 | | Book | | immensely popular handbook of minerals appeared in Germany I obtained a copy fo! my personal library and was...fibrous sphalerite from Diepenlinchen, near Aachen, Germany. PLATE Vo I~ .·• / ~1 rhyolite 37 r . ...+J gran,tic ' •,.:,,,.'·· . v,.~ . ,.v •, •- basalt magma b+., \I I dioritic magma magma +¥ ...chalcopyrite from Herdorf, Siegerland, Germany. Center. Pyrrhotite. Harzburg, Germany. Below Massive chakopyrite...(Ca) hornblende, augite 1ron ores gab?ro norne basalt gabbro*dolerite (diabase) porphyry *melsphyre dolerite |  | | Book | | CUMULATE ROCK gas bubble holes VESICULAR BASALT flow structure BASALT METAMORPHIC ROCKS These rocks are...together in one geological environment. For example, basalt, scoria, spilite, and volcanic bombs are found...human activity, such as roadcuts, mine dumps, and quarries. Good examples are also found where nature has...MOUNTAINS VOLCANIC REGIONS dolomite BEACHES tuff QUARRIES MINES ROAD CUTS volcanic bomb amber kimberlite...THE GARNET GROUP GROSSULAR ALMANDINE SPESSARTINE Grossular, almandine, and spessartine all belong |  | | Book | | from Sardinia, Italy Pages 118-119: Boracite from Germany Pages 124-125: Wulfenite crys¬ tals with mimetite...for example, the large, perfect crystals of almandine garnet, contained within a schistose rock rich...area, although the closing of many of the local quarries during recent decades has done much to diminish...diminish opportunities. The still-active quarries include one in the small town of Oltrefiume, which has furnished...a strong poison. in Specimen of arsenic from Germany showing the char¬ acteristic mammillary form. |  | | Book | | on quartz, from Neudorf in the Harz Mountains (Germany). The large crystal measures almost 2 1/2 inches...on quartz, Braunsdorf near Freiberg (Saxony, Germany); crystals up to 2 1/2 inches (6 cm) long. 6 ...with the NO 3group. Apatite, Fichtelgebirge (Germany), 2x 12 Scheelite, Tae-Wha (Korea), 1x The...8ri.iderbund Mine, near Eiserfeld (Siegerland, Germany), 3x almost identical in size. They form an unbroken...siderite, from Neudorf in the Harz Mountains (Germany). The largest crystal measures about 1/2 inch (1 |  | | Book | | Alberene and Old Dominion quarries, Albemarle County. In these two soapstone quarries, tabular ilmenite crystals...1970s and early 1980s the Portland Harbor Trust basalt quarry (now inactive) produced unusual specimens...augite and ilmenite rest on matrix of fine-grained basalt. The ilmenite crystals are lustrous black plates...6 X 1.8 x 2.8 cm (Pekov, 1994a). Malad-Kurar quarries, Mumbai [Bombay], Maharashtra. Ilvaite occurs...in the 1960s (Birch, 1999). IMITERITE EUROPE GERMANY Ramsbeck district, Nordrhein-Westfalen [Sauerland] |  | | Journal (issue) | | and Devon, Ste-Marie-aux-Mines, East and West Germany, Switzerland (three!), the Hohe Tauem of Austria...Layers of basalt, the familiar black volcanic rock, cover all the rocky planets. When basalt is heated...Mars and the Moon are not large enough to heat basalt to this extent, 808 Figure 6. Aquamarine, 27 cm...primitive microbes took advantage of the fact that basalt and many other volcanic rocks are chemically "reduced"-that...quality as have the Deccan Traps of India. These basalt flows cover an area the size of Washington and |  | | Book | | zeolite mineralogy was done, at that time, in Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain. Because of differences...cavities in the middle portion of the flow. Given a basalt flow 25 meters thick with an initial molten temperature...Ardeche, France, zeolites are present only where the basalt flowed into a Pliocene lake or river (Fig. 5)(Robert...zeolites. The interior of the flow contains columnar basalt with small vesicles connected by minute veinlets...river) contains highly altered vesicular blocks of basalt (containing phillipsite and tiny rhombohedra of | | | Book | | zeolite mineralogy was done, at that time, in Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain. Because of differences...cavities in the middle portion of the flow. Given a basalt flow 25 meters thick with an initial molten temperature...Ardeche, France, zeolites are present only where the basalt flowed into a Pliocene lake or river (Fig. 5)(Robert...zeolites. The interior of the flow contains columnar basalt with small vesicles connected by minute veinlets...river) contains highly altered vesicular blocks of basalt (containing phillipsite and tiny rhombohedra of |  | | Book | | Bergemann in 1858 from Johanngcorgenstadt, Saxony, Germany, and named by G. J. Adams in 1869. They were considered...activity occurred in the region, and vesicular basalt flows, ashes and tuffs, together with a few vents...•Deganwy Conwy• Penmaenmawr• + Trecastell mines,quarries,elc. HOLY ISLAND • villages,smalltowns e • ...kilchoanite 13lanarkite 14 leadhillite + mines,quarries,etc. • • villages,smalltowns • •Glenfarg e...sites) and others are potrntially dangerous (mines, quarries and some coastal locations). The conscientious |  | | Journal (issue) | | preserved and highly treasured in museums throughout Germany This is to be expected when one reflects that almost...A WATER· DRIVEN MILL IN THE NAHE VALLEY, IDAR, GERMANY. For hundreds of years the small streams which...the agate cutting industry has been Oberstein, Germany; an authentic record, according to Wodiskal, shows...Precious Stones. New York, 1909, p . 178. dustry in Germany is so well established that cut and polished agates...famous for fine agates-The Birkenfield district in Germany. This locality is probably better known as Idar |  | Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy (8th ed.) Wiley-Interscience. p.1872 | Book (edition) | | Fritz: Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. Donald B. Hoover: U.S.G.S., Federal Center, Lakewood...Institut fur Mineralogie, Ruhr Universitat Bochum, Germany. Duane Mellor: Geology Library, Yale University...Berlin, Germany. Peter Susse: MINABS, Inst. of Mineralogy, Univ. of Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany. C. Sheldon...Pennsylvania. Hans J. Wilke: Eppertshausen/Hessen, Germany. Wendell E. Wilson: The Mineralogical Record, Tuscon...France; Andreasberg, Freiberg(*), and Schneeberg(*), Germany; Pribram(*), Jachymov, and Schemnitz, Czech Republic; |  | | Book | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 11.2.3 Basalt/Andesite/Dolerite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Basalt hand axe from unnamed wadi near Mine Mueilha, Egyptian.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Basalt hafted hammer from Lake Superior north shore, USA...Jordan, is constructed almost entirely of local basalt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...was that marble regenerated itself in certain quarries. Nevertheless he was suspicious of claims that |  | | Journal (issue) | | Fair illustrating the mineral occurrences in the Basalt around Spokane, Washington. Conspicuous among these...zeolites. Mike and his family collected brecciated basalt which they sold to Ward’s Natural Science Establishment...collecting agates and arrowheads in rural Iowa quarries and stream beds: lean but geographically appropriate...(1949–2001) Joe Jochen Nagel was born in Montabaur, Germany, in 1949. His family soon emigrated to the US,...region, Mali. Self-collected; Jeff Scovil photo. Almandine crystal, 3.2 cm, from Garnet Ledge near Wrangell |  | | Book (edition) | | Kilbeinsay basalt on the extension of the Mid-Atlantic ridge between Iceland and Jan Mayen. The extremely...guest Garnet Group Garnet Group Cubic Pyrope Almandine Spessartine Grossular Andradite Uvarovite Hydrogrossular...uvarovite) and the (Mg,Fe,Mn) garnets (pyrope, almandine and spessartine). Experimental work has established...subgroups, pairs such as grossular–pyrope, grossular–almandine and spessartine–uvarovite also show complete solid...this molecule, the other components being chiefly almandine and subsidiary grossular. Pyrope garnets with |  | | Journal (issue) | | New ork and then Pan Am flight 72 to Frankfurt, Germany. He cabled his French contacts of the situation...offerings of zeolites and associated minerals from the quarries around Mumbai, Nasik, Pune, Ahmednagar, Jalgaon...most zeolite specimens were collected from basalt quarries in operation near these cities, but about 20...2008 We found massive slabs and huge boulders of basalt covered by thick carpets of green apophyllite crystals...were also a few rhombohedral calcite crystals. The basalt in the well showed former gas pockets and small |  | | Book | | aquamarine. Excited collectors took home from old quarries in Pennsylvania and Maryland, pieces of apple...by Flora Collins. 3 i palachians as well as quarries which are on a semiactive basis such as those...and feldspar mines, gravel or dimension stone quarries, inactive gold mines, quartz out crops, and a...you ing operations should also be examined, and quarries if you need. Chambers of Commerce, Jaycees, police...interested in specimens and fossils. New mines and quarries should be watched. all, local rock and mineral |  | | Book (edition) | | Row Third Row LazuLirE—North Groton, N. H.; ALMANDINE GARNET CrystTaL—near Dallas, Ga.; UNAKITE—Rose...Hewlett, Dr. Ing. Walther Fischer of Stuttgart, Germany, and from Paul A. Broste, R. S. Harvill, Betty...grinding wheel faces Large sandstone wheels used in Germany Principle of lapping Parts for homemade lapping...emerald cuts Common facet cuts Jamb peg faceting in Germany Mechanical and jamb peg heads compared M.D.R.-facet...Mozambique ruby Carving gemstone figurines in Germany Chinese lapidary machine in opera- tion 161 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Apart from the obvious tourist attractions, Germany has two main interests for a gemmologist. One of...All of my holiday touring had been in southern Germany in the areas of the Rhine, the Black Forest and...shapes. Other sources of fine zeolites are the basalt quarries around Paterson, New Jersey as well as Oregon...what is now the grandeur of the Cuillin Hills. The basalt of Talisker is well known for stilbite which occurs...those mentioned, where they may well occur. The basalt in Mull far exceeds the thickness found anywhere | | | Journal (issue) | | FGA Apart from the obvious tourist anractions, Germany has two main interests for a gemmologist. One of...All of my holiday touring had been in southern Germany in the areas of the Rhine, the Black Forest and...shapes. Other sources of fine zeolites are the basalt quarries around Paterson, New Jersey as well as Oregon...what is now the grandeur of the Cuillin Hills. The basalt of Talisker is well known for stilbite which occurs...those mentioned, where they may well occur. The basalt in Mull far exceeds the thickness found anywhere |  | | Journal (entire run) | | A., F.T.S. Chabazite or Gmelinite (or both) in Basalt From Flinders, Victoria - W.D. Birch Apophyllite...Zeolites and Other Minerals in Vesicles in the Newer Basalt of the Melbourne Area, Vic. - D.G. Vince _ Notes...Augite and Ilmenite in Vesicles in an Alkali Olivine Basalt from Portland, Vic. - W .D.Birch N. Smith, and...Issues No 21 to 37 Copper Chloride Minerals in Basalt from Flinders, Victoria - W.D. Birch and J.E. Pearson...W.D. Birch A Clay-Carbonate Association, Regal Basalt Quarry, Braybrook, Vic. - M J. Sandy & T. Sameshima |  | | Book (edition) | | opened or systematically vvorked, as in mines and quarries, the amateur is far better able to keep track...system in 1735, followed by Friedrich Mohs of Germany, who published his in 1820. In 1758, Axel Frederic...Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786) in Sweden, and in Germany by Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743-1817), the merits...carried out by Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794-1863) in Germany; these did much to explain hitherto puzzling variations...of ordinary rock which greet the collector in quarries, mines, and other collecting sites, it is obvious | | | Book (edition) | | opened or systematically worked, as in mines and quarries, the amateur is far better able to keep track...system in 1735, followed by Friedrich Mohs of Germany, who published his in 1820. In 1758, Axel Frederic...Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786) in Sweden, and in Germany by Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743-1817), the merits...carried out by Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794-1863) in Germany; these did much to explain hitherto puzzling variations...Properties Considering the enormous collector in quarries, mines, quantities of ordinary rock which greet |  | | Book (edition) | | (prismatic crystal), epidote, olivine (dun ite or in basalt), andalusite (chiastolite), kyanite, topaz, staurolite...out by Eilhard 1\tiitscherlich (l 794-1863) in Germany; these did much to explain hitherto puzzling variations...of ordinary rock vvhich greet the collector in quarries, mines, and other collecting sites, it is obvious...gold, silver, lead, etc. Some igneous rocks, as basalt and diabase, contain gas cavities filled by interesting... Examples: in southwest United States; Mexico Basalt Amygdaloidal: native copper and silver, quartz |  | | Book (volume) | | | Augite andesite 254 | Basalt . 255 | Leucite basalt 257 | Nepheline basalt 258) Peridotite . 263|Serpentine...of regular structure in the mines of England, Germany, Sweden, &c, 4. The remains of plants and animals...Werner contemplated the rocks and metallic veins of Germany, was the relative period of ~ Figs x. their...that the order of succession among these rocks in Germany would be found to prevail in all parts of the world...the naturalists of Italy, France, England, and Germany in the ridiculous dispute whether fossil shells |  | | Journal (issue) | | cliffs. They are also found in the numerous basalt quarries that have been worked around Melbourne and...and occurrences. At Cairns Bay, high cliffs of basalt outcrop and form shore platforms extending into...shore platforms, where they fill cavities in the basalt lavas. A number of varieties occur, including analcime...tourmaline, spinel, rhodolite, hessonite, spessartine, almandine, pyrope, scapolite, peridot, zircon, sapphire |
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