| | Journal (issue) | localities: Minerals of the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia .......................................................... 539 by T. P. Moore COVER: MALACHITE (non-pseudomorphous) crystal sprays on shattuckite...shattuckite, 7.1 cm, from the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia. Irv Brown specimen; Jeff Scovil photo...the best vesuvianite specimens from the Jeffrey mine in Quebec. In this issue we present a review of...Herodsfoot Mine Work Readers who enjoyed Roy Starkey's superb article on the famous Herodsfoot mine in Cornwall | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Rocks & Minerals 2009.84:544-550. Kunene District Kaokoveld, Namibia M any collectors choose to specialize...associated minerals include chrysocolla, ajoite, malachite, quartz, and hematite. It is unknown in the eastern...the type locality, the Shattuck or Shattuck-Denn mine at Bisbee, Warren district, Cochise County, after...which the mineral in named (Schaller 1915). The mine itself was developed by one of the Bisbee copper...Bisbee shattuckite occurs as pseudomorphs after malachite and as small blue spherules associated with chrysocolla | | | Journal (issue) | Mineral Quiz 2 King of Kashmir Thallium – Allchar mine Klondike Gold Rush Mineral of the Month: Shattuckite...CHASE THE WIND: Book review THALLIUM AND THE ALLCHAR MINE MINERAL QUIZ No 2 with answers KERNOITE THE KING...labour and women (bal maidens), the tensions between mine owners and miners, mining accidents and the rise...great read! John Pearce THALLIUM AND THE ALLCHAR MINE The element Thallium (Tl) is present in most rocks...discrete and unusual Tl minerals. This is the Allchar mine in Northern Macedonia. (The name Allchar is derived | | | Book (volume) | Acanthite San Juan de Reyes Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, 52 Adamite Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico,...(Cuproadamite with Ferrolotharmeyerite) Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 22 Apophyllite (on Stilbite) Jalgaon, Maharastra...Azurite (on Malachite) Liu Feng Shan Mine, Anhui Prov., China, 18 (& Malachite) Milpillas Mine, Sonora,...Quartz) Yaoganxian Mine, Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China, 56 Calcite (on Fluorite) Elmwood Mine, Elmwood, Tennessee...India, 40 (on Copper) Quincy Mine, Houghton Co., Michigan, 49 Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Autonomous Pref,, Yunnan | | | Book (volume) | Chalcopyrite) Cata Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, 10 Adamite (Manganoadamite) Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango,...(scepter) Goboboseb Mts., Brandberg, Erongo Region, Namibia, 60 (on Quartz) Jackson Crossroads, Wilkes..., Morocco, 48-49 Apatite (with Bikitaite) Foote Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina,...Div., Myanmar, 22 Aphthitalite PCA Intrepid Potash Mine, Carlsbad, New Mexico, 22 Axinite (Magnesio-Axinite)...Pakistan, 7 Azurite (& Malachite) "Sams Pocket", Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 20-21 Bastnaesite (on | | | Catalog/List | 1/18/21 11:02 AM Quartz and Hematite Jinlong Iron Mine, Longchuan, Guangdong, China 7.5 cm tall x 11 cm...11:02 AM Malachite on Quartz with Shattuckite Omaue Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia 7.6 cm tall...1/18/21 11:02 AM Scheelite on Muscovite Pingwu Beryl Mine, Mt. Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan,...example, mined 25 years ago from the Pingwu Beryl Mine, is one of the most remarkable of the species. Scheelite...indd 16 1/18/21 11:02 AM Rhodonite Morro da Mina Mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil 8 cm | | | Book | Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand...s Onganja Mine and Surrounding Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and... Encyclopedia of the Mineralsof Namibia 443 Meteorites in Namibia Bibliography Index Photo credits...__ Republic of Namibia The President State House W°Ntdhoek FOREWORD Namibia is endowed with an...from near and far. Fine mineral specimen from Namibia are displayed in all the famous natural science | | | Book (volume) | t ,Connor ,Shana MINERAL INDEX Adamite Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, 51 Aegirine Mt Malosa, Zomba Dist...Brandberg West, Gobbobisberg Mtns., Namibia, 31, 57 Margareta Mine, Amatitlan, Guerrero, Mexico, 20 Apatite...Areas, Pakistan, 15 Golconda Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 32 Panasqueira Mine, Beira Baixa, Portugal, 5,...Swat Valley, Pakistan, 22 Azurite (on Malachite) Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico, 64 Babingtonite Hongxi...Bannisterite Zinc Corp Mine, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia, 