| | Book | exposed extensive sand and gravel banks. You will see inconspicuous boulders lying about, most of them...pale, reddish spots. Break it open, and you will see a tangled mass of fine, blackishgreen needles with...times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...instance, in various parts of the Austrian Tirol and Salzburg. Much tin ore came from Britain so that brisk...derives its name from the saltmining district of Hallstatt in Upper Austria, where many prehistoric finds have | | | Book | museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...for the study of crystals; if we take a cube we see that there can be straight lines drawn through the...as coming out of the equatorial edges. We can now see that crystals can be quite precisely classified even...planes of weakness, especially in twinned crystals (see below). It is particularly common in the corundum...three colours (the specimen needs to be turned to see all of them) may be a useful clue to identity. Minerals | | | Book | Frontcover Upper left: The observatory at Kremsmunster. Austria. which houses the mineral collection. Upper right:...mineralogical cabinet of the convent at Kremsmunster, Austria. The . specimens a~e displayed m baroque furniture...important mineralogical museums in Western Europe Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany (Federal...half are in Germanspeaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The reasons for this are partly...universities, 14 by town or city councils, 13 by district councils or regional boards, and 16 form part | | | Book | negative Kristalle") aus der Emerald & Hiddenite Mine im Alexander County, North Carolina/USA. Aus der...negative crystals") from the Emerald & Hiddenite Mine, Alexander County, North Carolina/USA. From the...oft spektakulären Erzmineralien geringere Interesse am Quarz eine nicht unwesentliche Rolle, derartiges...Arkansas, USA, in Quebec, Canada and in Brazil (see LAEMMLEIN 1972, RYKART1995). This phenomenon is most...diamonds" (ULRICH 1989). Europe ha s deposits in Austria, England ("Cornish diamonds", "Bristol diamonds") | | | Book | mineral, e.g. quartz, may vary not only in colour (see plates) but also in crystal form, e.g. the many crystal...inspection — running along the crystallographic planes. (See drawing) Cleavage (left to right): galena, fluorite...interesting minerals can also be found on heaps of mine refuse, but never enter abandoned shafts or caves... 30 lamp fi for testing : ; to the handle (see illustration). The handle is usually 30 cm long,...Apart from the hammer, different chisels are needed (see illustration), i.e. pointed as well as flat. They | | | Catalog/List | JACKS1Tu\WCERRUSITE (10cm x 3cm x 2cm) Pcntir,· Gla:c Mine. Pol:catl,, Corm1·0/I Ex I Brrtcl! Collect/011 ...6. IIEMIMORPmn: (Scm x Scm x 1cm) Roughttn GIii Mine. Cumbria, U.K E."Cccplionlll celestite crystal...details). 8. SMOKY QUARTZ (8cm x 8cm x 2cm) Macaco Mine, Sao Geraldo Do Baixio, Minas Gerai·s, Brazil A...£75 9. LIROCONITE (4cm x 3cm x 1cm) Wheat Garland Mine, St. Day, Cornwall Green/blue liroconite crystals...CHALCOSIDERJTE (6cm x 3cm x I cm) Wheat Phoenix Mine, linkinhorne, Cornwall Ball-like aggregates ofdark | | | Book | specimens, which few people have the opportunity to see for themselves. Cover photograph: Hexagonal siderite...structures. Despite this familiarity, however; 1 am still fascinated and thrilled by their intrinsic...chalcopyrite /0, 11 artinite 5/7, 53 ascharite 53 chalcotrichite 23 chlorites 106, 106 atacamite 22, 22 chromite...liroconite 74 lithiophilite 65 ludwigite 5/, 53 magnesite 38, 38 magnetite 23, 24 malachite 47, 48 malacon...alkaline; with a low silica content Bi-sphenoid. See Sphenoid Botyroidal. Having spherical bumps on the | | | Catalog/List | regularly! If you are in our area, we will be happy to see you. Please telephone to make an appointment & we...4cm x 3cm) ValMaltnco, Piedmont, Italy As you can see from the picture this is a very unusual interesting...CARROLLITE I I (5cm x 4 cm x 3.5cn>) Mashamba West Mine. Shaba Province. Zaire A composite oystal group...& QUARTZ & CALCITE (7cm x 7cm x 5cm) Dalnegorsk Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia An impressive very sharp well-formed...crystals. £80 (Reduced from £120). 22 UVITE & MAGNESITE (9cm x 6cm x 4cm) Brumado, Bahia, Brazil Bright | | | Book | conventions, which attract a large attendance to see the extensive exhibits of fellow collectors and dealers...by his discovery of the world’s largest diamond mine. Nevertheless, the amateur will surely find many...definition include anhydrite, dolomite, gypsum, magnesite, serpentine, and sulfur —all of which occur in...aragonite, azurite, calcite, cerussite, dolomite, magnesite, malachite, rhodochrosite, siderite, smithsonite...iridescent coating, have come from the Calabona mine at Al- ghero on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia | | | | specimens, which few people have the opportunity to see for themselves. £ 1.95 net SBN: 0 85613 0001 in... 17 chalcopyrite /0, 11 artinite 5/, 53 chalcotrichite 23 chlorites 106, /06 ascharite 53 astrakanite...109, 111 lithiophilite 65 ludwigite 5/7, 53 magnesite 38, 38 magnetite 23, 24 malachite 47, 48 malacon...alkaline; with a low silica content Bi-sphenoid. See Sphenoid Botyroidal. Having spherical bumps on the...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite | | | Book (edition) | window-cases on the left-hand side of the Gallery (see the special Guide). II. The Species and Varieties...window-cases V-X on the left-hand side of the Gallery (see the special Guide). IV. The Collection of Typical...case 4 in the Pavilion at the end of the Gallery (see the special Guide). VI. The Collection of Meteorites...long branches from Case lb. the Lake Superior district, of which the largest (presented by Professor...Vincent, Cornwall; and native foil from Sultepec mine, Mexico; all in case 1c : a nugget, weighing thirty-seven | | | Catalog/List | green label. 53x45x25mm. £48 8 CUPRITE, Kombat Mine, Otavi, Namibia. Superb reddish purple xtls to 4mm...Colln. nx54x40mm. £125 1 AZURITE, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Bright gemmy blue sprays...superb display from this classic mine. 72x55x34mm. £55 5 WULFENITE, Glove Mine, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA...64x48x24mm. £52 9 LINARITE,BROCHANTITE, Conejo Rampante Mine, Atacama, Chile. Large and richly invested with...Colln. 60x60x25mm. £85 3 UVITE (Tourmaline) and MAGNESITE, Brumado, Bahla, Brazil. Reddish brown uvites | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Sleeping Beauty mine, Gila County. Figure 3 (top right). Collecting at the Rowley mine, Maricopa County...known for its wulfenite mineral specimens, this mine also produces excellent chrysocolla rough as well...chrysocolla, copper, garnet, gem chrysocolla, jasper, magnesite, malachite, obsidian (“Apache tears”), peridot...operated the turquoise mine at Turquoise Mountain, Gleeson, and the amethyst mine at Four Peaks. Arizona’s...some collecting sites. Just because most of the mine sites are off-limits does not preclude obtaining | | | Catalog/List | personally and see my latest one off pieces. Just give me a ring to make sure I will be here. I am also pleased...mass of black crystals, some Mount Malosa, Zomba District, free standing. ______ ______ Malawi Black crystal...Greenish , sparse, acicular micros in Penbenhy Croft Mine, St cavities in quartz_________________ Hilary Cornwall... Rich white crusts on matrix. ALAMOSITE Rawhide Mine, Mohave Ixl £9 'A x A £3 1 xA Pb SiO/3_____________...Feldspar_____________ Black areas in actinolite Basinas Mine Sweden 1x1 £1.20 ALLANITE 9 Ce Y Fe SiO__________ | | | Book | mineral, e.g. quartz, may vary not only in colour (see plates) but also in crystal form, e.g. the many crystal...inspection — running along the crystallographic planes. (See drawing) i-l Cleavage (left to right): galena, fluorite...interesting minerals can also be found on heaps of mine refuse, but never enter abandoned shafts or caves...edges. k": « s i I 9 i 30 to the handle (see illustration). The handle is usually 30 cm long,...Apart from the hammer, different chisels are needed (see illustration), i.e. pointed as well as flat. They | | | Book | ‘Copper Belt’ in Zaire and Zambia; and in Bura-Bura Mine, Australia. Sedimentary copper is found in schists...Jachymov and Pyibram, Czechoslovakia; Schladming, Austria; Baia Sprie, Romania; Kongsberg,Norway; Borgofranco...also found there on 26 January 1905 in the Premier Mine. For several decades these South African diamond...dolomites; examples include Bytom, Poland; Bleiberg, Austria; Westphalia, FRG; Santander, Spain; Belgium; Cumberland...Cumberland and elsewhere in Great Britain; Tri States District, Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois, USA. The deposit | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Pelt photo. September/October: Chalcocite, Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wiscon sin. F. John Barlow...K 85), Mont SaintHilaire, Quebec, 101 Abstracts, see Twenty-first Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, Contributed...Fluorescent Miner al, M . Robbins, 193-97 Arem, J . E . , see Media Reviews Arfvedsonite, Arkansas, 159 The Arizona-Sonora...Ice Age, R. Ratkevich, 26-29 Arizona, Vanadinite mine, 56-59 Arkansas, Potash Sulphur Springs, 154-70...Connecticut, 128; Wisconsin, 338 Art, see Robinson, S. Ayers, J . M., see Twenty-first Rochester Mineralogical | | | Book | 'Copper Belt' in Zaire and Zambia; and in Bura-Bura Mine, Australia. Sedimentary copper is found in schists...Jachymov and Pfibram, Czechoslovakia; Schladming, Austria; Baia Sprie, Romania; Kongsberg,Norway; Borgofranco...also found there on 26 January 1905 in the Premier Mine. For several decades these South African diamond...dolomites; examples include Bytom, Poland; Bleiberg, Austria; Westphalia, FRG; Santander, Spain; Belgium; Cumberland...Cumberland and elsewhere in Great Britain; Tri States District, Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois, USA. The 'deposit | | | Book (edition) | Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...amphibole group). For more detailed information see "Dana's System of Mineralogy•· ( 1944, I 951, 1962)...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....other mineral mixtures, more detailed information see page 7 * valid mineral species in our opinion which...Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry AM - American Mineralogist AMG - Ark.iv Mineralogi och | | | Book (edition) | CITY, UTAH. WRITE FOR PRICES. YOU WANT A GOOD MINE! MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN MINl^S AND MINERALS...white to nearly colorless. Beaver Lake District; azurite. 0. K. Mine; bornite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite...limonite, malachite, molybdite, pyrite. Bradshaw District; aragonite, aurichalcite, cerussite, cuprite,...often phosphorescent, wollastonite. Granite District; almandine garnet, barite, bismuth - inite....quartz crystals, prase. Rocky District; Adelia Mine, wulfenite. Star District; azurite, bismuthinite, galena | | | Book | On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma | | | Book | sharp- 1< been combined. edged testing device (see The multicolored margin bar along the also page...different colors; some even have all color of fluorite (see page 10) is always the colors of the spectrum. Color...tune half degrees of hardness have been easy to see substantial differences be- added to the scale;...than it is in the and coastal deposits. center (see illustration below). Always try Specific gravity... lated to its external shape (e.g., crystal magnesite) are attracted by a magnet. The growth faces) | | | Book | (Magnetite ). (cristaux isolés), 6, Hongrie, Salzburg, Rhénane, Algérie, Madagascar, Canaries, Brésil...Chenocoprolite, Gano- France. SULFATÉ. Bieberite, Salzburg. MQLYBDATÉ. Pateraïte, Bohême. ZINC SULFURÉ....Espagne, — Rhénane, 3, Arizona, Cuba, Chalcotrichite, Cornouailles 3, Prusse Rhénane, Sibérie... Saxe, Suède, Hongrie Vésuve 2, Suède. 2. Salzburg (1 Finlande. lot), Tyrol, —Fassaïte, Tyrol 2...(Ecume Var. Maryland, 2, Tyrol. Hongrie, Magnesite HYDRATÉS R Bavière Espagne, nouailles, DE | | | Catalog/List | II~ ~ see my latest one off pieces. Just give me a ring to make sure I will be here. I am also pleased...matrix.somcwith Fallowlicld mine, I x 1/, Il BaC■ CO'J Al 1oni1cmicros. ·--_ H~am,Nor_thumberla_nd ___ n.so...AMAZONITE FcllpSGroap taminationbut not disp Colorado,USA AM,UONITt PuregTCC11clcavagc Landsvctkquarry,Evjc,Norway...Grcylibrousmasson dolomiticmarblc International mine, IxI .E4 PliSb S Kaladar,Ontario,Canada BREWSTDlITE...Zn COl3S0'4 OH LikeHydrozincitcbut not nuorcsccnt Mine,Ncnthead,Cumbria I x ½.Cl.SOlxl D UOCHANTITE Fairlysparsc | | | Book | vanadium, uranium, phosphates, borates, gypsum and magnesite. Both residual and infiltration deposits are often...grades to larger differences among the last minerals (see Fig. 2). More precise methods of determining the...property is seen most clearly in columnar kyanite (see Fig. 3) or calcite. Crystals intended for collections...precious stones. The following degrees of transparency (see Fig . 5) are recog nised: , :•:.. ................advantage when the mineral is struck with a hammer (see Fig. 6a) . Bodies obtained by cleaving some minerals |
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