 | | Journal (issue) | | Actinolite from Namibia by Justin Zzyzx ............................................pg. 15 Abenab Mine by Ernst...Three Aloes Mine by Ernst Schnaitmann ........................................pg. 37 Berg Aukas by Ernst..................................pg. 47 Otjozondu Mine by Ernst Schnaitmann .............................we bring you eleven articles about locations in Namibia that do not receive much publicity. It is easy...legendary deposits such as Tsumeb, the Brandberg region and the Erongo Mountains. Alpine clefts, huge soda |  | | Journal (issue) | | Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the...dozen mines were opened, one of which (the Mariposa mine) produced a wider variety of mercury minerals than...cutting coarse-grained reddish granites of the hilly region thereabouts, known geologically as the Llano Uplift...Morgenstern photo. Calcite, 5.8 cm, from the Mariposa mine, Terlingua; Roh Lavinsky (The Arkenstone) specimen |  | | Book | | GerhardNiedermayr& Gabi Schneider bode ,rand berg Organ Pipes / Twyfelfontein 7 AiAiba / farm...Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand...s Onganja Mine and Surrounding Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and... Encyclopedia of the Mineralsof Namibia 443 Meteorites in Namibia Bibliography Index Photo credits...__ Republic of Namibia The President State House W°Ntdhoek FOREWORD Namibia is endowed with an |  | | Book (edition) | | Taimyrite Rhodarsenide Weibullite Owyheeite Boulangerite Falkmanite Jamesonite Rathite Reflection... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...of cuprite (bluish grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co.,...internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach); XPL...argentite reaction rim (greenish grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL |  | | Journal (issue) | | Jebel Ouichane, Sagangane, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco. Doug Fiske collection; Jordan Root photo...row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The...Spodumene (variety kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler |  | | Catalog/List | | thick. £13.00. BISMUTHINITE. George & Charlotte Mine, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon. Rich, silvery grey, bladed...veinstuff. IpHxl" , £1.50. BISMUTHINITE. Patino Mine, Uncia, Potosi Dist., Bolivia. Choice, very rich...cavities. lixl-!;-". £4.50. 14.'/ BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Clusters of tarnished Bornite...mm. 2x2xl-t". £13.00. 15. BROCHANTITE. Mammoth Mine, Tintic District, Utah, U.S.A. Bright, deep green...3>}x3x2". £4.50. 16. 17. CALCITE. Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, Cumberland. Translucent, milky coloured |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles Famous mineral localities: The Trepc=a mine, Stari Trg, Kosovo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...crystal cluster, 3.9 cm, on calcite, from Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa. This specimen...can ask for, one which serves members of our constituency worldwide, and which has a permanency outlasting...Company; they obtained leases on the Wise fluorite mine in New Hampshire and the amethyst occurrence at...263 Famous Mineral Localities: The Trepc=a mine Stari Trg, Kosovo ean F raud BRGM, B.P. 36009 F-45060-Orl |  | | Journal (issue) | | v/Dec2023 1. 98, No.6 - - - - - - - - ROCKS & MINE $12.95US $12.95CAN IIUJ ., . vww.tandfonlirie...tandfonlirie .com/vram MIM MUSEUM Vesuvianite Jeffrey Mine. Val-des-Sources. Les Sources RCM, Es t rie, Quebec... Figure 16. Chalcocite, 12 cm across, Bristol Copper mine, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut; mim specimen...Figure 14. Stibiotantalite, 4.5 cm tall, Urandu mine, Shigar Valley, Shigar district, Gilgit-Baltistan...photo. Figure 15. Legrandite, 19 cm tall, Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Mapimi Municipality, Durango, Mexico; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fe3+(SO4)4O(H2O)2, is a new mineral from the Alcaparrosa mine, Cerritos Bayos, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile...the interlayer region. Alcaparrosaite is named for the locality, the Alcaparrosa mine. Three cotype specimens...in Sb mineralization in the Western Carpathians region. Mineralized veins and stockworks of the Dúbrava...all three deposits (heteromorphite, semseyite, boulangerite, jamesonite, scainiite, dadsonite, rouxelite...intergrown with Pb-Sb sulphosalts, mainly with boulangerite and robinsonite. Chovanite is gray, opaque, |  | | Book (edition) | | Diaphorite Owyheeite Dufrenoysite Falkmanite Boulangerite Semseyite Heteromorphite Plagionite Jamesonite...(yellowish white), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum...(greenish grey), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum...(bluish grey shades), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // 8 Gold A ...sample - photo A), dolomite (dark grey); Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden [j]; Nic |  | | Journal (issue) | | Exhibition of the Dragon Gold Specimen, Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California......................cjstefanoxls@gmail.com Hauerite from the Destricella mine Circulation Manager & Staff Photographer Christi...“the Dragon”), 22.9 cm, from the Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California. Collector’s Edge specimen...in 1960, they collected on some Michigan copper mine dumps and stopped at many roadside rock shops, where...TRINCHILLO TOURMALINE WITH LEPIDOLITE Cruzeiro Mine, Brazil 16 cm | w w w.FineMineral.com MINERALS |  | | Journal (issue) | | Dunn Famous mineral localities: the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah .............................Kokinos & W. S. Wise The Wagon Wheel Gap fluorspar mine, Mineral County, Colorado ............................33 by B. Cairncross The Jan Coetzee copper mine, Namaqualand, South Africa .......................California Santa Barbara, California 93106 The Gold Hill mine in western Utah has long been an important locality...the oxidation zone o f this old mine. INTRODUCTION The Gold Hill mine is located in western Tooele County |  | | Book | | CAPTIONS Page 1: Cuprite crystals from the Ray mine, Arizona Pages 2-3: Liroconite from PERFECT CLEAVAGE...twinned by contact. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES Below: Boulangerite with characteris¬ The physical properties of...thin and flexible, typical of such minerals as boulangerite, millerite and mesolite. Laminar (bladed)...the Passo del Rombo in the Trentino-Alto Adige region of Italy, or the splendid crystals of azure-blue...rotated at 60° from one another. The Floristella mine has produced the best specimens of celestine, with |  | | Book | | papers and 19 geological maps in Western Australia, Namibia and Greenland. Throughout his career, which has...4.3.9 The Brandberg West Greisen Vein Systems, Namibia . . 4.3.10 The Kalguta Mo-W-Be-Bi Greisen System.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5.1 Navachab, Namibia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Cu Deposits of the Matchless Amphibolite Belt, Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7...Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag-V Deposits of the Otavi Mountain Land, Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Catalog/List | | sulfate. Brown masses from the $2.00. Dai·hasana :Mine. 1l x 2¼", $1.50; Hix Tremolite. Michigan. Green...$.26, $.36 and $.60. ESTABLISHMENT, INC. BOULANGERITE. This lead sulfantimonite is now found to be...2 X 2", $.25; 2 X 3", $.35; 3 X 4", $.76. Abcnab Mine, Southwest Africa. Xlecl and massive on and in a...$2.50. adyl vanadate on sandstone, l x 2", Abenab Mine, Southwest Africa. Partlv s.75; 2 x 2", s1.oo; u...50; 4 x 4b", S4.00. f;". $3.F0; 4! x 5", $6.00. Berg-Aukas, Southwest Africa. Xled. Xis X COSA LITE. A sulfide |  | | Catalog/List | | $2.00; 2b x 3:l", . $2.50; 311X49", $3.60. BOULANGERITE. This lead sulfantimonite is now found t<. be...Masses with polished surface • from the Patapsco Mine. About ax 2¼", $4.00. CASSITERITE. A tin oxide...coating rock, 2 x 2", $.35; 2 x 3", $.46. Abenab Mine, Southwest Africa. Xled and massive on and in a...coSALITE. A sulfide of lead and bismuth. Abenab Mine, Southwest Africa. Partly British Columbia. Xline... $.66, $1.36, $2.00, $2.66, $3.36 and $5.36. Berg-Aukas, Southwest Africa. Xled, xis are partly coated |  | | Book | | Chemical Classification Siderite, 8ri.iderbund Mine, near Eiserfeld (Siegerland, Germany), 3x almost...specimen shown here comes from the Eagle's Nest Mine in California, and its actual size is about 2 inches...be scratched with fluorite, take the next-harder mine ral from the scale, until yo u find a mi ne ral...About Minerals Rhodochrosite crystals from the Wolf Mine {Siegerland, Germany), 6x and leave behind a white...the Wolf Mine rhodochrosites among the most unique in Europe. called mono chrom ati c mine rals . An |  | | Book | | Tsumcb, Namibia and Chessy. France. Crystals up to 140mm (5'A in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in...100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Gcnaro Mine in Huancavclica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine. Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from...110 mm (47.6 in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets...of crystallized gold occurred in the Jamestow n mine. California, USA, where a cavity, which yielded |  | | Book | | Tsumeb, Namibia and Chessy, France. Crystals up to 140mm (5½ in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in...100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Genaro Mine in Huancavelica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds...Dorado, California, US.A. Gold, 68 mm, Eagle's Nest Mine, California, US.A. Gold gold on it. Typical aggregates...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine, Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from...mm (4 5/i6 in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets |  | | Catalog/List | | black masses i n green A c t i n o l i t e (Bastnas Mine, Riddarhyttan Sweden) lx1 £1.10 010ALMANDINE F...Muscovite red micaeous masses on matrix (Praborna Mine,St Marcel, Val d ' Aosta I t a l y ) lx1 70p 1 x...i c h fawn massive. Xrayed material. (Sjogruvan Mine, Grythyttan , Sweden) lx1 £1.50 1 x 2 £3 2 x 2 £6...masses on Hidalgoite rich matrix. (Gold H i l l Mine,Tooele County, Utah, USA) lx1 £2.50 1 x 2 £5 223ARSENIC...223ARSENIC NATIVE A s Rich black mass with Stibnite (Kusa Mine, Bau, Sarawak, Borneo) lx1 £2.50 1 x 2 £5 2 x 2 |  | | Book (edition) | | Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...abbreviated, e.g. canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and oblast (Russia). The country...by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided...United States or of the Upper Silesian historical region in Poland, where the importance of ore-bearing...Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO |  | | Book (edition) | | a vein, although it gives a company the right to mine, should not be taken as justification for barbaric...conscience and good will, or as stockholders to encourage mine operators to arrange for specimen preservation in...mining company might arrange this. Ideally, the mine could collect and sell specimens and thereby make...make more profits for the stockholders. If the mine owners consider this too trivial, they can close their...supervision in a profit-sharing agreement when the mine is not working. Surely with goodwill and understanding |  | | Catalog/List | | 5x2x5/8", £8.75 A/4. ADAMITE. Kameriza Central Mine, Laurium, Attica, Greece. A sparkling lime-green...5x2x1", £10.00 6. ANDRADITE GARNET. Belstone Consols Mine, Sticklepath, Devonshire. A vitreous brownishgreen...25x5/8", £15.00 12. ANDRADITE/URALITE. Cornwall Iron Mine, Lebanon Co, Colorado, U.S.A. Lustrous coffee brown...APATITE (Var: Francolite) - Holmbush Form. Holmbush Mine, Nr. Callington, East Cornwall. Vuggy Quartz/Chloritic... APATITE (Var: Francolite). Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Calstock, Cornwall. Pale coloured, fine textured |  | | Book | | localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the...in Switzerland, it is only in the Maderanertal region of east-central Canton Uri that clefts bearing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | These, and probably the deposits of the East Sayan region (e.g. Zun Holba, Sora, Aksug), are part of the...formed, potentially at a similar time, but this region is dominated by deformation and plutonism associated...km along the eastern Asian Pacific margin. This region of lithosphere loss has a remarkable association...formation. The Kupol epithermal gold deposit Chukotka Region, NE Russia H. C. Golden 11/13 Proletarskaya Street...(ELIP>6105 km2; TLIP52?56105 km2). In the Noril’sk region of the SLIP the basalts stand up as mesas above |
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