eingewachsen | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | pohwatp@si.edu ENARGITE Longfellow Mine, Red Mountain District, San Juan County, Colorado Are all things beautiful...are interesting because of their starlike habit (see fig. 2) (Palache, Berman, and Frondel 1944; Anthony...north orebody of the Longfellow mine, Red Mountain district, San Juan County, Colorado. Specimen is 2.5 cm...sedimentary-hosted lead-zinc deposits of the Tri-State district in the United States. It is known to replace pyrite...and sphalerite. It, in turn, may be replaced by bornite, galena, chalcocite, covellite, and pyrite (Uytenbogaardt | | | Journal (issue) | Jersey. Smithsonian specimen; photo by Victor Krantz. See the article by Dunn and Leavens on p. 123 of this...companied by discarding or defacing the original label (see below under misattribution). Fraudulent identification...instance, several mines and prospects in the general area of the Red Cloud mine in Arizona produce red wulfenite...what direction? rtanftrinra Junior Sflllagffi Where am I? It can be very difficult for a field collector...localities.” (See Dunn, Bentley and Wilson, 1981.) J. T . A M E S , S p e c ie s Z ^ /1 /C. N am e, L o c | | | Journal (issue) | D-82049 Pullach - Fleck-Mineralien • D-83083 Neukirchen - Hölzl, Gabriele • D-84051 Essenbach-Mirskofen...Hamburg - Messegelände• 9.+10. Dez.: Osnabrück- Museum am Schölerberg • 2001 : 25. Feb.: Bielefeld - Stadthalle•...RheinNeckar-Halle • 28./29. April: Bad Ems - Kurhaus am Kurpark • 28./29. April: München-Frühjahr - Pschorr-Keller...Hübsche Gipskristalle fand Hans Niedermeier aus München am Toten Meer. Weitere Eindrücke aus dieser Gegend beschreibt...Sonnblick-Nordwand, Rauris/Österreich Die Gipse von Ein Bokek am Toten Meer/Israel Z61esiit aus dem Erzgebirge und | | | Journal (issue) | Famous mineral localities: Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria .................................................Brochantite and other minerals from the Paoli, Oklahoma, area .................................................. Carinthia, Austria. Photo by Werner Lieber. For a detailed review of this locality see the article by...mineral shows with special postmarks for years (see, for example, the Bad Ems show postmarks shown in... famous mineral localities: Bleiberg Carinthia, Austria Gerhard Niedermayr* Department of Mineralogy-Petrology | | | 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...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...geometric arrangement known as a crystal lattice (see p. 27 and fig. 9). The over-all ratio 1: 1 chlorine | | | Catalog/List | XX-GROUPS FROM THE STEFANIE MINE, BLEIBERG, CARINTHIA, AUSTRIA, COLLECTED IN 1980. X 032 Two specimens with...6lx44x34 058 Terminated xls to 13x5 covering a large area on matrix. 7,00 53x48x33 7,50 059 Terminated xls...MM B. TN ECLARITE - Barenbad, Hollersbachtal, Austria. Rich metallic fibres in matrix with ore. A, 25x19x13...white mass on matrix. 23x15x12 103 EPIDOTE xx - Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Austri2. A rare opportuni~y...masses in matrix. 51x38x9 ALMAND!NE x - Otztal, Austria. 109 GARNET variety A large sharp terminated xl | | | Journal (issue) | Rock1 and l\1i11eral1 is unusually late in arriving, see your postmaster about it first before sending in...a paper on iridescent garnet from the Adelaide District of Nevada by Earl Ingerson and Julian D . Barksdale...(Eng.) Iridescent Garnet, by Ingerson and Barksdale, Am. Mineralogist, Vol. 28, May, 1943, page 303. BERUFJORD...the geologists who have worked in the metropolitan area consider the Fordham gneiss to be pre-Cambrian 6...York. The Highlands of the Hudson mentioned is the area north of Peekthe Fordham are usually definitely | | | Catalog/List | principal reason for this disposal is not financial 1 am very anxious to purchase from you, if you have duplicate...Quarries, Isle of Lundy, Bristol Channel. 2x1.5" area on fine grained Granite matrix invested in pearly-white...5", £5.00 A/l 3. ALMANDINE. Zillerthal, Tyrol, Austria. A silvery-green, lustrous surfaced, Mica-Schist...£8.75 A/l 5. ALMANDINE (Garnet). Zillerthal, Austria. Lustrous brownish-red, sharp translucent 1.75"...>ALMANDINE/CHLORITIC-SCHIST. Zillerthal, Salzburg, Austria. Fine, large, showy cabinet Schistose matrix | | | 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 | | | 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...the geological conditions of his future collecting area. A good geological map, some special literature...state museum. Little by little one’s collecting area can be enlarged and the collection expanded through... 30 lamp fi for testing : ; to the handle (see illustration). The handle is usually 30 cm long, | | | Book | 18:65-74 Phosphate microminerals of the Indian Mountain area [Georgia and Alabama] (by J.B. Gordon, Jr. & C....the Alpine ar,d Subalpine region [Switzerland,Austria and Iti:Jy](by C. M. Gramaccioli) 8:287-293 Minerals...10:85-89 Micromounting in the eastern Alps of Austria (by K. Kotal) 13:171-173 ALSTONITE An occurrence...collection (by C. A. Francis) 5:190-192 A.