 | | Journal (issue) | | Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York COLORADO ISSUE #2 Articles Colorado locality index.............................. 323 by B. L. Muntyan What’s new in Colorado minerals? ......................................A. Kosnar Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine ........................................339 by M. I. Jacobson The San Juan Mountains of Colorado ..................................349 by J. A...10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo by John |  | | Journal (issue) | | 2008 Table of Contents Collecting Minerals in Colorado - Peter Modreski ...........................Pg...Riemvasmaak South Africa 2008 Mining Update .......................... Pg. 20 Colorado Fossil Woods - Frank Daniels...on collecting minerals in Colorado by Pete Modreski, the informative Colorado petrified wood article by...the magazine so you get your very own copy! Colorado Minerals is the theme of the 2008 Denver Gem and...days of Colorado’s gold, silver, and base metal mining are past, and those who want specimens must look |  | | Journal (issue) | | Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society Founded in 1936 Lazard Cahn Honorary President May 2017 PICK&PACK...Other Events Pg 2 Purpurite (Phosphate) From Colorado and Pg 3 South Dakota Pebble Pups Rudist Fossil...containing phosphorus, niobium and lithium. In Colorado, he is known for writing the book Antero Aquamarines...presentation. COLORADO SPRINGS MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 2 COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO 80901-0002 May...Senior Center is located at 1514 North Hancock in Colorado Springs. For more information on any of the sub-groups |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | COLORADO TOPAZ Topaz, Al Si0 (F,OH) is one of Colorado's better known gem minerals. Though Col orado...(PJM), 975 (TCM) Box 25046, Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225-0046 A ccording to Cross and Hillebrand...discovery of Colorado topaz was made about 1880 by a Mr. Thiebald,* "a prospector of Colorado Springs."...area. The largest fine-quality topaz specimens in Colorado occur in several separate and distinct localities...are also referred to the general discussions of Colorado topaz in Eckel (1961) and Pearl (1963) and to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Museum of Nature and Science 2001 Colorado Boulevard Denver, Colorado 80205-5798 jmurphy @ dmns.org PETER...Survey MS 150, Box 25046 Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225-0046 pmodresk @ usgs.gov Unless otherwise...to 2000) J oin us for a gemstone tour around Colorado! Our field trip takes us from east to west in...in the same way you may have toured through Colorado on a mineral collecting trip. This route, from the...gemstones are known to occur. We cannot discuss every Colorado gemstone occurrence; rather, this is a general |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Two Point claim, Pikes Peak batholith, Teller County. The Collector’s Edge specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Mail Stop 150, Box 25046 Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 pmodreski@usgs.gov C olorado is, of course...prohibitions on collecting or to private land or mining claims for which permission has been obtained....been written as guides to mineral collecting in Colorado. A classic, which went through three major editions...1951 version with a slightly different title), is Colorado Gem Trails and Mineral Guide, by Pearl (1951, |  | | Journal (issue) | | on Amazonite 7.5 cm, from the Smoky Hawk claim, Colorado. Collected by the Dorris family; Tom Spann photo...pocket in 1955 at least 25 others were found as mining progressed. The contents of these, which ranged...tourmaline and a great deal of granular and crystalline albite, most of it snow white and very pretty. Enlarged...pinacoid termination. We carefully scraped the albite away from the crystal and left it in place temporarily...with very crystalline white albite piles between. Protruding from the albite are tourmaline crystals of |  | | Report (volume) | | Minerals of Colorado: A 100- Year Record By EDWIN B. ECKEL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1 1 14 A...knowledge____________________________________ Future of Colorado mineralogy______________________________________...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado ________________________________ In pocket III...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado, has not been included in this reprint. Many of...especially Fischer and others, 1946). MINERALS OF COLORADO: A 100-YEAR RECORD By EDWIN B. EcKEL ABSTRACT |  | | Journal (issue) | | Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society Founded in 1936 — Lazard Cahn — Honorary President “Pick & Pack”...bring dessert COLORADO SPRINGS MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 2 COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO 80901-0002 Dec...Christmas party! Mt. Carmel Veteran Service Center, Colorado Springs CO. Members with last name: A-G bring...Dec 10-12: Flatirons Gem & Mineral Show, Boulder County Fairgrounds, Longmont CO. Sponsored by the Flatirons...Show, (returning to its old location), Jefferson County Fairgrounds, Exhibit Building. The club had earlier |  | | Journal (issue) | | - - - - - - - - - - - Mineral Collections 1n Colorado A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record November-December..."Smithsonian packet," Smoky Hawk claim, Florissant, Colorado. Collected in 2008; Dorris Family collection;...certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This special...Collecting in Colorado The Collections: Mel & Pam Bersch Ryan Bowling Ralph Clark Colorado School of Mines...Kile Brian Kosnar Bryan & Kathryn Lees Ian Merkel Mining Hall of Farne, Steve Whittington curator Nick North |  | | Journal (issue) | | Golden Topaz, 3.5 inches, from Katlang, Mardan District, Pakistan; Freilich Collection. OPENING SPREAD:...Nuristan, Afghanistan; Neptunite from San Benito County, California; Spinel from Mogok, Burma; and Emerald...acquired his first rare book (an early German work on mining laws . . . incomprehensible as to subject matter...world. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County was particularly interesting among the museums...Prudential) helping his brother, Jim, with his draft beer home-delivery business. He delivered beer to such Hollywood |  | | Report (issue) | | Federico Pezzatta Page 26 Mount Antero: The Peak of Colorado Beryl Collecting Mark I. Jacobson Page 14 Crystal...studies in 1811, during A.G. Werner's time at the Mining Academy in Freiberg, Saxony (Germany). From 1826...miners. He was also the gemstone inspector for the mining authority. Breithaupt's legacy is 500 publications...descriptions. T he above is a postcard of the School of Mining in Feiberg, Saxony printed for the 1991 Breithaupt...from the University of New Orleans in Louisiana (USA), with the lowdown on beryl mineralogy An ancient |  | | Report (volume) | | Geology of the Copper King Uranium Mine Larimer County Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN This report... Geology of the Copper King Uranium Mine Larimer County Colorado By P. K. SIMS, GEORGE PHAIR, and R. H....ORE DEPOSITS, CLEAR CREEK, GILPIN, AND LARIMER COUNTIES, COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1032-D...AND LARIMER COUNTIES, COLORADO GEOLOGY OF THE COPPER KING URANIUM MINE LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO By P...Divide region of Larimer County, Colo., in the northern part of the Front Range of Colorado, was opened during |  | | Report (issue) | | International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...CHRISTIAN WEISE VERLAG, GERMANY AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA Tourmaline ♦ History ♦ Mineralogy • Tourmaline...were uncovered there until the 1860s when a true mining effort was directed at the outcrop (King, 2000)...the north side of the Himalaya Mine in San Diego County, CA. D. Sterrett photo provided by Jesse Fisher...tourmaline was found in the pegmatites of San Diego County, California. The Advent of Chemical Analysis |  | | Catalog/List | | fossils in open fields within walking distance of home. Kevin's family moved to Mobile, Alabama which ...the western states. Colorado and Nevada were his favorites because of their mining and coin minting history...the university, Kevin delved into mineralogy and mining history, and began to update his mineral collection...country as well as exploring scores of abandoned mining towns from California to New Mexico to Montana...and in particular, the towns of the Hwy 95 mining district from Rhyolite to Goldfield and Tonopah. Kevin |  | | Journal (issue) | | Museum, ME John Rakovan New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM Consulting Editors Joel...Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology...across a local area net\,vork. Subscription offices: USA/North America: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut...Copyright Clearance Center (www.copyright.com) in the USA or the Copyright Licensing Agency (www. cla.co.uk)...Limoeiro Mine, Virgem da Lapa, Ara~uaf Pegmatite District, . Minas Gerais, Brazil, Michael A. Menzies Signature |  | | Journal (issue) | | cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail & Jim Spann...