 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Society, 1988. Printed in USA Moldavites from Austria C. KOEBERL,' F. BRANDSTATTER,2 G. NIEDERMAYR2 AND...A-lOlO Vienna, Austria -Naturhistorisches Museum, P. O. Box 417, A-1014 Vienna, Austria (Received 15 April...the northern part of Lower Austria. Tektites from two new locations (Altenburg and Radessen) have been...credibility to old reports about tektites from Lower Austria, some of which are associated with artefacts...MOLDAVITES OCCUR IN ONE of the world's four known tektite strewn fields (Australasian, North American, Czechoslovakian |  | Řanda, Zdeněk, Mizera, Jiří, Frána, Jaroslav, KuČEra, Jan (2008) Geochemical characterization of moldavites from a new locality, the Cheb Basin, Czech Republic. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 43 (3) 461-477 doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2008.tb00666.x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in northern Austria, in the Horn area, for example near the towns of Radessen and Altenburg (Suess 1914;...al. 462 Fig. 1. Map of the Central European tektite strewn field and the Ries parent crater. The arrows...moldavites have been found in this region, mostly in a gravel-pit near D¯enice village (T. Zuckermann, Tekaz, Ltd...moldavites from other parts of the Central European tektite strewn field. were carefully crushed in a hydraulic...collection of about thousand samples from the Tekaz gravel pit provided by Dr. T. Zuckermann (director of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Dresden in Lusatia in Germany (Lange, 1995), and in Austria (Koeberl, 1986) (Fig. 1). Based on their occurrence...Dřenice, gravel pit; (3) Dřenice, beach of the Jesenice water reservoir; (4) Obilná, gravel pit; (5) Velký...Velký Luh, gravel pit; (6) Odrava, road cut; and (7) Třebeň. three more moldavites found in the gravel...gravel pit near Dřenice, about 3 km NW of the place of the original finds. These data showed a much wider...iron in selected tektites to assess the degree of tektite melt oxidation; (5) statistical evaluation of major |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the early 1990s, this (sporadically operated) sand pit has represented the sole outcrop of the Monheimer...discussed in this study were sampled in 1999 in a sand pit (“Sandgrube Rehau;” PETROGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS Multiple...fine- to coarse-grained including subordinate fine gravel components (Figs. 3A and 3B); coarser- and finer-grained...tektites, however, has been described from several tektite strewn fields on Earth. These coarse grained impact...et al. 2004), may be incorporated into sand and gravel of tsunami flood deposits (Haines et al. 2004) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fossil Collection, and the National Meteorite and Tektite Collections from Ottawa to the CMN’s Natural Heritage...anniversary in 2017. The National Meteorite and Tektite Collection with more than 3,000 samples was moved...growth partial replacement reaction textures. The lower dashed box is magnified in the inset of this figure...quartz monzonite. The Red Rock Granite northeast gravel pit is located in the southwestern portion of the...western working face of the northern portion of the pit. The dike was approximately 20 cm thick, with a thin |  | | Book (edition) | | Small Moonstones—10 miles North of Alpine in the gravel of Musquiz Creek (W. Texas). 3. Indian Artifacts—on...Texas). 8. Talc—In road cut on Hwy. 80 west of Van Horn, on south lane of double lane highway. (West Texas)...will see a sign “Hovey”. Turn to the right on this gravel road, follow it approximately 2 miles to the Hovey...creek beds. Topaz being heavier than the sand and gravel it tends to seek bottom. Therefore, you dig at...at the base of the boulders moving tons of gravel and sand until you reach the blue clay which often yields |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | will like them. They come from the great open borax pit of the Pacific Coast Borax Co., in Boron, Kern Co...a place called Chimney Rock (Sandpoint Ranger District, Bonner Co.), quarter-inch black octahedron crystals...returned from Calais, Maine. Spent a few hours in a gravel pit in Woodland, Washington Co., Me., where jasper...Rockland, Me. Two nice red jasper pebbles from the pit were sent in by Mrs. Looney. MARYLAND—"Enclosed are...sending you a few small geodes that I found in a clay pit at the end of Roma St., Sayreville (Middlesex Co |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 14 plates. On page 92 we read: "The few Georgia Tektite specimens that are known (approximately 15) have...localities are indicated on the accompanying map of the tektite area." Georgia Mineral Newsletter is pub- GOLDEN...have been found in the huge Irving Materials Gravel Pit at Fortville, Hancock Co., Ind. One specimen...Mass. MICHIGAN—"These specimens are from an open pit mining operation in a limonite iron ore (now discontinued) |  | | Book (edition) | | and occupy all the space available to them. At lower temperatures atoms stay in contact for a longer...important in classifying rocks. ROCK include sand, gravel, clay, silt and mud. These particles may become...do find zones of coarse grained olivine at the lower part of lava flows or large intrusive bodies. Gemstone...measurement, the weight in carats is intended. Lower-cost cabochons are measured in millimeter size....from the Mohawk Mine, Michigan; Lake Superior district, Ontaria, Canda; Guererro, Mexico; also from | | | Book (edition) | | and occupy all the space available to them. At lower temperatures atoms stay in contact for a longer...M echanical or derrital sediments include sand, gravel, clay, silt and mud. These particles may become...do find zo nes of coarse grained olivine at the lower part of lava flows or large intrusive bodies. Gemstone...measurement, the weight in carats is intended . Lower-cost cabochons are measured in rnillimeter size...from the Mohawk Mine, Michigan; Lake Superior district, Ontaria, Canda; Guererro, Mexico; also from Chile |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | White County, at 9 a.m., Wednesday, September 10. Gravel from both Duke's Creek and the Chattahoochee River...This locality has been a famous placer mining district since the history of gold mining in Georgia, representing...on the East Fork of Spring Creek, Mineral Hill district, Lemhi County, Idaho. The mineral is bastnasite...claim-locating rush is also in progress in the Mineral Hill district. "G. Elmo Shoup first presented the ore to the...géodes, brownish in color, have been found in a gravel pit located '/s mile east of Ostrander, Fillmore |  | | Book (edition) | | Inc. property, Hiddenite, North Carolina 11. Test pit for emeralds, Hiddenite, North Carolina 12. Digging...Vineyard, Massachusetts tektite Osierfield, Georgia tektite Thin section of Georgia tektite Porphyry from near...Dowagiac crystal, 10.875 carats, was found in a gravel pit 2 miles (3 .2 km) north of Dowagiac, Cass County...interesting historical account of mining for diamonds in gravel deposits of Round Mountain, Cherokee Flat, near...production is now expected, the opening of several gravel deposits of sapphires elsewhere in Montana to tourist |  | | Journal (issue) | | table of this 3.42 ct emerald. Photo by A. Duffy. lower (pavilion) part of the stone, while the crown appeared...zinc deposits of the Balmat-Edwards zinc mining district in St Lawrence County in the north-west Adirondack...(deLorraine & Johnson 1997). Deposits in the Balmat District were important sources of zinc from 1903 to 2005...Walter, M.R. 2020. Collector’s Note: Balmat mining district update, St. Lawrence County, New York. Rocks &...distribution, and in reflected light we could see a lower lustre for the coated areas compared to the underlying |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | "Cassiterite is the only tin mineral found in the district. The crystals are black or a dark mahogany color...crystals are largely found in the pegmatites of the district. "In the general area the following minerals are...was also sent in by Mr. Shoup. The locality is Lower Salmon River, in Lemhi Co., Idaho. ILLINOIS — From...sample of a peridotite boulder which I found in a gravel pit at Newfield, York Co., Maine. The boulder weighs...age." The above conglomerate was exposed in a sand pit, close to the northern limits of Peekskill, near |  | | Book (edition) | | molecules and accurate. random and occupy all At lower temperatures atoms THE NATURE OF GEMS fly about...Mechanical or detrital sediments include sand, gravel, clay, silt, and mud. These particles may become...inclusions, cavities, 2 flow, olivine at the lower part of lava flows or large intru- arrangement...its imitations, such as cubic zirconia (with much lower thermal cial 0.221 0.210 0.210 0.2* 0.140 0...Further errors are inevitable cal color data lower-cost portable colorimeter motivated several re- |  | | Book | | NaFe(SiOs)2. Monoclinic. Prismatic crystals. Cleaverage—district (110.) Brittle. Luster-vitreus. Color-brown or...CANADIAN COUNTY: South Canadian Rivers. In the gravel bars of both the North and the Also in sand plant... HUGHES COUNTY: NE Sec. 35, T.4N., R.10E. A gravel pit with petrified wood, jasper, and chert. Also...NE% Sec. 18, T.4N., R.10E. A gravel pit. Secs, 8, 9; T.8N., R.9E. Gravel pits. JOHNSON COUNTY: bed....in gravel MAJOR COUNTY: SE% Sec. 6, T.20N., R.14W. N% Sec. 2, T.20N., R.14W. Also in the gravel pits |  | | Report (issue) | | (a mine) abajamiento nm subsidence abajar vtr to lower, let down | to fall, descend abajo adv down, below...to separate gold and concentrates (jaguas) from gravel in order to facilitate final washing adema nm [min]...nf an almond-shaped diamond almendrilla nf fine gravel | fine coal | [Guadalcazar, Mex] almond sized fragments...