 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | common member of the garnet family, almandine, was described (Cook 2009). Garnet forms under a wide range...resulting in its being one of the most locally abundant group of rock-forming minerals and certainly one of the...Consequently, for completeness of our coverage of the garnet-group minerals, and in keeping with the gemstone theme...Spessartine is one of fifteen minerals in the garnet group, each member of which is defined by its end-member...percentages of particular end members. We name the garnet according to the dominant end member. For example |  | | Catalog/List | | . 348 RHODIZITE (K Cs)Al (B,Be) 0 pale yellow, garnet shaped single crystal. 3 mm £3.50 (Antsirabe Madagascar)...BELOVITE Ce (Sr Ce Na Ca)P0/4 One of the Apatite group. , yellowish areas in USSINGITE (Alluaiv Lovozero...MINERALS Oil AMAZONITE felspar group, ,157 ANDRADITE var. MELANITE GARNET. pure green cleavages. Good lustrous...GROSSULAR chrome rich 190 IDOCRASE Ca Mg Al SiO OH Garnet group. Green areas in rock pure light green crystalline...Queensland Australia) Mins £5 311 ORTHOCLASE Felspar group unusual translucent to clear cleavage, (also known |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mariposa. September/October 1988 387 Figure 4: Group of intertwined wires of silver from Kongsberg, Norway;...County, California; Minas Gerais, Brazil; and Kunar, Afghanistan; as well as yellow beryl (heliodor) from...same case are the minerals of the tour maline group. Gem-quality crystals of blue and green el baite...natrolite. Minerals of the feldspar group, the garnet group, and the zeolite group among others, are all well...the unusual. The star of the display is a superb group of aesthetically intertwined wires of silver from |  | | Report (issue) | | Garnet Great Balls of Fire ISBN 978-0-9790998-4-7 Publisher Lithographie, LLC East Hampton, Connecticut...meter relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Garnet Great Balls of Fire Contributors Lothar Ackermann...2008, I attended the John Sinkankas Symposium on garnet at the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) in...confirmed that he had experimented with irradiating garnet and found that even megadoses of radiation had...International, spoiled the party, informing the group that the color of some 50 percent of the green gem |  | Hazrah, Kaveer, Antao, Sytle (2022) Apatite, Ca10(PO4)6(OH,F,Cl)2: Structural Variations, Natural Solid Solutions, Intergrowths, and Zoning. Minerals, 12 (5) 527 doi:10.3390/min12050527 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (HRPXRD), and Rietveld refinements. Apatite has space group P63 /m for the general chemical formula above. In...]6 F2 , is the most common member of the apatite-group minerals. Murayama et al. [2] indicated that F-...observed in many garnet crystals that are made up of a few slightly different garnet phases that cause...(PO4 )6 (OH,F,Cl)2 The crystal chemistry of Ap-group minerals has been reviewed by several researchers...F-Ap, Ca10 (PO4 )6 F2 , is hexagonal with space group P63 /m [17]. Some OH-Ap, Ca10 (PO4 )6 (OH)2 , and |  | | Journal (issue) | | (“the MAD Group”), formed in 1979, and the Houston Area Mineralogical Society (“the HAMS Group”), formed...organizational meeting of the MAD group was held on Saturday, January 13, 1979. The HAMS Group in Houston developed...establishing a new collecting group with the same focus as the Houston area group. The dealer community serving...attendees formally established a new collecting group that would meet on a monthly basis. The MAD and...elsewhere in the country. They have often assembled group exhibits at the major shows in Tucson, Denver and |  | | Journal (issue) | | mountains. It is Ramadan to boot.( In Pakistan and Afghanistan they spell and pronounce it Rama=a11with a 'z'...Province, Afghanistan, and some small, but sweet, blue tourmaline clusters from Darrah Pech, Kunar Province...lustrous corundum in marble from Ganesh, Hunza, Afghanistan, and far rarer: a well-crystalized 2 cm rhabdophane...effect, all from near Kiran, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan (analysis of both were done by Dr. Frank Hawthorne...translucent blue-green microcline from Madan Shah, Afghanistan. (Continues on page 5) April 2004 Mineral |  | | Catalog/List | | £3 348 RHODIZITE (K Cs)Al (B,Be) 0 pale yellow, garnet shaped single crystal. 3 mm £3.50 (Antsirabe Madagascar)...£10 TYPE M I N E R A L S Oil AMAZONITE felspar group, pure green cleavages. (Evie Norway) 1x2 £1 1x1...Provence,Zaire) £8 096 CHROME GROSSULAR chrome rich Garnet group. Green areas in rock (Jeffery Mine Quebec, Canada)...Queensland Australia) lx2ins £5 311 ORTHOCLASE Felspar group unusual translucent to clear cleavage, (also known...area on lx2ins £10 1.5cm om Ixlins £6 313 PYROPE garnet in dark green OLIVINE. Areas of pinkish Pyrone |  | | Journal (issue) | | Gem Museum Gem Notes Hessonite from Kunar Province, Afghanistan | Olshanskyite from Japan | Yellow Opal...Microsystems, Wetzlar, Germany Bear Williams Stone Group Laboratories LLC, Jefferson City, Missouri, USA...Zest Design, London. www.zest-uk.com PRINTER DG3 Group (Holdings) Ltd, London. www.dg3.com Cert no. TT-COC-002454...www.debeersgroup.com/~/media/ Files/D/De-Beers-Group/documents/reports/ insights/the-diamond-insight-report-2019...and other beryls, feldspar, ruby and sapphire, garnet, jade, opal, pearl, quartz, spinel and tourmaline |  | | Catalog/List | | ANDRADITE garnet group ♦ ANGLES ITE Pb SO/4 ANHYDIUTE Ca SO/4 AN KERITE-KUTNAIIORITE Dolom ite group ANN ITE...Mica AN ORTHITE Fe ldspar ANORTHOCLASE Felspar Group ANTHOPH YLLITE Amphibole 2cm £8 3cm £ 15 Near...Mapimi. Mexico A LLOPHANE ALSi O A LMANDINE garnet group ♦ A LSTONITE Ba C a CO/3 A LUJ\UNITE Al SO/4...sug.iry textured mass. good small grey crystal group ~- 2x2 £15 s I z E s i\l ,\ lx l £4 Ix I...l.x2 £2.5 0 l x2 £1.20 2x2 £2 2x2 £5 Feldspar group pure pale brown cleavages. Ix I £ I. SO Ix ! ins |  | | Journal (issue) | | ......................................... 5 Afghanistan & Tajikistan...................................MINING REPORT C urrently gem production in Afghanistan and Tajikistan has been reduced due to government...rubies and Afghanistan emeralds and rubies can be found on the Peshawar market. Thus, Afghanistan and Tajikistan...United A 2,304-gram specimen of Kunzite from Afghanistan. This specimen is part of the Sara and Ben Zion...imported into Afghanistan from Pakistan and India. Significant production in Afghanistan includes all |  | | Book | | in this category is the Nuristan District of Afghanistan, which over the past 10 years has produced some...Plateau Region Afghanistan Badakshan District, Kokcha Valley, Northeast Afghanistan Nuristan District...District, Laghman Province, Northeast Afghanistan References 65 67 68 CONTENTS 7. Iran (Persia) Nishapur...Southern Ural Mountains Andradite Garnet, Variety Demantoid Uvarovite Garnet Zircon Li The Kirghiz Steppes...crystals of cinnabar from China, the kunzites from Afghanistan, and the topazes and beryls from the Urals, just |  | | Catalog/List | | 3 8 ,HODTZ TE !Y. ,c)Al {B1 Be) 0 pale yello, garnet shaped si.flE crystal. 3.. E3.50 (Antsirabe Hadagac...(India) 7mm30p ½ ins 50p Oll Al-lAZO!HTE felspar group. 010 1 238 CORUNDUH good hexagonal shape grey-blue...Provence,Zaire) EB 096 CHROME GROSSULAR chromerich Garnet group. Green areas in rock (Jeffery MineQuebec, Canada)...alia) lx2ins ES 495 OPAL 311 OWHOCLASE Felspar group Com.~on Opal, pure white hard unusual translucent...area on lx2ins ElO 1.Scn omlxlins E6 313 PYROPE garnet in dark green OLv1NE.Areas of p'nkish Pyrope ·nand |  | | Catalog/List | | solid grain-like red-brown (mass like a massive garnet-paper ! Pure greenish-brown mass lxl £2 lx2 £4...Feldspar group pure pale brown cleavages. Rich black masses in matrix 2x3 £9 Fclspar Group lxl £1.50...black crystalline in Calcite l x I £3 Arnphibole Group 324 PETALITE Varutrask, Sweden Pure grey cleavable...Deep green areas on Chrome Diopside and 1x I £3 garnet group 982 VOLKONSKOITE Froland near Arendal, Norway...this location. lxl £5 lx2 £8 2x2 £16 2x3 £25 garnet group Ix½ £1.S Ix! £3 lx2 £5 Pb Cu AsO/4 23 ANHYDRITE |  | | Catalog/List | | grained solid grainlikc red-brown (mnss liken massive garnet-paper I lxl £2 lx2 £4 2x2 £8 Gamet 6x6111111 £3...lx2£8 MgOH F,Ol'0/4 lxl £3 lx2 £5 2x2 £10 2x3 £15 Garnet 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting ncur Crcslon . Wyoming...ANORTHOCLASE Ula, near Larvik, South Norway Feldspar group pure pale brown cleavages. lxl £1.50 lx2 £3 2x2...Grey flake on milky quartz Small white crystal group off scptarian nodule matrix .white fluorescent LW...Small white crystals on Basalt sharp creamy-brown group of dog-tooth crystals Zcolilc lxl £2 Ix ½£3 lxl |  | | Journal (issue) | | you to become a Fellow and join this important group and Wear the medallion with pride! Contact Tom...Montana, the Fluorita Dulcita prospect in Arizona, Garnet Ledge in Alaska, and localities in Australia and...mineral localities, is not a single mine or even a group of discrete mines but rather a region where, most...February 4, 1885, P. H. Bonvillein, representing a group of speculators called Bonvillein & Company, signed...the same “malarious” countryside that Streeter’s group had traversed. The pumps, rails, trucks, washing |  | | Catalog/List | | solid grain-like red-brown (mass like a massive garnet-paper I AISiO lxl £2 lx2 £4 2x2 £8 Gamet lx2 80p...textured mass. lxl £5 lx2 £8 2x2 £16 2x3 £25 garnet group 695 ANGLESITE Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, mexico...massive, x-raycd material lxl £1.50 £9 Dolomite group - - - - - -lx2-£3- - - - 2x2 - -£6- - -2x3 --- -...ANORTifOCLASE Ula, near Larvik, South Norway Feldspar group pure pale brown cleavages. lxl £1.50 lx2 £3 2x2...Mine, Masiac, Brouse, France Small white crystal group offseptarian nodule matrix .white fluorescent LW |  | | Journal (issue) | | ...651 by C. J. Stefano & J. K. Brizendine The Garnet Ledge almandine deposit near Wrangell, Alaska ...you to become a Fellow and join this important group. Wear the medallion with pride! Contact Tom Gressman...Center, and in 1974–1978 as Manager of the Devonian Group of Charitable Foundations. In 1979 he was hired...high school Russell joined an informal science group involved in mineral collecting; they took field...numbered thumbnail collection into three groups. One group was his reference collection of over 3,000 specimens |  | | Catalog/List | | Unusual location AISO/4 Ix! £5 2x2£16 2x3£2 5 garnet group lxl£4 lx2£8 1048 ALUMJNITE Newhavcn Sussex...Australia 658 ANGLESITE good small grey crystal group PbSO/4 1cm £4 23 ANHYDRITE Staffordshire England...South Norway Feldspar group pure pale brown cleavages. 