 | | Journal (issue) | | Newsletter $6.00 Fibrous Malachite from the Mindingi Mine Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo Tony Nikischer...fibrous malachite from the Mindingi Mine in the Kambove District of Katanga began to appear in the specimen...ten {I 0) years ago (see figure J ). Although the mine was first worked superficially in the 1930s for...DRC as well (see figure 2). Today, the Mindingi Mine continues to produce wonderful malachite specimens...specimenand image. Nickel Laterite From the Tiebaghi Mine, New Caledonia Bob Werner werner@lcturbonet.com |  | | Report (issue) | | Fe3+ AsO4 • 2H2 O Scorodite c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic...038 X-ray Powder Pattern: Bhilivara [Bhilwara] district, Rajasthan, India. 4.50 (100), 5.65(80), 3.20...61 (2) 49.79 34.60 15.61 Total 100.00 (1) Kiura mine, Japan. (2) FeAsO4 • 2H2 O. 100.00 As2 O5 Fe2...Germany, from Schwarzenberg, Saxony, and in the Clara mine, near Oberwolfach, Black Forest. At Hornı́ Slavkov...from the El Cobre mine, Aranzazú, Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, and in the Ojuela mine, Mapimı́, Durango |  | | Report (issue) | | earlier arsenic-bearing species; may be deposited from mine and spring waters. Association: Haidingerite, pharmacolite...pharmacolite, pharmacosiderite, diadochite, scorodite, erythrite, melanterite, gypsum, alunite, “limonite”...“limonite”. Distribution: In Germany, from Freiberg, Schneeberg, Schwarzenberg, Marienberg, Johanngeorgenstadt...(Joachimsthal), at Přı́bram, and near Kaňk, Kutná Hora district, Czech Republic. In England, in Cornwall, at Wheal...the Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary; the Botallack mine, St. Just; the Dolcoath mine, Camborne, Cornwall |  | | Journal (issue) | | by W. E. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Patagonia, Argentina ............................Oteiza The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California ....................COVER: WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling Autonomous...with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection and photo...$324/three years, (Canada) $186/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $265 for one year Subscription |  | | Report (issue) | | deposits. Association: Olivenite, mansfieldite, scorodite, azurite, malachite. Distribution: Material which...Germany, from the Walpurgis vein, Weisser Hirsch mine, Neustädtel-Schneeberg, Saxony; at Sailauf, northeast...northeast of Aschaffenburg, Bavaria; in the Anton mine, Heubachtal, near Schiltach, from Menzenschwand,...Terras mine, St. Stephen-in-Brannel; at Wheal Edward, St. Just. In France, from the Cap Garonne mine, near...near le Pradet, Var; at the Margnac mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne; in the Rabéjac uranium deposit, seven | | | Journal (issue) | | by WE. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Pata gonia, Argenti na ..........................2020 The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California ....................COVER: WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling Autonomous...with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection and photo...$324/three years, (Canada) $196/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $275 for one year Subscription |  | | Journal (issue) | | $315/three years, (Canada) $180/ one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $259 per year Subscription (individuals...September-October, 2018 Ctontento The Schneeberg Mining District, Western Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany ........(1716). The engraving depicts various historical mining scenes at Schneeberg including the famous 1477... Wilson6 and Thomas P. Moore7 The Schneeberg District in the famous Saxon Erzgebirge of Germany has...copper and uranium have sustained centuries of mining and mining culture while supplying countless mineral |  | | Journal (issue) | | MARCH–APRIL 2019 Articles The Candelaria District Mineral County, Nevada .....................................by P. M. Adams Atacamite from the New Cornwall mine, Kadina, South Australia .........................COVER: ATACAMITE, 10.5 cm, from the New Cornwall mine, Kadina, South Australia. Collection of (and photo...$315/three years, (Canada) $180/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $259 per year Subscription (individuals...break to collect minerals at the famous Red Cloud mine. Everyone had fun on the trip, and Graham found |  | | Journal (issue) | | May–June, 2017 Contents The St. Andreasberg Mining District, Western Harz Mountains, Niedersachsen, Germany.......................... 302 History 1487–1624: Mining Begins in the Oxidation Zone ................................. 315 Modernization and the End of Mining ................................... 317 Collecting...working in the lode” (Simonin, 1869). The Mining District Western Harz Mountains Niedersachsen, Germany...minrecord@comcast.net The geographically tiny St. Andreasberg District of silver mines has an outsized reputation: it |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | exact location; the type material is in the Freiberg Mining Academy collection in Germany (Anthony et al...Dr. Rob Bowell, a consultant geochemist in the mining industry, is an avid collector of microminerals...now-closed Harborside mine and nearby Rosier mine, Brooksville, Hancock County, Maine. It is, however...sparingly in ores of the Tucson mine in the Leadville district of Lake County, Colorado (Eckel 1997). In Arizona... Cochise County, where it has been identified widely throughout the Warren mining district but always |  | | Report (issue) | | best of the classic smithsonites from the old Kelly mine in New Mexico. Associations of aurichalcite, kipushite...come from a recent find in Sounion mine #6 (also known as the Exi mine, “Exi” being Greek for “six”) in...in the ancient Laurium mining district of Attika, Greece. On the website of his always-interesting Greek...Cu-rich smithsonite, 2.7 cm, from Sounion mine #6, Laurium district, Attika, Greece. Greek Rocks specimen...=============== The same discovery in Sounion mine #6 has also produced larger specimens which show |  | | Journal (issue) | | at Silver Reef in southwestern Utah’s Washington County (figure 1) is a very unique occurrence. The high-grade...City cuts right through the middle of the Mining District. (Continued on page 2) The Moravian Territorial...km2), but with a rich and world- famous history of mining and associated mineralogy. In the city of Brno...Chlorargyrite, on and impregnating Sandstone, Silver Reef District, Washington Co., UT, 6 x 5 x 3 cm. Author’s specimen...Sandstone. Figure 3: Geologic map of the Mining District showing the outcrops of the Springdale Sandstone |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bergakademie Freiberg Geowissenschaftliche Sammlungen Brennhausgasse 14 09599 Freiberg, Germany andreas...Bergakademie Freiberg Ausstellung terra mineralia Schloss Freudenstein Schlossplatz 4 09599 Freiberg, Germany...the KRÜGERHAUS A New Permanent Exhibition in Freiberg, Saxony, Germany 212 ROCKS & MINERALS N ative...Bergakademie Freiberg; he is also head of the geoscientific collections of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg. Christina...its origin in the nearby Freudenstein Castle in Freiberg (see Flynn 2011). Terra mineralia, with about |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Florida] at 23:45 31 December 2014 Realgar Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen, Hunan Province, China T here has been...rocks and has been identified as a product of coal-mine fires. Commonly associated minerals include orpiment...mines at Paris, Oxford County, Maine, and the Palermo No. 1 mine, Groton County, New Hampshire. It occurred...jordanite in zinc ores mined at Balmat, Edwards County, New York (Jensen 1978). It was a rare mineral...mineral in zinc ores at Sterling Hill, Sussex County (Palache 1941) and was an unusual mineral occurring in |  | | Report (issue) | | Association: “limonite”. Pharmacosiderite, scorodite, erythrite, roselite, annabergite, parasymplesite...Cipolla, near Mandanici, Sicily. In the Wanthwaite mine, St. John’s in the Vale, Cumbria, England. At Bou...Large crystals from the Ojuela mine, Mapimı́, Durango, Mexico. In the USA, in the Kalkar quarry, Santa...California; at the Getchell mine, about 32 km northeast of Golconda, Humboldt Co., Nevada; in the Custer Mountain...copper mine, 10 km west of Wooltana, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, and at the Magnet mine, Dundas |  | | Report (issue) | | 58 Total 98.21 99.70 100.00 (1) Weisser Hirsch mine, Germany. (2) Do.; by electron microprobe, after...cobaltian wad (Weisser Hirsch mine, Germany); realgar, orpiment, scorodite, mansfieldite, sodium uranospinite...Walpurgis vein, in the Weisser Hirsch mine, and at the Daniel mine, Neustädtel-Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany...Balkhash district, Kazakhstan. From the Bald Mountain district, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA. Name:...Name: To honor Mining Foreman R. Tröger, Schneeberg, Germany, who found the first specimens. Type Material: |  | | Catalog/List | | massive with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2...£15 £6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless... £6 BaCa .C0/3 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 975 ALTHAUSITE Modum, Buskerud,Norway...2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting near Creston...