| | Journal (issue) | n et The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo ........... 6.6 cm, from the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scott Rudolph collection;...Charelle Webb (2012-2018) SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS Dr. and Mrs. Don Lum (2017) Bryan Swoboda (2012-2017)...Schreiber (2013-2017) Richard Nahas (2018) (2009-2018) Dr. Nikolas Golosow (2013-2017) Kulin Pandey (2018)...and on the best grossular garnets from the Jeffrey mine (2015). The Yukon Territory has been one of Rod's | | | Book | Buttgenbach H. (1 947) Les Mineraux de Belgique et du Congo Beige. 573 p. Paris: Ed. Dunod. Cesbron, F. (1985)...the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo introduced a new admin istrative subdivision for...Province, the Lualaba Province and the Haut-Loma mi Province. What formerly was called the Bas-Congo Province...abbreviated (B = Belgium; D.R. Congo = Democratic Republic of the Congo; F = France). 4. The biographical...ttgenbach, H. (1 947) Les mineraux de Belgique et du Congo Beige. 573 p., Paris: Dunod. Blondieau, M. & Poirot | | | Book | INTRODUCTION TO ROBERT LAUF, PH.D. ._._...OUT THE AUTHOR Dr. Robert Laut holds a Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering...information contact the publisher: Copyright © 2008 by Dr. Robert Laut, Ph.D. Library of Congress Control Number:...............................................36 Congo .. ................. .............................uranium if higher prices justify reprocessing the mine tailings to recover some of the uranium that was...wastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical | | | Journal (issue) | crystals to 5 mm, with uranophane, from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba (formerly Katanga), Zaire. Sorbonne collection...great mineralized areas. Locality names such as Musonoi and Shinkolobwe are today famous fo r some o f...nearly 50 km in width. It extends from the town of Kolwezi in the west to the city of Lubumbashi in the east...outside the Shaba Crescent, as does the large Kipushi mine, which has yielded lead, zinc, silver, copper, cadmium...to Shaba about 20 years ago, after the Belgian Congo became Zaire in 1960. “ Shaba” means “copper” in | | | Journal (issue) | row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The...Spodumene (variety kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler...from the Musonoi mine, Zaire (#950). Jerry Cone photo. Adamite, 5-mm view, from the Mohawk mine, San Bernardino | | | Journal (issue) | the L'Etoile du Congo Mine Lumbumbashi, Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo Tony Nikischer...copper minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been available for many years. Although production...other species less so. The L'Etoile du Congo (Star of the Congo) Mine is the type locality for cornetite...become Zambia (and not to be confused with the other Congo on the African west coast!) See figure 1. Perhaps...clarification is needed, since older names such as Belgian Congo and Zaire also apply to the locality: The 1870s | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Tenke-Fungurume Cu–Co district, Democratic Republic of Congo I. Fay & M. D. Barton Received: 2 March 2011 /...across the southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo into northern Zambia (Fig. 1a, b), contains some...host most of the DRC’s (Democratic Republic of Congo) large, high-grade copper and cobalt deposits, but...TenkeFungurume district in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Fig. 1). Tenke-Fungurume contains one of the larger...measurements were not made Geologic framework the Congo and Kalahari cratons of southern Africa (Selley | | | Catalog/List | Gabon and Shaba, Zaire (then Katanga, Belgian Congo). Mr. Gilbert Gauthier, a noted mining engineer...of the Mine" collection, assembled as a museum display in the offices of the Shinkolobwe mine, was ordered... CUPROSKLODOWSKITE, META-VANURALITE, Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba, Zaire Very attractive emerald-green................. $200.00 GUILLEMINITE, Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba , Zaire Yellow to yellow-green crystalline......... . ....... $100.00 CARROLLITE, Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi , Shaba , Zaire Attractive, 1.2 cm on an | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Mg(V2O6)•7H2O M ONOCLINIC Locality: The Firefly-Pigmay mine, Sect. 30, T. 28 S, R. 26 E, 16 km east of La Sal...Mg(V2O6)•7H2O, a new mineral species from the Firefly–Pigmay mine, Utah: descriptive mineralogy and arrangement of...melanterite, pickeringite, potassium alum, jarosite, gypsum, arsenolite, sulfur and some unknown minerals....EXAGONAL Locality: The Garpenberg Norra zinc–lead mine, Hedemora, Dalarna, south-central Sweden. Occurrence:...nolanite-type structure from the Garpenberg Norra mine, Dalarna, Sweden. Canadian Mineralogist 39, 1675-1683 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Universitesi] at 20:25 14 March 2016 Blanchard Mine, Bingham, New Mexico T here once was a time when...originating at what was then known only as the Blanchard mine, Bingham, New Mexico. Oh, for those simpler times...fine brochantite from the abovementioned Blanchard mine has been selected for this issue. Brochantite, a...Brochantite is relatively common in the oxidized zone of Dr. Robert B. Cook, an executive editor of Rocks & Minerals...with langite and posnjakite occurs in the Ecton mine, Montgomery County (Smith 1978); and brochantite | | | Book | . ... .. ... .. .. ................ .. .... . Congo ..................................................equipment, 1nineralogical studies ofuranium thankful that Dr. Lauf has been able to ded icate a huge and thorium...che1nical con1plexity, physical beauty as captured in Dr. oxyanions to form di verse structures and compositions...vvastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical...Saskatchewan, is the world's largest high-grade uraniu1n mine. The ore from that ,nine is crushed and treated | | | Journal (issue) | on p. 327 COVER: BARITE, 17 cm, from the Miekle mine, Nevada. (See the article in the previous issue...rediscovered the Moctezuma mine that was first opened for gold in 1937. This mine, though small, provided...many new mineral species. Dr. Gaines wrote a compre hensive review of this mine for The Mineralogical Record...influenced his life’s work. Toward the end of 1966, Dr. Arthur Montgomery, chairman of the geology department...retirement from the Cabot Corporation in 1987. In 1975 Dr. Gaines was invited to join the editorial board of | | | Catalog/List | 94403 U.S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV•t- tor cr11•t•J...association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will...dumps or surface float. Mirute crystals seen on a mine dump are a clue but nearly always tao weathered...the first written use af micromounts. At that time, Dr. Wills adequately defined micro material and micromounts...micromount in the traditional sense as written by Dr. Wills. In later years, lang after the publication | | | Journal (issue) | Mineralogy and Museum” will be presented by the great Dr. Bob Downs, Professor Department of Geosciences,...will be presented by retired professor of geology, Dr. Raymond Grant on “Lost Mines.” Ray is President...President. Everyone has heard about the Lost Dutchman Mine. It is world famous. Ray’s program will be about...Jenkins Mine, the Silver Antelope Mine, the Cap Linger Mine, the Frenchman’s Mine, the Ashley Mine and others...gave a presentation on his experiences visiting gypsum filled caves in Mexico Closing announcements: | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | No. 5 No. 6 *V]LY7OV[VNYHWOZ January/February: Gypsum, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico; Carolyn Manchester specimen...photo March/April: Fluorite, Dow Scar vein, Hilton mine, Scordale, Cumbria, England; Jesse Fisher specimen... quartz, and albite, Kestral Pocket, Smoky Hawk mine, Teller County, Colorado; Martin Zinn specimen,...September/October: Gold and quartz, Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California; Scott Rudolph specimen...Brazil, spessartine, 42–45 Brochantite, Blanchard Mine, Bingham, New Mexico, R. B. Cook, 48–53 Buchholz | | | Report (issue) | chalcomenite, clinochalcomenite, lepidocrocite, gypsum (El Dragón mine, Bolivia). Distribution: From Cerro de...El Dragón mine, 30 km southwest of Cerro Rico de Potosı́, Potosı́, and in the Pacajake mine, Hiaco, 30...Potosı́, Bolivia. From the Musonoi and Kambove West mines, Shaba Province, Congo (Zaire). In the USA, at...at the A.E.C. No. 8 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery Co., and at the Parco mine group, Thompson district, Grand | | | Catalog/List | 9 cm - 9 x 12 cm ... $15.00 AgCI , Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill , New South Wales. 10 x 5 x 4 cm matrix...MALACHITE, . . . $120.00 AESCHYNITE-Y Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba , Zaire. •82834 (a) Excellent green...specimens set attractively for display.) Hillveit Mine , Setesdal District, Norway. (a) Large (4.2 x 1... . . . . . . . . . $750.00 MARTHOZITE Musonoi Mine , Kolwezi , Shaba , Zaire. Exceptional triangular...