 | | Journal (issue) | | Bentley Famous mineral localities: Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Austria .................................85741 COVER: EPIDOTE from Knappenwand, Untersulz bachtal, Austria. (See the article in this issue,...Illustrated m ining history: C oeur T he Cliff: Am erica’s First Great Copper M ine LJ d’A lene, Idaho...high as some fine miniatures. The collector may “see” a high-fashion thumbnail waiting to be liberated...approval of the editor. Suggestions for authors See Vol. 16, no. 2, p. 105, or write for copy. Back Issues |  | | Book | | Frontcover Upper left: The observatory at Kremsmunster. Austria. which houses the mineral collection. Upper right:...mineralogical cabinet of the convent at Kremsmunster, Austria. The . specimens a~e displayed m baroque furniture...important mineralogical museums in Western Europe Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany (Federal...half are in Germanspeaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The reasons for this are partly...universities, 14 by town or city councils, 13 by district councils or regional boards, and 16 form part |  | | Report (issue) | | ___________________ As usual there’s plenty to see on the web. And so, Christmas shoppers, let’s check...the Sounion mines in the southern part of the district. The specimens are crusts of blue smithsonite...flashy miniatures recently dug from a site called Area 51, Diamond Acres, Fonda, New York, with individual...======================== Quartz, 4.7 cm, from Area 51, Diamond Acres, Fonda, New York. Mineral Movies...from the Pine Creek mine, Annex claims, Bishop district, Inyo County, California now inhabit the site |  | | Catalog/List | | Poona, India AZURITE/MALACHITE - rosettes of blue azurite with some green malachite 6 x 3 ins. £450 Morocco...PERI0OT CRYSTALS Naran, Kagan Valley, Mansehra District, North Pakistan Single gemmy light green crystals... £-18 each CHAROITE Muran Massif, Chara River area, near Oleminsk, Yakutia, Russia Polished slabs... AZURITE with MALACHITE - Bisbee, Arizona, U.5.A. £28 ( 1 1) AZURITE with MALACHITE - New S outh Wales...Wales, Australia £18 ( 12) AZURITE with MALACHITE - Cwennap, Cornwall ( 1 3) BARI TE - Youlgreave |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | live in Germany, the other 10% live in Holland, Austria, Switzerland and many other countries of Europe...locations, except a few salt mines under ground. But the area is sometimes interesting for petrographic interested...minerals. First the fossil locations. Although I am no fossil collector, I believe that the following...price of zinc. (3) "Siegerland", summary name of an area between Koln and Westerwald mountains. Single locations...millerite xls, galena xls, rhodochrosite xls, malachite, native copper, psilomelane, tetrahedrite xls |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Arsenogoyazite, New Mexico, 301 Art, see Robinson, S. Ashwal, L. D., see Geo-Currents Aurichalcite, New Mexico...Mexico, 301 Austinite, New Mexico, 301 Austria, epidote, 328-32 Azurite, Tsumeb, 21; Tsumeb, Namibia,...Morocco, R. B. Cook, 4043 Babulski, D., 246-47; see Through the 'Scope Barite, Colorado, 165, 222, 236;...Bitumen, Ohio, 308 Bostwick, R. C., see In Memoriam Brackets, see Richards, R. P. Bradysaurus, South Africa...Africa, 56 Brightwell, S. N., see 'henty-Eighth Rochester Mineralogical Symposium: Contributed Papers |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fluorite, 7.1 cm across, Halsbrücke, Freiberg district, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Irv Brown specimen...with actinolite, 8 cm high, Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal mines, Tyrol, Austria. Wayne and Dona Leicht specimen... France. Scott Rudolph specimen. Figure 11. Malachite-coated copper on calcite, 5.5 cm high, Rudabanya...Reicher Bergsegen mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg district, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Jim and Gail Spann...26. Pyrargyrite, 3 cm high, Saint Andreasberg district, Harz Mountains, Saxony, Germany. Anton Watzl |  | | Book | | © 1993 Eigenverlag Dr. Reinhard Exel, Vienna/Austria: A-1100 Wien, Malborghetgasse 31 Gesamtherstellung:...diesmal der 2. Republik Österreich, präsentiert. Am Rande sei bemerkt, daß die Herausgabe des vorliegenden...Silicium Zinn sogenannt(e) Strontium Steiermark Salzburg Tonne(n) Tantal Tabelle Tellur Thorium Titan Uran...zurück und befinden sich auf der Antonshöhe bei Mauer am Stadtrand von Wien (BAYER, 1930; KIRNBAUER, 1958)...Schmelzplätze auf der Kelchalm bei Kitzbühel in Tirol, am Mitterberg bei Mühlbach a. Hochkönig im Pongau/Sbg |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Institute for Geology and Mineralogy in whose area it is situated is in operation. Besides, the mineral...Mineral Findings from AllOver the World, as one can see from its title. One of the best specimens here is...crystal (20 cm long) from Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Salzburg, Austria; orangeolivaceous crystals... fahlore, bournonite) and native copper with malachite. At the Special Groups of Minerals exposition...split crystal from the mining near Marl Huels, Ruhr Area, Germany (Fig 9). In the Zeolite Case, the creamy |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | collection at the Natural History Museum in Vienna, Austria, and we were still in the first-hall we had entered...Specimens within a species are organized by geographical area. Each of the four main mineral halls contains a...epidote “bridge” from Knappenwand locality in Untersulzbachtal, Salzburg, Austria. The specimen measures...Mexico, nearly 40 inches long. We were happy to see a nice specimen of Alma rhodochrosite from the Sweet...coralline structures from Eisenerz, Styria, in Austria. There was also a spectacular display of siderite |  | | Book | | exposed extensive sand and gravel banks. You will see inconspicuous boulders lying about, most of them...pale, reddish spots. Break it open, and you will see a tangled mass of fine, blackishgreen needles with...instance, in various parts of the Austrian Tirol and Salzburg. Much tin ore came from Britain so that brisk...derives its name from the saltmining district of Hallstatt in Upper Austria, where many prehistoric finds have...geometric arrangement known as a crystal lattice (see p. 27 and fig. 9). The over-all ratio 1: 1 chlorine |  | | Catalog/List | | trapezohedron crystals on matrix, l|x2, $2.00. ANATASE, Austria. Very minute pale bluish transparent crystals attached...crystal groups. Mined many years ago. Some with malachite pseudo morph after azurite crystals. Some with...crystals (approximately i") with Bayldonite and/or malachite pseudomorph after azurite, lxl, $6.00; Ixli, $10...Crystals i" to and larger with bayldonite or malachite and/or cerussite, Ixlf to IxlJ, $14.00; 2x2, $15...Oberdorf, Austria. Clear crystals with calcite, Ixlf, $1.50. EPIDOTE, Knappenwand, Austria. "Bent" crystal |  | | Book (volume) | | again. This compilation is my life's work. What you see in the pages to follow are what our fortunate eyes...its rarity, locality or crystal size. As you will see, our primary focus has and always will be on acquiring...Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 27 Azurite (with Malachite) Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona...12 Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 16, 20 Beryl (see also Aquamarine, Morganite, Emerald) (Red Beryl)...Peninsula, Houghton Co., Michigan, 45 Corundum (see Ruby) Cryolite Arsuk Fjord Mine, Ivitgut, Kalaallit |  | | Catalog/List | | 00. ALUMINIAN FERROANTHOPHYLLITE A new mineral -- See AMPHIBOLE. AMPHIBOLE, variety: ALUMINIAN FERROANTHOPijYLLITE...crystals up to 11 1 showing slight alteration to malachite, l½x2, $10.00. BARITE. England. Translucent terminated...rough surfaces, l,\xl\, $2.00. EPIDOTE, Knappenwand, Austria. Curved crystal, l\", $5.00. FLUORITE. Here...sulfe.ntimonite-sulfarsenite), Baker Mine, Kramer District, California. Described in the American Mineralogist... Germany. Shows trilling under hand lens. Small area on barite matrix, ,1\, $3.00. PARGASITE, Finland |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Panasqueira mines, Panasqueira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco district, Portugal. was, without doubt, one of the greatest...most of the better collections in the Barcelona area—which may be the best in Spain (a country where...Panasqueira mines, Panasqueira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco district, Portugal. Downloaded by [University of Birmingham]...Samson mine, Saint Andreasberg, Saint Andreasberg district, Harz Mountains, Lower Saxony, Germany. Figure... Azurite, 33 × 17 × 11 cm, Touissit, Touissit district, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | fascination with Devonian fossil plants in the Pictou area led to his pursuit of geology. He also developed...the collection are on display, and visitors can see a wide range of minerals, some common, some rare...in 1855 to take up his new position, he asked to see the teaching collection. He was shown a single fossil...of Heidelberg, he joined the New Figure 9. Malachite, 8 cm across, Bembe, Uige Province, Angola. Ferrier...As in Dawson’s time, much of the museum’s display area is taken up by paleontological and mineralogical |  | | Journal (issue) | | Famous mineral localities: Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria .................................................Brochantite and other minerals from the Paoli, Oklahoma, area .................................................. Carinthia, Austria. Photo by Werner Lieber. For a detailed review of this locality see the article by...mineral shows with special postmarks for years (see, for example, the Bad Ems show postmarks shown in... famous mineral localities: Bleiberg Carinthia, Austria Gerhard Niedermayr* Department of Mineralogy-Petrology |  | | Book | | ring (see page 69) Page 2: Cerussite “Light of the Desert” (see page 117) Page 3: Malachite (see page...page 120) Page 6: Mimetite (see page 139) Page 248: Quartz (amethyst variety), Erongo Mountains, Namibia...Canada * 10.5 x 10.5 x 65 cm Page 256: Labradorite (see page 171) I would like to dedicate this book to...process, new minerals and rocks are formed. RIGHT: Malachite with chrysocolla, Majdanpek, Serbia ¢ tixex7 cm...A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species |  | | Catalog/List | | 7/16x 5/8, s5.oo. ARAGONITE, Variety: FLOS-FBRRI, Austria. White worm-like forms on matrix, 1tx2, S4.00....termination, complete, l-½x4t, S75.00. EMERALD. Austria. Green hexagonal crystals on mica schist matrix...crystal matrix, lx2, 15.00. DOLOMITE, Oberdorf, Austria. Clear rhombs on matrix, l-3/4x2, 14.00. ENARGITE...crystals on matrix, 3x4, Sl0.00. EPiro.rE, Knappenwand, Austria. Dark green, tenninated crystals, fx5/8... incomplete, 3/4xl, $2.50. GARNET. ALMANDITE, Austria. Dark reddish-brown complete dodecahedron crystals |  | | Journal (issue) | | Jersey. Smithsonian specimen; photo by Victor Krantz. See the article by Dunn and Leavens on p. 123 of this...companied by discarding or defacing the original label (see below under misattribution). Fraudulent identification...instance, several mines and prospects in the general area of the Red Cloud mine in Arizona produce red wulfenite...what direction? rtanftrinra Junior Sflllagffi Where am I? It can be very difficult for a field collector...localities.” (See Dunn, Bentley and Wilson, 1981.) J. T . A M E S , S p e c ie s Z ^ /1 /C. N am e, L o c |  | | Catalog/List | | metallic intergrown minor calcite, cuprite and malachite. 1/2" highly to 1" wires and crystalline plates...crystal pale clay inclusions. l-l/4x2" and 2x2-l/2" MALACHITE Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Shaba, Zaire Choice pure...botryoidal to fibrous vein sections with minor green malachite and black psilomelane matrix. l/2xl/2" to 5/8"...l/2x3/4" to 3/4x3/4" 5 Specimens $ 3.00 EPIDOTE Knappenwand, Austria Select lustrous dark green elongated striated...Shaba, Zaire Pale golden vein and coatings with malachite ..... KASOLITE Musonoi mine, Dark orange crystals |  | | Journal (issue) | | 115 Lepidolite 97 Linarite 181 Liroconite 99 Malachite 41, 119, 182 Manganite 105 Phosphophyllite 37...collecting of "world-class" mineral specimens. This is an area of high exclusivity and high financial stakes, nearly...following (arnong many others): Epidote from Knappenwand, Austria Manganite from Ilfeld, Germany Galena from...Wulfenite, Red Cloud Mine, Arizona (p. 78-79) Epidote, Austria (p. 88-89) Hematite, Cavradi, Switzerland (p. 92-93)...Pyromorphite, Germany (p. 154-155) Azurite on Malachite, Bisbee, Arizona (p. 184-185) Silver, Kongsberg |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pohwatp@si.edu ENARGITE Longfellow Mine, Red Mountain District, San Juan County, Colorado Are all things beautiful...are interesting because of their starlike habit (see fig. 2) (Palache, Berman, and Frondel 1944; Anthony...north orebody of the Longfellow mine, Red Mountain district, San Juan County, Colorado. Specimen is 2.5 cm...sedimentary-hosted lead-zinc deposits of the Tri-State district in the United States. It is known to replace pyrite...Frondel 1944). The copper arsenates of the Tintic district, Utah, and of Tsumeb, Namibia, result from the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | is not love of art: it is voracity. 1 am not a connoisseur, I am a glutton.” During the eighteenth and...me with an idea to enclose a small contribution. I am sending, along with this, by the Emperor’s consent...all my attention, and the more I am informed of them, the stronger I am desiring to acquire some specimens...Maxim Kozhevnikov discovered emeralds in the Urals area in 1830, and 142 pudst of emerald were extracted...in the Urals area that yielded large blocks (to 250 tons) of perfect-quality malachite. In 1853 crimson-colored |  | | Book | | mineral, e.g. quartz, may vary not only in colour (see plates) but also in crystal form, e.g. the many crystal...minerals can originate from one mineral, e.g. malachite, azurite, or limonite from chalcopyrite. Dripstone...inspection — running along the crystallographic planes. (See drawing) Cleavage (left to right): galena, fluorite...which have their own and unchangeable colour, malachite is always green, graphite always black, and sulphur...the geological conditions of his future collecting area. A good geological map, some special literature |
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