 | | Report (edition) | | Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers Mining and currently in the Jim Mann collection. Photo...I 900 ' s, showing Loren Merrill 's tourmaline mining operation at Mount Mica. Table of Contents CHAPTER...much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...State Museum), Ronald Holden, Jr. (Holden Brothers Mining), Gary Hoyle (Maine State Museum), Duane Leavitt...Fisheries and Wildlife, Phillip McCrillis (Plumbago Mining Corporation), Jane Perham, John Raymond, and Neil |  | | Book | | Bart Cannon 1975 CORD ILLERAN Mercer Island, Washington Lilli liliiiLt' 111? KLi-KlLLLIlrVlIlI Copyright...Cordilleran 18 Holly Hill Drive Mercer Island, Washington 98040 COVER ILLUSTRATION: Amethyst scepter heads...milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A. Maykut...publications dealing with the various aspects of Washington State's diverse mineral wealth exist, but none..."Minerals of Washington" represents an attempt to begin such a cata logue. "Minerals of Washington" shall |  | | Book | | ◊ Butterworths Gem Books Edited by Peter G. Read Beryl John Sinkankas Garnet John D. Rouse Pearls...giving much of his time for this endeavour. Peter Read is to be thanked for his technical editing assistance...pyrope properties Bibliography 50 50 4 Almandine 52 Modern almandine chemistry: Fe 3 Alz(SiO4h Optical and...properties 57 Almandine absorption spectra 58 Almandine colours 59 Almandine inclusions 60 Almandine sizes 62...62 Almandine occurrence 63 Almandine sources 63 Almandine phenomena stones 65 Summary of almandine properties |  | | Journal (issue) | | Japan/ Munich, Germany Laguna Beach, California, USA tel: +1 949 494 5155 / info@kristalle.com The ...Ottawa County, Ohio ...............651 by C. J. Stefano & J. K. Brizendine The Garnet Ledge almandine deposit...from the White Rock quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio. Daniel Trinchillo (Fine Minerals International)...$324/three years, (Canada) $196/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $275 for one year Subscription... Company, another shipping firm serving major American mining and chemical companies. The company ceased operations |  | | Journal (issue) | | MINERAL HISTORY Traveling New Mexico’s Turquoise Trail ROCK & GEM KIDS Articles and Puzzles PETRIFIED...their collections. This legrandite from the Ojuela mine (Mapimi, Durango) measures 5.6 cm high. (Jeff Scovil...Along the Turquoise Trail......................... 38 A drive through New Mexico’s mining history by Steve...check her maps or try to figure out where a jeep trail had gone after the monsoons, sometimes making multiple...CALIFORNIA: Annual show; Monrovia Rockhounds; LA County Arboretum, 301 S. Baldwin Ave.; Sat. 9-4:30, Sun |  | | Journal (issue) | | California... where Recreation Unlimited begins! The trail to the top of 14,495-foot Mt. Whitney, highest point...years searching for the mysterious Lost Dutchman Mine in Arizona's Superstition Mountains. His book, Thunder...Beaty and the men and women who ished the famous mining town near Valley. Paperback, historic photos, 40...are no longer available. New readers will want to read these. Contains the original map first published...DESERT readers. Although long-time readers and lost mine buffs probably are familiar with the authors, I |  | | Journal (issue) | | Care! ARIZONA WULFENITE Down Deep in the Rowley Mine GEM GARNETS Popular for Centuries THE BALTIMORE...toxic. This 6 cm spray of needles is from the Herja mine (Baia Mare, Maramures), Romania. (Gerhard Brandstetter...in the Rowley................... 22 This Arizona mine is a specimen treasure trove Winter rockhounding...Notes New owners took possession of the Mary Ellen mine property on July 1, 2014 and no collecting is being...Duluth, MN Book Review I recently received and read the book Luminescence in Mineral Kingdom, by Guido |  | | Journal (issue) | | Robert E . Kane Los Angeles, C A Pete D u n n Washington, DC Editor, G e m Trade Lab Notes C h u c k...Natural History), Ed Wilson (of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History), and Wendell Wilson...this stone since the earliest civilizations, The mine, which lies in the Hindu-Rush mountains, is difficult...mediocre. Lapis-lazuli is also found in San Bernardin0 County, California, but the original beds were only a...discussed below, as are the site at Sare-Sang, the mining methods used, and the possible origin and current |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such... New York, and D. L. Hathaway of Cosmopolis, Washington. Copyright © 1969 by Russell P. MacFall 1963...are abundant in the great lava flows of Oregon, Washington, and northern Idaho. the cells with