(landform) andino,-na adj Andean andurrial nm clay pit or deposit anegable adj subject to flooding anegar...sand | a. de cantera pit sand | a. de carboncillo sun-burnt sand | a. de cava sand pit | a. de conchas shell |  | | Book | | County?) (reterence 186) BARNSTABLE: Brick Clay Pit (169(41 04Z'03",700Z1'17")186.4Zl,p_484, pereonal...valley the Mon~ent River (now Cape Cod Canal). 01" Pit (16Z(area ot 41'41",70 33'56")298,p.1136-1137). Ventitaeta...blutt on the north shore ot Crows Pond and in a pit just southeast of the highway (Fox Hill Road) leading...Cove. there i8 a pit 75 teet in diameter ~15 teet deep (1906) ••• Another clay pit is located just west...(172(10cality uncertain 86)-.At North Chatham a .ma11 pit north ot the road (stony Hill Road? 'i_howe; teet |  | | Journal (issue) | | (Fig. 1). They were formed by the drowning of the lower courses of local rivers during the post-glacial...continental uplift was still a problem, although lower crustal flow could be an explanation, however, that...decided the Annual Dinner would be held in the Lower Library of Burlington House. After David Bridgland's...FINALISED DATES A JURASSIC RAMBLE IN THE BRISTOL DISTRICT Saturday 4th June 2011 Leader: Simon Carpenter...day exploring the Jurassic rocks of the Bristol District starting in Saltford a small village close to |  | | Report (edition) | | ............... 313 Chapter 37 Tektites 315 Tektite nomenclature and strewn fields...................Cabochons of amazonite from Melville in the Yalgoo district.................................................high-value, facetable gemstones to attractive, lower value ornamental stones suitable for cutting and...two diamonds had been discovered in a sample of gravel collected from Smoke Creek, a small creek draining...progressive sampling upstream led to the discovery of the Lower and Upper Smoke Creek alluvial diamond deposits |  | | Book (volume) | | Mountains of Utah are to be mined by conventional open-pit methods and the enclosing rock crushed and treated...Sayreville amber and gives several views of the shallow-pit diggings, “the ground around Sayreville . . . has...northeast of Chiapa de Corzo. In the Simojovel district, amber is recovered simply and directly by hand...Alberta (Wight, 1993). The largest mine is an open pit operated by Korite Minerals, Ltd., who excavate approxi-...of color is a grayish limestone from Carinthia, Austria, which is incidentally described in an interesting |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | Most of the rocks visible on the foreshore are Lower Carboniferous lavas and tuffs with intrusions and...Low-angle normal faults with associated drag fold� in Lower Culm Measures of the Holsworthy (323) Sheet. The...10376) PLATE III A. Interglacial Peat Bed in gravel pit, Austerfield Low Common in Doncaster (88) Sheet...(middle left and centre) a capping of cryo.. turbated gravel on which rest a few feet of bedded sand belonging...belonging to the Vale of York '25-feet Drift'. The gravel pit [SK 6664 9601] is 7 miles SE of Doncaster. See |  | | Book | | Abbaubetrieb m working Abbaudistrikt m mining district Abbaudynamik f strata movement abbauen to mine;...Abbauschwerpunkt m focal point of workin n field, district, set unverritztes A. maiden field Abbauförderstrecke...workability, payability Abbauwürdigkeitsgrenze f lower limit of the tenor of ore Abbevillien n Abbevillian...absenken 1. to lower; to be let down; 2. to settle (rock) den Grundwasserspiegel a. to lower the water table...alunite, KAI,[(OH), | (SO,)2] Alb n Albian [stage] (Lower Cretaceous) Albanit m albanite (leucitite) Albedo |  | | Book | | pound fragment of stony meteorite lodged in the pit. Parkinson sent me a sample, suggesting I might be...a display of stones. Down on Larimer Street in lower downtown, in a dingy window, there was such a collection...boy heard, and he had felt a showering of small "gravel" on his hat and shirt. The youth's sister, eight...adjacent field. These three occurrences of showering gravel followed shortly after the detonations from the...height of eight to twenty miles and for him its lower end was behind the horizon. He had given me an accurate |  | | Book | | discussions which were held at Burg Wartenstein, Lower Austria, July 2-11, 1973. The selec- tion of a maximum...two methods at the top of the cores broke down in lower sections, initiating a dispute which has continued...environmental reconstruction in the Middle and Lower Pleistocene. A particularly interesting recent development...evidence suggesting that there was generally a lower sedimentation rate in the Caribbean (? and Equatorial...radiometric correlations all show that, since late Lower Pleistocene times, transgressions marked planetary |
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