 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | B. COOK Department of Geology and Geography Pyrargyrite Downloaded by [New York University] at 17:35...dominant member of the family, the antimony-analog pyrargyrite, is similarly sought, yet offers collectors somewhat...mineral of silver, well-crystallized specimens of pyrargyrite have been recovered from an interesting array...Mexico and, to a lesser extent, Peru. When fresh, pyrargyrite is dark red; however, it tarnishes when exposed...hardness of 2.5 and a measured density of 5.82. Pyrargyrite is hexagonal (3m), most commonly forming stout |  | | Catalog/List | | 3. 4. 1/ 5· 6. 8. 9. 10. ALTAITE. smuggler Mine, Balarat, Boulder Cty., Colorado, U.S.A. Rich metallic...under ultra-violet light. 4x2". £6. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co.Galway, Eire. Sparkling blue crystals with minor...limonitic gossan. 3tx2tx2" • £8. AZURITE. TL~g Tang Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Thin blue coatings inter-mixed... 20. 21. 22. 24. 25· BISMUTHINITE. Old Pool Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Delicate silvery needles in...with minor Feldspar. Hxl". 80p. BORNITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Pure massive , with bright irridescent |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cairncross & C. R. Anhaeusser Minerals of the Linwood mine, Scott County, Iowa ............. 231 by P. L. Garvin...M. Crawford Famous mineral localities: Hiendelaencina, Spain ............... 241 by M. Calvo & E. Sevillano...collected extensively at the benitoite locality in San Benito Co., California, and cleaned much of this...in the still open underground workings of the Gem mine. He encountered an open pocket containing well formed...conglomerate. The stories of these early discoveries and mine developments, some of which were conducted under |  | | Journal (issue) | | unknown artist around 1765. Museo Nacional de Arte, La Paz, Bolivia. 10 The Mineralogical Record, W...Potos , Bolivia in the mid-1700s. Collection of Carlos and Mar a Iturralde. E W W W W W The Mineralogical...prosperity. From Joa u n de Sotomayor s e ri i bre e e la u ble leal iu a a a e a (1732). RICHES FROM RAT HOLES...illustration in C. Nebel s age i re ue e ar l gi ue a la ar ie la lu re a e u i ue (1836). haciendas de minas ...magistral E El Arte de los Metales Real Audiencia de la Plata 14 The Mineralogical Record, Figure 16. | | | Journal (issue) | | Cairncross & C. R. Anhaeusser Minerals of the Linwood mine, Scott County,Iowa ..................... 231 by...M. Crawford Famous mineral localities: Hiendelaencina,Spain .........................241 by M. Calvo...M o n t B lanc, C h a m o n ix , F ran ce. T h e la rg e st flu o rite cry stals m e a s u re 2.9 cm...collected ex tensively at the benitoite locality in San Benito C o., California, and cleaned much of this...in the still open underground workings of the Gem mine. He encountered an open pocket containing well formed |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | great silver-mining center of ancient times was Spain. The earliest reference to the Spanish deposits...province, and huge quantities of silver flowed from Spain to Rome. Pliny reported that the Iberian mines were...figure 3. Sternbergite, 1.7 cm across, Hiendelaencina, Spain. Barbara Cureton specimen, Wendell Wilson... the Himmelsfurst, and the Elizabeth. In 1521, Spain conquered Mexico, and the world’s economy changed...with slave labor, made Spain the weathiest nation in the world. Charles V of Spain, who was the fortunate |  | | Book | | ..... San Bernardo Area Alistos District ........... Magdelena .................. Guadalajara .........Eulalia District....... El Potosi Mine............. San Antonio Mine....... Cusihuiriachic District................................. Minerals of Ojuela Mine .... . Velardena District.........................District ..................... El Sanlin Mine......................... San Miguel de Allende ........... Queretaro................ Mexican Opal Names............... San Juan del Rio......................... Queretaro Area |  | | Book | | Berkshire RG 11 2PY, England Yan Nostrand Reinhold 480 La Trobe Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia...de) Castillo's Cuadro de £species Mineral6gicas: Carlos Ede Landero's Sinopsis Minera/6gica and Catci/ogo...