 | | Journal (issue) | | Halite-Thad and Barbara Dunbar collection, page 78; Amethyst-Farrar Stockton coUection, page 271; Scheelite-David...cutting coarse-grained reddish granites of the hilly region thereabouts, known geologically as the Llano Uplift...northeastem Gillespie County locality known as Amethyst Hili once produced fine, pale to medium-violet...exploited the Taxco silver mines and the Guerrero amethyst deposits in the 1930s, among many others. Their...Liubao, Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Don and Laura Aaron photo. Drusy quartz |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland and Mineralogical Institute of the University CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland Probably...the Alps-and spent most of his spare time in this region and who, moreover, dedicated most of his scientific...excavations in GalloRoman sites in southern Switzerland (Canton Valais, Binn) several crystal treasures...in several large natural history museums in Switzerland and abroad were assembled (for example, the outstanding...underlying calcareous marine sediments in the nappe region. Consequently, the water was greatly enriched in |  | | Book (volume) | | oc k ,Gr i ms el Pas s ,Gr i ms el Ar ea, Has l i Val l ey ,Ber n,Swi t z er l and 6”t al l x6”wi de 53...uar t ,Donna,Connor ,Thomas 70 MINERAL INDEX Amethyst Amatitlan, Guerrero, Mexico, 4 (on Epidote) Mun...Prehnite) Goboboseb Mts., Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia, 67 Apatite (on Cookeite) Pulsifer Quarry...(with Pyrite) Karo Mine, Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania, 35 Djurleite Tazalarht mining area,...Hematite (on Quartz) Cavradi Gorge, St. Gotthard Region, Graubunden, Switzerland, 64 Inesite (on Calcite |  | | Book (volume) | | Brumado, Bahia, Brazil, 22 Cavradi Gorge, St. Gotthard Region, Graubunden, Switzerland, 49 Hyalophane Zagradski...Shattuckite), Omaue Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene region, Namibia, 17 Mimetite Congreso-Leon Mine, San Pedro...4 Proustite Chanarcillo, Copiapo Prov., Atacama Region, Chile, 28 Pyrargyrite Samson Mine, St. Andreasberg...Complex, Trepca, Kosovo, 10 Quartz (see also, Amethyst, Rose Quartz, Smoky) Rhodochrosite (on Quartz)...Gerais, Brazil, 48 Scapolite Uluguru Mts., Morogoro Region, Tanzania, 50 Selenite Naica, Mexico, 68 Shattuckite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Austria; Ste.-Marie-aux-Mines, France; and Zurich, Switzerland, as well as numerous local shows. In the late...000 inhabitants, is situated in the Ile-de-France region, about 60 km to the southeast of Paris. The Fontainebleau...the area, and the very pure quartz sand from the region has been used in the glass-making and ceramics...producers, still uses the pure quartz sands from the region today. The magnificent Hall of Mirrors in the Versailles...quartz and amethyst druses in small cavities in basalt, the predominant rock type in the region. Sao Joaquim |  | | Journal (issue) | | rnineralogy and deposits, sirnilar to those in Switzerland and southern Austria, in the north. (2) Hercynian...climbing rocks exploring for epidote in the famous Val di Viu area, western Alps. Marco Lorenzoni photo...Ca' Bernardi and Perticara mines in the Marches Region, and the sphalerite, chalcopyrite and various rare...workings of an historic gold mine in the Brusson area, Val d' Ayas, western Alps. The locality has recently...Zinggenstock, Oberaar lake, Grimsel, Hasli Valley, Switzerland. Roberto Appiani photo. GOLD 5.3 cm, from the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Club. This led to all kinds of field trips in the region, including one of my first trips to collect Herkimer...Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia Large Cabinet, 14.7 x 7.3 x 6.5 cm Courtesy...Ozarks by Bruce L. Stinchomb The Ozarks highland region of the Midwest, located in southern Missouri and...shipped in the United States. Cavradi By Jochen Mattis The Cavradi Gorge, in the western most part of...of the Swiss canton of Grisons (Graübunden), is one of the most important hematite localities in the world |  | | Journal (issue) | | tbe Colorado, Brazilian, and Siberian topaz; the amethyst, the garnet, the zircon, and a moonstone from...marvelous mineral mystery. lt is from St. Gothard, Switzerland. Tbe foregoing notice of Prof. Srnith's rnineral...collecting; he was a historian of the Pikes Peak Region and in the 1930s began to hike through the mountains...interviewed many of the old pioneers from this region and recounted their stories when he gave talks...7 cm, from the EI Hammam mine, Meknes-Tafilalt Region, Morocco. Jeff Scovil photo. Pyrite with fluorite |  | | Book | | Rare-earth minerals in the Alpine ar,d Subalpine region [Switzerland,Austria and Iti:Jy](by C. M. Gramaccioli)...cvm M1ETHYST Amethyst (by F. Hassan) 3:221-225 Mineralization of the Four Peaks amethyst deposit. Maricopa...& T. Rybicki) 7:72-77 Axinite. hydromagnesite,amethyst and other minerals from near Vit6ria da Conquista...P. & J. 0. Cassedanne) 8:382-387 Amethyst from the Thunder Bay region, Ontario (by D. G. Ellion) 13:67-70...amethystine color in quartz (by A. J. Cohen) 20:365-367 Amethyst occurrences of the eastern United States (by J |  | | Journal (issue) | | Hematite “iron rose,” 3 cm, from St. Gotthard, Switzerland. (11) Tourmaline, 2.6 cm, from Elba, Italy. ...Svätodusna deposit, Lubietová, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia. Will and Rika Larson collection; Robert...matrix, 2.7 cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia. From the so-called “gem mimetite” pocket...Scorodite, 3 cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia. Ex Rob Lavinsky, Mim Mineralogical Museum...cm, from Frunthorn, Lake Zervreile, Grishun, Switzerland. Kyle Kevorkian collection; Matt McGill photo |  | | Catalog/List | | extremely fine cabinet specimen from a bygone era. • Amethyst from Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico that has exceptional...1 Mine, Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile Terry Szenics has been a tireless digger...Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia It is often said that simplicity is the...Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco The sere desert of the Bou Azer mining...Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK When Mimetite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Charlie built a beautiful collection of Goboboseb amethyst specimens (ultimately sold to Marshall Sussman)...produced a continuous supply of smoky quartz, amethyst, citrine and ametrine specimens, including the...thousands of fine 206 smoky quartz, amethyst, ametrine (amethyst/citrine mixtures) and citrine scepters... Figure 6. Geologic map of the Northern Walker Lane region of Nevada and California, including Petersen Mountain...Jon brought a good selection of smoky quartz and amethyst scepters up to 25 cm to sell at the 1988 Tucson |  | | Journal (issue) | | donated in 1958; Jeff Scovil photo. (below) Amethyst, 28 cm, from Amatitlan, Guerrero, Mexico. Ex Hubert...mine, Inca de Oro, Chaiiaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile. Dale Armstrong photo. Mimetite and willemite... from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia. Jeff Scovil photo. Fluorite, 7 .6 cm...mine, Yunnan Province, China. Jeff Scovil photo. Amethyst epimorphs after barite, 16.5 cm, from Nyfri, Zemplen...crystal, 3.5 cm, from the St. Gotthard area, Uri, Switzerland. Jean-Luc des Rivieres collection (ex Herb Obodda |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bochum-Querenburg, West Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland R H O D O C H R O S IT E fro m th e N ’C h w...Switz erland) Robert Sullivan, Jr. (Oberwil, Switzerland) Joseph Taggart (Socorro, NM) Doug and Fran Toland...dred of those famous Swiss “Cavradischlucht” (Cavradi Gorge) hematite crystals from the St. Gothard area...Alpine clefts in the Mont Blanc Swiss-French border region. genbach quarry specimens (see the Record, They...prices would otherwise be way out of reach. buck region. This can produce some surprises both ways. Another |  | | Book (edition) | | are not abbreviated, e.g. canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and oblast (Russia)...by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided...United States or of the Upper Silesian historical region in Poland, where the importance of ore-bearing...between Monte Cenis and Mont Blanc, as well as in Val Malenco, Lombardy, Italy. A component of some skarns...Kunlun Mts., near Hotan, Xinjiang Uygur Autom. region, China, also at Fengtien, Taiwan. Green at Ospinskoye |  | | Journal (issue) | | Heidelberg, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Harold and Erica... Figure 1. Location map showing the SkarduDassu region of the Northern Territories, Pakistan. The Alchuri...dug from the Ho Nala, a very narrow, very steep gorge between Apaligun and Chhappu, aptly suited for the...a fast-flowing stream that emerged from a major gorge and continued another 15 minutes to Chutron. We... wilensky Smoky Quartz Gwindel, Cavradi Gorge, St. Gotthard, Switzerland; 6 inches wide. Stuart & Donna |
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