 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 159 Quai des Allobroges 73000 Chambery, Savoie France alain.martaud@wanadoo.fr Figure 1. Fluorite, 1...San Marcos] at 07:49 21 June 2016 Fluorite from France All photos by Louis-Dominique Bayle F luorite...Massif Central (in south-central France), the Vosges (in eastern France, near its border with Germany)...June 2016 Geology of French Fluorite Occurrences France is made up of several distinct geological entities...occurrences of fluorite (once called fluorspar) in France: more than 850 (based on an informal survey by |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pearls to treat King Charles VI (1368–1422) of France for his melancholy and bouts of insanity. The efficacy...pumpellyite, smithsonite, hydromagnesite, brucite, cerussite, celestine, sulfur, and melanophlogite. Before...Arrigas, Gard Department, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Gilles Emringer specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...high, from Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Haut Rhin Department, Alsace, France. Scott Rudolph specimen, Jeff Scovil...crystals on calcite, 5.8 cm high, from the Artenberg quarry, Steinach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Gregor Markl |  | | Journal (issue) | | unexpected duplication of "St. Marie" shows in France this year - and a couple of reviews of recent books...followed through . For two of the GCR sites (Machen Quarry, Mwyndy Mine), the current project was asked to...and goethite in Mississippian (Carboniferous) limestone, not far below the overlying Trias, with local...Well Quarry hosts iron-oxide facies and other mineralisation types, readily seen in fresh quarry faces...in the Mississippian (Carboniferous) Pembroke Limestone Group is particularly spectacular in quarries |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Twinned calcite, 8 cm, Caldwell Stone Company quarry, Danville, Boyle County. Terry Huizing specimen...The lowest point is the floor of the Reed quarry near Grand Rivers (Livingston County) in western Kentucky...(and of lesser interest in joint fractures) in limestone quarries throughout Kentucky. State law forbids...minerals in caves, although caves encountered during quarry and road construction operations may be exempt...and Devonian rocks. They are associated with limestone and siltstone deposits and rarely occur in shale |  | Choulet, Flavien, Barbanson, Luc, Buatier, Martine, Richard, James, Vennemann, Torsten, Ennaciri, Aomar, Zouhair, Mohamed (2017) Characterization and origin of low-T willemite (Zn2SiO4) mineralization: the case of the Bou Arhous deposit (High Atlas, Morocco) Mineralium Deposita, 52 (7) 1085-1102 doi:10.1007/s00126-016-0675-7 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | other oxidation-related mineral species, like cerussite (PbCO3) but is not in isotopic equilibrium and...Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté/CNRS, Besançon, France 2 Institut des Sciences de la Terre d’Orléans...UMR7327, Université d’Orléans/CNRS/BRGM, Orléans, France 3 Institut des Dynamiques de la Surface Terrestre...contribution of silicate minerals of the host limestone, hydrothermal fluids probably transported Si and...infilling of a large karst developed in Jurassic limestone (Leblanc 1968). The mined ore mainly consists |  | | Book (volume) | | colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N of Calloway airport at rd...1½ mi., in Knox dolomite exposed in an abandoned quarry Barite, Calcite, Fluorite (purple cubes), Galena...US 27: (a) along both sides of Hwy.agate; (b) quarry on W side of rd.agate, chalcedony, chert, opal;...W 3 mi. and 2 mi. N: (a) at the Marble Springs Quarrygemmy marble (red and green); (b) E, in Taylor...Garnet, Thulite, Tourmaline, Zeolites; Rock Chapel Quarry, on N side of Arabia Mt.Calcite, Epidote, Fluorite |  | | Journal (volume) | | 2018 on a Russell Society field trip to Cloud Hill Quarry, Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire. John Chapman...Fluorite and associated minerals from Lettermuckoo Quarry, Connemara, Co. Galway Stephen Moreton and Robert...Trevor Ford Richard Bateman 105 ‘‘Trésores de France – French Treasures – Fluorite’’ by Christophe Lucas...fluorite and associated minerals from Lettermuckoo Quarry in Co. Galway, Ireland. Remaining in the purple...veins at Ladywash extend into the Monsal Dale Limestone, where water ingress was a major problem. Stoke |  | | Catalog/List | | rich pink crystalline in Hornfels (GlomelBrittany, France) 2x2 60p 2x4 El.20 022 ANGLESITE Pb Sulphate rich...silvery massive with minor Chalcopyrite (Hingsten Quarry, Cornwall) lx2 El.SO 2x2 E3.00 2x3 E5.00 2 002...BARYTES pure golden brown cleavage. (Fullers earth Quarry Redhill, Surrey) lxl SOp. lx7. f.1.00 218 BAUHHAUERITE...crusts on Qnartz. (Les Anglais Mine Massiac, Brouse, France) lxl 80p lx2 El.SO 057 BISl!U'CHilHTE Bi/2 sn grey...Hydroxides rich red br~vmmassive. (Baux, Provence, France) lx2 50p 2x2 f.1.10 2'12 BERAUNITE Fe Phosphate |  | | Journal (issue) | | come. In fact, the article in this issue on D uff quarry pyrite would probably not otherwise have been pub...complex habits have been col lected at the Duff quarry in Logan County, Ohio, for more than ten years...collectors alike. Pyrite crystals from the D uff quarry rarely exceed 5 mm across, and the larger ones...crystals are indeed pyrite. GEOLOGY The C. E. D uff quarry is located on Route 117 approximately 2 kilometers...Huntsville, Logan County, in west-central Ohio. The quarry produces crushed stone from the Middle Silurian |  | | Journal (issue) | | by Belgian firms, most notably Union Miniere du Haut Katanga. (see figure la). August 2018 Likasi heading...image. Figure 1a: An unissued Union Miniere du Haut Katangastock and dividend certificate,circa 1922...four different provinces (Tanganyika, Haut-Lomami, Lualaba and Haut-Katanga) in 2015. Although "Katanga"...in Lualaba Province, Lumbumbashi is in modem day Haut-Katanga Province. Few modern resources accurately...range consisting predominately of Pennsylvanian limestone resting on a basement of Precambrian granite sloping |  | Verhaert, Michèle, Bernard, Alain, Dekoninck, Augustin, Lafforgue, Ludovic, Saddiqi, Omar, Yans, Johan (2017) Mineralogical and geochemical characterization of supergene Cu–Pb–Zn–V ores in the Oriental High Atlas, Morocco. Mineralium Deposita, 52 (7) 1049-1068 doi:10.1007/s00126-017-0753-5 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Galena is successively weathered in anglesite and cerussite. Sphalerite is weathered in smithsonite, which...UMR 8148 GEOPS, Bâtiment 504, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France 4 Laboratoire Géosciences, Université Hassan...represented by shale, quartzite, and conglomerate with limestone beds (Chefchaouni et al. 1963). Permian to Triassic...Klakh samples The ores are hosted in dolomitized limestone. Small amounts of finely disseminated Fe (hydr-)oxides...(hydr-)oxides occur in most samples. The original limestone has been totally replaced by dolomite, resulting |  | | Book (volume) | | sandstone, shale, bituminous slates, thin bands of limestone, and seams of coal usually underlain with clay...crystals); (b) Hamilton Quarry, the lower Warsaw section at the top of the quarry (see map) ⎯geodes (lined...Smithsonite and Sphalerite in any combination). Hamilton Quarry Location East Branch Crystal Glen Creek NAUVOO...mines, and d NW 4½ mi., mines⎯Barite, Calcite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorspar, Galena, Pyrite, Silver...mines⎯Fluorite, Galena, Pyrite; e E, numerous