 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za AJOITE Messina Mine, Musina, Limpopo Province, South Africa I t...t might seem strange to begin a description of ajoite by first referring to quartz, but the reason will...originating from the Messina mine in South Africa. (Note that the town where the mine existed was originally...originally named Messina but was renamed Musina after the 1994 political dispensation in South Africa. The registered...registered mine name remains Messina.) Since the early 1950s, the Messina mine has produced spectacular |  | | Journal (issue) | | net Famous Mineral Localities: The Berezovsk District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia .....................finds of ajoite-included quartz in the Artonvilla mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa...know, we supplied a DVD on the famous Pederneira mine with the May-June issue. This DVD is a supplement...staff of the British Museum (Natural History) in South Kensington on October 1, 1957, as Assistant Scientific... and he was in constant demand as a speaker at local clubs and societies. Three of his most popular talks--delivered |  | | Journal (issue) | | 0026-4628 ‘Continued on p. 247 Articles The Outlaw mine, Nye County, Nevada ..............................J. P. Cassedanne & L. Barreto The Messina mining district, South A frica .............................Valley Road Watsonville, California 95076 The Outlaw mine has long been known as an occurrence o f rare and...benjaminite, fo r which it is the type locality. The mine has been idle fo r more than 60 years, and because...More than 30 minerals have been identified from the mine and studies continue on the sulfosalt mineralogy |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in marl (6.7 cm) from the Ampliación a Victoria mine, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain. Chris and Agatha Galas...characteristic of hopper crystals from the Zapata mine, Santa Elena de Uairen, Bolivar, Venezuela. Keith...cavernous basal faces (3.4 cm) from the North Geronimo mine, Trigo Montains, LaPaz County, Arizona. Dick Morris...Dendritic gold crystal (3 cm) from the Round Mountain mine, Nye County, Nevada. Keith and Mauna Proctor specimen...islands on cube faces from the Belshazzar mine, Quartzburg district, Boise County, Idaho. Carl Francis specimen |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 7 cm across, Khanong open pit, Sepon mine, Vilabouly district, Laos. Irv Brown specimen. TUCSON (Dis)...pseudoboleite, 1.1 cm high, Amelia mine, Santa Rosalia, Boleo district, Baja California, Mexico. Irv Brown...(above). Aurichalcite, field of view 7.6 cm, 79 mine, Dripping Springs, Pinal County, Arizona. John Cesar...specimen. Figure 10. Baryte, 12.3 cm high, Ouichane mine, Nador, Segangane, Morocco. Spirifer specimen. ... Figure 11. Topaz, 12.7 cm high, Xanda mine, Lavra da Ilha, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Eric Long specimen |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Shattuckite Rocks & Minerals 2009.84:544-550. Kunene District Kaokoveld, Namibia M any collectors choose to...dioptase, plancheite, and the rare minerals apacheite, ajoite, and stringhamite as well as chrysocolla, an excellent...Commonly associated minerals include chrysocolla, ajoite, malachite, quartz, and hematite. It is unknown...locality, the Shattuck or Shattuck-Denn mine at Bisbee, Warren district, Cochise County, after which the mineral...mineral in named (Schaller 1915). The mine itself was developed by one of the Bisbee copper kings, Lemuel |  | | Report (issue) | | K3Cu2+20Al3Si29O76(OH)16·8H2O Ajoite Crystal Data: Triclinic. Point Group: 1 . As sprays of bladed...papagoite (Messina, South Africa). Distribution: In the USA, in Arizona, from the New Cornelia mine, Ajo,... Pima Co.; at the Moon Anchor mine and Potter-Cramer property, near Wickenburg, Maricopa Co.; and a prospect...Munihuaza, near Alamos, Sonora, Mexico. At Messina, Transvaal, South Africa. Name: For the type occurrence at...References: (1) Schaller, W.T. and A.C. Vlisidis (1958) Ajoite, a new hydrous aluminum copper silicate. Amer. |  | | Catalog/List | | RAINBOW OF AFRICA GEM & MINERAL COLLECTION Front Cover: Gems from the Rainbow of Africa Collection... Heritage Signature® Auction #5236 The Rainbow of Africa Collection Gems & Minerals October 15, 2015 | New...Signature® Internet Session 2 Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 (HERITAGELive...RAINBOW OF AFRICA COLLECTION You have in front of you our presentation of the Rainbow of Africa Collection:...The mineral riches of Africa are not the only things making up the Rainbow of Africa Collection. For the |  | | Journal (issue) | | 16 卷第 11 號, 2020 年 11 月 Visit to the Gemstone District of Hong Kong 參觀香港紅磡寶石區後記 By: Dougal Pitt Several...was an Ajoite in quartz with green Epidote and red Piemontite from Messina Mine in South Africa and a...A classic example of Ajoite Quartz with Epidote and Piemontite from Messina Mine, S.Africa（Eva Chung specimen）...specimen） 來自南非 Messina 礦的經典礦種，水晶內含斜矽鋁銅礦共生綠廉石和紅廉石。 John Wah of Yat Shing had prepared his show room for...material looks very much like that found at the Chibuku Mine in Chiredzi in Zimbabwe. The sceptre quartzes were |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2006–2007, Giazotto worked with the foundation of a local bank, Cassa di Risparmio di Pisa, to explore the...pseudohexagonal twinned crystals, 23 × 20 cm, Cianciana mine, Agrigento, Italy. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 5...crystal group, 50 × 50 cm, from the Anahi mine, La Gaiba district, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. Adalberto...aggregate of red crystals, 13 × 10 cm, Dolores Tercera mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapò, Atacama, Chile. Adalberto...and green elbaite crystals, 35 × 15 cm, Pederneira mine, São José de Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Adalberto |  | | Journal (issue) | | M ontreal Mine! L L The Mineralogical Record MAY–JUNE 2020 • VOLUME 51 • NUMBER 3 • $25 & Wayne...gemgypsy@bellsouth.net MAY–JUNE 2020 Articles The Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin ........................... 487 COVER: BARITE, 6.5 cm, from the Montreal mine. David and Karen DeBruin collection, ex Muscatine...cm on vesuvianite from the Crazy Sphinx mine, Helena District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. Collected...world-class realgar specimens from the Royal Reward mine, Green River Gorge, King County, Washington. The |  | | Journal (issue) | | worden specimens van papagoiet van de New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona aangeboden. Meer details...from the Sant Marçal Mine, Montseny, Catalonia 14-18 New minerals in the Eureka mine, Catalonia (metamunirite...New minerals [06.10-10.11] 64-71 The Uchucchacua mine, Peru SPIRIFER 37(4), 08.13 CAHIER DES MICROMONTEURS... Links : Papagoietkristalletjes van de New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona, USA. Beeldbreedte 3 mm...: Insluitsels van papagoiet in kwarts. Messina mine, Limpopo, Zuid-Afrika Kwartskristal 6.1 x 3.4 x 2 |  | | Journal (issue) | | luchtfoto (jaartal onbekend) van de New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona, USA. Wandfoto museum...van ajoiet van de type-vindplaats, de New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona, USA, aangeboden. Meer...746-750 Dmitryivanovite : a new mineral from the NW Africa 470CH3 chondrite characterized using electron backscatter...Anatolia, Turkey; etching of carrollite from Kamoya South mine, Katanga; Li-bearing pegmatites on the NW Iberian...MINERAL # 88, 08.09 5-20 Minéralogie de l'ancienne mine de plomb de La Roche-en-Ardenne, Belgique 22-26 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 20 × 28-cm Brazilian topaz; a suite of Pederneira mine, Brazil, elbaites, one of which is a mere 41 cm...Karur district, India. One of the most interesting specimens is the first presented, an ajoite in quartz...quartz from Messina, South Africa. Likely every reader is familiar with these attractive robin’s-egg-blue...distribution and a similar arrangement based on district distribution, Italian minerals arranged by author...agate), Montana (Dryhead agate), Fairburn agate (South Dakota, Wyoming, and Nebraska), the Lake Superior |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | North and Central America, followed by a chapter on South America with sections devoted to Colombia, Brazil...20 × 28-cm Brazilian topaz; a suite of Pederneira mine, Brazil, elbaites, one of which is a mere 41 cm...Karur district, India. One of the most interesting specimens is the first presented, an ajoite in quartz...quartz from Messina, South Africa. Likely every reader is familiar with these attractive robin’s-egg-blue...distribution and a similar arrangement based on district distribution, Italian minerals arranged by author |  | | Journal (issue) | | Butterfly Twin Pocket, 1989. Malmberget mine, Sweden. Benitoite Gem mine, USA Editors: Tomasz Praszkier (Poland)...an iron mine in the polar region of northernmost Sweden two decades ago. The Malmberget mine located...few small nearby deposits, only the Benitoite Gem mine has commercially produced gem quality benitoite... LOCATION The Benitoite Gem mine, formerly known as the Dallas Gem mine, is situated near the southern...of the mine. In a broader sense the mine Benitoite on natrolite, 3.7 cm high, Benitoite Gem mine. A. Seibel |  | | Journal (issue) | | p. 258 COVER: COPPER, 8.3 cm, from the Central mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan—considered by some to...fine minerals on DVD wilensky Fluorite, Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Wilensky Fine Minerals...and Other Minerals from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona Chapter authors: Les...Presmyk and Tony Potucek The Mammoth-St. Anthony mine at Tiger has produced not only large amounts of...Frank Schultz staked the first claims in 1879. The mine began as several separate workings that ultimately |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | is the well-known pyrite “sun” from the Ziegler mine, Randolph County, Illinois. This 7.4-cm specimen...disROBERT B. COOK form or state, occurrence, trict, South Dakota (Jahns 1953); the tourmaline “telephone Department...provenance, and perhaps even poles” of the Cochran mine, Georgia; and the magnificent and Geography “who”—those...100-kilogram group of quartz crystals is from the Otjua mine, Namibia. Tony Kampf photo. Figure 3 (above). Giant...apatite and phlogopite crystals from the Renfrew district, Canada; and, of course, gigantic gypsum crystals |  | | Journal (issue) | | Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The...Spodumene (variety kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler |  | | Journal (issue) | | MINERALS Red Lead Mine: J. Halpern specimen. J. Scovil photo. In this issue also: a new chapter J...Collector Interview series we interview well known South African collector Bruce Cairncross. Bruce is a professor...26 Miner George Quist in front of the Red Lead mine portal after a long day of specimen extraction....the Red Lead mine, Tasmania, Australia. Thanks to a successful partnership between mine owner Shane Dohnt...and specimen mining company Collectors Edge, the mine was reopened for specimen mining in 2013. The last |  | | Journal (issue) | | Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the...dozen mines were opened, one of which (the Mariposa mine) produced a wider variety of mercury minerals than...scalenohedral calcite crystals. The Terlingua mercury district, with a few smaller, adjacent districts in Texas...Morgenstern photo. Calcite, 5.8 cm, from the Mariposa mine, Terlingua; Roh Lavinsky (The Arkenstone) specimen |  | | Book | | the world F.rorn E.GSt 'to W,e st and' North to South the Logo's been unfurled For North is North and...SMLS Chair 2022 Botallackite (Xtals 3mm) Bunmahon Mine, Copper Coast, Eire. Photo:John Hall CONTENTS... BOL1WOODITE 7mm. Goanikontes Claim, Araandis, Swakopmund District, Erongo Region, Namibia. Photo: John Hall CALCITE...and Wales, and gradually extended to the Lake District and Scotland. Later on, SMLS organised many overseas...to descend the hydraulic shaft in the Smallcleugh Mine and we bought an inflatable dinghy so we could land |  | | Journal (issue) | | Front cover: Sulfur on Aragonite, 25 cm Cozzodisi mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Adalberto...place in the Sardinian mines and the Traversella mine (Piedmont). The second edition of the Catalogue...chalcopyrite and various rare sulfosalts from the Bottino mine in Tuscany. MINERAL COLLECTING FROM THE POST-WAR...more or less strictly linked to the activities of local clubs and associations. Tue second direction has...exploring the underground workings of an historic gold mine in the Brusson area, Val d' Ayas, western Alps. |  | | Journal (issue) | | Treasures Leather E dition M in in g H istory in South Australia Strictly lim ited edition, very finely... LH A ustralia. Illustrated m ining history: South $23 postpaid (H ) M ineralogy o f Alabama (1982)...$230 postpaid (foreign add $35) (H) C atalogue of South A ustralian M inerals Em pire of Silver D escribes...rizona. Gem stones T h e definitive review of South A u stralian opal localities. $15 postpaid (H )...) Illustrated m ining history: Bisbee, Opal, South Australia’s Gem stone P re p a id ord ers o n ly |  | | Book (volume) | | alteration of different kinds of stacking of layers, local defects, etc.). For this reason, the interpretation...Lavrion, Greece (6) and Cu-poor adamite from Ojuela mine, Mexico (7) IR spectra of acid salts (silicates...freedom per unit cell and qi and qj are deviations of local coordinates (i.e. lengths of chemical bonds and...frequencies of normal vibrations are determined by local force parameters of these bonds (see, e.g. Loghinov...Arsenato-Borates Sussexite 29 Mn2+BO2(OH) Locality: Gonzen mine, Sargans, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Description: |
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Messina Mine, Musina, Musina Local Municipality, Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa