 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | common member of the garnet family, almandine, was described (Cook 2009). Garnet forms under a wide range...resulting in its being one of the most locally abundant group of rock-forming minerals and certainly one of the...Consequently, for completeness of our coverage of the garnet-group minerals, and in keeping with the gemstone theme...Spessartine is one of fifteen minerals in the garnet group, each member of which is defined by its end-member...percentages of particular end members. We name the garnet according to the dominant end member. For example |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE MINERALS OF THE CHAMPION, MICHIGAN, AREA By JOSEPH A. MANDARINO 1034 North Keystone Avenue, Chicago...radiometric and geologic survey of an area north of Champion, Michigan. As no work was done on Sundays...advantage of collecting at the numerous mine dumps in the vicinity of Champion. It is hoped that the following...trip. The Beacon Mine Dumps, Beacon, Michigan The Beacon Mine, operated by the North Range Mining Company...active mine in the Champion area. The numerous dumps and ruins in the vicinity of the Beacon Mine, however |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New York City, New York County, New York State T he minerals of the garnet group represent some of the...deposits. In fact, in some types of economic deposits, garnet constitutes an important gangue mineral, and such...Americaโs largest hard-rock garnet mines within its borders, a famous New York garnet specimen has been chosen...this issueโs Connoisseurโs Choice piece. Moreover, garnet was designated as New Yorkโs official state gemstone...Almandine is one of fifteen minerals in the garnet group, each member of which is defined by its pure |  | | Report (issue) | | C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated โcheck listโ just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...Qf-Christobalitc Phcnakirc Olivine Fayalite Tcphroitc Garnet Group Almandinc Spcssartinc Grossular (Hyacinth) Andradite...Uranophane Vttrialitc Astrophyllite Hemimorphitc Epidote Group Pistacitc Clinozoisite (Withamite) Zoisite (Ferian...Cordieritc Tourmaline Group Elbaite Checklist Dravite Schorl Chrysocolla Pyroxene Group Monoclinic pyroxenes |  | | Journal (issue) | | particularly for beautiful gem quality spessartine garnet, rare facet grade microlite, amazonite, fine moonstone...alphabetical order. MINERALS ALLANITE (EPIDOTE GROUP) / @ Amherst County - Black pitchy allanite is found in...minerals found in this pegmatite include almandine (garnet), chlorite, ilmenite, monazite, pyrite, quartz...used because of their radioactivity. Campbell County - Andalusitecrystals,somevery large,have been reported...attractive cabochons can be cut. BERYL Amelia County - Clear gem quality beryl fragments measuring 0 |  | | Report (issue) | | (CaBSiO4OH) vesicle filling from a basaltic Houghton County lava flow. Small specks of native copper occur... the 1845 discovery of the Cliff Mine ( first in the world to mine native copper as its sole product)...product) instilled confidence in North Country mining and initiated the modern mining era. Choice 'Lake Copper'...exceptionally fine, twinned analcite crystals from Houghton County ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท...ยทยทยทยทยท 41 2. Ankerite on siderite from Alpena County ยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท 46 3. |  | | Book | | CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________............._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T...g e s w h i c h c r e s t a t M t . N o r t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...n d m 1799 i n Cabarrus C o u n t y, N o r t h Carolina, b y a s m a l l b o y w a l k i n g along a m |  | | Book | | ....243 APPENDIX II: MINERAL SPECIES LISTED BY COUNTY ...............................248 ABOUT THE AUTHORS...of shallow nested spoons whose long axis trends north-south (Figure 2). At the center of the basin, just...Gogebic, Ontonagon, Houghton, and Keweenaw Counties GROUP Iron and Dickinson Counties Jacobsville Sandstone...Sandstone ---------------------------- Oronto Group a.. 3: co w C: _J 0 0 Marquette Iron District...Formation ---------------------------- Powdermill Group Bessemer Quartzite Peavy Pond Complex ------ |  | | Book | | Miguel Hortiguela, LPPO Illustrations: Crowle Art Group Printed in China The publisher gratefully acknowledges...ofjust a few minerals; quartz and the feldspar group are the most abundant processes โ called biominerals...be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS... Located on an island about 300 km (185 miles) north of Yellowknife, the Acasta River deposit is believed |  | | Catalog/List | | ----ยท-ยท- ---- ยท- -- 1129 ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway 87 โ BERYL Evje area . South...solid grain-like red-brown (mass like a massive garnet-paper ! Pure greenish-brown mass lxl ยฃ2 lx2 ยฃ4... . --- .. ------- - -ยท 1009 ANDALUSITE Ultevis,North Sweden 1099 CATAPLEIITE Bratthagcn, near Larvik...Feldspar group pure pale brown cleavages. Rich black masses in matrix 2x3 ยฃ9 Fclspar Group lxl ยฃ1.50...---ยท-ยทยท----ยท------ ยท- - ---27 ANTHOPHYLLITE Kaveltorp Mine Sweden 1008 CHRYSOBERYL Kolsva. Vastmanland Sweden |  | | Report (issue) | | bodies--------------------------------Magnetite-garnet-molybdenite deposits ___________ _ 1 2 2 3 3 3...ores-----------------------------Mine descriptions----------------------------------Wilfley-Kimberly mine __ --------________________...Consolidated mine, Eldorado and Wilson mines, Felicia Grace mine, and Champion (New York) mine----------...Map of Kokomo-Tenmile district showing areas of garnet and epidote alteration ________________________...________________________________ _ 21. Map of outlines of mine workings and ore bodies------------------------ |  | | Book (volume) | | NORTInHIwo AME A Volumes John Sinkankas _ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes ยฎ Volume I Gemstones, of...of all the mineral treasures to be found in North America, are perhaps the most fascinatingโand the...worthy of the name. Some, like the emeralds of North Carolina, the colorful and fabulous tourmalines and...above all, easily read and understood, GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, Volumes I and II, will be welcomed as a...abroad are becoming so scarce and expensive that North America has developed into a major exporter rather |  | | Catalog/List | | ___ 2x2ยฃ3 ___ - -----~ - ~014_ _ 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South Bay,...- - - - - ยท . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker Bay, Skye, Scotland...ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine.Ravalli County. Montana U.S.A 963 ALBITE Maine USA Rich pinkish line grained mass...1009 ANDALUSITE Ultevis,North Sweden 501 ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety...217 ANDORITE San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia 1129 โ ALMANDINE Brnstad iron Mine near Arendnl ,Norway Pure |  | | Catalog/List | | massive with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl ยฃ4 lx2...ยฃ15 ยฃ6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless...2x2 ยฃ3 Al SO/4 767 โ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting near Creston...ยฃ3 2x2 ยฃ4.50 2x3 ยฃ6.50 Feldspar 963 ALBITE Maine USA 811 ANATASE Tysse, Hardanger,Norway variety CLEA...~-------ยท-ยท-- ยทยท -ยทยท 1077 โ โ ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Cornwall Black |  | | Journal (issue) | | ......................... 562 MINERALS OF THE CHAMPION, MICH., AREA. By Joseph A. Mandarino .. 563 IIELAND-..................... 615 REPORT OF OUTING OF THE NORTH JERSEY MINERALOGICAL SOCIElY, JUNE 24t.n AND 25th...undersigned, being all of the officers of rhc Clark County Gem Co!l~tors, Inc., most sincerely wish to convey...November-December 1950 PUBLISHED MONTHLY THE MINERALS OF THE CHAMPION, MICHIGAN, AREA By JOSEPH A. MANDARINO .. ,...'ial, . at ent iCS. ~- tor tor .dp- 1034 North Keystone Avenue, Chicago 51, 1llinois Introduction |  | | Book | | 22:65-69 [Abstracts of the] FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on Garnet (chairman: K. J. Wenrich) 24:61-68 Abstracts of...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73 |  | | Book (edition) | | chief ion minerals (or ion are classified group) which according serves to the as a mineralโs...Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, Mine...and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped...Missouri. Fairly large crystals in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Very fine crystals in dolomite from |  | | | | are classified according to the chief ion (or ion group) which serves as a mineralโs fundamental unit. The...Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, New...New Zealand. In Australia, at Mount Morgan Mine, from Chartres Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill...Luning and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2014 about Tourmalines (and Garnets) Tourmaline group (trigonal boro-silicates). Figure 1. A 4.7-cm-high...the Big Kahuna zone, Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The specimen was in...used with permission. he terms tourmaline and garnet have a lot in common. Both represent large families...member of the garnet group has been added since then. Many of the species in each group have numerous...something like elbaite, variety rubellite (tourmaline group). As easy as this is to grasp, there are, nonetheless |  | | Report (issue) | | commercial borates. Lawsonite, first found in Marin county in 1895, has proved to be of great petrographic...nickel telluride, melonite, found in Calaveras County in 1867. New minerals and new mineral this is ...characteristic constituents of the metamorphic rocks. Garnet is a conspicuous gneiss may be rich in chlorite...products. The gem-bearing pegmatites of San Diego County have aroused special masses, interest. Many ...short articles on California diamonds. A Amador County: few small stones have been picked up near the |  | | Catalog/List | | Africa AMBLYGONITE 1073 Near Chclan, E.Washinglon USA ACTlNOLITE Pure white cleavage mass Green crystal...South Larvik near CITE 13ratthagcn, ANAL 1098 Ojucla Mine, Mapimi, Mexico ADAMITE 88 Unusual rich yellow vitreous...cleavage Ti0/2 Mn S 1.5cmยฃ4 5mmยฃ2 ANATASE Virtuous Lady mine,Devon 26 ALBITE Kragcro Norway 6 single dark blue...feldspar Ix2ยฃ 1.20 Ix I 50p 68 2 963 AI.BITE Maine USA variety CLEA VELANDITE, pure white sheafy, masses...Ca Y Al Fe SiO 2x2 ยฃ12 lx2 ยฃ6 Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U,S_A ANCYLITE Cc Rich pinkish fine |  | | Catalog/List | | crystals on dar~ matrix. (not radioactive) (Leonie Mine, huerbach, Oberpfal Genany) Sto 10mmf3 l/2in;; ES...Silicate pinkish massiv~ with black Allanite (Bastnas Mine, Riddarhytt2n Vastm~~l2nd,Sw2deri) Cu/2 Se 039...rnetallic spots in matrix (LookoutPass. Tooele County, Ut2h) lxl f7 ยฝ ins f4 478 ZIRCON Zr Si0/4 singl2...(Ti Nb 0 rich black nasses in matrix (Karnasurt Mine, Revda, Kola Peninsula, Russia) lxl E2.50 lx2 ins...Location. li ht brownplate5 in Felspar. (Burpala, North Pribayikalie,Rus ia ~ x )i i ns f4 . 50 477 VUONNF'MITE |  | | Book (volume) | | instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.๏พSelenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...๏พgray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.๏พpetrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: ๏ area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel |  | | Book (edition) | | (Brazil). Malcolm Back (Canada), Henry L. Barwood (USA). Dmitriy Belakovskiy (Russia). Fabio Bellatreccia...(Italy), T.S. Ercit (Canada). Alexander Falster (USA). Jeffrey de Fourestier (Canada). Robert Gault (Canada)...Henderson. Jr. (USA). D.D. Hogarth (Canada). J.L. Jam bor (Canada), Anthony R. Kampf (USA). Pave! M. Kartashov...Karnp-Moller (Denmark). Akira Kato (Japan). Lance E. Keams (USA). Elisabeth Kirchner (Austria), Uwe Kolitsch (Austria)...Republic). Per Nystcn (Sweden), David O'Hanlcy (USA). Filippo Olmi (deccased) (ltaly). Werner H. Paar |  | | Book | | sulfides, oxides, and so on. Within each major group the minerals are presented generally according to...species or group of species are reported by county of occurrence. Map 1-2 shows the county boundaries...boundaries and county names. When possible, locations of mines and other deposits are given in the following notation:...,o Map 1-2. Outline map of California showing county boundaries. __ _) 4 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA...diorite A group of plutonic rocks intermediate in composition between acidic and basic rocks. drift mine Adit(s) |
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