mines⎯Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorspar, Galena, Pyrite, Silver |  | | Book (volume) | | sandstone, shale, bituminous slates, thin bands of limestone, and seams of coal usually underlain with clay...crystals); (b) Hamilton Quarry, the lower Warsaw section at the top of the quarry (see map) ⎯geodes (lined...Smithsonite and Sphalerite in any combination). Hamilton Quarry Location East Branch Crystal Glen Creek NAUVOO...mines, and d NW 4½ mi., mines⎯Barite, Calcite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorspar, Galena, Pyrite, Silver...mines⎯Fluorite, Galena, Pyrite; e E, numerous mines⎯Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorspar, Galena, Pyrite, Silver |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | skeletal faces. Columbia brickyard pit, a former clay quarry, below a coal seam: PYRITE (nodules to 5 cm, incorporating...County Adrlan’s quarry (38-40-23N 092-13-54W), an agricultural and road limestone quarry between Ashland...chalcopy- Butler County Williamsville quarry, a limestone quarry northwest of Poplar Bluff CALCITE as...Old Circle mine, Eureka mine): BARITE, CALCITE, cerussite, chalcopyrite, dolomite, HEMATITE, GALENA, kaolinite...northeast of Hinch: HEMATITE (specular, crystals, and CERUSSITE, GALENA, minium, pyrite, SMITHSONITE, stalactites |  | | Book (volume) | | beds, etc. petrified wood, wood opal; along the Grand R. though entire Co., regional banks, breaks, gravels...minesColumbite, Gold, Silver, etc.; and (2) Old Marble Quarry on the Needles Hwy. 5.5 mi. NEScheelite, and deep... E 6 mi., on French Cr., the Scott Rose Quartz QuarryAmblygonite (large yellow crystals), Aquamarine...Fall River Co., all regional side rds., look for limestone outcrops and ridgesFairhill agates; in Bull...Iron Hill and area minesAtacamite, Cerargyrite, Cerussite, Fluorite, Galena, Lead carbonates, Matlockite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | rich mineral collecting heritage. Its numerous limestone quarries, gravel pits, strip mines. and rock outcrops...Unfortunately. with today’s environmental laws and mine and quarry regulations. the prolific collecting of the 1950s... adit, cuts, and shafts: anglesite, calcite, cerussite (crystals), dolomite, galena, goethite, hemimorphite...Ludvigson, and Ripley 1987). Postville, Postville quarry, 1.5 mi. N of Postville on State 51, sec. 16, T...(pseudomorphs after galena), calcite (crystals), cerussite (coatings), galena, goethite (after marcasite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia...Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg...and associated lead fluoride m inerals from the Grand Reef m ine, Graham County, A rizona...............deposits o f m endipite were discovered at M erehead quarry, the H igher Pitts m ine at Priddy was the main...small underground working leading off from an old quarry pit at the edge of Dursdon Wood. Now is therefore |  | | Journal (issue) | | NV photography: Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf Medenbach...307 by ]. P. Cassedanne Mineralogy of the Kalkar quarry, Santa Cruz, California..........................Museum of Natural Science recently held a gala grand opening party for their new mineral exhibit of specimens...Mexico. Sams collection; Van Pelt photo. Figure 5. Cerussite twins, 7.6 cm, from Touissit, Morocco. Sams collection;...Record, volume 17, September-October, 1986 The grand opening party, in true Texas style, boasted a great |  | | Catalog/List | | grey-green somewith Serpentine. (CountyBridge Quarry, Lizard) lxl 90p lx2 fl.50 2x2 f3.00 024 NATIVE~...BAUX1'rE rich red b101,rn massive (Baux, Provence, France) lx2 SOp 2x2 El.lo 049 BAYLDONITE thin green coating...crusts on Quartz (Les Anglais Mine, Massiac,Brouse France) lxl 70p lx2 El.20 054 BINDHEH11Tfi: rich yellow...rich black treacle like mass in Limestone. (Near ClermontFerrand, France) lx2 40p 2x2 80p 037 BOBIERRITE...BOURNONITE grey massive in quartz.