\1ITY The Amity area, Orange County. New York (by L. E. Keams) 9:85-90...Mineralogy of the Rapid Creek and Big Fish River Area, Yukon Territory [Canada] 23:Yl-47 --with H. R. | | | 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 6.5 cm Page 256: Labradorite (see page 171) I would like to dedicate this book to...periods of stability PLANET | 114 San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 om are uncommon...(page 210), and the layered or banded growths in (see photo opposite). Crystal linings that survive being | | | 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):...the geological conditions of his future collecting area. A good geological map, some special literature...state museurn. Little by little one's collecting area can be enlarged and the colle<..tion expanded through...~-•irh c11rr1n.~ ,·1(::0·. 30 to the handle (see illust ration) . The handle is usually 30 cm long | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | cm). 56 ROCKS AND MINERALS Figure 32: Black bornite crystal on quartz crystals, Redruth, Cornwall,...green epi dote crystals from Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Tyrol, Austria (5.5 cm). Figure 75: Black | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Porphyry Ore Systems: A Case Study of the Northparkes District, NSW, Australia Adam Pacey,1,2,† Jamie J. Wilkinson...E26 porphyry Cu-Au deposits of the Northparkes district, New South Wales, Australia. These trends vary...from the regional metamorphic assemblage in the district contains far higher concentrations of Li, Ca,...ore systems, as exemplified in the Northparkes district. With mineral exploration increasingly focused...Fe and Mn in chlorite from the Southwest Tintic district, Utah, USA. In addition to such trends, the concentration | | | Journal (issue) | quartz matrix, West Colusa Mine, Butter Mining District, Silver Bow County, Montana, courtesy Heritage...[Patents 106 and 107]) Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park Co. Colorado, USA 5.71 x 3.73 x 2.96 inches...Bidder-Members Paul R. Minshull #16591. BP 12-25%; see HA.com. Licensed by the City of New York #1364738/9-DCA...can be a diagnostic property in chalcopyrite, bornite, covellite, and other metal sulfides. It can increase...include chalcopyrite [copper iron sulfide, CuFeS2], bornite [copper iron sulfide, Cu5FeS4], covellite [copper | | | Journal (issue) | to a researcher or simply to people who want to see his specimens. Insufficient thought is sometimes...specimen is clearly visible for all to see. The viewer can see the subtle details of crystallization,...mineralogy among members of the public who are allowed to see them. That destiny can be fulfilled in only two ways:...museums? The answer is quite simple: we just want to see what they have. Exhibits in the museum and the occasional...work in copper–molybdenum porphyry exploration (see Bulletin de la Soci t Fran aise de Min ralogie et | | | Journal (issue) | James Elliott (Fine Minerals International) photo. See the article beginning on page 817. Columns Notes...(deceased) Eric D. Long SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS Houston Area Mineral Society (HAMS) (2009-2014) Mineralogical...to the collector community, so it was exciting to see them being brought back into useful existence. But...Germany, Switzerland (three!), the Hohe Tauem of Austria, Pi'fbram in the Czech Republic, the Carpathian...essentially inaccessible to the collector. We don't see how any serious mineral collector, mineral curator | | | Book | miners at work in the Diirrnberg-Hallein mine (1756) (see also comment on copyright page) Mineral Deposits...painting in the ancient mine office at Hallein Salzburg. The picture was painted in 1757 by Benedict Werkstiitter...the mine by the Prince Bishop Sigmund III. of Salzburg on 5th of May 1756 (bottom right, corner). At...heldatBled/Yugoslavia 3-7, 1977, held at Leoben/ Austria 5-10,1981, held at Berchtesgaden/Bavaria, FRG ...economic geology extended far beyond the Alpine area, as in Europe no similar symposium had ever been | | | Book | olivine are not usually found together. We shall see elsewhere that the main igneous rock minerals are...mineralogist will always check in a specimen to see if quartz or feldspar are present and how much there...chalcopyrite, sphalerite, marcasite, tetrahedrite, bornite, arsenopyrite and stibnite. Traditionally other...gold, galena, chalcopyrite, pyrite, sphalerite, bornite and tetrahedrite. Epithermal deposits may concinnabar...reached in vein or massive deposit form. We can see that there are two parts to the oxidation zone. Near | | | Journal (issue) | separating the basins of the Zaire and Zambezi rivers (see Fig. 1). The tarred road from Lubumbashi is excellent...the neighboring Solwezi town, about 100 km S60°W (see Fig. 2). This border road has historical significance...indigenes serving as guides. In 1915, the Kipushi district was delineated by the famous prospec tor Major...zone cropping out to the west of the mineralized area.) Exploitation followed, Kipushi soon producing...alcopyrite-B ornite Abnormal geologic contact l*«*l Bornite ES B ornite-C halcosine H IH Chalcosine Ore |
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