 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystals of aegirine have been collected at Zomba, Malawi (see fig. 2). These specimens were reported... The aegirine was associated with aesthetic smoky quartz, microcline, and zircon. However, with further...Figure 4. Looking west from the highest point on Mount Malosa. The African plain can be seen in the distance...labeled as coming from Zomba, Malawi.* Zomba is a village located south of Zomba Mountain. A few South...2000). History and Geology The geology of the region that contains the aegirine-bearing pegmatites has |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi Alessandro Guastoni & Federico Pezzotta The Zomba-Malosa pluton... emplaced approximately 113 Ma, is composed by quartz-syenite and peralkaline granite and belongs to...These pegmatites outcrop close to the summit of Mount Malosa (-2000 m.a.s.l.) and they are subhorizontal...X-ray diffraction performed on aegirines from Mount Malosa collected in the cavities indicated that the...on fluid inclusions in quartz crystals from miarolitic cavities of Mount Malosa estimated entrapment pressure |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Science University of Arizona, Tucson INTERESTING QUARTZ I published a column in the September/ October...example of epitaxy in which the orientation of the quartz crystals has been dictated by their having grown...state mineral. Two odd quartz specimens from Mount Malosa, Zonba district, Malawi. Left: 8 Ă 3.5 Ă 3.6...01:31 12 December 2015 ARIZONA STATE METAL Quartz (smoky quartz), 5 cm tall. Sceptre claims, Emerald Lake...half-dozen very similar examples from Mount Malosa, Zomba district, Malawi, two of which are illustrated here |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (REE) carbonates from alkaline pegmatites of Mount Malosa, Malawi AlessAndro GuAstoni,1 FAbrizio nestolA,1...discussed. Keywords: Ca-REE carbonates, Mount Malosa, Malawi, hydration introduction The crystal structures...alkaline granite-syenite pegmatites of the Mount Malosa pluton in Malawi, associated with rhabdophane-(Ce), (Ce...00/DOI: 10.2138/am.2009.3185 pegmatites of Mount Malosa. The crystal chemistry of these Ca-REE fluorocarbonate...fluorocarbonates. The common alterations observed at Mount Malosa are goethite + K-feldspar after parisite(Ce) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | phases. Associated minerals include microcline, smoky quartz, and fluorite as centimeter-sized crystals....Mountain (Stove Mountain), Saint Peters Dome, and Mount Rosa (Raines 2001). From Cookstove Mountain, Glass...to 3 mm, in lenses of magnetite, hematite, and quartz in postmagmatic joints in the Conway Granite (Nizamoff...tetrahedral crystals to 1 cm embedded in massive quartz and specular hematite (fig. 6). Its composition...Blue genthelvite crystals on specular hematite and quartz, field of view 6.4 mm, El Criollo pegmatite, Cerro |  | | Journal (issue) | | Magdalensburg (Carinthia, Austria), where a series of quartz crystals were found at a settlement that can be...(Lombardy, northem Italy), a transparent and perfect quartz crystaldoubly terminated and about 2.5 cm in diameter-was...foothills of the Lombardy Alps (Pezzotta, 1999), where quartz occurs in a deposit very similar to that of the...the Sicilian sulfur deposits; so-called "fenster quartz" of Porretta Terme; gypsum and other minerals of...Valley and the Siusi Alp; druses of orthoclase and quartz with associated minerals from the pegmatite geodes |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Aquamarine (specimen and cut stones) with smoky quartz on matrix, Mount Antero, Colorado. Denver Museum of Nature...34043 Aegirine and Associated Minerals from Mount Malosa, Malawi, B. Cairncross, 31-37 Africa, azurite, 4043;...minerals named after South Africans, 48-53; Mount Malosa, Malawi, 31-37; Rhodes/rhodesite,50-53; Tsumeb,...Nigeria, 110 Aragonite, Tsumeb, 21 Arfvedsonite, Malawi, 36 Arsenogoyazite, New Mexico, 301 Art, see Robinson..., Aegirine and Associated Minerals from Mount Malosa, Malawi, 3 1-37; Spectacular Minerals from the Kalahari |  | | Journal (issue) | | Baranda Some pegmatite minerals from the Zomba district, Malawi .........................................minerals (facsimile: $10) v.2/#2 Chessy (France), Blue Quartz, Panasqueira (Portugal), X-ray crystallography...Ill) (facsimile: $10) v.2/#5 Gold Hill (UT), Rose Quartz, Grandview mine (AZ), Crandallite (VA), Early American...Chuqui$7 camata (Chile) v.9/#6 Libethenite (Zambia), Quartz & Pyrite (WA), Hydroboracite (CA) $7 v.10/#1...minerals v,10/#3 Taewha mine (Korea) Japan Twins (Quartz), Bancroft (Ont.), Franklin $7 v.10/#4 Chanarcillo |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (Baveno, Italy; Cuasso al Monte, Italy; Mt. Malosa, Malawi), five other porphyry Cu deposits (Bajo de...