silica, or...fundamental clue to gem locations. Since hard-rock mining is too expensive for amateurs, the hobbyist ...minerals. He will pick over stream beds, gravel pits, mine dumps, road cuts, and quarries. Some gems may also |  | | Book (volume) | | been an indefatigable researcher and collector of mining history. Among his specialties may be mentioned...fate of the Sterling mine in Ogdensburg, New Jersey, and his intense interest in mining history led him to...to purchase the mine in order to form a living museum so that it would remain accessible to the mineralogical...mineralogical community. Through his efforts, the Sterling mine has been declared a national historic landmark....present work: 1. If the authors were more widely read, this book would have been better. 2. If we had |  | | Report (issue) | | Connecticut, USA © 2008 by Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 263 • East Hampton, CT 06424 • USA Phone 1.860...cm tall andradite on hematite is from the Wessels Mine near Hotazel in northern Cape Province, South Africa...Grossular on diopside; 7.1 cm tall Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Richmond County, Quebec, Canada Paul Stahl specimen...but I am certain we did not catch them all. As you read and reference these pages, I am confident that you...Objects BY INGRID S. WEBER 22 Classic Garnets: Almandine BY GLORIA STAEBLER AND PAUL POHWAT 28 New England |  | | Book (edition) | | cutting. o a Turn this E o u book clockwise to read the tables on pages 9 to 25 following. Characteristics...In the great lava flows of Idaho, Oregon and Washington occur the many types of agate, opal and petrified...associated with such rocks. Because hard rock mining amateur will usually get is tedious and expensive...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...should always ask permission it may be un- or a mine dvmip. Cleanliness around a camp site and removal |  | | Journal (issue) | | 48, No. 1 • January 2018 10 BIG GOLD ON STEVENS TRAIL 10 California’s American River still holds riches...AZURITES 16 Part I: Electric blues from the Milpillas mine. By Bob Jones 16 PREHISTORIC TEXAS Lubbock landmarks...others, at an auction. I was told it was taken from a mine in Alaska called Aurora Borealis in the ’60s. I...ever gone prospecting on the river along the Stevens Trail?” I asked fellow miner and acquaintance Mike...follows the Stevens Trail down to the North Fork of the American River, he takes the first spur trail that is |  | | Book (volume) | | ;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. • .J_..::.; I Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology edited by Vandall T...Marvinney, State Geologist of Maine Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology Edited by Vandall........... 9 Carl A. Francis Selected of Maine Mining and Minerals . ...................................... 17 Vandall T. King Early Hist01y of Maine Mining and Minerals .................................................... 197 References Cited on Maine Mining Hist01y ...................................... |  | | Journal (issue) | | Editorial Board written content: Pete J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey British Museum (N.H.) London...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...albite and lepidolite, mined recently at the Himalaya mine, Pala, California. William Larson collection; photo...localities: the Himalaya dike system, Mesa Grande district, California (by E. E. Foord) [1977, vol. 8, no...the Himalaya mine (by D. Eidahl) [1977, vol. 8, no. 6, p. 475.]* The best of San Diego County (by W. Larson) |  | Defnet, Peter A., Wise, Michael A., Harmon, Russell S., Hark, Richard R., Hilferding, Keith (2021) Analysis of Garnet by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy—Two Practical Applications. Minerals, 11 (7) 705 doi:10.3390/min11070705 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; defnep@uw.edu Department of Chemistry...Chemistry, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA 16652, USA; richard.hark@yale.edu (R.R.H.); khilferding@gmail...Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA; wisem@si.edu Department of Marine, Earth...North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage...Heritage, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA Correspondence: rsharmon@ncsu.edu; Tel.: +1-919-588-0613 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Monnickendam, L. Music, J.B. Nelson, K. Penton, P.G. Read, 1. Roberts, R Shepherd, R Velden, CH. Winter Branch... Burland Assistant Editors M.J. O'Donoghue P.G. Read S.M. Anderson G. Bosshart Dr J.W.Harris DrJ.M.Ogden...efforts of Michael O'Donoghue, Evelyne Stern, Peter Read, Professor Bob Howie and Reg Peace. Papers for the...Ch'unch'on). Annual production of the nephrite mine (the Daeil Mine) is reported to be approximately 80 000-90...map of nephrite mine area, Chuncheon, Korea. Occurrences The geology of the nephrite mine area consists |  | | Journal (issue) | | dominates the city view and is a reminder of the mining activity that started in the early 17th century...even tho ugh on a small scale. The Storforshei iron mine in the Dunderlandsdalen is still in operation, working...sold as souvenir in a few places. The Mofje llet Mine, a once considerable but now depleted ase metal...NaCaCu5(AsO4 ) 4Cl, and the locality is the El Guanaco Mine, 93 km east of Taltal, Antofagasta Province. Chile...is a new mineral for this famous classic silver mining locality as well as for Spain; a remarkable contribution |  | | Report (issue) | | Pontes e Lacerda, Mato Grosso, Brazil. As you’ll read in my print report on the 2016 Tucson Show (coming...but fairly familiar finds—boleite from the Amelia mine, Baja California, Mexico; zunyite from Quartzsite...Australia; painite from Burma; perhamite from Oxford County, Maine; the brand-new species bobdownsite from...from a revered Spanish locality: the La Florida mining area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Santander Province...discovery. Calcite, 5.6 cm, from the La Florida mining area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Santander, Spain |  | | Journal (issue) | | on pyrite Brushy Creek Mine, Oates, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri Source: The Minerals...Newsletter Galena, Petrovitsa deposit, Borieva Mine, Madan orefield, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast...the Tri-State District of Kansas, Illinois, and Missouri; the Viburnum Trend District of Missouri; and...and other mining areas north to Wisconsin. The MVT features lead–zinc +/–copper (primarily as galena–...galena deposits, such as those in the Laisvall District in Sweden, formed under similar conditions but |  | | Book (volume) | | (25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...events to bring the history of North American gem mining up to date. Here, then, is the latest, most complete...and interviews with persons actively engaged in mining gemstones. Pertinent references are furnished throughout... most likely in Canada. Systematic large-scale mining of sapphire-bearing gravels in Montana is beginning |  | | Book (edition) | | Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains...Chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District and the Blackbird Mining District, and to Ben Sheppard for reviewing...reviewing the chapter on the Blackbird Mining District. Those who contributed photographs, or specimens...It should prove useful to those who just want to read it, as well as to those who need to research information...will always be several publications that were never read, secret and not-so-secret information that was never |  | | Book | | often are arrested there. At the Eldorado sapphire mine in Mon¬ tana the action of a million years is readily...intrudes a sloping bed of limestone. As the Yogo mine has been worked at various times in the past hundred...famous was the single beryl stone found in Oxford County in Maine that weighed 18 tons and was 18 feet in...in the bed of the stream. e. If it is possible to mine the bed of the stream itself this may prove to be...but the course is usually taught by experts. 3. Read a standard geology or mineralogy textbook; select |  | | Journal (issue) | | Wendell E. Wilson Associate Editors Pete J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey British Museum (N.H.) London...Vochten & G. Brizzi The Alice Glory Hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado ................................185 by...M. Kohler & L. Minnaar Garnet Hill, White Pine County, Nevada .........................................Harris Monazite and caldoancylite from the Foote mine, North Carolina by J. S. White & J. E. Nelen 203...(1 inch) on antlerite crystals from the Southwest mine, Bisbee, Arizona. For more information on this recent |  | | Journal (issue) | | ..28 Rock & Gem Kids ...............44 Poland Mining Camps Club Corner ........................46 ...created an interest in the history of old mines and mining areas, 6 ROCKNGEM.COM our staff especially Michigan’s...BD10 Power Feed Trim Saw Scan for Video MADE IN USA Features include: • All cast aluminum tank, table...# 168787 HP14 Slab Saw Scan for Video MADE IN USA Features include: • 1/2 HP continuous duty motor...Francisco, CA Fallbrook Gem & El Dorado County Hilton Orange County/ Mineral Societies 2017 Mineral & Gem |
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