 | | Catalog/List | | Krokoite from Tasmania. Endlichite from New Mexico. Selenite Crystals Japanese from Ohio. Twinned Chiastolite...COLLECTIONS. SPECIMENS 1 1/2 x FOR of the Board of Hall 2 INCHES IN Education, LARGE Clerk's QUANTITY...mineral, "At were of large, prisms, of this mine have been obtained, more Note. - Galena offer...in the specimens Dundasite, bunches samples Mine, of occurs lode. beautiful white large more...originally Cornish mining ceeding by colour, Mine fractures of great the mineral often Mount |  | | Book | | Malachite 47 Azurite 48 Rock crystal 88 Selenite 52 91 Celestite 92 Rose quartz 53 Barytes...water and glaciers and deposited in the sea, on land, and in lakes and rivers. They are eventually compacted...evaporation of sea water. Examples are halite (rock salt) and gypsum. Another sedimentary mineral which produces...very lucky, the minerals that can be found on old mine dumps, beaches, in quarries, etc. in Britain cannot...on a local theme or even concentrate on a single mine. Others may consist of a single class of mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | color) have been found in the Silver Mountain district, Alpine Co., Calif. COLORADO-"Prof. Richard M...octahedra in quartz from the Mica Lode, Royal Gorge District, (Fremont Co. ), Colorado. The garnet ranges in...March 3, 1959, from George Robertson, Fountain Valley School, Colorado Springs, Colorado. CONNECTICUT-"Enclosed...number of specimens from that famous Zinc-Lead District, which includes N. W. Arkansas, S. W. Missouri...rhodochrosite is considered extremely rare in the district." NEBRASKA-Everett Lapidary Shop, 2941 N. 65th |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of black, crystallized ferberite from the Conger Mine, near Nederland, Boulder Co., Colo. It is good to...Can anyone supply information on the occurrence? District oí Columbia—On a recent visit to Washington, the...concrete walks, roads and walls in the Mississippi Valley. On 17th Street, N . F... a small pi'e of loose...Hampden Co., Mass. The best specimens occur at the Old Mine. Michigan—A nice dark grayish cephalopod from the...quartzite have been collected in the Pilot Mountain district, Mineral Co., Nev. New Hampshire—A nice specimen |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OF AUSTRIA By P H I L I P M O R R I L L East Derry, N . H . 0 3 0 4 1 IV S A L Z B U R G (Land Salzburg)...Approach via the village of A s the name states, salt was a major pro Habach in the Pinzgau between Neukirduct...e old emerald Venediger and Hohe Tauern form the Mine is about 7 M i from Habach. T h e trail leaves the...Alpenrose going E and then N . The crystalline Alps. Mine is a few hundred yards beyond the I f we come in..." ) ; Q X l s ( m o r i o n ) ; Apatite In this valley frequent valleys run south up into the mountains |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | another "yaunt in the yeep" to Trona and Death Valley (both in California) and I have been busy for two...with four groups of colemanite crystals from Death Valley and six hanksite crystals from Searles Lake (at...crystal'ized cinnabar which comes from the Culver-Baer mine, Sonoma Co., Calif. Colorado—An interesting article...Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.) The Micanite pegmatite district lies across the Park-Fremont County line in south-central...village of Micanite. The pegmatite of the Micanite district contains unusually large 378 ROCKS AND MINERALS |  | | Catalog/List | | times. OCTOBER 1976 1. ACTINOLITE. Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria. Select lustrous greenish bladed crystals thickly...Specimen C - 2xlt".Ll.25. 2. ALt~NDINE. Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria. A deep reddish lustrous well formed . crystal...ANNABERGITE variety CABRERITE. Laurium, Attica District, Greece. Choice, lustrous lime green crystals...inside. lisl-l-xl-t". £7.00. BARYTES. Settlingstones Mine, Hexham, Northumberland. Specimen A - Choice, lustrous...axis. £13.00. 16. BISMUTHINITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Elongated, needly, crystals |  | | Book | | A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...fine way to recognize their hard work! Gypsum (selenite variety), Galetta, Ontario, Canada * 12 x 13 x...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22...Namibia * 20 x 18 x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1 x 1 om Acicular...branching out like frost on a windowpane. ») Gypsum (selenite variety), Portman, Murcia, Spain ° 14 Nellexorem | | | Book | | periods of stability PLANET | 114 San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 om are uncommon...to recognize their hard work! é oe Gypsum (selenite variety), Galetta, Ontario, Canada * 12 x 13 x...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26x 16 cm 22...* 20 x 18 x 14. cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1x 1 om Acicular...typically very fragile. windowpane. Gypsum (selenite variety), Portman, Dendritic manganese oxide |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the liberty of forwarding you a specimen of the selenite which lies exposed on the south shore of our Lake...The specimen received was a beautiful colorless selenite, 4 x 7 x 1 y4 inches thick. The locality is the...reaching three localities, of which the Lake Mead selenite is one. Directions for reaching this locality...walk EAST about 1 V2 miles. You cannot miss the selenite as it shines and glistens in the sunshine and...matrix, was recently found in the vicinity of the Gem Mine (benitoite locality), San Benito County, Calif. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | when a new pocket was broken into in the Mammoth Mine, Tiger, (Pinal Company), Arizona." ARKANSAS — Another...xled cyrtolite was found last year in the Pine District, Jefferson Co., Colo., so we were informed by... June 26-29, 1952. CONNECTICUT — The old copper mine near Bristol, Hartford Co., Conn., used to produce...have been found at the Little Bob Mine—an 487 old pyrite mine on Land Lot 625, Paulding Co., Ga. I D A... sends in the following item: "In the Millstone Mine, Millstone, Letcher Co., Ky., Marasite occurs as |  | | Book | | schwatzite 11 scolecite 117, 1/9, 120 selenides 8 selenite 62 sericolite 62 talc 102 talc, precious 104...the salt obtained from salt-works as a mineral, though it is chemically identical to rock-salt. The...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite...carats, equal to 621 grams) was found at the Premier Mine; named the Cullinan diamond, it was presented to...found at Butte, Montana, and the Copper River district of Alaska. A much rarer mineral is covellite, |  | | Journal (issue) | | ...................... 122 123 FRANCONIA IRON MINE, LISBON, N . H . By Harold / . V errow 136 SOUTH...desperate efforts to tell us something about an old mine in North Carolina that had been reopened not so...suggesting that we try to get an article on the mine (worked for magnesium and 124 nickel) for Rocks...(pericline) from Salzburg, Austria, seemed to radiate hope that its nazi-ridden. land would one day be a free...this popular zeolite from the noted Fassathal, Tyrol, Austria, locality, was one of the first minerals tagged |  | | Journal (issue) | | Wulfenite Fromthe MilfordMine, GoodspringsMining District,ClarkCounty,Nevada JackKepper P.O. Box314 Cave...netcom.com The Milford Mine is located in the Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, about 30 miles south...Vegas, in Clark County, Nevada. Production in the district ( 1856 to 1962) was dominated by zinc and lead...zones of oxidation. The detailed mineralogy of the district has been published in the U.S. Geological Survey...reported the presence of wulfenite in 13 mines in the district. The better material comes from the Mobile, Shenandoah |  | | Journal (issue) | | Oberstein and Idar, situated in the picturesque valley through which the rapid Idar flows into the Nahe...people an ample indemnity for the barrenness of their land. As early as the fourteenth century, the art of...of agate-cuttiDg was introduced into this remote valley, from Italy, where it had long been practiced ;...altered crocidolite (" Tiger eye ") from Griqua Land, South Africa is, accord ing to the importers of...England — In Assynt limestone Stone chrubie, Noruh Valley, Durness. 7. Belgium,— Nauni. 8. Missouri — at |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | conical heaps, as in the shales of the Onondago Salt Group of New York, but rather in continual horizontal...developed so that the state might furnish the stucco and land plaster used within its borders. Keyess5 reported...lepidodendrons. A few iron nodules present and crystals of selenite. Separated from red shales above by sharp line...Webster county, except the scattered crystals of selenite in the Coal-Measure shales, is stratified in heavy...stratigraphic reasons. In the region of the Mississippi valley and great plains there are two well-marked unconOne |  | | | | schwatzite 11 scolecite 117, 119, 120 selenides 8 selenite 62 sericolite 62 serpentine 108 serpentine, asbestos...consider the salt obtained from salt-works as a mineral, though it is chemically identical to rock-salt. The...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite...carats, equal to 621 grams) was found at the Premier Mine; named the Cullinan diamond, it was presented to...found at Butte, Montana, and the Copper River district of Alaska. A much rarer mineral is covellite, | | | Book | | schwatzite 11 scolecite 117, I 19,120 selenides 8 selenite 62 sericolite 62 serpentine 108 serpentine, asbestos...59 zippeite 62 zircon 77, 78, 78 zoisite 88 THE MINE LKINGDOM All physical bodies in Nature can be...the salt obtained fron1 salt-works as a mineral, though it is chemically identical to rock-salt. The...or slightly rotated Vitreous. Like glass 3 THE MINE Class I: native ·elements Chemical elernents found...especially near Ki1nberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimber/ite |  | | Report (volume) | | Several varieties of gypsum are found in nature: selenite and satin spar are the crystalline varieties,...gypsum sands are the unconsolidated varieties. Selenite is found as colorless transparent crystals which...unlike mica, the selenite plates break down under heat and are not elastic. Selenite occurs either scattered...although some are as much as 4 feet long. In places, selenite occurs as an aggregate of crystals so intergrown...anhydrite-dolomitic limestone series and a lower anhydrite'-salt series. In the anhydrite-dolomitic limestone series |  | | Report (volume) | | .....................:...................... 50 Land..................................................... Paoli mine................................................. Deposits near the Paoli mine................................................ Sunflower Valley......................................... Lost Hills....................................... 85 Ojai Valley.............................................................. Solomon mine............................................ Hope mine..................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the center of the county. I do not know if this mine is still in operation, as I haven't any recent report...of the dealers ; however I did not ask from what mine these were from." ARIZONA—We recently received...interest along its shores." ARKANSAS—The Morning Star mine, in Marion County, Ark., has furnished many handsome...smithsonite. Desiring to ascertain the location of this mine we petitioned the help of Byron C. Marshall, 204...his reply, dated March 5, 1954. "The Morning Star Mine is near the little village of Rush, on Rush Creek |  | | Report (issue) | | best of the classic smithsonites from the old Kelly mine in New Mexico. Associations of aurichalcite, kipushite...come from a recent find in Sounion mine #6 (also known as the Exi mine, “Exi” being Greek for “six”) in...in the ancient Laurium mining district of Attika, Greece. On the website of his always-interesting Greek...Cu-rich smithsonite, 2.7 cm, from Sounion mine #6, Laurium district, Attika, Greece. Greek Rocks specimen...=============== The same discovery in Sounion mine #6 has also produced larger specimens which show |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | entrance to the old abandoned Leona Heights Pyrite Mine in Oakland, Calif125 ornia. By going far back...which was first discovered in the mine. In the next few weeks, the mine entrance will be blasted shut, so...this might be the last time I could »et into the mine, I collected about one hundred and fifty good specimens...items." with leaves and other decaying matter. The mine itself is just a cut in the rock, but the vein runs...very hard to break. Ask permission to visit the mine at the sand company. "I have just started taking |  | | Book (edition) | | size if there is enough of the solution of common salt, or of sugar, affords solution. Again, whenever...nal planes. Fig. 65 represents a crystal of common salt of this kind, having pyramidal depressions in place...occur with regular faces. 65. MAGNETITE. COMMON SALT. three-sided pyramidal depressions in place of...hammer, or barely hold 3. Sect He. together, as selenite. 4. flexible. When the mineral will bend, and...Another method consists in the use of a solution of a salt from the bottle and weigh eral till the The potassium-mercury |  | | Journal (issue) | | Connecticut. By Wilbur J. Elwell ............270 Selenite Crystals at Ellsworth, Ohio. By Gerald U. Greene...formulas. Pyrrhotite is the commonest mineral in the district but pentlandite and chalcopyrite are also very...One thing is certain, the ore body of the Frood mine, one of the largest, extends 3100 feet under the...copper-nickel for working into art objects and orna- mine at Lancaster Gap, Pennsylvania, ments. These paktong...near-by copper In 1751 Axel P'. Cronstedt identified mine and built a copper refinery at the new element nickel |
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