 | | Book (edition) | | Southern Africa a Collector’s Guide ■ Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones of Southern Africa & — - ... T ~ '' .rats en&nes L of Southern Africa A Collector’s Guide - Struik Publishers (an operating...Ltd.) Struik House Oswald Pirow Street Foreshore, Cape Town 8001 First edition 1976 Second edition 1983...©E.K. Macintosh Cover design by Neville Poulter, Cape Town Lithographic reproduction by Tien Wah Press...Ltd, Singapore Photoset by McManus Bros (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town Printed and bound by Interpak, Pietermaritzburg |  | | 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 ........................B. Cairncross The Jan Coetzee copper mine, Namaqualand, South Africa .................................W ilson, senior author of the recent “ Michigan Copper C ountry” issue (vol. 23, no. 2), and former curator...Perhaps the droplet is turning green, suggesting a copper mineral, or pink, or brown? Perhaps the droplet |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | country should he on view in the “city of gold.” South Africa is not well known for its institutional or statefunded...treasures of the earth. not only from South Africa but also from southern Africa as a whole and other regions...Mines and the Museum of the Geological Society of South Afiicil (Kennedy 1970). The Chamber of Mines collection...secretary and treasurer of the Geological Society of South Africu.) Several years later, in 1904, the collection...mammal-like reptiles from the famous Karoo region of South Africa, Cretaceous ammonites, Permian and Triassic |  | | Report (issue) | | Namibia, namely amazonite, the beryl varieties, chrysocolla, cordierite, dioptase, dumortierite, pyrophyllite...and agate. Chrysocolla and dioptase are recovered from the oxidation zone of a small copper deposit in...rose quartz, 190 kg of dioptase and 8000 kg of chrysocolla. 3 Contents Abstract Introduction 1. Amazonite...2.2. Emerald 2.3. Heliodor 2.4. Morganite 3. Chrysocolla 4. Cordierite 5. Dioptase 6. Dumortierite 7....quartz. The small scale production of dioptase, chrysocolla and pyrophyllite is also of importance. Most |  | | Book | | EarlyGermanGeologistsand Entrepreneursin South West Africa The People- Mineralogists,Geologistsand Collectors...TsumebSpecial The Otavi Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central...and South of Rehoboth The Central and South-CentralDeposits Onganja Mine and Surrounding Copper Deposits...Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and the Diamonds 44 49 241 254 272 275 291...natural science museums in the World, and our Tsumeb Mine has been labeled the "World's greatest mineral locality" |  | | Journal (issue) | | cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...considering the historic importance of copper mining in Arizona, native copper would be the logical choice for... And in fact, a group of fourth graders at the Copper Creek Elementary School in Oro Valley, spearheaded...difference between native copper and copper ore composed of many different copper-containing minerals (e...(e.g., chalcopyrite, azurite, malachite, chrysocolla, linarite, etc.). Consequently it was deemed more |  | | Journal (issue) | | from the 1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection of the...collection, John Chapman photo. • 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia. George Stacey collection, Jeff...Scovil photo. Middle row from left: • 2.3 cm, Kintore mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. Aloe Family collection;...Chapman photo. • 1.4 cm, Chapman’s Gully, South Australia. South Australian Museum collection; Jeff Scovil...Jeff Scovil photo. • 4.2 cm, Mongalata goldfield, South Australia. Geoscience Australia collection; Jeff |  | | Journal (issue) | | Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | azurite, chrysocolla, and turquoise bring to mind vivid images of various shades of blue. On the other...West-might have included smithsonite in the former “blue” list. However, upon reflection it is clear that...in fine specimens representing various shades of blue, green, yellow, and pink. To illustrate this diversity...apple-green and even emerald-green, bluish-green, blue, pale to deep pink, and a purplish shade; it is...mines, Phoenixville, Chester County, the Ueberroth mine near Bethlehem, and the zinc mines at Friedensville |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | which time they were correctly identified as a copper silicate and described as a new mineral by several...finely crystalline massive aggregates. Dioptase is a copper silicate hydroxide with a formula of Cu6(Si60,...zones of copper-bearing deposits in arid climates. Associated secondary minerals include chrysocolla, malachite...1994). Similarly, it is reported from the Perkiomen mine, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Gordon 1922)....atacamite, cuprite, chrysocolla, and planchtite is described in ore from the Algomah mine, Ontonagon County |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Linarite Mammoth–St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona O f the blue minerals, azurite is likely...the case with the much-rarer linarite, a striking blue mineral that occurs, like azurite, in the oxidized...it has been at places such as Broken Hill, New South Wales, where linarite’s legacy is primarily in the...Choice mineral. Linarite is a bright to dark azure-blue mineral with a vitreous to subadamantine luster...fracture surfaces. Linarite is a basic sulfate of copper and lead with the formula of PbCu(SO4)(OH)2. It |  | | Report (issue) | | months” in the Big Bear orebody in the Fletcher mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri; these...twin, 6 cm, from the Big Bear orebody, Fletcher mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri. Weinrich...Galena, 4 cm, from the Big Bear orebody, Fletcher mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri. Weinrich...specimens has been given as the Ortega mine in the Mundo-Tamboras district, Sanchez Carrion Province, La Libertad...occurrence was actually in a previously unnamed mine that the Ortega brothers, who developed it for the |  | | Book | | around sixty have been exploited. some, such as copper, since the early part of the 19th century. Whereas...Namibia rank amongst the top five mining countries in Africa. both in terms of production and reserves. In this...this context, Namibia is a major producer of copper, lead, zinc, cadmium, arsenic, antimony, lithium...century when the Gennan Colonial Office in South West Africa appointed Government Geologists to carry out...wait until 1926, when the Geological Survey of South Africa opened a branch office under the direction of |  | | Journal (issue) | | men. Minerals of the Scratch Awl Mine PhilipsburgMining District, GraniteCounty, Montana Larry B. French...59301 french@midrivers.com The Philipsburg Mining District, immediately east of Philipsburg, Montana, occupies...renamed the Hope mine (Albright, 2005). Silver was the primary metal produced by the district, but after 1916...1916, the Philipsburg district became the nations' leading producer of manganese. Lead, zinc, and some...some gold were also recovered from the district ores. The Flint Creek Range was created by several of granitic |  | | Report (issue) | | of (especially) the pale blue barite from the Ouichane (or Sidi Lahcem) mine in Nador Province, and furthermore...barite from the Bou Nahas (or Afrou) mine in the Oumjrane-Alnif district near Meknes. Really, though, it’s...from Ouichane forms subparallel bundles of bladed blue crystals on hematite/limonite matrix while that...These new specimens come from the Shijiangshan Pb-Zn mine, which Jordi locates close to “Jipeng” in the Huanggang...much, much more than the famous Huanggang Sn-Fe mine, see the articles in our September-October 2012 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 11:41 06 January 2015 Moonta Mine, South Australia, Australia W ere it not for a few...mineralizing fluids or earlier-formed species. The copper species atacamite [Cu2Cl(OH)3], boléite [KPb26Ag9Cu24Cl62(OH)48]... Consequently, an atacamite from the Moonta mine, South Australia, Australia, has been suggested for...addresses above. 374 ROCKS & MINERALS Atacamite is copper hydroxychloride with the formula Cu2Cl(OH)3. Some...paratacamite. Pseudomorphs of malachite and chrysocolla after atacamite have been reported; pseudomorphs |  | | Book (edition) | | occur in their oxidised states: Copper minerals then show green, blue, and sometimes red tinges, cobalt...cross-cut by a crack filled with secondary covellite (blue). Optically Similar Minerals of comparable chemical...Reflection colours of bornite (brown), chalcocite (blue), and pyrite (creme). 2 Reflectance Reflectance...Internal reflections of hematite (red), azurite (blue), and malachite (green). Common Habit Many minerals...and complex (lower left) twinning of gudmundite (blue and brown anisotropy). 6 Malleability/Ductility |  | | | | by Sterling Publishing Co, Inc. 419 Park Avenue South, New York 10016 British edition published by Oak...222 Index to Minerals.224 13 ELEMENTS name: Copper formula: Cu physical properties: Color: Pale...assembled. Often found in the oxidized portions of copper-sulfide ore bodies. In U.S. nicely shaped crystals... New Jersey. In South Australia at Wallaroo and on Yorke Peninsula, and in New South Wales at Broken...England. Native copper wires occur at Tsumeb, South West 'Africa. occurrences: 14 10 X Copper 15 ELEMENTS |  | | Book (edition) | | by Sterling Publishing Co, Inc. 419 Park Avenue South, New York 10016 British edition published by Oak...MINERALS CHART ae meek 13 ELEMENTS NAME: Copper FORMULA: Cu PHYSICAL PROPERTIES: Color : Pale...occuRRENCES: Often found in the oxidized portions of copper-sulfide ore bodies. In U.S. nicely shaped crystals...New Jersey. In South Australia at Wallaroo and on Yorke Peninsula, and in New South Wales at Broken...Cornwall, England. Native copper wires occur at Tsumeb, South West “Africa. 14 x 2 15 ELEMENTS |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | owned by Stark Riggs. This place is about 15 miles south of Dos Cabezos, Arizona. Am mailing you a specimen...of Diamonds is an abandoned diamond mine (the only diamond mine in the U.S.) that has been opened up...visit. I am planning a trip to the Ruggle's Feldspar Mine near Grafton Ctn., New Hampshire." Mrs. Harriette...(quartz) have been found on the mine, Hollister (San Benito C o . ) , Calif. south side of Indian River Inlet...common beach trip to the famous Strictland Mica Mine pebbles they do not occur on Florida in the tov/n |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Shattuckite Rocks & Minerals 2009.84:544-550. Kunene District Kaokoveld, Namibia M any collectors choose to...that is popular with collectors is that of the copper minerals. This attractive and challengingly large...wellformed crystals, and exciting localities. Among the copper silicates are such aesthetic minerals as dioptase...stringhamite as well as chrysocolla, an excellent lapidary material. Shattuckite, a copper silicate that represents...Shattuckite is most often seen as dark-to-medium blue aggregates or spherulitic masses composed of acicular |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 03 August 2012 Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia IAN T. GRAHAM1,2 ROSS E POGSON1...Australian Museum 6 College Street, Sydney New South Wales 2010, Australia ian.graham@austmus.gov.au...Environmental Sciences University of New South Wales, Sydney New South Wales 2052, Australia Figure 1. The...when most of it was purchased from him by the New South Wales Government in 1988. Included in the purchase...anchored nearby. These included garnet gneiss from South America. Later, in his teenage years, Chapman was |  | | Book (edition) | | OF OF SOUTH AFRICA MINES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF REPUBLIC OF THE SOUTH AFRICA...Second World War, and partly as a result of it, South Africa experienced vast industrial expansion. This...official ‘handbook on the mineral resources of South Africa, it has become necessary to revise, or rather...reason of the great diversity and magnitude of South African mineral deposits and local mining operations...Chamber of Mines of South Africa with Mr G. H. Grange as co-ordinator, and the South, African mining industry; |  | | Catalog/List | | markets and shows. Kevin attended the University of South Alabama where he studied art (including sculpture...in particular, the towns of the Hwy 95 mining district from Rhyolite to Goldfield and Tonopah. Kevin...Wickenburg, Arizona, and wulfenite, mimetite and copper minerals in southern Arizona. In 1996, at the...Kevin Ward Minera! on QUARTZ RHODOCHROSITE District Mine. Climax Climax olTolg-Yole Lake. County. ncredibly...years to find a specimen rhombs rhombs Climax Mine, ot rhodochrosite $50 OOU 60.000 Ex The |  | | Journal (issue) | | Science University of Wisconsin - River Falls 41O South Third Street River Falls, Wisconsin 54022 william...marked County F and Carmichael Road, then turns south on Cannichael Road. In about a half mile, the road...83816-2043 Montgomery at the "Little Green Monster" Mine Fairfield, Utah 1937 A 96 page treatise based upon...Recent History of the Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District" (an area better known to mineral collectors as...and a bus trip to the district on May 23. Nearly a dozen speakers will include mine geologists and managers |
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