 | | Book | | anc MINERALS OF MEXICO 7 | : = Pras #0 AaprTTARE ; | MINERALS OF MEXICO William D. Panczner...1938Minerals of Mexico. Bibliography: p. 1. Mineralogy— Collectors and collecting— Mexico. 2. Mines and...and mineral resources— Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36 1987 549.972 86-13325 ISBN 0-442-27285-5 This book...Jalisco; D. Santiago Ramirez’s La Riqueza Minera de Mexico, and his translation of Dana’s Tratado de Mineralogia...a. ie = Maes Lie Auadado = ae MINERALS OF MEXICO Vv | Oona tA. IMPORTANT MINING DISTRICTS | | | Book | | LO 0 1ChO , / < 1 00,oco $ T I~ "'"""' MORELOS .. oc~ 0 • ~-- ;• P,c rl r c- ,,, •·• ... "'<' ~/ BOUNDARIES U A Mo<'« u~ o V :¾ MEXICO r - ·•-.. ·-··-··-··-·· < •• ....... V S TATES...org/details/mineralsofmexico0000panc MINERALS OF MEXICO • ERALS OF ~XICO M ______ William D. Panczner...1938Minerals of Mexico. Bibliography: p. 1. Mineralogy-Collectors and collecting-Mexico. 2. Mines and mineral...mineral resources-Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36 1987 549.972 86-13325 ISBN 0-442-27285-5 This boo i |  | | Book | | K FIELD GUIDE to the GEMS and MINERALS of MEXICO (Exclusive of Baja California) A guide to the...Information............ Driving in Mexico................... Trailcring in Mexico ............. 5 6 6 7 8 8........ A Word to the Wise ............. Jade in Mexico......................... Manto and Chimney Deposits...Hermosillo District ... Alamos District ........ San Bernardo Area Alistos District ........... Magdelena...Eulalia District....... El Potosi Mine............. San Antonio Mine....... Cusihuiriachic District.. |  | | Catalog/List | | Rhodochrosite on Tetrahedrite, Good Luck Pocket, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park Co., Colorado, USA 4 cm tall x 5.1 cm...cm tall x 6 cm wide 10 12 Wolfenite This Wulfenite is the epitome, the ultimate. It is universally...universally referred to as the world’s finest Wulfenite from any locality. Having large transparent yellow orange...orange “window pane” crystals of wulfenite with sugary balls of orange mimetite, creating a tour-de-force...and form that has never been duplicated. The San Francisco Mines fame comes from this spectacular assemblage |  | | Catalog/List | | locality, Earth makes her own crystals; or the mine where a mineral was discovered, is akin to its ...tsavorite. Traveling west to the storied Tsumeb Mine is one of the very finest examples of the region’s...Dioptase Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia 13 cm tall x 14 cm wide Africa The mine we now call...featuring the complete story and history of this mine. Asia 21 Schorl Tourmaline with Aquamarine Shengus...unrivaled. 22 Asia Azurite over Fluorite Qinglong Mine, Qinglong Co., Qianxinan, Guizhou, China 10 cm tall |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure 1. Wulfenite on mimetite, 7.2 cm across, San Francisco mine, Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico. Classic combination...Jeff Scovil photo. Wulfenite from Mexico Figure 2. Wulfenite localities in Mexico; prepared by William...Megaw is an exploration geologist who has worked in Mexico for forty years, which has led him to specialize...MINERALS Five wulfenite localities in the states of Chihuahua, Sonora, and Durango, Mexico, combined with...top wulfenite produc- ers in southern Arizona, represent a majority of the world’s best wulfenite localities |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Scovil M ining began in Mexico more than four hundred years ago! As a result, Mexico has been a prolific...1960s. European museums received specimens from Mexico as early as the late sixteenth century, but it...American museums began to acquire specimens from Mexico. The Harvard collection is probably typical of...no strong connection to Mexico and its mines. A precious opal from the Iris mine in Queretaro (fig. 1)...offered as a general introduction to the minerals of Mexico, the theme of the 1999 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 36849-5305 WULFENITE Downloaded by [Virginia Tech Libraries] at 04:18 15 March 2015 San Francisco Mine, Magdalena...Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico I"lfun 1. This particularly fine specimen of wulfenite ud assodIIted mimelile...1970s al the San Fruclsco mine (also known 85 lbe Cerro Prieto mine), Magel. . ., Sonora, Mexico. The largest...consider Ihis localily 10 be Mexico's best modem wulfenite SOUIU. Today, it Is being worked by a group of...of intensely red, orange, or yellow crystals, wulfenite has been one of the most important collector minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | brucec@uj.ac.za Duftite after Wulfenite Tsumeb Mine, Namibia T sumeb wulfenite is world-famous (see Southwood...pseudomorphs after wulfenite from the Tsumeb mine. One of these is duftite after wulfenite; it is perhaps...replace wulfenite found at Tsumeb. Furthermore, Tsumeb does not hold the exclusive right to wulfenite pseudomorphs...varieties are known from the United States and Mexico, in particular, and all are featured in this column...at the University of Johannesburg. Figure 1. Wulfenite on matrix covered by dark green duftite intermixed |  | | Journal (issue) | | cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...the participating collectors. Contents How wulfenite became the official State Mineral of Arizona by...Steve Maslansky Bill Yedowitz Denis Menard How Wulfenite Became the Official State Mineral of Arizona Alexander... the Arizona State Legislature voted to make wulfenite the official state mineral of Arizona. Considering...source of the world’s most beautiful and treasured wulfenite, and has not just one but many world-class occurrences |  | | Journal (issue) | | Trucco mining district, Taxco de Alarcon, Guerrero, Mexico .................................... .401 by J...mineral localities: The Refugio mine, Municipio de Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico ................................mineral localities: Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico .................................................Ferry ~alace of Jlline_s The Palace of Mines in Mexico City .................................... .497...Smithsonite, 4 cm wide, from the Refugio mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico. William Dameron collection; Jesse Fisher |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | W. Bangalor Drive Or0 Valley, Arizona 85737 WULFENITE HAS BEEN A FAVORITE of mineral collectors for...most wulfenite specimens, not only to the mine, but also often to the particular place in the mine and...and even to the period of collection. Wulfenite is known from hundreds of localities, although most are...Chemistry and Color In chemical composition, wulfenite is a combination of the rather common metallic...molybdate [PbMoO,]. Like other lead minerals, wulfenite is heavy, with a density of 6.88 gm/cc ‘when pure |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Wulfenite ART & ARTISTS SUSAN ROBINSON 9654 Highway 37 Ogdensburg, New York 13669 pebble.art@outlook...1991 issue of Rocks & Minerals, page 51. Wulfenite, Red Cloud Mine, Yuma County, Arizona, ca. mid-1980s;...Minerals, page 192. Wulfenite and Hydrozincite, Santa Maria del Oro, Durango, Mexico, 2017; painted life-sized...of Rocks & Minerals, pages 120–121. Wulfenite, Chihuahua, Mexico, 2009; painted life-sized, 4.40 × 4...2010 issue of Rocks & Minerals, pages 260–262. Wulfenite, Mežica, Slovenia, 2008; about 70 × 7.50, tempera |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens in Mexico. Downloaded by [University of Lethbridge] at 18:53 09 June 2016 MEXICO Collected by...Mineral dealer, Phoenix, Arizona THE ‘72 SAN FRANCISCO MINE WULFENITE FIND: Near the end of 1971 a couple...shows with really crummy looking wulfenite from the San Francisco mine [Municipi0 de Cucurpe, Sonora]....brought up a much better batch with nice yellow wulfenite crystals to 0.5 inch on edge, with pale orange...of April [1972] they talked me into going to the mine with them, and 1 went down on two trips. On the |  | Hibbs, D. E., Jury, C. M., Leverett, P., Plimer, I. R., Williams, P. A. (2000) An explanation for the origin of hemihedrism in wulfenite: the single-crystal structures of I41/a and I tungstenian wulfenites. Mineralogical Magazine, 64 (6) 1057-1062 doi:10.1180/002646100550056 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | explanation for the origin of hemihedrism in wulfenite: the single-crystal structures of I41/a and I4́...tungstenian wulfenite-I41/a containing 10 mol.% WO3 from the Ê and Z = 4, has San Francisco mine, Sonora...Sonora, Mexico, space group I41/a, a = 5.436(2), c = 12.068(8) A been refined to R = 0.052. The Mo and W are...lattice. Tungstenian wulfenite-I4̄ (‘chillagite’) from the Christmas Gift mine, Chillagoe, Queensland...origin of hemihedrism in the wulfenite-stolzite series. K EY WORDS : wulfenite, crystal structure. Introduction |  | Jacobson, Mark Ivan, Keller, John W., Atkinson, William W. (2018) The Where of Mineral Names: Moctezumite, Moctezuma Mine (La Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Municipality of Moctezuma, State of Sonora, Mexico. Rocks & Minerals, 93 (5) 466-471 doi:10.1080/00357529.2018.1477014 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Bambolla mine, known in the United States as the Moctezuma mine. View of the mine looking toward...Moctezuma Mine (La Bambolla Mine) Moctezuma Municipality of Moctezuma State of Sonora, Mexico M octezumite...named “in allusion to the [presumed] name of the mine, La Moctezuma, and the nearest town” 12 miles to...to the north, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora State, Mexico (fig. 2), by Richard Gaines (1965a...used and well-known Mexican name of La Bambolla mine, the species occurs as minute blades and rosettes |  | | Journal (issue) | | Record, Volume 76, No. 5, May, 2017 WULFENITE, PbMoO4, 7cm, Red Cloud Mine, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County...MSA/Arizona Campaign Wulfenite” Heart Shaped Matrix & Wulfenite Crystal, made perfect Wulfenite is Loved ICON...March 22, 2017, Wulfenite became Official Mineral of Arizona, so May, we celebrate Wulfenite with a program...8th program speaker is Dr. Jan Rasmussen about “Wulfenite in Arizona.” The program is based on molybdenum...Blue Cube Mine MSA Membership Corner 60 Jeff & Nicole Craig Minerals from Blanchard Mine, NM MSA |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | SYMPOSIUM august ¥ 22-23,2014 Gold Eagle's Nest Mine, California, USA J «. *.1 DALLAS Mineral Collecting...Year’s Speaker Lineup Brice Gobin Tanzanite: From Mine to Market Dr. Robert Bowell Tsumeb: A Mineralogical...collecting has come to focus exclusively on minerals of Mexico. He won the Desautels Trophy in 2006 for the Best...awards. He is photo-moderator for submissions on Mexico to Mindat and co-moderator of the FMF Mineral Forum...Collecting Adventures in Mexico” have been a fringe benefit of exploring Mexico for silver-lead-zinc and |  | | Journal (issue) | | MARCH 2021 10 THE ESSENCE OF Iridescence 38 WULFENITE-MIMETITE Understanding the “Rainbow” In the Mineral...Voynick A Breathtaking Combination Found in Sonora, Mexico By Bob Jones 51 LOOKING BACK 20 EPIDOTE A Beautiful...BRUNEAU-PATTERN JASPERS Discoveries in Oregon, Idaho and Mexico Field Notes ....................................play-of-colors sitting atop a quartz matrix, West Colusa Mine, Butter Mining District, Silver Bow County, Montana...the San Andreas Fault in California, courtesy of Jim Brace-Thompson; thunderegg from Oregon mine, courtesy |  | Medici, John, Lafler, Renata, Clifford, Janet H., White, John S., Muntyan, Barbara, Cairncross, Bruce (2019) Letters. Rocks & Minerals, 94 (5) 401-403 doi:10.1080/00357529.2019.1619132 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | L etters WULFENITE REVISITED The “Wulfenite Art and Artists” article by Susan Robinson in the recent...recent wulfenite special issue (January/February 2019) left out one outstanding wulfenite artist, Susan herself...accompanying photo of her painting of a San Francisco mine (Mexico) wulfenite and mimetite specimen. Also, many...many thanks for the great wulfenite issue! John Medici Ostrander, Ohio GEOLOGY MUSEUM OPEN HOUSE If you...a John Medici specimen of wulfenite and mimetite from the San Francisco mine. Janet and Paul Clifford’s |  | | Catalog/List | | 54 x 1.27 x 1.91 cm) RHODOCHROSITE N'Chwaning I Mine, Kuruman, N. Cape Prov., South Africa 1.68 x 1.37...Milan! HEMIMORPHITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mun. de Mapimi, Durango, Mexico 5.11 x 3.89x2.52 inches (13x9...(13x9.9x6.41 cm) CREEDITE Akchatau Mine, Akchatau, Karaganda Oblast', Kazakhstan 3.61 x 2.4 x 2.14 inches... La Verde District, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico .5 x .25 x 1.25 inches (1.27 x 64 x 3.18 cm) SPODUMENE...inches (5.08 x 3.18 x 2.54 cm) SAPPHIRE Passara Gem Mine, Badulla, Badulla Dist., Uva Prov., Sri Lanka PINK |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | is derived from adjoining rocks, or that the wulfenite was formed by hypogenesolutions. The present paper...and lead-copper ores, in southwest United States, Mexico and part of South America, in certain localities...western United States,l particularly in Arizona, New Mexico, and,to a lessextent in Nevada and California,...New Mexico, about 1.0 per cent vanadium oxide is present as vanadinite.s Descloizite, wulfenite, galena...with associated wulfenite carried, 3-5/6 vanadic oxidea while the C and B vanadium mine near Christmas |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals, including azurite, malachite, smithsonite, wulfenite, pyromorphite, and mimetite. Of these, the acquisition...anglesite, pyromorphite, smithsonite, hemimorphite, wulfenite, willemite, vanadinite, descloizite, caledonite...These include the Preble Hill mine near Garland, Maine; the old lead mine near Middletown, Middlesex County...Connecticut; Sterling Hill, New Jersey; and the Perkiomen mine, Montgomery County, and the well-known Wheatley...Bulldog Mountain mine in the Creede district, Mineral County; and the Missouri mine DI:Robert B. Cook |  | | Book | | HUGH LEIPER (deceased), Editor, Lapidary Journal, San Diego, California, U.S. A. Je ORLOV LEONIDOVICH,...FRANCE ¥& JOHN SINKANKAS, author and collector, San Diego, California, U.S. A. ¥e H. A. STALDER, Curator...California, U.S A. yx EDWARD BANCROFT, collector, San Diego, California, U.s. A. WERNER BURGER, collector...Zurich, SWITZERLAND }x JOHN JAGO, collector, San Francisco, California, U. S. A. J ALAN JOBBINS, Curator...stood atop the “mother” mass of blue-colored rock. A mine was started and a shaft was sunk into the rock. | | | Book | | HUGH leiper (deceased), Editor. Lapidary Journal, San Diego, California, u. s. a. ^ orlov Leonidovich,... FRANCE ^ JOHN sinkankas, author and collector, San Diego, California, u. s. a. ^ h. a. stalder, Curator...California, U.SA. ^ edward BANCROFT, collector, San Diego, California, u. S. A. ^ werner burger, collector...Zurich, Switzerland ^ JOHN JAGO, collector, San Francisco, California, u. s. A. ^ alan jobbins, Curator...stood atop the "mother” mass of blue-colored rock. A mine was started and a shaft was sunk into the rock. |
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