 | | Journal (issue) | | Mexico ineralogical Record November-December 2003 ❖ Volume 34 Number 6 ❖ $20 Wayne & Dona Leicht,...Photo by Harold and Erica Van Pelt, Los Angles Mexico Special Issue III Los Lamentos Famous Mineral...Erupción/Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos District, Chihuahua, Mexico ...................................... 4 by W....Famous Mineral Localities: Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico .............. 36 by T. C. Wallace & M. K. Hall-Wallace...Vigas Famous Mineral Localities: Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico .............. 55 by W. Lieber & Gerhard Frenzel |  | | Report (issue) | | cm tall Amatitlan, Zumpango del Rio, Guerrero, Mexico Canadian Museum of Nature specimens (Cat. No. 56777)...photo Miaroles in felsic intrusives (granite, pegmatite, aplite, etc. up to and exceeding 300°C Gas-rich...rare scepters Creede, Colorado, USA Las Vigas, Mexico Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia Soufli, Thrace, Greece...prismatic habit include Vera Cruz and Guerrero, Mexico (see page 34), and the Goboboseb Mountains in Namibia...Quartz variety amethyst, 9.6 cm tall Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico Roz and Gene Meieran collection; Jeff Scovil |  | | Journal (issue) | | 5-mm view, from the Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico (#1001). Michael Michayluk photo. Supplement to...Dallas Mineral Collecting Symposium, and to the New Mexico Mineral Symposium, where I could further my knowledge...quartz crystals to 14.4 cm, from Lincoln County, New Mexico. Jeff Scovil photo. 16 Supplement to The Mineralogical...Carlos mine, Municipio Manuel Benevides, Chihuahua, Mexico. Tom Spann photo. 18 Supplement to The Mineralogical...Erupción-Ahumada mine, Sierra de Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico. Joe Budd photo. Pyromorphite, 7 cm, from the |  | | Journal (issue) | | enough, just across the border to the south is Mexico, rieb in active mines where miners are gathering...often received huge shipments of minerals from Mexico. She and Brooks also built an important personal...(below) Amethyst, 28 cm, from Amatitlan, Guerrero, Mexico. Ex Hubert de Monmonier collection, donated in...BS degree in geology from the University of New Mexico in 1973. Forty years later I'm still collecting...has taken us to mines in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, California, Canada, Maine and overseas. |  | | Report (issue) | | which came from the Naica district, Chihuahua, Mexico in the 1970s and 1980s, but Shelter Rock has two...there. Anhydrite, 7.9 cm, from Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico. Shelter Rock Minerals specimen and photo. 5 ...Dudley Blauwet later traced them to a phosphate pegmatite mine called the Namlook mine, on the Braldu River...from the Namlook mine but rather from some other pegmatite, presumably not far away. They are pretty specimens...surrounding the settlement of Las Vigas, in Veracruz state, Mexico—see the thorough article by Werner Lieber |  | | Journal (issue) | | this day. As a collector, working at the Zapot pegmatite in Nevada with his long-time friend Harvey Gordon...amazonite and topaz, but systematically mapped the pegmatite and collected suites for scientific study. Working...2 cm, from Cerro de la Concordia, Piedra Parada, Veracruz, Mexico. Ex Dan Kennedy collection. Amethyst...2 cm, from the Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico. Jeff Scovil photo. (top left) Smithsonite, 14...Kelly mine, Magdalena district, Socorro County, New Mexico. Ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection; Jeff Scovil |  | | Journal (issue) | | Honduras; a wonderfully fine chrysoprase from New Mexico; rare chlorastrolites from Lake Superior and cbiastolite...in the Southwest, traveling through Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado; they liked Colorado so much that...SHOP 201 West San Francisco Street . Santa Fe, New Mexico Edwin Jenkins Over, Jr. (1905-1963), one of America's...Wright of The Prospector's Shop in Santa Fe, New Mexico. lt consisted of about 3 tons of specimens, including...mines at the age of 15, learning how to collect pegmatite pockets. But in 1941 he set aside his mineralogical |  | | Report (issue) | | commodities, commonly from other zones of the pegmatite may also be of economic interest. The deposits... Model 13e GRADE AND TONNAGE MODEL OF FELDSPAR IN PEGMATITE$ By J.D. Bliss and G.J Orris This model shows...commodities, commonly from other zones of the pegmatite, may also be of economic interest. See fig. 10...Luz Marina Ocatia OcaW Ollague - Santa Rosa Piedra Parada Polan Puitace Rio Grande Rosario Rosario del...Japan Jamaica Kenya Lesotho Madagascar Morocco Mexico Mozambique Nigeria North Korea Norway New Zealand |  | | Journal (issue) | | (rniddle colurnn) Fluorite, 5.3 cm, from Naica, Mexico---Stephen Blyskal and Sigrid Stewart collection;...like those found in neighboring Arizona and New Mexico; Texas is oil country, and many fortunes have been...ofLeadville, Colorado. Eventually rnoving on through New Mexico and Arizona as a prospector, he leamed some mineralogy...across, and more. Exploitation of this remarkable pegmatite continued intermittently until 1937, when the...but it was not until America acquired Texas from Mexico in 1848 that stories began to circulate about the |  | | Catalog/List | | structure. When the Iron that is normally present in pegmatite pockets is deficient, and there is plenty of Manganese... 73043 ELBAITE with FELDSPAR & QUARTZ Rosina Pegmatite, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell’Elba, Elba Island...trickled out from the Rodina, concerning the Malkhan Pegmatite Field: an area of some 60 square kilometers, southeast... TOURMALINE 73046 TOURMALINE & QUARTZ Malkhan Pegmatite Field, Krasnyi Chikoy, Chitinskaya Oblast’, Transbaikalia...PM CT 49 73047 TOURMALINE & QUARTZ Malkhan Pegmatite Field, Krasnyi Chikoy, Chitinskaya Oblast’, Transbaikalia |  | | Catalog/List | | $300-$400 53002 AMETHYST SCEPTERS Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico Two deep purple, glassy Amethyst...PM CT 11 53022 AMETHYST Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico A classic cluster of Las Vigas...del Rio District, Mun. de Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico This modern classic from Batopilas consists of...tourMaLine, QuartZ & cLeveLandite Darra-i-Pech Pegmatite Field, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan Multi-colored...Estimate: $1500-$2000 53124 PINK TOURMALINE Malkhan Pegmatite Field, Krasny Shikoy, Chitinskaya Oblast, TranAntimonyaikalia |  | | Journal (issue) | | prospects are as follows: Almadén mine Within the municipality of Almadén, below the village of the same name...slab from the Graphic mine, Socorro County, New Mexico, which now resides in my wife Lorraine’s collection...legrandite mined at the Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Sprays and single crystals sit in etched pockets...New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources Museum, located on the campus of the New Mexico Institute...Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro, New Mexico. Having visited this museum during our 2016 cross-country |  | | Catalog/List | | Smithsonite from the iconic Kelly Mine in New Mexico A ‘gem’ quality specimen Tanzanite crystal in matrix...behind the famous “Boot of Cortez” originating from Mexico. The Alaska Centennial Nugget was sold to a private...Opal - 32.65 Cts. Magdalena, Magdalena Municipality Jalisco Mexico This lot represents a very unique offering...offering of Opal. This curiosity comes from Mexico and is known as a Matrix Opal, which is play-of-color...play-of-color Opal in Rhyolite matrix, called cantera in Mexico. The bottom of the matrix has been cut flat, and |  | | Catalog/List | | a bygone era. • Amethyst from Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico that has exceptional aesthetics, color, and...del Rio District, Mun. de Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico Set in a location in the remote Barranca del Cobre... Mun. de Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico The San Francisco Mine in Sonora, Mexico started out as a gold mine...Sierra de los Lamentos, Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico The best known Mexican Wulfenites are the almost...Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico A simple cubic Fluorite with light purple ‘phantom’ |  | | Journal (issue) | | fro m Madagascar. I saw it labelecl Ambatovita Pegmatite. Mandrasonoro, but may come from several localities...the locality and 16 cm matrix from Ambatovita Pegmatite, Mandrasonoro, impressive when Madagascar. Ex...or $46.00 for lwo years; addresses in Canada and Mexico are US$48.00 per year, or USS90.00 for two years;...1· 1,3 t-\ d:rn111e. con1ch:ilc11c, wu lfcnuc. Mexico. Map1111i. MN 19- 10. 1,2 Afg ha nile, sodal11e...ccrus.~ilc. dcscloizitc. <;ulfur. Y.rulfcnitc. Mexico. C hihuahua. Ahumada Mine. Los Lamcnto<. I\IN 19-2 |  | | Journal (issue) | | inclusion in diamond • First discovery of topazolite in Mexico • Large baroque Tridacna gigas (clam) pearl • Coated...and moonstone, among others. The most famous pegmatite is the moonstone deposit at Meetiyagoda, in southern...Florida, North Carolina, and Texas, as well as Mexico, the Caribbean, and as far south as Argentina (Strack...orthophosphate, YPO4) occurs mainly in granitic pegmatite and also in metamorphic rocks such as biotite...Spondylus princeps off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. This was a rare opportunity to see natural pearls |  | | Journal (issue) | | destinations, including Oaxaca and Teotihuacan in Mexico, Machu Picchu, the Amazon Rain Forest, Chichen...LIMITED Azurite with Malachite | Milpillas Mine, Mexico | 4.5 x 3.4 x 1.9cm orders@crystalclassics.co...Tourmaline with Quartz and Cleavelandite Malkhan Pegmatite Field, Russia Crystals to 33 cm Beth Van Allen...5 also referred to as Nordmarksberg, in the municipality of Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden. The Bjelke...