 | | Book | | immensely popular handbook of minerals appeared in Germany I obtained a copy fo! my personal library and was...pyrite, Pl. 10 halite, Pl. 11 fluorite, Pl. 13 magnetite, Pl. 31 garnet, P!. 43 !eucite and analcite,Fig...8 graphite pyrite, pyrrhotlne halite quartz, magnetite, hernacite calcite, magnesite, dolomite anh~drite...fibrous sphalerite from Diepenlinchen, near Aachen, Germany. PLATE Vo I~ .·• / ~1 rhyolite 37 r . ...+J gran,tic ' •,.:,,,.'·· . v,.~ . ,.v •, •- basalt magma b+., \I I dioritic magma magma +¥ |  | | Book | | of the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum in Bochum, West Germany, Professor J. C. Becker of the University of Copenhagen...USA, Fig. 93; German Mining Museum, Bochum, West Germany, Figs 19, 20, 42, 46, 52, 55, 56, 57, 81; Institute...USA Fig. 64; Museum of History, Cologne, West Germany, Fig. 69; Museo de Prehistoria, de la Excma, Valencia...Romisch-Germanisches Commission, Frankfurt, West Germany, (Germania), Figs 68, 98; Society of Antiquaries...Tundra in NW. Europe Forest pine in S. France and Germany Return to colder conditions Mesolithic — Holocene |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Senckenberg Museum, Am Museum 1, D-02826 Görlitz, Germany Corresponding author Sunburn texture, a white-grey...found in outcrops around the world. The sunburn basalt is more fractured and less resistant than the fresh...identification is of interest in all types of basalt quarries. Three localities were chosen with different...field in the border area of the Czech Republic and Germany (Borská Skalka, Mittelherwigsdorf, Wittgendorf)...for the sunburn parts and 0.8 % for the massive basalt. The sunburn basalts are affected mainly by weathering |  | | Journal (issue) | | nodules. We set about dismantling a 2m wide hollow basalt nodule containing the most magnificent brown and...in 201 o. Photo 1 shows Peter attacking the huge basalt nodule while photo 2 shows the magnificent specimen...nearby basalt quarry in Chastreix, renowned for quality specimens of aragonite sprays on basalt. Peter...visits to Siberia, France, Spain, Hungary, Poland, Germany, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Lanzarote, India, Namibia...permission for us to go into two of the largest working quarries at Satan and . Mt Haeddin and joined us on our |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | known to occur in the British Isles, namely in the basalt lavas of Skye, Mull, and the Treshnish Islands...specimens obtained from the following localities : Two quarries in the townland of Legoniel, which are situated...three quarries in the townland of Ballyhenry to the north-west of Carnmoney Hill; and two quarries on Carnmoney...south-west slopes in that of Carnmoney. These quarries are worked on short contracts for road-metal as... even though they may be actually plentiful. Quarries on Cat Cam, toumland of Legoniel. The first locality |  | | Journal (issue) | | card that secures the privll.... of fflMV mines, quarries, dlA>s, IOCleti•, ~ libraries. (3) The riaht to...mineral is now found in the Orenaug Hills basalt quarries near Woodbury, sometimes in good specimens...crystallized epidote occurs at the Lane's basalt quarries near Westfield, and make very charming specimens...not in the world, occur in the traprock (basalt ) quarries of New Jersey, particularly around Paterson...feldspars can be seen. The black metallic grains are magnetite, and the soft material is serpentine, an alteration |  | | Book | | than the streak plate material I Ettringite Magnetite Galena 1 Rhodochrosite • .- I Bournonite...on quartz, from Neudorf in the Harz Mountains (Germany). The large crystal measures almost 2 1/2 inches...on quartz, Braunsdorf near Freiberg (Saxony, Germany); crystals up to 2 1/2 inches (6 cm) long. 6 ...with the NO 3group. Apatite, Fichtelgebirge (Germany), 2x 12 Scheelite, Tae-Wha (Korea), 1x The...8ri.iderbund Mine, near Eiserfeld (Siegerland, Germany), 3x almost identical in size. They form an unbroken |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Institute of Mineralogy, Hannover University, Germany, using a Philips automatic X-Ray fluorescence spectrometer... ii) basalts, and iii) sandstone (Fig. 2). The basalt occurs in the form of a flow. The lava was most...thickness of the basalt sheet as revealed from boreholes Fig. 2. Distribution of basalt in relation to...xenoliths (in vol.%) AZ Host basalt Plagioclase K-feldspar Host basalt 55% An77–57 3.5–0.3 mm 32% An49–28...piegonite 4.4–0.2 mm Fe–Ti oxides 6% ilmenite and Ti-magnetite 0.9–0.5 mm Accessory and 5% chlorite calcite apatite |  | | Book | | zeolite mineralogy was done, at that time, in Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain. Because of differences...cavities in the middle portion of the flow. Given a basalt flow 25 meters thick with an initial molten temperature...Ardeche, France, zeolites are present only where the basalt flowed into a Pliocene lake or river (Fig. 5)(Robert...zeolites. The interior of the flow contains columnar basalt with small vesicles connected by minute veinlets...river) contains highly altered vesicular blocks of basalt (containing phillipsite and tiny rhombohedra of | | | Book | | zeolite mineralogy was done, at that time, in Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain. Because of differences...cavities in the middle portion of the flow. Given a basalt flow 25 meters thick with an initial molten temperature...Ardeche, France, zeolites are present only where the basalt flowed into a Pliocene lake or river (Fig. 5)(Robert...zeolites. The interior of the flow contains columnar basalt with small vesicles connected by minute veinlets...river) contains highly altered vesicular blocks of basalt (containing phillipsite and tiny rhombohedra of |  | | Book | | assemblage of the vein-dike consists of ilmenite. magnetite, anatase, biotite, microcline and minor fluorapatite...Alberene and Old Dominion quarries, Albemarle County. In these two soapstone quarries, tabular ilmenite crystals...well as good specimens of epidote, pyroxene, magnetite, titanite and other species. Equant, complex crystals...with crystals of corundum, rutile, zircon and magnetite. Russian scientists have made detailed studies...1970s and early 1980s the Portland Harbor Trust basalt quarry (now inactive) produced unusual specimens |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Canada K I P 6P4. During the summer of 1991, magnetite crystals with an atypical suite of associated...green talc, and magnetite. Further study may reveal additional minerals. Habits of magnetite crystals from...development of the two forms as shown in the center. Magnetite occurs as lustrous black crystals up to 2.5 cm... found in large, bright orange, euhedral crystals. Magnetite is found in brilliant octahedra with, on, or included...length. They were collected in one of ten basalt quarries in the small village of Sawda near Jalgaon |  | | Report (issue) | | Halloysite-metahalloysite ._.. Kaolinite _ ... Magnetite and maghemite( ?) _.... .......... Amorphous inorganic...weathering ... .... Feldspar and feldspathoids Magnetite and ilmenite _ __...... .. Olivine .... .__.....materials Coral, beach sand, and limestone Crushed basalt _ River sand and gravel Volcanic cinder Gypsum...Following Page 9. Photomicrographs of partly weathered basalt from the Koloa Volcanic Series, Kauai ....- Preceding...--....-. ... . . _ 3-5. Photographs of: 3. Fresh basalt and a chunk of saprolite weathered from the same |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | FIRST IN A SERIES ON EAST COAST TRAPROCK QUARRIES riassic Traprock Minerals of EW J E R S E Y JOSEPH...New York, New York 10024 The Triassic traprock quarries of New Jersey have been a prolific source of beautifully...Hill occurrence in the Palisades diabase and five quarries located in the First Watchung Mountain: Upper...applied to dark-colored dike and flow rocks, chiefly basalt and diabase. have occurred from these localities...Mountain traprock (basalt) quarries in New Jersey. Upper and Lower New Street quarries are located in Paterson; |  | | Book | | CUMULATE ROCK gas bubble holes VESICULAR BASALT flow structure BASALT METAMORPHIC ROCKS These rocks are...together in one geological environment. For example, basalt, scoria, spilite, and volcanic bombs are found...human activity, such as roadcuts, mine dumps, and quarries. Good examples are also found where nature has...MOUNTAINS VOLCANIC REGIONS dolomite BEACHES tuff QUARRIES MINES ROAD CUTS volcanic bomb amber kimberlite...compass, they deflect the needle from the north. Magnetite, a particularly strong natural magnet, attracts |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ottens Klingenbrunn Bahnhof 24 D-94518 Spiegelau Germany The Mineralogical Record, volume 34, January–February................................ 65 Visiting the Quarries ................................................Shiva Temple in Elephanta Cave, carved from Deccan basalt in the sixth century on an island off the entrance...cavansite from Wagholi are the paragons of Indian basalt minerals. These and other fine minerals have been...measures fully 250,000 square kilometers. The quarries at Bombay, Nasik and Jalgaon have delivered far |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | greenish and translucent, have been found in the basalt quarries on Mt. Tom, Holyoke, Hampden Co., Mass. MICHIGAN:...collected some tarnished chalcopyrite, very nice xled magnetite, and equally nice dark brownish-olive garnet (andradite)...been sent to the gem cutters at Idar-Oberstein, Germany, where it was fashioned into a sphere and polished...schist occur at Quimper, in Brittany, France. GERMANY: Nice specimens of aborescent native silver have...have been found at Altwolfach, Baden, Germany. GREECE: Pinkish, brecciated marble of much beauty, is quarried |  | | Journal (issue) | | Lieber Heidelberg, West Germany Olaf Medenbach Bochum-Querenburg, West Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim...interesting minerals offered in several such study in Germany and some marvelous letters as this. A special thanks...microscopic quantities as veins and aggregates. Magnetite Fe30 4 Magnetite has been found as a mosaic of round grains...Mn)4Si8O20(F,OH)*8H2O Other minerals Hematite Fe20 3 Magnetite Fe30 4 Goethite FeO(OH) Calcite C aC 03 Barite...minerals, (a) Early stage: braunite, jacob site, magnetite, cryptomelane, pyrolusite, goethite, talc and |  | | Journal (issue) | | and Devon, Ste-Marie-aux-Mines, East and West Germany, Switzerland (three!), the Hohe Tauem of Austria...Layers of basalt, the familiar black volcanic rock, cover all the rocky planets. When basalt is heated...Mars and the Moon are not large enough to heat basalt to this extent, 808 Figure 6. Aquamarine, 27 cm...primitive microbes took advantage of the fact that basalt and many other volcanic rocks are chemically "reduced"-that...as those two iron oxide minerals, hematite and magnetite, precipitated together, as they did extensively |  | | Book | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 11.2.3 Basalt/Andesite/Dolerite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Basalt hand axe from unnamed wadi near Mine Mueilha, Egyptian.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Basalt hafted hammer from Lake Superior north shore, USA...Jordan, is constructed almost entirely of local basalt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...saltpeter, antimony, iron oxide, iron sulfide, magnetite, mercury, alum, bitumen, naphtha, and lime (Marks |  | Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy (8th ed.) Wiley-Interscience. p.1872 | Book (edition) | | Fritz: Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. Donald B. Hoover: U.S.G.S., Federal Center, Lakewood...Institut fur Mineralogie, Ruhr Universitat Bochum, Germany. Duane Mellor: Geology Library, Yale University...Berlin, Germany. Peter Susse: MINABS, Inst. of Mineralogy, Univ. of Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany. C. Sheldon...Pennsylvania. Hans J. Wilke: Eppertshausen/Hessen, Germany. Wendell E. Wilson: The Mineralogical Record, Tuscon...calcite, dolomite, apatites, rutile, hematite, magnetite, pyrite, and others. Such minerals constitute |  | | Book | | from Sardinia, Italy Pages 118-119: Boracite from Germany Pages 124-125: Wulfenite crys¬ tals with mimetite...instru¬ ments able to develop a magnetic field; magnetite is an example of such a mineral. This property...area, although the closing of many of the local quarries during recent decades has done much to diminish...diminish opportunities. The still-active quarries include one in the small town of Oltrefiume, which has furnished...a strong poison. in Specimen of arsenic from Germany showing the char¬ acteristic mammillary form. |  | | Report (volume) | | England granite quarries____ Descriptions of the quarries, granites, and product__________ Method of tr...The granite railroads_______________________ The quarries, their granite and finished product_______ Caledonia...________ Geology of Byegate quarries__________ Quarries ________________________ Groton____________________________...Descriptions of the quarries, granites, and product Continued. Vermont Continued. Page. The quarries, their granite...______________ ______ Geology of Barre quarries____________ Quarries _______________________ Cabot __________________ |  | | Report (issue) | | .............................................8 Basalt or ‘trap rock’..............................................................................129 Basalt.......................................................................129 Jules Road and other quarries .................................................................................135 Beelerup quarries ................................................................................136 Carabooda quarries ............................................. |  | | Journal (issue) | | famous localities of Australia are the old basalt quarries in Richmond, in the southeastern part of the...largest city of Australia. The quarries, known as the Council Quarries and worked by the City of Melbourne...been abandoned for some time. In their days, the quarries produced a number of interesting minerals, many...collections. Among the minerals known from the quarries are: Ana/cite: in crystals associated with phacolite...acicular crystals in basalt. Chabazite: beautiful glassy crystals found in cavities of basalt and associated |
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