 | | Journal (issue) | | articles of interest to mineralogists, collectors and mining historians. Contributions or suggestions for articles...advertising. FRONTISPIECE 3 Fluorite from Frazer's Hush Mine 4 THE SUSSEX MINERAL AND LAPIDARY SOCIE1Y EDITOR...EVENTS Peter J. Briscoe David McCall um Richard Bell THE BRYCE MCMURDO WRIGHT MINIATURE COLLECTION AT...RASPITE, STOLZITE AND PHILIPSBORNITE FROM CLIGGA MINE, CORNWALL David Green • Andrew Tindle 33 THE LEVERS...identified using square brackets e.g. [Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall] and a note is included with |  | | Book | | from power stations fuelled by locally mined coal. Mining directly employs half a million people and another...million people formally employed in the country. The mining industry returns billions to the economy in operating... taxes, royalties, dividends and interest. The mining industry, and the minerals on which it relies,...(field of view 8 cm). Figure 1.3 An opencast iron ore mine (Postmasburg, South Africa). 7 microscopes, or... The single s orbital The three p orbitals (A) (B) y x x y z z z The five d orbitals (D) (C) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Slags Related to Pb-Ag Production from Jihlava Ore District (Czech Republic) Jaroslav Kapusta 1,2, * , Zdeněk...Slags Related to Pb-Ag Production from Jihlava Ore District (Czech Republic). Minerals 2022, 12, 985. https://doi...slags which originated during silver production from the Jihlava ore district, Czech Republic. The area was...was among the head producers of silver within the Lands of the Czech Crown in 13th–14th centuries. The...galena, chalcopyrite, and accessory silver-rich minerals such as silver-bearing tetrahedrite (freibergite) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ancylite-(Ce) or synchysite-(Ce), strontianite and baryte after burbankite and carbocernaite. The metasomatic...phosphate, monazite-(Ce); the fluocarbonates, bastn~site-(Ce), synchysite-(Ce), and parisite(Ce); and the...and Nd isotope study has been made by Zaitsev and Bell (in preparation). The carbonatites form a stockwork...present mineralogical data on Khibina R E E - S r - B a minerals because little information on many of these...r o u s p u b l i c a t i o n s (e.g. Khomyakov, 1995; Kogarko et al., 1995). a CaO b MnO Carbonatites |  | Krzątała, Arkadiusz, Krüger, Biljana, Galuskina, Irina, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Galuskin, Evgeny (2020) Walstromite, BaCa2(Si3O9), from Rankinite Paralava within Gehlenite Hornfels of the Hatrurim Basin, Negev Desert, Israel. Minerals, 10 (5) 407 doi:10.3390/min10050407 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia, B˛edzińska street 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland; irina...space group and cell parameters a = 6.74874(10) Å, b = 9.62922(11) Å, c = 6.69994(12) Å, α = 69.6585(13)◦...type locality—Rush Creek, eastern Fresno County, California, USA. The Raman spectra of all tree minerals...considerable variety of Ba-bearing minerals such as baryte, hashemite, Ba(CrO4 ); celsian, BaAl2 Si2 O8 ;...part is is magnified magnified in in B. places of The B. (B) (B) Schematic Schematic map map of ofthe |  | | Journal (issue) | | superbgreenfluoritetwin25 mmon edge from the Heights Mine, Westgate, Weardale,Durham.J. Piddcollection. MUSEUM...articles of interest to mineralogists, collectors, and mining historians. Contributions or suggestions for articles...subscriptions and advertising. BARITE FROM BARRAS END MINE Peter Briscoe 15 DIGITAL MICRO-PHOTOGRAPHY David...CESAflOLITE FROM EAGLEBROOK MINE Tom Cotterell 39 NEWS and EVENTS Mick Wolfe Richard Bell WURTZITE FROM LOCKRIDGE...LOCKRIDGE MINE Ben Grguric • Ernest Nickel 41 DESIGN Julie Ballard COPPER MINERALS FROM LEAGHILLAUN |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AUREOLE, CENTRAL WASATCH MOUNTAINS, UTAH. S. L. Hanson1, A. U. Falster2, and W. B. Simmons2. 1 Geology Dept...mid-Tertiary intrusive rocks in the central Wasatch Mountains, Utah. The Alta Granodiorite is, in part, intrusive...Steedeite crystallizes in the P-1(#2) with a 6.837(1), b 7.575(2), c 8.841(2) Å, α 99.91(3), β 102.19(3), γ...reflections (F° > 4σF°). It contains one unique Na and B site, two Mn sites, and three Si sites. Each SiO4 tetrahedron...of siliceous dolomites: Alta Stock aureole, Utah, USA. Journal of Petrology 41:739–57. sharing MnO5(OH) |  | | Journal (issue) | | articles of interest to mineralogists, collectors and mining historians. Contributions or suggestions for articles...Paul Andermatt NEWS and EVENTS Mick Wolfe Richard Bell 45 HARMOTOME FROM RUTHWAJTE LODGE Peter Todhunter...DESIGN Julie Ballard 47 PETITJEANITE FROM CAR.ROCK MINE Mike Rumsey • Trevor Bridges • John Spratt The...Board. Publication of information on a collecting site does not imply access is available. This should... 50 PREISINGERITE & ROOSEVELTITE FROM CARROCK MINE Mike Rumsey 53 NEW CLIFFE HILL QUARRY Trevor Bridges |  | Rossi, Manuela, Rizzi, Rosanna, Vergara, Alessandro, Capitelli, Francesco, Altomare, Angela, Bellatreccia, Fabio, Saviano, Michele, Ghiara, Rosaria M. (2017) Compositional variation of turquoise-group minerals from the historical collection of the Real Museo Mineralogico of the University of Naples. Mineralogical Magazine, 81 (6) 1405-1429 doi:10.1180/minmag.2017.081.055 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Al3+, in some cases replaced by Fe3+, at the B position. Such variability in composition produces...stating that blue turquoise displays MANUELA ROSSI ET AL. Cu at the A position and Al at the B position...(green turquoise) essentially contains Fe3+ at the B position. However, care must be taken in the definition...the A and B sites. This investigation highlights the presence of Ca replacing Cu at the A site, and Si...Si replacing P at the B site. These replacements are accompanied by a reduction in the H2O contents, although |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of the Taum Sauk Caldera, southeastern Missouri, USA G. R. LOWELL1,* 1 2 AND P. D. NOLL JR2 Department...Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701, USA Actinide Analytical Chemistry, C-AAC, MS G740, Los...Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA ABSTR ACT Stromatolitic carbonate in moat-fill... Mesoproterozoic, SE Missouri, St. François Mountains. Introduction IN this paper we describe a sub-economic...1.48 Ga caldera located in the St. François Mountains of southeastern Missouri. The deposit, located |  | Torró, L., Villanova, C., Castillo, M., Campeny, M., Gonçalves, A. O., Melgarejo, J. C. (2012) Niobium and rare earth minerals from the Virulundo carbonatite, Namibe, Angola. Mineralogical Magazine, 76 (2) 393-409 doi:10.1180/minmag.2012.076.2.08 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | about equal molar quantities of Ca and Na at the A site. High-temperature hydrothermal processes have resulted...in a carbonatite determine its suitability for mining (e.g. Aral and Bruckard, 2008). The aim of this...1996; Comin-Chiaramonti et al., 1997a,b; 2007a,b; Ernst and Bell, 2010). This province is characterized...(Castorina et al., 1996; Comin-Chiaramonti et al., 2007a,b). In Angola, carbonatites and kimberlites are concentrated...to a few tens of centimetres and contain quartz, baryte, calcite, ankerite and dolomite (Fig. 4c). In the |  | Rampilova, Maria, Doroshkevich, Anna, Viladkar, Shrinivas, Zubakova, Elizaveta (2021) Mineralogy of Dolomite Carbonatites of Sevathur Complex, Tamil Nadu, India. Minerals, 11 (4) 355 doi:10.3390/min11040355 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | dolomite carbonatite outcrop at the Sevathur and (b) lumps Figure 2.(a) (a)Primary Primary bandingin inthe...banding dolomite outcrop at at thethe Sevathur and (b)(b) lumps rich rich in2.magnetite, pyrochlore and monazite...denotes the presence of calcite. (a) (XPL view); (b) (PPL (b) (PPL view) association of calcite (Cal), apatite...(Pcl) and dolomite (Dol) (XPL view); and (d)of asso(b) (PPL view) association of calcite (Cal), apatite...It also contains small inclusions of norsethite, baryte, strontianite, barytocalcite, benstonite and calcioburbankite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Mining and Geology, 17. listopadu 15/2172, 708 33 Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic Karviná Mine, ČSA...ČSA Mining Plant, ul. Čs. armády 1, 735 06 Karviná-Doly, Czech Republic [Received 7 December 2013;...the production of acid waters in mining waste and acidification in mine dumps, which are two of the most...generally slightly greater As contents (up to 244 ppm), B (up to 341 ppm), Ba (40 to 2800 ppm), Be (1.5 to 57...Pb (25 to 155 ppm) and U (8.8 to 44 ppm). Although B and Be are bound in organometallic complexes in the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 3749/canmin.1400061 CHEMICAL TRENDS IN THE MEECH LAKE, QUÉBEC, CARBONATITES AND FENITES DONALD D. HOGARTH1...Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada ABSTRACT Near Meech Lake, Québec, the edges of Mesoproterozoic carbonatite...are enriched in Ba and Ce. They are composed of baryte, calcite, phlogopite, fluorapatite, magnesioriebeckite...amphibole fenite. In breccia cement at nearby Fortune Lake, pyrochlore is associated with abundant fluorapatite...fenite takes the place of amphibole fenite at Meech Lake. In contrast to a relatively anorogenic regime during |  | | Book | | expressed in terms of a, b, c. Coordinates of any lattice point, expressed in terms of a, b, c as units. Indices...Unit-cell vectors. a, b, c t Crystallographic Symbols Used in This Lengths of c a, b, 3. I) I cal...x-, y-, u-, z-. a*,b*,c* Lengths of reciprocal-lattice unit-cell edges. a* b* c* a*, /?*, 7* Interaxial...planes (hkl). d hk j V or V \ V* Unit-cell P A B R. ' ' l 6, m c and Lattice symbols in three...in three dimensions, mirror-reflection line in a, b, c, n, d m H Any integers. Mohs hardness G Specific |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at the Koashva open pit of the Vostochnyi apatite mine, Khibiny, with aegirine, microcline, lamprophyllite...parameters refined from the powder data are: a = 5.349(9), b = 7.08(1), c = 12.15(2) Å, α = 91.85(3), β = 107.72(3)...single-crystal unit-cell parameters are: a = 5.3470(6), b = 7.0774(7) с = 12.1456(13) Å, α = 91.827(4), β =...specified) is very weak. The orientation is X = a, Y = b, Z = c. The Raman spectrum of czochralskiite shows...crystal unit-cell parameters are: a = 17.9230(2), b = 10.7280(2), c = 6.7794(1) Å, V = 1303.53 Å3, orthorhombic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 11, 1409. https://doi.org/10.3390/ and Marcelo B. Andrade 1, * São Carlos Institute of Physics (IFSC)...X6 Y formula in which Sb5+ predominates in the B-site. The A and Y main occupants determine different...diffraction (XRD). The first sample is from Prabornaz Mine (locality of the original roméite), Saint Marcel...occurs in Kalugeri Hill, Babuna Valley, Jakupica Mountains, Nezilovo, Veles, Macedonia. Sample 1 was identified...determining the correct valences at each crystallographic site. Discrepancies observed in the Sb5+ bond-valence |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ABSTR ACT The Olympic Dam iron-oxide copper-gold-silver-uranium deposit, South Australia, contains three...groups (brannerite-A, -B, -C and -D), and coffinite into three groups (coffinite-A, -B and -C). Brannerite-A...Brannerite-B (<5 µm in size) is generally prismatic and typically associated with baryte and REY minerals...inclusions of galena. Brannerite-B to -D all contain elevated ΣREY, with brannerite-B and -C having elevated As...collomorphic bands completely encompassing quartz. Coffinite-B is always found with uraninite, and includes collomorph |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | species of the pyrochlore supergroup from Harstigen mine, Värmland, Sweden U. HÅLENIUS1,* 1 2 3 AND F...fissure fillings in tephroite skarn at the Harstigen mine, Värmland, Sweden. The mineral occurs as yellow... Bi3+, Y, REE, Sc, U, Th), a vacancy (&) or H2O. B is a [6]-coordinated cation, as, e.g. Ta, Nb, Ti,...Rb). Antimony is the dominant M5+ cation at the B site in minerals of the roméite group of the pyrochlore...(1865) collection of monimolite from the Harstigen mine at Pajsberg, Värmland, Sweden. This and two others |  | | Journal (issue) | | and porphyry copper deposits from Metaliferi Mountains (Romania) …..…………….……. 7 Essaid BILAL, Fernando...deposit, Metaliferi Mountains, Romania ….……………… 19 S. MIHAI, M. ZLĂGNEAN, S. HALGA Mining subsidence prediction...mineralization occurrences in Voia area, Metaliferi Mountains, Romania …………………….………….. 43 Tivadar Hunor KUN...Academy Marian Lupulescu, New York State Museum, USA of Sciences Ştefan Marincea, Geological Institute...Călimani-Gurghiu, etc.) as well as in South Apuseni Mountains (S.A.M.). The hypabyssic intrusions mark the transition |  | | Book | | nearly all metals and the inevitable closing of many mining operations, it is a matter of the industry's survival...decision, not only is a handy volume affered to the mining and processing community but also duplication of...Bastnaesite-Fluorite-Barite Deposit of the Kizilcaören District, Eskisehir, Turkey. G. Morteani and M. Satir (with...Granite-Hosted Tantalum Deposits: An Approach via District Analysis. P. 1. Pollard (with 1 Figure) . . ....fractures in altered greenstones from San Benito County, California, is reported with 20.57 wt.% RE2 0 3 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at the Y site; chemical zoning may arise as a result of substitutions for Nb in the B site; and the rare...from Tchivira; and as substitution of Na at the A site increases, the Th, U, REE contents and inferred...enrichment of Th, U and REE in the A site and Ta and Zr in the B site. Zoning may be explained by changes...Fe2+, Sc, Sn, Sr, Sb, Cs, Ba, REE, Pb, Bi, Th and U; B = Nb, Ta, Ti, Al, Fe3+, Zr, Sn and W; X = O, A....defined by Hogarth (1977) on the basis of the major B-site cations: pyrochlore (with Nb + Ta > 2Ti; Nb > Ta) |  | Matysová, Petra, Götze, Jens, Leichmann, Jaromír, Škoda, Radek, Strnad, Ladislav, Drahota, Petr, Grygar, Tomáš Matys (2016) Cathodoluminescence and LA-ICP-MS chemistry of silicified wood enclosing wakefieldite – REEs and V migration during complex diagenetic evolution. European Journal of Mineralogy, 28 (5) 869-887 doi:10.1127/ejm/2016/0028-2556 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | whitish ‘leached’ wood with a short-lived (transient) blue CL. On the outer edge, a silicified texture of formerly...enriched in Al, Li, Rb, Cu, and Sr producing the blue CL would then be a secondary diagenetic overprint...ABO4, where the A-site is occupied by REEs, Ca, Pb, U, Th and the tetrahedral B-site by V, As, P, Si and...reviewed the crystal chemistry of REEBO4 compounds (B = V, As, P) and their stability fields. The term REE...Yellow Lake, British Columbia, Canada (Howard et al., 1995); wakefieldite-(La) from Glücksstern Mine, Friedrichroda |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralization in the Příbram Uranium and Base-Metal District (Czech Republic) Pavel Škácha 1,2, *, Jiří Sejkora...Sejkora 2 and Jakub Plášil 3 1 2 3 * Mining Museum Příbram, Hynka Kličky Place 293, Příbram VI, 261...mineralization in the Příbram uranium and base-metal district (Central Bohemia, Czech Republic) bound to uraninite...selenide mineralization in the Příbram uranium district is bound to the border of the carbonate-uraninite...the Černý Důl uranium deposit in the Krkonoše Mountains. Later, large accumulations of selenides were |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | experiment Mohamed Nasraoui b a,1 , Theofilos Toulkeridis b, Norbert Clauer b,) , Essaid Bilal a a...the Rwindi Mountains Ž2987 East and 0859X South. about 40 km to the southwest of the Lake Edward ŽIdi...strontianite, celestite with subordinate amounts of baryte and Fe-silicate ŽTable 1.. Ancylite-ŽCe. is one...Strontianite Celestite Baryte Fayalite? Parisite-ŽCe. Synchysite-ŽCe. Baryte Beforsites Magnesite–Beforsite...strontianite. Some veins are partly filled with large baryte grains up to 60 mm in diameter. A partial dissolution |
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