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| guaranteed on return of the specimen(s), in good condit ion. Please quote the name and number of the specimen(s)...P.O./Cheque with order. All prices are inclusive of V.A.T. No charge is made for postage and packing...welcome. we hope that we may be of some service to you, and assure you of our best attention at all times...3 mm in e~7D thickly covering an intergrown mass of creamy bladed CERUSSITE crystals. 2-tx2x1-t", £7...spray 1-t" in lem;jth growing from an intergrown mass of crystals with a IdJttle brownish Ankerite. 1tx1tx1-t" |
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| THE WORLD OF NATI In full color — an introduction to the reernn reste) beauty and structure of our worlds... THE WORLD MINER’ 2 | Adapted fre” ——__.afian of Vincenz. < Michele In the Earth’s crust lie numerous...easily accessible, some deeply concealed — which are of considerable value to man. They differ in their structure...individual species of mineral, which will be of value and interest to students of the subject, while...the beauty of the mineral kingdom. The foreword is by Dr G. F. Claringbull, formerly Keeper of Mineralogy |
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| getting more dicey (at least in Arizona) because of the heat. So here are some dealers’ offerings, popping...has just—April 30—posted some pages of newly arrived, mostly one-of-a-kind, mostly high-end specimens,...(see under “Galleries”) are a few crystal groups of gold from a find in September 2015 at Serra do Caldeirão...this is marvelous gold and there’s plenty of it: hundreds of first-rate specimens ranging in size from...and were the talk of the town. Rudolf’s pieces are miniatures, and they are typical of the occurrence in |
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| WORLD OF NATURE | In full colour-an introduction to the composition, beauty and structure of our worlds...easily accessible, some deeply concealed—which are of considerable value to man. They differ in their structure...individual species of mineral, which will be of value and interest to students of the subject, while...the beauty of the mineral kingdom. The foreword is by Dr G. F. Claringbull, formerly Keeper of Mineralogy...British Museum (Natural History) and now Director of that museum. As he points out, there are not many |
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| guaranteed on return of the specimen(s), in good condition. Please quote the name and number of the specimen(s)...p.O./Cheque with order. All prices are inclusive of V.A.T. No charge is made for postage and packing...welcome. We hope that we may be of some service to you, and assure you of our best attention at all times...cpveting large areas of matrix': 3x2", £4 SOp. TA-ese specimens are the variety' of ~dradite known as TOPAZoLITE...y quartz crystal~, unusual stalactite-like masses of Galena t(? 1" ' , odd large bright tilack Sphalerite |
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| guaranteed on return of specimen(s), in good condition. Please quote the name and' the number of the specimen(s)...P .O./Cheque with order. 11 prices are inclusive of V •. " No charge is made for postage and packing...lcome. We hope that ./e may be of some service to you, and assure YQl of our best attention at all times...Chloritised rock. 2xlixl". £3.25. ANGLESITE. Redgill Mine, ~aldbeck, Cumberland. Translucent ~( transparent...scattered on Quartz/Galena matrix wi" minor rods of Cerussite in places. 2tx2". £3.25. APOPHYLLITE. Poona |
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| refund guaranteed on return of specimens. Please quote the name and the number of the specimen(s) required...P.O./Cheque with order. All prices are inclusive of V.A.T. ' No charge is made for postage and packing...welcome. We hope that we may be of some service to you, and assure you of our best attention at all times...with small, sharp, transparent, light brown crystals of SPHENE. 7tx4". £22. 2. ADU1AR~. Val Cristallina,...£13;50. 6. APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, TYwardreath, Covnwall. Small, bright, creamy hexagonal |
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| guaranteed on return of specimen(s), in good condition. Please quote the name and number of the specimen(s)...P.O./ Cheque with order. All prices are inclusive of V.A.T. No charge is made for postage and packing...welcome. We hope that we may be of some service to you, and assure you of our best attention at all times...size, scattered on three sides of a "Clear slightly smoky section of a quartz crystal. ~xlxl". re.50;...mass with minor fragments of Calcite. 2xl". £4.50. 4. NATIVE ARSENIC. Bidi Mine, Borneo. Choice, silvery |
