 | | Journal (issue) | | will surely be missed. Donald Howard 6 Is it Diopside or is it Augite? Don Howard In the last issue...from the spillway at Lemolo Lake was probably diopside. Well, the detailed chemical analysis of both...for the two minerals involved are as follows: Diopside Ca Mg Si2 O6 Augite (Ca,Na) (Mg,Fe,Al,Ti) (Si...actually a series composed of four end members: Diopside Ca Mg Si2 O6 Hedenbergite Ca Fe Si2 O6 Clinoenstatite...Current working criteria for naming the material diopside seems to be that the one site has at least 90% |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | California. Dreiser Weiher, Eifel, Germany Kapfenstein, Austria. . Alaska..... AJrica Localities of Earlier Studies...chemical analyses of the olivine, enstatite, chromian diopside, and chromian spinel from that locality indicated...Foshag, and represent materials from Kapfenstein, Austria; Dreiser Weiher, Germany; Peridot Cove,Arizona;..."knollen," have long been known in Germany and Austria, and many occurrenceshave been mentioned in the...only a trace of diopside and chromian spinel. other nodules are almost pure diopside, but many are made |  | Juroszek, Rafał, Krüger, Hannes, Galuskina, Irina, Krüger, Biljana, Jeżak, Lidia, Ternes, Bernd, Wojdyla, Justyna, Krzykawski, Tomasz, Pautov, Leonid, Galuskin, Evgeny (2018) Sharyginite, Ca3TiFe2O8, A New Mineral from the Bellerberg Volcano, Germany. Minerals, 8 (7) 308 doi:10.3390/min8070308 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria; Hannes.Krueger@uibk.ac.at (H.K.); Biljana.Krueger@uibk...in metacarbonate xenoliths in alkali basalt from the Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Eifel, Germany...widespread in the contact zone of xenolith with alkali basalt. Sharyginite is associated with fluorellestadite...basalts of the Bellerberg volcano lava field, Caspar quarry, Eastern Eifel region, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany...of Ca-rich xenoliths in Klöch Basalt quarry, Bad Radkersburg, Styria, Austria [9]. This phase was also |  | | Journal (issue) | | to 2.8 cm with pale green diopside on syenite matrix from the Jeffrey quarry, Asbestos, Quebec. Collected...Germany, Switzerland (three!), the Hohe Tauem of Austria, Pi'fbram in the Czech Republic, the Carpathian...several small mines in the Beaverdell silver-mining district of southern British Columbia, near the village...50 km north of the U.S. border. Activity in the district began with a small "gold rush" in the late 1880s...list, 1984). NORTHWEST TERRJTORJES Port Radium district, Great Bear Lake. A deposit of uraninite (variety |  | | Book | | derives its name from the saltmining district of Hallstatt in Upper Austria, where many prehistoric finds have...+J gran,tic ' •,.:,,,.'·· . v,.~ . ,.v •, •- basalt magma b+., \I I dioritic magma magma +¥ ...(Ca) hornblende, augite 1ron ores gab?ro norne basalt gabbro*dolerite (diabase) porphyry *melsphyre dolerite...quartz m11:a m;ca marl clay minerals calcite basalt, dolerite augite feldspar hornblende peridotite...striations (cp. Fig. 16, p. 93). Habachtal, Salzburg, Austria. Center left Iron cross twin of pyrite. Below left |  | | Catalog/List | | THAUSITE Modum, Buskerud,Norway 59 BOEHMITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Brown-purple mass in matrix Creamy...-·-··-·-· ---·7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larvik, Norway 696 CHROME DIOPSIDE Outokumpu Finland Pure...lx2 £15 lxl £4 lx2 £8 2x2 £16 126 DIASPORE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen. Norway 1060 KORNERUPINE Bjordammcn,...near Kragero,Norway Many small silvery flakes in Diopside lxl£1.50 lx2£3 2x2£6 C - - -- - - -- - -- - -·...lxl 90p lx2 £1.80 2x2 £4 Mica 295 NATROLITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Orange to red in feldspar.(Hydrothcrmal |  | | Catalog/List | | mass of black crystals, some Mount Malosa, Zomba District, free standing. ______ ______ Malawi Black crystal...Arizona Pure green cleavage AMAZONITE Landsverk quarry, Evje, Norway Ixl 50p lx2£l 11 felspar group____________...PO/4___________ £2.40 £1.20 White crystals well covering Basalt. 17 ANALCITE Taliskcr Bay, Skye, Scotland 1x1 70p...£3 7 Pure black mica plate new Analysis , Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near ANNITE Mica__________ paper available...Chrysotile, pale grey-green Ixl £1 County Bridge Quarry,Lizard Mg Fe SiO_______ massive. _________ .Cornwall |  | | Catalog/List | | £6 BaCa .C0/3 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 975 ALTHAUSITE Modum, Buskerud,Norway...colourless to white crystals , quite well covering Basalt. lxl £4 lx2 £8 2x2 £16 Feldspar Ix I £1.50 lx2...ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Cornwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...with minor calcite or matrix ½" £4 7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvcdalcn near Larvik, Norway Pure black mica plate...about 1cm size £4 FeAsS 1085 ARSENOPYRITE Hingston Quarry, Cornwall Small silvery crystals groups, Crystals |  | | Catalog/List | | mass of black crystals, some Mount Malosa, Zomba District, lxl ins £5 lx2ins _lyro?'~~e . __ __ _ ___ ___...- - - AMAZONITE Pure green cleavage Landsverlc quarry, Evje, Norway lxl S0p ALAMOSITE fcLp 10 g:...P0/4 £1.20 ANALCITE White crystals well covering Basalt Talisker Bay, Skye, Scotland lxl 70p lx2 -=Zeo=l:...with Chrysotile, pale grey-green County Bridge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall MgFeSiO massive. Minas Gerias...MITE Creamy white micro crystals in cavirties Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Ix½ £3 Al O OH in Natrolite _ |  | | Catalog/List | | -- ·- · ~~1 ~0/~ 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 1073 AMBL YGONITE Eitarama,Ruanda, Central...colourless to white crystals , quite well covering Basalt. ½" £4 ____ lx! _£_6_. __________ ____ 5_Na 5=u~~<...------------6 ALBITE Kragero Norway 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Comwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...rich variety) ½ x ½ £5 Ni AsO H/20 7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larvik, Norway Pure black mica plate...£3 lx2 £6 2x2 £12 --·- ---749 APATITE Hingston Quarry, Cornwall two or three micro crystals on small |  | | Catalog/List | | Scandium minerals.(Klausen Qry.Gleichenberg Styria Austria) 1mm sphere on 1cm £3. b) with 3 or 4 spheres...Azurite. Rare. (Grabanz,Neufinkenstein,Carinthia Austria) 2x2cm £4 452 TENORITE Copper Oxide. Rich black...CO/3 OH blue micro crystals on rock. (Greystones Quarry,Lezant,Cornwall) £2.00 lx H £3.50 2 076 CALEDONITE...Quartz with micro spots of Native Copper. (Kingston Quarry,Cornwall) 1x1 £2 553 TETRAHEDERITE (Cu Fe) Sb S...cleavages with cerussite and or Pyrolusite (Merehead Quarry, Mendips,Somerset) H x B £2 269 MENDIPITE Pb/3 |  | | Catalog/List | | squares arc new entry for this list ANALCIME Dean Quarry, Lizard ,Cornwall Achmclvich, near Lochinvcr, Scotbnd...Bay, Skye, Scotland AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 17 2 Rich mass of black crystal sections...colourless to white crystals. quite well covering Basalt. Pyroxene lxl £2 lx2 £4 2x2 !8 Zcolitc Ix½£3 lxl...ALBERTITE near Dingwall Scotland ANATASE Cuiba district, Gouveia Minas Gerais. Brazil 28 Quite rich black...ANATASE Lauvland, Frigstad, Evjc Norway 933 Hingston Quarry,Cornwall 16 Rich grey-white cleavages , some with |  | Hoinkes, G., Faryad, S. W., Puhl, J., Frank, W., Melcher, F., Meisel, T. (2002) Relics of eclogite facies metamorphism in the Austroalpine basement, Hochgr�ssen (Speik complex), Austria. Mineralogy and Petrology, 74 (1) 49-73 doi:10.1007/s710-002-8215-9 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Austroalpine basement, HochgroÈssen (Speik complex), Austria S. W. Faryad1 , F. Melcher2;, G. Hoinkes3 , J...Leoben, Austria 3 Institute of Crystallography, Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Graz, Austria 4 General...University of Leoben, Austria 5 Institute of Geology, University of Vienna, Austria 2 With 9 Figures Received...and serpentinites from the HochgroÈssen massif, Styria, are parts of the Speik complex in the Austroalpine...setting The HochgroÈssen massif south of Liezen, Styria, is part of the Middle Austroalpine units of the |  | | Catalog/List | | lx½£5 ZnAs0/4 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi Rich mass ofblnck crystal sections ,on...TaliskerBay, Skye, Scotland White crystals well covering Basalt. Zeolitc Ix! £1.50 lx2 £3 -----------'-----------------...£5 -------------------------933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Comwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...with minor calcite or matrix ½"£4 7 ANNITE Snga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larvik, Norway Pure black mica plate...size £4 Fe As S 531 ARSENOPYRITE Hingston Down Quarry,Cornwall,Englnnd Rich silvery masses with Chaleopyrite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the abandoned Plavno mine in the Jáchymov ore district, western Bohemia, Czech Republic. The uranium...focused on the mining history of the Jáchymov ore district. The holotype specimen is deposited in the Natural...discovered at the In den Dellen (Zieglowski) pumice quarry, near Mendig, Laach Lake (Laacher See) paleovolcano...Paddlewheelite, a new uranyl carbonate from the Jáchymov District, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Minerals, 8(11), 511...Svornost abandoned underground mine, Jáchymov District, Bohemia, Czech Republic. The mine is one of the |  | | Book | | A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...collectors and often used as decorative items. Basalt is the most abundant volcanic rock on Earth’s surface...rock, created when hot gases were trapped in the basalt lava as it a specimen. The minerals may have grown...solidify into an extrusive igneous rock such as basalt. Magma may also solidify very slowly beneath Earth’s...such as Porcupine and Hemlo districts; Noranda district, Quebec. USA: Mother Lode belt and others in | | | Book | | periods of stability PLANET | 114 San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 om are uncommon...collectors and often used as decorative items. Basalt is the most abundant volcanic rock on Earth’s surface...rock, created when hot gases were trapped in the basalt lava as it crystals (page 210), and the layered...solidify into an extrusive igneous rock such as basalt. Magma may also solidify very slowly beneath Earth’s...such as Porcupine and Hemlo districts; Noranda district, Quebec. USA: Mother Lode belt and others in |  | | Catalog/List | | Scandium minerals.(Klausen Qry.Gleichenberg Styria Austria) 1mm sphere on 1cm £3.50p 239 DYSCRASITE Ag/3...Quartz with micro spots of Native Copper. (Kingston Quarry,Cornwall) 1x1 £2 - 553 TETRAHEDERITE (Cu ?e) ;'L...cleavages with cerussite and or Pyrolusite (Merehead Quarry, Mendips,Somerset) 54 x 54 £2 269 MENDIPITE Pb/3...metallic fibrous on 2cm white dolomite. (Lengenbach Quarry,Binn Valley Switzerland) £4.50 Lead Sulphide 250...acicular Anglesite (Grabanz,Finkenstein,Kaernten Austria) 1x54 £5 lxl to 1x54 £8 GEM-TYPE Oil AMAZONITE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in Austria Pyroxene Chemistry and Evolution of Alkali Basaltic Rocks from Burgenland and Styria, Austria...Paulo, Brazil 3 Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien, Austria 4Department of Earth Sciences, Iowa State University...alkali basaltic rocks from Burgenland and Styria (Eastern Austria) have been investigated in order to determine...determine the evolution path of the basalt magmas prior to eruption. With their wide range of substitutions...geomorphology of the southeastern part of Styria and Burgenland, Austria, near the Yugoslavian and Hungarian |  | | Catalog/List | | f4,20 17 ANALCITE white crystals, well cov2ring Basalt. (Talisker Bay,Skye SC•:;tland) . ~:;1 5C;J 1x2...pale green phenocrysts of this Felspar in grey Basalt. (Eycott Cumbria) 2x2 60p 2x4 tl.20 79 CALCITE...Italy .. lem t3.80 88 CHABAZITE white crystais on Basalt.(N.Ireland) 1 x '4 ins f 1. 10 89 CHABAZITE sharp...sharp white small crystals in cavities in basalt (Quirang Skye Scotland) 1x1ins 60p 91 CHALCOCITE rich...micro crystals on l"C'ck. (Weitendorf,Steiermark,Austria) ~ x ~ ins !2.80 101 CLINOZOISITE pink radiating |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ITALY Gonnardite Dr. H . Meixner of Bergdirektion, Austria, published an account o f "Some New Occurrences...Weilberg, Rhineland, West Germany; and K l o c h , Styria, Poland. The Sicilian gonnardite closely resembles...spherules, up to Vz inch in diameter, on a vesicular basalt, and is accompanied by needles o f calcite, small...(Long. 83° 2'E; Lat. 18° 17'NJ of Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India. The rock types around...is of Ordovician age. The gravel pit (actually a quarry) is 3 miles north of Mount Ida off U.S. 270 near |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Institution Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Diopside MERELANI, ARUSHA REGION, TANZANIA Most silicates...ignore. W. D. Nesse (2012, p. 211) T he origin of basalt is one of the more intriguing problems that have...since it began as a science. There was a time when basalt was considered a sedimentary rock, a concept that...them was James Hutton (1726–1797) who argued that basalt was of igneous origin. The sedimentary versus igneous...until 1816 when one of the key discoveries that basalt is indeed of igneous origin was made by Pierre-Louis-Antoine |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pure, water-clear adularia, from the St. Gothard district: SiO,. Al,O,. Fe,03. BaO. K,O. Na,O. Total. I...542--543).-Material from the original locality i n Styria is coinpact to fine grained, with pale yellowish-green... 0.39 H,O. 12.87 Total. 100.97 L. J. S. A Diopside containing Manganese from the Radautal (Juhrb...0.44 99.70 The mineral is to be regarded as a diopside rather than a pyroxene. schefferite.” It occurs...in Styrian Basalt-tuffs. Jos. SCHADLER (Tsch. Nin. M i t t . , 1914, 32, 485-507) -Basalt-tuffs containing |  | | Book | | angrite. achondrite, diopside-olivine meteor. Stony meteorite containing about 75% diopside, 15% olivine, with...enstatite; often with accessory amounts of forsterite, diopside, oligoelase, kamacite; usually there is a brecciated...which rounded pyroclasts predominate. agglomerate, basalt ig. extru. Cemented coarse pyroclastics consisting...quartz and biotite altered to chlorite. [ Akenobe district, Tajima, Japan] (Kato in 1920) akerite ig. pluton...abundant biotite and green clinopyroxene (diopside or ^diopside-aegirine series), with a little quartz. |  | | Catalog/List | | ANALCITE. Zeolite Group White crystals well covering Basalt. (Talisker Bay, Skye Scotland) lxl 60p lx2 El.30...silvery massive with minor Chalcopyrite (Hingsten Quarry, Cornwall) lx2 El.SO 2x2 E3.00 2x3 E5.00 2 002...BARYTES pure golden brown cleavage. (Fullers earth Quarry Redhill, Surrey) lxl SOp. lx7. f.1.00 218 BAUHHAUERITE...creamywhite micro crystals in cavilies in Natrolite (Saga Quarry,TvedalenNorway) lxl EZ.60 063 BOULANGERITE Pb/5...BYTOWNITE Feldspar group pale green phenocrysts in grey Basalt. (Eycott Cumbria) lx2 .50p 2x2 El.OD 080 CALCITE |
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