(Hassiac Brouse, France) 1 x K ins 80p 066 BOURNONITE roughly crystallised |  | | Catalog/List | | thickly encrusting a mass of cellular reticulated Cerussite. 3x3". £10. it. ATACAMITE. ztxi lll£je JJU.A...terminated ^and 1£" in length associated with minor Cerussite. £4. 6. BAYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear...2xl-j-"; £2; Specimen B - 2£xl7*-”. £2. 16. CERUSSITE. Tsumeb, Otavi, S.W. Africa. Fine sharp bright...crystaline apple green Duftite. ljxl|". £*+. 17. CERUSSITE. Mibladen, Nr. Midelt, Atlas Mts. Morocco. Specimen...7xhix3". £?. 19. CHaLOO^LUMITE. Grandview Mine, Grand Canyon, Coconino Co. Arizona, U.S.A. Superb sky |  | Choulet, F., Buatier, M., Barbanson, L., Guégan, R., Ennaciri, A. (2016) Zinc-rich clays in supergene non-sulfide zinc deposits. Mineralium Deposita, 51 (4) 467-490 doi:10.1007/s00126-015-0618-8 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (UMR6249), Besançon, France 2 ISTO, Université d’Orléans/CNRS (UMR7327), Orléans, France 3 Groupe Managem...Atlas. This deposit is hosted by Lower Jurassic limestone, and the ore consists mainly of willemite (Zn2SiO4)...leading to karst development in the Jurassic limestone (Choulet et al. 2014; Charles et al. 2015). The...fault, deepseated dolomitic limestone is almost barren, whereas massive limestone of the southern domain originally...rocks of mineralization include Sinemurian black limestone, locally interbedded with thin layers of greyish |  | | Catalog/List | | massive in quartz (Les Anglais Mine,Massiac, Brouse France) 1x8 80p 077 CALLAGHANITE Cu Mg CO/3 OH Dark blue...good green crust on Quartzite (Cap Garonne, Var, France) lxl £1 1x2 £2 038 KINOITE Ca Cu Silicate quite...CO/3 OH blue micro crystals on rock. (Greystones Quarry,Lezant,Cornwall) £2.00 lx H £3.50 2 076 CALEDONITE...Quartz with micro spots of Native Copper. (Kingston Quarry,Cornwall) 1x1 £2 553 TETRAHEDERITE (Cu Fe) Sb S...crusts on Quartz. (Les Anglais Hine Massiac, Brouse, France) lxl £1 1x2 £2 215'CYLINDRITE Pb Fe Sn Sb S silvery |  | | Catalog/List | | crusts on Quart~. (Les Anglais Hine Mas1iac,Biouse, France) lxl 80p lx2 El.50 110 COSALITE Pb/2 Bi/2 S/5....(C0/3) OH wbite cleavages with cerussite and or Pyrolusite (Merehead Quarry, Hendips,Somerset) ij X l El...orange coatings on matrix. A pseudomorphafter Cerussite. (TonopahBelmontHine Arizona) ~ins E2 Ix n EJ...Pb/2 C0/3 Cl/2 Rich ycllow to brownmasseswith Cerussite. (Terrible Mine, Isle Colorado, USA)2x2cmEl5 lCII(10...TooeleCounty,Utah 1 x 1/2 ins fJ lx2ins E7 09~ CERUSSITE Lead Carbonate. small white crystals on limonitic |  | | Journal (issue) | | Fluorite from the Font Sante Mine, Esterel, Var, France......................................................... 328 photography Nelly Bariand Paris, France Werner Lieber Heidelberg, West Germany Olaf Medenbach...hurst, 111.) Gilbert Gauthier (M aisons-Laffitte, France) Geological Specimens Int’l (Bassersdorf, Switz...City. Calif.) Kahn Mineralien (W edesbiittel, W est G erm any) Mr. & Mrs. Irwin Kennedy (Scarboro, O...(G arden G rove, Calif.) Ward’s Natural Science Est. (R ochester, N. Y.) Richard Webster (Brookline, |  | | Catalog/List | | L5.25. ACTI.IOLITS. 3otallack Cliffs ,St .Just, ''est Corn·.1all. 19th C. label. 11x1x1" lustrous,dark-green...oo. 1 B'. 1-tx1t-", .f.2.00. 9. ANALCL'lE.Dean Quarry,St.Keverne,Lizard,Cornwall. Three l&rge,Yery fine...2x1f" open surfucc pit in pale,metamorphosed Limestone,richly spanned and most attractively infilled...AZURITE. Ka1Jareza Inclined altered Limonitic-Limestone sparkling,royal-blue,small and cupro-Smithsonite...vuggy nodule and a amall crystalline Halachite/ Cerussite complimentary apecimen. t}.25. 54. AZURI'i'E/1-lALACHITE |
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