| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | spodumene-bearing Alpine-type fissure veins from Hiddenite, North Carolina, USA Michael A. Wise Received: 10 August...vein mineralization in the Hiddenite area of western North Carolina, USA consists mostly of quartz, but...locally contains Cr-bearing beryl (emerald) or Cr-bearing spodumene (hiddenite). These gem minerals occur in...phase in spodumenebearing veins, but is absent in emerald-bearing veins. Chabazite-Ca occurs as simple penetrating...lens-shaped variety, phacolite. Chabazite-Ca from Hiddenite contains minor amounts of Na, Mg, Fe and K. Phacolitic | | | Journal (issue) | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...are in violation of current FTC regulations. The American Gem Trade Association requires that its members...Engineer Shortage The decline in the number of American colleges and universities emphasizing or teaching...Additional information may be obtained from the American Gem Trade Association, 3030 LBJ Freeway, Suite...Creek area, Last Chance Mining District, Plumas County, California. Axis, volume 1, number 1, pages 1–30 | | | Journal (issue) | VOLUME 39 • NUMBER 1 $15 Wayne & Dona Leicht, 875 North Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 (949)...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...100-year history of the Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito County, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County collection;...Visit our Website: www.MineralogicalRecord.com American Mineral Treasures! By the time you read this it | | | Journal (issue) | Madagascar • Diopside from Pakistan • Record-breaking emerald from Hiddenite, North Carolina • Emerald-in-matrix...introduced was the Malossi hydrothermal synthetic emerald (Adamo et al., 2005), which was gemologically similar...suggested that they were related to spinel. SYNTHETIC EMERALD AND OTHER BERYLS Available in the gem trade since...This is believed to be a new type of synthetic emerald colored only by Cr3+. The highly diagnostic growth...Separation of the Malossi product from natural emerald is relatively straightforward. Irregular growth | | | Journal (issue) | Beaton, Kenneth F. Rijsdijk, Riccardo Befi, and Alexander U. Falster The geology, mining, and properties...International pg. 71 Tucson report • Emerald-bearing gem pockets from North Carolina • Spessartine from Loliondo...Myanmar • Large gem pocket discovered in San Diego County, California • Green sodic plagioclase from East...of the stability and durability of nine common emerald-filling substances. Receiving second place was...Beaton, Kenneth F. Rijsdijk, Riccardo Befi, and Alexander U. Falster Copper-bearing tourmaline from Mozambique | | | Journal (issue) | Showcasing the Beauty of Science ENCHANTING EMERALD Royal Status of the Precious Green Gem MICROSCOPIC...the U.S.A. 05 0 74470 02033 2 UNM’s HARDING MINE Exploring Plentiful Pegmatite 2 ROCKNGEM.COM ...Shipping l enta in Contin s 48 State Kingsley North 6” Stainless Steel Unit w/Galaxy & Nova Wheels •...1-0674NOVA Kingsley North 6” Stainless Steel Unit w/Resin Wheels Stock No. 1-0674 Kingsley North 6” Stainless...kingsleynorth.com SCAN ME Free Catalogs Kingsley North, Inc. P.O. Box 216: Dept 3, Norway, MI 49870-0216 | | | Journal (issue) | Canadian Gemmological Association|First World Emerald Symposium|Gem-A|Geological Society of America ...Edward Boehm, RareSource, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA; Alan T. Collins, King’s College London; John L....Emmett, Crystal Chemistry, Brush Prairie, Washington, USA; Emmanuel Fritsch, University of Nantes, France;...E. Post, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA; Andrew H. Rankin, Kingston University, Surrey; George...Rossman, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA; Karl Schmetzer, Petershausen, Germany; Dietmar Schwarz | | | Journal (issue) | VOLUME 38 • NUMBER 3 $15 Wayne & Dona Leicht, 875 North Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 (949)...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... on calcite, from the El Oriente tunnel, Chivor mine, Boyaca, Colombia. William Larson collection; Van...calcium vanadium silicate minerals from Oregon. American Mineralogist, , 405–411. WHITE, J. S. (2002) Cavansite...wilensky Rhodochrosite, 21/4 inches, N”Chwaning Mine, Cape Prov., South Africa. Ex-collections Steve | | | Book | Stone in Myth and in Rock 9 3 From Mine to “Mine”: The Emerald Business 21 4 Emeralds in World History...and the Great Emeralds 75 6 Secrets of the Emerald Trade 141 7 Fake Emeralds and Their Kin: A Tale...every gem has a story. This is the story of the emerald. It’s a tale of fire, water, and serendipity. From...history, the emerald has had ties with both the sacred and the profane. Legend says that an emerald belonging...part of the extraordinary business of being an emerald. This is also a tale of robbers, miners, explorers | | | Book | long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted...1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's finest ilmenite | | | Journal (issue) | A. Fritz, John I. Koivula, Björn Anckar, and Alexander U. Falster Explores the vivid “canary” yellow...channel • The pareidolia of diamonds • Notable emerald carving • Gold coated onyx • Double-star sapphire...A. Fritz, John I. Koivula, Björn Anckar, and Alexander U. Falster The most important source of yellow...is the Lundazi District, located ~160 km to the north (as indicated by Rossman and Mattson, 1986). Since...(Shire Trading Ltd., Hong Kong), who was leasing the mine in partnership with a Zambian company. Since then | | | Journal (issue) | presentations and special reports|GIT Lab Updates|USA lifts ban on Burmese ruby and jadeite|Margaritologia...inclusions|Clinohumite from Vietnam|Lace opal from Utah, USA|Pollucite from Pakistan with polylithionite inclusions|Large...Edward Boehm, RareSource, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA; Maggie Campbell Pedersen, Organic Gems, London;...Emmett, Crystal Chemistry, Brush Prairie, Washington, USA; Emmanuel Fritsch, University of Nantes, France;...E. Post, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA; Andrew H. Rankin, Kingston University, Surrey; George | | | Journal (issue) | Mouawad Campus 5345 Armada Drive Carlsbad, CA 92008 USA © 2015 Gemological Institute of America All rights...meeting in Baltimore, the first International Emerald Symposium in Bogotá, Colombia, and the 34th International...itself—are American Bar, Dana Bar, Metropolitan Bar, Spokane Bar, French Bar, Magpie Gulch, and Emerald Bar...Sunburst dome Browning Pin u ori Lewis pe 49°N USA lin tic An Spokane ell Purc Ho Snowshoe ie Moy...Archean and Proterozoic development of the North American continent. The Proterozoic basin formed a large | | | Journal (issue) | crystals on matrix, 17.2 cm, from the N’Chwaning I mine, collected in 1978. Private collection and photographer...Tucson USA Visit us at these international shows: Houston Ste. Marie Denver Munich USA France USA Germany...and Riverpark Inn Rhodochrosite, Sweet Home Mine, USA, 10 cm Photo: Malte Sickinger MARCUS BUDIL Monaco...budil-minerals.com Chrysocolla on Malachite Mashamba West Mine Democratic Republic of Congo 26 cm - Joe Budd Photo...mineral shows worldwide! Rhodochrosite - Sweet Home Mine, Colorado - 13cm | Brazilianite - Minas Gerais, |
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