 | | Journal (issue) | | ,1..ce.s .:.kl r'\ ·1 c..<. 12 v cf::.Ne. FvÂŁ.St 1.--s. C..i e,ttA ye,! !cw a MM., a', t'-t s. ~ 4t-y...GOETHITE Collected in 1982 from Wheal Edward, Cornwall. As newcomers to minerals we thought goethite...AGARDITE(Y) Collected in 1987 from Marke Valley mine, Cornwall. Identified by David Green and photographed...Fascinated by the other minerals present. Any ideas? QUARTZ Collected on the SMLS trip to northern Spain in...including quartz and hydrocarbons. CITRINEon FLUORITE Collected about 15 years ago from Yew Tree mine in Weardale |  | | Journal (issue) | | PUBLISHED BY THE MINERAL COLLECTOR COMPANY , 26 JOHN ST . , NEW YORK , THE MINERAL COLLECTOR FOR SALE Private...FOOTE , Manager . 1224 - 26 - 28 NORTH FORTY - FIRST ST . , PHILADELPHIA , PA . , U . S . A . Lanrionite...31 . 50 . Chalcoeite , var . Redruthite , Cornwall England , Anglesite . Sardinia , brilliant ergstals...88 . 00 1 in . $ 125 , $ 2 . 00 . Olivenite , Cornwall , Englatid , 2x2 in . , $ 150 , Native Lead ,...1 . 00 . Phosgenite , Ora wtord . Derbyshire , England , Serpierite . Lanrium , Greece , 2x2 in . , $ |  | | Journal (issue) | | ANCIENT MINES , 178 " CYCLE GLEANINGS , ' 181 CATHEDRAL SPIRES , 184 STUDENTS ' MINERALOGICAL CLUB OF...PUBLISHED BY THE MINERAL COLLECTOR COMPANY , 26 JOHN ST . , New YORK . TIIK MIKKUM. COLLBCTltli. "JOPLIN"...type of phantom Barite. LUSTROUS HEMATITES with Smoky Quartz making as hand some and cheap specimens as can...PHILADELPHIA, PA., U. 8. A. Established 1876. 12T CATHEDRAL SPIRES , COLORADO . THE MINERAL COLLECTOR. [Entered...gold and silver, besides the copper. The vein is quartz, and both walls are talcose slate. " I found no |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Morning Star zinc mine near the little village of Rush, Marion Co., Ark. CALIFORNIAâFrom a mine in Darwin, Inyo...letter from him he writes: "The Darwin, Calif., mine is lead and zinc, with occasional high grade silver...Colorado School of Mines, I heard of an active uranium mine or quarry a couple of miles from town. Following...the owner drove up and told me I could visit the mine. On the way, I stopped to collect specimens of malachite...Bob Daniel, prop, of Natural Gems, 795 E. Currahee St., Toccoa, Ga. A very nice radiated-fibrous mass, |  | | Report (issue) | | United States of America PHOTO CREDITS Cover: Quartz variety amethyst, 10.5 cm tall Goboboseb Mountains...photo © 2009 GIA Page 2 Quartz variety amethyst, 3.5 cm tall Kakamunurle Mine, Kar0r, Tamil Nadu, India...Byzantine transforming the portrait into that of St. Peter) Treasury of Sainte-Chapelle, Cabinet des...collection, Marie-Lan Nguyen photo Upper middle: Quartz variety amethyst (Japan-law twin), 1.6 cm tall...photo, circa 2004 Bottom: Quartz variety amethyst, 6.7 cm tall Wattika Mine, Murzinka, Sverdlovskaya Oblast' |  | | Journal (issue) | | PUBLISHED BY THE MINERAL COLLECTOR COMPANY , 58 PEARI , ST . , New YORK . ii THE MINERAL COLLECTOR . THE MINERAL...PROPRIETORS & EDITORS : ARTHUR CHAMBERLAIN , 237 N. Seventh St. , Newark , N. J. ALBERT C. BATES , 58 Pearl Street...& CO . , PHILADELPHIA . N. Y. OFFICE , 116 FULTON ST . TERMS . Per year $ 1.00 . Single copies , 10 cents...GRAHAM & CO . , Practical Lapidaries , Blu 63 Nassau St. , New York . Gems Mounted in any Desired Setting...and cleavable Calcite . .5 cts . Greasy and Rose Quartz , Triplite AND ORES . 7 cts . Amblygonite , Damourite |  | | Book | | hav~ tmvelled half the world F.rorn E.GSt 'to W,e st and' North to South the Logo's been unfurled For...SMLS Chair 2022 Botallackite (Xtals 3mm) Bunmahon Mine, Copper Coast, Eire. Photo:John Hall CONTENTS...ambitious. Collecting started in Southern England, Cornwall and Wales, and gradually extended to the Lake...to descend the hydraulic shaft in the Smallcleugh Mine and we bought an inflatable dinghy so we could land...other local mineral clubs as well as the national UK mineral societies: the British Micromount Society |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | models-$10.50. 15 models, $4.50, A. J . GUDE, 845 Dudley St., Lakewood, Col orado 80215. FOSSILS FOSSILS: BUYING...cabinet size. Free list. MACAJAC, 6088 S. Clayton St., Littleton, Colorado 80121. phyllites, mesolites...radiating sticks, yel low calcites, amethyst and quartz with perfect crystals, babingtonites, laumontites...Collec tions wanted. THE THURSTON'S, 385 Cen tral St., Boylston, Massachusetts 01505. SERIOUS TRILOBITE...still going. SAM WELLER MINERALS, Boscaswell, West Cornwall, United Kingdom. MISCELLANEOUS 35-YEAR COLLECTION |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | models-$10.50. 15 models, $4.50. A. J . GUDE, 845 Dudley St., Lakewood, Col orado 80215. FOSSILS FOSSILS: BUYING...