 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ʥˑˎˎˇ˅˖ˑ˔ˑˈ˖ˊˇʧ˚˓˗ˋ˕ˋ˖ˇ Spain has historically been a country with little tradition...Naturals de Barcelona Parc de la Ciutadella, s/n 08003 Barcelona, Spain ccurto@bcn.cat collections, such...cm high, from Pedrera AVE, Riudarenes, Girona, Spain; mined 2006. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 4 (top right)...at the Natural History Museum of Barcelona, in Spain, since 1973. =VS\TL 5V]LTILY+LJLTILY...wide, from the Azkarate quarry, Eugui, Navarra, Spain; mined 2002. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 7 (below) |  | | Report (issue) | | chalcocite find in the Las Cruces mine, Gerena near Seville, Andalusía, Spain—and I wrote about this chalcocite...=========================== an open-pit copper mine still under active development: it’s for sure that...cm, from the Las Cruces mine, Comaria Sierra Norte, Seville, Andalućia, Spain. Fabre Minerals specimen...fluorite crystals from the La Viesca mine, La Collada area, Asturias, northern Spain, all collected at this...of blue through bluish purple. You can find “La Collada” fluorite on numerous websites these days, but |  | | Catalog/List | | locality, Earth makes her own crystals; or the mine where a mineral was discovered, is akin to its ...tsavorite. Traveling west to the storied Tsumeb Mine is one of the very finest examples of the region’s...Dioptase Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia 13 cm tall x 14 cm wide Africa The mine we now call...have produced unique species. Tsumeb ceased all mining in 1996. One of the marquee minerals that are associated...featuring the complete story and history of this mine. Asia 21 Schorl Tourmaline with Aquamarine Shengus |  | | Journal (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . 19 by J. A. Scovil The Machow mine, Tamobrzeg, Poland . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. ...Pelt Fluorite and associated minerals from Asturias, Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...after argentite, 10 cm tall, from the Las Chispas mine, Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico. Houston Museum of Natural...altered either by nature, by construction, by further mining, or by subsequent collecting. If there is the slightest...geologic setting and mineralogy of the mine site. The Harding mine catalog will provide researchers and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Joaquín Folch Girona Mineral Collection Barcelona, Spain Downloaded by [University of Birmingham] at 13:56...Barcelona Passeig Picasso, s/n 08003 Barcelona, Spain ccurto@bcn.cat Jordi Fabre i Fornaguera c/o Arc...Arc de Sant Martí 79 local 08032 Barcelona, Spain mineral@fabreminerals.com Carles Curto Milà is the curator...at the Museum de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, Spain. Jordi Fabre i Fornaguera (better known to mineral...period when mineralogy was in almost a vacuum in Spain, an extensive collection that in its day was considered | | | Journal (issue) | | by J. A. Scovil The M achow m ine, Tarnobrzeg, P o la n d ........................................... 29...Pelt Fluorite and associated minerals from Asturias, Spain .............................................after argentite, 10 cm tall, from the Las Chispas mine, Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico. Houston Museum of Natural...altered either by nature, by construction, by further mining, or by subsequent collecting. If there is the slightest...geologic setting and mineralogy of the mine site. The Harding mine catalog will provide researchers and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | After being kept privately in the Pisa, Italy, area, where it was visited mostly by selected people...is now on exhibit at the Museo di Storia Naturale “La Specola” of the University of Florence, centrally...Museo di Storia Naturale Mineralogia e Litologia Via La Pira 4 I-50121 Firenze, Italy Figure 2. Adalberto...pseudohexagonal twinned crystals, 23 × 20 cm, Cianciana mine, Agrigento, Italy. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 5...large crystal group, 50 × 50 cm, from the Anahi mine, La Gaiba district, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia |  | Symons, David T.A., Kawasaki, Kazuo, Tornos, Fernando, Velasco, Francisco, Rosales, Idoia (2017) Temporal constraints on genesis of the Caravia-Berbes fluorite deposits of Asturias, Spain, from paleomagnetism. Ore Geology Reviews, 80. 754-766 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.08.020 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of the Caravia-Berbes fluorite deposits of Asturias, Spain, from paleomagnetism David T.A. Symons a, Kazuo...Ajalvir Km. 4, 28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain d Department de Mineralogía y Petrología, Universidad...48080 Bilbao, Spain e Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Rios Rosas 23, 28003 Madrid, Spain b a r t...genesis Spain a b s t r a c t The Caravia-Berbes district is a major fluorite producing area in Europe...Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction Asturias is a major region of fluorite production in Europe |  | | Journal (issue) | | 2024 Articles The Berbes Fluorite District, Asturias, Spain..............................................COVER: FLUORITE, 4.3 cm, from the Valdelmar area of the La Cabaña zone at Berbes. Will Johnson collection...Chris Coy (2023) SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS Houston Area Mineral Society (HAMS) (2009–2024) Mineralogical...the collectors and dealers in the entire Tri-State area. A typical weekend was spent driving their Mercury...Ruslan Adamovsky, who was living in the Rockaway area of New York. Ruslan was an intriguing character |  | | Journal (issue) | | because the sun came out later. ·· Chalk in the area between Folkestone and Dover is well known for its...161 - Sept/Oct 1999 SMLS FIELD TRIP TO NORTHERN SPAIN July 17 - 30th July 1999 Part I. An Overview This...This was geotourism at its best. Northern Spain is the home of the famous quality fluorites with their...colours and variously modified crystal edges; also the area of the zinclead mines in the Picas mountains. We...massifs and separate the rest of Spain from the principality of Asturias, a land of bagpipes and cider, |  | | Journal (issue) | | left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The...Spodumene (variety kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler...(“the MAD Group”), formed in 1979, and the Houston Area Mineralogical Society (“the HAMS Group”), formed |  | | Report (issue) | | as though the new color were passing through the vein. Some people particularly appreciate the edges of...United Kingdom BY IAN JONES 38 Fluorite from Spain: Every Color Under the Sun BY GUIOMAR & MIGUEL CALVO...Brian Stefanec explores a pocket at the Elmwood mine. Photo Mark Kielbasa Switzerland BY HANS ANTON...108 Morocco's El Hammam: Six Decades of Fluorspar Mining BY PIERRE CLAVEL & GUNTHER NEUMEIER 112 Faceting...MICHAEL GRAY 54 Elmwood-Gordonsville-Cumberland Mine Complex Of Eastern Tennessee BY ARVID PASTO 56 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Special issue on the minerals of Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham...(2000) Famous mineral localities: Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England 20:7-37 Bevins, R... D. (1999) Famous mineral localities: Ting Tang mine, Gwennap, Cornwall 19:18-23 CLARK, A.M. (1998) Earth's...P. (1995) Crystallized Enargite from the Gregory mine, Ashover, Derbyshire 15:28-29 DAY, B. (1998) Collecting...from Boulby mine, Cleveland 14:4-8 __& McCALLUM, D. (1993) Millerite from Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead |  | | Journal (issue) | | Kile Brian Kosnar Bryan & Kathryn Lees Ian Merkel Mining Hall of Farne, Steve Whittington curator Nick North...did not escape the notice of some of the earliest mining men to work in there. Unlike the neighboring states...is basically a hardrock state where mining (and specimen mining) must typically cut through granite and...localities like the Sweet Horne mine, Breckenridge, Mount Antero, the Sunnyside mine, Creede, Cripple Creek,...collections); also not tobe missed are the National Mining Hall of 4 Farne Museum in Leadville, the Cripple |  | | Journal (issue) | | Kunzite-Gary and Rosemany White collection, page 295; Malachite-Don and Laura Aaron collection, page 11. (rniddle...204; Cerussite-Joe Budd collection, page 63; Malachite-Tim & Holly Smith collection, page 244. (right...pounds. Painting Century Plant in the Big Bend area (1939) by Jerry Bywaters. Courtesy Amon Carter Museum...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Front cover: Sulfur on Aragonite, 25 cm Cozzodisi mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Adalberto...times some mineral specimens, encountered during mining or found casually in natural outcrops, were collected...in Italy. Throughout the 1600s and up to 1714, Spain directly maintained dominion over almost half of...stone" (a kind of "picture rock" from the Florence area) and other materials suitable for lapidary work...(Ghiara and Petti, 2008); the Mineralogy Museum of the "La Sapienza" University of Rome, founded by Pope Pio |  | | Journal (issue) | | No 4. Bournonite, Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath Specimen: 55 x 70 x 55mm Watercolour commissioned for...magnesite plates, a 24 x 18mm specimen from Boulby Mine, Cleveland (seearticle in this issue). David I....and photo. SOUTH CROFTY MINE ------------- 4 BORATE NODULES from BOULBY MINE DI Green· MD Freier 8 ...interest to amateur mineralogists, collectors, and mining historians. Contributions or suggestions for articles...issue by South Crofcy Pie, Europes last primary tin mine, launched on 30th July 1994, successfully reached |  | | Journal (issue) | | ........................ Sussex go to Northern Spain Roger Kemp/en & John Pearce 34 ..................have a bloody good scramble up a hill or down a mine and rid myself of the rigours of everyday life....members have taken parties into the same quarry or mine to look at the same granite or rock face and been...Dist. (probably originates from nearby Harrybecca Mine) N. BARTLETTCE. e.mail The two positions recently...Society Aldcrlcy Edge Visit We went on a trip 10 a mine'. It was at 111gh1.\Ve went 11110 groups Ian had |  | | 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...18:65-74 Phosphate microminerals of the Indian Mountain area [Georgia and Alabama] (by J.B. Gordon, Jr. & C....and albite-antiperthite crystals in calcite-cored vein-dikes (by L. Moyd) 21:235-248 ALICE GLORY HOLE The...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE |  | | Book | | Green’s Farm, otherwise known as the Roxbury Garnet Mine, which is on the border between Roxbury and Southbury...and is typical of what could still be found in the mine. To me, its label “makes” this specimen. I am very...Massachusetts, and I feel that I have a link to the area. I was surprised when I first read about the important...the small deposit and sold specimens to all the area museums, including the American Museum of Natural...found anything truly significant in the general area. One of Daniel Clark’s nicest Russell garnet specimens |  | | Journal (issue) | | Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...crew found their deposit and mined part of it—a vein 25 meters long and 16 cm thick, containing 25% native...prospectors. All of this activity gave a jump-start to mining interests and prospecting in the lands of the Pacific...Alaska, ca. 1906. She organized her own company to mine the garnets, and may have distributed thousands...company of 15 women to exploit it. The Alaska Garnet Mining and Manufacturing Company was the first all-woman |  | | Catalog/List | | of Crystallized Gold from the famed Eagle’s Nest Mine in California A superb Crystallized “Leaf” Gold...gemstone Amethyst to come from the famed Four Peaks Mine in Arizona A sharp and complicated Crystallized...Crystallized Silver with Copper from the famed Wolverine Mine in Michigan A “classic” Rhodochrosite with associated...associated Pyrite and Quartz from the Sweet Home Mine in Colorado An unusually massive and extremely colorful...colorful, Smithsonite from the iconic Kelly Mine in New Mexico A ‘gem’ quality specimen Tanzanite crystal in |  | | Journal (issue) | | Amethyst on milky quartz from Hopkinton, Rhode I s la n d by J. Rakovan, D. B. Mitchelltree, L. D. Benton...Miguel Calvo (who covers the two major shows in Spain), under Letter from Europe. George Robinson and...of 1 to 3 meters of overburden. To date, a total area of approximately 6 x 9 meters has been excavated...excavation, August 1991, approximately 80% of the area so far uncovered was searched, yielding only eight...Amethyst crystals are interspersed with the clay and vein blocks, and no open mineralized pockets or vugs |  | | Report (issue) | | 549.4 ISSN 0510-201 4 Copies availablefrom: Mining Information Centre Department of Mineralsand Energy.................................................. Vein and cavity fillings ........................................................... 12 12 Methods of mining .................................................................................... Methods of mining ............................................................................................... Spain ............................................... |  | | Journal (issue) | | (a variety of zoisite), 9 cm, from the Merelani mine, located on the slopes of the Lelatema Mountains...cover: Top left: Euclase, 2.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Colombia. Top right: Topaz, 8.4 cm, from Ouro...left: Phosphophyllite, 2 cm, from the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Bottom right: Grossular, 3.5 cm...government livestock inspector. He returned to the area 30 years later, found a crystal-bearing horizon...Fluorapatite on elbaite, 5.5 cm, from the Alto da Cabeca mine, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Will Johnson |
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