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| guaranteed on return of spe imen(s), in good condition. Please quote the name and the number of the specimen(s)...P.O./Cheque with order. All prices are inclusive of V•• T. No charge is made for postage and. packing...welcome. We hope that we may be of some service to you, and assure you of our best attention at all times...G~:r·:tha::'d, Ticino, Slo/itzerland. Specimen A fine mass of bright, ~~anslucent, sharp glassy crystals to t"...interesting specimen with most of the crystals stacked one on top of the other. 3tx2xli". £7.75; Specioen |
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| guaranteed on return of specimen(s), in good condition. Please quote the name and number of the specimen(s)...P.o./Chegue with order. All prices are inclusive of V.A.T. No charge is made for postage and packing...welcome. We hope that we may be of some service to you, and assure you of our best attention at all times...richly intergrown on crvstaline Anglesite matrix. Some of the crystals show a pariial alteration to Cerussite...cavity in Quartzose matrix with minor smaller crystals of Apatite. 2tx2txlt". £6.50. APATITE. Tremearne Cliff |
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| guaranteed .on return of specimen(s), in good condition. Please quote the name and number of the specimen(s)...P.O./Cheque with order. All prices are inclusive of V.A.T. No charge is m~d8 for postage and packing...hope that we may be of some service to you, and assure attention at all times. you of our best APRIL 1977...cavity in Gossany matrix with platy crystaline masses of creamy Leadhillite embedded in the matrix all around...2~-x2xl". £3.50. 6. 7. 8. APATITE. Great Work Mine, 8reage, Cornwall. Small sharp transparent colourless |
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| refund guaranteed on return of specimens. Please quote the name and the number of the specimen(s) required...welcome. We hope that we may be of some service to you, and assure you of our best attention at all times...well terminated crystal sprays to tIt in size and of a creamy yellow colour richly scattered on Limonitic...2xlt". £4-. 7. ANDRADITE GARNET. Belstone Consols Mine, Nr. Okehampton, Devon. Sharp, lustrous, well formed...with lenti~ular groupings of Siderite partially dusted with drusy crystals of ~halcopyrite in asso iation |
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| selected to disperse the very fine collection of Mr. John Parnau of Stockton, California. Mr. Parnau has been...has amassed one of the finest system atic collections in the West. The major part of the collection is... editor & publisher affiliated with the Friends of Mineralogy John S. White, Jr. Division o f M ineralogy...atural H istory) Hydroboracite from the Thompson Mine, Death Valley... 21 James W. M inette David P. W...welcomed, but accep tance is subject to the approval of the editorial board. They should be mailed to the |
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| guaranteed on return of specimen(s), in good condition. Please quote the name and number of the specimen(s)...P.O,/Cheque with order. All prices are inclusive of V.A.T. No charJe is made for postage and packing...welcome. We hope that we may be of some service to you, and assure you of our best attention at all times...specimen. . 2xHxl". £6.50. 2. ANALCIME. Quirang, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Lustrous, translu~ent, milky coloured...size up to t" inter- " grown ",ith modified crystals of Calcite, all thickly encrusting matrix. 2txl!xlt" |
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| d on r eturn of the specimen(s) in good conditio n. Please quote the name a nd number of the specimen(s)...O ./Cheque with order . All prices are inclusive of V.A.T . No charge is made for postage and packing...welcom". \-Ie trust that we may be of some service to you and assure you of our best attention at all time...Specimen A: ,·Ii th crystals to 1i" in size, 9x4", £28 . Of' . Fi ne display specimen. Specimen B: with crystals...mass. ~x2x2" , fL?-:O 5 . ARGENTI TE . Himmelfurst Mine , Fre iberg, Saxony , Germal)Y . Lustr ous grey |
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| George Harlow and Joseph Peters, The American Museum of Natural History r PHOENIX BOOKS, LTD. 3110 N....George Harlow and Joseph Peters, The American Museum of Natural History A Fireside Book Published by...A., Milan All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form A ...Schuster Building Rockefeller Center 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020 Inc. FIRESIDE...FIRESIDE and colophon are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster Inc. Printed in Spain by Artes Graficas |
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| ROBERT B. COOK Department of Geology and Geography Auburn Universit moptase Downloaded by [Selcuk Universitesi]...gemstone, largely because of its unusually vivid and distinctive green color. Of course, as with last issue’s...colors so seemingly identical to and characteristic of other, better-known materials that critical misidentification...more than two hundred years ago in a remote region of what is now central Kazakhstan. The mineral is thought...an expedition to the area had collected a number of emeraldlike crystals. These “emeralds” were slowly |
