 | | Journal (issue) | | gressman@minrec.org, Tel: 303-246-3194) LEGACY PROJECT CONTRIBUTORS Walt Donovan, Marilyn Lang & Alyssa...SENIOR FELLOWS Salim EddĂ© Lyda Hill Daniel J. Record Dr. Rob Lavinsky Wilbert A. Danner (bequeathed) Drs... Hickox, Jr. Wally Mann Keith and Diane Brownlee Dr. Nikolas Golosow William B. (Bill) Wray Herb & Monika...were nestled. Or he might place little jewel-like quartz crystals on specimens of other minerals, creating...into the world of metaphysics through a single quartz crystal she acquired at a local department store |  | | Journal (issue) | | The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo ...............6 cm, from the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scott Rudolph collection;...Charelle Webb (2012-2018) SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS Dr. and Mrs. Don Lum (2017) Bryan Swoboda (2012-2017)...Schreiber (2013-2017) Richard Nahas (2018) (2009-2018) Dr. Nikolas Golosow (2013-2017) Kulin Pandey (2018)...and on the best grossular garnets from the Jeffrey mine (2015). The Yukon Territory has been one of Rod's |  | | Journal (issue) | | row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the GachalĂĄ mine, GuaviĂł-GuatĂ©que mining district, BoyacĂĄ Department...Spann collection; Tom Spann photo. Fluorite with quartz, 11 cm, from Fujian Province, China. Keith & Diane...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Jordan Root photo. Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province...Spodumene (variety kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, GalilĂ©ia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | that is popular with collectors is that of the copper minerals. This attractive and challengingly large...wellformed crystals, and exciting localities. Among the copper silicates are such aesthetic minerals as dioptase...an excellent lapidary material. Shattuckite, a copper silicate that represents all three of these attributes...few millimeters in length. It is orthorhombic (2/ Dr. Rob Bowell, a consultant geochemist in the mining...minerals formed in the oxide zone of mineral deposits. Dr. Robert B. Cook, an executive editor of Rocks & Minerals |  | | Journal (issue) | | cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...considering the historic importance of copper mining in Arizona, native copper would be the logical choice for... And in fact, a group of fourth graders at the Copper Creek Elementary School in Oro Valley, spearheaded...difference between native copper and copper ore composed of many different copper-containing minerals (e...mining industry support) to propose designating copper as the official State metal rather than mineral |  | | Journal (issue) | | on p. 327 COVER: BARITE, 17 cm, from the Miekle mine, Nevada. (See the article in the previous issue...rediscovered the Moctezuma mine that was first opened for gold in 1937. This mine, though small, provided...many new mineral species. Dr. Gaines wrote a compre hensive review of this mine for The Mineralogical Record...influenced his lifeâs work. Toward the end of 1966, Dr. Arthur Montgomery, chairman of the geology department...retirement from the Cabot Corporation in 1987. In 1975 Dr. Gaines was invited to join the editorial board of |  | | Journal (issue) | | D. Grice Famous mineral localities: the Mashamba West mine, Shaba, Zaire .............................Lhoest, G. J. Gauthier & V. T. King The Fat Jack mine, Yavapai County, Arizona .........................the FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on Azurite and other copper carbonates ......................................malachite on chrysocolla, from the M ashamba West mine, Shaba, Zaire. Sorbonne collection, Paris: photo...Glossary o f Mineral Species. For the 1991 edition, Dr. Joseph A. M andarino (Chairman o f the I.M .A .âs |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | which time they were correctly identified as a copper silicate and described as a new mineral by several...finely crystalline massive aggregates. Dioptase is a copper silicate hydroxide with a formula of Cu6(Si60,...restricted in its occurrence to the oxidation zones of copper-bearing deposits in arid climates. Associated secondary...1994). Similarly, it is reported from the Perkiomen mine, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Gordon 1922)....planchtite is described in ore from the Algomah mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan (Williams 1962). In |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 01 June 2016 Mashamba West Mine, Shaba, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Red Dome Mine, Queensland,...deposits, especially those of copper. At relatively shallow depths, copper is concentrated as the native...well known to collectors familiar with porphyry copper deposits of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. Many...Many of the worldâs finest specimens of native copper, azurite, malachite, atacamite, and a host of other...impurities. Its position in the oxidation cycle of copper deposits suggests that it can replace a variety |  | | Catalog/List | | of Crystallized Gold from the famed Eagleâs Nest Mine in California A superb Crystallized âLeafâ Gold...Science A large piece of historical Manhattan Project Glass fashioned into a work of art, weighing 10...famed Four Peaks Mine in Arizona A sharp and complicated Crystallized Silver with Copper from the famed...famed Wolverine Mine in Michigan A âclassicâ Rhodochrosite with associated Pyrite and Quartz from the Sweet...Sweet Home Mine in Colorado An unusually massive and extremely colorful, Smithsonite from the iconic Kelly |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | JanuaryFebruary: Ferro-axinite on calcite, Dodo mine, Puiva Mountain, KhantyMansi Avt. Okrug, Tyumenâ...Wilson photo. MarcNApril: Pyromorphite on quartz, Manhan River mine, Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts...specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. May/June: Calcite with copper inclusions on silver crystals, No. 11 shaft, South...South Hecla branch of the Calumet and Hecla mine, Houghton County, Michigan. A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum...Yuma mine, Pima County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. September/October: Quartz (variety |  | | Report (issue) | | you is an Arkansas quartz. It came in March 2017 from a pocket in the McEarl Ridge mine near Jessieville...Jessieville, also called the James Zigras mine, because that worthy collector out of Paramus, New Jersey has been...been working during the past few years to extract quartz specimens, many of which have turned out to be...but this piece, consisting of a single 14.7-cm quartz prism with some smaller, iron-stained crystals...the best from that case. Quartz, 14.7 cm, from the Zigras (McEarl Ridge) mine, Jessieville, Arkansas. |  | | Report (issue) | | CuSiO3âąH2O. Occurrence: In the oxidized zone of some copper deposits. Association: Chrysocolla, malachite,... wulfenite, cerussite, hemimorphite, fluorite, quartz. Distribution: From Altyn-Tyube, 50 km east of...the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, at Ray, and in the Table Mountain mine, Galiuro Mountains, Pinal...Pinal Co., and from the Harquehala mine, Harquehala Mountains, La Paz Co. (formerly Yuma Co.); in California...Pimbi, Congo Republic. At Tantara and the Mashamba West mine, Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba |  | | Journal (issue) | | the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Top right: Benitoite, 2 cm, from the Benitoite Gem mine, California...NâChwaning I mine, Kuruman, South Africa. Bottom right: Mimetite, 2.7 cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia....Record: (1) Stephanite, Husky mine, Canada. (2) Wulfenite, Rowley mine, Arizona. (3) Diaspore twin, Pinarcik...Adelaide mine, Tasmania. (5) Andradite, Antetezambato, Madagascar. (6) Calcite, Mashamba West mine, Congo...Afghanistan. (8) Scorodite, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. (9) Shigaite, NâChwaning II mine, South Africa. v This special |  | | Catalog/List | | Fine Mineral Show at The Denver Marriott West 1717 Denver West Blvd. âą Golden, CO 80401 (Ukrainian Institute...collection, a lot of it collected when the Tsumeb Mine (as well as other mines of the region) were still...climbing soon brought him into contact with the quartz crystals that were found on the mountain slopes...1958 to 1973, including: Angola, Basutoland, South-West Africa, Swaziland, South Africa, Rhodesia, and Mozambique...engineering work took him to the Tsumeb Mine in Namibia. This mine is renowned for producing what are arguably |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | Mineral-city.com The Mineral City Show is located just west of N Oracle road, between W Lester and W Plata streets...private appointments Topaz, Cleavelandite Mokrush Mine, Russia Thomas Spann Photo 2 3 CONTENTS 06...mim Museum New releases from the collections of Dr. Alex Schauss and Raul Sanabria By Bryan Swoboda...specimen. James Elliott photo 10 Fluorite and quartz, 21 cm aross, Planggenstock, Göschenenalp, Kanton...written by Bryan Swoboda. 12 VĂ€yrynenite. Lolu Dahku mine, Roundu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan |  | | Journal (issue) | | Coordinators Eastern U.S. Charles &Marcelle Weber 1172 West Lake Ave. Guilford, CT 06437 Subscriptions âą Individuals...crystals to 5 mm, with uranophane, from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba (formerly Katanga), Zaire. Sorbonne collection...British Mineralogy, which includes 550 hand-colored copper-plate engravings of British mineral specimens....discovered the constancy o f inter facial angles on quartz crystals over a century earlier; al th o u g h...stratified upper Precambrian rocks containing copper and cobalt ores, with other metals associated locally |  | | Catalog/List | | 2 COBALTOCALCITE Mashamba West Mine, Shaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Intensely bright...colour. 62x50x32mm. ÂŁ82 3 RHODOCHROSITE Uchucchaque Mine, Lima Dept. Peru. Bright rose red crystals to 9mm...pink crystal. 68x30x10mm. ÂŁ58 5 SUGILITE Wessels Mine, Kuruman, Cape Province, South Africa. Rich attractive...having been cut and polished. 78x39x32mm. ÂŁ56 6 QUARTZ and EPIDOTE Schakalskuppe Farm, near Aus, Namibia...CALCITE pseudomorph after GLAUBERITE, Camp Verde Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA. Superb example. 77x51x39mm |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rhodochrosite- Marc & Janis Countiss collection, page 76; Copper-Paul Bordovsky collection, page 33; Elbaite-Jeremy...Calcite-Kevin & Mark Brown collection, page 52; Smoky quartz gwindel-Brent Lockhart collection, page 175; Aquamarine-Wally...1889 he embarked on a 10-week collecting trip out West which took him through Texas, where he visited the...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 (article/letter/editorial) | | Tiziano Bonisoli COLLECTION Turin (Torino), Italy Dr. Renato Pagano is a lifelong collector of rare species...terminated gem crystal, 13.0 Ă 2.5 cm, from the JaquetĂŽ mine, Medeiros Neto, Bahia, Brazil. Bonisoli specimen... Elbaite, 7.2-cm crystal in quartz, 7.5 Ă 6.0 cm, from the Himalaya mine, San Diego County, California...0 Ă 6.5 cm, from the Mashamba West mine, Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo. Bonisoli specimen 4089...coated with malachite, 4.5 Ă 4.5 cm, from the Onganja mine, Seeis, Windhoek, Namibia. Bonisoli specimen 3349 |  | | Catalog/List | | 1.5cm across, prettily perched on white needle quartz crystals ÂŁ1450 2 1 2 LAZULITE (7cm x 6cm x 4cm)...diverging group, very pretty ÂŁ48 10 AQUAMARINE ON QUARTZ A FELDSPAR (6cm x 4cm X 2.5cm) Shigar, Skardu,...crystal 2cm in length prettily sitting on a matrix of quartz crystals, albite & muscovite crystals. An impressive... Ill CARROLLITE I I (5cm x 4 cm x 3.5cn>) Mashamba West Mine. Shaba Province. Zaire A composite oystal...group oflustrous silvery enrrolite 1 cm aaoss on quartz crystals A good example of this rarely crystallised |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE MINERALOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND METALLURGY OF COBALT IN THE RHOMBOHEDRAL CARBONATES ISABEL F. BARTON§...ores of cobalt are a significant but under-recognized fraction of the global Co resource. Cobalt forms...magnesite, MgCO3, is described here for the first time. Cobalt-rich dolomite, Ca(Mg,Co)(CO3)2, and Co-rich calcite...20 mol.% Co and up to 2 mol.% Co, respectively. Cobalt has also been reported as a minor substituent of...Co)2(CO3)(OH)2 (poorly understood, possibly rosasite group). Cobalt carbonates are most common in the supergene zones |  | | Journal (issue) | | Richard A. Olsen (2013â2020) James W. Hird (2013â2020) Dr. Nikolas Golosow (2013â2020) The Schick Family (2014â2020)...the B.S. Degree program in Geology and Mineralogy. Dr. R. M. Thompson there became his first professional...and Smelting Company of British Columbia, and the Mine and Exploration Division of the Canadian Forestry...other interests included animals, gardening, and West Coast Native Art. He had a collection of Inuit carvings...âThe Mineralogy and Geology of the Silence Lake Mineâ was published in Lapis (May 1985), and he was a |  | | Book (volume) | | eas ,Pak i s t an 5âwi dex41/ 2ât al l 5 6 Copper Mas sCons ol i dat edMi ne,But l erLode, Ont onagonCo...Mahar as ht r a,I ndi a 6âwi dex4ât al l 33 34 Copper Phel psDodgeChi noMi ne, Gr antCo. ,NewMex i c...i Dept . ,Bol i v i a 8âwi dex6âdeep 41 42 Copper" spi nel t wi ns" RayMi ne, Mi ner al Cr eekDi...Veracruz, Mexico, 49 La Sopressa Mine, Amatitlan, Guerrero, Mexico, 57 (on Quartz with Prehnite) Goboboseb Mts...Auburn, Maine, 40 (with Ferberite, Quartz & Siderite) Tasna Mine, Atocha-Quechisla Dist., Potosi Dept |  | | Catalog/List | | Arsenopyrite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Hunan Prov.,China. Pretty assemblage with...with 21mm blue cube. 86x58x26mm. ÂŁ48 2 QUARTZ with Riebeckite, Zomba, Malawi. Extremely sharp terminated...54x27x25m m. ÂŁ48 6 MALACHITE and Calcite, Mashamba West Mine, near Kolwezi, Shaba, Zaire. Marvellous display... 87x65x11mm. ÂŁ95 7 AZURITE & MALACHITE, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA. Classic...Attractive applegreen aggregate. 76x55x44mm. ÂŁ72 Dr Fred Armitage Collection List 07b Paul A. Lowe 3 |
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Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo