| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 159 Quai des Allobroges 73000 Chambery, Savoie France alain.martaud@wanadoo.fr Figure 1. Fluorite, 1...San Marcos] at 07:49 21 June 2016 Fluorite from France All photos by Louis-Dominique Bayle F luorite...spectacular large clusters of blue cubes from the Beix mine raised its status to almost that of a myth—a myth...Massif Central (in south-central France), the Vosges (in eastern France, near its border with Germany)...June 2016 Geology of French Fluorite Occurrences France is made up of several distinct geological entities | | | Report (issue) | Optical Properties: Opaque. Color: Tin-white to silver-gray, may tarnish gray or iridescent; in reflected...8.2653(6) Z=8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Timiskaming mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada. 2.61 (100), 1.841 (90)...temperature. Association: Arsenopyrite, silver, bismuth, calcite, siderite, barite, quartz. Distribution: In...Hawk district, on Bullard Peak, 24 km southwest of Silver City, Grant Co., New Mexico, from the Rose and...and Alhambra mines. In Canada, at the O’Brien mine and elsewhere, Cobalt, Ontario. In Germany, at Bieber | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | collectors prefer to collect by mineral chemistry—silver minerals are an example of this. Then there are...aragonite on calcite, 10.3 cm across, from the Agrigento mine, Agrigento, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy. In...pearls to treat King Charles VI (1368–1422) of France for his melancholy and bouts of insanity. The efficacy...Associated minerals include gypsum, goethite, siderite, calcite, glaucophane, lawsonite, pumpellyite...Alston Moor (Tindle 2008). The Yorkshire Silverband mine, Cronkley Fell, Durham, has produced interesting | | | Book | partout. © Dunod. Toute reproduction non autorisée est un délit. Les collections de minéraux et de gemmes...haute température, l’octaèdre est souvent favorisé, alors que le cube est plutôt une forme de plus basse...formation des cristaux La formation des cristaux est un processus lent et qui exige une grande stabilité...malachite (Bisbee, Arizona, États-Unis) Azurite (Haut-Rhin) Classe 5 : carbonates et nitrates Étymologie...gisements de cuivre. La localité-type de l’azurite est celle de Chessy dans le Rhône dont les échantillons | | | Journal (issue) | Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia...Schwab Orléans, France Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook...the then robust mining company, Union Minére du Haut Katanga (UMHK). He worked as a drilling engineer...important assignment at the Shinkolobwe uranium mine. His supervisor was Johannes Vaes (1902–1978). Gilbert...with his fabulous cuprites from the Mashamba West mine, Gilbert only hinted to a few people of his treasures | | | Journal (issue) | Préfaee e numéro hors série est consacré aux minéraux de la mine d'or de Salsigne, non pas seulement...des niveaux supérieurs de la mine à ciel ouvert. Si ce gisement d'or est mondialement connu , ce n'est...on entrevoit la complexité de ce gisement, mais est bâti pour en avoir une meilleure compréhension historique...géologique et minéralogique. Son cadre historique est bienvenu bien que sûrement incomplet tout comme l'état...Toutefois, l'ambition minéralogique des auteurs est atteinte. Ils nous révèlent de nombreuses espèces | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 20013 pohwatp@si.edu FLUORITE Part 2 Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China T he first part of this...Associated minerals include sphalerite, galena, siderite, and quartz. Casts of quartz after fluorite are...northern England, particularly from the Rogerley mine, has made these classic specimens available once...made of the complex crystals from the Trevaunce mine, St. Agnes. The crystals on the Smithsonian specimens...crystals to 2 cm have been recorded.The East Pool mine has produced crystals to 6 cm in colors ranging | | | Journal (issue) | .......................... Trial at Brandy Gill Mine ... ..............................................Posnjakite, connellite and other minerals from Crinnis Mine, Cornwall Meeting & Field Trip Reports ...........of our preferences for the rock hammer or the "silver pick", let's hope 2012 is a mineralogically rich...unexpected duplication of "St. Marie" shows in France this year - and a couple of reviews of recent books...has benefited from the dataset, principally of old mine sites, put together for the earlier study of Bevins | | | Book (volume) | Emberger and the following national chapters: France and Luxembourg by J. Bouladon Spain by F. Vazquez...Romania and Yugoslavia; and Southwest Europe embraces France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. Each volume has an...or without associated gold Gold Lead, zinc and silver Deposits in basement. Deposits in the Lias Baryte...tungsten Tin and copper Copper Antimony Lead, zinc and silver cevennes Rouergue Auvergne Vosges. Fluorite . Baryte...of large sedimentary basins Conclusions 30 31 France and Luxembourg by J. Bouladon Introduction 37 | | | Book | billion tons. Other countries, such as Australia and France and doubtless the U.S.S.R., likewise established...Botryoidal pitchblende, St. Priest vein, Forez, France ( X l) ( Geffroy and Sarcia, 1954). 29 ~ ~ ...pitchblende, St.Remy-Stll'-Durolle, Forez Mts., France. Pyrite crystals (white) on 1ight; in quartz (...(black) which also replaces core. Bigay mine, Lachaux, Auvergne, France ( X 100) ( Geffroy and Sarcia, 1954)...oxides and locally much asphaltic material- Mi Vida mine, Monticello district; T emple 1'4ountain, San Rafael | | | Book | borders. The mineralogical collecting between the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the Habsburg territories at...end of 1765 after he was appointed as reigning Grand Duke of Tuscany. Originally written in German, the...represents the mineralogical collection catalog of Grand Duke Peter Leopold, later Emperor Leopold II—has...order to visit the local and surrounding gold, silver, copper, lead, and iron mines. It is well known...so many pushing, dredging, and washing plants; silver and lead smelteries; […] not less [interesting | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | PENINSULA Wayne County International Salt C o . mine—Detroit Alpena County National G y p s u m C o... palygorskite, pyrite, quartz, sphalerite Spurr mine—Imperial Heights (near Michigamme) clinochlore var...selenite U . S . G y p s u m C o . quarry T a y l o r mine (and outcrops)—Alberta barite (r), goethite, graphite...marcasite, pyrite Kent C o u n t y Grand Rapids Gypsum C o . mine—Wyoming Delta C o u n t y (old quarry...gypsum var. satin spar and selenite Isabella (near Grand Dickinson C o u n t y Rapids) celestite (r), gypsum | | | Journal (issue) | Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia...Schwab Orleans, France Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook...FLUORITE crystal group, 8.1 cm, from the Shangbao mine, H unan, China. Collector's Edge Minerals specimen;...color, and give a historical background for each mine or mining venture. These catalogs, still available...Specialties: B C -Y ukon-Pacific NW, w orldw ide, gold, silver W illiam Weinman Mineral M useum Asst. C urator: | | | Book (volume) | areaStaurolite; NE 2½ mi.: (a) the Cochran Mica Mine (1 mi. from the Cherry Grove School, near old tenant...mi., on the Etowah R., at the Creighton-Franklin MineGold; on the Oscar Robertson farm; and on the...Fulton Co.): creek bedsDiamond; the Laurel Creek MineAquamarine, Beryl, red Corundum. COBB COUNTY BELMONT...ELBERT COUNTY AREA: Rock Branch Church, old mica mineBeryl; Harmony Church, area Aquamarine; Broad...with most mining revolving around the old Chapman Mine in Elbert Co. Similar mines occur also in Madison | | | Catalog/List | crystals on dar~ matrix. (not radioactive) (Leonie Mine, huerbach, Oberpfal Genany) Sto 10mmf3 l/2in;; ES...Silicate pinkish massiv~ with black Allanite (Bastnas Mine, Riddarhytt2n Vastm~~l2nd,Sw2deri) Cu/2 Se 039...(Ti Nb 0 rich black nasses in matrix (Karnasurt Mine, Revda, Kola Peninsula, Russia) lxl E2.50 lx2 ins...PO/~ • yellowish plates on mauvEUssingit~ (UmDa Mine, Reuda, Kola Peninsula • Russia) (6a pure plate...Group) rich fawnmassive. Xrayed meial. (Sjogruvan Mine, Grythyttan, Sweden) lxl fl.50 lx2 E3 2x2 E6 053 | | | Journal (issue) | Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia...Schwab Orleans, France Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook...Articles Famous mineral localities: The Bristol copper mine, Connecticut......................................in the U.S.A. notesfrom th r EDITORS OLD YUMA MINE Another great mineral locality has now been closed...longfamous Old Yuma mine near Tucson (see R. L. Jones, “Famous mineral localities: the Old Yuma mine,” in vol. | | | Journal (issue) | cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...photo Back cover: (above) Stock certificate for the Silver King Mining Company (1878) Dick Morris collection...custom jewelry. Wulfenite, 5.4 cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn...photo. Wulfenite (hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected...pseudomorph after azurite, 4 cm, from the Inspiration mine, Globe-Miami district, Gila County, Arizona. Ken | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | anteroom (now the Hodgson Gallery) at the top of a grand staircase to the second floor where visitors entered...Europe there are specimens from Bourg d’Oisans, France; Libethen (L’ubietová), Slovakia; Langesundsfjord...139 Figure 8. Copper, 14.8 × 13 cm, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Arizona. Douglas collection, Peter Tarassoff...well-crystallized silver specimens and an inscribed miner’s silver candlestick from the Elkhorn mine (Tucker 2008)...an interest. For many years a selection of the silver specimens and the candlestick were displayed in | | | Book (volume) | VOL. 2 17 32 Basaltin Basalton XI. p. I Siderite V. XII. SIDEROUS. Basalt IV. X. I. Granitoid...themselves to the nature of the objects, observer. Grand provinces would propose, therefore, in the present...stu- ichthyology, died, should have Domains. grand subdivisions. These provinces may again be viewed...hornblende, &c. This domain has often been con- siderite or founded with the granites, however alien from...should always hover round and direct the labours of mine- the other subdivisions only require a characteristic | | | Catalog/List | Sussexite page 14 This catalogue cancels Ho 73 Native Silver Germany, page 1 •; :Jt r minerals 037 ANCYLITE...pinkish fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4...guite rich black masses in matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH UNUSUAL...CO/3 0 Quite rich yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins | | | Report (issue) | JOHNSON, Cadillac, 1963-1979 HILARY F. SNELL, Grand Rapids, 1971-1976 CHARLES G. YOUNGLOVE, Allen Park... the 1845 discovery of the Cliff Mine ( first in the world to mine native copper as its sole product)...························· 41 2. Ankerite on siderite from Alpena County ···-··············-···················...· 117 14. Reticulated aggregate of distorted silver crystals from Houghton County ...................(Robertson, 1975). 3. Galena-bearing veins ( + silver, copper sulfides, or sphalerite): In various places | | Kreissl, Stefan, Gerdes, Axel, Walter, Benjamin F., Neumann, Udo, Wenzel, Thomas, Markl, Gregor (2018) Reconstruction of a >200 Ma multi-stage “five element” Bi-Co-Ni-Fe-As-S system in the Penninic Alps, Switzerland. Ore Geology Reviews, 95. 746-788 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2018.02.008 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | textures indicate that the oxidation of primary siderite to magnetite was the redox couple to precipitate...native Bi, arsenide, in-situ U-Pb age dating, siderite dissolution, fluid mixing, hydrocarbon, fluid...Niedere Tauern region, Austria; Belledonne Massive, France; and Piemont Alps, Italy (Henwood, 1871; Huttenlocher...present study of the Swiss (Penninic) deposits of Grand Praz (Val d’Anniviers), Kaltenberg and Pipji (Turtmanntal)...regional geology The five-element veins at Kaltenberg, Grand Praz, and Pipji are located in the Penninic Alps | | | Book | Director, National Geological Service, Orleans, FRANCE; Curator, School of Mines, Paris ^ F* HOFMANN,...Pro fessor and author, School of Mines, Paris, FRANCE ^ JOHN sinkankas, author and collector, San Diego...Kongsberg, NORWAY ^ PAUL fraenkel, collector, Paris, France ^ JOHN fuller, Mineral Assistant, British Museum...the same mineral are shown. This was done with siderite and rhodochrosite, because the types of each mineral...capriciousness of nature become of great inter est to the scientist and the layman alike. Let us look | | | Journal (issue) | row, from left) Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection...basalts, to mention only a few. Compounded by the grand scenic beauty of the Cascade Range and other areas...Alaska, ca. 1906. She organized her own company to mine the garnets, and may have distributed thousands...that men would be hired as laborers to work the mine and help develop it, but that no men would be involved...September–October, 2019 7 HISTORY had declined and the mine was sold. Today it is formally owned by “the children | | | Catalog/List | 1528 1958 195C 60 152F 608 Mineral Native Silver Silver Sulphur Gold Sulphur Sulphur Graohite Copper...Gold Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat...Copper Elaterite Sulphur Copper & Cuprite Gold Gold Silver Coooer Jet Gold Sulphur Copper Gold SULPHIDES...The Knipe, S.Scotland Ow A2 Price £1 Coldberrv Mine Corsica A2 A2 £2 sop Nevada, USA Unknown The...Rocks Cornwall Hinqston Down, Cornwall Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 £1 |
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