£species Minerales de Jalisco; D. Santiago Ramirez's La Riqueza Minera de Mexico, and his translation of...1) produced specimens from such places as the La Fe Mine in the state of Chiapas and Santa Rosalia in...Spaniards in 1517 , the needs for minerals increased. Spain needed the gold and silver to finance its territorial | | | Book | | Berkshire RG11 2PY, England Van Nostrand Reinhold 480 La Trobe Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia...del Castillo’s Cuadro de Especies Mineraloégicas; Carlos F de Landero’s Sinopsis Mineralogica and Catalogo...Especies Minerales de Jalisco; D. Santiago Ramirez’s La Riqueza Minera de Mexico, and his translation of...pa Biren vem, nM cad tomas ies ery £5 ao hebe, La iOd aay Am gle Pha yy i;sian, WRT a ss] ae " re...1) produced specimens from such places as the La Fé Mine in the state of Chiapas and Santa Rosalia in |  | | Journal (issue) | | Famous Mineral Localities: The Erupción/Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos District, Chihuahua, Mexico ........minrec.org Front Cover WULFENITE from the Ahumada mine, Los Lamentos District, Chihuahua, Mexico; 6.6 cm...gathering around a natural amphitheater amid the mine buildings and headframes in order to hear what we...Mexico-II having been devoted to the famous Ojuela mine). Covered here are four more important and prolific...and Arizona Company, then managed the New Cornelia mine at Ajo with great success. While still working for |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Golden brown barite crystals, Villamassargia, near mine, Guanajuato, Mexico (8.5 cm). Iglesias, Sardinia...Enna, Sicily (6 cm). West 800 Level, White Capps mine, Man- 11: Dark grey stibnite crystals, (variety...fluorite crystals on grey galena crystals, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Tennessee (5 cm). Figure 17: Transparent... dark blue-green vivianite crystals, Montserrat mine, Pazna, Bolivia (12 cm). Figure Figure 19: Transparent...Figure 20: Green elbaite crystals on albite, Jonas mine, Itatiaia, Minas Gerais, Brazil (5 cm). Figure |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in diameter. It consistsof gray quartz, cal(3) the La Luz vein system(Fig. 1). Three types cite, nontronite...minerals occur in ore shoots in the Sierra and Veta pyrargyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite,galena, silver, Madre...samples from the Cebadamine are specimensof high-grade mine (two of type 2 and two of type 3 ore in the silver...vugs in ameSierra vein system), two from the Cebada mine thyst. The vugsare lined with concretionary quartz...onepart of the VillalThe ores observedin the Peregrina mine occur sequence.The sequence as quartz-calcite veinsthat |  | | Catalog/List | | EUGENE & SHARON CIBNEROS • 16840 EAST ALTA VISTAWAY, SAN JOSE, CA 95127-1737 U.SA PHONE: 1•1 W-4111 FAX:...7/B X 1/2" thick. $28.50 A 4042AGUILARITE - San Carlos Mine, Municipio de Guandjuato, State of Guanaju...Sr. P. Aguilar, the superintendent of the San Carlos Mine, the locality from which the mineral was originally...5/8 to l" S 80.00 ALGODONITE - Sheldon-Columbia Mine, Portage Lake, Houghton Co., Michigan - Algodonite...the specimen material from the Sheldon-Columbia Mine is typical of Algodonite from other Northern Michigan |  | | Journal (issue) | | :Refugio Jlline Famous mineral localities: The Refugio mine, Municipio de Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico .............Front Cover Smithsonite, 4 cm wide, from the Refugio mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico. William Dameron collection;...beginning on page 453. Frontispiece (page 400) Pyrargyrite from Taxco, Mexico. Oil on Canvas, by Wendell...that were collected and stored more carefully. The mine is still being actively worked today, as the city...IV: (2004, vol. 35, no. 6) San Pedro Corralitos, Amatitlan, San Francisco mine Mexico V.· (2008, vol. 39 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Los Angles Mexico Special Issue II The Ojuela Mine Preface to Mexico-II1............................. from the 1981 find in the San Judas chimney, Level 6, of the Ojuela mine. Houston Museum of Natural...headframes and processing facilities of the Ojuela mine ca. 1900. The famous suspension bridge designed...Mexican localities that came to mind was the Ojuela mine, source of countless thousands of wonderful mineral...interviews, that could be gathered on the Ojuela mine and adjacent Mapimí deposits; and he spent several |  | | Book | | Crystals up to 140mm (5½ in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Very fine spinel-law...association with acanthite, stephanite, proustite, pyrargyrite, copper and many other minerals. The best specimens...to 100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Genaro Mine in Huancavelica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New...Dorado, California, US.A. Gold, 68 mm, Eagle's Nest Mine, California, US.A. Gold gold on it. Typical aggregates...