2xJ £ 6 Fel.spar Group lxl £1 2x2 £4 l x2 f1 Kavelrorp...Minas Gcrias Brazil Rich blue red massive Fclspar group 2x2 £2 lx2 £ 1 APATITE Hingston Quarry, Cornwall...BARYfES Sheppey, Kent 694 42 Small white crystal group ofT scptariwi nodule matrix Orange cleavages on |  | | Journal (issue) | | contain various other minerals such as tourmaline, garnet, andalusite and tremolite. 7 8 J. Gemm., 1996...almandine intergrown with white mica, and andalusite. Garnet, green tourmaline, white mica and quartz have already...types . Almandine and white mica (as overgrowth on garnet) typically occur in a range of rocks including...identified as burbankite. Small crystals of burbankite-group minerals had been found earlier, but these were...cerium and neodymium. New work on the burbankite group of minerals indicates that the gems are remondite-Ce |  | | Book | | 22:65-69 [Abstracts of the] FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on Garnet (chairman: K. J. Wenrich) 24:61-68 Abstracts of...25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN Famous mineral localities: the pegmatites of Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan (by P....APOPHYLLITE Nomenclature revisions in the apophyllitc group: hydroxyapophyllite, apophyllite, fluorapophyllite...Uvite, a new (old) common member of the tounnalinc group and its implications for collections 8: I00-108... California (by T. Szenics) 21:127-132 AXINITE GROUP Magnesioaxinite from Luning, Nevada, and some nomenclature |  | | Book | | up to 50 mm (2 in) long come from Jegdalek, Afghanistan; Mogok. Burma and from Luc Yen, Vietnam. Prismatic...ruby as gemstones. Ruby, 16 mm x. Jegdalek. Afghanistan Sapphire, 41 mm. Kashmir. India 83 Hematite...uneven Manganotantalite. IV mm. Nuristan, Afghanistan Euxenite-(Y). 40 mm. Ambatofotsy, Madagascar... 8. Phosphates Beryllonite. 31 mm. Paprok. Afghanistan Lithiophosphate Li3P04 ORTHORHOMBIC • Properties:...L'SA: also from Viitaniemi, Finland and Paprok, Afghanistan. Adamite. 52 mm. Mapimi, Mexico Lithiophosphate |  | | Journal (issue) | | multi-stars in other minerals, especially in spinel and garnet, on the other hand, is well understood (Switzer...intersecting at angles of 60° to each other is due to one group of three sets of oriented needle-like inclusions...perpendicular to the c-axis; one group of needles (designated group B) is inclined at an angle of 24...the stars are indicated by black dots: (a) one group of needles (A, three light bands) forms a six-rayed...caused by three sets of inclusions (designated as group A) with an orientation perpendicular to the c-axis |  | | Catalog/List | | “The Tower or Mirrors”. • The Himalaya Tourmaline group aptly named “The Beer Cans”. • A special offering...Smithsonite that piques our interest here, with a group of very large tan crystals on a dark, gossan matrix...to be considered cute, but it helps. This perky group with six terminations is a serious contender for...” As if that wasn’t winsome enough, the crystal group is dusted with bright, sparkling micro-crystals...colorless interiors defines the aesthetic for this fine group of cubic crystals. The apparent sharpness of the |  | | | | groups: Minerals that have oxygen tightly bonded in a group around a central non-metallic ion. Oxides or carbonate...Silicates: Minerals have oxygen tightly Olivine, garnet, epidote, vesuvianite, rhodonite, beryl, tourmaline...feldspar, nepheline, zeolite, sodalite, bonded in a group around a central silicon atom. kyanite, topaz, titanite...the colour drastically, for example, tourmaline, garnet, topaz, quartz. Streak: Colour of Powder Streak...90 chrysotile (green, white, yellow), p. 214 garnet (red, orange, green), p. 166 nepheline (white, |
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