 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the AMETHYST MINES in the Thunder Bay Area Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Figure 1 View of the North...North Shore of Lake Superior in Thunder Bay from Amethyst Harbour. DANIEL E. KILE 5176 Black Bear Run Littleton...subsurface inclusions of hematite from the Thunder Bay Amethyst mine, collected in 1978. Specimen 14.4 cm wide...town of Thunder Bay and nearby mines; map prepared by William Besse. T he Thunder Bay district in Ontario...Ontario, Canada, is noted for spectacular amethyst clusters that are often distinctive due to microscopic |  | | Report (issue) | | Energy, Mines and Resources Canada E:nergie, Mines et Ressourees Canada Canada THE ENERGY OF OUR RESOURCES...POWER OF OUR IDEAS COVER Left: Amethyst - Thunder Bay, Ontario. Specimen measures 4.5 cm across the base...no. 17206. GSC 204971-1 Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 49 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR... © Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1991 Available in Canada through authorized bookstore agents...bookstores or by mail from Canada Communication Group - Publishing Ottawa, Canada KIA OS9 and from. Geological |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Canada Downloaded by [Florida International University] at 19:52 23 August 2013 C anada is home...from emerald to sapphire, Canada has it all. Yet, for most of its history, Canada has been regarded as a...producing gem rough, most major gem species have been found at one time or another in Canada (fig. 1)...1). Some gem localities, such as those for amethyst from Nova Scotia and Ontario, have been known for centuries...sapphire in Nunavut, emerald in the Yukon and Ontario, and peridot, topaz, and aquamarine in British |  | | Journal (issue) | | New York Articles Amethyst from the Thunder Bay region, Ontario .......................................AMETHYSTINE QUARTZ group 4 x 5 cm, collected in 1978 by Donald Elliott at the Diamond Willow mine near Thunder...Thunder Bay, Ontario. Photo by Harold and Erica Van Pelt, Los Angeles. England: Roger S. Harker 2 Wellsic...Leicestershire LE7 7Qb Canada: Mrs. J. W. Peat 36 Deepwood Crescent Don Mills, Ontario M3C 1N8 South Africa:...paid at Bowie, Maryland One of the World’s Great Gem and Crystal Collections for sale by owner This collection |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Amethyst Deposits of the Thunder Bay Area, Ontario, Canada DANIEL E . KILE 333 Salem Street Aurora,...Colorado 80011 T H E T H U N D E R BAY REGION IN ONTARIO PROV I N C E , Canada, has long been noted as a source...approximately 35 miles northeast of the city of Thunder Bay. Access is from Highway 11-17, which follows...Background Figure 1: Overview of the Thunder Bay Amethyst mine quarry in 1982. Elbow Lake is in the background...dezvous. A noteworthy point of interest in the Thunder Bay area is the excellent reconstruction of this |  | | Book (volume) | | cushion cut rhodochrosite (25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern... His works are known to almost every collector, gem cutter, gemologist, and mineralogist. His writings...newer events to bring the history of North American gem mining up to date. Here, then, is the latest, most...promising diamond fields being vigorously explored in Canada and the United States. Experts agree that in several...diamond-bearing kimberlite bodies, most likely in Canada. Systematic large-scale mining of sapphire-bearing |  | | Book | | AMERICA BY W. F. HUMPHREY PRESS, INC., GENEVA, NY Quartz, "Herkimer diamonds" Herkimer Co. Dedicated........................... Tilly Foster magnetite mine near Brewster, Putnam County......................of Jefferson and St. Lawrence Counties.. Sterling mine, near Antwerp, Jefferson County............................................ Hematite mines near Ontario, Wayne County.................. Lead-Zinc Mines...................................... Rossie lead mine, St. Lawrence County........................... | | | Book | | farm above Keuka Lake in New York's Finger Lakes district. After attending Penn Yan Academy in nearby Penn...0974 , J453rn S. F. PUBLIC LIBRARY Herkimer Co. Quartz, "Herkimer diamonds" . ,,. , Dedicated to ,ny......................... . Tilly Foster magnetite mine near Brewster, Putnam County .....................Jefferson and St. Lawrence Counties .. Sterling mine, near Antwerp, Jefferson County ......... . Clinton.......................... . Hematite mines near Ontario, Wayne County ........... • Lead-Zinc Mines . |  | | Book (edition) | | occurrences in the United States (nearly all localities), Canada, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Uganda, Tanganyika, Nyasaland...Description of Carbonatites of the World United States Canada Brazil Greenland, Europe, and the U.S.S.R. Africa...Geological Survey and H. von Eckermann (1948A) : Ontario Department of Mines and G. E. Parsons (1961)...Geological Survey and H. von Eckermann (1948A) : Ontario Department of Mines and G. E. Parsons (1961) :...Figure 12-9 : Ontario Department of Mines and G. E. Parsons (1961) Figure 12-10 : Ontario Department of |  | | Journal (issue) | | Journal of Gemmology The Gemmological Association and Gem Testing Laboratory of Great Britain President E...BSc., FCA, DCA The Gemmological Association and Gem Testing Laboratory of Great Britain 27 Greville Street...yield more gems from different localities, thirteen gem species are recorded here as stars or cat'seyes....materials science is of growing influence in the gem market and if it is not laser development or space...gemmological. R.R.H. © Gemmological Association and Gem Testing Laboratory of Great Britain ISSN: 1355-4565 |  | | Report (issue) | | cut stencils, ran the mimeograph, stuffed per- Gem & Mineral envelopes, societies, and proof read... 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