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine, Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from |  | | Report (issue) | | Bustos s son Carlos sold the specimen (presumably without the shrine) to a European in La Paz, Bolivui...plwto Plldi.wp11�. Yaalte: 12.5 cm wide Siglo XX Mine, ,U� Bustillo province, Potosi Malty Zinn colkdknt...Anthony R. Kampf Brian Kosnar, Saul Krotki, Jesse La Plante, Gary Moss, Bendeguz Nagy Gunther Neumeier...cassiterite 4.3 cm; Huanuni Dave Bunk specimen Jesse La Plante photo Map: Oruro Department ...............Minerals from the San Jose and Itos Mines in Oruro ... 26 BY ROBERT B. COOK The Morococala Mine .......... |  | | Book | | Crystals up to 140mm (5'A in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbce, Arizona, USA. Very fine spincl-law...association with acanthite, stephanite, proustite, pyrargyrite, copper and many other minerals. The best specimens...to 100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Gcnaro Mine in Huancavclica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine. Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from...110 mm (47.6 in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | a primary mineral also discovered, and later the San Guillermo vein, which, exists, but it is much rarer...appeared are Schneeberg-Schlema Large amounts of pyrargyrite, stephanite, polybasite in Obersachsen (Germany)...Fresnillo and San Juan de Rayas in Guanajuato (Mexico) and has become the richest silver mine in the world...these recent San Carlos mines had ceased vein. The San Juan production by the de Rayas mine in time of...very city In Morocco, the of Oberschlema Bou Azzer mine, itself, which finally already very had to be relocated |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles The Almadén mining district, Ciudad Real, Spain ..................................................CINNABAR twin, 6.5 mm, on matrix, from Almadén, Spain. Gianfranco Ciccolini collection and photo. Visit...District, Ciudad Real, Spain Borja Sainz de Baranda Graf Miami, 3, 4-C 28027 Madrid (Spain) borjateresa@hotmail...Alcala Campus Universitario-28805 Alcala de Henares (Spain) The Almadén Mining District exploited the largest...structures including the headframes of the San Joaquin, San Aquilino and San Teodoro shafts, the former mineralogy |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tampa, FL Correspondents Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain Joe Polityka Staten Island, NY Jeffrey A. Scovil...Articles Famous mineral localities: The Bristol copper mine, Connecticut......................................in the U.S.A. notesfrom th r EDITORS OLD YUMA MINE Another great mineral locality has now been closed...longfamous Old Yuma mine near Tucson (see R. L. Jones, “Famous mineral localities: the Old Yuma mine,” in vol....period of activity, access to the mine was cut off in 1984. In 1996 the mine area was absorbed into the Saguaro |  | | Book | | On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma |  | | Report (issue) | | Mountains; near Pueblo Viego; near Sulphur Springs; in La Gila Range and elsewhere. ANDRADITE. See Garnet....Lost Gulch Mine, near Globe; Mohave County, in Mineral Park;; Pima County, in Mammouth Mine, Schulty;...Mountains; carries gold and some silver at McCabe mine. ASBESTOS (chrysotile ). Coconino County, associated...copper). Cochise County, was abundant at Copper Queen mine, Bisbee district. The finest specimens of Azurite"in...Azurite"in many museums have come from this mine. Gila and Pinal Counties, rare in Globe district. Greenlee |  | | Catalog/List | | ·minated modified (B) 3/4x1 11 $4.50. ANDORITE ltos mine, Oruro, Bolivia Superb silvery-gray metallic modified...section BARITE Select quartz on dense Himmelsfu,·st mine, F1·eiberg, Saxony, Germany irregular gray metal...Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona bright blue crystallized botryoidal nodules on minor azurite La Sal...termination. ¼x¼xl½11 $12.50. BISMUTH IN ITE East Pool mine, Cornwall, England Dark gray elongated fibrous 2...intergrown brownish BENITO ITE The Dall es Gem mine, San Benito Co. ,California Select deep blue translucent | | | Catalog/List | | ·minated modified (B) 3/4x1 11 $4.50. ANDORITE ltos mine, Oruro, Bolivia Superb silvery-gray metallic modified...section BARITE Select quartz on dense Himmelsfu,·st mine, F1·eiberg, Saxony, Germany irregular gray metal...Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona bright blue crystallized botryoidal nodules on minor azurite La Sal...termination. ¼x¼xl½11 $12.50. BISMUTH IN ITE East Pool mine, Cornwall, England Dark gray elongated fibrous 2...intergrown brownish BENITO ITE The Dall es Gem mine, San Benito Co. ,California Select deep blue translucent |
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San Carlos Mine, Hiendelaencina, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain