 | | Journal (issue) | | The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo ...............6 cm, from the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scott Rudolph collection;...Charelle Webb (2012-2018) SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS Dr. and Mrs. Don Lum (2017) Bryan Swoboda (2012-2017)...Schreiber (2013-2017) Richard Nahas (2018) (2009-2018) Dr. Nikolas Golosow (2013-2017) Kulin Pandey (2018)...and on the best grossular garnets from the Jeffrey mine (2015). The Yukon Territory has been one of Rod's |  | | Journal (issue) | | gressman@minrec.org, Tel: 303-246-3194) LEGACY PROJECT CONTRIBUTORS Walt Donovan, Marilyn Lang & Alyssa...SENIOR FELLOWS Salim Eddé Lyda Hill Daniel J. Record Dr. Rob Lavinsky Wilbert A. Danner (bequeathed) Drs... Hickox, Jr. Wally Mann Keith and Diane Brownlee Dr. Nikolas Golosow William B. (Bill) Wray Herb & Monika...of Guerrero and is not known for a single, large mine but several small regional deposits. The cause...carefully mine and preserve them. None of these conditions are at all common! THE GUERRERO MINE The specimen |  | | Journal (issue) | | on p. 327 COVER: BARITE, 17 cm, from the Miekle mine, Nevada. (See the article in the previous issue...rediscovered the Moctezuma mine that was first opened for gold in 1937. This mine, though small, provided...many new mineral species. Dr. Gaines wrote a compre hensive review of this mine for The Mineralogical Record...influenced his life’s work. Toward the end of 1966, Dr. Arthur Montgomery, chairman of the geology department...retirement from the Cabot Corporation in 1987. In 1975 Dr. Gaines was invited to join the editorial board of |  | | Journal (issue) | | eise, Dr. S te fan We iß (verantwortlict1 für d n Inhalt). Mict1ael Huber und Tobias Weise BEIRAT Dr. Rupert...Hochleitner GRÜNDUNGSMITGLIEDER Dr. Hans-Jürgen W1'ke, Eppertshausen - Dr. Werner Lieber. He:delberg - Prof...Huber. Wiener Neus tadt (A) - Prof. Dr. Max Weibel, Zürich (CH) Prof. Dr. Carto M. Gramacc10!1. Ma1!and (1)...(1) BERATENDE MITGLIEDER Dr. Paul Rustemeyer. Gundelfingen Prof. Dr. Heiner Vollstäd t. Potsd am Robert...Robert Brandstetter. Warth uncl Prof. Dr. Werner Paar, Salzburg (A) - Dr. Federico Pezzotta. Ma1!ai und Michael |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | which time they were correctly identified as a copper silicate and described as a new mineral by several...finely crystalline massive aggregates. Dioptase is a copper silicate hydroxide with a formula of Cu6(Si60,...restricted in its occurrence to the oxidation zones of copper-bearing deposits in arid climates. Associated secondary...1994). Similarly, it is reported from the Perkiomen mine, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Gordon 1922)....planchtite is described in ore from the Algomah mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan (Williams 1962). In |  | | Journal (issue) | | row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The...Spodumene (variety kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler...Carol & Karl Warning James & Charelle Webb Scott West & Laurence Dempsey Jonathan & Kathleen Woolley |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 01 June 2016 Mashamba West Mine, Shaba, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Red Dome Mine, Queensland,...deposits, especially those of copper. At relatively shallow depths, copper is concentrated as the native...well known to collectors familiar with porphyry copper deposits of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. Many...Many of the world’s finest specimens of native copper, azurite, malachite, atacamite, and a host of other...impurities. Its position in the oxidation cycle of copper deposits suggests that it can replace a variety |  | | Report (issue) | | 189 α = 93.32◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Musonoi mine, Congo. 3.69 (100), 6.08 (80), 5.08 (80), 2.599 (70)...22.98 48.40 8.78 Total 99.60 (1) Musonoi mine, Congo; by X-ray fluorescence, CO2 by gas evolution... Association: Cobaltian malachite, cobaltian dolomite, heterogenite. Distribution: From the Musonoi...Kolwezi, and the Mupine, and Mashamba West mines, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). Name:...Name: For its occurrence at Kolwezi, Congo. Type Material: Royal Museum of Central Africa, Tervuren, |  | | Journal (issue) | | D. Grice Famous mineral localities: the Mashamba West mine, Shaba, Zaire .............................Lhoest, G. J. Gauthier & V. T. King The Fat Jack mine, Yavapai County, Arizona .........................the FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on Azurite and other copper carbonates ......................................malachite on chrysocolla, from the M ashamba West mine, Shaba, Zaire. Sorbonne collection, Paris: photo...Glossary o f Mineral Species. For the 1991 edition, Dr. Joseph A. M andarino (Chairman o f the I.M .A .’s |  | | Journal (issue) | | cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...considering the historic importance of copper mining in Arizona, native copper would be the logical choice for... And in fact, a group of fourth graders at the Copper Creek Elementary School in Oro Valley, spearheaded...difference between native copper and copper ore composed of many different copper-containing minerals (e...mining industry support) to propose designating copper as the official State metal rather than mineral |  | | Report (issue) | | pocket in the McEarl Ridge mine near Jessieville, also called the James Zigras mine, because that worthy collector...Quartz, 14.7 cm, from the Zigras (McEarl Ridge) mine, Jessieville, Arkansas. The Arkenstone specimen...specimens are attributed to a mine named, aptly enough, the Green Fluorite mine, Manaoshan Mountain, Suxian...saddle-shaped dolomite crystals adorn that matrix. Fluorite, 11.6 cm, from the Green Fluorite mine, Manaoshan...handler, to a discovery in summer 2015 in the “Dongpo mine,” Chenzhou, Hunan: see the photo on page 84 of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE MINERALOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND METALLURGY OF COBALT IN THE RHOMBOHEDRAL CARBONATES ISABEL F. BARTON§...ores of cobalt are a significant but under-recognized fraction of the global Co resource. Cobalt forms...MgCO3, is described here for the first time. Cobalt-rich dolomite, Ca(Mg,Co)(CO3)2, and Co-rich calcite, (Ca...20 mol.% Co and up to 2 mol.% Co, respectively. Cobalt has also been reported as a minor substituent of...Co)2(CO3)(OH)2 (poorly understood, possibly rosasite group). Cobalt carbonates are most common in the supergene zones |  | | Catalog/List | | of Crystallized Gold from the famed Eagle’s Nest Mine in California A superb Crystallized “Leaf” Gold...Science A large piece of historical Manhattan Project Glass fashioned into a work of art, weighing 10...famed Four Peaks Mine in Arizona A sharp and complicated Crystallized Silver with Copper from the famed...famed Wolverine Mine in Michigan A “classic” Rhodochrosite with associated Pyrite and Quartz from the Sweet...Sweet Home Mine in Colorado An unusually massive and extremely colorful, Smithsonite from the iconic Kelly |  | | Journal (issue) | | Coordinators Eastern U.S. Charles &Marcelle Weber 1172 West Lake Ave. Guilford, CT 06437 Subscriptions • Individuals...crystals to 5 mm, with uranophane, from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba (formerly Katanga), Zaire. Sorbonne collection...British Mineralogy, which includes 550 hand-colored copper-plate engravings of British mineral specimens....stratified upper Precambrian rocks containing copper and cobalt ores, with other metals associated locally...width. It extends from the town of Kolwezi in the west to the city of Lubumbashi in the east. We will refer |  | | Catalog/List | | Ill CARROLLITE I I (5cm x 4 cm x 3.5cn>) Mashamba West Mine. Shaba Province. Zaire A composite oystal...& QUARTZ & CALCITE (7cm x 7cm x 5cm) Dalnegorsk Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia An impressive very sharp well-formed...CRYSTALLISED NATIVE SILVER (4cm x 3cm x 1cm) Sierra Nevada Mine, Batopilas, Mexico A beautiful example of herringbone...intergrown mass. £-18 25 WULFENITE & MALACHITE ON DOLOMITE (6cm x 5cm x 2cm) Sitrra De Los Lamentos, Chihahua...of wulfenite to 5mm richly scattered on a drusy dolomite matrix with rod-like growths of acicular malachite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rhodochrosite- Marc & Janis Countiss collection, page 76; Copper-Paul Bordovsky collection, page 33; Elbaite-Jeremy...1889 he embarked on a 10-week collecting trip out West which took him through Texas, where he visited the...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the...dozen mines were opened, one of which (the Mariposa mine) produced a wider variety of mercury minerals than |  | | Journal (issue) | | Richard A. Olsen (2013–2020) James W. Hird (2013–2020) Dr. Nikolas Golosow (2013–2020) The Schick Family (2014–2020)...the B.S. Degree program in Geology and Mineralogy. Dr. R. M. Thompson there became his first professional...and Smelting Company of British Columbia, and the Mine and Exploration Division of the Canadian Forestry...other interests included animals, gardening, and West Coast Native Art. He had a collection of Inuit carvings...“The Mineralogy and Geology of the Silence Lake Mine” was published in Lapis (May 1985), and he was a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tiziano Bonisoli COLLECTION Turin (Torino), Italy Dr. Renato Pagano is a lifelong collector of rare species...terminated gem crystal, 13.0 × 2.5 cm, from the Jaquetô mine, Medeiros Neto, Bahia, Brazil. Bonisoli specimen...crystal in quartz, 7.5 × 6.0 cm, from the Himalaya mine, San Diego County, California. Bonisoli specimen...0 × 6.5 cm, from the Mashamba West mine, Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo. Bonisoli specimen 4089...coated with malachite, 4.5 × 4.5 cm, from the Onganja mine, Seeis, Windhoek, Namibia. Bonisoli specimen 3349 |  | | Catalog/List | | 7Qx30x30,m. £25. APATITE (VAR IRANOXITE) , '.I?.!- _rs Mine, Gunn' . . "■nrnwall. An interesting cellular mass...antimony. 35x20x7mm. £28. 4. ATACAMITE. Mount Gunson Mine, South Australia. A nice hemispherical mass of intergrown...£18. c) 30x20x10mm. £6. 6. BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. A dark chalcocite/chalcopyrite... 100x80x50itm. £45. 8. BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. A fine small museum, specimen...120x80x60nm. £1250. 9. BREWSTERITE. Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Scotland. A veinstone breccia cemented |  | | Catalog/List | | Fine Mineral Show at The Denver Marriott West 1717 Denver West Blvd. • Golden, CO 80401 (Ukrainian Institute...collection, a lot of it collected when the Tsumeb Mine (as well as other mines of the region) were still...1958 to 1973, including: Angola, Basutoland, South-West Africa, Swaziland, South Africa, Rhodesia, and Mozambique...engineering work took him to the Tsumeb Mine in Namibia. This mine is renowned for producing what are arguably... SESSION ONE MINERALS 57001 Azurite Level 8, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia If the attachment |  | | Journal (issue) | | by R. Z. Kothavala Rare minerals of the Kombat mine, Namibia ................................ 421 by....439 by S. Petrussenko Minerals of the Beltana mine, Puttapa, South A ustralia 449 by P. Elliot Columns...associated minerals; Mich. attend shows where you can Copper Country Minerals see our stock. You’ll enjoy seeing...ichigan 49930 (906) 482-9560 Michigan native copper; mine owner; wholesale, retail 411 Museum o f Geological...Geological Sciences, V.P.I. Curator: Dr. Susan C. Eriksson Tel: (703) 231-6029 2062 Derring Hall Virginia |  | | Journal (issue) | | the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Top right: Benitoite, 2 cm, from the Benitoite Gem mine, California...N‘Chwaning I mine, Kuruman, South Africa. Bottom right: Mimetite, 2.7 cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia....Record: (1) Stephanite, Husky mine, Canada. (2) Wulfenite, Rowley mine, Arizona. (3) Diaspore twin, Pinarcik...Adelaide mine, Tasmania. (5) Andradite, Antetezambato, Madagascar. (6) Calcite, Mashamba West mine, Congo...Afghanistan. (8) Scorodite, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. (9) Shigaite, N’Chwaning II mine, South Africa. v This special |  | | Catalog/List | | DECEMBER/JANUARY 1995 1. ALSTONITE. Brownley Hill Mine, Alston, Cumberland. About 30 greyish-white pyramidal...matrix. 60x35x30mm. £58. 2. APATITE. Panasqueria Mine, Portugal. Nice lustrous double sided group of pale...£40. 9. BINDHEIMITE AND CERUSSITE. Trevinnick Mine, St Kew, Cornwall. A good solid mass of yellow bindheimite... CARBJNATE-FLUORAPATITE "FRANCOLITE". Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Chilsworthy, Cornwall. A 40x30mm area of granite...specimen. 60x40x20mm. £12. CASSITERITE. Turnavore Mine, St Agnes, Cornwall. Rich specimen showing a 60x30mm |  | | Catalog/List | | 85x40x33. £72 7) FLUORITE, Rosiclare Level, Minerva Mine No. 1,Southern Illinois, USA. A lovely highly lustrous...55x50 £68 C) 50x40 £60 10) SMOKY QUARTZ, Macaco Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. A most beautiful double terminated...crystals to 16mm 38x25x19mm. £42 13) CASSITERITE, Huya Mine, Shichuan Province, China An outstanding large highly...52x35x25mm. £155 14) CASSITERITE & MUSCOVITE, Huya Mine, Shichuan Province, China. A rising mound of tiny...NATIVE COPPER Djezkazgan, Kazakhstan. A fine filigree of well-defined slender dendritic copper crystals |  | | Catalog/List | | SELECT LIST- October 1995 1) WULFENITE, Erupcion Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico. Exquisite matrix-free druse...40x35xl 8mm. £148 2) EPIDOTE and QUARTZ, Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA. Single terminated...40x30x22mm. £75 4) STIBNITE, Xikuangshan Antimony Mine, Shaoyang County, Hunan Province, China. Single...specimen. 165x15x5mm. £125. 5) WULFENITIE, Red Cloud Mine, Trigo Mountains, Arizona, USA Unusually fine and...Minor supporting grey limestone matrix with some dolomite. Unusually fine azurite specimen of museum quality |
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Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo