 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINES AND MINERALS OF AUSTRIA By P H I L I P M O R R I L L EastDerry, N. H. 03041 This data was accumulated...These operations are on leased land and trips to Austria. While it may be the most not open to the general...two or more until a more rounded text results. Austria is defined here as what is localities. presently...mineral museums of torically, within recent times, Austria in which the best is the Natural History cluded...Nature Geologically, it has a beautiful sim in Salzburg has a fine collection which is plicity. There |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineral localities: Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Austria .................................................EPIDOTE from Knappenwand, Untersulz bachtal, Austria. (See the article in this issue, p. 167.) The specimen...Illustrated m ining history: C oeur T he Cliff: Am erica’s First Great Copper M ine LJ d’A lene, Idaho...high as some fine miniatures. The collector may “see” a high-fashion thumbnail waiting to be liberated...approval of the editor. Suggestions for authors See Vol. 16, no. 2, p. 105, or write for copy. Back Issues |  | | Journal (issue) | | of Emerald Mining in the Habachtal Deposit of Austria, Part II Karl Schmetzer The finale of a two-part...Nail-head spicule in a Russian emerald • Dyed fluorite • Repaired grandidierite • New record size for...of articles on all aspects of the field. Please see the Author Guidelines at gia.edu/gemsgemology or...Karl Schmetzer traces the history of the Habachtal mine during the era between World Wars I and II, using...workings were called the Königskrone (“Kings Crown”) mine. The finest topaz crystals were extracted during |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | 01872 223 227 (UK Time 8am -9pm) FLUORITE,Rosilare Level.Minerva Mine No 1 ,Cave-in-Rock District.Southem...Southem Illonois.Xtl group of interlocking fluorite cubes to side length 23mm showing pale zonation, pale...£24 3. FLUORITE.Cave-in-Rock.lllonois.USA.Pure fluorite Ml consisting of interlocking very dark mauve...£10 9. SPHALERITE,var.Ruby Blende.Mid-Continent Mine,Pitcher.Oklahoma,USA Rich continuous druse of ruby...little milkky quartz Attractive D SPC C £24 17. FLUORITE on SPHALERITE,Naica,Chihuahua,Mexico.Ljovely xtl |  | | Journal (issue) | | JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2024 Articles The Berbes Fluorite District, Asturias, Spain..................................................107 by T. Moore COVER: FLUORITE, 4.3 cm, from the Valdelmar area of the La Cabaña...discharge, in New York City’s famous meatpacking district, becoming a production manager for Edmund Mayer...Camile went straight to the metaphysical specimens (see the following obituary) while Daniel and son were...of Guerrero and is not known for a single, large mine but several small regional deposits. The cause |  | | Book | | those people lucky enough to be able to travel to see them; others are in private hands and are seldom...stood atop the “mother” mass of blue-colored rock. A mine was started and a shaft was sunk into the rock....crystal, still imbedded in the country rock, to the mine manager, Mr. F. Wells. With his pocketknife Wells...Cullinan in honor of the superintendent of the Premier Mine in which it had been found, it was sold to the Transvaal...attractiveness. Miners working the Proprietary Block 14 Mine discovered and removed the matrix from its pocket | | | Book | | stood atop the "mother” mass of blue-colored rock. A mine was started and a shaft was sunk into the rock....crystal, still imbedded in the country rock, to the mine manager, Mr. F. Wells. With his pocketknife Wells...Cullinan in honor of the superintendent of the Premier Mine in which it had been found, it was sold to the Transvaal...attractiveness. Miners working the Proprietary Block 14 Mine discovered and removed the matrix from its pocket...colorful stones (turquoise, amethyst, rock crystal, malachite, and lapis lazuli) were fashioned into jewelry |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | ___________________ As usual there’s plenty to see on the web. And so, Christmas shoppers, let’s check...discovery in the big open-pit Rosia Poieni copper mine, Muşca, Alba, Romania. Anton Watzl brought about...transparent sea-green vivianite from the Rosia Poieni mine either form jackstraw clusters, many with pale gray...==== Vivianite, 5.5 cm, from the Rosia Poieni mine, Muşca, Alba, Romania. MCh Minerals specimen and...and photo. Vivianite, 5 cm, from the Rosia Poieni mine, Muşca, Alba, Romania. MCh Minerals specimen and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bookstore at www.MineralogicalRecord.com Front cover: Fluorite on Amazonite 7.5 cm, from the Smoky Hawk claim...Back cover: Top row, from left: Fluorite, 6.7 cm, from the Weisseck, Austria. Collected by Reinhold Bacher;...Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Pezzotta; Antonio Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson;... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp |  | | Catalog/List | | co.uk 1. CAROLLITE (4cm x 3cm x 3cm) Mashamba Mine, Zaire, Africa. Two modified bright octahedral crystals...matrix. £60 2. DIOPTASE (6cm x 5cm x 4cm) Tsumeb Mine, Namibia, Africa. Bright green 2mm dioptase crystals...TOURMALINE ON COOKEITE (6cm x 5cm x 3cm) Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Chalky...in orange brown calcite £15 7. MALACHITE (5cm x 3cm x 3cm) Musonoie Mine, Zaire. Crystalline mass of fibrous...fibrous dark to pale green malachite. Unusual habit for malachite. Very pretty display specimen £65 8 |  | | Catalog/List | | Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat Scotland Zambia Austria Ecton Hill...Realgar & Orpiment Realqar Cinnabar Stibnite Galena, Fluorite and Barvte Pyrite & Marcasite Jamesonite Chalcopyrite...The Knipe, S.Scotland Ow A2 Price £1 Coldberrv Mine Corsica A2 A2 £2 sop Nevada, USA Unknown The...Rocks Cornwall Hinqston Down, Cornwall Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 £1...Quebec (Cook) Herodsfoot Cornwall Bournonite Bedford Mine Devon Arsenoovrite Colorado USA Enaraite Minas Gerais |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | live in Germany, the other 10% live in Holland, Austria, Switzerland and many other countries of Europe...minerals. First the fossil locations. Although I am no fossil collector, I believe that the following...millerite xls, galena xls, rhodochrosite xls, malachite, native copper, psilomelane, tetrahedrite xls...not far from the Rhine River, with the abandoned mine "Friedrichssegen", which brought out beautiful specimens...another mine of the same type, called "Rosenberg" near Braubach, hydrothermal lead-zinc mine. Excellent |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | stephanite, arsenopyrite xls, tetrahedrite xIs, also fluorite, barite and other minerals. Freibergite, var....Nabburg. W olsendorf (calcite xIs, barite xIs, fluorite, uranium minerals). Hag644 endorf (vivianite...name. WIELICZKA, near Krakow, Poland, oldest salt mine in Europe, beautiful large halite xls, anhydrate...twins of gypsum crystals. BLEIBERG, Carnthia, Austria. Leadzinc deposit, here occur: galena, large xIs...greenockite, stolzite and srnithsonite. Near Salzburg Austria, well known mineral locality: wagnerite, lazurite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gem Collectors, carried the following paragraph. "I am taking the liberty of forwarding you a specimen of...matrix, was recently found in the vicinity of the Gem Mine (benitoite locality), San Benito County, Calif....triboluminescent sphalerite is a lead-silver mine in the Silverton district, San Juan County, Colo. The mineral...Eugene VanderWender, Harrington, Kent County, Del. District of Columbia—French Morgan, of Washington, D. C...another very unusual find of petrified wood, in the District this time, and within a half mile of where I live |  | | Journal (issue) | | Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail...Gail & Jim Spann collection; Tom Spann photo. Fluorite with quartz, 11 cm, from Fujian Province, China...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...collection; Jordan Root photo. Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINES AND MINERALS OF AUSTRIA By P H I L I P M O R R I L L East Derry, N . H . 0 3 0 4 1 IV S A L Z...Z B U R G (Land Salzburg) (Part II) T h i s refers to the Province of Salzburg X l s ( C l e a r )...Epidote X l s : Calcite which contains the city of Salzburg. Many people are familiar with this city but not...e old emerald Venediger and Hohe Tauern form the Mine is about 7 M i from Habach. T h e trail leaves the...Alpenrose going E and then N . The crystalline Alps. Mine is a few hundred yards beyond the I f we come in |  | | Book (edition) | | at Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman; I am indebted for this opportunity and for the assistance...of different ore minerals included in the atlas, I am very much obliged to a number of colleagues, who...Berlin, Germany Graslitzer Str. 5, D-63791 Karlstein am Main, Germany Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Department...pages of this chapter include the following terms (see also explanations chapter): - Strunz Group (Strunz...assembled at euromin.w3sites.net (for precise links see “Bibliography/Electronic Media” on page 1091). XIX |  | | Book | | mineral, e.g. quartz, may vary not only in colour (see plates) but also in crystal form, e.g. the many crystal...minerals can originate from one mineral, e.g. malachite, azurite, or limonite from chalcopyrite. Dripstone...quite frequently, e.g. in cassiterite gypsum, and fluorite. In some cases the growth of twin crystals results...often Twinned Crystals of (from left to right): fluorite, gypsum, cassiterite 17 grows columnar crystals...felspar 2. gypsum 7. quartz 3. calcite 8. topaz 4. fluorite 9. corundum 5. apatite 10. diamond These hardness |  | | Catalog/List | | attention at all times. 1976 ALLOPHANE. Salzburg, Tyrol, Austria.' Rich, light turquoise blue, mass associated...Limonitic Gossan with minor small tufts of greenish Malachite. 2txltxl". £4.75. AZURITE. Chessy, Rhone, France...botryoidal MALACHITE in assoc1at10n. The reverse of the specimen is encrusted with Malachite on which are...scattered over matrix with minor 11ght green Malachite in association. 2b<21xl-t". £16.50; Specimen C...attractivli r or display. 11. BARYTES. Hilton Mine, Scordale, Westmoreland. Lustrous, transparent to |  | | Catalog/List | | quartzes. Odd. RF. C. £8.00 10 BINDHEIMITE & MALACHITE, Greystones Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall. R. GRF....< 4mm. GRF. Ml. £10.00 13 ALLOPHANE, Salzburg, Tyrol, Austria. Old specimen. GRF. C. £10.00 14 LINARITE...metallic SP. RF. C. £10.00 17 SODALITE, Ankole district Uganda. Blue XR. MA. RWB. VGRF. C. £10.00 18...wolframite. VGRF. SC. £12.00 22 GALENA, Foxrock Mine, Glendasan, Co. Wicklow, Eire. Heavy XR.XN. RWB...RWB. VGRF. Ml. £12.00 24 GALENA, Ballinafunshoge Mine, Glenmalura, Co. Wicklow, Eire. R. XN. RWB. RF. | | | Book | | mineral, e.g. quartz, may vary not only in colour (see plates) but also in crystal form, e.g. the many crystal...minerals can originate from one mineral, e.g. malachite, azurite, or limonite from chalcopyrite. Dripstone...quite frequently, e.g. in cassiterite gypsum, and fluorite. In some cases the growth of twin crystals results...often Twinned Crystals of (from left to right): fluorite, gypsum, cassiterite 17 1 * Is g I grows...talc 2. gypsum 7. quartz 8. topaz 3. calcite 4. fluorite 9. corundum 10. diamond 5. apatite These hardness |  | | Book | | ring (see page 69) Page 2: Cerussite “Light of the Desert” (see page 117) Page 3: Malachite (see page...page 120) Page 6: Mimetite (see page 139) Page 248: Quartz (amethyst variety), Erongo Mountains, Namibia...Canada * 10.5 x 10.5 x 65 cm Page 256: Labradorite (see page 171) I would like to dedicate this book to...formed. RIGHT: Malachite with chrysocolla, Majdanpek, Serbia ¢ tixex7 cm LEFT: Fluorite, Taihang Shan...A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species |
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