 | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralogicaf Record Inc., 7413 N. Mowry Place Tucson, Arizona 85741 Editor & Publisher Wendell E. Wilson Founder...reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 602-297-6709 Subscriptions • Individuals...second class postage (USPS-887-700) Paid at Tucson, Arizona, and additional offices. POSTMASTER: send address...486 COVER: WULFENITE from th e H illtop m ine, Cochise C ounty, A rizona. See th e article on this locality...minerals & fossils G eology Museum Colo. School o f Mines Curator: Virginia A. Mast Tel: (303) 273-3823 G |  | | Journal (issue) | | areas of mineral-rich territory for their colonial empires. (Continues on page 2) Figure 1: Dark blue, nearly...Tremolite Locality South of Russell, St. Lawrence County, New York Steven C. Chamberlain sccham2@yaho_o...of Russell in the Town of Russell, St. Lawrence County, NY. He visited the locality frequently over a...property. It covers the top ofa low mound just west of County Rt. 24, about 2. 7 km south of the four-corners...Forces, and assorted Mai Mai militias. Since 20 I 5, mining operations that provided much of DCR's GDP have |  | | Book | | The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission...Mineralogy— Collectors and collecting— Mexico. 2. Mines and mineral resources— Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36...is * CONTENTS Foreword Preface Important Mining Districts Discovery and Developments in México...introduction contains an interesting summary of the mining history and the development of mineralogy. It also...The author discusses eight of the more important mining districts in México, which produce fine mineral | | | Book | | The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission...Mineralogy-Collectors and collecting-Mexico. 2. Mines and mineral resources-Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36... CONTENTS • Foreword lX Preface Xl Important Mining Districts 1 Discovery and Developments in Mexico...introduction contains an interesting summary of the mining history and the development of mineralogy. It also...The author discusses eight of the more important mining districts in Mexico, which produce fine mineral |  | | Journal (issue) | | ........................................... 28 Mining Methods .........................................Mineralogical Record 2709 East Exeter Street Tucson, Arizona 85716 tpmoorel@cox.net Wendell E. Wilson The Mineralogical...Mineralogical Record 4631 Paseo Tubutama Tucson, Arizona 85750 minrecord@comcast.net For over five centuries...the delight of crystal collectors have come from mines in unusual, organics-rich sedimentary rocks in the...Pita and other deposits were first worked, these mines have produced world-class specimens of emerald. |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralogical Record Inc., 7413 N. Mowry Place Tucson, Arizona 85741 Subscriptions $27 per year, $52 for two years...Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur Roe Univ. of Arizona, Tucson Abraham...The Mineralogical Record P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 602-297-6709 Editing, advertising Wendell...602-299-5274 Special second class postage Paid at Tucson, Arizona, and additional offices. POSTMASTER: send address...purchase the entire col lection. 293 Figure 2. Mimetite, 3.2 x 3.2 cm, from Tsumeb, Namibia. Sams collection; |  | | Journal (volume) | | ancient times, rose quartz was imported to Rome from mines in India, Sri Lanka and the Ural Mountains of Russia...South Africa; and Maine and other regions of the USA. Minor deposits of rose quartz can also be found...in Afghanistan , India, Pakistan, China, Montana, USA, and Norway. • • TWo 19th-centurv brooches set with...at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, USA. • A Burmese ruby in calcite, a common mineral....necessary to delve deep down into the Earth - in mines, wells or tunnels. Artificial substances that have |  | | Journal (issue) | | Approach A Soldier’s Discovery Leads to a Century of Mining at Pearl Handle Open Pit By Mark Oros By Bob...Rock, gem, & mineral exhibits as well as Baker County history exhibits Open 7 days a week—including holidays...produces common colorful beauties like wulfenite, mimetite, pyromorphite vanadinite, and cerussite in abundance...specimen from the Mibladen Mine, Upper Moulouya lead district, Midelt Khenifra Province, Morocco DIDIER DESCOUENS...St. Anthony Deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona. HERITAGE AUCTIONS, WWW.HA.COM This |  | | Journal (issue) | | Russian Geological Society Musee de Mineralogie of MINES Paris Tech, Paris, France Mineral Observer. Mineral...T. Trofimov Nikolay P. Yushkin John S. White (USA) English (Style) Design idea Layout Photo: Layout...John S. White (USA), Peter Modreski (USA), Edward Rosenzweig (USA), John F. Rakovan (USA) Dmitrii A. Kilpio...Almanac Mineral-Almanac Ltd, USA 10896 W. Beloit Pl. Lakewood, CO 80227, USA E-mail: minbooks@online.ru...�--�-�'-'- Nephrite bowl, 13 cm high. Baikal Lake district. Inv. No. A.y.952, from the estate of Earl Moritz |  | | Book | | GEMSTONES [ yen a aN iar Selenei erry, 4 B KILKENNY COUNTY LIBRARY %s = ¥ “ Se veamnete uk PrAG Rete...Sources: ¢ Brazil ¢ England ¢ Germany ¢ Italy @ Arizona, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Nevada, New...Poland @ Russia @ South Africa ¢ Switzerland @ Arizona, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey...Italy ¢ Japan @ New Zealand ¢ Romania @ Russia @ Arizona, California, Louisiana, Nevada, and South Dakota...Kazakhstan @ Mexico @ Namibia @ Peru @ Russia ¢ Arizona, United States Nae takes its name from the Atacama |  | | Book | | Light shining through this specimen from Warren County, Tennessee, imparts rich color to the white quartz...although it occurs in Korea and Arizona’s Santa Cruz county. It is easy to recognize because the twinned crystals...of amethyst quartz crystal scepters from Fulton County, Georgia. 27. ODDITIES OF CRYSTALLIZATION Sie...Petrified Forest National Park in northeastern Arizona. The logs are still remarkable, how- prevail,...common opal. It was found at Clover Creek, Lincoln County, Idaho. 30 ever, because they are beautifully |  | | Book | | Shaub -y Treasures from the earth PUBLIC LIBRARY COUNTY, FORT WAYNE AND ALLEN IND. Treasures from...Above: Fine color and form in a wulfenite crystal (Arizona). that exceed their breaking strength. 17 In...Corners area of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona; and others are in southwestern South Dakota. In...other basic rocks in the Sudburv, Ontario, basin. mines rock that consists chiefly of olivine with minor...gath- area surrounding the huge the crater in Arizona. Meteorites vary considerably in their niin- | | | Book | | England. Stellate-pyrophyllite from Mariposa County, California. Micaceous-muscovite from Stoneham...Light shining through this specimen from Warren County, Tennessee, imparts rich color to the white quartz...although it occurs in Korea and Arizona's Santa Cruz county. It is easy to recognize because the twinned crystals...of amethyst quartz crystal scepters from Fulton County, Georgia. 27 ODDITIES OF CRYSTALLIZATION ter...usually some form of silica, either quartz or ern Arizona. The logs are still remarkable, how- The calcium |  | | Journal (issue) | | Australia. W . Gold in rock. I 1'4 x l ... . 2.S0 MIMETITE, Tsumeb. Small brilliant xis. on matrix. 3 x l...between Tuxedo Park and Greenwood Lake, Orange County, N. Y., has been placed with the Alexander Summer...conspicuously in Revolutionary annals. lt.s iron mines and smelting plant provided metal with which Colonial...The above property includes many old magnetite mines among which are the Augusta, Bering, Brennan, California...Editor of Rocks and Minerals was the mining engineer at these mines which were then operated by the Ramapo |  | | Book | | stories about kings and queens, adventurers, wars, empires, or curses, the best stories are always about treasure...been fought, industries have been created, and empires have risen and fallen, all in pursuit of that which...COME FROM? 025 Mining for gems Revealing the treasures of the Earth Large-scale mining for precious materials...used in industry, such as copper. Some large-scale mines also produce fine gem material, such as malachite...malachite and turquoise, as by-products. Much gem mining is relatively small scale, however, and is often done |  | | Book | | Publishing Scripta Company, Washington, DC 20005 USA. Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 1947-, Munksgaard, Noerre...Ohio 43214, USA. American Chemical Society, Journal, 1879-, Washington, DC 20036, USA. American Crystallographic...Penn- USA. American Journal of Science, 1818- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA. PREFACE... PREFACE 1909 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20006, USA. Arkiv for Mineralogi och Geologi, 1949-, Almqvist...Dantestrasse 50, GFR. Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Proceedings, 1898-, Clunis Ross |  | | Book (volume) | | Formerly Editor of the Times of Morocco. Moorish Empire; Life in Morocco', &c. Mongols: Language. f Author...Herbert Thomas Andrews. Hope Ancient {in part). J Mining. Henry Smith Munroe, D.Sc., Ph.D. Fellow and...Mirabeau, Honore. Hermann Oelsner, Professor of Mining, Columbia University, New York. H. S. W. (in...Imperial Archaeological Institute. Author of The Roman Empire; &c. H. S. M. Medical Jurisprudence f I Author... Melaconite; Mica; Microcline; Millerite; ■j Mimetite; Mineralogy; Mispickel; Molybdenite; . Monazite |  | | Book (edition) | | their continents with them. What became of the old empires and republics, party platforms and propriety, iron-clad...is a fact that nearly all the mining (other than coal and iron mining) is done among the rocks of this...regions. The Lake Superior iron mines are among the primaries, the copper mines being in a great trap range...hundred and sixty-eight square miles, or a small county each year, and it would cover the whole State of...banks and beds of rocks full of fossils, while the mining speculator has still less use for fossils in banks |  | | Book (edition) | | FREDERICK II. SMITH, Member American Institute Mining Engineers, Member American Society Civil Engineers...weights and measures, and some inside items about mining and other stock companies; and some prices of minerals...Docks, Wharves, Railways, Canals, ( Industrial and Mining Plants and Properties. Copyright, 1895, hy Frederick...their continents with them. What became of the old empires and republics, party platforms and propriety, iron-clad...is a fact that nearly all the mining (Other than coal and iron mining) is done among the rocks of this |  | | Report (volume) | | Tschernichite, a new zeolite from Goble, Columbia County, Oregon. Am Mineral 78:822-826 Bondi M, Griffin...and calcium aluminosilicates. Proc Nat Acad Sci USA 16:453-459 Pauling L (1939) The Nature of the Chemical...new hydrated Ca-Pb zeolite-like silicate from Arizona. Can Mineral 26:309-313 Perrotta AJ (1967) The... and cristobalite), ettringite, strätlingite, mimetite, colemanite, borax, and native copper. Uniquely...sedimentary sample from the Big Sandy Formation, Arizona (Sheppard and Gude 1973). In amygdaloidal crystals |  | | Book | | Institute of Aegean Prehistory (INSTAP) in Philadelphia, USA. And, last but not least, I gratefully acknowledge... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining Ore Deposits: Geological Factors, Economy and Politics...findings of metallurgical activities any further. Old mines, ores, slags, intermediates such as ingots, smelting...that have accumulated over millennia close to a mining area can contain hundreds of thousands of tons...Rothenberg has gained the interest of a number of mining engineers, geoscientists, chemists and metallurgists |  | | Book | | By Curtis P. Schuh ( Rough Notes ) Tucson, Arizona 2007 Mineralogy & Crystallography: A Biobibliography...Gem & Mineral Society Show to be held in Tucson, Arizona on February 8-11, 2007. Since this is a work in...address provided below. Curtis P. Schuh Tucson, Arizona Email: cschuh@theriver.com i Mineralogy & Crystallography:...[Latin, Alkindus] 2.5.1 The Hittites 2.6 Persian Empire 3.1.7 al-Jāh.iz. 3.1.8 ad-Dimišqı̄ 2.9 Palastine...0 Agricola and his Time 3.2.1 Lapidaries 4.1 Mining in Saxony 3.2.1.1 Scientific Lapidaries 4.1.1 |  | | Journal (volume) | | i v Contents. ; Palæontology of the Eureka district, 979; Curtis’ Silver-lead pie of Eureka, Nevada...Orn, ub, Remarks on some of the birds of Lewis county, Northern New York. Ext. Bull. Nutt, Orn, Club...of Nyassa. The climate of the highlands of this district (east of the Shiré) is said by Capt. Foot to be...travels among the various tribes who inhabit the district east of Lake Nyassa, watered by the Lujenda and...38° 10’ E. Long., flow to the Indian ocean. The district watered by them appears to be thickly peopled |  | | Book (volume) | | over revealed. 4000 B.C. and, since there were no mines and very little fuel sixty centuries ago in the...attached to their temples. When the Babylonian empire ceased to exist, the Chaldean nation was dispersed...been born at Bokhara on the borders of the Chinese empire. From the time of Confucius, the Chinese made little...study of Phoenician mining, and gathered his data from the remains of the Phoenician mines in Spain.^ The...E. Gibbon, in his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (London, 1789), called it " an immense register |
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