 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tennessee Mineral Locality Index 300 T ennessee covers an area of 41,220 square miles in the southeastern...part of the state. Just prior to crossing the Tennessee River and continuing through the middle of the...Knoxville, Tennessee 37921 taparis@msn.com Figure 1 (top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith...Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 2 (above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood...Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 3 (left). Fluorite, 2.5 cm |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tue largest crystal measures 3 cm Heights mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Stuart Strife collection;...photo Backcover: (upper left) Elbaite, 4.5 cm, Sapo mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gus Eitler collection;...right) Elbaite, 7.8 cm, Himalaya rnine, San Diego County, California; Kevin Brown collection; Jeff Scovil...5 cm, Tree Root pocket, Two Point claim, Teller County, Colorado; Karl Warning collection; Jeff Scovil...Glenn & Janis Rising Kevin Schofield Tim & Holly Smith Stuart Strife Robert Thacker Gary & Rosemary White |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bordovsky collection, page 33; Elbaite-Jeremy C. Smith collection, page 235 ; Vanadinite' Jeff Starr collection...Budd collection, page 63; Malachite-Tim & Holly Smith collection, page 244. (right colurnn) Barite-James...279; Azurite-Bob Howard collection, page 138; Calcite- Kevin Schofield collection, page 228; Pezzottaite-Jim...collection, page 135. Backcover: (lefl column) Calcite-Kevin & Mark Brown collection, page 52; Smoky quartz...Risin g Kevin Schofield Jeremy C. Smitb Tim & Holly Smith Gail & Jim Spann Jeff Starr Farrar Stockton Rob |  | Huizing, Terry E., Richards, R. Peter, Clifford, Janet H., Cook, Robert B. (2017) Connoisseur's Choice: Calcite from the American Midwest, Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee. Rocks & Minerals, 92 (1) 46-63 doi:10.1080/00357529.2017.1241690 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | .com CALCITE from the American Midwest Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee C alcite...minerals as barite, fluorite, galena, and sphalerite. Calcite crystals are classic components of Mississippi...the continent can boast the same diversity of calcite. Yet, connoisseurship of fine minerals is not just...this in mind, we have nominated calcite from the interconnected Elmwood/Cumberland/Gordonsville mines in...of Arthur E. Smith, and the Cincinnati Mineral Society. 46 ROCKS & MINERALS Tennessee Lead-Zinc district |  | | Catalog/List | | directly from the miners at the Elmwood Mine in Tennessee, when the mine was actively producing twenty... 52002 SZENICSITE with POWELLITE Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region...mineral came from one pocket in the Jardinera No. 1 Mine. That find was roughly one cubic meter in volume...a modicum of the original coarsely crystalline Calcite matrix has been left. The rounded Talmessite crystal...000-$3,000 52006 MIMETITE Var. CAMPYLITE Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | FLUORITE CRYSTAL POINTS From the Elmwood Mine, Smith County, Tennessee N umerous mysteries surround the...crystal parts from the Elmwood zinc mine, near Carthage, in Smith County, western Tennessee. Actually, when...Figure 1. A single fluorite point from the Elmwood zinc mine, 8.4 cm tip to tip. Francis Benjamin specimen... seemingly complete fluorite crystals from this mine that a true puzzle emerges. If we look closely at...faceted fluorite cut from a transparent point, Elmwood zinc mine. Smithsonian Institution specimen, cut by |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 20513 pohwatp@si.edu FLUORITE Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee R egular readers of this column...private), the other two species being quartz and calcite. The reason that these species have such a wide...sphalerite, 8.8 cm high, from the Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee. Note the gemmy corners of the cube...pieces are all from the fluorspar district, Hardin County, Illinois. Cincinnati Museum Center specimens,...these are highly desirable acquisitions. Quartz, calcite, dolomite, siderite, sphalerite, cerussite, pyrite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (NMNS51066). figure 2 (leftI: Galena. Crawford mine, Pirher, Oklahoma, Tri-State district; 6' 2 cm across;...Figure 3 (opposite page): Galena, St. Joseph Lead mine, Viburnum, Missouri, Viburnum Trend district; 6...marcasite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, barite, calcite, and quartz from these deposits. These minerals...large Pyra mid deposit became known as the X-15 mine). What the above figures do not show is that the...consist ing of galena, sphalerite, pyrite, and calcite. In 1965, for example, 364,168 tons of direct shipping |  | | Catalog/List | | Hollywood Ephemera PHOTOGRAPHY HA.com/FineArt Grey Smith, Ext. 1367 GreySm@HA.com Bruce Carteron, Ext. 1551...forms, particularly of Fluorite, Tourmaline and Calcite. His fascination with Fluorite was enhanced by...SCEPTER QUARTZ Denny Mountain, King Co., Washington, USA A raspberry Quartz Scepter from Denny Mountain with...Quarry, St Johnsville, Montgomery Co., New York, USA A lustrous Quartz scepter with two doubly- terminated...HERKIMER QUARTZ ‘DIAMOND’ Herkimer Co., New York, USA Unusual flat, tabular variety of ‘Herkimer Diamond’ |  | | Journal (issue) | | KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...Wilson The Crystal Cave, South Bass Island, Ottawa County, Ohio.................263 by J. K. Brizendine &...by A. Petrov Collector Profile: Steve Neely, Tennessee Connoisseur..........................293 by W...only): $139/one year (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...Sunday Mines, Slick Rock Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado. His mineral collecting interests are |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the minerals, especially calcite, of the Elmwood mine, Carthage, Tennessee. Charlie out lined the problems...specimen of golden calcite on sphalerite from the Elmwood mine, Carthage, Tennessee, was displayed by...lucky enough to obtain examples of crystallized calcite, sphalerite, fluorite, galena, anglesite or barite...brief summary of the pyrite and quartz find in King County, Washington. This panel discussion is always a...scepter quartz specimens from near North Bend, King County, Washing ton. This part of the Cascades is an |  | | Catalog/List | | perfection, and rarity. —Stuart Wilensky 5 I Calcite Circe, taking me by the hand, drew me away from... Janus Calcite on Quartz with Sphalerite Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA 8.5 cm tall...cm wide A symmetrical, near flawless crystal of calcite is perched on top of glistening quartz with black...sphalerite. The clarity and depth of color of the calcite on such a resplendent matrix makes this specimen...world. The Elmwood Mine is among the world’s exceptional calcite localities. This is a mine that has produced |  | | Report (issue) | | Calcite CaCO3 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Hexagonal. Point Group:...[99.99] 100.00 (1) Monterey Formation, California, USA, CO2 calculated from stoichiometry. (2) CaCO3 . Polymorphism...with aragonite and vaterite; forms a series with Calcite group. Occurrence: A major rock-forming mineral;...localities include: in Iceland, at the Helgustadanáma mine, Reydarfjord. In England, from Alston Moor, Egremont...Baia Mare (Nagybánya) district, Romania. In the USA, from Rossie and Balmat, St. Lawrence Co., New York; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | majormineralizationin Illinois,Kentucky,Virginia, and Tennessee containstrontiumwith higher*?Sr/SaSr ratiosthan...magmatiecomponentin the ore fluid strontium. Data from Elmwood,Tennessee, showthat the early ore fluids,like thoseof...Mississippianage in Illinois,Kentucky,Virginia, and Tennessee,where major occurrences of sulfideand other mineralsare...1966), these interpretationsare CePU-1, Table 1). Calcite and dolomite were disprobablynot unique.Other studieshave...Strontium Isotope Ratios Hostcarbonate Mineral Elmwood, TN (Lower Ordovician) Gratz-Lockport,KY (Upper |  | | Catalog/List | | museum-quality Tourmalines, including the 2nd largest Sapo Mine “shaving brush” and an exceptional Elbaite on Feldspar...there is what just might be one of the finest Elmwood Fluorite combinations – a true show stopper. There...CALEDONITE Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Named by the Romans for the area...This example hails from the Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine: a legendary Arizona locality. Unlike the vast majority...Caledonite and a dash of azure blue Linarite. The mine is now collapsed and only a memory for the lucky |  | | Journal (issue) | | 76, No. 9, November, 2017 CALCITE & ARAGONITE CaCO3, 5.3cm, Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture...“The Dragon of Yunnan Province,” Chris Whitney-Smith Collection, © Jeff Scovil. Table Of Contents President’s...November 9th is a special evening dedicated to calcite with calcite as mineral of the month and with a program...Houser “Got Calcite?” Calcite makes up about 4% of the earth’s crust, so you can imagine calcite is a popular...good friend Phil Richardson will display suite of calcite from his collection. December 4th is MSA’s 82nd |  | | Journal (volume) | | on some Microminerals from the Ohio pit, Baraga County, Michigan Al Falster 920 McIntosh Wausau, Wl 54401... i The Ohio pit in Baraga County, Michigan, is an old open-pit iron mine. In vugs and cavities of the...the carbonate-rich zones (calcite, siderite, etc ), numerous species of fine micro minerals can be collected...collected. Due to the fact that the mine has been abandoned for several years, the lower parts of the pit...acicular crystals. The contrast of the whitish calcite on which goethite is commonly perched creates some |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Library] at 00:11 06 November 2014 Eagle Mine, Cilman, Eagle County, Colorado W orld production of zinc...number of good sphalerite occurrences, the Eagle mine at Gilman holds the record as that state’s leading...sphalerite after galena, tetrahedrite, barite, and calcite have been found; hemimorphite and smithsonite pseudomorphs...the BalmatEdwards district in Saint Lawrence County (Smith and Figure 1. A fine example of jet-black sphalerite...sphalerite (variety marmatite) on siderite from the Eagle mine, Gilman, Colorado. The 8.4-cm specimen is in the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 8572 I. USA Abstract-Values of 637Cl can now be routinely measured...reported herein on fluid inclusion leachates from the Elmwood-Gordonsville Mississippi Valley-type deposit and...generation of free I2 during sample preparation. In the Elmwood-Gordonsville deposit, five successive paragenetic...ore and gangue (sphalerite, fluorite, calcite 2, barite, and calcite 3) each yielded multiple ?j3’C1measurements...fi3’C1observed in fluid inclusion leachates from Elmwood-Gordonsville. Biotite in the Bingham deposit has |  | | Journal (issue) | | row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department...twin, 5.5 cm, from the Amo tin deposit, Ximeng County, Yunnan, China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...2.2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Androscoggin County, Maine. Kyle Kevorkian collection; Jordan Root...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The |  | | Journal (issue) | | Design feature articles Famous Mineral Localities: Elmwood and Gordonsville zinc m ines.....................the recent paper, “ Uralolite from the Dunton Gem mine, Newry, Maine: a second occurrence” (vol. 9, p....localities: 1 the j Elmwood and Gordonsville zinc mines near Carthage,Tennessee by Lance E. Kearns and...specimens of fluorite, calcite, sphalerite, barite and galena have been found at the Elmwood and Gordonsville...Gordonsville zinc mines, near the town of Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee. Relatively little top-qualitymaterialfrom |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | InclusionStudy of the GordonsvilleZinc Deposit, Central Tennessee JEFFREY F. GRATZ*ANDKULAC. MISRA Departmentof...Geological Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,Tennessee 37996-1410 Abstract A complementary...study:white(early)calcite-sphalerite-galena-fiuorite-white to lavender(main stage)calcite-barite-clear to...main-stagecalcitedeposition. Introduction THE central Tennessee area is well known for its surfaceexposures of...samplesfor this studywere collectedfrom the Gordonsville mine. Most of the sampleswere obtainedfrom stopeswhich |  | | Journal (issue) | | ANOTHER CHALLENGE SMLS BARBECUE 2021 CONONISH GOLD MINE ZOOM LINKS DATES FOR YOUR DIARY MINERAL QUIZ 3 –...dwarfs. Mike showed a micromount of a shard of calcite supporting a unique crystal cluster of pyrite in...replying that their fluorite is from the West Pastures Mine, or perhaps from Permian Mississippi Valley-type...Photo 1 Black Opal cabochon (30 x40mm) Lady Luck mine, Yowah Opal Field, Queensland, Australia This was...case I damage it. Terry worked his Lady Luck Opal mine in Yowah, which at the time was barely recognised |  | | Journal (issue) | | micro crystals of manganbabingtonite, quartz, calcite, datolite, and inesite (identity confirmed). We...stibnites from a new Nevada locality, the Murray Mine, not the old Manhattan, but he had only three specimens...clear calcites from a small pocket in the Meikle Mine, the new locality for the superb yellow barites...specimens of azurite and malachite from the Flambau Mine in Wisconsin, now completely gone, of the chalcocite...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com |  | | Journal (issue) | | Japan/ Munich, Germany Laguna Beach, California, USA tel: +1 949 494 5155 / info@kristalle.com The ...Articles The White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio ...............651 by C. J. Stefano & J....from the White Rock quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio. 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