| | Journal (issue) | Newnham 10 Heyington Close, Croydon Victoria 3136, Australia Telephone (03) 9725 5386 Facsimile (03) 9723 5041...Societies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria Volume 3, Number 2 December...Page Feature Articles: The Coolgardie pegmatite field, Western Australia Mark I. Jacobson .............associated with ironstones in the Olary region, South Australia P.M. Ashley, B.G. Lottermoser, K.M. Scott ......mltant, Tasmania Dr Ernest H. Nickel CS/RO Western Australia Dr Allan Pring South Australian M11se11111 | | | Report (edition) | Stocklmayer GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia FRONTISPIECE Euhedral black... MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA by J Michael Fetherston, Susan M Stocklmayer...Stocklmayer Perth 2013 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINISTER FOR MINES AND PETROLEUM Hon. Norman...EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Rick Rogerson REFERENCE The recommended reference...VC 2013, Gemstones of Western Australia: Geological Survey of Western Australia, Mineral Resources Bulletin | | | Report (edition) | maps produced by the Geological Survey of Western Australia are available from: Information Centre Department...Bulletin 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia second edition While systematically...authoritative, the second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is written not only for the professional geologist...et al. The second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is an updated version published in response...formal inception of the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA) in 1896. In this second joint publication | | | Journal (issue) | Giles Columbite-Beryl Pegmatite Spargoville, W estem Australia, Australia Mark Ivan Jacobson 108 Farmington...Giles Columbite-Beryl pegmatite, Western Australia and sold in Australia and the United States. This pegmatite...the finest crystallized columbite crystals in Australia and certainly rank as outstanding crystals worldwide...kilometer southeast of Coolgardie and 2.5 kilometers south of Spargoville. Coolgardie is located 557 kilometers... 2003from the GilesColumbiteBerylpegmatite, Spargoville, WesternAustralia.Specimen purchasedbythe Sm | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | from Archean Li-Cs-Ta type pegmatites of Western Australia Lillian A. Kendall-Langley, Anthony I.S. Kemp...minerals from Archean Li-CsTa type pegmatites of Western Australia, LITHOS, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos...geochronological data from Li-Cs-Ta pegmatites across Western Australia, that vary in age, host lithology and geodynamic...from Archean Li-Cs-Ta type pegmatites of Western Australia 3 4 Lillian A. Kendall-Langley*, Anthony...Earth Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, 6 6009, Australia 7 8 *Corresponding author: | | Aylmore, Mark G., Merigot, Kelly, Quadir, Zakaria, Rickard, William D.A., Evans, Noreen J., McDonald, Bradley J., Catovic, Enej, Spitalny, Peter (2018) Applications of advanced analytical and mass spectrometry techniques to the characterisation of micaceous lithium-bearing ores. Minerals Engineering, 116. 182-195 doi:10.1016/j.mineng.2017.08.004 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | University, Australia The Institute for Geoscience Research, Curtin University, Australia c Department...Applied Geology, Curtin University, Australia d Lithium Australia, Australia b A R T I C L E I N F O A B...amounts (∼1%) of other Li-bearing minerals (e.g. spodumene, elbaite, beryl) were observed in these samples...which are considered of commercial value are spodumene (6.0–7.5% Li2O), petalite (3.5–4.5% Li2O), and...reported in the literature to recover lithium from spodumene, petalite, lepidolite and zinnwaldite and some | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Hornung mineralin the alteredwall rockscloseto spodumene(1962) notedthe association of holmquistite with...Ewing, 1977), and the Greenbushespegmatite, Western Australia(Pryceand Chester, 1978), emphasizethe point...from pegmatite phiboliticwall rocksaroundthe spodumene-rich Edi- contacts (•ern• et al., 1981).Thethirdcriterion...(1961) Australia Greenbushes,Western Australia Pryce and Chester(1978) Mr. Marion, Western Australia...pegmatitetook placeentirelywithinthe stabilityfieldof spodumene q- quartz(cf. the coolingcurvesin fig. 2 of London | | | Book | Printing Co Ltd, Tokyo. National Library of Australia Cataloguing in Publication data Perry, Nance Australian...colourbook series). ISBN 0 589 07012 6. I. Gems - Australia - Identification. I. Perry, Ron.joint author....wish to learn about the minerals and gems of Australia. PREFACE gemmologists, mineralogists in a specialised... It will travel throughout the backblocks of Australia and through the museums of our capital cities...in Queensland, the Northern Territory, and Western Australia. The study of gemstones has gained many adherents | | | Journal (issue) | of minute quartz emulating a "Yowa nut" from Australia. Dealersof crystals, and two Minerals& Fossils(DMF)display...Fossils(DMF)display. ·Australia. Yowa geodes are iron-stone nodules with a center of precious...Bancroft, Peter. 1984. Gem & Crystal Treasures. Western Enterprises & The Mineralogical Record, Tucson...Columbite-Beryl Pegmatite of Spargoville, Western Australia, Australia, 20-8: I Jensen, Martin: Mystery...Travonia claim. 20-8: 11 Beryl: Australia, Western Australia, Spargoville, GilesPegmatite, 20-8:5 Beryl: | | Dittrich, Thomas, Seifert, Thomas, Schulz, Bernhard, Hagemann, Steffen, Gerdes, Axel, Pfänder, Jörg (2019) Archean Rare-Metal Pegmatites in Zimbabwe and Western Australia - Geology and Metallogeny of Pollucite Mineralisations. Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-10943-1 | Book | Archean Rare-Metal Pegmatites in Zimbabwe and Western Australia Geology and Metallogeny of Pollucite Mineralisations...Archean Rare-Metal Pegmatites in Zimbabwe and Western Australia Geology and Metallogeny of Pollucite Mineralisations...Earth Sciences The University of Western Australia Crawley, WA, Australia Axel Gerdes Department of Geosciences...for Li and rare metals in pegmatites. In Western Australia, the Meso- to Neo-Archean units in the Yilgarn...Geological Survey of Western Australia and the National Geological Survey of Australia, as well as countless | | | Report (issue) | 22 TANTALUM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by J. M. Fetherston TANTALUM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA FRONTISPIECE:...SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 22 TANTALUM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by J. M. Fetherston...Limerick DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Tim Griffin REFERENCE The recommended reference...FETHERSTON, J. M., 2004, Tantalum in Western Australia: Western Australia Geological Survey, Mineral Resources...Resources Bulletin 22, 162p. National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-publication entry Fetherston, John | | Graupner, T., Melcher, F., Gäbler, H.-E., Sitnikova, M., Brätz, H., Bahr, A. (2010) Rare earth element geochemistry of columbite-group minerals: LA-ICP-MS data. Mineralogical Magazine, 74 (4) 691-713 doi:10.1180/minmag.2010.074.4.691 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Černý, 1989). BeT beryl type, SpT spodumene type, KSpT complex spodumene type, KLT complex lepidolite type...696 Wodgina deposit, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia, Australia Volta Grande (Mibra mine), Nazareno...Zimbabwe Giles pegmatite, Spargoville, Coolgardie, Western Australia, Australia Moneia pegmatite, Alto Molocue...micas, as well as (4) a complex quartz-feldspar-spodumene core zone. Two generations of CGM are present...microcline, quartz and muscovite with amblygonite, spodumene, tourmaline and rare beryl, and are frequently | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | tracesof W, In and Co. In the Katherine-Darwin (Australia) area, Sn-Mo-W-Ta are locatednear to the contactand...showapicalmineralization.At Wodginaand Spargoville(W. Australia) the ore concentrates on the hangingwall...Zircon Rutile Garnet Sulfides Amblygonite Spodumene Thorium Minerals Siderite Garnet Tourmaline...these eventually Intense columbite-tantalite-spodumene- Moderate beryl-columbite-tantalite-euxenite-betafite...Tshamakain the Congoand in the Pilbarafield, Australia. A few such deposits still existin Ruanda-Urundi(Mayaga | | | Journal (issue) | • 4849 Bannock SL a11dacross rhe srreer Besr Western - Central Denver (\Vholesale) • 200 W. 48th Ave...crystals from Giles Prospect (Spargoville, Western Australia, Australia). The crystals are elongate, blocky...bright, golden Giles Prospect(Spargoville,Western Australia,Australia) by Ben Nicholson. yellow, but...finds included ., ...,"'-•-·'"'•hiddenite (green Spodumene) crystals to about 7 cm from Hiddenite (North...magnificent fireworks on the A Mountain in Tucson's western outskirts, where it could be enjoyed from the TGMS | | | Journal (issue) | Mining the Main Tantalite Dyke Wodgina, Western Australia, Australia Mark Jacobson 108 Farmington Drive Lafayette...mineralogically famous Main Tantalite Dyke at Wodgina, Western Australia and the adjacent tantalum-bearing pegmatites...the cassiterite-greisen veins associated with spodumene pegmatites at Mount Cassiterite to the south in...Hackett helped establish the University of Western Australia in 1911 and \\as o,,·ner of the West Australian...influence of Frank Moulden and the ongoing South Australia mining boom that caused her to become involved | | | Report (issue) | ....73 Asia ..............................78 Australia ......................... 