 | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | ARIZONA COPPER Featured at the 1997 Tucson Show Downloaded by [California Institute of Technology] at...of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 85721 A rizona and copper are intricately linked in history. Production from...pounds of the red metal. This enormous amount of copper, which, if placed on a regulation football field...from the rock of several thousand mines and prospects. Some of these mines, such as at Ajo, Clifton-Morenci...Jerome, and Bisbee were, and are, among the largest copper camps in the world. At the end of the nineteenth |  | | Journal (issue) | | Backcover (above) Stock certificate for the Rowley Copper Mines Company (1914) Dick Morris collection (below)...of mineral occurrences, mine dumps and abandoned mines in the public domain administered by the Bureau...file a legal claim. Likewise a number of operating mines are encountering and helping to preserve minerals...active mines where miners are gathering specimens to sell to wholesalers who will take them north to Texas...with the Pacific Railroad Survey, collected native copper crystals and botryoidal malachite in the Big Horn |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | (for January 2008's competition) is " Copper Minerals". A copper mineral is defined as one vvith "Cu"...Lane will bring $ you out on the A21, 500 yards north of Blackbrooks: turn right and follow the instructions...Part 1 of his talk was geographically based on the North Comish Coast with an excursion around Bodmin Moor...and Caradon mines on Bodmin Moor. Among the Phoenix minerals we saw excellent native coppers, cuprites...cuprites and the secondary copper species libethenite, malachite, pseudomafachite, olivenite and chalcosiderite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A...the Nanisivik mine on Baffin Island; the fluorite mines of Madoc, Ontario; the Prenteg brookite locality...from the Michigan copper country, including many of the finest coppers, silvers and copper-in-calcite specimens...minerals since the early 1 8 0 0 ’s. Oner 2 0 0 mines in the area have yielded a total specimen production...important) part of the district. The many individual mines, over 200 in number, all have their histories and |  | | 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 |  | | Book | | was ever found is probably now in the form of a copper pipe somewhere under New York City. Where Can...built from the raw materials produced from the mines and quarries that produce the specimens we crave...CoCCection ofcEugene (patrin (1742-1815) Copper Touria mines, Ural Mountains, Siberia, Russia From Eugene-Melchior-Louis...text he comments that a discovery in the Touria mines in Siberia yielded incomparably beautiful arborescent...arborescent groups of cubic and octahedral copper crystals having a brilliant gold color as shown. The mine |  | | Journal (issue) | | Werner Lieber Heidelberg, West Germany Olaf Medenbach Bochum, Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland...Though most famous for azurite, malachite and other copper minerals, Bisbee has produced more than 200 different...Mineralogical Record, September— October, 1981 Copper was by far the most important metal; however, zinc...Metal production through 1975 is listed below for copper, zinc, lead, silver, gold (Stanley Keith, personal...personal communication) and manganese (Mills, 1956). Copper Zinc Lead 7.7 billion pounds 355 million pounds |  | | Journal (issue) | | Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf Medenbach Ruhr Universitat Bochum Bochum, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim...Fourteen, Number Five ARIZONA- V Articles Lost mines of Arizona .......................................Affiliated with the Friends of Mineralogy COVER: COPPER from the Ray mine, Arizona. The specimen is 3 inches...was the winner of the Best Copper Cabinet Specimen and Best Arizona Copper at the 1977 Tucson Show. Evan...(and last) in our series of special issues on the mines and minerals of Arizona. During the years before |  | | Journal (issue) | | VOLUME 39 • NUMBER 2 $15 Wayne & Dona Leicht, 875 North Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 (949)...time he and his wife moved to Hesperia, California north of San Bernardino. Al was a nice guy and respected...Mining Engineering from the Columbia School of Mines in 1873. Shortly after graduation he invented his...Egleston (1832 1900), founder of the school of mines, wrote an article for the mining journal Iron Age...wrote, “the hammers and chisels of the School of Mines have been consigned to a drawer, as there is rarely |  | | Catalog/List | | terrains or, in many instances, saved from industrial mines. The exhibition runs through September 6, 2021 and...aesthetic and impactful example of the secondary Copper, popular for so many reasons. The association with...enlargeable images, and bid online. 72015 Cyanotrichite Qinglong Mine (Dachang Mine), Dachang Sb ore...County, Qianxinan, Guizhou China The rare Copper mineral Cyanotrichite is pretty much all about the blue coloration...intensity, especially in terms of its coloration. Copper, even in trace amounts, is known to result in some |  | | Journal (issue) | | budil-minerals.com „Mineral & Gem” Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines June 27-30, 2019 TEN3 (Theater) Rubellite, 25...kotlmi@seznam.cz or info@topminerals.cz 6 Ilsfeld, Germany, email: wagner-ilsfeld@t-online.de 7 Collector’s...(1725–1809), French naturalist and Inspector of Mines; published in Eugène Patrin’s Histoire Naturelle...Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines and the Wine-Red Tourmaline At the mineral show in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France, in...missing piece was found at the Sainte-Marieaux-Mines Show in 2016 (see page 259). 