 | | Report (issue) | | No. 12: Bolivia ht of Mineral Collecting N 978-0-9790998-5-4 Publisher Lithographie, LLC Denver, Colorado...specimen 'being sold with the shrine when he was in Bolivia buying mineral specimens in the 1970s. He took...ophyllite; 5. 2 cm tall Cerro Rico, Potosi, B,atillo province, Potosi Andy Seibel col/action Jejf-SC,m/.plwto...wp11�. Yaalte: 12.5 cm wide Siglo XX Mine, ,U� Bustillo province, Potosi Malty Zinn colkdknt (ex Marv...640 200 100 600 The Political Divisions of Bolivia (after United Nations Map No. 3875, Peacekeeping |  | | Journal (issue) | | (Source:NASA/JPL). Abundant New Vivianites From Potosi, Bolivia Alfredo Petrov alfredopetrov@earthlink.net At...vivianites from a newly discovered deposit in Bolivia, labeled with a variety of locality names. Perhaps...will clear up the locality confusion. Cornelio Saavedra province (politically equivalent to a U.S. "county")..."county"), Potosf department ("state' 1), southwestern Bolivia, roughly (in every sense of the word) three hours...is home to a group of tin and silver mines, the Colavi-Machacamarca mining district, which have been worked |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles Famous mineral localities: The Bristol copper mine, Connecticut......................................in the U.S.A. notesfrom th r EDITORS OLD YUMA MINE Another great mineral locality has now been closed...longfamous Old Yuma mine near Tucson (see R. L. Jones, “Famous mineral localities: the Old Yuma mine,” in vol....period of activity, access to the mine was cut off in 1984. In 1996 the mine area was absorbed into the Saguaro...and Mining Company for the sum of $558,000. The mine is now owned outright by the Federal Government |  | | Journal (issue) | | die aus Äthiopien nun schon lange bekannten, mit Opal mittlerer bis schlechtester Qualität gefüllten Kugeln...„Udert Mineralien"/Berlin hatte die aus der Elmwood Mine in Tennessee/USA bekannt gewordenen, eigentümlich...B. das Goldwaschen für Kinder, das Schleifen von Opal und Lapislazuli sowie das Präparieren von Fossilien...Nähere Untersuchungen wurden nicht durchgeführt. Opal (Hyalit) Si0 2•nH 20 Farblos-wasserklare, glasige...Wolfsried. Goethit aufgewachsen auftreten, wurden als Opal-Varietät Hyalit erkannt. Pyrit FeS 2 Die zweite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralien • Weltklasse-Mineralien von der Skorpion-Mine in Namibia • Titanite von der Wageralm, Pinzgau...Marokko - Tee und Mineralien ... 42 Die Skorpion-Mine. WeltklasseMineralien aus der Wüste Namibias 68...120 ACHAT-MAGAZIN Buchtipp 125 Die Lucky-Strike-Mine in Orgeon , ein Glückstreffer seit 1952 126 Impressum...Khorirax als auch Achate und Amethyst aus der Sarusas-Mine im Skelettküsten-Park zu sehen. In einem Raum können...Krater 'Roter Kamm', die historische Lorelei-Kupfer-Mine sowie die Diamantvorkommen an den Ufern des Oranje-Flusses |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Metallogenetic Epochs and Provinces of Bolivia The Tin-Province (Part I) The Metallogenetic Provinces...the Altiplano (Part II) F. A~LFELD Cochabamba, Bolivia Partf. An attempt is made to solve the relationships...formation of ore deposits using the Bolivian tin-province as an example. In the eastern Cordillera we are...tin-silver mineralization is discussed. Within the tin-province three metallogenic epochs are recognized, with...down-faulted and consequently preserved. The polymetallic province of the Altiplano contains subvolcanic ore deposits |  | | Journal (issue) | | from the Machacamarca mine (Viboras Vein), near Colavi, Potosí Department, Bolivia. Rob Lavinsky (The Arkenstone)...good friend of mine, Jim Minette, worked as superintendent of a large open-pit borax mine that produced...W. E. Sheffield (fl. 1808) Chrysocolla Dalehead mine, Cumberland (Cumbria), England W. E. Sheffield was...Sowerby for study and illustration. The Dalehead mine, source of this chrysocolla, is also known as one...California and the big asbestos mine at Asbestos, Quebec, Canada. The mine at Boron produced many fine and |  | | Report (issue) | | 1 Mineralogy of Llallagua, Bolivia by MARK CHANCE BANDY LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, 1944 FEBRUARY 1976 TF;JG...Minera_logy of Llallagua, Bolivia by MARK CHANCE BANDY LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, 1944 FEBRUARY 1976 TnG M�S...Llallagua and a view of his home there and the Siglo XX mine wh('re he worked arc induded for added insight an...Mineralogy. He worked in Mexico, Venezuela, Chile, Bolivia, Europe, South ern Rhodesia (Rhodesia) and Moab...introduc tion-guide to the new men coming to the mine. It was translated into Spanish with great interest |  | | Book (edition) | | deposit, it will normally contain amorphous silica/opal rather than quartz in its initial stages, as is... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...of cuprite (bluish grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co.,...(red internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach);...(greenish grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL B Same sample |  | | Journal (issue) | | were often recovered from South Africa’s Premier mine. The term jager has been used to describe colorless...fluorescence; the name originates from the Jagersfontein mine in South Africa, where such diamonds were once common...Geology for Mineral Resources, CNNC, Guilin, Guangxi Province, southern China. It was first commercially released...(pink). Dark blue beryl was found in the Maxixe mine of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in 1917. However, interest...however, the proportion of each varies from mine to mine. Sulfide inclusions dominate in diamonds from |  | | Book | | native copper after aragonite from Corocoro, Bolivia. 6. Encrustation pseudomorphs (perimorphs). “Pseudomorphs...been described in a stream receiving acid (C) (D) mine drainage rich in SO4 2 ions (Brady et al., 1986)...closed-packed arrangement of SiO2 sol spheres or opal-A. Calcite in the form of scalenohedra occurred...the extinction pattern of the calcite. Clear-opal (opal-A), therefore, appears to represent a pseudomorphic...of calcite pendants, whereas pore fillings dirty-opal represents alteration of primary minerals by the |  | | Journal (issue) | | ..................13 by C. J. Stefano The Cliff Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan...........................25 by C. J. Stefano & P. Persson The Central Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan........................53 by P. Persson & C. J. Stefano The Copper Falls Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan...........................85 by C. J. Stefano & P. Persson The Phoenix Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan........................lode deposits—e.g. the Kearsarge, Pewabic (Quincy mine), Baltic, Calumet & Hecla, and numerous others. |  | | Journal (issue) | | EUCLASE with Albite, 11.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Muzo District, Boyaca Department, Colombia. See...ROOMJ53 BARITE 20.3 CM XIEFANG MINE , GANZHOU PREFECTURE , JIANGXI PROVINCE , CHINA TOM SPANN PHOTO ■ ...1751 was funded mainly by donations from wealthy mine owners and from simple mining families. Modem times...when the area was also being referred to as Bana ("Mine"), and in 1228 when the name Argentifodina ("Silver...runoff from the mine dumps); this was later combined with the word Banska meaning "mine." The name Banska |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystal with calcite, 6.5 cm, from the Cosq uez mine, Colombia; found in 1998. Scott Rudolph collection............................................... 22 Mine Exploitation (or not) Today ......................occurrences (abandoned), The Nemoc6n mine is primarily a salt mine refitted as a tourist attraction; it...is the Muzo mine proper, and 12 km north of that lies the almost equally famous Cosquez mine; both of these...by the Penas Blancas mine, 10 km north of Cosquez, and in 1997 the La Pita mine, between Muzo and Cosquez |  | | Book | | as in quartz Resinous like resin, as in amber and opal Pearly like a pearl, due to alignment of pl aty...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...(England), Ontario (Canada) and Oruro and Tasna (Bolivia). Bi Colour: lead-grey, pink tarnish Lustre;...Cornwall and forms part of silver deposits in Bolivia. It is a fairly rare mineral found in hydrothermal...found at Etna Mine (South Dakota, USA), Seward Peninsula (Alaska, USA), Llallagua (Bolivia), Cinovec (Czech | | | Book | | as in quartz Resinous like resin, as in amber and opal Pearly like a pearl, due to alignment of pl aty...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...(England), Ontario (Canada) and Oruro and Tasna (Bolivia). Bi Colour: lead-grey, pink tarnish Lustre;...Cornwall and forms part of silver deposits in Bolivia. It is a fairly rare mineral found in hydrothermal...found at Etna Mine (South Dakota, USA), Seward Peninsula (Alaska, USA), Llallagua (Bolivia), Cinovec (Czech |  | | Book | | 2013). MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series...Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the...Oblast. Alpine-type clefts in the famous Dodo quartz mine commonly contain ilmenite, occurring as lustrous |  | | Journal (issue) | | . . . . . . . 217 by A. R. Kampf The Dee North mine, Elko County, Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...crystal cluster, 13.6 cm, from the famous Malmberget mine, Gällivose, Lapland, Sweden. Peter Lyckberg collection;...Jackson to take over the operation of the Rock Candy mine (the subject of a 1981 article by Joe in the Mineralogical...District, Baja Calif. $10 v.29/#4 The Sweet Home Mine! 192 pages, 180 color photos! Spectacular! $20 ...info@trafford-flynn.com UK Mining Ventures Fluorite—Rogerley mine, Weardale, UK www.ukminingventures.com e-mail: Jef520@aol |  | | Journal (issue) | | cm, with calcite, from the arsenic mine near Shimen in Hunan Province, China. Mike Bergmann specimen; photo...’s more unusual wulfenite occurrences, the Finch mine, inhere crystal groups are commonly found covered...covered by a thin layer o f drusy quartz. This mine and the various other adjacent properties and workings...1995 the property to the north is the fam ous 79 mine. Further north and west is the R ay copper m ine...associated w ith descloizite in the Brick 3 (Finch mine) (H. H ori, personal com m unication, 1984). C alcite |  | | Book | | the stratified structure of feldspars. Precious opal exhibits a brilliant play of colours called opalescence...thick plates of rock crystal - a, smoky quartz - b, opal - c, and jasper - d .. ffffJ.t.i1!!}~{{tt1tWiiP{:...displaying numerous microscopic inclusions, such as opal and cordierite. Pearly lustre - typical of transparent...may be distinguished: - conchoidal (eg quartz or opal); - uneven (eg arsenopyrite or pyrite); - hackly...atomic structure are rare and are called amorphous (opal). Apart from their chemistry, the crystal form is |  | | Book | | equivalent. There are even some minerals, such as opal, which do not have a strictly regular internal structure...times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...alchemist of the thirteenth century, tells us that opal wrapped in bay leaf made its wearer invisible, and...or pure sentiment where minerals are concerned. Opal is still thought to bring bad luck, and similar...AFRICA - in copper mines of Tsumeb and elsewhere. BOLIVIA - unique copper replacements of twinned aragonite | | | Book | | illustrated Encyclopedi of the World’s Rocks and Mine re L A R E N MI OF THE WORLD Rudolf Duda and...the stratified structure of feidspars. Precious opal exhibits a brilliant play of colours called opalescence...thick plates of rock crystal — a, smoky quartz — b, opal — c, and jasper —d Transparent minerals — when...displaying numerous microscopic inclusions, such as opal and cordierite. Pearly lustre — typical of transparent...may be distinguished: — conchoidal (eg quartz or opal); — uneven (eg arsenopyrite or pyrite); — hackly |  | | Journal (issue) | | Unusual Crystallization or... Mineral Pathology? //Mine mlogicheskii zhurnal. 1989.1.11, N 2. p.96-98. 10...during the warm season. Only a watchman stays at the mine through the winter. Last year, the teamleader Vasilii...in the Urals, in the settlement of the Frolovskoe Mine, a subsidiary o f the Bogoslovsk Works. His name...1930 during aeroplane photography. Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales isl.: !1 epidote; limonite after...Harbour. Baffin island; *1963 — molybdenite3R — Con mine, Yellowknife; !I pyrite — Nanisivik deposit. Baffin |  | | Book (edition) | | Huanzala, Bolivia, H Page 3: Liddicoatite, polished, 70 mm, Anjanabonoina, Madagaskar, G Page 5: Opal - fire...Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga...Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION |  | | Report (volume) | | Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia By U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY and SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA With a section on...Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia I by U.S. Geological Survey and Servicio Geol6gico de Bolivia; with a section...mineral resources-Bolivia-Cordillera Occidental. 3. Geology-Altiplano. 4. Geology-Bolivia-Cordillera Occidental...Geological Survey (U.S.) II. Servicio Geol6gico de Bolivia. Ill. Series. QE75.B9 no. 1975 [TN39.A4] 557.3s--dc20...cooperation between the Servicio Geologico de Bolivia and the U.S. Geological Survey. The geologic research |
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Colavi Mine, Colavi subdistrict, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí, Bolivia