£3 2x2 £4.50 2x3 £6.50 Feldspar 963 ALBITE Maine USA 811 ANATASE Tysse, Hardanger,Norway variety CLEA |  | | Journal (issue) | | net The Guatomo (“Hat Yai”) mine near Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province, Thailand .........731 . by M. P. Sacchi The Santa Rosa mine, Inyo County, California ................................Makki & M. F. Makki COVER: SCORODITE crystal, 1.6 cm wide, from the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region...$315/three years, (Canada) $180/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $259 per year Subscription (individuals...supplement showing many details of the Berezovsk mining district, the subject of the July–August 2016 issue |  | | Catalog/List | | ___ 2x2£3 ___ - -----~ - ~014_ _ 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South Bay,...-- ·- · ~~1 ~0/~ 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 1073 AMBL YGONITE Eitarama,Ruanda, Central...- - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker Bay, Skye, Scotland...ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine.Ravalli County. Montana U.S.A 963 ALBITE Maine USA Rich pinkish line grained mass...North Sweden 501 ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety) |  | Chukanov, N. V., Pekov, I. V., Möckel, S., Mukhanova, A. A., Belakovsky, D. I., Levitskaya, L. A., Bekenova, G. K. (2010) Kamarizaite, Fe 3 3+ (AsO4)2(OH)3 · 3H2O, a new mineral species, arsenate analogue of tinticite. Geology of Ore Deposits, 52 (7) 599-605 doi:10.1134/s1075701510070093 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Kamariza Mine, Lavrion mining district, Attica Region, Greece, in association with goethite, scorodite, and...Collection of Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany, inventory number 82199. DOI: 10.1134/S1075701510070093...the dumps of the Kamariza min ing area (Lavrion District, Attica Region, Greece). The new mineral was named...isometric and reach 3 cm in size. Finegrained scorodite aggregates occur in this assemblage. In spite...spite of close association of kamariza ite and scorodite, these minerals are not intergrown, so that their |  | | Book | | and Collecting Hazards A Third Dimension Map of Mining Locations The Gallery List of Plates The Plates...Paris 4 F. HOFMANN, Professor, School of Mines, Freiberg, EAST GERMANY }& GEORGE HOLLOWAY, collector, Northridge...SWITZERLAND j& DAVID WILBER, dealer and collector, Reno, Nevada, U.S. A ¥% C. DOUGLAS WOODHOUSE, Professor, University...Sydney, AUSTRALIA Ye M. DUSTERUD, Museum Manager, Mining Museum, Kongsberg, NORWAY }& PAUL FRAENKEL, collector...A few colored minerals—dioptase (dark green), scorodite (dark blue), and vanadinite (dark red)—lose much |  | | Report (issue) | | Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Kamariza mine, Lavrion mining district, Attica Region, Greece. 3.947 (100)...39.89 1.49 15.3 98.81 (1) Kamariza mine, Lavrion mining district, Attica Region, Greece; average electron...Goethite, scorodite, jarosite. Distribution: The dump of the Kamariza mine, Lavrion mining district, Attica...vein, Échassières, Auvergne, France. Name: For the mine where the first studied samples were collected....Collection, Technische Universität Bergakademie, Freiberg, Germany (82199). References: (1) Chukanov, N | | | Book | | and Collecting Hazards A Third Dimension Map of Mining Locations The Gallery List of Plates The Plates...Paris ^ F* HOFMANN, Professor, School of Mines, Freiberg, east Germany ^ GEORGE HOLLOWAY, collector, Northridge...SWITZERLAND ^ david WILBER, dealer and collector, Reno, Nevada, u. S. A ^ C. DOUGLAS woodhouse, Professor, University...Sydney, AUSTRALIA ^ M. dusterud, Museum Manager, Mining Museum, Kongsberg, NORWAY ^ PAUL fraenkel, collector...A few colored minerals—dioptase (dark green), scorodite (dark blue), and vanadinite (dark red)—lose much |  | | Catalog/List | | 140x90x20mm. £18. 3. ANTIMONITE. Xikuangshan Mine, Hunan, China. A single lead grey lustrous xl 110x9x7mn...4. APATITE AND SIDERITE ON QUARTZ. Panasqueria Mine, Beira-Beixa, Portugal, An impressive display specimen...AND HEMIMORPHITE. Tecoma Hill Mine, Lucin District, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA. Beautiful pale blue tufts...50x50x40ram. £28. 7., BARITE. Wilsons Stope, Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria. An interesting "hedgehog" group...circular banding. 60x50x20mm. £9. 9. BARITE. Parkside Mine, Egremont, Cumberland. A single terminated pale |  | | Book | | museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...granite but with no quartz. Sandstone (South Dakota, USA) _9_ A darker rock than granite but with a similar...Fluorite is a common example. Aragonite (Utah, USA) 27 Crystals Crystal Morphology The term morphology...crystal form. Other crystals Wulfenite (Arizona, USA) 29 may show lesser symmetry on a scale at the...over its beer: to go underground in a non-working mine is sheer folly unless you are accompanied by someone |
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