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| Joaquín Folch Girona Mineral Collection Barcelona, Spain Downloaded by [University of Birmingham] at 13:56...Barcelona Passeig Picasso, s/n 08003 Barcelona, Spain ccurto@bcn.cat Jordi Fabre i Fornaguera c/o Arc...Arc de Sant Martí 79 local 08032 Barcelona, Spain mineral@fabreminerals.com Carles Curto Milà is the curator...at the Museum de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, Spain. Jordi Fabre i Fornaguera (better known to mineral...period when mineralogy was in almost a vacuum in Spain, an extensive collection that in its day was considered |
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| the coastal community of La Conchita, California. The community of La Conchita ('The Little Seashell") lies...western Transverse Ranges, where the community of La Conchita is located, is undergoing rapid deformation as...-~ 30 ,./ ,/ ,',.-,,J, , I Location of La Conchita in relation to landslides, active faults, and...15 mm per year (Yerkes and others, 1987). At La Conchita, the rate is about 3 mm per year. These young...flows from the cliffs and mountain slopes above La Conchita, and floods, mudflows, and debris flows in the |
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| Phanerozoic terranes. Mineralization styles include quartz veins and veinlets, breccias, and disseminated...on the association with either a quartz-calcite-adularia or a quartz-alunite-pyrophyllite-kaolinite assemblage...associated with causative intrusions, can have vuggy quartz textures and are associated with variable amounts...explored by Drake Resources Limited (for example, Conchita-Florence or Nsour, El Mheissat, Oued El Mar, and...although Drake reports highgrade gold grab samples at Conchita adjacent to a 140-km-long shear zone system of |
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| the formation of fluoroleakeite, polylithionite, quartz, rutile, and fluorite; cámaraite is associated...1967 in Melilla (Spain), a beautiful town in North Africa that has belonged to Spain since it was captured...Spanish Protectorate of Morocco until 1956, when Spain discontinued the protectorate and relinquished the...growing interest, his father and his new wife, Conchita Rodriguez Perez, began taking him on trips to...from the Nevado-Filabride Complex in southeastern Spain. After obtaining his undergraduate degree, he began |
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| .......... 3 Figure 2. Typical outcrops of the quartz veins with trace sulfides (left: BIA-610; right:..... 5 Figure 3. 40Ar/39Ar age spectrum from the quartz vein at occurrence BIA-600......................... 6 Figure 4. 40Ar/39Ar age spectrum from the quartz vein at occurrence BIA-610........................... 9 Table Table 1. Chemical composition of quartz vein samples.....................................consist of quartz veins with trace sulfides. The low sulfide and Pb-Zn-Cu content in the quartz veins is |
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| Phillips separation and treatment plant at La Conchita. Additional information concerning the Carpinteria...Phillips separation and treatment plant at La Conchita for processing. Platforms Hope and Heidi, in State...Carpinteria Offshore oil and gas comes ashore at La Conchita (see fig. 12). Existing OCS -transportation network...Carpinteria Offshore Phillips 3 Hogan Houchin La Conchita 10-in oil 12-in gas Existing Pitas Point Texaco...Ventura County Mobil Carpinteria Offshore La Conchita, PhiHips Unit/Field Ventura County Capacity |
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| 266 domain (Kahoui et al., 2008), and gold (Conchita Florence deposit) and copper in the Yetti 267...Birimian Supergroup occurs as two main types, namely quartz 325 vein-hosted and disseminated sulphide type... 3). Orogenic gold in shear zones, commonly in quartz veins, is 339 the dominant style of mineralization...Gold occurs as free grains associated 353 with quartz and/or is hosted in sulphides (mainly pyrite and... chlorite - quartz ± chalcopyrite ± albite ± (leucoxene) in mafic volcanics, and quartz – 357 chlorite |
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| Cover 187.7-carat diamond recovered from the Diavik Mine in Canada; a fossil ammonite recovered from Fox...Free minerals for kids Speakers Smithsonite, Kelly Mine, NM Watercolor by Frederick C. Wilda© Speakers...Virgil Lueth Kevin Downey Barite on Calcite Montreal Mine, WI Watercolor by Fred Wilda© Shop in Air Conditioned...cutting rare and valuable materials (i.e. agate, quartz, petrified wood, jasper, jade, etc) when waste...annual world diamond production. Since its irst mine opened in 1998, Canada has yielded more than 200 |
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| Prize winning photographs in September . . 14 LOST MINE Lost Organ Grinders' Ledge 15 By JOHN D. MITCHELL...Mr. Stewart Wiley, who was to guide us to the jet mine. Just south of the ranch towers Mt. Ellen, most...rushed out and hired every available man in town to mine that rich ore pocket. Wages were $10 a day plus...said that a million dollars was taken from that mine in less than 48 hours." This is one of many stories...inquired where I could obtain information about the old mine workings in that area. As county engineer in one |
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| proportions of its constituent minerals, usually quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase feldspar, granite...be classified more narrowly as quartz monzonite, granodiorite, quartz diorite, or even true granite....matters little whether it is a granodiorite or a quartz monzonite when you are whizzing along at 65 miles...brecciated hornblende gneiss, biotite-hornblende gneiss, quartz-feldspar gneiss, and amphibolite. It is difficult...province to province. Typically, it consists of quartz- and feldspar-rich schist, greenschist, epidote |
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| Arizona 5—According to legend the Lost Dutchman mine of Arizona is located in the—• Harqua Hala range...Yucca__Cactus Palm Agave...Z.. 8—If you owned a cinnabar mine with a mill for processing the ore you would ship...them the faint, musical clank of goat bells. For Conchita and Juanita, our two four-footed friends, have...butting each other playfully. Have I chronicled Conchita and Juanita before? Perhaps not, for it is only...by the paint crew. Sheds were built around an old mine shaft, and a stamp-mill was erected—new at first |
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| Rhett and Scarlet, the two burros and Juanita and Conchita and Betty, the goats. All of these good animal...harbor. To a snug harbor also came Juanita and Conchita, the two Ghost Mountain goats, and Betty, Conchita's...and stars. He told the story of the Peg-leg Smith mine, but was mum on certain details. All of which fill...recent years has been known as the Lost Dutchman mine. The year was 1846. It was the period when Santa...presence narrow exploration cross-cuts on several quartz veins. Again, he tried farther up Needle canyon |
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| ripe fruit. True False 18—Gold is never found in quartz seams. True False 19—Mexican Hat, Utah, derives...Can never dim the happiness Or health that here is mine. The lights and noise of the mill Are my companions...where he devoted the next few years to working his mine and developing his homestead in the mountains. One...potash. Heretofore lithium has been obtained by mine production of minerals. As prepared at Trona it...particles that few miners ever have been able to mine it profitably. In this story, Charles Kelly tells |
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| excess of 100 t Au. The gold-bearing brittle-ductile quartz veins, stockworks, breccias, and disseminated orebodies...gold systems. Paleoproterozoic paleoplacer gold in quartz-pebble conglomerates is recognized in the southern...basin Alamoutala Gara Gounkoto Mauritania 2 Conchita Florence 10°W Fig. 2. A. Simplified map of the...deposits and are disseminated in wall rocks or in quartz-carbonate veins. The gold can be free milling or...whereas later coarse visible gold is associated with quartz-carbonate-stibnite veins (Treloar et al., 2015) |
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| Elizabeth’s pelican brooch Mysticism and medicine Quartz Treasure chambers of Augustus II Surface lustre...far without success. Elsewhere, the Alhambra in Spain and the Taj Mahal in India both feature stunning...by Margaret of Austria and Joseph Bonaparte of Spain, before eventually Richard Burton purchased it for...surface. Sedimentary rock Sandstone usually contains quartz but other minerals can also be present. This example...rock The component minerals of gneiss – mainly quartz and feldspar – tend to separate out into distinct |
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| Elizabeth’s pelican brooch Mysticism and medicine Quartz Treasure chambers of Augustus II Surface luster...surface. Sedimentary rock Sandstone usually contains quartz but other minerals can also be present. This example...Metamorphic rock The component minerals of gneiss— mainly quartz and feldspar—tend to separate out into distinct...such as quartz and tourmaline. Tectosilicates Tectosilicates include lazurite (above), opal, quartz varieties...Orthoclase 7 Cuts glass Scratches glass very easily Quartz 8 Topaz 9 Corundum (sapphire) 10 0 1000 2000 |
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| doubly terminated terminated euhedral euhedral quartz quartz cryscrystals ture obtained at the Pasadena Show...with a coating producing an specimens are 'Natural quartz crystals coated with apparent blue colour and strong...of a specimen which conconfirmed process used: 'Quartz crystals are naturally surfirmed thatcoating the...one of the authors (RCK) was shown an interesting quartz specimen by Mr. Peter Flusser of Overland Gems...later provided a crystal cluster of this coated quartz given to him directly by Bob Jackson for visual |
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| 4—Palm Springs Desert Museum Field Trip to Dolomite Mine off Palms to Pines Highway, Palm Springs, California...near Raton. N.M. Dec. 19—Dons Travelcade to Vulture Mine. Wickenburg. From Phoenix, Arizona. D ec . 24 —...Widmer and Jill Johnson together examined some quartz specimens they had picked up among the granite...dwellings and business houses sprang up, and three quartz mills were built. For all their spectacular beginning...fort, too, has disappeared, along with the three quartz mills. All that is left of the town's ancient past |
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| stones): (1) 2 5 . 4 3 ~ 1aquamarine, Santa Maria mine, Brazil; (2) 20.10-ct peridot, Burma; (3) 21.09-ct...Kenya; (5) 16.28-ct rubellit8 tourmaline, Queen Mine, Pala, California; (6) 15.18-ct tourmaline, Paraiba...lessee companies Tecminas and Coesminas, the Muzo mine is now fully mechanized and has introduced a sophisticated...came into full operation in Brazil. The Carnaiba mine, first found in the 1960s, continued to be active...(JadeiteINephrite) A Lapis lazuli Q Opal @J @ Quartz 11 BtWSu- Peridot mffi - hiMM. ^^ =rihuanif) |
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| PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: Landslide Hazards at La Conchita, California 406 BOX 458 eTE* “" Solifluction...Oil Sands Oil Shale 642 Utah's Bingham Canyon Mine 630 Oil Traps ENVIRONMENT; CLACALE Tee RY 24...case study (Box 15.1) of a deadly event at La Conchita, California. Animations The Prentice Hall Geoscience...The bright red areas are dominated by the mineral quartz, found in sandstone; green areas are limestone...directly. However, the deepest mine in the world (the Western Deep Levels mine in South Africa) is only about |
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| 13.8 ct; necklace 18.5 c t ) are from the Queen Mine, San Diego County, CA. In recent years, irradiation...in gem deposits can produce color, as in smoky quartz (Koivula, 1986). Although this list is not exhaustive...Colorless Pink Corundum Diamond Fluorite Pearl Quartz Spodurnene Topaz Tourmaline Zircon Ending color...to screen out unwanted material such as beryl or quartz, or to prescreen topaz for subsequent treatments...color. Colorless quartz is irradiated to produce smoky quartz. Iron-containing quartz is irradiated to |
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| Myrickite was named for "Shady" Myrick. In his "Quartz Family Minerals" Duke merely uses the name as a...MINERALOGY Fairy C r y s t a l s From a n O l d Mine D u m p By BERTHA G. BROWN 25 27-OCT. 4 New Mexico...comparatively small amount that the burros require. Even Conchita and Juanita—our two active little goats—are not...from a by-gone age! Perhaps no eye but yours and mine Will ever see this pattern's grace! No other heart...brochantite were found on this field trip to the old mine dumps in southern Arizona. Left to right—Gene Yoakum |
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| Explore topics of interest (e.g., “On Time with Quartz”) or at a higher level than is usual for a physical...Time with Quartz E ver wonder why your watch has “quartz” printed on it? A small slice of quartz in the...because a small electric current applied to the quartz causes it to vibrate at a very precise rate (close...video on how quartz is used to keep time, visit http://www.engineerguy.com/videos/video-quartz-watch.htm...localized material into concentrations that humans can mine or extract. By learning how the Earth works and |
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| event, their words speak to me and their eyes meet mine as they stare out from faded photographs. This is...us that in a restaurant, we might have a little mine of our own, Becci wrote optimistically on October...darlings and not once to feel their dear sweet lips on mine. I think I will not write very much more, as the...their own babies so far away. They wanted to hold mine, to see his toes, to feel his tiny WOMEN OF THE...HOPEFUL SPINSTERS and pointed out that she could not mine. “That’s true,” she replied, “but there’s them that |
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| dig or drill down very far. Indeed, the deepest mine penetrates only about 3.5 km beneath the surface...specimen of peridot emphasizes the art in Some names (quartz, calcite) may be familiar, whereas others (olivine...formula C, because they consist entirely of carbon. Quartz has the formula SiO,—it contains the elements ...Patterns: Crystals and Their Structure (a) This quartz crystal contains an orderly arrangement of atoms...another specimen. For example, a perfectly formed quartz crystal looks like an obelisk (Fig. 3.3a, b); the |