69 Benitoite Benitoite Gem Mine, New Idria Dist. | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | discovered more than two hundred years ago in a remote region of what is now central Kazakhstan. The mineral...Associated secondary minerals include chrysocolla, malachite, azurite, mimetite, wulfenite, cerussite, hemimorphite...1994). Similarly, it is reported from the Perkiomen mine, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Gordon 1922)....planchtite is described in ore from the Algomah mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan (Williams 1962). In...associated with heterogenite and malachite occurs in the Blue Jay mine, Goodsprings district, Clark County | | | Catalog/List | August 2020 4 5 Fluorite on Quartz Yaoganxian Mine, Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China 6.35 cm tall x 6...with Pyrite Inclusions on Manganocalcite Yaoganxian Mine, Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China 16 cm tall x 18 cm...cm tall x 5.7 cm wide 14 15 Azurite Milpillas Mine, Mun de Nacozari de Garcia, Sonora, Mexico 14 cm...tall x 7 cm wide 22 23 The Tourmaline Queen Mine draws its fame from the “Blue Cap” pocket discovered...This “Green Cap” tourmaline comes from the same mine. Identical in every way except for the color of | | | Report (issue) | = 7.778 Z = 18 X-ray Powder Pattern: Tsumeb, Namibia. (ICDD 33-487). 2.600 (100), 2.443 (60), 7.29 (50)...some copper deposits. Association: Chrysocolla, malachite, mimetite, wulfenite, cerussite, hemimorphite...the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, at Ray, and in the Table Mountain mine, Galiuro Mountains, Pinal...Pinal Co., and from the Harquehala mine, Harquehala Mountains, La Paz Co. (formerly Yuma Co.); in California...Congo Republic. At Tantara and the Mashamba West mine, Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Ord Mountains, 25 kilometers south. Pickings of malachite and azurite were good enough to require only a...Colorado Plateau, Silver Coin Mine, Goodsprings District, Hidden Treasure Mine, and More. That left the rest...November 2015 morning talk, The Hidden Treasure Mine, a Mineral Collector’s Paradise. Lunch (provided)...short talk on how I use FileMaker Pro to look after mine. In the afternoon, Bob Rothenberg went back to photography...presentations. Steve Stuart spoke on the Santa Rosa mine, Inyo County, California; I spoke on the Lengenbach | | | Book | REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA - MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAMIBIA FIRST...ENERGY Of the several hundred minerals present in Namibia, around sixty have been exploited. some, such as...base metals and industrial minerals have helped Namibia rank amongst the top five mining countries in Africa...terms of production and reserves. In this context, Namibia is a major producer of copper, lead, zinc, cadmium...unpublished. It is evident that mineral exploration in Namibia, as elsewhere. has changed from serendipitous discoveries | | | Book | .,,., ..,,.... w + ..... . ·. .... . - Namibia Zauberwelt edler Steine und Kristalle ooa Dieses...Erdgeschichte 8 Zur Geschichte des Bergbaus in Namibia 17 Der Brandberg und die Mineralfunde in seiner...Die Typlokalität des Namibit 97 Spessartin vom Kunene-Fluß, Kaokoveld 100 102 108 Edelstein-Turmaline...110 Auf Turmalinsuche in Namibia Die Demantoide von Tubussis in Zentral-Namibia 112 116 Sodalith von...Zeolithe vom Grootbergpaß in Namibia Kamphaugit-(Y) von der Rössing-Mine 120 124 126 136 Das Gahnit-Vorkommen | | | Journal (issue) | Land Salzburg • Mineralien aus dem Kaokoveld in Namibia (11) /2010 www.euromineral.fr EDITORIAL 1...Jahre 68 Mineralien aus Schürfen im Kaokoveld, Namibia (11) 78 ACHAT-Magazin 91 Börsenbericht Quartzsite...Vogtland zugeordnet werden . Dadurch ließ sich die Region eingegrenzt, aus der der Verbrecher kam. waren...2/2010 Kurz & Fündig Gips & Gold ~ Mineralien der Region Basel Noch bis zum 4. Juli 201 Oist im Naturhistorischen...Sonderausstellung zum Thema „Gips & Gold. Mineralien der Region Basel" zu sehen. Funde aus den Alpen, auch wenn | | | Journal (issue) | MINERALS Red Lead Mine: J. Halpern specimen. J. Scovil photo. In this issue also: a new chapter J...26 Miner George Quist in front of the Red Lead mine portal after a long day of specimen extraction....the Red Lead mine, Tasmania, Australia. Thanks to a successful partnership between mine owner Shane Dohnt...and specimen mining company Collectors Edge, the mine was reopened for specimen mining in 2013. The last...recent huge “Red River Pocket” finds in the Adelaide mine, the Brilliant red-orange color, superior luster | | | Journal (issue) | Colorado and Russia. Having trave led oft en in Namibia, I was thrilled to see the recently identified...Occurrence of irhtemite and adelite at the Mercur Mine, Tooele Co., Utah; the western hemisph ere's first...good specime ns do exist. Maybe nex t year ... Namibia had also produced some dioptase specimens from...approximately 30 kilo mete rs fro m the deposit in Omaue. that has been a prolific source of dioptase on...suggesti ng good dioptase may continue to come from Namibia. Several Chinese d ealers brought large specimens | | | Journal (issue) | COVELLITE crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection;...the Butte mining camp, especially in the Kelley mine, was just full of vug holes . . . the holes, some...located in Butte, at the site of the old Orphan Girl mine. . . . So wrote a trainee miner, Jerry Dolph, concerning...an underground stope at Butte, Montana’s Kelley mine in the early 1970’s (Dolph, 1994). The wonderful...crystallized species, unusual associations, or individual mine localities. Similarly, the popular journals are | | | Journal (issue) | 1979 with an article on the Sweet Home mine. He mined the Dixie mine in Idaho Springs for leaf gold and crystallized...including Huanuni, Viloco, Llallagua, the San Jose mine in Oruro, Tasna, Morococala, Chicote Grande, and...reopened the now-famous Sweet Home mine in Alma, Colorado to mine specimen rhodochrosite, h bnerite,...Other localities mined include the Calumet Iron mine; Italian Mountain; and Mt. Antero. In July 1979...each are allowed by the local mining committee to mine the deposits. The Chumar Bakhoor pegmatites have | | | Book | museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...described. Botryoidal: like a bunch of grapes as in malachite Reniform: kidney-shaped as in hematite Mammillary:...copper gives a blue or green as in turquoise and malachite. Colour may be altered by heating or irradiation...over its beer: to go underground in a non-working mine is sheer folly unless you are accompanied by someone...(preferably several people) who really knows the mine. Before venturing into the field serious collectors | | | Journal (issue) | ..263 by C. J. Stefano Giroux Point, the Bagdad mine, Yavapai County, Arizona .........................recovered by a miner from the 2800 level of the mine. The miner called the acicular mineral “red copper...type locality, the 2800 Level of the Tsumeb mine in Namibia—probably the finest specimen of the species...same boulder from the 2800 Level of the Tsumeb mine, Namibia. William Larson collection; Wendell Wilson photo...adamite, ca. 2 mm, from the type locality of Tsumeb, Namibia; named after Charles Key in 1977. Joy Desor Mineralanalytik | | | Book | “Light of the Desert” (see page 117) Page 3: Malachite (see page 120) Page 6: Mimetite (see page 139)...248: Quartz (amethyst variety), Erongo Mountains, Namibia * 5 x 6 x 3 cm Page 251: Calcite, Irai, Rio Grande...process, new minerals and rocks are formed. RIGHT: Malachite with chrysocolla, Majdanpek, Serbia ¢ tixex7 cm...carbonate) can react to form malachite (green copper carbonate). If malachite produced this way keeps the...hundred kilometers. Most of them orbit the Sun in a region called the asteroid belt, which is between the | | | Journal (issue) | Wise & G. R. Rossman Orpiment from the Twin Creeks mine, Humboldt County, N e v a d a ............................. 311 by B. K. Lees The Purple Passion mine, Yavapai County, A rizona.................. 323...cm from the Meea trom tne M e 8a pit, Twin Creeks mine, Humboldt County, Nevada. Mined by Collector's Edge...11 cm across. In 1935 they leased the San Diego mine in the Mesa Grande pegmatite field, in southern...located just around the hill from the famous Himalaya mine, source of gorgeous red elbaite tourmaline crystals | | | Book (edition) | Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...abbreviated, e.g. canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and oblast (Russia). The country...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...Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO | | | Journal (issue) | . . . . . . . . .89 by W. E. Wilson The Palomo mine, Huancavelica Department, Peru . . . . . . . . ...White Ca-Mg-Fe-rich rhodonite from the Morro da Mina mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil . ....BaCa2(CO3)2F2, a new mineral species from the Kirovskii mine, Khibiny, Kola Peninsula, Russia . . . . . . . ...crystal cluster, 3.5 cm, from the Mashamba West mine, atanga, Republic of the Congo. Rob Lavinsky (The...morganite-and-quartz specimen from the Cryo-Genie mine in San Diego County, California. Al’s main interest |
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Omaue Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia