 | | Journal (issue) | | localities: Minerals of the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia .........................................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...Notes from the Editors Quartz Memory Crystals People have always marveled at quartz crystals; there is something...has Jong been inspired, in part, by the beauty of quartz crystals. Recent research is giving a new and exciting |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Rocks & Minerals 2009.84:544-550. Kunene District Kaokoveld, Namibia M any collectors choose to specialize...minerals include chrysocolla, ajoite, malachite, quartz, and hematite. It is unknown in the eastern United...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...Shattuckite occurs at the New Cornelia open-pit mine in the Ajo district, Pima County, occasionally in |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | 4461_txt.indd 5 5 1/18/21 11:02 AM Quartz and Hematite Jinlong Iron Mine, Longchuan, Guangdong, China 7.5... Malachite on Quartz with Shattuckite Omaue Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia 7.6 cm tall x 7... 1/18/21 11:02 AM Aquamarine with Schorl and Quartz Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan...surrounded by lustrous black tourmalines and clear quartz crystals. It is rare to have these three species...1/18/21 11:02 AM Scheelite on Muscovite Pingwu Beryl Mine, Mt. Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, |  | | 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...Malachite) Liu Feng Shan Mine, Anhui Prov., China, 18 (& Malachite) Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico, 32, 38-39...(on Quartz) Yaoganxian Mine, Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China, 56 Calcite (on Fluorite) Elmwood Mine, Elmwood...India, 40 (on Copper) Quincy Mine, Houghton Co., Michigan, 49 Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Autonomous Pref,, Yunnan |  | | Book (volume) | | white matrix versus a creamy white. A clear bright Quartz versus a slightly included one. These variations... A Tourmaline on clear Quartz is not double the value of one on milky Quartz, it can be 10 times, or...Chalcopyrite) Cata Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, 10 Adamite (Manganoadamite) Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango,...Aegirine (& Smoky Quartz) Mt. Malosa, Zomba Dist., Malawi, 56 Amazonite (with Smoky Quartz) Tree Root Pocket...(scepter) Goboboseb Mts., Brandberg, Erongo Region, Namibia, 60 (on Quartz) Jackson Crossroads, Wilkes Co., Georgia |  | | Book (volume) | | place. Now a Fluorite is as valued as a Silver, Quartz is no longer just considered a matrix, Pyrites...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,...Valley, Pakistan, 22 Azurite (on Malachite) Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico, 64 Babingtonite Hongxi, Meigu, |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NAMIBIA I 1990 Open File Report MRS 05 2 Abstract A...wide variety of semi-precious stones occur in Namibia, namely amazonite, the beryl varieties, chrysocolla...cordierite, dioptase, dumortierite, pyrophyllite, the quartz varieties the garnet varieties, milarite, including...rose quartz and smoky quartz are currently the most important semi-precious stones found in Namibia. The...turquoise. An extensive deposit of amethyst occurs in quartz-calcite veins in rocks of the Swakop Group. Druses |  | | Catalog/List | | Wilensky August 2020 4 5 Fluorite on Quartz Yaoganxian Mine, Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China 6.35 cm...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 20.3 cm wide 20 21 Amethyst on Quartz Andilamena Quartz Quarries, Andilamena Dist., Toamasina...tall x 7 cm wide 22 23 The Tourmaline Queen Mine draws its fame from the “Blue Cap” pocket discovered |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | discovered more than two hundred years ago in a remote region of what is now central Kazakhstan. The mineral...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...heterogenite and malachite occurs in the Blue Jay mine, Goodsprings district, Clark County, Nevada. Dioptase...the Black Pine mine, Granite County, Montana. In California it occurs at the Blue Bell mine and with linarite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | displays a great deal of competence at her craft. Namibia, her native country, produces a wealth of colorful...1. Amethyst scepter on hematoid quartz “stak,’’ Orange River, Namibia; colored pencil; 5” X 8”. Naegele’s...Erongo Mountains, Namibia; colored pencil; 5"X 8". Figure 2. Windowed smoky quartz, Goboboseb Mountains...Mountains, Namibia; colored pencil; 8" X 11". Figure 5. Dioptase on plancheite, Omaue mine, Namibia; colored...pencil; 8" X 11". Figure 3. Hematoid quartz, Orange River, Namibia; colored pencil; 5" X 8". Volume 79 |  | | Report (issue) | | = 7.778 Z = 18 X-ray Powder Pattern: Tsumeb, Namibia. (ICDD 33-487). 