 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Canada J0P 1J0 laszlo.horvath@sympatico.ca SERANDITE Mont Saint-Hilaire, Montérégie, Québec, Canada...Canada F or many mineral collectors, serandite is synonymous with Mont Saint-Hilaire. This extraordinary...yielded hundreds of superb specimens often featuring large, sharp crystals. No other serandite locality has...Saint-Hilaire. For this reason a Mont Saint-Hilaire serandite has been chosen as the featured specimen in this...this Connoisseur’s Choice column. Serandite was first described as a new species from Rouma Island, Los |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology of 1C *' --»^J^! "*- /^ /^» iIT* t* ^\ T"I"* -"t*-*^ 1 /2* "i 1 If"\l 7-/~\ Tt-I ... AVAILABILITY OF BOOKS AND MAPS OF THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Instructions on ordering publications of the U...prices of the last offerings, are given in the current-year issues of the monthly catalog "New Publications...Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey." Prices of available U.S. Geological Survey publications released...Availability List" are no longer available. Prices of reports released to the open files are given in the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml George W, Robinson Natl. Museums of Canada Ottawa, Ontario...Ontario Abraham Rosenzweig University of So. Florida Tampa, FL Richard W. Thomssen Mineral Expl. Consultants.......... by A. Goldstein 149 Minerals of Point of Rocks, New M exico ............... by R. S. DeMark...continues to grow by J. S. White 183 Annual list of donors to the Mineraiogicai Record by W. E. Wilson....................................... 130 What’s new in minerals? by W. E. Wilson ................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | smoky quark, and turquoise specimens, New Mexico boasts an array of mineral species. RAMON S. DEMARK 6509...Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110 THE PURPOSE OF THIS INDEX is to provide a comprehensive listing of New Mexico...article suggest or imply approval to collect at any of the sites mentioned. In many cases, collecting is...Particular attention was directed toward incorporating new information on discoveries and occurrences, although...all of the mineral occurrences in New Mexico-a venture of that magnitude is beyond the scope of this |  | | Report (issue) | | Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal Data: Triclinic. Point Group: 1: Prismatic to acicular crystals, elongated...Saint-Hilaire, Canada); in vugs in phonolite (Point of Rocks, New Mexico, USA); in a contact metamorphosed terrigenous...Los Islands, Guinea. In the USA, at Point of Rocks, Colfax Co., New Mexico; from the Gem mine, San Benito...collection of type material. Type Material: National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 96515...96515. All rights reserved. No par t of t his publication may b e reproduced, stored in a retrieval system |  | | Report (issue) | | Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Cubic. Point Group: 4/m 3 2/m. {111}, {hll}, {hkl}; commonly...nepheline, neptunite, lamprophyllite, pectolite, serandite, eudialyte, ussingite, chkalovite, zeolites. Distribution:...intrusion, Greenland. From Aris, about 20 km south of Windhoek, Namibia. At Lake Magadi, Kenya. From Poços...Minas Gerais, Brazil. In the USA, at Point of Rocks, Colfax Co., New Mexico, and on Porphyry Mountain,...Villiaume, French explorer, in whose collections of rocks from Guinea the mineral was first found. Type |  | | Journal (issue) | | Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml George W. Robinson Natl. Museums of Canada Ottawa, Ontario...Ontario Abraham Rosenzweig University of So. Florida Tampa, rL Richard W. Thomssen Mineral Expl. Consultants...Graphics, Compton, CA Mineralogical Record Inc. Board of Directors Richard W. Thomssen President Wendell E...History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University of So. Florida...Sixteen, Number Two Articles Recent discoveries of phenakite in B razil............................ |  | | Book | | the front cover contains serandite (orange) and analcime (white). It is one of the most famous specimens...shortly thereafter acquired by the Canadian Museum of Nature (CMNMC 37124), where it is currently on display...crystals of monteregianite-(Y), [KNa 2YSi8 0 19 • 5H 20], and on the right, deep blue crystals of carletonite...Monteregianite is named after the Monteregian Hills, of which Mont Saint-Hilaire is a member; carletonite...carletonite is named after Carleton University, where much of the early work on Mont Saint-Hilaire minerals was |  | | Journal (issue) | | worden vermenigvuldigd en/of openbaar gemaakt door middel van druk, fotokopie, of op welke wijze dan ook...privé-excursies, raadplegen van de bibliotheek, uitleendienst of... gewoon een gezellig babbeltje... Deze maand worden...vakantievondsten of bespreken we onze ervaringen met betrekking tot mineralen zoeken of tot musea die we...Stuur een mailtje naar Ineke ina.van.dyck@skynet.be of bel 03/827 67 36. De toekomst verzekerd... Op 10...een totaal ander genre DVD's te maken, die hij de New Crystal Hunters noemde. Geonieuws 36(7), september |  | | Book | | PREFACE The end of 1994 marked the close of the first quarter-century of publication of the Mineralogical...helping to build one of the single most valuable and authoritative published archives of data for the mineral...problems, however. With each passing year the sum of knowledge contained in the back issues has grown...early on that, were this problem of access not relieved, the sheer bulk of data would eventually compromise...compromise its own reference value. In 1980, at the urging of Pete J. Dunn, we initiated a feasibility study for |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Collector’s Guide to the Downloaded by [University of Toronto Libraries] at 09:45 25 December 2014 Mica...Taxonomy of the Mica Group The mica minerals are a large group that covers a considerable range of compositions...compositions, many of which form continuous solid-solution series with others. Not surprisingly, organizing...organizing the group into a rational set of accepted mineral species is a painstaking process. The classic work...the nomenclature of the group as a whole was imperfect. Recently, the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral |  | | Book (edition) | | This book is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Dr. John Sinkankas for his kind initiative and support...phorographed specimens are fivm the collectio11s of both authors as ire!/ as from many other collections...Te~in 14/02/03/0 I All rights reserved•• ·o pan of thh. work may be reproduced by any mechanical. photographic...photographic, or electronic process, or in the fonn of a phonogrciphicrecording. nor may it be ,torcd in...public or private U<,e. without written penni,,ion of the publi,her. ISBN 80-7296-039-3 CONTENTS Preface |  | | Journal (issue) | | Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml George W. Robinson Natl. Museums of Canada Ottawa, Ontario...Ontario Abraham Rosenzweig University of So. Florida Tampa, FL Richard W. Thomssen Mineral Expl. Consultants...Separations Effective Graphics, Compton, CA Board of Directors, Mineralogical Record Inc. Richard W. Thomssen...History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University of So. Florida...Famous mineral localities: The mines and minerals of Bad Em s by R. Dietrich and R. Bode 323 Vanadinite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml George W. Robinson Natl. Museums of Canada Ottawa, Ontario.................... 2 A short history of mining in New Mexico .........................................5 by W. E. Wilson Minerals first described from New M ex ico ...................................... 9...mineral localities: The Magdalena district, Kelly, New Mexico ...............................................localities: The Hansonberg district, Bingham, New Mexico ............................................ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Occurrences VANDALL T. KING P. O . Box 90888 Rochester, New York 14609 T H E R E H A S B E E N A L O T O F M...apparently not much of it has been directed this way. As a way of explanation, new finds as seen at mineral...never been a traditional part of this column. The "grass roots" approach of individual collec tors reporting..."here it is for sale" format of dealer stocks. In the last column, two crimes of omission were com mitted...enough, Gardiner Gregory's report on the min erals of Harborside, Maine, was similarly uncredited. A cheerful |  | | Book | | MINERALS An Illustrated Exploration of the Dynamic World of Minerals and Their Properties A ' •%7r... Scovil An Illustrated Exploration of the Dynamic World of Minerals and Their Properties George W...Canadian Museum of Nature Photography by Jeffrey A. Scovil Mineral specimens from the collection of the Canadian...Canadian Museum of Nature • A Peter N. Nevraumont Book W E I D E N F E L D AND N I C O L S O N London...Canadian Museum of Nature Musee canadien de la nature Text copyright © 1994 by Canadian Museum of Nature/ Musee |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Pete J. Dunn Washington... Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Mi George W. Robinson Natl. Museums of Canada Ottawa, Ontario...0026-4628 'Continued on p. 327 Articles Some aspects of modern mineral specimen curation...................mine, New Brunswick ..................... 