 | | Book | | Pty. Ltd. 26 Harries Road, Coorparoo, Qld. 4151 Australia © Copyright Len Cram 1994 © Photography and text...Opals, , tiful Lightning Ridge, Beautiful Queensland Opals, and Beautiful Opals of the Desert “ISBN...Black Opal. Contents Introduction 5 Opal History 7 Australian Opals 13 Australian Opal Geology...What is Opal? On the Trail 15 17 19 Let’s Go Hunting For Opal! 23 New South Wales Opal Fields Lightning...South Australian Opal Fields Coober Pedy Mintabie Andamooka 41 53 57 59 Queensland Opal Fields 61 |  | | Book | | ' • t IN COLO~ · AUSTRALIAN OPALS IN COLOUR Opal can be fairly stated to be Australia's national...reader through all the Australian opal fields, describes the types of opal 111ining, the lives of the miners...Andamooka, and on the Queensland opal fields. It also covers the scientific nature of opal and describes how...superb colour plates it display Australian opals and opal jewellery in al I their beauty: gives glin1pses...shows the lapidary working of these precious getns. Every proud opal owner will want this book and all |  | | Book | | CLASSIC MINERAL LOCALITIES OF THE WORLD Asia and Australia = _ |) VieBAtO TATA JARS LIPOW Si. ao sé ... CLASSIC MINERAL LOCALITIES OF THE WORLD Asia and Australia Philip Scalisi David Cook VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...Nostrand Reinhold Australia Pty. Ltd. 17 Queen Street Mitcham, Victoria 3132, Australia Van Nostrand Reinhold...Classic mineral localities of the world, Asia and Australia. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Mines and...resources—Asia. 2. Mines and mineral resources—Australia. 3. Mines and mineral resources—Soviet Union |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | T H E STORY OF OPAL By G. FREDERICK SHEPHERD Technical Assistant In Geology - (1932) Museum of Science...Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois Opal An Evil Omen? It is most deplorable that the mind of the...the mag nificent and ever-changing beauty of the opal to be maligned with puny super stition. Many objects...misunderstanding, ungrounded re port, or superstition, and the opal is one of them — with little, if any, reason for...for the spread of its ill-fated powers. The opal has not always been thought of as being unlucky, and it |  | | Journal (issue) | | mmigration Ol ice. Opal Mines, Wbite Cllifs, New South Wales. Oourte8JI Special Opal Nuinber Granite and...1Iuseum. B y 1rilli<1m F. Foshag The Geology of Opal. By, Oilb rrt Hart.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Quest of the Opal. B!I If. T. Strnng.. . ....................... . . ('(}Jor Play in Opal. B.11, Il. E... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 'fbe Opal. JJy E11,qe11e Jr. B1"11k..................... ...Nature, Oc·cune11ce anll U se. By ,John Jfe11111.sr Opal from the Columhin Plateau Basnlt F lows of ,vashington |  | | Book | | Black Opal. [Frontispiece. Opal: The Gem of the Never Never By T. C. WOLLASTON Author... II. The Main Types Opal Opal III. Opal, IV. How — — a of Gem Opal Geological Part II. ... — — 16 — ... 33 Journey— the — The ... Opal — — Nature — in Getting Trancelike to 45...the — Home— Country Never Never Leases V. Opal Drought Last 11 ... ... Innamincka Stage...Stage The IV. OF Windorah Another 6 THE OPAL I. to ... Theories and THE the its Survey ON |  | Li, Dien, Bancroft, G. M., Kasrai, M., Fleet, M. E., Secco, R. A., Feng, X. H., Tan, K. H., Yang, B. X. (1994) X-ray absorption spectroscopy of silicon dioxide (SiO2) polymorphs: The structural characterization of opal. American Mineralogist, 79 (7-8) 622-632 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (SiOr) polymorphs: The structural characterizationof opal DrrN Lr, G. M. Bmcnorr, M. K,lsRAr Department of...cristobalite, coesite, amorphous silica (a-SiOr), and opal. The SiK and SiI near-edgefeatures are interpreted...XANES spectra cility (CSRF) and accommodatedon the Aladdin storage of both a qluar1':z and stishovite were...kbar. Natural single-crystalot quartz and the two opal ing peaksA-G in the l- and K-edge spectraof both...obtained. Both sam- sities differ considerably. ples of opal were highly disordered and nearly amorXANES featuresinvolve |  | | Journal (issue) | | Centra/ Michigan University The M icrostructure of Precious O p a l.........................................postage paid at Bowie, Md. VANADINITE from the Apache Mine, Gila County, Arizona. The largest crystals in the...lovely pocket of crystals was recently exposed in a mine in Spain. The foreman was a highgrader who realized...have join ed in. So he called a strike, closed the mine, and made off with a valuable collection of minerals...pegmatite locat ed near Custer, South Dakota. This mine will be opened to mineral collectors next Summer |  | | Book | | GEOLOGICAL SURVEYOR IN CHARGE. INTRODUCTORY. When Australia was being colonised the pastoral industry "was...must not be forgotten that the prosperity of Australia dates from the discovery of gold, which resulted... Coke, Kerosene Shale, Graphite, Diamonds, Precious Opal, Emeralds, Turquoise, Sapphires and other Gems...Sandstone). | f J Cretaceous ' "I I L Jurassic opal deposits. Middle Cretaceous. Auriferous alluvial...associated Marine Beds. Gympie claystones I (of Queensland), . of the artesian water These . Series |  | | Journal (issue) | | ISSUE 21 RECORD-BREAKING RUBY DISCOVERY THE DIDY MINE, MADAGASCAR An Outlook on the Resource-rich Hunan...Record-breaking Discovery of Ruby and Sapphire at the Didy Mine in Madagascar: Investigating the Source Gemology...trademark, although he says he has the only license to mine and export Turkish Diaspore. Milenyum Mining Limited...supply and demand cycles of the rough and polished precious stone industry,” said Paul Zimnisky, cofounder...government has eliminated export incentives for some precious stones, including sapphires, some exporters may |  | | Journal (issue) | | 'i " The gem of the orient" · A Prod uct of Australia This gemstone is imported from Bangkok. Each stone...natural in all genuine stones. " Queensland Jade" -... " Queensland Jade" No. 31-173 4mm No. 31-176...Sapphire all • CJenu1ne stones No. 31-177 7x5mm " Queensland Jade" Florentine Taiwan Green Jade Republic...Black Star Sapphire " Queensland Jade" Filigree No. 31-174 10x8mm " Queensland Jade" Send for FREE...imported dlrectly from the mines of Queensland, Australia . "Queensland Jade" has all the allure and beauty |  | | Report (issue) | | Frontispiece: Olivenite, 1.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection...Nevada Mineral Catalog 47 Gregory C. Ferdock Precious-Metal Deposits in Volcanic Rocks IV) 121 Gregory...COLOR PLATES (following page 242) Gold, Mexican Mine Gold, Majuba Placer Pyromorphite after Galena with...with Conichalcite Gold, Round Mountain Mine Quartz, Lovelock area Acanthite Grossular, Nightingale...Quartz (amethyst), faceted Arsenolite Hewettite on Opal Kalinite Quartz with Spessartine Quartz with Stibnite | | | Report (issue) | | Frontispi ece: Oliven i te, r.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn coJlection...Hen1in1orphite Azurile Barite, N1eikJe Mine Barite, '\forthun1berland Mine Bante, Rosebud t1ine Barile v;ith...inclusions Bolt½'OOdite Calcite, Meikle Mine Calcite, Getchell Mine Callaghanite Cassiterite and Hema tile...Martha Mine Gold, Humboldt Mountain Gold, Mexican Mine Gold, Majuba Placer Gold, Round Mountain Mine Grossular...Heterogen ite He½•eltite on Opal Kalinitc Kazakhstanite and Strengite Kleinite on Opal Lavendulan Libethenite |  | | Book (volume) | | Gems—Bibliography. references and index. paper) 2. Precious stones —Bibliography. Title. Z5998.555 1993... Preface Because and gems it is antiquity precious surprising not number of books devoted What...and serve some A the published lists and Precious Stones 1200 entries in , to to publication...to incredibly poor for the upon complete, precious affluent match the state image of such works...eliminate journals to be than more article opal, the announcing to of color in cause merits |  | | Book | | SULPHIDE LENSES IN ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS (Mackinaw Mine) Pentlandite, chalcopyritc, pyrite, raaucherite...variety of mineral assemblages. Most underground mine workings follow mineralization localized by joints...VEINS IN VOLCANIC ROCKS Quartz, calcite, zeolites, opal, pyrite and other sulphides, clays, chlor ite,...meta-cinnabar, stibnite, quartz, calcite, marcasite, opal, mercury h. "NICKEL LEDGE" ZONES Ankerite, quartz...ROCKS Zeolite suite, quartz, calclte, sulphides, opal FUMAROLE DEPOSITS Gases escaping from the vicinity |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | + 4, Mineral Fe # — of Australia and™ Papua New Guinea ...O02unse Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea The COVER PHOTOGRAPH shows...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 1. Metals 6.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 2. Coal 7...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 3. Petroleum 8.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 4. Industrial...New Zealand Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and 1982 Eds D.A. Berkman and W. Ryall Ed. D |  | | Journal (issue) | | diamond saw blades start as thin as 006 1 Ideal for opal 6 S7.75 PLASTIC LAPS Flat as a sheet ot glass and...highlights of your Australian Holiday. Coming to Australia soon? You' ll want to see as many of its highlights...the Barrier Reef, Ayers Rock, Alice Springs. As an opal enthusiast you'll also want to inspect, maybe purchase...purchase, some fine examples of Australian opal. As Australia is almost as large as the United States,...various opal Selds to see the finest Australian opal. Now Opal Spectrum has its own spectacular opal showroom |  | | Journal (issue) | | ...._,._... ® WAX RING MANDREL THE NEW. • • PRECIOUS METAL CASTING KIT Acclaimed by both hobbyists...New and Exciting Wax llodela Cat. No. 102-73 PRECIOUS METALS CASTING METALS SAFEST and MOST DEPENDABLE...70 Specimens Purpurlte Rose Quartz Petrified Wood Opal Lepldolite (Yellow) Chalk Nephrite Amazonite Psilomelane...Pd1~I• Tner· 2 IICI- fir 15.00 LAPIS LAZULI rough OPAL TRIPLET we are the only ones who have this material...large sizes, selected pieces. TAIWAN 1'4 BLACK OPAL EMERALD rough * ••• -•a.-. ax10-eo. ... .... |  | | Journal (issue) | | ...._,._... ® WAX RING MANDREL THE NEW. • • PRECIOUS METAL CASTING KIT Acclaimed by both hobbyists...New and Exciting Wax llodela Cat. No. 102-73 PRECIOUS METALS CASTING METALS SAFEST and MOST DEPENDABLE...70 Specimens Purpurlte Rose Quartz Petrified Wood Opal Lepldolite (Yellow) Chalk Nephrite Amazonite Psilomelane...Pd1~I• Tner· 2 IICI- fir 15.00 LAPIS LAZULI rough OPAL TRIPLET we are the only ones who have this material...large sizes, selected pieces. TAIWAN 1'4 BLACK OPAL EMERALD rough * ••• -•a.-. ax10-eo. ... .... |  | | Journal (volume) | | J M., on Keeley Mine Bengal Iron Company's New Capital {m.d.) .... Bentong Tin Mine, Dredging at Report...324 Bottomley, Horatio, Sentenced Braden Copper Mine, Geology of Lindgren and Bastin (>«.<;.) . *308...Manufacture in {m.d.) .... 103 Britannia Copper Mine, Mining Methods of Report 257 British Aluminium...Ore at 198 383 186 255 6 Bwana M'Kubwa Copper Mine Calloose, Petition for Winding-up Cam & Motor...Poisoning Cariboo Placer Revival H. Carnarvon Range, Queensland Carpenter, Professor, and Metal Crystals Cass |  | | Book | | W. AND KOFOID _:\ Front. A. COBNISH TIN MINE. - THE TREASURES OF THE EARTH OR, MINES, MINERALS...insert three additional chapters, viz., " On Precious Stones, and Superstitions connected with " " them... BARNSTAPLE, J. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. THE PRECIOUS METALS. Geld and mentioned in the Scriptures...Scriptures Mining operations of the Abundance of the precious metals Story of Croesus Story Story of Olaf Eager...performed Verses, the I CHAPTER II. WHERE THE PRECIOUS METALS ARE FOUND. No metal more widely diffused |  | | Journal (issue) | | the “famous locality” series: the Home Sweet Home mine and Mount Antero. A fine mineralogical study of...“Missing and presumed lost” by the wellknown lost-mine author Kearney Egerton; “El Dorado’s children” by...1883 called Leadville the “ natural successor to Australia and California. 9 In the century since that statement...on lodes in California Gulch, and the Homestake mine (near Tennessee Pass) was reported to be shipping...built to carry water to higher ground. The Homestake mine shipped some argentiferous galena containing nickel |  | | Book | | Twelve Mazarins . 124 _ 124 128 130 131 132 Precious Stones and Spices . he GF Vie The Flower Motive...168 173 175 193 197 200 THREE GEMSTONES XIV PRECIOUS STONES ib. The Diamond 2. Tales of Famous Diamonds...Africa Ruby and cps ; oteEmerald Se XV . SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES iif Aquamarine and Golden Beryl 2. Yellow...it appears in various phases of its history from mine to purchaser. A mysterious and apparently disembodied...however, is not always the complete measure of a precious stone. Comparing the two, the star sapphire we |  | | Book | | in the Bruner mill. Production. The Broken Hills Mine produced about $70,000 from 1913 to 1920. Geology...outlet of the Humboldt, 14 m. distant. The principal mine was the Desert Queen which was worked continuously...1908, Mixing districts 19 the Golden Extension Mine was shipping. Barite «1 to occur in the district...which gave the district a temporary popularincipal mine is the Nevada Hills which was located anuary, 1906...1906. The Nevada Hills M. Co. erected a mine which was operated from September, 1911, to was shut down |  | | Report (volume) | | mineralogic works consulted may be mentioned Gems and precious stones of North America, by G. F. Kunz; Minerals...of economic value, by E. S. Simpson, Western Australia Geol. Survey Bull. 19; A list of Canadian mineral...STATES ALABAMA. H ing in pure white clay at Eureka mine, 4 miles northeast of Valley Head. Etowah County...was mined with other copper ores at Woods' copper mine. Mica (muscovite). Chilton County, mined in T. 22...also. Randolph County, small quantity at Pinetucky mine; carries gold; also at other gold mines. Pyrolusite |
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