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| ColorTreasury of CRYSTALS Digitized bv the Internet Archive 1t CRYSTALS SYMMETRY IN THE MINERAL...The meaning of What 7 8 is 'crystal' a crystal? Symmetry and symbolism The shapes of crystals 10...Triclinic system Development of crystals Twinning 15 Aggregates Regular growth of crystals All photographs...by Carlo Bevilacqua Translated from the Italian of Vincenzo De Michele © Orbis Publishing Limited...1967 Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara 1972 by Crown Publishers Inc Translation Library of Congress Catalog |
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| principles of the subject and enables the reader to grasp some of the fundamental concepts of the structure...structure of crystals: Bravais lattices, Miller indices, symmetry, and _ . the brilliant theories of the...‘father of crystallography’, Rene-Just Hauy. The introductory text is a curtain-raiser for one of the finest...finest collections of crystal colour photographs ever assembled. SBN: 0 85613 108 3 CRYSTALS SYMMETRY...15 The meaning of ‘crystal’ What is a crystal? Symmetry and symbolism The shapes of crystals Crystallographic |
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| Eva Fejer and Patricia Walker, F.G.A.. Any copy of this book issued by the Publisher as a paperback...subject to the condition that it.shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out....without the Publisher's prior consent, in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published...subsequent purchaser. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted...GENERAL MINERALOGY 14 1 The structure and composition of minerals Chemical composition Crystals Varieties |
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| easily accessible, some deeply concealed-which are of considerable value to man. They differ in their structure...individual species of mineral, which will be uf value and interest to students of the subject, while...the beauty of the mineral kingdom. The foreword is by Dr G. F. Claringbull, for:merly Keeper of Mineralogy...British Museum (Natural History) and now Director of that museum. As h'e points out, there are not many...provides an opportunity to study at leisure some of the best specimens, which few people have the opportunity |
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| CONNOISSEUR'SCHOICE PAUL W. POHWAT Division of Mineralogy National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution...Suyos Mine, Atocha-Quechisla District Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia O ne of the perks...perks of my job is being able to discuss collecting interests with a wide range of collectors— beginner...these conversations turn to the subject of likes and dislikes of the collector, as well as future acquisitions...as there is an “AList” of Hollywood actors and actresses, there is an A-List of mineral specimen likes |
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| PRESS New York CONTENTS Introduction The Birth of Minerals Giants among the Experts Collectors and...Dimension Map of Mining Locations The Gallery List of Plates The Plates Geographical Directory of Museum Collections...7 ii *3 z5 18 2.0 14-2.5 26 27 171 *74 PANEL OF JUDGES AND CONSULTANTS These are the distinguished...that make up the Gallery of this book. PIERRE BARIAND, Curator, Faculty of Sciences, Sorbonne, Paris...bianchi, Curator, University of Milan, Institute of Mineralogy Museum, Milan, italy ^ draga blogojevic, geologist |
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| guaranteed on return of the specimen(s), in good conditionG. Please quote the name and number of the specimen(s)...PO/Cheque with order •. All prices are inclusive of V.A. T. No charge is made for postage and packing...welcome. We hope that we may be of some service to you, and assure you of Our best attention at all times...matrix. 17Xli-x1 ", £1. SOp 4~ ANHVDRITE. Bancroft Mine, Zambia. Select pure light lavender coloured rhombic...Malachite. 2~x1b<1t", £.11.00 9. BARVTES. Char Kounhi Mine, Iran. Lustrous creamy coloured tabular crystals |
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| polishing of minerals is one of the largest and fastest-growing hobbies in the world. In spite of the wide...wide popularity of this activity and the generations of scientific study devoted to mineralogy, there is...determining the best example of a particular mineral species. Rare and valuable specimens of legendary beauty are...Bancroft has brought together a series of magnificent photographs of outstanding minerals nominated for acclaim...over the world. A distinguished international panel of judges has participated in choosing the very finest |