âtwo-phase fieldâ is used to describe the P-T-X-region below this solvus. âVaporâ is used for an H2Orich...entire melt inclusions were drilled out of the host quartz without prior homogenization, and original melt...millimeters to several meters, are crystal lined (quartz, orthoclase ± other minerals), and commonly are...is possible that fluid inclusions in miarolitic quartz may be different from the average fluid exsolved |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mines in the AsbestosâThetford MinesâBlack Lake region of QuĂ©bec, Canada. In his professional life Dr...in minerals was sparked when as a child he found quartz crystals while camping with his parents in Valle...localities in northern Italy, principally the Piedmont region. Specimens in the Amabili collection include vesuvianite...5-cm-tall group of aegirine crystals from Mount Malosa, Malawi; a 15-cm matrix spessartine from Tongbei...from the Himalaya mine, California; an 11cm smoky quartz gwindel from Puiva Mountain, Saranpaul, Tyumen |  | | Corporate Document | | Republic of Malawi Ministry of Mining Final Report of the Project for Establishment of Integrated Geographic...Ltd. dummy Frontispiece 1 Map of Malawi Former capital: Zomba Headquarters of Geological Survey Department...Lake Chilwa located in the southeastern part of Malawi and Chisi Island: Chisi Island is composed of syenite...Lake Malawi Upper right: Syenite distributed in Chilwa Alkaline Province in the south of Malawi (Cretaceous.............................. 19 3. The Works in Malawi .............................................. |  | | Book | | EinschlĂŒsse im Quarz Magie World: lnclusions in Quartz Vorwort Foreword EinfĂŒhrung 7 8 1ntrod...Sulfates, Wolframates Carbonates Silicates Synthetic quartz Final comments Acknowledgements References Photo...only represent a small and limited selection of quartz inclusions and should encourage the readers to...venture on their own journey into the magic world of quartz inclusions, maybe discovering a new, fantastic...aber auch wunderschöne crystals in pegmatites, quartz Kristalle in Pegmatiten, Quarzveins, ore deposits |  | | Journal (issue) | | Identify Emeralds BastnĂ€site and Parisite from Malawi THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE...BastnĂ€site-(Ce) and Parisite-(Ce) from Mt. Malosa, Malawi Alessandro Guastoni, David Kondo, and Fabrizio...âSoufflĂ©â freshwater cultured pearls âą âChurrasco quartzâ from Brazil âą Catâs-eye rhodonite âą Large H-rich...infrared (FTIR) spectrometer equipped with KBr and quartz beam splitters. A beam condenser (6Ă) was employed...and water vapor in air. The spectra in the mid-IR region were normalized based on the two-phonon absorptions |  | | Book | | 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,...localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...(Chamberlain and Robinson, 2013). MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Krasny Chikoy, Transbaikalia, Eastern Siberian Region, Russia .........................................Krasny Chikoy, Transbaikalia, Eastern Siberian Region, Russia Jindr=ich KynickĂœ,1 Jan KynickĂœ,2 Bryan...wonderfully large crystals of wine-red tourmaline with smoky quartz and cleavelandite that rival the great historical...INTRODUCTION Gem tourmaline from Russianâs Transbaikalia region has become a valuable part of our global mineral...assemblages of wine-red tourmaline, lustrous smoky quartz, and blue-white cleavelanditeâthe typical signature |  | | Journal (issue) | | Printed by Allen Press, Lawrence, Kansas Front cover Quartz scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King...collecting has flourished throughout the Northwest region in recent decades; a history of the mineral discoveries...book. Collectors have reveled in the beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County,...the estate. Many early minerals collected in the region about Spokane, Washington, are represented in the...Monthly, including one on pseudomorphs and one on quartz in 1888, and he wrote a detailed article for the |  | | Journal (issue) | | showing location of the Grenville Province and its southern subdivisions; modified from Price and Douglas...Boundary Zone (CMBBZ) of the Grenville across southern Quebec, southeastern Ontario and northwestern...(Hogarth, 1970). During the Paleozoic, much of the southern portion of the study area was covered by sediments...et al., 1988). Younger rocks are unknown in the region; if they were once present they were probably eroded...apophyllite series mineral in a microcline-albite-quartz-calcite pegmatite, and at locality 86 it occurs |  | | Journal (issue) | | HAMPSTEAD FARM QUARRY, AVON {Russell Society Southern Branch) PRESENTATIONS: 12.00-12.30 Roy Starkey...(south of Millau). Millau is in the centre of a region of Jurassic rocks, which include limestones and...matrix (fig. 3) can be found, as well as bournonite, quartz, dolomite, and hydrozincite. The area of the mine...Society to make a return visit to the UK and maybe to mount a display of their French minerals ac che 1994 Sussex...minerals derived from bat guano in lava caves in the region, including the mincralogically famous Skipton Caves |  | | Journal (issue) | | crest of Plumbago Mountain in Newry, where rose quartz crystals were found. Mineral collectors typically...that had recently been mined by Gary Freeman at Mount Mica. The stone had an unusual blue color, and she...purple apatite, Plumbago mountain for rose quartz crystals, Mount Mica for tourmaline, the Keith and Pulsifer...Pines mine for facet-grade rose quartz, and the Waisanen mine for smoky quartz crystals, herderite crystals...efforts have now come full-swing, and he is back at Mount Mica and Newry, mining for the Plumbago Mining Corporation |  | | Journal (issue) | | in Europe was made in an iron mine in the polar region of northernmost Sweden two decades ago. The Malmberget...known as the Dallas Gem mine, is situated near the southern tip of San Benito County about 30 km to the north...them. Imagine the difficulty in accessing this region in 1907, the year benitoite was discovered, when...discovery. Arrows shows limit of mineralization. southern San Benito County for new mercury deposits in...possible that the Native Americans who inhabited this region may have seen this deposit at some point in the |  | | Catalog/List | | meteorites that contains a rare form of shocked Quartz called Stishovite. The irst remnants of Muonionalusta...lunar meteorite was found in the Dhofar Desert region of Oman by noted meteorite hunter Michael Farmer...due to its metallic luster and patches of drusy Quartz crystals. This medium-sized sphere has been carved...a fascinating pattern of patches and veins. The region that produced this material has been closed now...green and cream orbs with a spattering of drusy Quartz among a sea of concentric orbs. This sphere has |  | | Journal (issue) | | 30067, Tel: 770-973-3632, E-mail: jcgray@gsu.edu Southern California Chapter Visit our website at www.mineralsocal...turquoise crystals on either a mica schist or a white quartz breccia recovered from the dumps of this small...Lynch Station in Campbell County, Virginia, on the southern bank of Bishop Creek. It is not indicated on the...Highway 43. Figure 2. Mines and prospects in the southern portion of the James RiverâRoanoke River manganese...occurrences of iron and manganese ores are located in the Mount Athos Formation, which contains beds of quartzite |  | | Journal (issue) | | scratch the surface of this spectacular mining region, to which whole libraries have been devoted. That...Wikimedia Commons. Native Americans who moved into the region almost immediately after the glaciers receded,...volume 54, JanuaryâFebruary, 2023 control of the region, another unsuccessful attempt at mining was made...mostly forgotten until American exploration of the region began in the 1830s. Douglass Houghton probably...shortly thereafter in Ontonagon County at the southern end of the district. Because these veins are often |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from coarsely crystallized whole rocks to euhedral quartz crystals within miarolitic cavities. The major...intermediate-density fluid inclusions trapped in quartz of a magmatic-hydrothermal breccia contain ~40...Mb, Zn, Pb, Cu, Bi) mineralization in the Oslo region stem from this rift-related, subalkaline magmatism...diameter and were lined with euhedral crystals of quartz and orthoclase ± fluorite. fjo N 10 km Medium-fine...mineralization is represented by small, widely spaced quartz-sericite-pyrite-fluorite veins containing minor |  | | Book | | known to 1umankind since prehistoric times such as quartz 1nd gold, but also ~minerals first described quite...secondary. It occurs with pyrite, arsenopyrite, quartz, sylvanite, calaverite, krennerite and other minerals...in many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine, Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes...15 mm (1 9h2 in) come from Konder in Khabarovsk Region, small crystals, but mainly nuggets, weighing up...(3 1/R in) and imperfect crystals were found in quartz veins in Allin, British Colwnbia, Canada. Fine |
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