82 Europe (east) .....large crystals have been found in Yinnietharra, Australia and Brumado, Brazil. Color: brown to black, red...Cruzeiro Mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil; Dobra Voda in western Moravia, Czech Republic; Kazenita pit, part of...lepidolite-sub type granitic pegmatites near Rozna in western Moravia, Czech Republic; at Red Cross Lake in Manitoba;...Slovenia, the type locality and Yinnietharra, Western Australia as a prolific source of museum quality dravite | | | Journal (issue) | France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony...Research Laboratory for Phelps Dodge Corporation, Western Exploration Office, in Douglas, Arizona. The main...Sid left Phelps Dodge when the company moved the Western Exploration Office from Douglas to Tucson. Sid...seen in the Mineralogical Record, enlightened Western collectors concerning the “magic” of Trepc=a specimens...from Down Under ˆ Pegmatite mineralogy of estern Australia Mar I. acobson 108 Farmington Drive, Lafayette | | | Book | Argentina, 361 Lapidary Treatment for Cabochons, Australia, 363 331 Austria, Beryl Carvings, 332 Faceted...Colombian emeralds appears in this mineral were Western sys- Hemi- beryls in the interior natives or...others some Emerald also among it Adams of the western medieval and other authorities claim that clear...differences in crystals of of color, true the Western similarly perpetuated Thus green tourmalines...inclusions, In another “oriental” but that and in Western parts, or terms that the “best [are] noting | | | Journal (issue) | France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony...west side of the Peshawar sedimentary basin in western Pakistan, at an altitude of about 300 m (1000 feet)...is a major producer of hydroelectric power in western Pakistan. The area is adjacent to the Khyber Agencies...the new-I repeat, new-gem-quality crystals of spodumene variety hiddenite which have emerged very lately...Desierto mine, Potosi, a desolate salt flat whose western edge is mere hundreds of meters from the Chilean | | | Book | provinces in North America, southern Africa, and Australia. The high-grade association, which dominates in...Crustal thickening is also recognized along the western boundary of the Superior Province (Mereu and Hunter...between the Yilgam and Pilbara Provinces in western Australia (Horwitz and Smith, 1978). Mafic dike distributions...greenstone succession in the Yilgarn Province of Western Australia (Naldrett and Turner, 1977). Unconformities...areas, while it is present in others (i.e., the western part of the Superior Province). Young (1979) has | | | Book (edition) | Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia; PPL B Anhedral native copper (dark; scratches)...with gold; West Driefontein Mine, Carletonville, Western Sector, Far West Rand (West Wits Line), Witwatersrand...(cream), quartz (dark grey); Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia (sample: Hanel/ Altherr); PPL B Massive...grey) in native copper (pinkish); Broken Hill, Australia; PPL B Digenite (blue) replacing tennantite (greenish...Golden Mile Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia (sample: Hanel/Altherr); PPL B Weissite | | | Book (edition) | America and Greenland, then Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica), then those of pegmatitic origin...primary and alluvial, are in a long belt along the western Counties, California, etc. At Jordan6w Slcl5ki...both eastern Sayan Mts., and at Kartashubinskoye, western Sayan Mts., white at Burumskoye, Vitim River Valley...cm occur Spring Creek mine, Wilmington, South Australia. with lazuritein marbleal Sar-e-Sang.KokchaValley...from the Wolurnla gold field, New South Wales, Australia. CM 12,367, 1974. AJOITE Ahlfeldite NiSeO 3•2H2O | | | Journal (issue) | possible quality. All collectors know how difficult Spodumene, quartz and lepidolite, 45 cm wide, from Mawi...Laboratory. The same in Australia were I found some Columbites from the Spargoville mine. TP: Mineral specimen | | | Catalog/List | x 1.24 inches (4.8 x 4 x 3.1 cm). Provenance: Western Minerals [Hoppel # D0008] Estimate: $500-$600 ...x 1.5 inches (5.1 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm). Provenance: Western Minerals [Hoppel # D0485] Estimate: $300-$500 18 ...3 x 1.5 inches (7 x 7.6 x 3.8 cm). Provenance: Western Minerals, ex. E. Mitchell Gunnell Collection, ex...4 inches (20.3 x 15.2 x 10.2 cm). Provenance: Western Minerals, ex. Ed David Collection, ex. Ben Williams...2.5 inches (27.9 x 22.9 x 6.4 cm). Provenance: Western Minerals [Hoppel # D0746] Estimate: $7,500-$9,000 | | | Book (edition) | Establish- Easthampton, Redlands, Denver, Australia, MinMassa- California, Colorado, Gregory,...Hidden (18531918), for whom the emerald-green spodumene from North Carolina, hiddenite, is named; George...his mineralogical namesake, the pink-to-lilac spodumene gemstone, kwnzite; and George Vaux, Jr. (1863-1927)...still frequently mentioned in California and other western states, Magnus Vonsen (1879-1954), formerly of...although severely corroded specimens, notably in spodumene, beryl, and to a lesser extent, in quartz, may |
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