2.600 (100), 2.443 (60), 7.29 (50)... wulfenite, cerussite, hemimorphite, fluorite, quartz. Distribution: From Altyn-Tyube, 50 km east of...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 (issue) | | Front cover: Sulfur on Aragonite, 25 cm Cozzodisi mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Adalberto...Magdalensburg (Carinthia, Austria), where a series of quartz crystals were found at a settlement that can be...(Lombardy, northem Italy), a transparent and perfect quartz crystaldoubly terminated and about 2.5 cm in diameter-was...foothills of the Lombardy Alps (Pezzotta, 1999), where quartz occurs in a deposit very similar to that of the...the Sicilian sulfur deposits; so-called "fenster quartz" of Porretta Terme; gypsum and other minerals of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and 558 pages later, ending with the Van der Plas mine. There is more, however, in the form of a chapter...10 percent of the photographs used in the first Namibia book are repeated here, so most are new. Many of...map showing its location in Namibia. Furthermore, unlike the first Namibia book that had multiple reference...reference lists after each region, there is one composite reference list at the end of the book making it...Aris, Berg Aukas, Brandberg, Cape Cross, Christoph mine, Erongo, Gamsberg, Giftkuppe, Goanikontes, Goboboseb |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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...spoke on The Phosphates of South Rasmussen Ridge Mine, Caribou County, Idaho. Luckily for the participants |  | | Journal (issue) | | US A 5 News from Switzerlan d 6-8 The PC crystal Mine, Basin, Montan a 9-10/12 The A .Y . and Minnie Mines...Post-mining minerals of Tynebotto m Mine, Cumbria (GB ) 24-27 Levant mine (GB ) 27 Smallcleugh melanterite...(Cumbria, GB ) 28-32 Microminerals from Dyfngwm Mine (GB) Mineralienfreund 25(1), 03 .8 7 1-9 Lightning...04 .8 7 7-9 Ilvai t 11-14 Dioptas-Mine " Omaue " , Kaoko-Veld (Namibia ) 15-19/34 Das brennen von Saphire...Ribbeite, a polymorph of allegha nyite from the Kombat mine, Namibi a 217-221 Wendwilsonite, the Mg-analogue |  | | Journal (issue) | | ikke bare stein", 18 "Magic World: Inclusions in Quartz Geheimnisvolle Welt", 20 "Minerals of the Carpathians"...radaren, for na var vi i den aktuelle sonen (dersom mine observasjoner og de muntlige overieveringer var...mellomtiden har jeg ca. et halvt ar til a pleie mine dremrn er om a finne en enda finere stuff. Ha en...Niede rmay r. 2003 . Mag ic World: Inclusions in Quartz Geheimnisvolle Welt: For fatteren er til dagli..."seedvanlig mineralbog" er «Magic World : Inclusions in Quartz/Geheimnisvolle Welt: Einschlusse im Quarz» mere |  | | Journal (issue) | | COVELLITE crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection;...the best anywhere. Handsome specimens of barite, quartz, rhodochrosite, silver, and numerous other species...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Aanwinsten voor de bibliotheek Rik Dillen Namibia, Zauberwelt edler Steine und Kristalle Steffen...Otjua, Tubussis, Grootbergpas, Okorusu mine, Usakos, Rössing mine enzovoort. Het boek is zeer rijkelijk...und Rauchquarzfunde aus den Goboboseb-Bergen in Namibia 76-79 Die gZi-Steine aus dem Himalaya 80 Falsche...collecting 4-5 Mineral news 7-37 Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England * UK J. OF MINES...Ireland 37-38 Filiform pyrite from the Prince Edward mine, Dolgellau Gold-Belt, Gwynedd * UK J. OF MINES |  | | 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...lorandile, calcite, realgar, orpiment, flu orite, quartz. stibnite, s tibiconite, s ulfur and othe r species...and frequently found attached to lorandite and quartz replaced host rock. (Continues o n page 3) 2...good specime ns do exist. Maybe nex t year ... Namibia had also produced some dioptase specimens from |  | | Journal (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . . . .95 by R. Appiani Alpine quartz gwindels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....collection; photo by Thomas Sch pbach. See the article on quartz gwindels in this issue. The Mineralogical Record...crystal groups ever found, as well as albite, smoky quartz, goethite, fluorite, and many rare species at their...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 |
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Omaue Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia