 | | Book | | immensely popular handbook of minerals appeared in Germany I obtained a copy fo! my personal library and was...times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...culture, derives its name from the saltmining district of Hallstatt in Upper Austria, where many prehistoric...minerals are concerned. Opal is still thought to bring bad luck, and similar stories are told about certain...of one part of iron to two parts of sulphur, magnesite of one part magnesium to one part carbon to three |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | faintly tan or golden) or delicately shaded), (2) alabaster (microcrystalline, transparent, usually white...sculptural material, selenite phonocystals with alabaster matrix) and (4) stainspars (commonly present in...gypsums are widely distributed in Kuşakl bay r District and they contain small amount of organic matter...porphyroblastic (combination of alabaster matrix and phenocrystals) and alabaster (compact, fine-grained gypsum;...typically observed in a quarry in the Gülçay r district and 11 Varying depositional environments 491 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sylacauga, Talladega Co., Ala. ARIZONA—The old Yuma mine, famous for its wonderful specimens of vanadinite...am sending some wulfenite xls from the old Yuma mine in the Tucson Mts. These xls range anywhere from...single xls. This mine quit working about 1920 and was mainly a gold, silver, and lead mine." ARKANSAS—Billy...Creek bridge. I was unable to enter the titanium mine, so did not get any rutile. I finally was able to...George A. Ashley, Pala, Calif., at his Vanderberg mine. A letter from Mr. Ashley, dated Aug. 6, 1951, reads: |  | | Catalog/List | | mineral, "At were of large, prisms, of this mine have been obtained, more Note. - Galena offer...in the specimens Dundasite, bunches samples Mine, of occurs lode. beautiful white large more...originally Cornish mining ceeding by colour, Mine fractures of great the mineral often Mount ...extremely some rarely Anglesite. Embolite, back Mine. with minute of small of capping gossan the... 'holy fallen filled with the olivine it district: from or at regarded The moderate a at high |  | | Book (edition) | | long branches from Case lb. the Lake Superior district, of which the largest (presented by Professor...Vincent, Cornwall; and native foil from Sultepec mine, Mexico; all in case 1c : a nugget, weighing thirty-seven...amalgam is found almost wholly in the Landsberg mine in the canton of Ober-Moschel, Rhenish Bavaria;...brought in the native state from Sicily: in France, Germany, and Sweden it is also artificially prepared by...from that of the diamond: diamond, too, is a very bad conductor of elec tricity, graphite an excellent |  | | Report (issue) | | Regulations .. 1922) ,, 5s. Od. (Ss. 4½d,) .. Magnesite ., .•, .. 19:ZO) •• •• 1s. 3d. (1s. 4½d,} J921)...877 2,010 5 , 1 85 5,202 ( d) 4,800,000 (a) Alabaster only. (b) Exports. ( c) Revised figures . (d)...(d) Information not available. (c) Including alabaster. . . 4,600,000 770,000 45,25 1 1 ,306 (d) 458...gypsum Alabaster and marble • • DenmarkCrude, ground and • • calcined gypsum France •• • • Alabaster • •...• ' . phosphate Italy• • • • Gypsum • • Crude alabaster Neth erlands-• •• Gypsum Portugal' . • • Gypsum |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Contribution to the Geochemistry of "Egyptian Alabaster" E. E. E1.Hinnawi and Svetlana M. Loukina Received...final form August 19, 1971 Summary "Egyptian Alabaster" (marble) exhibits a variety of structures the...Geocheraie des ,,Agyptischen Alabasters" ,,Agyptischer Alabaster" (Mariner) zeigt eine Reihe yon Strukturml, yon...Kalkstein angesehen. Introduction The t e r m "alabaster" is used to describe two different rooks. The...literature a s : ' 0 r i e n t a l or Egyptian Alabaster", consists of n e a r l y pure calcium carbonate |  | | Report (issue) | | Gold Graphite Gypsum Iron and Steel Lead . . Magnesite Manganese Mica . . Molybdenum .. Monazite Nickel..... . FOREIGN COUNTRIES France-Tripoli .. .. Germany (Bavaria)Emery . . . . ltalv' Pumice .. . Greece-Emery...FOREIGN COUNTRIES .. Austria . . .. . . France . Germany . . Italy . . .. Jugoslavia . . .. . . .. .. Rumania...FOREIGN COUNTRIES Austria .. . . .. .. .. .. France Germany . . .. .. .. .. Italy (b) . .. . . . Norway .....France.. Ore .. . . . . . . . . Regulus and crude Germany.. .. Regulus and scrap Italy.. .. Regulus . . |  | | Book | | [(OH)5 (P04)4]' 6 H20 (monoclinic, brown) Rotlăufchen Mine near Wetzlar/FRG Original size 5 x 6 mm ISBN-13:...a deeper view of the crust in mines. The deepest mine shafts are those of the gold mines in the Witwatersrand...scabbiness, when rubbed in foul wounds consumes the bad flesh, strengthens the heart, and makes good blood...Other important deposits are found in the Cobalt district of Ontario, Canada, as well as in Mexico and Bolivia...in the sedimentary copper deposits at Mansfeld, Germany. Other than in jewelry and silverware, its main |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | incorrect) names, such as Egyptian Alabaster (there's no alabaster in northern Africa) and Mexican Onyx...calcite. rhodochrosite (MnCOJ. siderite (FeCOJ. magnesite (MgCOJ, otavite (CdCOJ, smithsonite (ZnOOJ, sphaerocobaltite...causes the lilac color of calcite from the Pelican mine, Picher, Oklahoma? Trace amounts of transition elements...described in the literature include Boccheggiano mine, Tuscany, Italy; Franklin, New Jersey; Kalahari...Republic; Santo do Encoberto, Brazil; Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey; and Terlingua, Texas, Robbin's |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 7oo s.c.). AMBER. Aurignacian (Wildscheuer Cave, Germany): also 8olutrean (Spain): Magdalenian (Hautes-Pyrenees):...earlier): Sumerian (3,ooo B.C.). Prior to 3,5oo B.C. ALABASTER. Pre-Sumerian: also Egyptian pre-dynastic: dolmens...between White and Blue Nile. x,78o-•,2o3 B.c. MAGNESITE. Babylonian. x,6oo-x,4oo B.c. SARD. Myeenean:...jet,azurite, malachite, turqhoise, hematite, alabaster, aga. te, agatizedwood, bloodstone, nephriteand...chloromelanite,emerald, fluorspar, garnet, labradorite. magnesite,marcasite,mica, opal,soapstone and proba,bly utahlite |  | | Book | | identification. Nobody should be discouraged by initial bad luck, it is sometimes difficult even for an expert...interesting minerals can also be found on heaps of mine refuse, but never enter abandoned shafts or caves...Nickel Pyrites, Nickel Glance) Harzgerode, Harz, Germany tin-white to light steel-grey metallic opaque...Mountains, Germany ARSENOPYRITE FeAsS (Arsenical Py- rite, Mispickel) Freiberg, Ore Mountains, Germany tin-white...weathering product of serpentine opal, chalcedony, magnesite, chlorite SEPIOLITE Mgu k ((OH)2Si,O;5) . 2H |  | | Book | | taking part in the war we were furnishing both Germany and Japan with large quantities of war meta.ls...brother were attempting to roll a boulder over a mine dump. Since it weighed about three tons the progress...about the house. Other minerals used ar·e SILICA, ALABASTER, TURQUOISE, MARBLE, JADE, DIAMOND, PETR.Lfi'IED...fourth in total gold production. The largest gold mine is the Homestake at Lead, South Dakota, the second...worked the streams of our western states a placer mine located less than 30 miles west of Denver, Colorado |  | | Report (issue) | | been obtained from the placers It seems in this district and it leads all other districts in the State...and good specimens have come from the Manzanita mine. Imperial County: The mud volcanoes near Volcano...mineral. gypsum have been found in the Defiance mine. Kern County On both sides of the San Joaquin Valley...with alum in the Sunset district. Lake County: At the Sulphur Bank quicksilver mine, situated on Clear Lake... mony mines has also been found in the Buffalo mine and in the anti- San Emidio Mountains, of the |  | | Book | | GEMSTONES 1 Directory of Gems and Crystals Agate • Alabaster • Amazonite • Amber • Amethyst • Ametrine • Andalusite...•Jet • Kunzite • Labradorite • Lapis Lazuli • Magnesite • Magnetite • Malachite • Meerschaum • Mica •...colors are discussed below. Principal deposits: Germany, Italy, the Americas (Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico,...Gemini. DIRECTORY OF GEMS AND CRYSTALS 17 ALABASTER Chemical composition: Calcium sulfate Color:...Principal deposits: Alabaster is found just about everywhere, but the legendary alabaster of the ancient statues |  | | Journal (issue) | | TURQUOISE GEMSTONE & ALABASTER MINERAL WITH THIS ISS _ Subscriptions Simpl y call our subscr iption...l t S- l I Q. t l 1,. - l t J ALABASTER ALABASTER IS A VARIETY OF GYPSUM. THE BEST SPECIMENS...USED AS ORNAMENTAL STONES M I N E R A L S AL Alabaster is the fine-grained, massive form of the mineral...form of calcium carbonate). In some specimens of alabaster, the dividing line between mineral- and gem-quality...increases in direct proportion to its hardness. Alabaster is an exception to this general rule. It is a |  | | Book | | the pitchblende. not been for several^years the mine is not worked at present and has distribution in...— At Quartzville. — See Gypsum. Alabandite. Alabaster. Albitk.— Quartz Hill, Central Almandite. See...Boulder County. City Gold — Allophanite. —Franklin Mine, in Gilson Gulch Fowler Branch, Sugar- Loaf Altaite...; and Wells's district. Hill. It occurs in various mines of the Sunshine district ; minute crystals...following result. The specimen was from the Red Clbud Mine: (1) Qnnrtz Gold Silver Copper Lead Zinc Iron |  | | Report (issue) | | ••• •• • • •• ••• •• • ••• • •• .... 19 Germany ••• ••• .... ••• •• • • •• ••• ••• 19...known a,s selenite. The massive granular variety, alabaster, is used as an ornaroenta,l stone ~ pa11ly in...24,961 Austl·alia ••• ••• France (f) .... . .. Germany (Bavaria) (d) Greece ••• ••• • •• Italy .- •••...were produced in England, the average value at the mine being 6s. 4d. per tonA War conditions seriously...deposit, some large blocks of beautifully coloured alabaster being included in this output. It is estimated |  | | Book (edition) | | CITY, UTAH. WRITE FOR PRICES. YOU WANT A GOOD MINE! MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN MINl^S AND MINERALS...white to nearly colorless. Beaver Lake District; azurite. 0. K. Mine; bornite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite...limonite, malachite, molybdite, pyrite. Bradshaw District; aragonite, aurichalcite, cerussite, cuprite,...often phosphorescent, wollastonite. Granite District; almandine garnet, barite, bismuth - inite....quartz crystals, prase. Rocky District; Adelia Mine, wulfenite. Star District; azurite, bismuthinite, galena |  | | Book (edition) | | Press Ltd, Southwick, Sussex, and printed in West Germany by Druckerei Georg Appl, Wemding Contents 7...210 Orbicular Diorite, Obsidian, Moldavite 212 Alabaster, Meerschaum, Fossils 214 Organic gem materials...Nassau pearl New Zealand greenstone Oriental alabaster Oriental amethyst Oriental cat's eye Oriental...Hawk's eye Heliotrope Hematite Ilmenite Jasper Magnesite Moss agate Phenacite Prase Prasiolite Proustite...Kurnakovite Purpurite Variscite Fluorite Barytocalcite Magnesite Rhodochrosite Dolomite Chalybite Aragonite Azurite |  | | Report (issue) | | • Iron and Steel •• • •• •• Lead •• •• •• •• Magnesite •• •• •• •• •• •• Manganese •• •• •• •• •• ••... 1,733 364 369 (a) 51 FOREIGN COUNTRIES Germany (Bavaria)Emery • • •• •• •• ltalvPumice .. •• ••...and • • powder •• Aluminium sulphates, etc. • • Germany Crude bauxite and natural • • •• cryolite •• Crude...1,476 . 18,532 (i) Unofficial figures for one mine only. 1 ,045 1,514 4,910 18,865 16 IMPORTS...wire and powder Aluminium sulphates, etc. • • Germany Crude bauxite and natural • • • • • • cryolite |  | | Book (edition) | | also mention mass brought from a copper-mine near the Copper-mine River by Mr. Hearne and presented to the...branches from mossy growths the Lake Superior district, of which the largest (presented by thin plate...Cornwall and native foil from Sultepec : — ic. ; ; mine, Mexico all in case Ic a nugget, weighing thirty-seven...amalgam is found almost wholly in the Landsberg mine in the canton of Ober-Moschel, Khenish Bavaria;...brought in the native state from Sicily in France, Germany, and Sweden it is also artificially prepared by |  | | Book (edition) | | typical accessory mineral from the world famous Tsumeb mine Overleaf: Crystalline incrustations of vanadinite... In Namaqualand there arc deposits at Sleight’s Mine and Jakkalswater, with other occurrences in pegmatites...deep striations. The pegmatites of the Straussheim Mine 30 km north of Kenhardt and those of Angelierspan...pale lime-green crystals occur in the phlogopite mine at Phalaborwa. Small bright green fragments can...brown, green am red. Mined chiefly in the Letaba district of the Eastern Transvaal, notably at a place appropriately |  | | Book (volume) | | . х Page APPENDIX. 1. Native Magnesia, 2. Magnesite, 3. Meerschaum , 279 281 283 4. Nephrite. a...gneiss rocks of Norway, Swit zerland , France, and Germany. The largest and most beautiful crystals are found...The principal characteristic distinctions of this mine ral are colour, distinct concretions, lustre, fracture...In this group or family we include the following mine rals, 1. Aluminite, 2. Common Clay, 3. Variegated...root of Veratrum album, in place of snuff : in Germany it is employed for polishing serpentine; and it |  | | Book | | out of the water first. , .2.t'l UNDERSTAN DING MINE RALS HOVV MINERALS FORM Minerals are the natural...thicker E.g barite, linante. r& iJ NDE RSTA NDING MINE RAL S MI NERAL PROPERTIES: PHYSICAL Every 1nineral...Sulphides such as galena and greenockite give the bad-egg smell of hydrogen sulphide gas. Powdered copper...found by Thomas Cullinan in 1905 at the Premier Mine, South Africa. Gem colours A vivid colour is also...next century it gained a reputation for bringing bad luck. One owner, an actress, was shot on stage while |
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