 | | Report (issue) | | Energy, Mines and Resources Canada E:nergie, Mines et Ressourees Canada Canada THE ENERGY OF OUR RESOURCES...POWER OF OUR IDEAS COVER Left: Amethyst - Thunder Bay, Ontario. Specimen measures 4.5 cm across the base...no. 17206. GSC 204971-1 Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 49 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR... © Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1991 Available in Canada through authorized bookstore agents...bookstores or by mail from Canada Communication Group - Publishing Ottawa, Canada KIA OS9 and from. Geological |  | | Report (issue) | | GOVERN YOUR USE OF THIS DOCUMENT Your use of this Ontario Geological Survey document (the “Content”) is governed... copyright is held by the Queen’s Printer for Ontario. It is recommended that reference to the Content... . ; Ontario Geological Survey, ...670-5691 Toll Free: 1-888-415-9845, ext. 5691 (inside Canada, United States) Local: (705) 670-5691 Toll Free:...(inside Canada, United States) Local: (416) 326-2678 Toll Free: 1-800-668-9938 (inside Canada, United |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Canada Downloaded by [Florida International University] at 19:52 23 August 2013 C anada is home...from emerald to sapphire, Canada has it all. Yet, for most of its history, Canada has been regarded as a...in Canada (fig. 1). Some gem localities, such as those for amethyst from Nova Scotia and Ontario, have...sapphire in Nunavut, emerald in the Yukon and Ontario, and peridot, topaz, and aquamarine in British...BRADLEY S. WILSON PO Box 352 Kingston, Ontario K7L 4W2 Canada brad@alpinegems.ca 96*2: 405,9(3: |  | | Report (issue) | | PAPER 69-45 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES A CATALOGUE OF...MINERALS R. J. Traill ' GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA CANADA PAPER 69-45 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...n's Printer, Ottawa from the Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth St., Ottawa and Canadian Government bookshops...to change without notic e Queen ' s Printer for Canada Ottawa 1970 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...has elapsed since T . Sterry Hunt in Geology of Canada, 1863 , presented the first descriptive list of |  | | | | What is the difference between a mineral and a rock? Where do they come from? How do Istart collecting...in the field ~“ Various geological locations iin Canada© Physical properties of minerals and rocks, and...and how to test them. : Each mineral and rock is accompanied with concise descriptions and precise photography...surrounded ce ne white calcite, from!iheBluebell Mine; Riondel, Digitized by the Internet Archive...acknowledges with thanks the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Ontario Arts Council for their support |  | | Book (volume) | | Idaho; rectangular step cut purplish pink elbaite tourmaline (30.89 ct), Maine; round brilliant red-orange...cushion cut rhodochrosite (25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern...promising diamond fields being vigorously explored in Canada and the United States. Experts agree that in several...diamond-bearing kimberlite bodies, most likely in Canada. Systematic large-scale mining of sapphire-bearing...conventional open-pit methods and the enclosing rock crushed and treated to release the crystals. Red |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GOLD ORES OF THE LITTLE LONG LAC AREA, ONTARIO. H. S. ARMSTRONG. ABSTRACT. In the Little LongLac Area...exemplifiedby the Number 2 and Number 30 vein systemsat Hard Rock,and the North and West ore zones at MacLeod-Cockshutt...type, are found in the Number 1 vein systemat Hard Rock, and the 210 quartz vein at MacLeod-Cockshutt...MacLeod-Cockshutt. The orebodiesat the Little Long Lac mine are confinedto shearzonesin arkose,and do not conformto the...the Port Arthur miningdivisionof the District of Thunder Bay, Ontario. The area comprisessix townships: |  | | Book | | acknowledges with thanks the Canada Council for the Arts. and the Ontario Arts Council for their support...acknowledge the financial suppo1t of the Government of Canada through the Book Pubbshing lndus!Jy Development...publishing activities. Canada Council for the Arts Conseil des Arts du Canada PA ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL JI-I\...CONSEIL DES ARTS DE L'ONTARIO Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Grice, Joel Beginner's...photographs; Bob Gault took a 11un1ber of the mineral and rock photographs; Donna Naughton took a nun1ber of field | | | Book (volume) | | Idaho; rectangular step cut purplish pink elbaite tourmaline (30.89 et), Maine; round brilliant red-orange...promising diamond fields being vigorously explored in Canada and the United States. Experts agree that in several...dia1nond-bearing kimberlite bodies, most likely in Canada. Systematic large-scale mining of sapphire-bearing...conventional open-pit methods and the enclosing rock crushed and treated to release the crystals. Red...periodical literature, especially in Rocks & LV!.inerals, Rock & Gem, Lapidary Journal, The Mineralogical Record |  | | Book (volume) | | Limited 1410 Birchmount Road Scarborough, Ontario M1P 2E7, Canada Van Nostrand Reinhold Australia Pty. Ltd... 5 = fii? i a j — » ya y _— ’* : i mine in. q)! Y eit iia -...commerce. Coarser gemstones, or those which are rock-like in character or abundance, are treated in still...and Technical Surveys of the Geological Survey of Canada, while specific Canadian locality information was...was supplied by Dr. Victor Ben Meen of the Royal Ontario Museum, Carl B. Gerber of Arlington, Virginia, |  | | Report (issue) | | Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 6000 Summary of Field Work and Other Activities 1999 1999...1999 ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Open File Report 6000 Summary of Field Work and Other Activities 1999...Subprovince, northwestern Ontario; in Summary of Field Work and Other Activities 1999, Ontario Geological Survey...Printer for Ontario, 1999 © Queen’s Printer for Ontario, 1999. Open File Reports of the Ontario Geological...at the regional Mines and Minerals office whose district includes the area covered by the report (see below) |  | | Book (edition) | | a thou- sand localities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico where gems have been and can be found...a precise explanation of how to recognize the rock formations in which gems occur. in The tabular... *' ^ *D * D } '<&*=> 4B^ Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal ^J^ Garnet...1 2 How fun to hunt for gems to identify 3 Rock formations How which gems occur 1 21 stone...Indian legend about God grew seems that the Thunder the rainbow. Maddened, he struck fragments of |  | | Book | | They could probably buy a similar specimen in a rock shop or jewelry store for a fraction of what their...the relationship of crystals to various kinds of rock formation he may spend his life searching for particular...about the rock world. Furthermore, in the beginning the world was rock and it is still rock. There is...of permanent substance on this earth that is not rock. To learn something about the history of and changes...traces of titanium oxide. Three great classes of rock make up the face of the earth. Igneous rocks are |  | | Book (edition) | | with morganite crystals and quanz, from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California...LIMITED 1410 Birchmoum Road Scarborough, Ontario MlP 2E7, Canada V.-\.'- NoSTRA.'-D Rrn,'HOLD AUSTRALIA...price increases, which make it more attractive to mine domestic deposits at a profit. Foreign labor is...ANT GEMSTONES The Feldspar Group, Spodumene, Tourmaline, Sodalite, Olivine (Peridot), Turquois, Prosopite... List of Illustrations Frontispiece. Drawing of tourmaline and morganite group 1. Crater of Diamonds, Arkansas |  | | Report (volume) | | Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 77 Kirkland Lake – Rouyn-Noranda – Val-d’Or, Ontario and Quebec...Quebec Ann P. Sabina 2003 Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 77 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE...Val-d’Or, Ontario and Quebec Ann P. Sabina 2003 ©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2003 Catalogue...Available in Canada from Geological Survey of Canada offices: 601 Booth Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E8 3303-33rd...for reference in selected public libraries across Canada Cette publication est aussi disponible en français |  | | Journal (issue) | | Industry Background image: Miners at the Pala Chief Mine, San Diego Country, California, circa 1903. On the...of American Gems worked ledge. Kunzite and gem tourmaline American Gemstones – What They Are and (in the...They are Found zite (201 cts) is from the Oceanview Mine in Southern California; the 0.72-ct benitoite (left...Century-Old Legacy blue) is from the Dallas Gem Mine area, San America’s Royal Gems – Montana and Yogo... State of Maine phires is from the Gem Mountain Mine, GranTantalizing Turquoise ite Country, Montana |  | | Book (edition) | | ONYX • PERIDOT* • ZIRCON • CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS • AOATI • • AMETHYST URINE • •...for gems and recognize the associated formations rock they occur, and through field how in which...mineral must be beautito be worth keeping, and hard enough to up under wear and abrasion. because...or cats-eyes). Most gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere...on rated actually 42.4 times harder than talc hard as corundum. field rests, the following information |  | | Journal (issue) | | Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini...the words of the original discoverers. Adelaide Mine, Tasmania, 1971, 2012 Albert Chapman wrote one such |  | | Report (issue) | | Quartz variety amethyst, 3.5 cm tall Kakamunurle Mine, Kar0r, Tamil Nadu, India Bill Larson collection...Bottom: Quartz variety amethyst, 6.7 cm tall Wattika Mine, Murzinka, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Russia Peter Lyckberg...naive opponent would have been provided with a clear rock crystal goblet, while his clever antagonist drank...pseudohistory is the uncooperative archaeological fact that rock crystal goblets and other containers are abundantly...lapidary amethyst during that period. The first mine was opened at Valz-sous-Chateauneuf in the middle |  | | Book (edition) | | Easy-to-understand instructions for recognizing rock formations; glossary. How to identify gem minerals...is a precise explanation of h< to recognize the rock formation* which gems occur. The tabular Gem ... \ °* A DEMCO 38-297 KEY 4& Diamond M Tourmaline fQl Ruby, O Sapphire Quartz crystal 'y^...permission of the publisher. Published simultaneously in Canada by Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited, Toronto. Manufactured... contents fun to hunt for gems 1. It's 2. How 3. Rock formations 4. How 5. Characteristics of important |  | | Report (issue) | | FRONTISPIECE: Historic pump at the Wodgina tantalum–tin mine. Brought from Port Hedland by camel train about...mining and processing in Western Australia Major hard-rock mining and processing ...................................................... 31 Medium-scale hard-rock mining and processing ..........................International tantalum resources — exploration and mining Canada, Alaska, and Greenland ..................................................................... 63 Canada .............................................. |  | | Journal (issue) | | secretary of Chinese Communist Party of Panyu district and chief director of People’s Congress, Panyu...secretary of the Chinese Communist Party of Panyu district & chief director of People’s Congress, Panyu....social responsibility initiatives. ICA organized a mine tour in the emerald mining areas of Muzo, La Pita...computer equipment at the schools in the Tourmalina district of Minas Gerais. “This is the first time these...addition, following the ICA Congress in Dubai and the mine tour to East Africa in May, ICA arranged for the |  | | Book | | it a veritable not just a picof informa- is mine tion, telling everything the collector needs to...features a directory of locations the United States, Canada, and Mexico where minerals and gems have been found...permission of the publisher. Published simultaneously in Canada by Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited, Toronto. duction...the sociologists to decide Not everyone takes up rock hunting because of an interest in mineralogy There...comes when, after hours of hammering, a resistant rock splits just the way you want it to. And in the end |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Editor— Mrs. David (Alison) Watkins EFMLS 79 West Bay Drive Newsletter Cocoa Beach, Fla. 32931 Reporter—...Marc Chit Chats, bulletin of the Mittel Appalachia Rock Club, Mapleton Depot, de voted a lot of space to...have so little! The Micromount ing Group of the Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless...of jewelry making J . R. Glover, in the P.E.S.A. Rock News of the Pennsylvania Earth Science Association...learn, no matter what the source I The Gem City Rock and Mineral Society, Erie, used the movie "Digging |  | | Journal (issue) | | original colored state, that is, as they came from the mine, in most such stones the color is usually gone by...Joshua Tree, CA; Fred G. Billcock, Victoria, BC, Canada; Christine Blankenship, North Royalton, OH; Anne...NSW, Australia; Ginger J. Bromby, Calgary, Alta., Canada; Ian A. Brown, Warrandyte, Victoria, Australia;...Danielle Chabot, Levis, Que., Canada; Jo Anne Chisholm, Thornhill, Ont., Canada; Alice Christianson, St. Catharines...Catharines, Ont., Canada; Michael Christie, Pagosa Springs, CO; Michael A. Coifey, Port Charlotte, FL; |
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