 | | Book | | Editions Minerva S. A. Gendve, 1976 Printed in West-Germany 4 I I Preface Rather than a manual of mineralogy...Fleece, Gaulish gold for Caesar, the gold of the Rhine, the gold of the Incas for the Conquistadors, the...certain metallic seams, in particular, tin, gold, copper, etc. —Deformations of the Earth’s crust take the...compounds: oxides, carbonates, sulphates, etc., of copper, lead, uranium, etc. Unlike the organic compounds...(pyrite), and sometimes pyramidal cubes (native copper). —Tetragonal: a straight prism, with a square |  | | Journal (issue) | | shows in Tucson, Denver, Munich and Ste-Marie-aux-Mines Tel.: 949-494-5155 • www.kristalle.com • Email:...Email: info@kristalle.com Harz Mountains, Germany by Günter Grundmann Thomas P. Moore Wendell E. Wilson...COVER: PROUSTITE, 3.5 cm, from St Andreasberg. Germany, found in 1899; ex collection of Richard Baldauf...District, Western Harz Mountains, Niedersachsen, Germany ........................... 300 by G. Grundmann...District Western Harz Mountains Niedersachsen, Germany Günter Grundmann Eschenweg 6 D-32760 Detmold grundmann |  | | Book | | precious native elements such as silver, gold and copper to complex silicates such as vesuvianite, first...01225 478440; sales@manning-partnership.co.uk North American agent/distributor: National Book Network;...the basis of an ancient treasure, lapis lazuli. Copper and gold were first used at least 10,000 years...since Roman times. colour makes them easy to see. Copper and gold were both too soft to make tools from...from, but the discovery that tin could be added to copper to make the tough alloy bronze about 5000 years |  | | Book | | practical dug mines to get at them underground. geological skill as they Copper and gold were first...the first great unconformities (see Reading the Copper and gold were both too soft to geology book, De...by Hutton’s ideas, more tin could be added to copper to make The rock hunters Below: None of these...places, including the Tethys Seaway. South-western North America was flooded by the Sundance Sea. Cretaceous...Present day Over the last 50 million years, the North Atlantic has opened up to separate Europe and America |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | too. Some few clear quartz were nice, several coppers and chalcedonies were nice, but the bulk of the...to the Wheatley mines will have to dig and may ners, Pa., and the French Creek Mines in St Peter's, Pa...Pa. Those who venture to the Wheatley mines will have to dig and may or may not be rewarded with good...good micros to be found there. The French Creek mines will be more rewarding. Very excellent cabinet specimens...Wheatley Mines area is noted for its pyromorphite and anglesite and other lead-zinc-copper, iron and |  | | Catalog/List | | 2x1i" ,t:R •.50" .'ZURITE/MtLf,CHITF.. Chessey des Mines,N:c.LyonsFrA.nce. Sp~rl...---------------- ··-- 6. 68. NATIVE COPPER ('Paper Copper•). Ghost Groft Hina,i-lullion,Lizard,Cornwall...surface,would 7x7 11 ,~12.50. clean. NATIVE COPPER/BORNI'I'E. Cape Corn\iall Mine,St"Just,W"Cornwall...version o! 1 Å 1 .2x1i",~1.00 72. CUPRITE. Ray Copper Mine,Pinal xtl 73. developments matrix~ 1 ...on Quartz/Arscnopyrite o 75. CUPRITE/NATIVE COPPER, Ca.radon, Eo Cor:nweJ __ :-;," Still sadly not |  | | Journal (issue) | | ................................... Northern I North West 10 ...... ............................................................................. ... North West 2 7 ...................................................................... Sainte-Marie-Aux-Mines Mike Brooke & Gary Morse 40 ......................Society, as well as playing an active role in the North-West Branch of the Russell Society. Since his retirement...Newsletter 34: Central Branch: Northern Branch: North West Branch: Southern Branch: South East Branch: |  | | Book (edition) | | Insects 20. Bond the West Indies (America north of Mexico) Mexican Birds— R.T. Peterson 21. Birds'...Walton &) Lawson Freshwater Fishes (N. America north of Mexico) Page &) Burr 37. Ecology of Eastern...for most mineral production. The majority of the mines still officially discourage collecting by workers...of beauty for their few cents' worth of metal. Mines that encounter specimens of great artistic and scientific...Mining and Mineral Museum, the Arizona Bureau of Mines, the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, the Canadian |  | | Journal (issue) | | Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A...Saddle-shaped rhodochrosite crystals from the Foote mine, North Carolina .........................................institutions already, including the Colorado School of Mines and the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. (See the...alloys are sprayed onto a rapidly spinning chilled copper wheel producing metallic rib bons. Other methods...convenience here to distinguish the location from the north opening of 1250 stope, where a second and somewhat |  | | Book (edition) | | Iji YY Generalized Map of MAJOR FORMATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA Sedimentary rocks Igneous rocks Met (ie...Their Related Families of Northeastern and Central North America by Boughton Cobb 11. A Field Guide to Trees...Trees and Shrubs (Northeastern and Central North America) by George A. Petrides 12. A Field Guide to Reptiles...Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and.Central North América by Roger Conant 13. A Field Guide to the...Guide to Wildflowers of Northeastern and North-central North America by Roger Tory Peterson and Margaret |  | | Report (issue) | | Refined Metals Limited, Carnon Consolidated Tin Mines Limited, llford Limited, Johnson Matthey Chemicals...United Kingdom 22 Fig 2 Location map of selected mines in the South-West of England 27 Fig 3 Process... Brimsdown, Enfield) 53 Fig 4 Processing of copper anode mud for the recovery of precious metals ...Table 3 Historically important silver producing mines of south-west England Table 4 Summary of world...silver: 1851-1982 83 Table 11 United Kingdom mines that produced more than 31 kg (1,860 oz) of silver |  | | Journal (issue) | | Science Division, Belmont Abbey College Belmont, North Carolina Richard Mitchell Professor of Environmental...Africa and South-West Africa. 1973. t\1unchen, Germany. Rhodesian Philatelic Agencies (Private) Ltd ....crystals 25 pf sulphur crystals May21.1969 5 pf erythrite JO pf fluorite 15 pf galena 20 pf smoky quartz...20 quartz crystals 2.00 fo A1111nonite 3.00 fo copper 4.00 fo Placochelys placodonta (turtle fossil)...International Kimberlite Conference 10 c map of diamond mines of Lesotho 1970-197 1 5 fr carnelian 12 fr yellow |  | | Journal (issue) | | Science Division, Belmont Abbey College Belmont, North Carolina Richard Mitchell Professor of Environmental...Africa and South-West Africa. 1973. t\1unchen, Germany. Rhodesian Philatelic Agencies (Private) Ltd ....crystals 25 pf sulphur crystals May21.1969 5 pf erythrite JO pf fluorite 15 pf galena 20 pf smoky quartz...20 quartz crystals 2.00 fo A1111nonite 3.00 fo copper 4.00 fo Placochelys placodonta (turtle fossil)...International Kimberlite Conference 10 c map of diamond mines of Lesotho 1970-197 1 5 fr carnelian 12 fr yellow |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 147 Worthington St., Boston 15, Mass. EXCHANGE — Copper arsenates and other rare xld minerals. Foreign...I N N . , WISC., MICH., ONTARIO — M i n erals, Coppers, cobalts, hematite, specularite, geothite, thomsonite...$ 5 . 0 0 - Germany. Olivenite, S.W. Africa, 2 x 2 V i " $ 1 3 . 0 0 . Olivenite, Germany, 2 x 2 " $ 6...SIZE, $ 1 . 0 0 to $ 3 . 0 0 . Cobalt, N a tive Copper, Hematite, Geothite, Galena, Sphalerite, Thomsonite...priced at f r o m $ 5 to $ 5 0 a pound. Royal Blue Mines Co., Box 6 4 6 , Tonopah, Nevada. GEODES, M O |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Elements of Cu-(Fe)-Sulfide Inclusions in Bronze Age Copper Slags from South Urals and Kazakhstan: Ore Sources...settlements of the Cis-Urals, Trans-Urals, and North and Central Kazakhstan are presented. The study...Te, Sb, Ag, Pb, and Bi, are important markers of copper deposit types. Sulfides from olivine Cr-rich spinel...characterized by As-Co-Ni high contents and confined to copper deposits in ultramafic rocks. Olivine sulfide-containing...indicators of alloying or flux components in primary copper smelting. These include samples from Ustye, Katzbakh |  | | Book (edition) | | TING—A GEMSTONES PROSPECTING OF Lapidary’s NORTH FOR Manual, 2nd ed. AMERICA GEMSTONES AND...already rich in “old timers” from the famous zinc mines of Franklin, New Jersey, which he inherited from...(18531918), for whom the emerald-green spodumene from North Carolina, hiddenite, is named; George Frederick...are being opened or systematically worked, as in mines and quarries, the amateur is far better able to...has copper in it. But when the intelligent amateur recalls that vivid blue azurite also has copper, and |  | | Book (edition) | | Gneiss, Sandstone, Marble, Limestone 2 Gold, Silver, Copper, Sulphur, Galena, Sphalerite xill 16 17 Kiv...11 Caledonite, Crocoite, Heterosite-Purpurite, Erythrite, Annabergite, Variscite ' 12 Scorodite, Olivenite...studies of inaccessible and abandoned mines. Some day many old mines may come to life again, reopened because...because studies of specimens that were saved when the mines were running have indicated that other minerals... Gold in quartz (Grass Valley, California) 3. Copper (Keweenaw County, AND SULPHIDES 2. Silver |  | | Report (volume) | | _________ ___ Composition of waters in copper and precious-metal mines of sulphide ores_ _____________________...Discussion of analyses. _______________________ Mines represented ________________________ Chemical changes...