 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Michigan Mineralogy: A LOCALITY INDEX TOM MORRIS, JR. 4553 Shenandoah Allen Park, Michigan 48101 Tom...occurrences. These localities have been listed by county; and, strictly for convenience, the list has been...compiling this information was The Mineralogy of Michigan (Heinrich, 1976), which should be consulted by...locality labeling of Michigan specimens. It should be pointed out that the list of Michigan mineral localities...None theless, with the aid of a good state or county map, plus local inquiries, the list could be helpful |  | | Book | | Mineralogy of Michigan by E. W. Heinrich updated and revised • by George W. Robinson M By E W~ Hellnr]ch...Museum Michigan Technological University Houghton, Michigan 49931 2004 © MINERALOGY OF MICHIGAN 3 FOREWORD...FOREWORD Michigan has a long and varied geologic history that includes repeated episodes of volcanism...before the first Europeans set foot here. When Michigan became a state in 1837, one of the first actions...and we continue to learn more about them today. Michigan minerals helped to build the state and nation |  | | Report (issue) | | (CaBSiO4OH) vesicle filling from a basaltic Houghton County lava flow. Small specks of native copper occur...the surface and between the nodular masses. The Michigan Bicentennial symbol (back cover) incorporates...Survey Division BULLETIN 6 THE MINERALOGY OF MICHIGAN by E. Wm. Heinrich Professor of Mineralogy and...University of Michigan Ann Arhor, Michigan Lansing, Michigan 1976 STATE OF MICHIGAN WILLIAM G. Mrr...State of Michigan CL '48 s.321.6. Printed by Speaker-Hines and Thomas, Inc., Lansing, Michigan. Available |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineral Show (in Houghton) sponsored by the Copper County Rock and Mineral Club, and more are planned. Collecting...at the Mesnard mine, another on barite crystals with phantoms found in Ontonagon County, and a third on...pseudo-octahedral calcite found at the Minesota mine. If you are headed East, not North, this summer...Karlsbad, Bohemia (Czech Republic), intarsia work utilizing local aragonite; about 10 cm. Porcelain... objects, copper memorabilia from Montana and Michigan, and objects related to the Klondike gold rush |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | occur at shipping many tons and the mine shows the old Lane bismuth mine, at Monroe, promise of being another...(fluorDELAWARE — Gray cleavable masses ite) from this mine is of all colors and of orthoclase have been found...just like a 20 inch quartzite band which has been mine. I have been informed so many injected and locally...Georgia. The Cobb p:bbles have been found in Chicago, County specimen was collected by Bob Cook Co., III., on...Hurst. Lake Michigan, off Lake Shore Drive near Homer Kellin, Fayetteville (Fayette Michigan Ave. Co.) |  | | Book | | even though they do contain fibrous crystals of aragonite secreted by the organisms. But there are exceptions...be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS...Madagascar e(2x23x3em Quartz, Mount Ida, Arkansas, USA ° 14x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique * 17 x 11...tightly packed spheres, there are layers of platy aragonite crystals in fossil ammonites, and the feldspar |  | | Journal (issue) | | minerals were found on one of the umps of the Diamond Mine northeast of Grand Rapids, Minesota. Although not...mined at this location was deposited during Pre- Mine, Minnesota Cambrian times and has been determined...from the United Verde Mine (burning pyrite orebody in 1934) in Jerome, Yavapai County, AZ, thought to be...native copper sheet from the White Pine Mine, Ontonagon County. MI, thought to be calumetite. The mineral...forms a blue-green coating. A new mineral for Michigan and now in the private collection of Thomas M |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Siderite Siete Suyos Mine, Atocha-Quechisla District Sud Chichas Province...History. Figure 1. Gemmy siderite from Siete Suyos mine, Atocha-Quechisla district, Sud Chichas Province...Figure 2. Siderite with quartz, from Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut. The composite crystals...of siderite were collected from Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, where large cleavage masses to...(fig. 2). From the Palermo No. 1 mine, North Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, come microcrystals |  | | Catalog/List | | with micro Sphalerite on 2x2 matrix Lers Malines Mine, Gard, France £20 4. BENTORITE a very rare, Cr containing...crystals, possible Dickite micros too. Panteg-y-Gaseg Mine, Amlwch Anglesey, Wales £18 I 0. PENNANTITE small...matrix. Plates are about I to 1.5 mm size (Benallt Mine,Lleyn, Wales) £30 11. BOURNONITE good blocky grey...crystals,. all over 2.5 x2.5 inch surface Likasi Mine, Katanga Congo £25 14. SIDERITE rich red-brown...tabular twinned crystal about 8 mm size ( Telino Mine, Linopolis, Minas Gerais Brazil) £40 Na Be PO4 17 |  | | Journal (issue) | | d'Ossola, Italy; Lyangara, Uzbekistan; and the Emma Mine, Little Cottonwood District, Salt Lake Co., Utah...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 • 3 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea...V anadiun1 l\'line, l\fagnet Cove, Hot Springs County, Arkansas is Reclaimed and Collecting Ceases...Located on the east rim of Magnet Cove, the Christy Mine, fonnerly known as the Christy brookite locality...as big, or bigger. One location is in Campbell County, Virginia where huge ones up to about a foot long |  | | | | surrounded ce ne white calcite, from!iheBluebell Mine; Riondel, Digitized by the Internet Archive...composition in minerals such as calcite, dolomite, and aragonite, or rocks such as limestone, dolostone, and marble...spinel, cuprite, rutile, cassiterite, calcite, aragonite, dolomite, siderite, rhodochrosite, malachite...opalescent: a depth to the light reflected, e.g., aragonite, calcite Resinous: like gum resin secreted by...brownish), p. 212 anhydrite (white or grey), p. 122 aragonite (white, variable), p. 146 calcite (white, variable) |  | | Book | | conglomerates. The southern shore of Lake Superior (USA) is the best location to find copper , allegedly...Freiberg (Germany), Jachymov (Czech Republic), the Comstock Lode (Nevada, USA) and Cobalt (Canada). Ag Colour:...Wittwatersrand (South Africa), California and Alaska (USA), Australia, South America and Siberia. G Au Colour:...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...meteorite, with pieces found at Canyon Diablo (Arizona, USA), fell c. 20,000-40,000 years ago, creating a crater | | | Book | | conglomerates. The southern shore of Lake Superior (USA) is the best location to find copper, allegedly the...Freiberg (Germany), Jachymov (Czech Republic), the Comstock Lode (Nevada, USA) and Cobalt (Canada). Ag Colour:...Wittwatersrand (South Africa), California and Alaska (USA), Australia, South America and Siberia. G Au Colour:...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...meteorite, with pieces found at Canyon Diablo (Arizona, USA), fell c. 20,000-40,000 years ago, creating a crater |  | | Catalog/List | | matrix 935 ■ MILLOSEVICHITE Scholler Mine, Kladno, Czech Republic. Rich yellow-grey spongy mass. 846 l;m...-·-·-- !'lo_9_ _ _ _ _ 285 ■■ NATIVE GOLD La Farolla mine, Copiapo, Chile one or two spots on 2cm matrix _£7_..._ _ _ _ __ ~ - / ~ : i E.RTRANDITE ____ .Gclc~~~Mine, G~~e~~;i~;Val~d~~~;: srazitcolourless micro crystals... - --- ----- ----- - -- 73 ■■ BRAUNITE Praborna Mine, St Marcel ,Piedmont, Italy 849 ■ OPAL Carlaze Pit...----- - - ------- ----- 1001 ■■ BRUCITE N'chwaning Mine, Kuruman, S. Africa Creamy to pale green ,rich foliated |  | | Catalog/List | | sunbust effect , cut and polished slab 2.5 xl .5 Mine de L' Etoile Congo £20 3. LEPIDOLITE, choice display...Franklinite, old time specimen 3x2x2 Franklin New Jersey USA £25 Actually quite attractive and with excellent...NATIVE SILVER thin sheet about lxl.5 inches La Noria mine, San Martin, Zacatecas Mexico £15 , 16. NATIVE COPPER...inch exposed cleavage surface. Mission Mine, Pima County, Arizona USA £25 17. GRAPHITE, pure metallic mass...up well for display. interesting location Niobec Mine, Quebec, Canada £25 19. PYRITE a very sharp 2cm |  | | Catalog/List | | 232) I. CLiNOCLASE. Matuba Hill. Pershing County. Nevada. USA Flattish druse of dark blue clinoclase xtls...4. N AT I V E COPPER.Wolserine Mine,Keweenaugh Peninsula-Michigan-USA Pure flattish mass of native copper...N I T E METEORITE,Canyon Diabolo.Coconino County,Arizona,USA Dense brown black slightly weathered submetallic...matrix. Attractive RF SPC. C £5 26 PECTOL/TE,JefTrey Mine,Asbestos,Quebec.Canada. Exquisite milky white acicular...Good RI' or D C £7 40 NIANSFIELDITE.Gold Flill,Utah,USA M i l k y white micro xtlline druse of mansfieldne |  | | Book | | Lakes States Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, by June Culp Zeitner $5.95 Gem Guides Book...our knowledge and enjoyment of this great owners, mine and quarry operators and science by collecting.... and Michigan. Dow Chemical has reported finding diamonds in the kimberlites of upper Michigan, and vast...shoreline on both Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. Michigan is the state with the most shoreline on these...fresh water seas, with waters of Lake Superior, Michigan and Huron virtually surrounding it. Illinois and |  | | Book | | copper are in the Keweenaw Peninsular. Lake Superior, USA, the largest being 15 x 7 x 3m (approx. 50 x 23 x...(5'A in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbce, Arizona, USA. Very fine spincl-law twins up to...were also found in Pribram and Jachymov, Czech Republic. Dendritic aggregates from Batopilas, Chihuahua...Superior, Michigan, USA. Wires, up to 100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Gcnaro Mine in Huancavclica...found in many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine. Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold |  | | Book | | in 111inerals such as calcite, dolon1ite, and aragonite, or rocks such as li111estone, dolostone, and...spinel, cupri te, rutile, cassiterite, calcite, aragonite, dolo1nite, siderite, rhodochrosite, n1alachite...opalescent: a depth to the light reflected, e.g., aragonite, calcite Resinous: like gun1 resin secreted by...black), p. 82 anhydrite (white or grey), p. 122 aragonite (white, variable), p. 146 calcite (white, variable)...(41 795): Massive native gold in quartz. McIntyre Mine, Timmins, Tisdale Tp., Cochrane District, Ontario |  | | Book | | copper are in the Keweenaw Peninsular, Lake Superior, USA, the largest being I 5 x 7 x 3m (approx. 50 x 23...140mm (5½ in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Very fine spinel-law twins up to...were also found in Pribrarn and Jachymov, Czech Republic. Dendritic aggregates from Batopilas, Chihuahua...Superior, Michigan, USA. Wires, up to 100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Genaro Mine in Huancavelica...Dorado, California, US.A. Gold, 68 mm, Eagle's Nest Mine, California, US.A. Gold gold on it. Typical aggregates |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | photo March/April: Fluorite, Dow Scar vein, Hilton mine, Scordale, Cumbria, England; Jesse Fisher specimen...May/June: Uvite, Powers farm, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York; Steven C. Chamberlain specimen, Michael... and albite, Kestral Pocket, Smoky Hawk mine, Teller County, Colorado; Martin Zinn specimen, Jeff Scovil...September/October: Gold and quartz, Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California; Scott Rudolph specimen, Jeff... 423 Actinolite, New York, 221, 454 Adularia, Michigan, 39 Agate, 160–65 Albert Laws Kidwell (1919–2008) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu AR AGONI TE PART 1: ARAGONITE FROM WESTERN EUROPE T here are many collecting...of classic localities is aragonite, this column’s featured mineral. Aragonite is an orthorhombic mineral...mineral with point group 2/m 2/m 2/m. Aragonite occurring as untwinned crystals is rare; its normal occurrence...stalactitic. As mentioned, twinned crystals of aragonite are common. Repeated twinning on {110} yields...examples are the most familiar to collectors. Aragonite may display polysynthetic lamellae and striations |  | | Catalog/List | | Tellurium down one side small 2x3 inch (Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma, Mexico) £25 BERYL translucent colourless...CHALCANTHITE rich blue mass on lx2 matrix (Majuba Mine, Nevada USA) £6 STRONTIANITE yellowish. strongely fibrous...crystalline areas in white Barytes. (Whitesmith mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland) lxl £5 lx2 £10...over 2x4 inch surface hardshell Mine, Santa Cruz County Arizona USA £ I 2 GYPSUM variety SELENITE small...chalcocite) on matrix with dark grey Pyargyrite Uchuchaqua Mine, Peru £ 10 b) with 3mm crystal on lxl inch £5 FLUORITE |  | | Book | | (41/i in. ) high from Tourmaline Queen Mine, San Diego County, Pala, California. Back Cover: Azurite...bodies: tooth enamel contains apatite, clan1 shells aragonite, and the serrations in grass blades even contain...graphite are both composed of carbon; calcite and aragonite are bot-h calcium carbonate. Mineral groups are...Stibiotantalite SbTaO. 90 o. CARBONATES 71- 90 91- 108 Aragonite CaCOi 91 Calcite (see gems also) CaCO 3 92- 96...Octahedral Diamond Crystal in Kimber lite Premier Mine, Kimberley, South Africa On loan from Mrs Charles |  | | Catalog/List | | AROUND THE WORLD** BLADED HEMJMORPHITE; Dauntless Mine, Robinson Distric!, White Pine Co., �evada: J:?irec...depending upon size and quality. OLIVENITE; Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing Co., Nevada: Originally described from...depending upon size and quality. RICHELSDORFITE; Burrus Mine, Pyramid District, Washoe Co., Nevada: Lets talk...each its hard 10 complain! MOTTRAMITE: TotaJ Wreck Mine, Empire Mts., Pima Co., Arizona: An uncommon form...95 each. MOTTRAMITE PS. WULFENITE; Total Wreck Mine, Empire Mts., Pima Co., Arizona: Imagine my surprise |
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