 | | Journal (issue) | | cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...custom jewelry. Wulfenite, 5.4 cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn...(hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected in 1958;...photo. Chalcedony on chrysocolla pseudomorph after azurite, 4 cm, from the Inspiration mine, Globe-Miami...Cerussite twins on matrix, 6.5 cm, from the Grand Reef mine, Aravaipa district, Graham County, Arizona. Ken |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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...the Musonoi mine, Zaire (#950). Jerry Cone photo. Adamite, 5-mm view, from the Mohawk mine, San Bernardino |  | | Journal (issue) | | Number 5 The JllilpillaB Jlline Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico .............................................with malachite, 5.4 cm, from the Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico. Fine Minerals International specimen;...the mines and minerals of Mexico is devoted entirely to the Milpillas mine, a relatively new locality...quantities. We published a preliminary report on the mine by Tom Moore and Marcus Origlieri back in 2008,...specimens; they visited Milpillas and went underground with the miners. Since the mine has now shut down permanently |  | | Journal (issue) | | particularly from the huge silver deposits of Mexico and eru. panish silver mining remade the economy...Record, E Figure 3. Montezuma, the ruler of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, is said to have observed a blazing...employed as forced labor, cobbing out silver ore at a mine in Chihuahua; from Louis Simonin s i e ergr u r...mita mestizo E W Figure 18. Indian miners in Mexico, from Louis Simonin s i e ergr u r i e a i er (1869)... Figure 20. An engraving of the School of Mines in Mexico City, opened in 1795, from Calderon de la Barca |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of the nonexistent In 1975, the Santo Niño and Santa Elena veins were argentite. Acanthite formed as...Juan de Rayas in Guanajuato (Mexico) and has become the richest silver mine in the world, in more recently...ceased vein. The San Juan production by the de Rayas mine in time of World War II. Guanajuato also In 1946...very city In Morocco, the of Oberschlema Bou Azzer mine, itself, which finally already very had to be relocated...and east of Schlema, 2014 Tucson show. The Imiter mine began its modern producing many quality specimens |  | | Journal (issue) | | with Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...7 THE COLLECTIONS 1 1 Malcolm Alter Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Mark Kielbaso Jim & Imelda Klein...explore literally thousands of mineral occurrences, mine dumps and abandoned mines in the public domain administered...enough, just across the border to the south is Mexico, rieb in active mines where miners are gathering...Heintzelman (1805-1880) shipped ore specimens from his mine to be exhibited at the Cincinnati Merchant's Exchange |  | | Journal (issue) | | (rniddle colurnn) Fluorite, 5.3 cm, from Naica, Mexico---Stephen Blyskal and Sigrid Stewart collection;...like those found in neighboring Arizona and New Mexico; Texas is oil country, and many fortunes have been...ofLeadville, Colorado. Eventually rnoving on through New Mexico and Arizona as a prospector, he leamed some mineralogy...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 |  | | Report (issue) | | most cherished products of the Ojuela mine at Mapimí, Durango, Mexico: of the several styles of “old” fluorite...fluorite specimens from the great mine, the best known shows deep purple, transparent, cubo-dodecahedral...beginning around 2008, fresh ore exploitation in deep mine levels has yielded beautiful groups of gemmy, lustrous...13 excellent fluorite miniatures from the Ojuela mine, nine “new” and 4 “old,” the “old” showing typical...“Old” fluorite, 4 cm, from the Ojuela mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico. Andy Seibel Minerals specimen and photo |  | | Journal (issue) | | Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...Alaska, ca. 1906. She organized her own company to mine the garnets, and may have distributed thousands...that men would be hired as laborers to work the mine and help develop it, but that no men would be involved...September–October, 2019 7 HISTORY had declined and the mine was sold. Today it is formally owned by “the children...time collection,” he said, “collected by a former mine superintendent over a period of many years. Nearly |  | | Journal (issue) | | (a variety of zoisite), 9 cm, from the Merelani mine, located on the slopes of the Lelatema Mountains...cover: Top left: Euclase, 2.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Colombia. Top right: Topaz, 8.4 cm, from Ouro Preto...left: Phosphophyllite, 2 cm, from the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Bottom right: Grossular, 3.5 cm...Fluorapatite on elbaite, 5.5 cm, from the Alto da Cabeca mine, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Will Johnson...discovery of morganite at the famous Corrego do Urucum mine in 1973. Will Johnson collection (I had to trade |  | | Journal (issue) | | localities like the Sweet Horne mine, Breckenridge, Mount Antero, the Sunnyside mine, Creede, Cripple Creek,...Collection" labels list the name of the lade or mine, the mining district and county, and the assay results...thread, some taken from the surface of the American mine and some from its deepest workings indicating that...that depth does not change the character of the mine. One is impressed by the money as well as the scientific...quartz, interspersed with gold, but the owner of the mine, Mr. Walker, seeing the cabinet, said that the piece |  | | Journal (issue) | | AZURITES 16 Part I: Electric blues from the Milpillas mine. By Bob Jones 16 PREHISTORIC TEXAS Lubbock...others, at an auction. I was told it was taken from a mine in Alaska called Aurora Borealis in the ’60s. I...on, there is an old mine adit bored into a sheer rock wall. Beyond the old mine, there are spectacular...from the Milpillas Mine T Story by Bob Jones he azurite specimens recently mined in Mexico are the...azurite. But this recent source of azurite, the Milpillas mine near Cuitaca, about 25 miles south of the Arizona |  | | Journal (issue) | | • NOVEMBER 2021 40 Rockhounding Adventures in Mexico – Part 1 By Bob Jones 14 50 A Guide to the Carnegie...Hidden Valley Jasper and Moonshine Jasper. We own and mine these claims. You can contact any of us for specimens...Owner/proprietor Steve Schultz Mine Owners Tom & Jessa Pearson Mine Owners * Specializes in Mines Agates...gml@gmail.com | shop.gilmansatthecave.com ROUGH GEMS MINE-DIRECT FACETING ROUGHS & MINERAL Sapphire, Emerald...on the formation of banded agate. He defines chalcedony as a general term to describe various cryptocrystalline |  | | Book (volume) | | t ,Connor ,Shana MINERAL INDEX Adamite Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, 51 Aegirine Mt Malosa, Zomba Dist...Mtns., Namibia, 31, 57 Margareta Mine, Amatitlan, Guerrero, Mexico, 20 Apatite (with Tourmaline) Gilgit-Baltistan...Areas, Pakistan, 15 Golconda Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 32 Panasqueira Mine, Beira Baixa, Portugal, 5,...Pakistan, 22 Azurite (on Malachite) Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico, 64 Babingtonite Hongxi, Meigu, Sichuan...Bannisterite Zinc Corp Mine, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia, 69 Benitoite Benitoite Gem Mine, New Idria Dist. |  | | Journal (issue) | | Voynick THE WORLD’S FINEST AZURITES Part II: The Milpillas mine has its pockets full of fine crystals. By Bob...area around Zumpango del Rio, Amatlan, Guerro, Mexico. (Jeff Scovil photo/ University of Arizona collection)...shattuckite (basic copper silicate), after the Shattuck mine in Bisbee, Arizona; and the qualifications of minerals...crystalline nate), after Mexico’s historic Ojuela mine; and tsumebite, structure because it is a liquid...historically considered to be after Namibia’s famed Tsumeb mine. About 14% of minerals are named for their chemistry |  | | Journal (issue) | | p. 258 COVER: COPPER, 8.3 cm, from the Central mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan—considered by some to...fine minerals on DVD wilensky Fluorite, Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Wilensky Fine Minerals...and Other Minerals from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona Chapter authors: Les...Presmyk and Tony Potucek The Mammoth-St. Anthony mine at Tiger has produced not only large amounts of...Frank Schultz staked the first claims in 1879. The mine began as several separate workings that ultimately |  | | Catalog/List | | August 2020 4 5 Fluorite on Quartz Yaoganxian Mine, Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China 6.35 cm tall x 6...with Pyrite Inclusions on Manganocalcite Yaoganxian Mine, Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China 16 cm tall x 18 cm...wide 14 15 Azurite Milpillas Mine, Mun de Nacozari de Garcia, Sonora, Mexico 14 cm tall x 10.2 cm wide...wide 16 17 Grape “Chalcedony” Mamuju, Sulawesi Barat Prov., Sulawesi, Indonesia 16.5 cm tall x 20...tall x 7 cm wide 22 23 The Tourmaline Queen Mine draws its fame from the “Blue Cap” pocket discovered |  | | Catalog/List | | of Crystallized Gold from the famed Eagle’s Nest Mine in California A superb Crystallized “Leaf” Gold...gemstone Amethyst to come from the famed Four Peaks Mine in Arizona A sharp and complicated Crystallized...Crystallized Silver with Copper from the famed Wolverine Mine in Michigan A “classic” Rhodochrosite with associated...associated Pyrite and Quartz from the Sweet Home Mine in Colorado An unusually massive and extremely colorful...colorful, Smithsonite from the iconic Kelly Mine in New Mexico A ‘gem’ quality specimen Tanzanite crystal in |  | | Journal (issue) | | of this collection were from Transbaikalia), and mine surveyor Yakovlev from the Southern Urals. By the...Izumrudnye Kopi and Mariinskii Rudnik (Mariinsky Mine) are mentioned starting at no earlier than 1840s-1850s...specimens taken by Kanonnikov from the Zyryanovsk Mine in the Altai, by 1Ipli3oltraie I 1 ilpOTOPC.1.1...The latter originated from the Nikolo-Makaievskii Mine in the Urals and from the Vyatka—Ural area (uezd)...Gora and most likely originates from the Novikov Mine (in fact, a digging pit) at this locality. Honorable |  | | Journal (issue) | | directions to the room when you come into the building. Santa Gerry at last year’s holiday party Rocks & Rails...(prairie agate, picture agate, chert, jasper, and chalcedony) and petrified wood. Unlike last year’s trip...were treated to a nighttime fluorescent chalcedony hunt. Chalcedony fluoresces pale Masaki Tsukada searching...(UO2)2+, as impurities in the chalcedony. Capping the fluorescent chalcedony hunt, Brad Willkomm located...ventured down into a canyon in search of chalcedony roses. These chalcedony roses also turned out to be fluorescent |  | | Journal (issue) | | M ontreal Mine! L L The Mineralogical Record MAY–JUNE 2020 • VOLUME 51 • NUMBER 3 • $25 & Wayne...gemgypsy@bellsouth.net MAY–JUNE 2020 Articles The Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin ........................... 487 COVER: BARITE, 6.5 cm, from the Montreal mine. David and Karen DeBruin collection, ex Muscatine...crystals to 1.6 cm on vesuvianite from the Crazy Sphinx mine, Helena District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana...world-class realgar specimens from the Royal Reward mine, Green River Gorge, King County, Washington. The |  | | Journal (issue) | | or $49.00 for two years; addresses in Canada and Mexico are US$48.00 per year, or US$90.00 for two years;...sample of argyrodite ore from the HimmelsfLirst mine. Argyrodite is an Ag-Ge-sulfide and one of only...running N - S is about 30 cm thick "Reiche Zeche" mine. For visitors having regarding ore-bodies; the other...for good. temperature in the mine is a constant 50°F. The Reiche Zeche mine is now Fortunately for me,just...just a couple of weeks Silver wire; Himmelsfuerst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf near Freiberg maintained as a tourist |  | | Journal (issue) | | EUCLASE with Albite, 11.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Muzo District, Boyaca Department, Colombia. See...DENVER MART EXPO HALL ROOMJ53 BARITE 20.3 CM XIEFANG MINE , GANZHOU PREFECTURE , JIANGXI PROVINCE , CHINA...1751 was funded mainly by donations from wealthy mine owners and from simple mining families. Modem times...when the area was also being referred to as Bana ("Mine"), and in 1228 when the name Argentifodina ("Silver...runoff from the mine dumps); this was later combined with the word Banska meaning "mine." The name Banska |  | | Journal (issue) | | SUBSCRIPTION QUESTIONS? 58 SPENDING TIME AT KINGMAN MINE Enthralled by Turquoise and a Rich Family History...sale of the collection of long-time members of the Santa Lucia Rockhounds, Bea and Sherm Grizzelle. I went...them. Sure enough, one box of slabs did, and it was mine. I managed to find a nice piece of jade that more...for more details JANUARY 2021 9 The Argo Gold Mine and Mill in Idaho Springs is a popular showcase...state fathers ordered the dome gilded with gold. Mine owners at the then-booming gold camp of Cripple |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystal cluster, 3 cm across, from the Machacamarca mine (Viboras Vein), near Colavi, Potosí Department,...Highlands of Venezuela, about 40 km from the town of Santa Elena in Bolivan state, since the 15th century.... Venezuelan gold specimens to 3.8 cm, from the Santa Elena district. F. John Barlow collection; Wendell...good friend of mine, Jim Minette, worked as superintendent of a large open-pit borax mine that produced...W. E. Sheffield (fl. 1808) Chrysocolla Dalehead mine, Cumberland (Cumbria), England W. E. Sheffield was |
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