| | Report (issue) | Piedmont, Italy—and some are from unique but fairly familiar finds—boleite from the Amelia mine, Baja California...==== Sapphirine, 3 cm, from Androy, Toliary Province, Madagascar. The Arkenstone specimen and photo...mining area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Santander Province (region of 4 ===============================...classic—witness (below) the galena from the Dörnberg mine, Ramsbeck district, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany...recent finds on the dumps of the old La Vidale lead mine, Bréziès, Asprières, Aveyron, France, there is this | | | Report (issue) | silver, gold, marcasite, alunite, barite, quartz. Distribution: From the Lepanto mine, Mankayan, Luzon...Philippines [TL], as an ore mineral. In the Chinkuashi mine, Keelung, Taiwan. In Japan, at the Teine, Morino...localities. From the Sierra Famatina, La Rioja Province, Argentina. In the Julcani district, at Cerro...Goldfield, Esmeralda Co., from the Golden Chariot mine, Jamestown district, Nye Co., and in the Burrus...Chelopech deposit, Sofia, Bulgaria. From Calabona, Sardinia, Italy. At the Kadzaharan deposit, Armenia. From | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | goldfieldite-tetrahedrite minerals from the Iriki mine, Japan MASAAKI SHIMIZU University Museum, University...goldfieldite-tetrahedrite series minerals from the Iriki mine in Japan are reported for the frst time. The compositional...goldfieldite-tetrahedrite series, coupled substitutions, Iriki mine, Japan. Introduction THE tetrahedrite structural...Kawazu, Japan in Kato and Sakurai, 1970; from Sardinia in Frenzel et al., 1975; from U.S.S.R. in Tsepin...goldfieldite-tetrahedrite series minerals from the Iriki mine, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, and discusses the | | Orgeval, J. J., Caron, C., Lancelot, J., Omenetto, P., Gandin, A., Libertà, A., Courjault Radé, P., Tollon, F., Laurent, Ph., Maluski, H., Béziat, P., Salpeteur, Y., Sini, G., Elter, F.M., Baratto, M. (2000) Genesis of polymetallic and precious-metal ores in the Western Mediterranean province (Cévennes, France–Sardinia, Italy) Applied Earth Science, 109 (2) 77-94 doi:10.1179/aes.2000.109.2.77 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | in the Western Mediterranean province (Cévennes, France– Sardinia, Italy) Downloaded by [Laurentian University]...Lower Palaeozoic Iglesiente domain of southwest Sardinia and the southern Cévennes–Montagne Noire Variscan...gold province of Sardinia is genetically quite distinct from the Palaeozoic lead–zinc province of Iglesiente...(southern Cévennes, Montagne Noire) and southwestern Sardinia (Iglesiente–Sulcis). Essentially Cambro-Ordovician...attractive example54 and the Tertiary gold of western Sardinia is a new, economically interesting discovery.77a | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Summary Arsenian goldfieldite from the Marian Gold Mine, Philippines, which is hosted by the Cordon Syenite...(1907), who investigated ores from the M o h a w k Mine, Goldfield, Nevada. An analysis by Palmer, published... / I b-'\\,7/ ,j _/ t't l/ \ / M ar ia, Gold Mine / t S c. [ { ~ / //"'~- ,J/ ~// , /"// ...(1975) provided an analysis ofgoldfieldite from Sardinia. More recently, Tsepin et al. (1977), Spiridonov...goldfieldite and tellurian tennantite from the Marian Gold Mine (northern Luzon, Philippines; Fig. 1), which, in | | | Book (volume) | to try to list all of the mining geologists and mine managers who made these visits possible and who...Netherlands-Extreme Western Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. Volume V (or Volume III, Part III) will take up...current electoral and administrative departments. In Italy the deposits are listed alphabetically, except for...east of Coimbra (N40°12 N, 8 ° 2 5 W ) in the province off Beira f Baixa and some 25 km slightly NofW...crude ore averages about 0.3 per cent of WO3. The mine can produce 2000 to 2500 tons per day of tungsten | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu ENARGITE Longfellow Mine, Red Mountain District, San Juan County, Colorado...tennantite from the north orebody of the Longfellow mine, Red Mountain district, San Juan County, Colorado...crystal classes. A familiar example is pyrite and marcasite. Both are iron sulfide in composition, but pyrite...pyrite crystals are isometric whereas marcasite crystals are orthorhombic.) Enargite and luzonite are ores...the Longfellow mine, Red Mountain district, San Juan County (fig. 1). The Longfellow mine was discovered | | | Book | with Orbis Publishing Limited abcdefgh Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara Adapted from the original Italian...24 malachite 47, 48 malacon 79 manganite 34 marcasite /5, 17 marialite 114 marmatite 9, 11 meionite...(Yugoslavia), some mines on Mount Amiata, Tuscany (Italy), and Almadén (Spain). In the United States it...Filiform silver. Nicola Secci, Sarrabus, Sardinia (Italy) Dendritic copper famous (Michigan) 1822...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite | | | Book (volume) | Spain by F. Vazquez Guzman Portugal by D. Thadeu Italy by P. Zuffardi European part of the U.S.S.R. by...Southwest Europe embraces France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. Each volume has an introductory chapter of the...Cordillera Pyreneo-Proven!yal chain Corsica and Sardinia . Mineralization in relation to tectonic evolution...Elisa and Dorinda Barruecopardo Golpejas or Bellita mine Morille-Martinamor El Cubito El Trasqui16n. Santa...Baixo Tejo and Sado Basins Silica sand deposits Italy by P. Zuffardi Introduction Geological setting Stratigraphy | | | | Translation © Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by |GDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...sagenite 33 sanidine 112, 1/2, 113 sapphire 25 marcasite /5, 17 marialite 114 marmatite 9, 11 meionite...(Yugoslavia), some mines on Mount Amiata, Tuscany (Italy), and Almadén (Spain). In the United States it is... Filiform silver: Nicola Secci, Sarrabus, Sardinia (Italy) endritic copper rmation. Houghton fichigan)...covered with calcite. Casteltermini, Agrigento (Italy) look more different. Theirs is the most notable | | | Book | Translation © Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years... 24 malachite 47, 48 malacon 79 manganite 34 marcasite 15, 17 marialite I 14 marmatite 9, 11 meionite...59 zippeite 62 zircon 77, 78, 78 zoisite 88 THE MINE LKINGDOM All physical bodies in Nature can be...or slightly rotated Vitreous. Like glass 3 THE MINE Class I: native ·elements Chemical elernents found...(Yugoslavia), son1e n1ines on Mount Amiata, Tuscany (Italy), and Almaden (Spain). In the United States it is | | | Book | museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...over its beer: to go underground in a non-working mine is sheer folly unless you are accompanied by someone...(preferably several people) who really knows the mine. Before venturing into the field serious collectors...really is a matter of life or death when you are in a mine - only a plan will show where water on the floor...even on you. If you are recovering specimens from a mine (few collectors can or should do this) watch the | | | Book | aurifères des roches volcaniques de Rodalquilar, Province d' Almeria. ARGENT Ag Cubique. Les cristaux nets...allongées Vue générale des installations de la mine d'or de l'entreprise nationale Adaro, à Rodalquilar...Guadalajara ; Guadalcanal, province de Séville et ceux de Las Her rerias, province d' Almeria. ELE,\J F...dans les mines de Jaroso, _Almagrcra, dans la province d'Almcria. De l'allemand W1SMUTH, d'origine inconnue...étain. Abondant en Saxe, Allemagne; à Sorata, province de La Paz, Bolivie; Kingsgate, Nouvelles Galles | | | Book | (Federal Republic of, FRG) Great Britain Ireland Italy Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Swi~erland...Saxony, GDR llfeld, Harz, GDR Rio Marina, Elba, Italy Schneeberg, Saxony, GD R Wolfsberg, Harz, GDR Freiberg...particularly interesting collection of miners' lamps and mine surveying instruments. Ancient and mediaeval mining...worn by mine officials of Saxony on ceremonial occasions. A special attraction is a model mine, 20m below...N. from the main railway station, landmark is a mine headframe. Tues.- Fri. 8.30-17.30 hrs.; Sat.- Sun | | | Book | Geografico De Agostini, Novara 1967 Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara SBN 0 85613 108 3 Crystallography...sulphur, stibnite, bismuthite, arsenopyrite, marcasite, aragonite, strontianite, witherite, sillimanite...garnet known as hessonite . Val d’Ala, Piedmont, Italy (4 mm). The rhombic-shaped face in the centre is...Cubic system. Triglyphic pyrite, from Traversella, Italy (30 mm). The corner of the crystal is interrupted...form. 17 Cubic system. Pyrite from Grosseto, Italy (10 mm). The pentagona l dodecahedral form ofthis | | | Journal (issue) | miners drill holes in the rock at Taxco silver mine in Mexico. Right: North Sea drilling rig 'Claymore-A'...crystals set in an asbestos base from Sondrio in Italy. Actinolite has high mechanical sensitivity - this...(matrix) from Balzano, Italy. Below: Note the blackness of these crystals from Novara, Italy. ~ Actinolite forms...British Columbia (Canada), in the Alpine regions of Italy, in New Zealand, in Siberia (Russia) and in Alaska...particularly in the Ojuela result of some chemical Mine in Durango State. reaction that has occurred Significant | | | Book (edition) | sample of scheelite, coming from Traversella (Turin, Italy), in light natural (above) and exposed Other...that a collector in the field should visit are mine dumps and quarry rubble heaps, where there will...small deposits are found near Pisa and Florence (Italy). Uses Native copper rarely occurs in large enough... lb) was mined. How- been from the Guanajuato mine (Mexico), about 500 billion kilos (460,000,000 tons)...day. Found in southern Europe on the island of Sardinia. Uses An excellent ore of the metal silver, but | | | Book | times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...usually 8 Pyrite and marcasite Above Arborescent arrowhead intergrowth of marcasite. Center right Pyrite...octahedron. Elba, Italy. Below center Combined octahedral and pyritohedral faces. Elba, Italy. Below right...largest diamond ever found was the Cullinan (Premier mine, 1905), of 3,106 et., or 621.2 grams; from it were...time. Very few pipes are worth working. The Premier mine produces 1 million carats a year. Alluvial deposits: | | | Book | is found Include Almaden (Spain), Monte Amlata (Italy), ldrija (Slovenia), Moschellandsberg (Germany)...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...Brunswick (Canada), Kern County (California, USA), Sardinia (Italy) and Sarawak (Borneo). Sb Colour: light grey...Russia, South Korea, Mexico, the Czech RepubUc and Italy. C Colour: black Lustre; opacity: dull metallic;...stannite when zinc-rich. Stannite is found at Etna Mine (South Dakota, USA), Seward Peninsula (Alaska, USA) | | | Book | is found Include Almaden (Spain), Monte Amlata (Italy), ldrija (Slovenia), Moschellandsberg (Germany)...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...Brunswick (Canada), Kern County (California, USA), Sardinia (Italy) and Sarawak (Borneo). Sb Colour: light grey...Russia, South Korea, Mexico, the Czech RepubUc and Italy. C Colour: black Lustre; opacity: dull metall...stannite when zinc-rich. Stannite is found at Etna Mine (South Dakota, USA), Seward Peninsula (Alaska, USA) | | | Book | mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22...Namibia * 20 x 18 x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1 x 1 om Acicular...Brazil * 5 x 3 x 0.6 cm Platy muscovite, José Pinto Mine, Jaguaracu, Minas Gerais, Brazil * 12 x 19 x 6 cm...Malawi * 10 x 10 x 7 cm Calcite, San Sebastian Mine, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico * 10 x 8 x 6.5...divided by the weight of an Graphite, Black Donald Mine, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada * 14 x 11 x 10 | | | Book | mineral or gem society in almost every state and province, attend regular meetings, and go on conducted...by his discovery of the world’s largest diamond mine. Nevertheless, the amateur will surely find many...among them fine specimens of gypsum, pyrite, and marcasite. Near exposed cliffs and rock outcrops, road...Variety STALACTITE Composition Associations zs Marcasite, Locality MARsbeu's FReo Collector Remarks...have come from the Calabona mine at Al- ghero on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia. Similar specimens | | | Book | Guastoni; Roberto Appiani. Originally published: Italy : Mondadori, 2003. [256] p. : col. photos. ; cm...CAPTIONS Page 1: Cuprite crystals from the Ray mine, Arizona Pages 2-3: Liroconite from PERFECT CLEAVAGE...Susa Valley, Piedmont, Italy Pages 8-9: Beryl from the Codera Valley, Lombardy, Italy Pages 42-43: Silver...Mount Bregaceto, Liguria, Italy Pages 104-105: Azurite crystals from Sardinia, Italy Pages 118-119: Boracite...160-161: Elbaite crystals from the island of Elba, Italy Pages 244-245: Whewellite crystals from the Czech | | | Book | Right: This silver specimen from Seed. Sarrabus. Sardinia, is called filiform from its threadlike appearance...Keweenaw area of north Michigan; at the Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Arizona and at Georgetown, New Mexico....appraisal. Many Right: Native mercury from Lucca. Italy. This form is extremely rare as mercury is normally...States, in California and Texas; and in Spain and Italy. Treatment. Occurs naturally in such small drops...areas including Kimberley, Pretoria (the Premier mine is in this area), and Jagersfontein in the Orange | | | Book (volume) | and the corresponding citation (Hudson Bay 309 mine). in Ref. 4, line Z, for 670 read 676. 310 in...5, for Black Forest read Odenwald. for Rhine Province read Westphalia. for in the Tirol read, Salzburg...say that this guarantee did much to deterrepaid. mine the award of the grant. To Mr. W. 0. Wiley, Chairman...Bologna, 1873-75. Born (1773). Briefe von Wdlschland (Italy), by Ignatius von Born. 8vo, Prague, 1773. (1772-75)...pegmatite minerals together with scheelite (Natas mine, South- West Africa); in contact metamorphic deposits |
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