 | Sorokina, Elena, Rassomakhin, Mikhail, Nikandrov, Sergey, Karampelas, Stefanos, Kononkova, Nataliya, Nikolaev, Anatoliy, Anosova, Maria, Somsikova, Alina, Kostitsyn, Yuriy, Kotlyarov, Vasiliy (2019) Origin of Blue Sapphire in Newly Discovered Spinel–Chlorite–Muscovite Rocks within Meta-Ultramafites of Ilmen Mountains, South Urals of Russia: Evidence from Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd Isotopic Data. Minerals, 9 (1) 36 doi:10.3390/min9010036 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals Article Origin of Blue Sapphire in Newly Discovered Spinel–Chlorite–Muscovite Rocks within Meta-Ultramafites... Abstract: Blue sapphire of gem quality was recently discovered in spinel–chlorite–muscovite rock within...found in the assemblage with the blue sapphire. These sapphire-bearing rocks are enriched in LREE and...Ilmenogorsky alkaline complex. 87 Sr/86 Sr ratios in the sapphire-bearing rocks varied from 0.7088 ± 0.000004 (2σ)...isochrone age of 289 ± 9 Ma was yielded for the sapphire-bearing rocks and associated muscovite. The blue |  | | Journal (issue) | | spectroscopic features of 22 pen pearls. NOTES AND NEW TECHNIQUES pg. 203 216 Pleochroism in Faceted...colored stones. 228 Nephrite Jade from Guangxi Province, China Zuowei Yin, Cui Jiang, M. Santosh, Quanli...Chen, and Yi Bao Introduces the Chinese nephrite mine in Hechi and characterizes the “band” and dendritic...subscribers should add GST. Discounts are available for group subscriptions, GIA alumni, and current GIA students...the submission of articles on all aspects of the field. Please see the Guidelines for Authors at gia.edu/gandg |  | Sorokina, Elena S., Karampelas, Stefanos, Nishanbaev, Tursun P., Nikandrov, Sergey N., Semiannikov, Boris S. (2017) Sapphire Megacrysts In Syenite Pegmatites From the Ilmen Mountains, South Urals, Russia: New Mineralogical Data. The Canadian Mineralogist, 55 (5) 823-843 doi:10.3749/canmin.1700016 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1700016 SAPPHIRE MEGACRYSTS IN SYENITE PEGMATITES FROM THE ILMEN MOUNTAINS, SOUTH URALS, RUSSIA: NEW MINERALOGICAL...Urals are found in syenite pegmatites where the mineral forms blue transparent to translucent megacrysts...alkali feldspar group were identified as syngenetic inclusions within the blue sapphire. Monazite-(Ce)...and several mines in Chantaburi province (Thailand). Keywords: sapphire, syenite pegmatite, Ilmenogorsky...INTRODUCTION Naturally occurring a-Al2O3 is a common mineral found in many metamorphosed and magmatic rocks |  | Henley, H. F., Brown, R. E., Brownlow, J. W., Barnes, R. G., Stroud, W. J. (2001) Grafton-Maclean Metallogenic Map (SH/56-6, SH/56-7) Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets. Geological Survey of New South Wales | Report (issue) | | Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets GRAFTON–MACLEAN 1:250 000 METALLOGENIC MAP SH/56-6...the Minister for Mineral Resources 2001 J.N. CRAMSIE, DIRECTOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW SOUTH WALES i ...(see Photograph 12). Insets are: cut blue and gold New England sapphires (upper left); molybdenite and quartz...Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney, xii...CD-ROM. Edited by: R.A. Facer © New South Wales Department of Mineral Resources 2001. Short quotations |  | | Journal (issue) | | Jewelry from the Ceramic Age Field Report from Iran’s Largest Turquoise Mine Fall 2021 VOLUME 57, No....Ceramic-Age Caribbean Jewelry, Persian Turquoise Field Report, and More Duncan Pay FEATURE ARTICLES 186...color caused predominantly by chromium and cobalt. FIELD REPORTS 240 Persian Turquoise: The Ancient Treasure...mining and production at Iran’s largest turquoise mine. p. 247 REGULAR FEATURES 238 258 p. 264 Lab Notes...consisting of emerald • Glass imitation of star sapphire • New laboratory-grown CVD diamond material • Laboratory-grown |  | | Journal (issue) | | industry over the past 15 years. pg. 215 NOTES AND NEW TECHNIQUES ________ 228 A Study of Nail-head