308 The Mineralogical |  | | Catalog/List | | trips there: he continued his practice of visiting mines far and wide. Most foreigners stay in the big cities...wasn’t Rock’s thing: he wanted to know about the mines, the miners, and their world. Morococha, Peru .............................................168 Germany .................................................separate tourists from their discretionary cash. The mines, with one tourist-oriented exception, are all now...and bid online, visit HA.com/5445 72012 Azurite Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District |  | | Report (issue) | | oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU OF MINES Special Publication 31 in association with the... OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publication 31 University of...mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved Manufactured in...(hardcover: alk. paper) 1. Minerals—Nevada. 2. Mines and mineral resources—Neavda. 3. Minerals—Collection...honor for both graduates of the Mackay School of Mines, American Pacific Corporation to assist have continued | | | Report (issue) | | R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY Special Publication 31 in association...NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publica tion 3i University of...minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved Manufactured in...(hardcover: allc paper) 1. Minerals-Nevada. 2. Mines and mineral resources- Ncavda. 3. Minerals-Collection...Gibson, both graduates of the Mackay School ot Mines, have continued the tradition. Jn 1956, Fred Gibson |  | | Journal (issue) | | Werner Lieber Heidelberg, West Germany Olaf Medenbach Bochum, Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland...famous for its beautiful blue specimens of cyanotrichite. Classic locality: the Apache mine (2, 6, 252)...Dick traces the discovery and identification of Copper Queen mine connellite (misidentified as footeite...collectors. The Mineralogical Record, May— June, 1980 Copper from the Ray mine (5, 5, 233), by Wendell E. Wilson...Wilson. A description of new, large crystals of copper to 5 inches long from the Ray mine. Graemite, a |  | | Journal (issue) | | Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf Medenbach Ruhr Universitat Bochum Bochum, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim...the FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on Azurite and other copper carbonates ......................................grading system for minerals, a coin’s grade deter mines its price, so the rule might be restated to say...recover equipment and minerals from one of the oldest mines in the United States. Even as the water rose to...changes in funding policies. Thus, more and more, in North America, the responsibility of basic systematic |  | | Book | | a ‘ | » tes MINES AND MINERALS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RIFT (COLORADO-NEW MEXICO) Sine —_—<...Bie. WA ‘RIM. - Bake TARO OC ARC RO2MINES AND MINERALS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RIFT (COLORADO-NEW...Cataloging in Publication Data Holmes, Richard Walker. Mines and minerals of the Great American Rift (Colorado-New...Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Mines and mineral resources—Colorado. 2. Mines and mineral resources—New Mexico...this book is to preserve information about the mines and minerals of the Great American Rift in New Mexico |  | | Journal (issue) | | Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A...in g C o u n t y Martin Jensen Mackay School of Mines University of Nevada, Reno Reno, Nevada 89557-0047...species have been donated to the Mackay School of Mines museum. I also maintain a fine and complete collection...comment. Today, with the widespread closure of mines, both abandoned and active, and the passing of many...collected from a new occurrence on the rib of the Copper stope at coordinates 1695N, 370W, about 35 feet |  | | Journal (issue) | | ................................... 594 NATIVE COPPER IN AN. J. QUARRY. BY T . ORCHARD LISLE ..........SPHALERITE A s GEMS ............ 599 ASTORY OF COPPER. BY EDWIN S. ROTH .................................................................. .... . 603 NORTH CAROLINA GOLD RUSH OF 1842. BY JEFF HILL ......... And now in our twenty foot cruiser let us run north with the incoming tide to Croton Point. It is a...the cliff east of the public bathing beach on the north side of the point. There we find an ideal cruiser |  | | Journal (issue) | | ...... 585 B. L. Muntyan A Dream Pocket at the North Geronimo Mine, October 1996 ............. .... ...published a series of five special issues on Arizona mines and minerals: Arizona I: (1980, vol. 11, no. 3)...Dome Rock Mountains, Grey Horse mine, Tombstone mines, Mineral Park mime, George Bideaux, the Arizona-Sonora...Arizona Arizona Ill: (1981, vol. 12, no. 5) Bisbee mines Arizona IV: (1983 , vol. 14, no. 2) Spanish exploration...(Ajo), Glove mine, Ray mine, Mistake mine, lost mines, Dick Jones, the Les Presmyk collection, Tiger black |  | | Catalog/List | | images and bid online, visit HA.com/5110 87003 CYANOTRICHITE Grandview (Last Chance) Mine, Grand Canyon,... This relatively rare Copper mineral is confined to the “oxide zone” of Copper ore bodies where percolating...an incrustation of green Malachite and blue Cyanotrichite, overcoating a warm-brown gossan matrix of iron...is the Type locality for this rare and soluble Copper mineral and virtually all of the worldwide museum...the more interesting of the Illinois Fluorspar Mines. Its golden yellow color with just a hint of purple |  | | 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; |  | | 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 |
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