 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Chabazite in spodumene-bearing Alpine-type fissure veins from Hiddenite, North Carolina, USA Michael A....vein mineralization in the Hiddenite area of western North Carolina, USA consists mostly of quartz, but...locally contains Cr-bearing beryl (emerald) or Cr-bearing spodumene (hiddenite). These gem minerals occur in...phase in spodumenebearing veins, but is absent in emerald-bearing veins. Chabazite-Ca occurs as simple penetrating...lens-shaped variety, phacolite. Chabazite-Ca from Hiddenite contains minor amounts of Na, Mg, Fe and K. Phacolitic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu Figure 1. The North American Emerald mine (2006), where many fine emeralds have...Off—Again: Mining for Emeralds in Hiddenite Alexander County, North Carolina I t has been many decades since...since the fabulous 21-cm-long North Carolina emerald crystal figured in the monumental work Gems and...and Precious Stones of North America (Kunz 1892) was stolen, along with three smaller similar crystals,... from the American Museum of Natural History, disappearing from public display forever. Since that sad |  | | Journal (issue) | | VOLUME 39 • NUMBER 1 $15 Wayne & Dona Leicht, 875 North Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 (949)...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...100-year history of the Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito County, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County collection;...Visit our Website: www.MineralogicalRecord.com American Mineral Treasures! By the time you read this it |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...are in violation of current FTC regulations. The American Gem Trade Association requires that its members...Engineer Shortage The decline in the number of American colleges and universities emphasizing or teaching...Additional information may be obtained from the American Gem Trade Association, 3030 LBJ Freeway, Suite...Creek area, Last Chance Mining District, Plumas County, California. Axis, volume 1, number 1, pages 1–30 |  | | Journal (issue) | | 39 • NUMBER 3 American Mineral Treasures Issue! $15 Wayne & Dona Leicht, 875 North Pacific Coast Highway...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...Three Tucson Show Issue 2008 “American Mineral Treasures” The American Mineral Treasures Exhibition,...COVER: COPPER, 8.3 cm, from the Central mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan—considered by some to be the world’s...Mineral Museum, and was on display as part of the American Mineral Treasures exhibition at the 2008 Tucson |  | | Journal (issue) | | Showcasing the Beauty of Science ENCHANTING EMERALD Royal Status of the Precious Green Gem MICROSCOPIC...the U.S.A. 05 0 74470 02033 2 UNM’s HARDING MINE Exploring Plentiful Pegmatite 2 ROCKNGEM.COM ...Shipping l enta in Contin s 48 State Kingsley North 6” Stainless Steel Unit w/Galaxy & Nova Wheels •...1-0674NOVA Kingsley North 6” Stainless Steel Unit w/Resin Wheels Stock No. 1-0674 Kingsley North 6” Stainless...kingsleynorth.com SCAN ME Free Catalogs Kingsley North, Inc. P.O. Box 216: Dept 3, Norway, MI 49870-0216 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pakistan • Record-breaking emerald from Hiddenite, North Carolina • Emerald-in-matrix from Bahia, Brazil...southern Madagascar • A strongly thermoluminescent spodumene • “Neon” blue-to-green Cu- and Mn-bearing liddicoatite...introduced was the Malossi hydrothermal synthetic emerald (Adamo et al., 2005), which was gemologically similar...suggested that they were related to spinel. SYNTHETIC EMERALD AND OTHER BERYLS Available in the gem trade since...This is believed to be a new type of synthetic emerald colored only by Cr3+. The highly diagnostic growth |  | | Catalog/List | | Todd Hignite, Ext. 1790 ToddH@HA.com Fine ArT AMERICAN & EUROPEAN PAINTINGS & SCULPTURE HA.com/FineArt...Hartsock, Ext. 1283 ArianaH@HA.com ART OF THE AMERICAN WEST HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS HA.com/WesternArt...1777 StevenC@HA.com HisToriCAl HA.com/Sports AMERICAN INDIAN ART Chris Ivy, Ext. 1319 CIvy@HA.com Peter...on the ear tips, the American Bobcat is one of the most successful North American predators. This one...49002 COYOTE FULL-BODY MOUNT Canis latrans The American Coyote is probably the smartest and most successful |  | | Journal (issue) | | KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...by C. J. Stefano Giroux Point, the Bagdad mine, Yavapai County, Arizona .................................$278/two years, (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...number of fine, display-quality mineral specimens. American mineral and gem dealer Charles Locke Key (“Charlie”...recovered by a miner from the 2800 level of the mine. The miner called the acicular mineral “red copper |  | | Journal (issue) | | Beaton, Kenneth F. Rijsdijk, Riccardo Befi, and Alexander U. Falster The geology, mining, and properties...International pg. 71 Tucson report • Emerald-bearing gem pockets from North Carolina • Spessartine from Loliondo...Myanmar • Large gem pocket discovered in San Diego County, California • Green sodic plagioclase from East...of the stability and durability of nine common emerald-filling substances. Receiving second place was...Beaton, Kenneth F. Rijsdijk, Riccardo Befi, and Alexander U. Falster Copper-bearing tourmaline from Mozambique |  | | Book | | Stone in Myth and in Rock 9 3 From Mine to “Mine”: The Emerald Business 21 4 Emeralds in World History...and the Great Emeralds 75 6 Secrets of the Emerald Trade 141 7 Fake Emeralds and Their Kin: A Tale...every gem has a story. This is the story of the emerald. It’s a tale of fire, water, and serendipity. From...history, the emerald has had ties with both the sacred and the profane. Legend says that an emerald belonging...part of the extraordinary business of being an emerald. This is also a tale of robbers, miners, explorers |  | | Journal (issue) | | A. Fritz, John I. Koivula, Björn Anckar, and Alexander U. Falster Explores the vivid “canary” yellow...channel • The pareidolia of diamonds • Notable emerald carving • Gold coated onyx • Double-star sapphire...A. Fritz, John I. Koivula, Björn Anckar, and Alexander U. Falster The most important source of yellow...is the Lundazi District, located ~160 km to the north (as indicated by Rossman and Mattson, 1986). Since...(Shire Trading Ltd., Hong Kong), who was leasing the mine in partnership with a Zambian company. Since then |  | | Journal (issue) | | presentations and special reports|GIT Lab Updates|USA lifts ban on Burmese ruby and jadeite|Margaritologia...inclusions|Clinohumite from Vietnam|Lace opal from Utah, USA|Pollucite from Pakistan with polylithionite inclusions|Large...Edward Boehm, RareSource, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA; Maggie Campbell Pedersen, Organic Gems, London;...Emmett, Crystal Chemistry, Brush Prairie, Washington, USA; Emmanuel Fritsch, University of Nantes, France;...E. Post, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA; Andrew H. Rankin, Kingston University, Surrey; George |  | | Book | | long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted...1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's finest ilmenite |  | | Journal (issue) | | VOLUME 38 • NUMBER 3 $15 Wayne & Dona Leicht, 875 North Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 (949)...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... on calcite, from the El Oriente tunnel, Chivor mine, Boyaca, Colombia. William Larson collection; Van...calcium vanadium silicate minerals from Oregon. American Mineralogist, , 405–411. WHITE, J. S. (2002) Cavansite...wilensky Rhodochrosite, 21/4 inches, N”Chwaning Mine, Cape Prov., South Africa. Ex-collections Steve |  | | Journal (issue) | | Canadian Gemmological Association|First World Emerald Symposium|Gem-A|Geological Society of America ...Edward Boehm, RareSource, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA; Alan T. Collins, King’s College London; John L....Emmett, Crystal Chemistry, Brush Prairie, Washington, USA; Emmanuel Fritsch, University of Nantes, France;...E. Post, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA; Andrew H. Rankin, Kingston University, Surrey; George...Rossman, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA; Karl Schmetzer, Petershausen, Germany; Dietmar Schwarz |  | | Journal (issue) | | feldspar from Congo • Fluorite from the Rogerley mine, England • Demantoid garnet from Iran • Kyanite...triplets • Plus: Emeralds from Hiddenite, North Carolina • Star emerald from Madagascar • Tourmaline “slider”...tourmaline has come from Madagascar’s Anjanabonoina mine and contains remarkable color zoning, as shown by...him; awards and honors from GIA, the American Gem Society, the American Gem Trade Association, and numerous...executive head of GIA’s sister organization, the American Gem Society [AGS], which Shipley Sr. had established |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystals on matrix, 17.2 cm, from the N’Chwaning I mine, collected in 1978. Private collection and photographer...Tucson USA Visit us at these international shows: Houston Ste. Marie Denver Munich USA France USA Germany...and Riverpark Inn Rhodochrosite, Sweet Home Mine, USA, 10 cm Photo: Malte Sickinger MARCUS BUDIL Monaco...budil-minerals.com Chrysocolla on Malachite Mashamba West Mine Democratic Republic of Congo 26 cm - Joe Budd Photo...mineral shows worldwide! Rhodochrosite - Sweet Home Mine, Colorado - 13cm | Brazilianite - Minas Gerais, |
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