 | | Journal (issue) | | SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2022 Articles The Akchatau mine, Shet District, Karaganda, Kazakhstan..................573 by...Wilson & T. P. Moore The Graf Jost-Christian mine, Wolfsberg, Harz Mountains, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.............564 What’s New in Minerals Ste.-Marie-aux-Mines Show 2022.........................................(deceased) Philip G. Rust (deceased) SENIOR FELLOWS Gold Level Scott A. Rudolph (2021) Paradise Woods (2019)...recently he had been concentrating on the Tintic district in Utah and amassed many self-collected specimens |  | | Book (edition) | | Brazilianite, 35 mm, Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed...various degrees. less common are malleable (e.g gold). ductile (e.g. copper). sectile (e.g. chalcocite)...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....Another problem concerned genetic conditions in the gold-bearing "greenstone" in Abitibi province in northern...near Sobotfn, Moravia, Czech Rep., in skarn at the Sankt Christoph mine, near Breitenbrunn, Saxony, Germany |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rosenzweig IN SID E FRO NT COVER: Richard W . Thomssen Gold from the St. Josefs mine, Verespatak, Romania (left)...from the including photocopying —without emerald mines on the written permission from the Takowaja River...Eastern Bloc tend to favor minerals from local mines. Because most o f the best crystals from the Harz...Schemnitz) is very old. Celtic tribes first worked the gold, silver, lead, copper and zinc orebodies which surfaced...identifies Banska Stiavnica as the oldest mining district in all of Czechoslovakia. Early miners built homes |  | | Report (issue) | | Gold in Minerals and the Composition of Native Gold Gold in Minerals and the Composition of Native...Native Gold By Robert S. Jones and Michael Fleischer GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Washington 1969 CIRCULAR 612...considerations ----------------------------------------Gold in minerals ------------------------------------------------------...------------- _ Composition and the fineness of gold ---------------------------- ___ References cited...Analyses of gold in minerals made since 1954 --------------------10 4. Variation in fineness of gold with depth |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Friends of Mineralogy, the Colorado School of Mines, and the Denver Gem and Mineral Council are hosting...hosting a symposium at the Colorado School of Mines, in Golden, on that same subject on 10 September, the...at the Sunshine No. 2 mine, Hansonburg mining district, Bingham, New Mexico, and (right) Bruce Cairncross...the West Sunday mine, Gypsum Valley, Slick Rock district, San Miguel County, Colorado. A paper on rakovanite...Exhibits from Major Museums & Private Collections GolD PanninG Special Lectures DemonstRations “Mr Bones” |  | | Book | | minerals. From precious native elements such as silver, gold and copper to complex silicates such as vesuvianite...pride of any geological collection. From the green, gold and blue iridescent sheen of labradorite to the...(bottom), also known for obvious reasons as 'fool's gold'. stone lying there. To start with, they probably...of an ancient treasure, lapis lazuli. Copper and gold were first used at least 10,000 years ago. They...forms of arsenic sulphide, realgar (top-left) and orpiment (bottom), were used by the Ancient Chinese for |  | | Journal (issue) | | s e r v a t io n o f T y p e M in e r a l S p e c im e n s Pete J. Dunn* Department of Mineral Sciences...good reasons for doing so: (1) Types are the m ost im portant specimens in the science. That is an unqualified...D e f in it io n s of T y pe M in e r a l Sp e c im e n s Pete J. Dunn* Department of Mineral Sciences...GREEN CENTER OF THE C O LO R A D O SC H O O L OF MINES FRIDAY AN D SATURDAY PAPER SESSIONS /0 SUNDAY AN...operations until it was one of the largest metal mines in Japan. As the value of antimony increased the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Many Cabochons • METAL DETECTING for California Gold 10 • Deadly Minerals • KEOKUK, IOWA Snowball...Geode Fest by Edward Redmon Metal Detecting for Gold ..................................................catches sight of two sparkling, yellow, crystallized gold specimens. The monster of the pair is the third-largest...by three Australians who were searching a known gold area in Western Australia with a metal detector...Next to the nugget is a beautifully crystallized gold that branches aesthetically out of a mass of white |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineral localities: The Bastnas Mines, Riddarhyttan Ore Field, Bergslagen District, Vastmanland, Sweden ......BASTDAS