(409)776-8167. tions wanted. THE THURSTON'S, 385 Cen tral St., Boylston, Massachusetts 01505. GEMSTONES FREE...radiating sticks, yel low calcites, amethyst and quartz with perfect crystals, babingtonites, laumontites... between Baltimore and GAULT, 10621 Roanna Lane, St. Louis, Mis Washington, D.C. Diverse stock from...still going. SAM WELLER MINERALS, Boscaswell, West Cornwall, United Kingdom. FLUORITE FROM CAVE4N-ROCK, ILLI |  | | Journal (issue) | | ...................... 3 The Many Varieties of Quartz ................................................................................. 5 Meet the Quartz Family ......................................................................................... 28 Day Light Section .....................................Varieties of Quartz by Denise Bicknell Member of the Houston Gem & Mineral Society he mineral quartz, SiO2...Properties of Quartz: To understand quartz we must first describe what makes it uniquely itself. Quartz is composed |  | | Journal (issue) | | long in clusters were mined at the Mashamba copper mine, in Zaire. When they were introduced at major shows...Arizona, comes to mind immediately, as the Southwest mine produced some of the most handsome, multi-inch,...the worldâs finestâhave come from the Milpillas mine, in Sonora, Mexico. Actual mining of this deep deposit...were discovered there, and from 2006 to 2012 the mine produced huge quantities of the worldâs finest azurites...inpection reveals the crystal rosettes. (Tsumeb mine, Namibia) irocks.com degree. The terms âbotryoidalâ |  | | Journal (issue) | | the World I Preeiclent, OKâą W. Bodelaen 219 E. Mah, St. Mt. Kisco, N. Y. Director of Tours, Richmoall ll...remit direct to the Publisher. Issued on the 1st day of each month . .A11thor1 .Jon, 11r, rt s/1onsiblt...U. S. A. The official Joun1al cf the Rocks and Mine,alt Aaoc~ation 2 ROCKS AND MINERALS e I I I I...appreciated. n b s1 -r- \\ d Ji tc n 0 St 0 SJ ti LS ... , re'or ler Oc ROCKS and...MINERAL COLLECTION :er By DAVID M. SEAMAN IS to eir st- Assist ant in The Department of Mineralogy, Carnegie |  | | Book | | fine hematite "Iron rose", 10cm across, from Fibbia, St Gotthard, Switzerland. lnstitut fur Mineralogie und...Mineralogical Museum, University of Bonn. 22 Quartz (Rock crystal), of Dauphine habit, from the classic...Cassiterite Cassiterite Manganite Scheelite South Africa St Andreasberg, Harz, FRG Shikoku, Japan Grube Georg...Drygill, Cumberland, GB Vlb Nordmark, Sweden VI la St John's Island, Red Sea, Egypt Vllb Morawicza (Ocna...Kirgizia, USSR Vllb Miralani Hills, Tanzania Vllb St Andreasberg, Harz, FRG VII lb Ain Babouk, Constantine |  | | Journal (issue) | | J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London, England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park.............. 351 by R. M . Ley The Sm okey Bear quartz claim s, Lincoln County, N ew M exico ...........find a pegmatite a âhalf-mileâ from the Palermo mine, in New Hampshire. It was originally identified...was never forgotten. I met a nice black bear that day, and learned how not to describe the site of a mineral...removal or partial change of some reference points (mine dumps, for example), or all simple reference points |  | | Journal (issue) | | Trewellard Rd. Pendeen, Penzance NORGEMS. 4 Front St., Sandbach, Cheshire. PORTSOY MARBLE. The Marble...LTO., 3 Tyne St. North Shields SCOTROCKS PARTNERS, 48 Park Rd., Glasgow C.4. 120 Rose St. Lane South,...Annual subscription (six copies) ÂŁ1 post free In the UK. Overseas $3.25 (US) or ÂŁ1.25 Our front cover: ... Consolidated Gold Fields' recently opened Wheal Jane tin mine near Truro. Great Britain today, for the commercial...exploita tion of the non-ferrous metal ores in Cornwall. By 1850 we were the world's largest producers |  | | Book | | tourmaline crystals from William Larsonâs Stuart Mine in the Pala Mountains, California (USA). Next to...100 Peridot: green-golden ray of sunshine 104 Quartz: bustling globetrotter 108 Spinel: the corundumâs...crystal on calcite and quartz from the hydrothermal deposits of the Muzo Mine, Colombia. Collection:...gemstones in vein systems (fluorapatite, fluorite, quartz, topaz, etc.) 10 Olive green Contact metamorphism...important rockforming minerals such as mica, feldspar, quartz and olivine are deposited in strict order. The |  | | Book | | permission of Dr Rob Chapman, bottom © The Royal Cornwall Museum; p. 4 top With kind permission of Alan...the centuries. If you are reading this on a hot day, I guarantee there will be people IGHT Now, 2 ...gold and gemstones, and to the meadows of middle England to look for buried historical treasure. You will...World War his designs were put into practice as mine detectors, and after the war a glut of surplus machines...1980s, when over 50,000 people were involved in the UK alone. Today there are around 30,000 detectorists |  | | Journal (issue) | | Van Pelt rystal Classics Ian Bruce Somerset, England Tel: +44 1935 479822 Website: www.CrystalClassics...2009 Articles Famous mineral localities: The Sapo mine, Ferruginha district, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais...Menezes Famous mineral localities: The Lac dâAmiante mine, Black Lake, Thetford Mines, QuĂ©bec . . . . ...yellow, in that order. An average of two diamonds per day are found by park visitors at the Crater of Diamonds...free breakfast $ âą Live entertainment nightly per day âą Free admission & parking âą 2-route shuttle service |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | approximately 4,260 feet. The GPS coordinates of the mine are 33â 34â15â N latitude, 116â 46â32 W longitude...thicker portions. Mineralized pockets are often Mine, Ciystal Peak Area, Coloradoâ and described arzotlzer...some on attractive mounds of cleavelandite and quartz. Although a few ipecimens from this period are...containing several asthetic schorl, albite, and smoky quartz specimens was found in this area. Work was shifted...and initial discoveries of large pockets of smoky quartz, along with a few green tourmaline crystals |  | | Book | | Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins in a variety of metamorphic, plutonic and...Litchfield, where a mass of white quartz on a ridge had once been mined for quartz, and large ilmenite masses...ilmenite crystals to 7 .5 cm in matrix of massive quartz from these dumps-adding that, in his judgment,...Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage |  | | Book | | Curator, W ashing- (Natural History), London, ENGLAND >& Curator, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts...University Museum, Tokyo, JAPAN Ye CHARLES KEY, dealer, St. Petersburg, Florida, U. 8. A. „e HUGH LEIPER (deceased)... Ss. A. % ALSO 4 EDWIN ALLABOUGH, collector, Cathedral City, California, U.S A. yx EDWARD BANCROFT, collector...Assistant, British Museum (Natural History), London, ENGLAND „& E. M. GUNNELL, collector, Denver, Colorado,...ALAN JOBBINS, Curator, Geological Museum, London, ENGLAND „& LOUIS MOYD, Chief, Mineral Division, National |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Jonina Pogue) banded together to lease the Rocket mine from Frank Lavoie. The intent of the partnership...partnership was to search for amazonite and smoky quartz miarolitic pockets beneath the pegmatite ledges. Typically...discusses some of the overall characteristics of this mine while focusing on the five major pockets that were...found clustered together on the second level of the mine. Figure 1. Overview of level 2 pocket area. 46...in Teller County near the Park County border. The mine is an open pit with four levelscarved into the hillside |  | | Journal (issue) | | t th Hinged lid for easy er switch .for rapid st Easy start sturdy riveted fittings. ODïżœAR, 'COMPLETE...with remarkable Power Extractor Circuit, shoulder st , batteries, shortwave eliminator, informative booklet...Rood Somers, Connecticut -.-----Garnet, Lulubell Mine, Son Diego County, California. low in silica. Biotite...as loose, colorless crystals originally bound to quartz, feldspar, beryl, or columbite. Beryllonite has...distinguishes it. Crystab are commonly embedded in quartz or feldspar, often associated with beryl. since | | | Book | | (Natural History), London, Curator, British Museum ENGLAND 9K CLIFFORD FRONDEL, Curator, Harvard University...University Museum, Tokyo, JAPAN „& CHARLES KEY, dealer, St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. A. „~ HUGH LEIPER (deceased)...8. A. „ ALSO 4 EDWIN ALLABOUGH, collec- tor, Cathedral City, California, U.S A. Je EDWARD BANCROFT...Assistant, British Museum (Natural History), London, ENGLAND „& E. M. GUNNELL, collector, Denver, Colorado,...ALAN JOBBINS, Curator, Geological Museum, London, ENGLAND „& LOUIS MOyD, Chief, Mineral Division, National | | | Book | | Curator, British Museum (Natural History), London, ENGLAND ^ Clifford frondel, Curator, Harvard University...University Museum, Tokyo, JAPAN ^ CHARLES KEY, dealer, St. Petersburg, Florida, u. S. A. ^ HUGH leiper (deceased)...S. A. ^ ALSO ^ EDWIN allabough, collec tor, Cathedral City, California, U.SA. ^ edward BANCROFT, collector...Assistant, British Museum (Natural History), London, England ^ e. m. gunnell, collector, Denver, Colorado, u...alan jobbins, Curator, Geological Museum, London, England ^ LOUIS moyd, Chief, Mineral Division, National |
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