___^________ Iron___ __________________.._____ Copper _____________________ Zinc-____________ ________...Copper____________________________________ Principal copper minerals_____________________ Pake. 83 83 86 86...of enrichment Continued. Copper Continued. Page. Solubilities of some copper compounds_'._____________ | | | Book (edition) | | CUTTING-A Lapidary's Manual, 2nd Ed. GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA GEMSTONES AND MINERALSHow and Where to Find...already rich in "old timers" from the famous zinc mines of Franklin, New Jersey, ,,vhich he inherited from...8), for whom the emerald-green spodumen e from North Carolina, hicldenite) is named; George Frederick...are being opened or systematically vvorked, as in mines and quarries, the amateur is far better able to...green is usually answered by saying that it has copper in it. But ,-vhen the intelligent amateur recalls |  | | Book (edition) | | 3 THE AGES OF METAL It is likely that gold and copper, both known to occur widel y in native form, were...tarnishing, gold was used mainly for ornament; copper, easily hardened by hammering but suffering fro1n...in receptacles for food and drink. In regard to copper, it is known that this metal occurs in large masses...trenches vvhen surface supplies were exhausted. Copper was also used in axes by the Indians of Mexico...certain where the natives of Mexico obtained their copper or whether it ,vas in native form to begin with; |  | | Journal (issue) | | JO· AUTUMN'" WINTER 1991 u K journal of mines & minerals CONTENTS issue no. I O·autumn-winter...JJ/oreto11 S.K. Howell ------28 ------STE-MARIE-AUX-MINES 1991 D.M. Schofield EDITORIAL M.P. Cooper· D...CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS (0909) 476906 l'KJournal of Mines & 1\lincr~lsNo. 10 -\- 1991 GUEST EDITORIAL The...C'i.rcnJ rhc1r \\Jffll ~rtidc\. I· K Journal of Mines & Mineral, No. 10 -2- rhJnk, UJ all the mcmhc"... Our illustrations show cuprite perched upon a copper dendrite, a linarite blade tipped with caledonite |  | | Book | | had broken up around the time of the St Marie-aux-Mines show. Following a discussion with Ian regarding...Bryan, Steve, and Arthur, mostly in our local area, north Devon, including several visits to High Down Quarry...a crocoite from Dundas, Tasmania (£9), a native copper and cuprite from South Caradon Mine, Cornwall (£16...fluorites from Blackdene and Cammack Eals (both working mines at that time) for £67.50, leaving a balance of £82...argentite with proustite and native arsenic from Germany. No precise locations were given for the latter |  | | Journal (issue) | | 27th . September to explore some localities in the copper, lead, barite mining area in the hills to the south-east...Pontesbury. The first of these, the old Westcott copper mine, comprised three separate collecting sites...together in the underground parts of these two mines. After sorting ourselves into two parties, we set...adits. All members collected azurite and other copper minerals fr~m the dumps. . ·.· . . . . -: : . ...j • • • •, :. • I Originally started as a copper mine in the latter part of the 1800s, the workin·gs |  | | Journal (issue) | | ment of Mineralogy, University of Aachen, West Germany Pho lo· graph by Olaf Medenbach and Rudolf Baensch...Mexican min erals, including ·boleite from Montana, coppers from Arizona and New Mexico, and others. Of course...acquainted with fine mineral specimens from the copper mines in the Boulder batholith around Butte, Montana...campground turn off. and then pro ceeding 5 miles north-northeast on dirt roads to the base of Bald Mountain...of the lead i dif ferent from that of the lode mines, and therefore the Con sols mineralization was |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | — Of choice Michigan native copper from the world-famous Keweenaw mines. Free price list. K. Krause,...I N N . , WISC., MICH., ONTARIO — M i n erals, Coppers, cobalts, hematite, specularite, geothite, thomsonite...priced at f r o m $5 to $ 5 0 a pound. Royal Blue Mines Co., Box 6 4 6 . Tonopah. Nevada. W Y O M I N G...shattuckite xls, f n e scheelite. greenockite, erythrite. M a n v others. List 10c\ Old Trails M i n e...minerals and crystals f r o m famous Franklin Z i n c Mines, plus many rare minerals f r o m Ma'ne i n cluding |
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