(also known as Nordmarksberg) is in Filipstad Municipality (Filipstad City is the county seat), Värmland |  | | Journal (issue) | | School of Mines, Colorado School of Mines and New Mexico School of Mines). A number of specimens from private...downtown Denver, having just come up through New Mexico on a continuous 14-hour drive from Tucson. The...crystals of elbaite from the January discovery. The pegmatite pocket from which the crystals came has been christened...from the Naica mining district in Chihuahua state, Mexico. The thumbnail-size floater crystals are sharp...Figure 10. Gypsum, 19 cm, from Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico. Jorge Martinez specimen; Chris Stefano photo. |  | | Journal (issue) | | in a granite environment, especially a granite pegmatite formation, you are bound to run into some form...common forms of this monoclinic mineral, and pegmatite deposits, due to slow cooling of the rock, are...your specimens of elbaite, kunzite, and other pegmatite gem minerals, and chances are one of the forms...mica was found in the Grafton, New Hampshire, pegmatite deposit. The farmer who found the deposit realized...was underground in the Naica mine in Chihuahua, Mexico, where huge selenite crystals are found. The type |  | | Journal (issue) | | corundum deposits, and desilication of an intrusive pegmatite in ultramafic/ mafic rock by contact metasomatism...GEMOLOGY WINTER 2015 hyalite opal from Zacatecas, Mexico,” Journal of Gemmology, Vol. 34, 2015, pp. 490–508)...examine several faceted hyalites from Zacatecas, Mexico, along with several rough hyalites from other locations...Gifu’s Naegi granitic pegmatite (H. Ogawa et al., “Fluorescence of hyalite in pegmatite from Naegi granite...159–166). Hyalite from a new source in Zacatecas, Mexico, discovered in 2013, shows strong green fluorescence |  | | Book | | avec Galène (sulfure de plomb). Cordillère de Piedra Parada . - Province du Huarochiri. Mine de San Antonio...cristallisé . Mine de San Antonio . - Cordillère de Piedra Parada. de Huarochiri. Province MINÉRAUX DU PÉROU...province de Cajatambo ; la mine de Santiago, entre Piedra Parada et Antarangra, pro vince de Huarochiri ; Huanta...Quartz. Agua caliente. Entre Casapalca et Piedra parada. Province de Huarochiri. No 253 . Bournonite...rhomboèdres. Agua caliente. — Entre Casapalca et Piedra parada . Province de Huarochiri. No 255 . Bournonite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Minerals, Dan Kile Secretary Virgil Lueth, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801 Tel: 505-835-5140;...(at 10,000 feet elevation) of the "Crystal Lode pegmatite" near Fulford, Eagle County, Colorado, where about...colored creedite from Mina Navidad, Abasolo, Durango, Mexico. Some clusters have individual creedite crystals...mineral specimens from Bolivia, Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Peru, Russia and Tsumeb; there was a case of mixed...a dead ringer for one of the classic Guerrero, Mexico amethyst specimens. At the booth of Excalibur Minerals |  | | Book (volume) | | ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, MEXICO The Geology of North America O r > W 4^ *1^ ^ ^ \ \ f ax4 u \ \...of North America Volume P-3 Economic Geology^ Mexico Edited by Guillermo P. Salas Geologo Consultor...Centro Minero Nacional Carretera Mexico-Pachuca Pachuca, Hgo., Mexico, D.F. 1991 EXPLORATION LIBRARY...reserved. Geologia economica de Mexico. English. Economic geology, Mexico / edited by Guillermo P. Salas...; v. P-3) Translation of Geologia economica de Mexico. Includes bibliography references and index. ISBN |  | | Journal (issue) | | MINERALS AND JEWELRY BEST OF 2014 • FIELD TRIPS: New Mexico Orbicular Granite Purple Agate from Arizona • COLLECTING...TREASURES • MINERALS AND JEWELRY Laguna agate from Mexico is just one of the many types of agate that will............. 18 Persistence pays off at this New Mexico site by Robert Beard Rock Science ......................................... 44 Pulga jade, New Mexico rockhound symbols, Dinosaur Diamond crostic Ethiopia’s...in a deep cavern in the Naica mine (Chihuahua, Mexico). These amazing crystals are up to 40 feet long |  | | Book | | Mineral Co. price list, 1961-1962). LATINAMERICA MEXICO San Martin mine, Sombrerete, Zacatecas. Superb...Swanson quarry, East Haddam, Middlesex County. The pegmatite of the Swanson quarry is locally famous for its...2002). AFRICA MOZAMBIQUE Nanro [Naquissupa] pegmatite, Alto Ligonha district, Zambezia Province. In...pegmatites, ixiolite occurs solely in the Nanro pegmatite, where small, dull gray-black lenticular ixiolite...JALPAITE AFRICA LATIN AMERICA SOUTH AFRICA MEXICO Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape [Cape] |
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