263 by W. E. Wilson Wattersite, Hg4+1Hg+2Cr+6Oe, a new mineral...mineral from the Clear Creek claim, San Benito County, California ............269 by A. C. Roberts, M . Bonardi |  | | Book | | Zeolites Defined Origin of the Name The name zeolite was created in 1756, by Freiherr Axel Fredrick...(to boil) and "Iithos" (stone), to describe a group of silicate minerals that expel water when heated and...many local names in the eighteenth century. Most of the research in zeolite mineralogy was done, at that...Britain. Because of differences in language, nationality, and obscurity of some of the publications,... no uniform system of nomenclature had been developed. There was no governing body, like the International | | | Book | | Zeolites Defined Origin of the Name The name zeolite was created in 1756, by Freiherr Axel Fredrick...(to boil) and "Iithos" (stone), to describe a group of silicate minerals that expel water when heated and...many local names in the eighteenth century. Most of the research in zeolite mineralogy was done, at that...Britain. Because of differences in language, nationality, and obscurity of some of the publications,... no uniform system of nomenclature had been developed. There was no governing body, like the International |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...book features a directory of locations the United States, Canada, and Mexico where minerals and gems have...precautions to take, likely places to look, the etiquette of col- lecting—and how to polish, classify and...explains the physical properties of minerals and gems and the science of crystallography— the six crystal..."hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in color, manv of which may be found |  | Piilonen, P. C., Pekov, I. V., Back, M., Steede, T., Gault, R. A. (2006) Crystal-structure refinement of a Zn-rich kupletskite from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, with contributions to the geochemistry of zinc in peralkaline environments. Mineralogical Magazine, 70 (5) 565-578 doi:10.1180/0026461067050350 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 70(5), pp. 565–578 Crystal-structure refinement of a Zn-rich kupletskite from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec...Quebec, with contributions to the geochemistry of zinc in peralkaline environments P. C. PIILONEN1, I...Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4, Canada Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University...Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4, Canada ABSTR ACT The chemistry and crystal structure of a unique...58% and M(3) 60%]. Of note is the lack of Zn in M(1), the larger and least-distorted of the four crystallographic |  | 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) | | Dana’s New| Mineralogy | Eighth Edition Richard V. Gaines H. Catherine W. Skinner Eugene E. Foord Brian...Rosenzweig i DANA’S NEW MINERALOGY DANA’S NEW MINERALOGY The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana...VANDALL T. KING ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK And with Illustrations by ERIC...ERIC DOWTY SHAPE SOFTWARE JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. NEW YORK - CHICHESTER - WEINHEIM - BRISBANE - SINGAPORE...translation or any part of this work beyond that permitted by Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Pete J. Dunn Washington... Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml George W. Robinson Natl. Museums of Canada Ottawa, Ontario.... Ley The Sm okey Bear quartz claim s, Lincoln County, N ew M exico ................................... 359 by T. Hansen & B. Thompson The resurrection of Sterling H ill ....................................Conklin What's N ew in Minerals? Annual World Summary of Mineral D iscoveries ........................... |  | | Journal (issue) | | A. Bartsch Houston Museum of Nat. Sci. Houston, Texas Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml Andrew C. Roberts Geol. Surv. of Canada Ottawa George...Twenty-nine, Number Three Articles Nam ibite, a summary of world occu rren ces................................phibole Group: The second list of additions and corrections to the G lossary of M ineral Species 1995.... |  | | Book | | listing geographic boundaries and the known minerals of each area. Entire chapters are devoted to several...will find the information on gemstone fluorescence of particular interest. Data tables list all mineral...which produce fluorescence, determine the color of luminescence. For example, fluorite may fluoresce...color due to the presence of a different activator. A comprehensive catalog of known fluorescent minerals...description of color variations in a quick-reference format. The author has included a number of experiments |
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