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| a few yellow Sphene micros in one area (Sonnblick, Rauris, Salzburg,Germany) £15 ALMANDINE, quite sharp...inch size, with a smaller garnet growing out of one face. (Fauske, Norway) £6 ANALCITE nice coverage of 5mm...Northumberland CACOXENITE golden micros in cacoxenite rich area on magnetite lxlxl .5 Levaeniemi Mine, Norbotten...fibrous vein section with some clean white quartz (Timmins area,Ontario,Canada) 2x2 £15 less rich piece...on the surface, on feldspar. (Globe Mine.Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, new Mexico) £15 b) smaller |
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| Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins in a variety of metamorphic, plutonic and...Litchfield, where a mass of white quartz on a ridge had once been mined for quartz, and large ilmenite masses...ilmenite crystals to 7 .5 cm in matrix of massive quartz from these dumps-adding that, in his judgment,...a few such specimens have been found after 1960 (see the Amity-Edenville entry for Edenite and Spine!)...is not common in the metasedimentary rocks of the area which host these species, but "reasonably good" |
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| process of building the new room in our garage/storage area. The first step is to move the stairs over next...If you left items or boxes in our storage/garage area, you will discover your property has been moved...helped move them out of Tom’s way and into another area of storage such as the attic. The construction project...personal property, please take it home as storage area space will be more Continued on page 4 General......................... 3 The Many Varieties of Quartz .............................................. |
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| University] at 10:26 31 December 2014 WARTH, AUSTRIA JEFFREY A. SCOVIL PO Box 7773 Phoenix, Arizona...Brandstetter was born in 1967 in Neunkirchen, Austria, and started a general collection of minerals and...specimens, a red/pink fluorite perched on a smoky quartz crystal; see figure 3 for a close-up of the piece....“Frédéric,” a fluorite with smoky quartz, 9.3 cm across, from the north face, Aiguille Verte, Glacier d’Argentière...France. Figure 4 (below). Fluorite with stilbite and quartz, 8.5 cm high, from the San Martin mine, Zacatecas |
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| specimens. There are over 40 active quarries in the area, and with such a large amount of mining it is amazing... and crystal size can vary correspondingly. Smoky quartz crystals can reach 1 m in length, and high quality...fluorites (see first photo on page 10) in addition to many feldspars, epidotes, stilbites, and quartz specimens...decorating some yards and walls in the dale. The Weardale area is particularly noted for the production of many...mining was in serious decline throughout the Weardale area along with the rest of the UK. As a result, the |
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| help bring you the t r u e picture o f a fabulous area t o fay_ M i c e the collecting in the East is different...p o p u l a r c a b i n e t specimens o f t h e area, f o r micromounts, fluorescents, a n d i n a f................._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U...year give collectors a chance to buy new finds, see f i n e workmanship, a n d s h o w t h e i r h o...b y accomplishments to the public. P h o t o by North Carolina Travel Division. East. T h e f a c t t |
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| when large pockets of crystals are unearthed we can see before us hundreds, sometimes thousands, of a particular...the beauty and perfection that they experience and see around them. Crystals have influenced art and architecture...way. One can visit museums and mineral shows and see an endless selection of minerals. It is only an infinitesimal...Photographing minerals is a powerful tool to help see both the pros and cons of any given specimen. Through...formulating the criteria for selecting the minerals you see on these pages. These volumes are my personal journey |
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| Proustite 107 Pyrargyrite 49, 117 Pyromorphite 65, 184 Quartz 45, 67, 73, 79, 85, 87, 121, 143, 169, 173, 183...collecting of "world-class" mineral specimens. This is an area of high exclusivity and high financial stakes, nearly...(plate 31) "The Dragon" Gold from the Colorado Quartz mine, California (plate 41) The Ludlockite from...(arnong many others): Epidote from Knappenwand, Austria Manganite from Ilfeld, Germany Galena from Neudorf...Wulfenite, Red Cloud Mine, Arizona (p. 78-79) Epidote, Austria (p. 88-89) Hematite, Cavradi, Switzerland (p. 92-93) |
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| ............ 89 by B. & J. Muntyan Anatase on quartz from Ouray County, Colorado .....................by W endell W ilson. For m ore on this occurrence see the article b eg in n in g on page 81. Copyright...most highly recommended tourist attractions in the area. This latter article will become a regular feature...August 17, 1987. Hilde was the wife of Paul Seel (see vol. 1, no. 1, of the Mineralogical Record; died...call . . . we pay top doll for mineral collections See us at: TUCSON * DETROIT Private Showroom in Tucso |
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| Iridescent Fluorite from Ohio's Findlay Arch District BY JASON MCDONALD 69 Canada BY MARK MAUTHNER...Collections Library at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. The ancients were interested in all types...been exploited since at least the Middle Ages, when area miners, like their counterparts in the that those...attached to Nupu alxacm: tn0bar Caullwn COfflTlllai north-central Iran), mN&Apa(asethoccaftrcofeucrbum..111eml...Structure: Calcium ions occupy the site of a cubic face-centeled lattice, and the fluorine ions are situated |
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| Asia. The general boundaries are therefore: in the North, Britain and Scandinavia, in the South, the Mediterranean...his views on the copper mines of Gt Ormes Head in North Wales. I would also like to thank the many archaeologists...Studies also kindly supplied up to date material. I am also grateful to Professor B. Jovanovic of the Institute...What must be remembered is that progress travelled north from the Near East and the Balkans in early Neolithic...Level surface, (b) steeply dipping terrain or cliff face. All seams outcrop at the surface unless laid down |
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| Street Houston, T e x a s 77036 GENE BEARSS 3 3 North A v e n u e S a n f o r d , Maine 0 4 0 7 3 THE...districts and are the only significant pegmatites in the area. The better known of the two pegmatites is the Buzzo...GRAFTON Ossipee Weeks # Pegmatite y b - Beryl Q - Quartz core _ Contact inferred 8 meters Figure 3:...Robinson (1825) does not list any minerals from this area, and local histories fail to mention any min ing...scrap mica, and around 1935 several carloads of quartz were mined to make sandpaper (Meyers, 1941). World |
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| VOLUME 37 NUMBER 6 $15 Wayne & Dona Leicht, 875 North Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 (949)...part in welcoming them back. We will now get to see a treasure trove of minerals on the market, the like...discovery spread, and soon young Alex was off to see the rabbits for himself. 507 Figure 7. “Lee Diamond...involved (and one could wish for more of these: see below). For instance, there is the 6.72-carat “Cooper...discovered since the Crater became a state park. We also see a photo of the brown, 3.43-carat “Lee Diamond,” discovered |
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| Golden Topaz, 3.5 inches, from Katlang, Mardan District, Pakistan; Freilich Collection. OPENING SPREAD:...biographies of these two interesting men and you will see how well they fit together. Then sit back and enjoy...can say that because he’s six years younger that I am), Joe Freilich has a brilliant future in the collecting...route they stopped at Yellowstone National Park to see the wonderful sights there, and in due course arrived...father had found while “rock hunting” in the Bishop area of California. That got his attention once again |
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| elsewhere, are shown on other maps of the State (see especially Fischer and others, 1946). MINERALS...and indexes, particularly the "Bibliographies of North American Geology," covering 1785-1957. These were...and used agate, chalcedony, and other forms of quartz for weapons and tools; they used clay for pottery...for decorations, and they cherished crystals of quartz or other minerals as amulets. After the Indians...other minerals, for they surely recognized the quartz sand, brilliant garnets, and magnetic concentrates |
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| map or maps · are indicated for each collecting area. Unless otherwise stated, these maps are issued...amazonite from Ontario and Quebec; perthite and rose quartz from Ontario; and agate, chalcedony. and jasper...with the specimens. Some collectors paint a small area of white enamel on the specimen and write an index...organized according to Dana's system of mineralogy (see Bibliography) . Simpler arrangements could be made...ABBREVIATIONS USED IN REFERENCES Am. J. Sci.-The American Journal of Science. Am. Mineralogist-The American |
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| tH MSTONESof - NORTH AMERICA ~ VOLUME olor phot raphs yo. Erica and. Harol d Van I [iL Albuquerque...87109 N.M. N_E. Bivd. Gkapats GEMSTONES of NORTH AMERICA ~ NASMI EPPA GEMSTONES OF THE WORLD...+ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, by John Sinkankas ON@“THE VOLUME III COVER North American gems from...ct), and pinkish purple (1.35 ct). GEMSTONES of NORTH AMERICA VOLUME III + John Sinkankas ~ Color Photography...Quality Books, Inc.) Sinkankas, John. Gemstones of North America. Vol. II / John Sinkankas. pcm. Includes |
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| assemblage is exposed in a small portion of the north face of the quarry. Miaroles up to several inches...abound in the granite i n this area and are filled with primary feldspar. quartz. ;I dark green chlorite (probably...MORGANITE AND KUNZITEBEARING PEGMATITE IN THE PALA DISTRICT, SAN DlEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. J. Fisher, 380...southwest slope of Hiriart Mountain in the Pala district of Southern California. First claimed by the Sickler...but branch to the east. The dike system trends north to northwest and dips at a low angle to the west |
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| GEMSTONES $CS of NORTH AMERICA . In Two Volumes $30.00 GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes ...REINHOLD BOOK / '- ✓ ( ..., ■ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes Volume II T ourmaline...lnternatiunal, Inc. F RO. Tl!>PI£CE GEMSTONES of NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes Volume II John Sinkankas...publication of the first volume of Gemstones of North America in 1959 so much has transpired that the...volume was to extract and present information on North American gemstones from obscure or inaccessible |
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| uranium, tin and copper occurrences in the Tremayne area of St Columb Major I I I I .I I I I I I I I I...uranium, tin and copper occurrences in the Tremayne area of St Columb Major Geochemistry B. C. Tandy, MSc...Mineral investigations at Woodhall and Longlands in north Cumbria 43 Report on geophysical and geological...Geophysical investigations in the Closehouse-Lunedale area Investigations at Polyphant, near Launceston, Cornwall...chromite-bearing ultrabasic rocks in the Baltasound-Hagdale area. Unst, Shetland Islands An appraisal of the VLF |
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| quartzrnonzonite porphyry _______________ White quartz-monzonite porphyry_____________ Diorite porphyry_______________-_..._________ Economic geology _____ _ __ _ _ Valley north of Slate Ridge.__________.____________ Goldfleld...dacite _._______________i__ Quartz latite and rhyolite.________________ Quartz basalt _.i_____________________... Earlier rhyolite_____________________ Earlier quartz latite__________-______ Basalt-.:.___________________________...___ Later rhyolite._____________________ Later quartz latite_____________________ Structure _.______ |
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| minerals that are found in the igneous rock granite: quartz, feldspar, and mica. However, the crystallization...latest formation in granite: potassium feldspar, quartz, and mica. (The minerals found in pagmatites form...pegmatite dikes to pegmatitic quartz, and then to hydrothermal quartz veins carrying ore minerals. The...the border where the inner-most zone meets the quartz core in the center of the pegmatite. It is here...at the Cheshire barite mines, at the copper mine north of Bristol, and at the Copper Valley Mine, two miles |
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| of Connecticut ___ _ Geology of the Middletown district ___________ _ Rock units ____________________________...feldspar quarry ________________ _ Black Mountain area ___________________ _ Black Mountain ___________________...mica mine _______________________ _ Parker Head area ______________________ _ Russell Brothers' mica...Fitzgibbon mica mine __________________ _ French mine area ______________________ _ French mica mine ______________________...prospect __ - _- - - -- _- __ - _- - _ Rice-Palermo area ___ - __ - _------- _----- _ Geologic relations |
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| occur along Turkey Creek in the BryanCol!~ge Stallon area of Brazos County, Texas. Thin, elongate cav111esparallel...the log contain secondary bubbly chalcedony and quartz pseudomorphs after barite crystals. Originally...to burn some old cardboard and trash lo fill the area with smoke and deter the competition from getting...the place pretty well sealed off to date. Fig. 1 Quartz pseudomorph of barite, from petrified wood, Turkey...shows each face to actually have somewhat of a diamond-shaped outline. The center of each face has groups |
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| offer to you now. You should expect some waste, quartz, etc., in any of this material. It comes only in...each. Crystals are usually clear, milky, smoky or amethyst quartz and often have secondary crystals such.... . ...... . . .. . . . . . S2.95 ,er i.. Rost Quartz. Brull. d-, ,11k, cllolct llflllty ....... . ....palllRS ................•...... Sl .95 per lb. 8111 Quartz. Brazil. dNp blN. barpln ...... .. ...... ....... . ... . ........ Sl .50 per lb. SllokY Quartz. Brull. good llgltl ta dark coffle colori . . ... . . |
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