 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | has been an abundance of mineral specimens from India appearing at mineral shows. Unfortunately, the locality...as “Poona (also Poonah), India,” which is far from precise. Poona (now Pune) is only one of many localities...the Deccan Traps; this one is on the road between Pune and Nasik. Figure 2 (above). Pentagonite on heulandite...largest crystal about 3 mm, from Wagholi quarry, Maharashtra. Georges Claeys specimen, photo courtesy...(left). Map showing the Deccan Trap area of Maharashtra, India, prepared by Rik Dillen. Figure 4 (below) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the basalts of the Deccan trap rocks of Maharashtra State, India. Striking yellow, or colorless and transparent...the Mumbai (Bombay)* district for its variety of forms and from the Jalgaon district for the beautiful twins... there is a mix of Marathi (the language of Maharashtra State) and English names of cities and districts...(now Mumbai, Pune, and Nashik). These names were officially changed in 1997 when India celebrated fifty...crystals of green fluorapophyllite, wonderful mesolite aggregates, salmon-colored stilbite, uniquely |  | | Journal (issue) | | green diopside on syenite matrix from the Jeffrey quarry, Asbestos, Quebec. Collected by miner Bruno Carriere...several small mines in the Beaverdell silver-mining district of southern British Columbia, near the village...50 km north of the U.S. border. Activity in the district began with a small "gold rush" in the late 1880s...list, 1984). NORTHWEST TERRJTORJES Port Radium district, Great Bear Lake. A deposit of uraninite (variety...silver from the El Bonanza mine in the Port Radium district, and the specimens briefly appeared on the market |  | | Journal (issue) | | Number Three Articles The Lonavala Quarry, Pune District, Maharashtra, India . . . . . . . . . . . . ...his two brothers on a remote farm in the Mallee district of western Victoria, Australia. His tertiary education...Record, volume 38, May–June, 2007 The Lonavala Quarry une Distri t Ma aras tra n ia Tomas Pras...diverse zeolites and associated minerals. he Lonavala quarry has produced fine specimens of green uorapophyllite...uorapophyllite, some of the world s finest specimens of mesolite after those of the ashan Hills quarries , and |  | | Journal (issue) | | sussex mineral & lapidary society ·- Return to India. Part 2 USA/Canada Field Trip. Franklin and Sterling...Journal 199 Jan/Feb 2006 S.M.L.S. RETURNS TO INDIA PART 2 - MINERALS AND MINERAL COLLECTING 1. INTRODUCTION...areas around Lonavala in the west of the Pune District and near Alibag in Raigad District. Come the day...interest, including one species new to Maharashtra and one to India as a whole (See section 4 below). Overall...traps within 6 of the Districts of the State of Maharashtra (see map). Excellent outlines of the geology |  | | Journal (issue) | | leicht@kristalle.com Minerals of the DECCAN TRAPS INDIA by Berthold Ottens 2003 Published by the Mineralogical...4.6 cm, from Pashan Hills quarry no. 2 near Poona, Maharashtra state, India. Steve Smale collection and...today as a national emblem for India. Archaeological Museum, Sa\rna\th, India. Frontispiece [this page]:...page]: Street scene in Lahore, India, early 1800’s. Author’s address: Berthold Ottens Klingenbrunn Bahnhof...and William Daniell in July, 1793 (Antiquities of India). 4 The Mineralogical Record, volume 34, January–February |  | | Journal (issue) | | Revue française de minéralogie La carrière de Lonavala (Inde) Exposition à Dijon "Éclats de Couleurs...Philippe RUSSO et Frédéric ESCAUT 25 LA CARRIÈRE DE LoNAVALA, POONA, MAHARASIITRA, INDE Tomasz PRASZKIER et...grands monts Haramosh, d'un site localisé sur le district de Skardu que nous ayons pu voir ! 20 pièces seulement...matériel du val d' Ala . d. h , . Kuch-i-Lal, district (Italie) de très beaux Histoire sans paro~es ...made closed to the Minh Tien village, Luc Yen District. The Vietnamese specimens are among the best of |  | | Journal (issue) | | “Disco Balls” from Rahuri, India INTRODUCTION Maharashtra state in India has been known since the 1970’s...inside the huge pocket in the well in Momin Akhada, India. S. Makki photo. erals and several other associated...stilbite from the 2001 find in Momin Akhada, Rahuri, India. 