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APRIL 1974 1. NATIVE ARSENIC. Burraton Combe Quarry, St. Stephens-bySaltaoh, Cornwall. Specimen A -...aggregates with minor Limonite and fragments of Quartz. 3x3x2~". £12. 3. AURICK~LCITE. 4. BATHITE...crusts of apple green sparklin micro crystals on Quartz matrix. Specimen A - 229x2"- with a l~xl~" covering...aggregated with minor Chlorite on and in cellular Quartz/~hlorite/Chalcopyriteveinstuff. The total area...lustrous metallic grey bladed crystals with very minor Quartz in association. 3x2". £6. 11. BROCK4NTITE. Blanchard |
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1" in sizo, thickly intergrown on Arsenopyrite/Quartz matrix with h;o b12c:...crystals to 2~" in length, richly embedded in milky Quartz. 3x2-}x 2 " • £4.50. 8. AUTUNITE. Bess:·.nes...sparkling crystals and crystal crusts scattered over Slate/Quartz veinstuff. Specimen A 3x2-txlt". £4.75; Specimen...2" longx 11 across t'1El axis partial y edded in milky uartz. 2-1x 'x2". £4.50; Specimen B - A translucent...twinned crystals to 1 cm. in size, intergrown with milky Quartz on a Itxl~II araa on altered Granite. 3x2tx2" |
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micro crystals thickly coating vugs in altered quartz monzonite. This is the best and most colorful ajoite... ANHYDRITE CRYSTALS Sonderhausen, South Harz, Germany. Calcium sulfate. Single sharp rectangular crystals...scattered on chalcopyrite xls, pyrite xls, or milky quartz. These specimens are similar to those found...of long (3½") grayish-green fibers from veins in slate. Amosite is a long-fibered brittle asbestos generally...CRYSTALS in ANHYDRITE Luneburg, near Hannover, Germany. Magnesium chloroborate. Very sharp highly modified |
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Monte Poni, Sardinia, Italy. A sharp, translucent, milky coloured, vlell terminated crysta 1 a pprox. t"...scattered on and intergrown with slender terminated milky Quartz crystals, and odd small bright Pyrite crystals...fluorescent display. 2x2". £7.75. AUTUNITE. Merrivale Quarry, Dartmoor, Devon. Bright, lime yellow, micro crystals...grO\vth and as socia ted with odd fragment s of Quartz. 1" long x 1" across the axis, £6.50. BF~YTES....size! attractlvely scatt€r'ed over a buff-coloured Slate matrix, 2 2 xl" , £4.50; Specimen B - Bright, sharp |
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issue appeared a short item relative to quartz crystals (milky and rock crystal) found at Hans Peak, Colo...which are unusually good ; also, rutilated rose quartz from the property of J. Swanton Ivy, near Watkinsville...lot is opalescent rose quartz from the Kell mica mine in Rabun County. This quartz was first cut into a...géodes in all kinds and color. Clear quartz ones, milky quartz, fluorescent calcites, dogtooth calcite...inches in diameter and is coated inside with smoky quartz crystals. "If you ever get near Greencastle (40 |
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Ferberite with a little yellowish FERRITU~~STITE and milky quartz. 2tlixl~. £5.50; Specimen B - Rich whitish masses...Pf ~~scovite Mica and a little clear crystalised quartz in association. Choice specimen for display. 4x3t"...crystaline mass of creamy Orthoclase Feldspar and quartz. 2tx2xl". £3.25. 5. AZURITE; Copper queen Mine...tarnished mass associated with a little ql,lartz and milky crystalline Calcite. *2~-x1~-", £4.50p. { 9. 10...intergrown on clear lustrous pyramidal Quartz crystals to t" in size on Quartz veinstuff. 2-tx2xl-r.". £3.25. |
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Isle of Skye, Scotland. Lustrous, translu~ent, milky coloured sharp crystals ranging in size up to t"...encrusting matrix. 2txl!xlt". £3.25. AN LCIME. Croft Quarry, Leicestershire. Small sharp creamy 3. coloured...columninar crystaline mass associated with minor Quartz. 2xr..t:.,d". £6.50. ). 7. 8. 9. 10. 11....l~" in length, sparsely scattered in massive vein Quartz. 3¥X2xlt"o £2.50. " ~1 I~1!,~I '·BEr 19. 2C\...with minor greyish Smaltite and a little reddened Quartz. Itxl:~-"xl". £4.50. BISMUTHINITE. Carrock Mine |
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institution founded panning selected specimens of quartz from by Jefferson, is in that city. veins in the...graphite f ™ 1 , n t h e , Johnson Mill graphite slate formation which crosses Albemarle Coun^ I t s ^...graphite have ^ noted in whjte caIdte from Stone quarry at Red veJns Hn in the SupeHor , Class II...Small amounts of bornite occur in the new soapstone quarry at Alberene. 3. Sphalerite. Granular aggregates...cleavable brown sphalerite in quartz have been observed in the Superior Stone quarry at Red Hill. 4. Chalcopyrite |
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crystals are intimately associated with galena in the quartz vein on the Hickory Ridge farm east of Free Union...soapstone quarry. Giles (1961) observed similar material in the Alberene soapstone quarry. Rare earth-bearing...Elongated chalky-while apatite crystals occur in quartz at the quartz mine on Hickory Ridge farm nortlwest. of...toGravatt(1920) therocks of the Johnson Mill graphitic slate (Lynchburg Formation) are phosphatic in places....ARAGONITE - White coatings of aragonite occur on slate at the Stony Point iron-copper mine. Similar aragonite |
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cloudy sea-green crystals to 1" in size embedded in Quartz with silvery ~rsenopyrite. Fluoresces mustard yellow...£2. 4. N"TIVE .I.RSENIC. Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Grey shelly solid mass with minor Calcite and...t cryst81s pJrti111y embed(.ed in Fluorite and Quartz on TJuro31ine peach ,einstonc. Jld 13 bel is at...bright blackish mJdificd ryst11s encrustin cellular Quartz/Chl.orite matrix. 2xlt". £3. 20. C.'SSITERITE...Cornwall. Rich dark green CT-.lSt covering LimJnitic Quartz matrix. 3~x2". £1.50, 36. COVELLITE. Butte~ Silver |
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£1. 10. NATIVE BIS1UTH. Schneeberg, saxony, Germany. Pure crystaline mass with minor Skutterudite and...with small cubic crystals encrusting Chalcopyrite/Quartz matrix. 4x3". £7. CrUdely formed -2- BOURNONITE...sharp bright steely grey crystals scattered over a Quartz crust on sulphidic matrix. 4x2t". £5. 14. BROCHANTITE...around 5 mm in size scattered on Chlorite investing Slate matrix. The base of the matrix has been cut flat...banded and rounded masses in and on silicified Slate matrix. 3X2". £5. 24. CELESTITE. Yate, Nr. Bristol |
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Sylvanite in Phonolite. Itxi". £2. ANALCIME. Dene Quarry, st. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Large sno\1-white... forming a cellular intergrown mass with minor Quartz. 2txlt". £8. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven...Galena and Slate. Very fine specimen for this location. 3x3". £6. ARSENOPYRITE. Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake...crusts of wine coloured micro crystals covering Quartz gossan matrix. Specimen A - 2xlt" - £2.50; Specimen...Delicate silvery needles in cavities in crystalised Quartz, with Sphalerite, Siderite, Fluorite and Chlorite |
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Serpentinite. 2txlt". £6. 3. APATITE. Colcerrow Quarry, Luxulyan, Cornwall. Very fine highly modified... Grube Sampson, 8'1>. Andreasberg, Harz Mts., Germany. Unusual silvery grey It" botryoidal mass. £~....crystals to ~ mm. in size intergrown in a cavity in quartz gossan. lxl lT • £1- 6. ARTHURITE. Hingston...granite matrix. 3Xlt". £2. lig~t AUTUNITE. Merrivale Quarry, D8rtmoor, Devon. micro crystals richly encrusting...crystals richly encrusting black Pitchblende and Quartz matrix. 2xlt". £2.50. A?1JRITE. Copper Queen Mine |
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to over 4 mm in size scattered over intergrown Quartz crystals and crystal sections. 3x1-2-X1~", £14...micro crystals and crystallised crusts covering milky quartz. Specimen A, 3x3x1~", £4.75p. Specimen B, 2x1-t"...size scattered over a large section of a smoky quartz crystal, with smaller crystals attached. ¥.x2x1~"...2x1tx1", £3.7Sp. 14. CALCITE. St. Andreasberg, Harz, Germany. Specimen A: Select translucent to transparent...~-x2t", £6. SOp 16. CARPHOLITE. Wippra, Harz, Germany. Rich golden coloured radiated crystalline masses |
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Rich, metallic grey, pure mass w:th very minor quartz and 8'oall blades Df Stibnite in assDciat ion....a pDrtion Df a clear well fDrmed quartz crystal, with smaller quartz crystals attached. I-txf". £5.50;...large, cDmpletely transparent, sharp terminated quartz crystal with add sharp Anatase crystals to 5 mm...protruding from Limonitic Gossan w1th minor fragments of Quartz attached. 2-t;-x2xl-!:-". £4.50. CoRNWALLITE. Phoenix...masses associated with a little black Ferberite and quartz. Specimen A - 1tx1f-x1~1I O.25p; Specimen B - 1~x1-i;-x111 |
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deep. All over the summit were scattered lumps of quartz mixed with “chunks” of lepidolite streaked with...of this gem. 146 THE MINERAL COLLECTOR. ‘ is a quarry opened _to__obtain feldspar. I got a few indifferent...creditor. Among the many specimens was one of massive quartz containing two well exposed crystals of black tourmaline...world of ours yet to be discovered. ' TOURMALINE QUARTZ FROM MONTANA. "1'2" -1 ' . " Bv SAMUEL MACFEE'I‘ERS...emany recent finds of quartz, none have been found to equal those oddities of quartz crystals enclosing |
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Select single water clear terminated elongated Quartz crystals with one or more small sharp Anatase crystals...crystals vary from 1 - 3 rrrn. in size and the Quartz crystals from 1 - 17" in length. £1.25 each. 6...intergrown on matrix with numerous lustrous elongated milky Quartz crystals, odd translucent creamy "nail head"...in size, intergrown on large areas on crystaline Quartz matrix. li-xlf". £2.75. AUTUNITE. Merrivole Qry...cellular masses and crusts scattered on brecciated Quartz veinstuff •21x2x I -t" • £3.25. BERTHIERITE. Schemnitz |
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by Gloucester Typesetting Co. Ltd. Printed in Germany Contents Translator's Foreword 4 Foreword ...known in some parts of the Continent, including Germany. Ore: Ores are deposits of minerals, which contain...various ways. The well-known minerals feldspar, quartz and mica derive from gases, generally below the...combinations, known as parageneses, e.g. feldspar and quartz. Others exclude each other, e.g. feldspar and rock...pyramids rhombohedron apatite beryl, corundum calcite quartz tourmaline orthorhombic rhombic prisms pyramids |
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brownish-black Sphalerite crystals and sharp lustrous milky quart z crystals to t" in size. Att ractive specimen...mm in size richly scattered over shiny sharp milky quartz crystals with minor golden drystals pf Pyrites...cog-wheel crystals to 4 mm in 31ze scattered over milky quartz crystals with minor brownish-black Sphalerite...encrusting quartz matrd!x with odd small pyrites crystals and lustrous milky pyramidal Quartz crystals...crystals to over 1" in size thickly encrusting quartz matrix, with the reverse side of the specimen encrusted |
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and antimony Germany Harz Mountains, Andreasberg Rich gray botryoidal aggregates in quartz ...... ALLOPHANE...Saguache County, Klondike mine Cleavage plates in quartz with pyrite ......... AMBER Oxygenated hydrocarbon...in magnetite with stilpnomelane, penninite and quartz ...... . HASTINGSITE Iron calcium sodium potassium...marble ..... . Connecticut Canaan, New England Lime quarry Silky white xl prisms in dolomitic marble .......Moravia, Dolni Bory Pink crystals with lepidolite and quartz ....... Mexico Baja California, San Juan Bautista |
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Vol. II . No. 6 . For The Mineral Collector. Quartz and its Varieties . By Albert C. Bates. PART III...III. In writing this series of articles on quartz, my effort has been to present the subject in such...is wellto cultivate. Nearly all tbe varieties of quartz occur in Nova Scotia. Localities are numerous,...granite, gneiss and mica -slate prevail. Trap rocks are often imbeddedin clay-slate, and it is in this trap...trap rock that many varieties of quartz are found. In the amygdaloid occurs the many beautiful zeolites |
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Rich, apple green crust of micro crystals covering quartz with minor bluish Linarite. 2xl-g-". 2x11". £l...Wine-yellow well'formed micro crystals richly encrusting Quartz er ri mn I -v 1 J-ll £1.^0. gossan matrix. lixli"...crystaline Cassiterite with minor Gilbertite and Quartz. 2|x2x2". £6. 12. CASSITERITE. Wheal Lovell,...sparkling black crystals covering a buff coloured slate matrix with minor Pyrite. 3xli". £2. 15. CERULEITE...blue crystaline crusts lining cavities in cellular Quartz gossan. Specimen a - 2xl-j-"; £2; Specimen B - |
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scattered over a Chlorite matrix with a little Quartz and Fluorite in association. 3x3'1. £5.40. 4....metallic grey cavernous mass intargrown with ,mite Quartz, frosted over with micro, lustrous, crystals of...intergrown with drusy white Quartz with odd small crystals of Tetrahedrite on a Slate matrix. l~xlt". £4.32;...group with one side frosted with small transparent Quartz crystals. lxt". £4·32 11. BOUhNONITE. Pribram...CALCITE. Blackdene Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham. Large, milky white, well formed, 'nail head' crystals, the largest |
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Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will be satisfactory...at the pristine source underground ar an fresh quarry faces and the like. Very aften though, such source...tabular chalcophanite crystals on \/ad. 104 ADAMITE, Quartz Mountain, Nevada. Pale blue to colorless nearly...Morocco. Pale blue acicular crystals on goethite and quartz. Ref. Am. Min. 55:1447 (1970). 911 ALBITE,Clear...Nevada. White 836A ALUNITE,zoned with JAROSITE,QUARTZ, tabular crystals zoned with a thin film of jarosite |
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botryoidal, shelly mass partially overlain with whitish Quartz and ~lcite. 2txlt't. £6.50. 4. ANATASE. Cavradi...t" in length, scattered and lying flat on small Quartz crystals covering Galena. 2x2x2". £13;50. 6. APATITE...dark brown Siderite lining cavities in ~ellular Quartz with minor Chalcopyr ite. Specimen A - 2ixlt"....intergrown and covering an area txt" on matrix of Quartz with disseminated Sulphides. ltxlt". £5. An old...crystals of SPHALEhITE and a little needly crystalised Quartz covering both sides of matrix. 2tx2-t". £7· AhSENOPYRITE |