(c) 4.5 - 5 mm . . . $20.00. PENROSEITE, Pacajake Mine, near Hiaco , Bolivia. Pure mass of penroseite with | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | southeastNew Mexico (Sarg, 1981). None of the White Pine mine area, southof the high, and in the aboveexamplesoverlie...closedbasins with saline lake ite, schist, and dine, gypsum, quartzite; grits, aranhydrite, (Glennie, 1972...arid stone up to shale cement, barite nodules, gypsum, and environment (Ham and Johnson,1964; Johnson...tite, glauberitc, anhydrite, talc, magnesite, and gypsum Arid marginalalluvial fan gradingto evaporitic...base Kamoto, Musonoi, Dikuluwe, Karobore, Tenke, Fungurume, etc.; Shaba Province (Mine Series) "R.A | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Democratic Republic of Congo Downloaded by [University of Idaho] at 15:32 13 June 2016 I Dr. Robert B . Cook...bornite, chalcocite, tetrahedrite. chalcophyllite, gypsum, libethenite, calcite, barite, chrysocolla, sphalerite...or interesting localities include the Loudville mine, Hanipshire County, Massachusetts; Chimney Rock...County, and New Brunswick, New Jersey; the Jones mine in Berks County, and Phoenixville and French Creek...8 cm high, Shaba region, Democratic Republic of Congo. Eric Asselborn specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. f | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | processes. Figure 5 (above): Cuprosklodowskite, Musonoi mine, Zaire. Photo by Lou Perloff. Figure 6 (right):...weathering of the crystal surface. The Daybreak mine in Washington has produced the finest United States...crystals were mined from the nowabandoned Shinkolobwe mine in Zaire. A large amount of remarkable yellow-orange...yellow-orange transparent crystals were pro duced from this mine years ago. Unfortunately few are available on today's...uranium silicate originally discovered at the Delta mine, Emery County, Utah. It has been found more recently | | | Book | or in caves: this is true of salt, the borates, gypsum, etc. —Lastly, crystals may also form through sublimation...ornamental purposes since Roman times (Blue John Mine). It some times displays the phenomenon of dichroism:...crystals; —as a result of the reduction of sulphates (gypsum) in closed evaporation basins, with a high content...of the crystals can be quite brilliant. In Morgan Mine, Carson Hill (Calaveras County, Colorado), in the...some remarkably beautiful specimens are the royal mine at Konsberg (Norway), which has now been abandoned | | | Journal (issue) | Cd-bearing phosphate mineral from the Gold Quarry mine, Eureka County, Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Shannon Minerals Top Gem Minerals 3520 N. Rose Circle Dr. Scottsdale, Arizona 85251 Tel/Fax: (602) 946-5826...recovered from the dumps of this small mine. Local collectors reworked the mine dumps many times in search of...about 325 meters southwest of the Bishop manganese mine. The locality was early on referred to as a “copper...spatially distinct from the nearby Bishop manganese mine. The dumps do not contain significant manganese | | Gurzhiy, Vladislav V., Kuporev, Ivan V., Kovrugin, Vadim M., Murashko, Mikhail N., Kasatkin, Anatoly V., Plášil, Jakub (2019) Crystal Chemistry and Structural Complexity of Natural and Synthetic Uranyl Selenites. Crystals, 9 (12) 639 doi:10.3390/cryst9120639 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | localities. First, these are Musonoi and Shinkolobwe mines in DR Congo [6], two of the minerals were...were only found in the Repete mine (San Juan County, Utah, USA) [5], and a few more occurrences in Europe...originate from the Musonoi, DR Congo. The samples of haynesite originate from the Repete mine, Utah, UT, USA...zone of the copper-cobalt deposit of Musonoi (Katanga, DR Congo). The first mineral was named after the...)2 O2 ](H2 O)8 [3,29], was also found in the Musonoi mine within a few years after, and named to honor | | | Journal (issue) | Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the...dozen mines were opened, one of which (the Mariposa mine) produced a wider variety of mercury minerals than...And textbook-sharp, colorless and transparent, gypsum ("selenite") crystals are found suspended in clay...Morgenstern photo. Calcite, 5.8 cm, from the Mariposa mine, Terlingua; Roh Lavinsky (The Arkenstone) specimen | | | Catalog/List | Signed Client# (if known) Mr. Mrs. Ms. Dr. Bidder# name Address city STATE...directly from the miners at the Elmwood Mine in Tennessee, when the mine was actively producing twenty years... 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...000-$3,000 52006 MIMETITE Var. CAMPYLITE Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland) |
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