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;...twin, 5.5 cm, from the Amo tin deposit, Ximeng County, Yunnan, China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd...2.2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Androscoggin County, Maine. Kyle Kevorkian collection; Jordan Root...5-mm view, from the Mohawk mine, San Bernardino County, California (#1869). Jerry Cone photo. Aurichalcite |  | | Journal (issue) | | largest crystal measures 3 cm Heights mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Stuart Strife collection; self-collected...right) Elbaite, 7.8 cm, Himalaya rnine, San Diego County, California; Kevin Brown collection; Jeff Scovil...Tree Root pocket, Two Point claim, Teller County, Colorado; Karl Warning collection; Jeff Scovil photo...organizational meeting at Jim and Marjorie Ferguson's home on Saturday, Janum ary 13, 1979, and Jim was elected..._~ a rneeting held at Rick and Cholly Rolater's home. The MAD logo was designed by Connie Bovier and |  | | Journal (issue) | | interview: Gail and Jim Spann (USA) Tourmaline Queen Mine, California, USA Tomasz PRASZKIER In our Collector...quartz and albite from the “six-pack” pocket found in 1984 in the Tourmaline Queen Mine, USA. 13.2 cm tall...km NNE from San Diego, in San Diego County, Southern California, USA. The mine is located within the territory...International, Inc., became involved in the Pala mining district when Ed Swoboda purchased the Stewart Lithia...Tourmaline Queen and Pala Chief mines. We had been mining the Stewart with mild success since 1968, when |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...from the C en ten n ia l Eureka m in e, T intic district, Juab C ounty, U ta h ..........................useo M ineralogico in Tehuacan, Puebla, the Romero home town. One of the real joys of M iguel’s life was...trained as a geological engineer specializing in mining geology. His first job took him to Madagascar,...that species, and a historical study of the Saxon mining engineer Schreiber, who had been engaged by French |  | | Journal (issue) | | on page 2) The Madison Mine, Madison, Carroll County, New Hampshire: An Addendum Art Smith 9118 Concho...Madison mine, Madison, Carroll County, briefly describing the mining history and my experiences collecting...The matrix is composed of fine, : tabular, white albite crystals r • and the tourmaline is predominantly...Safiara,MinasGerais,Brazil).Fine Mica (Paris, Maine, USA) Mineralsspecimen. made in January 2005. The find...from Jackson's Crossroads (Wilkes Co., Georgia, USA). This may be well-known to US collectors, but I |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...History of the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...discovered at the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California, by Ed Swoboda and Bill Larson. The...contacted the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County to ask whether the Museum and its Gem and Mineral...informally known as “The L.A. Show,” “The L.A. County Museum Show,” or something else. Calling it “The |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs JanuarylFebruary: Copper, Ray, Pinal County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...MaylJune: Elbaite with quartz and albite, Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California. Houston Museum...claims, Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Denver Museum of Natural History...malachite ring, Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin. Dan Behnke specimen and photo. NovemberDecember:...calcite, and chalcopyrite, Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Marvin Rausch specimen, Jeff Scovil |  | | Journal (issue) | | $315/three years, (Canada) $180/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $259 per year Subscription (individuals...undiscovered at this time, whereas the nearby Sar-e-Sang District—red arrow—had been mined for lapis lazuli for...river valleys. Gravel roads approach some of the mining areas fairly closely, but many of the narrow, steep...612 In some places (e.g. the mines at Paprok), mining is limited to the very short season when there...problems limit the use of mechanized equipment. Mining at these more difficult, higher-elevation locations |  | | Report (issue) | | Denver, Colorado, USA © 2011 by Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 11613 • Denver, CO 80211 • USA Phone 1.303...Topaz ALFREDO PETROV & JOHN RAKOVAN 34. Colorful Colorado DAVID W. BUNK 42. Mongolian Topaz: The Gorkhi...hardness-sample box produced for the Bergakademie (Mining Academy) in Freiberg, Germany. This box belonged... Topaz and Associates Above: Topaz, schorl, and albite, 7.8 cm tall; Shigar Valley Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan;...and quartz, 5.3 cm tall Sawtooth Mountains, Boise County, Idaho shown under longwave ultraviolet light (left) |
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