13 cm tall. G. and J. Spann collection. The discoveries...of the rare situations in which specimens from India excited the whole collecting community. Continued...Continued on next page 2 “Disco Balls” from Rahuri, India Continued from page 1 (Strictly speaking and based |  | | Journal (issue) | | nice wavellite from the type locality at High Down Quarry, Filleigh, North Devon; unfortunately, but deservedly...of clear mesolite needles on white analcime, in a large vug in Basalt, from Sund Old Quarry, Streymoy...would have been to collect and transport, as the mesolite is very fragile. It was altogether a brilliant...found whilst on the field trip to Hvitasteinar quarry, Skalabutnor on Eysturoy Island in the Faeroes...12 ems matrix, which also came from Hvitasteinar quarry. Richard Tayler - 4- SMLS Journal 239 Sept/Oct |  | | Catalog/List | | ENARGITE (4cm x 4cm x 3cm) Trixie Mine, Tintic District, Utah Co., Utah, U.S.A. Ore specimen with top...locality. £50 33. STILBITE (7cm x 5cm x 3cm) Lonavala, Nr. Poona, India. Lustrous white twin sheaf like crystal...piece. £35 49. FLUORITE (8cm x 4cm x 2cm) Rogerly Quarry, Stanhope, Weardale, Co. Durham, U.K. Group of...1989) £30 60. STILBITE (5cm x 5cm x 6cm) Lonavala, Nr. Poona, India. Lustrous white twin sheaf like crystal...matrix. £18 105. ALBITE (7cm x 6cm x 2cm) Trolvis Quarry, Long Downs, Nr. Falmouth, Cornwall. Beautiful |  | | Book | | found between the fibrous zeOlites, natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite because intergrown samples were...gobbinsite), heulandite (clinoptilolite), natrolite (mesolite and scolecite), harmotome (phillipsite and wellsite)... ZEOLITES DEFINED /7 NATROLITE GROUP Natrolite, mesolite, scolecite, tetranatrolite, and gonnardite have...have the same framework. Natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite all have a dominantly ordered framework, with...ANALCIME HARMOTOME NATROLITE LAUMONTTITE SCOLECITE MESOLITE GISMONDINE THOMSONITE HEULANDITE BREWSTERlTE EDINGTONITE | | | Book | | found between the fibrous zeOlites, natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite because intergrown samples were...gobbinsite), heulandite (clinoptilolite), natrolite (mesolite and scolecite), harmotome (phillipsite and wellsite)... ZEOLITES DEFINED /7 NATROLITE GROUP Natrolite, mesolite, scolecite, tetranatrolite, and gonnardite have...have the same framework. Natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite all have a dominantly ordered framework, with...ANALCIME HARMOTOME NATROLITE LAUMONTTITE SCOLECITE MESOLITE GISMONDINE THOMSONITE HEULANDITE BREWSTERlTE EDINGTONITE |  | | Journal (issue) | | specimens from the Red Cloud mine in the Silver District of La Paz County, Arizona are widely regarded...Larson The Himalaya dike system in the Mesa Grande district of San Diego County, California consists of several...“kunzite” variety of spodumene was a mine in the Pala district, and The Mineralogical Record, volume 39, May–June...mine on Ute Creek, in the Chicago Creek mining district of Clear Creek County (famous for leaf gold and...gold); the Ground Hog mine in the Gilman mining district in Eagle County (famous for producing thick, striated |  | | Book | | MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...1991). Simdeled, Aust-Agder. Early in 1999, in a quarry near S~ndeled, collectors opened a pocket containing...PORTUGAL Montijos quarry, Monte Redondo, Leiria Estremadura. The Montijos gabbro quarry at Monte Redondo |  | | Journal (issue) | | Fluorapatite, 3.3-cm crystal, from the Pulsifer quarry, Maine. Collected by Terry Szenics; Jeff Scovil...rosette, with prehnite, 14 cm, from the Centreville quarry, Fairfax, Virginia. Smithsonian Institution collection...C6649; Lee Boltin photo. Fairfax Quarry, Virginia, 1967 The Fairfax quarry in Virginia is a classic locality...ever found anywhere, including the Deccan Traps of India. John Medici had the good fortune to be involved...northeastern corner of the Fairfax quarry in Centreville, Virginia. I visited the quarry the next weekend. Nothing |  | | Report (issue) | | cm wide specimen was found at the Crystal River quarry, Lecanto in Citrus County Florida. Collection Francis...wide calcite twin on (0001} from St. Clair Lime quarry, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. Collection Terry Huizing;...cm wide specimen was found at the Crystal River quarry, Lecanto in Citrus County Florida. Collection Francis...wide calcite twin on (0001) from St. Clair Lime quarry, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. Collection Terry Huizing;...this 4 cm long calcite dipyramid from the Pugh quarry near the town of Custar in Wood County, Ohio. Terry |  | Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy (8th ed.) Wiley-Interscience. p.1872 | Book (edition) | | Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. W. Barclay Kamb: Division of Geol. and Planetary Sci., Cal. Inst. of Tech...first consideration in generating the numbers was division into classes based on composition or, in the case...Siberia ae SS shes] TM REED eS SL China and Japan 10. India 11. South east Asia 12. Middle East 13. African...Co., Bonanza mine, Trinity Co., Michigan Bluff district, Placer Co., in AK, placers at Fairbanks, Iditarod...and quartz veins at Juneau. In Canada, Noranda district, PQ; Porcupine, Kirkland Lake, and Larder Lake |  | | Book (edition) | | represents the class, the second (alphabetic) a division. Often the names of generally used mineral groups...detailed using five characters: for a class, a division, a subdivision, and two numeric digits at the...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from...to Hot Springco., Arkansas, in the Point of Rock quarry, pearly. Clea,·age {001} perfect. {100} and {010} |
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