 | | Journal (issue) | | Advertising Manager Thomas P. Moore Tpmoorel@cox.net A gold specimen from the Spanish Dry Diggings, Eldorado...Albite, 11.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Muzo District, Boyaca Department, Colombia. See the article...mineral room wall. And in 2016 we began presenting gold medallions-large pins with a magnetic clasp--that...IHI1IJNGA1llY. Figure 1. "Internal view of the silver mines near Schemnitz, in Hungary" published by C. Brightly...skeletal quartz, drusy amethyst, wire silver, acanthite, pyrargyrite, stephanite, barite, calcite, aragonite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mandarino Famous mineral localities: The Annaberg District, Lower A u stria ...............................NAMIBIA 10Khorixas UNITED STATES 3Stewart mine, Pala district, California Deposit Type Bismoclite Precambrian...schumacherite Pegmatite 4 White Queen mine, Pala district, California NEW OCCURRENCES Pucher shaft, Schneeberg...has been identified from the Stewart mine, Pala district, with associated chrysocolla and pseudomalachite...described namibite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. At this locality |  | | Book | | FRANCE; Curator, School of Mines, Paris 4 F. HOFMANN, Professor, School of Mines, Freiberg, EAST GERMANY...H. J. SCHUBNEL, Professor and author, School of Mines, Paris, FRANCE ¥& JOHN SINKANKAS, author and collector...epidote are omitted, how is it possible to select two golds, two silvers, two rhodochrosites, and two siderites...localities: the Egyptians were working gem and gold mines on the Upper Nile River, the Greeks were busy...the civilized world was now widely using bronze, gold, silver, and lead, no systematic method for the | | | Book | | FRANCE; Curator, School of Mines, Paris ^ F* HOFMANN, Professor, School of Mines, Freiberg, east Germany...j. schubnel, Pro fessor and author, School of Mines, Paris, FRANCE ^ JOHN sinkankas, author and collector...epidote are omitted, how is it possible to select two golds, two silvers, two rhodochrosites, and two siderites...localities: the Egyptians were working gem and gold mines on the Upper Nile River, the Greeks were busy...the civilized world was now widely using bronze, gold, silver, and lead, no systematic method for the |  | | Journal (issue) | | across (21.5 cm tall). Erzberg, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria. (Hoppel Collection D0120) Mark Mauthner photo;...all were created from the mineral-rich ore that mines removed from the earth and later processed into...I would roam Central Park thinking we had found gold impregnated into some incredibly hard rock that...PhD, who patiently explained that we hadn’t found gold, but one of thousands of mineral specimens found...were also invited to visit quarries and numerous mines in the region, gaining an appreciation for the effort |  | | Journal (issue) | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Acanthite from Linqiu, Shanxi Province, China. Compliments...Compliments of Mineralpedia, Dakota Matrix. Acanthite from Cobalt-Gowganda dist., Ontario, Canada, Compliments...Numerous minor actors in this drama had their own gem mines to exploit. This history recounts these tales from...Black’s case of meteorites entitled “Worth More than Gold”. The case provided historical details about each...grams is worth the same as its equivalent weight in gold. The L’Aigle chondrite meteorite of 1803 from France |  | | Journal (issue) | | SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2022 Articles The Akchatau mine, Shet District, Karaganda, Kazakhstan..................573 by...Wilson & T. P. Moore The Graf Jost-Christian mine, Wolfsberg, Harz Mountains, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.............564 What’s New in Minerals Ste.-Marie-aux-Mines Show 2022.........................................(deceased) Philip G. Rust (deceased) SENIOR FELLOWS Gold Level Scott A. Rudolph (2021) Paradise Woods (2019)...recently he had been concentrating on the Tintic district in Utah and amassed many self-collected specimens |  | | Journal (issue) | | ..........191 by W. E. Wilson The Port Radium district, Northwest Territories, Canada .................Famous mineral localities: the Ouro Preto topaz mines ..................................................long and hard at the portal or shaft of abandoned mines and wondered if far better material might not be...least a short distance into aban doned mines. Abandoned mines certainly aren’t hard to find. Colorado...000—most of them underground metal mines. The U.S. Bureau of Mines estimates that there are well over |  | | Book (edition) | | Brazilianite, 35 mm, Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed...various degrees. less common are malleable (e.g gold). ductile (e.g. copper). sectile (e.g. chalcocite)...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....Another problem concerned genetic conditions in the gold-bearing "greenstone" in Abitibi province in northern...shales of tl~e Acanthite Green River Fonnation in Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic |  | | Journal (issue) | | ......... 88 by W. A. Henderson, Jr. COVER: ACANTHITE after argentite, 10 cm tall, from the Las Chispas...estimates, the reserve prices, if any, and, most im portantly, the names o f the successful bidders...the Bement col lection was particularly weak in golds, especially those of American origin. Louis Pope...Dohrmann auction catalogue (1886), showing California gold spec imens: (35) Tuolumne County; 3.18 cm (36)...volum e 23, January-F ebruary, 1992 Figure 3. Gold from the Grit mine, El Dorado County, California: |  | | Book | | minerals. From precious native elements such as silver, gold and copper to complex silicates such as vesuvianite...pride of any geological collection. From the green, gold and blue iridescent sheen of labradorite to the...(bottom), also known for obvious reasons as 'fool's gold'. stone lying there. To start with, they probably...of an ancient treasure, lapis lazuli. Copper and gold were first used at least 10,000 years ago. They...times. colour makes them easy to see. Copper and gold were both too soft to make tools from, but the discovery |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Characteristics of Supergene Gold of Karst Cavities of the Khokhoy Gold Ore Field (Aldan Shield, East... Abstract: Typomorphic features of supergene gold in karst cavities were studied in the recently discovered...discovered Au–Te–Sb–Tl deposit within the Khokhoy gold ore field of the Aldan-Stanovoy auriferous province...supergene gold, massive and porous, are recognized there. The first type is represented by gold crystals...impurity. The second type is represented by mustard gold of two types with different internal structure: |  | | Report (issue) | | about the most venerable of mineral localities, the mines having been worked for silver and lead by the classical...Tremolite, largest crystal 2.2 cm, from the Merelani mines, Arusha Region, Tanzania. Marin Minerals specimens...crystals from the tanzanite mines at Merelani, Arusha Region, Tanzania. From these mines, we are by now accustomed...in Wendell Wilson’s 2009 article on the Merelani mines in the Mineralogical Record, vol. 40, number 5.)...2000, exploits a copper porphyry body with a high gold content, and no mineral specimens of any kind from | | | Journal (issue) | | . . . . . 88 by W A. Henderson, Jr. COVER: ACANTHITE after argentite, 10 cm tall, from the Las Chispas...the Bement collection was particularly weak in golds, especially those of American origin. Louis Pope...MINERALS, itX'LR 'l!-;\.JEI .Y NIC11 IN CRYSTALLIZED GOLD l-\ND S IIJVER., OF A. DOHRMANN, Eso.J OF SAN FRANClSCO...Dohrmann auction catalogue (1886), showing California gold specimens: (35) Tuolumne County; 3.18 cm (36) Tuolumne... Jtmuar,,~Febn,ar,•, 1992 WFW WEW Figure 3. Gold from the Grit mine, El Dorado County, California: |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rosenzweig IN SID E FRO NT COVER: Richard W . Thomssen Gold from the St. Josefs mine, Verespatak, Romania (left)...from the including photocopying —without emerald mines on the written permission from the Takowaja River...Eastern Bloc tend to favor minerals from local mines. Because most o f the best crystals from the Harz...Schemnitz) is very old. Celtic tribes first worked the gold, silver, lead, copper and zinc orebodies which surfaced...identifies Banska Stiavnica as the oldest mining district in all of Czechoslovakia. Early miners built homes |  | | Journal (issue) | | shows in Tucson, Denver, Munich and Ste-Marie-aux-Mines Tel.: 949-494-5155 • www.kristalle.com • Email:...Localities: The Old Gunnislake mine, Callington District, Cornwall, England .............................MUSCOVITE Chumuru Mine, Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 22 cm. Fine Minerals...the Russian (then Soviet) government, visiting mines in the Urals and Siberia, to discuss how to market...was interested in minerals: during a vacation in Bad Gastein she was enthralled by the continued on p |  | | Journal (issue) | | However, if you have a special Afghanistan, Nuristan mines Arizona, Blue Ball mine Castle Dome dist. Fat Jack...mine Purple Passion mine Red Cloud mine Silver District Tonopah-Belmont mine Western Union mine Arkansas...mine Broken Hill mines Burra Burra mine Gold localities Kingsgate mines Moonta district Mount Bonnie mine...Island Tasmanian mines Wallaroo district Widgiemooltha Austria, Annaberg dist. Bleiberg mines Knappenwand...mine Silvana mine Van Silver mine Bulgaria, Madan mines California, Benitoite Gem mine Billie mine Blue |  | | Book | | (bottom), also known for obvious reasons as ‘fool's gold'. and there in the stone you may actually see fossils...practical dug mines to get at them underground. geological skill as they Copper and gold were first used...great unconformities (see Reading the Copper and gold were both too soft to geology book, De Re Metallica...as nickel years and some brand new - and is and gold that combine readily with rarely more than 10km/6...and Below: Salt Cellar Tor in England's Peak District is one of several tors in this region. They are |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineral localities: The Bastnas Mines, Riddarhyttan Ore Field, Bergslagen District, Vastmanland, Sweden ......BASTDAS ffiIDES RIDDARHYTTAD ORE FIELD, BERGSLAGED DISTRICT, VASTffiADLADD, SillEDED Lennart Ohman Hi:igviltsvagen...1 meter in the dumps, about 30 meters from the Sankt Goransgruvan mine. The zone contained many cerium...south-central Sweden, where tens of thousands of different mines have been worked for nearly a thousand years. Iron...fields, with approximately 300 large and small mines. Iron ore mining began in the mid-14th century, |  | | Journal (issue) | | rope strung charpoi provided a good backache, but a bad sleep. The other overnight was on a hot June day...stephanite is often associated with pyrargyrite, acanthite and other silver sulfosalts. Mexico is very well-known...display as recently as December 2005 of silver, acanthite and polybasite. Bancroft ( 1973) illustrated a...as Freiberg and St. Andreasberg where silver, acanthite and pyrargyrite also occur. Bancroft ( 19730 illustrates...Freiberg is noted for polybasite in addition to gold, silver and copper. They also rate very highly in |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bolivia. R esearch C h a rita b le T ru s t sp e c im e n ; H a ro ld a n d E rica V an P elt p h o to...885-1161 E-mail: simkev@nhb.com P.O. B ox 218, T im n a th , CO 8 0 5 4 7 T el./F ax : 9 7 0 -2 2 1 -0...(Closed Sun.) N o C atalog— N o List THE U l t im a t e R eference! to a Q uarter-C entury of M ineralogy...January-Fehruary, 1999 7 PflLTPORNTA DFiAl FrR Coogan Gold Company E d a n d K ay C o o g an P.O. Box 1631...(1531-1535). Tons of silver began to pour from mines in the New World, and for a time Potosi was the |  | | Journal (issue) | | and dealers. In 1972, he made a trip to the ore mines of Peru where he acquired many imported specimens...Dixie mine in Idaho Springs for leaf gold and crystallized gold in 1976, and that same year began importing...includes a fantastic suite of leaf and crystallized golds, fluorites, and rhodochrosites, as well as suites...suites of minerals from Mt. Antero, the ore mines of the San Juan Mts. and the Leadville area, amazonite...Calabrian dialect of that language), about Colorado gold and its localities for the mineral magazine, Rivista |  | | Journal (issue) | | Diamonds in Colorado! The State Line Kimberlite District, Colorado & Wyoming, USA By Philip Persson, PerssonRareMinerals...21 Page 38 Page Precious Elements Diamonds, Gold, Silver, Platinum By Van King, newryqs@gmail.com...Mineralogy and History of Silver Deposits in the Calico District, California By Jeremy Zolan, jzolansci@gmail.com...Guided Tour Best Minerals - Diamond, Platinum, Gold and Silver Mindat is a free worldwide technical... Diamonds in Colorado! The State Line Kimberlite District, Colorado & Wyoming, USA Philip Persson, PerssonRareMinerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Birmingham] at 07:41 09 January 2015 Specimen Gold from the' - _ Great Basin Minerals Lisa Court...collection Figure I . Overview of the Olinghouse district, looking northeast: Pete Evatt photo. very fine...fine and unusual wire and nestlike, wiry aggregate gold specimens. Behind the discovery and distribution...Ci full-tiine ininem1 clealei: Location This district is located about 35 miles east of Reno, near the...certificate. Figure 4. Map of the Olinghouse district, courtesy Alta Gold Company. brutal at Olinghouse-gale-force |  | | Catalog/List | | Heritage Signature ® Auction #8026 Nature & Science Golds & Precious Metals March 14, 2020 | Dallas FLOOR...Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...of Golds and Precious Metals, this catalog contains images of superb specimens representing, Gold, in... From massive vibrant Gold nuggets from Australia to sublime crystallized Gold specimens from the famed...catalog. Gold, and for that matter Platinum, is very rare in nugget form as the majority of Gold has been |
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