ffiIDES RIDDARHYTTAD ORE FIELD, BERGSLAGED DISTRICT, VASTffiADLADD, SillEDED Lennart Ohman Hi:igviltsvagen...1 meter in the dumps, about 30 meters from the Sankt Goransgruvan mine. The zone contained many cerium...south-central Sweden, where tens of thousands of different mines have been worked for nearly a thousand years. Iron...fields, with approximately 300 large and small mines. Iron ore mining began in the mid-14th century, |  | | Journal (issue) | | to: 7413 N. Mowry Place Tucson, AZ 85741 Articles Gold in South Africa ..................................rite cry stals m e a s u re 2.9 cm . T h is sp e c im e n is th e b e s t of th re e fo u n d in a n ice-filled...the summer. Initially he went underground in the mines in Mexico and collected as well as purchased material...itwatersrand P.O. Wits 2050 Johannesburg South Africa Gold has been mined in South Africa fo r over a century...from individual mines often exceeds other countries' entire national output. Notable gold specimens are |  | | Journal (issue) | | * ft* AE Enterprises A ccess to Gems & Minerals Bad B oys o f Cripple Creek Blue Sky Mining Boulder Beads...Colorado N uggets Comstock Mineral Co Creations o f Gold Crystals Unlimited Crystals from Heaven D&J Rare...Minerals Stonekeep Gem & Jewelry, Inc. Singing Bear Gold Panning Superb Minerals India, PVT The Crystal...from Monte Somma, hauyne from Mendig in the Eifel District, and nosean from the Alban Hills shown in Figures...dodecahedral crystal on biotite from M endig, Eifel district, Germany. Collection of Berndt Ternes; photo by |  | | Book | | (bottom), also known for obvious reasons as ‘fool's gold'. and there in the stone you may actually see fossils...practical dug mines to get at them underground. geological skill as they Copper and gold were first used...great unconformities (see Reading the Copper and gold were both too soft to geology book, De Re Metallica...as nickel years and some brand new - and is and gold that combine readily with rarely more than 10km/6...and Below: Salt Cellar Tor in England's Peak District is one of several tors in this region. They are |  | | Book (edition) | | i'vi'r^iir^M MINERALOGY-, INCI '-DINO OBSERVATIONS ON MINES, ROCKS, REDUCTION OF ORES, AND THE APPLICATIONS...by DURRIE & PECK in the Clerk's Office of the District Stereotyped by J. H. New BENHAM, Haven, Ct...mining, their modes of reduction, the yield of mines in different countries, and the various applications...descriptions, there follow general remarks on mines, metallurgical processes, and other useful information...Pennsylvania. Ure's Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, has been a work of frequent reference, and the |  | | Book | | FRANCE; Curator, School of Mines, Paris 4 F. HOFMANN, Professor, School of Mines, Freiberg, EAST GERMANY...H. J. SCHUBNEL, Professor and author, School of Mines, Paris, FRANCE ¥& JOHN SINKANKAS, author and collector...epidote are omitted, how is it possible to select two golds, two silvers, two rhodochrosites, and two siderites...localities: the Egyptians were working gem and gold mines on the Upper Nile River, the Greeks were busy...the civilized world was now widely using bronze, gold, silver, and lead, no systematic method for the | | | Book | | FRANCE; Curator, School of Mines, Paris ^ F* HOFMANN, Professor, School of Mines, Freiberg, east Germany...j. schubnel, Pro fessor and author, School of Mines, Paris, FRANCE ^ JOHN sinkankas, author and collector...epidote are omitted, how is it possible to select two golds, two silvers, two rhodochrosites, and two siderites...localities: the Egyptians were working gem and gold mines on the Upper Nile River, the Greeks were busy...the civilized world was now widely using bronze, gold, silver, and lead, no systematic method for the | | | Journal (issue) | | 1992 Volume Twenty-three, Number Three ® Articles Gold in South Africa ..................................stone, borrowing architectural thought to ask about bad it not already been out and visible. This elements...Mi11eralogical Record, ,·olume 23 , Ma.,·-June. 1992 GOLD IN SOUTH AFRICA Bruce Cairncross Department of Geology...Witwatersrand P.O. Wits 2050 Johannesburg South Africa Gold has been mined in South Africa for over a century...from individual mines often exceeds other countries' entire nationq,l output. Notable gold specimens are |  | | Book | | ORES— 1. NOBLE OB. PRECIOUS METALS. Gold ..... Telluric Gold .... Platinum . . . .44 Black-band...Valentinite Antimony Ochre Arsenic. Native Arsenic . Orpiment, Yellow Arsenic Uranium. Realgar, Red Arsenic...metallic lustre. We make use of the expressions gold-yellow, brass-yellow, silver-white, tin-white, lead...India, where it occurs near Purstal, between Hydera¬ bad and Masulipatam. There are other localities, Perma...generally found loose in the sand, especially along with gold dust, as is shown in an example in the British Museum |  | | Journal (issue) | | AND CUMENGÉITE , 166 NOTABLE MINERALS IN WESTERN MINES , 168 . SPECIFIC GRAVITY , 170 THE STUDENTS ' MINERALOGICAL...MINERALOGICAL CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA , 172 GOLD THAT IS TRANSPARENT , 175 EDITORIAL NOTES , 177 PUBLISHED...MINERALS IN WESTERN MINES . By MAYNARD Bixby . PART II . The mines of Tintic District , Utah , are famous...Centennial - Eureka and Eureka Hill mines ; also Utahite in both mines . Elegant crystals of cerussite planted...considerable native gold , come from the Enterprise mine , Rico , Col. Native wire gold and wire silver together |  | | Book (edition) | | mining, their modes of reduction, the yield of mines in different countries, and the various applications...descriptions, there follow genera! remarks on mines, metallurgical processes, and other the the strict-...Pennsylvania. Ure’s Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, has been a work of frequent reference, and the...Noble Metals. 1. Platinum, Iridium, Palladium, 2. Gold, 3. Silver, Supplement Chap. VII. • • • ...Containing augite. Auriferous. [Lat. aurum, gold.) Assay. Containing gold. Axes, 24 of double refraction, 59 |  | | Journal (issue) | | JO· AUTUMN'" WINTER 1991 u K journal of mines & minerals CONTENTS issue no. I O·autumn-winter...JJ/oreto11 S.K. Howell ------28 ------STE-MARIE-AUX-MINES 1991 D.M. Schofield EDITORIAL M.P. Cooper· D...CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS (0909) 476906 l'KJournal of Mines & 1\lincr~lsNo. 10 -\- 1991 GUEST EDITORIAL The...Society Symposium a conference weekend at the Peak District Mining Museum in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. That...C'i.rcnJ rhc1r \\Jffll ~rtidc\. I· K Journal of Mines & Mineral, No. 10 -2- rhJnk, UJ all the mcmhc" |  | | Journal (issue) | | Deposits” ir August, 1988, at the Colorado School of Mines campus in Golden Papers concerning the mineralogy...a small rectangular screwclamp, all in 24-karat gold-plated brass. Three sizes are available: small (1...and price list showing ten different designs of gold-plated brass specimen stands in a range of sizes...chalcopyrite. Recently, a spectacular occurrence o f fine gold crystals was discovered there as well T LOCATION...It is situated in the Alice-Yankee Hill mining district at an elevation of 3170 meters (10,300 feet) 800 |  | | Book (edition) | | with the miner and see the rocks in the deepest mines reach to depths of less though cage, this it...was called a single substances but mixtures Most mines produce not mineral. of 5 many things and vastly...mineral cabinet, perfect specimens of Arizona mines do. It must be pointed out, moreover, that many..."all that glitters "fool's gold" and the senses unassisted The is not gold," and the "false galena...as a Furthermoi-e, vegetation. forms of native gold, when, for example, a branch has l)een broken, |  | | Book | | for the field rock saw; DeBeers Consoli¬ dated Mines, Inc., for the three stages in diamond cutting;...associated sulfide minerals. A product of the Tri-State district, where the corners of Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma...is the ruby-zinc va¬ riety. From the Tri-State district. gray color and metallic luster are characteristic...from one of the world's important tin-producing mines in Bolivia. Quartz intergrowth. This intricate...Arsenate. A mineral containing the arsenate ion (As04). Im¬ portant examples of this class include erythrite |  | | Book | | comparative study from colleagues, institutes, and mines; many samples were collected by the writer himself...Quartz alone in just one group of ore deposits (the gold-quartz deposits), and he will not expect t h a t...contents of lead and galena, sphalerite, silver, gold, and palladium. I n places of extreme differentiation...found, and occasionally also molybdenite, graphite, gold, and others. At Magnet Heights, Transvaal, the sulphide...hydrotherm.) gold + scheelite gold -f- quartz + tourmaline gold 4- quartz ± bismuth gold -f quartz + | | | Book | | , for the field rock saw; DeBeers Consolidated Mines, Inc., for the three stages in diamond cutting;...sulfide minerals. A product of the Tri-State district, where the corners Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma...sphalerite is the ruby-zinc variety. From the Tri-State district. Molybdenite. This specimen displays a foliated...from of the world’s important tin-producing mines in Bolivia. ' Quartz intergrowth. This intricate...sulfarsenides or arsenide-sulfides. Assay. The analysis of gold and silver ore to determine its is fire assaying |
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