Spicule...COMMUNICATIONS ________ 236 Copper-bearing Tourmalines from New Deposits in Paraíba State, Brazil Masashi Furuya...at diamond deception • Kyanite resembling blue sapphire • Phenakite as a rough diamond imitation • Glass-filled...ruby 252 Gem News International Large diamond mine to be developed in Saskatchewan, Canada • Spurious...type of phenomenal quartz • A new gemstone from Italy: “Violan quartz” • New sources of marble-hosted rubies |  | | Book | | Thessaloniki Bahrain Greece Ian Graham The University of New South Wales Australia Editorial Office MDPI St. Alban-Anlage...Tourmaline from LCT Pegmatite in Adamello Massif, Central Southern Alps, Italy: An Investigation of Its Mineralogy...A. Kotlyarov Origin of Blue Sapphire in Newly Discovered Spinel–Chlorite–Muscovite Rocks within Meta-Ultramafites...Alluvial Sapphires from the Orosmayo Region, Jujuy Province, Northwest Argentina: Insights into Their Origin...Cenozoic Alkaline Basalts of the Ratanakiri Volcanic Province (Cambodia), Southeast Asia—Trace Element Geochemistry |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ponderosa Mine, Oregon Christopher L. Johnston, Mickey E. Gunter, and Charles R. Knowles NOTES AND NEW TECHNIQUES...Dunay. The mask will be auctioned at Christie's New York on April 14, 1992. The proceeds will go to the...the submission of articles on all aspects of the field. Please see the Suggestions for Authors in this...dealer traveled to Vietnam to obtain someof the new, often ~pectacular rubies that have recently emerged...proved on a small scale in shallow (New technological developments in underwater mining systems |  | Sutherland, Frederick, Zaw, Khin, Meffre, Sebastien, Thompson, Jay, Goemann, Karsten, Thu, Kyaw, Nu, Than, Zin, Mazlinfalina, Harris, Stephen (2019) Diversity in Ruby Geochemistry and Its Inclusions: Intra- and Inter- Continental Comparisons from Myanmar and Eastern Australia. Minerals, 9 (1) 28 doi:10.3390/min9010028 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | edu.au (S.M.); jay.thompson@utas.edu.au (J.T.) Central Science Laboratory, University of Tasmania, Hobart...Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; s.j.harris@student...crystals are compared from Myanmar, SE Asia, and New South Wales, East Australia. Myanmar ruby typifies...mafic (Macquarie River) and metasomatic-magmatic (New England) sources. A previous study showed that Cr/Ga...geographic typing. Keywords: ruby; Mogok; Mong Hsu; New South Wales; trace elements; LA-ICP-MS analysis; |  | | Journal (issue) | | INSTITUTE OF AMERICA Low-Temperature Heating of Pink Sapphire from Madagascar Rose-Cut Colored Stones from the...Characteristics of Blue Amber Mineral Inclusions in Vietnamese Sapphire Winter 2020 VOLUME 56, No. 4...sunlight or D65 illumination. 498 Mineral Inclusions in Sapphire from Basaltic Terranes in Southern...Chakkaphan Sutthirat Proposes a formation model for sapphire from the main deposits in southern Vietnam based...based on the chemical composition of their mineral inclusions. p. 500 REGULAR FEATURES 516 Lab Notes |  | | Book | | Determination of the Geographic Origin of Ruby and Sapphire Using an Expanded Trace Element Suite Plus Sr–Pb...WolfgangHofmeister PetrogenesisoftheSnezhnoeRubyDeposit,CentralPamir Reprinted from: Minerals 2020, 10, 478, doi:10...Geosciences at The Australian Museum in Sydney, New South Wales. He graduated in geology at University...and SE Asian minerals and gemstones, volcanic mineral associations, high pressure mantle and lower crustal...crustal xenocryst and xenolith suites, world class mineral collections and mass extinction events. He has |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | an aquatic and aeolian regime. It is mainly the group of heavy minerals that plays the major part among...spessartine, (chrome) titanite, spinel, ruby, sapphire, padparaja, tanzanite, zoisite, topaz, tsavorite...placer-type minerals. Nevertheless till (unconsolidated mineral matter transported by the ice without re-deposition...fine-tuning the “Chessboard classification scheme of mineral deposits” (Dill 2010) and Minerals 2018, 8, 470;...and Placer Deposits Inorganic raw materials and mineral deposits are subdivided in the most convenient |  | | Report (volume) | | formerly of the Survey, but now of Rutgers College, New Jersey. The Survey has heretofore limited its publications...Gap harzburgite. Sapphire area. Dunite at the Bad Creek mine. Dunite of the Asbestos mine. Dunite of the...the Sapphire mine. Vicinity of Glenville. Harzburgite on Big Ridge. Amphibole-peridotite of Shoal Mountain...Madison County Home. Peridotites on Ivy River. Carter mine dunite. Serpentine of Paint Fork. Peridotites of...(Egypt) mine. Mica-diorite at the Hayes (Egypt) mine. Anorthosite at the Hayes (Egypt) mine. 72 73 75 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Eur. J. Mineral. 2006, 18, 441-447 OH in naturally occurring corundum ANTON BERAN* and GEORGE R. ROSSMAN...localities. The OH defects are most prominent in blue sapphire crystals, suggesting an association of OH with...ascertain if OH is a common component of this mineral and to determine the actual amount. Colored varieties...the spectra of a ruby from Sri Lanka and a blue sapphire from Montana. Because the samples used in this...bands at 3367, 3310, 3233, and 3185 cm-1 in a pink sapphire from Vietnam. The present study represents an |  | | Report (issue) | | ILLINOIS LIBRARY i ^ 6^2.09 S ^^ 2 . ) I NEW SOUTH WALES. DEPARTMENT OF MINES. GEOLOGICAL... E. Carne, F.G.S., Government Geologist. MINERAL RESOURCES. No. 22. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF Australian... will form a most valuable addition to the “ Mineral Resources ” series. I have the honor to be....5. List of Papers, p. 7. Australia generally New South Wales Victoria : Queensland Subject Index...and a huge mass of valuable data bearing on the mineral resources of the Commonwealth has been accumulated |  | | Book (edition) | | of Great Britain; and A. Espositer, lapidary of New York City. George H. Marcher, CG, lapidary and authority...Although the reader may find no information that is new to him under the second definition, even advanced...especially distinctive from those of the entire gem mineral species under which the properties are, of course...Achat (German). brown corundum. Same as seal sapphire. Now more generally applied to dull opaque corundum...instruments and makes excellent imitations of sapphire, amethyst, emerald, ruby, topaz and garnet. Same |  | | Book | | used for orna¬ ment has greatly increased and many new techniques have been developed for altering the colour...ruby. In addition, many new artificial materials have been devised together with new instruments to test...With improvements in prospecting methods, new minerals and new varieties of existing minerals have come...extensive guide to the scientific literature in this field. This book will be valuable to a wide readership...interest in gemstones. Cover illustration: A ruby, sapphire, emerald, citrine and diamond clip, mounted by | | | Book | | London New York Chapman and Hall First published in 1988 by Chapman and Hall Ltd 11 New Fetter Lane...the USA by Chapman and Hall 29 West 35th Street, New York NY 10001 © M. O'Donoghue Softcover reprint...the book all the journals and monographs in the field have been consulted so that the book should stand...byssolite fibres fibres of a mineral belonging to the actinolitetremolite group having the nature of an asbestos...one of the units of a polysynthetically twinned mineral. lapidary cutter, polisher or engraver of gems |  | Litvinenko, Andrey K., Sorokina, Elena S., Häger, Tobias, Kostitsyn, Yuri A., Botcharnikov, Roman E., Somsikova, Alina V., Ludwig, Thomas, Romashova, Tatiana V., Hofmeister, Wolfgang (2020) Petrogenesis of the Snezhnoe Ruby Deposit, Central Pamir. Minerals, 10 (5) 478 doi:10.3390/min10050478 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Article Petrogenesis of the Snezhnoe Ruby Deposit, Central Pamir Andrey K. Litvinenko 1 , Elena S. Sorokina...anticlinorium within the Cimmerian zone of the Central Pamir. On the local scale, the deposit occurs on...belonging to the Sarydzhilgin suite. Four ruby-bearing mineral assemblages are present within the main parts of...typical for the ruby-free parts of the deposit. Mica group minerals with a distinctive green color due to enhanced...association; geochemistry; Snezhnoe deposit; Tajikistan; Central Pamir; Muzkol–Rangkul anticlinorium; in situ U–Pb |  | | Report (issue) | | 21 II. CORUNDUM 23 23 Introductory Remarks Sapphire Corundum Emery Physical Properties Artificial...in Georgia, of other deposits of this valuable mineral. Like the report on the " Marbles preliminary...A. Burdick, Manager of the Laurel Creek Corundum Mine, Pine Mountain, Rabun Co., Ga., Mr. Corn of Visage... a carbuncle had as and a sapphire. Ezekiel a covering, the sapphire. among John, tells us, that...considerable on mineralogy. succession to the treasure-field marked an increase ira mineralogical knowledge |  | | Journal (issue) | | Phillips and Anatoly S. Talantsev Opal from Shewa Province, Ethiopia Mary L. Johnson, Robert C. Kammerling...revive the historical localities and explore for new ones. The second article in this issue looks at the...Crowningshield New York, New York C. S. Hurlbut, Jr. Cambridge, Massachusetts P.0.Lebanon, New Jersey Alan...the submission of articles on all aspects of the field. Please see the Guidelines for Authors in this issue...article in this issue of Gems e? Gemology describes a new find of gem blue sapphires on the island of Madagascar |  | | Book (edition) | | O’Donoghue AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON NEW YORK • OXFORD • PARIS • SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO •...II Ruby and Sapphire Beryl Chrysoberyl Spinel Topaz Tourmaline The Garnets Feldspar Group Zircon Peridot...guide to mineral species and groups (outside journal literature) is Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species...updated regularly in The Mineralogical Record and new issues seem to come out every four to five years...Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN). Figures for dispersion |  | | Report (issue) | | DEVELOPMENT R. BRUCE ETHERIDGE, DIRECTOR DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES JASPER L. STUCKEY, STATE GEOLOGIST ...DEVELOPMENT R. BRUCE ETHERIDGE, DIRECTOR DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES JASPER L. STUCKEY, STATE GEOLOGIST BULLETIN...Property Angel Property McGuire Property Bud Mincey Mine Ellijay Creek Prospect Gneiss District Corundum...Bear Creek Transylvania-Jackson Counties Canada-Sapphire Section Upper Wolf Creek Yancey County Appendix...Mincey mine, Ellijay No. 1 Pit of Bee Tree Vermiculite Mines Screening plant of Cary Mineral Co., Ammons |  | | Report (issue) | | Frontispiece: Azurite, Burra copper mine; 5 mm crystal group on chrysocolla. INTRODUCTION The original...appointed Mine and Quarry Agent to the South Australian Company in 1836. His reports of mineral finds, published...and in 1841 he published a booklet called The Mineral Kingdom of South Australia. In 1846 the Colony’s...appended a list of minerals and their occurrence. A mineral catalogue was produced for the Great Exhibition...a showpiece for the world’s mineral industry and eighty tons of mineral specimens from South Australia |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralogical Record The International Magazine for Mineral Collectors VOLUME 53 • NUMBER 1 Publisher & Editor-in-Chief.....................Poster Insert Columns What’s New in Minerals: Denver Show 2021 ....................Collector & Dealer Biographies • Mineral Artists • Antiquarian Mineral Literature Bio-bibliography This...you to become a Fellow and join this important group and Wear the medallion with pride! Contact Tom...Goldfine (2016–2021) Keith F. Compton (2016–2021) Mineral-Forum.com (2017–2021) Christophe A. Gobin (2017–2021) |
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