 | | Book | | immensely popular handbook of minerals appeared in Germany I obtained a copy fo! my personal library and was...fibrous sphalerite from Diepenlinchen, near Aachen, Germany. PLATE Vo I~ .·• / ~1 rhyolite 37 r . ...+J gran,tic ' •,.:,,,.'·· . v,.~ . ,.v •, •- basalt magma b+., \I I dioritic magma magma +¥ ...chalcopyrite from Herdorf, Siegerland, Germany. Center. Pyrrhotite. Harzburg, Germany. Below Massive chakopyrite...(Ca) hornblende, augite 1ron ores gab?ro norne basalt gabbro*dolerite (diabase) porphyry *melsphyre dolerite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ottens Klingenbrunn Bahnhof 24 D-94518 Spiegelau Germany The Mineralogical Record, volume 34, January–February................................ 65 Visiting the Quarries ................................................Shiva Temple in Elephanta Cave, carved from Deccan basalt in the sixth century on an island off the entrance...cavansite from Wagholi are the paragons of Indian basalt minerals. These and other fine minerals have been...measures fully 250,000 square kilometers. The quarries at Bombay, Nasik and Jalgaon have delivered far |  | | Journal (issue) | | Lieber Heidelberg, West Germany Olaf Medenbach Bochum-Querenburg, West Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim...interesting minerals offered in several such study in Germany and some marvelous letters as this. A special thanks...hand-specimens from the Black Rock mine. Andradite C a ^ e^ S iO ^ Brown andradite in distinct, dodecahedral crystals...hema tite, rhodochrosite, tremolite, hollandite, andradite, cymrite, “manganous manganite,” calcite, piemontite...Braunite, bixbyite, cryptomelane, hausmannite, andradite, pyrolusite, lithiophorite, goethite, hematite |  | | Book | | CUMULATE ROCK gas bubble holes VESICULAR BASALT flow structure BASALT METAMORPHIC ROCKS These rocks are...together in one geological environment. For example, basalt, scoria, spilite, and volcanic bombs are found...human activity, such as roadcuts, mine dumps, and quarries. Good examples are also found where nature has...MOUNTAINS VOLCANIC REGIONS dolomite BEACHES tuff QUARRIES MINES ROAD CUTS volcanic bomb amber kimberlite... stilbite apophyllite elbaite tourmaline basalt BASALT ASSOCIATION quartz rhodochrosite kyanite |  | | Book | | zeolite mineralogy was done, at that time, in Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain. Because of differences...cavities in the middle portion of the flow. Given a basalt flow 25 meters thick with an initial molten temperature...Ardeche, France, zeolites are present only where the basalt flowed into a Pliocene lake or river (Fig. 5)(Robert...zeolites. The interior of the flow contains columnar basalt with small vesicles connected by minute veinlets...river) contains highly altered vesicular blocks of basalt (containing phillipsite and tiny rhombohedra of | | | Book | | zeolite mineralogy was done, at that time, in Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain. Because of differences...cavities in the middle portion of the flow. Given a basalt flow 25 meters thick with an initial molten temperature...Ardeche, France, zeolites are present only where the basalt flowed into a Pliocene lake or river (Fig. 5)(Robert...zeolites. The interior of the flow contains columnar basalt with small vesicles connected by minute veinlets...river) contains highly altered vesicular blocks of basalt (containing phillipsite and tiny rhombohedra of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | greenish and translucent, have been found in the basalt quarries on Mt. Tom, Holyoke, Hampden Co., Mass. MICHIGAN:...and equally nice dark brownish-olive garnet (andradite) iy2 inch loose crystal, and some loose lustrous...been sent to the gem cutters at Idar-Oberstein, Germany, where it was fashioned into a sphere and polished...schist occur at Quimper, in Brittany, France. GERMANY: Nice specimens of aborescent native silver have...have been found at Altwolfach, Baden, Germany. GREECE: Pinkish, brecciated marble of much beauty, is quarried |  | | Journal (issue) | | Fair illustrating the mineral occurrences in the Basalt around Spokane, Washington. Conspicuous among these...zeolites. Mike and his family collected brecciated basalt which they sold to Ward’s Natural Science Establishment...collecting agates and arrowheads in rural Iowa quarries and stream beds: lean but geographically appropriate...(1949–2001) Joe Jochen Nagel was born in Montabaur, Germany, in 1949. His family soon emigrated to the US,...by Tom Cooper, April 2019; Jeff Scovil photo. Andradite, 3.2 cm, from the Kayes region, Mali. Self-collected; |  | | Book | | from Sardinia, Italy Pages 118-119: Boracite from Germany Pages 124-125: Wulfenite crys¬ tals with mimetite...area, although the closing of many of the local quarries during recent decades has done much to diminish...diminish opportunities. The still-active quarries include one in the small town of Oltrefiume, which has furnished...a strong poison. in Specimen of arsenic from Germany showing the char¬ acteristic mammillary form. ...salt or table salt. Halite crystal from Heringen, Germany. hedral crystals, or combina¬ tions of complex |  | | Book | | on quartz, from Neudorf in the Harz Mountains (Germany). The large crystal measures almost 2 1/2 inches...on quartz, Braunsdorf near Freiberg (Saxony, Germany); crystals up to 2 1/2 inches (6 cm) long. 6 ...with the NO 3group. Apatite, Fichtelgebirge (Germany), 2x 12 Scheelite, Tae-Wha (Korea), 1x The...8ri.iderbund Mine, near Eiserfeld (Siegerland, Germany), 3x almost identical in size. They form an unbroken...siderite, from Neudorf in the Harz Mountains (Germany). The largest crystal measures about 1/2 inch (1 |  | | Book | | Alberene and Old Dominion quarries, Albemarle County. In these two soapstone quarries, tabular ilmenite crystals...1970s and early 1980s the Portland Harbor Trust basalt quarry (now inactive) produced unusual specimens...augite and ilmenite rest on matrix of fine-grained basalt. The ilmenite crystals are lustrous black plates...6 X 1.8 x 2.8 cm (Pekov, 1994a). Malad-Kurar quarries, Mumbai [Bombay], Maharashtra. Ilvaite occurs...in the 1960s (Birch, 1999). IMITERITE EUROPE GERMANY Ramsbeck district, Nordrhein-Westfalen [Sauerland] |  | Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy (8th ed.) Wiley-Interscience. p.1872 | Book (edition) | | Fritz: Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. Donald B. Hoover: U.S.G.S., Federal Center, Lakewood...Institut fur Mineralogie, Ruhr Universitat Bochum, Germany. Duane Mellor: Geology Library, Yale University...Berlin, Germany. Peter Susse: MINABS, Inst. of Mineralogy, Univ. of Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany. C. Sheldon...Pennsylvania. Hans J. Wilke: Eppertshausen/Hessen, Germany. Wendell E. Wilson: The Mineralogical Record, Tuscon...France; Andreasberg, Freiberg(*), and Schneeberg(*), Germany; Pribram(*), Jachymov, and Schemnitz, Czech Republic; |  | | Book (edition) | | opened or systematically vvorked, as in mines and quarries, the amateur is far better able to keep track...system in 1735, followed by Friedrich Mohs of Germany, who published his in 1820. In 1758, Axel Frederic...Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786) in Sweden, and in Germany by Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743-1817), the merits...carried out by Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794-1863) in Germany; these did much to explain hitherto puzzling variations...minerals Hematite Gypsum Copper Malachite Chlorite Andradite Muscovite Ru tile Cassiterite Anglesite Pyromorphite | | | Book (edition) | | opened or systematically worked, as in mines and quarries, the amateur is far better able to keep track...system in 1735, followed by Friedrich Mohs of Germany, who published his in 1820. In 1758, Axel Frederic...Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786) in Sweden, and in Germany by Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743-1817), the merits...carried out by Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794-1863) in Germany; these did much to explain hitherto puzzling variations...aragonite Malachite Cuprite, azurite Chlorite Andradite Muscovite Rutile Cassiterite Anglesite Pyromorphite |  | | Report (issue) | | District Lapidary Club Inc. Tony Annear Tylden Quarries Ltd. Victorian Division of the Gemmological Association...principal localities (Figure 1.1) have been old quarries, now inaccessible, from which stone was extracted...constructed. A suite of zeolites reminiscent of the old quarries was briefly exposed during the making of an extensive...km south from the site of the old Corporation quarries. A discovery of similar zeolites has been made...zeolites was made at Clifton Hill in the Corporation quarries. The specimens were much more abund_ant and the |  | | Book (edition) | | (prismatic crystal), epidote, olivine (dun ite or in basalt), andalusite (chiastolite), kyanite, topaz, staurolite...out by Eilhard 1\tiitscherlich (l 794-1863) in Germany; these did much to explain hitherto puzzling variations...minerals I-Iematite Gypsum Copper Malachite Chlorite Andradite Muscovite Rutile Cassiterite Anglesite Pyromorphite...of ordinary rock vvhich greet the collector in quarries, mines, and other collecting sites, it is obvious...gold, silver, lead, etc. Some igneous rocks, as basalt and diabase, contain gas cavities filled by interesting |  | | Book | | Bergemann in 1858 from Johanngcorgenstadt, Saxony, Germany, and named by G. J. Adams in 1869. They were considered...activity occurred in the region, and vesicular basalt flows, ashes and tuffs, together with a few vents...•Deganwy Conwy• Penmaenmawr• + Trecastell mines,quarries,elc. HOLY ISLAND • villages,smalltowns e • ...kilchoanite 13lanarkite 14 leadhillite + mines,quarries,etc. • • villages,smalltowns • •Glenfarg e...sites) and others are potrntially dangerous (mines, quarries and some coastal locations). The conscientious |  | | Journal (issue) | | ......... . 2.50 PSEUDOMALACHITE ILUNNITE l , Germany. Xld. and xllinc. in rock. 2½ X 2 ½ .... ........mass. 2 x 2 x I ¼ .... 3.00 PYROMORPHITE, Ems, Germany. Very gooq, gray xis. in matrix. 3½ c: [\ R...my wife and I ever experienced. We visited 22 quarries in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut and New Jersey...most active collecting was confined to 4 working quarries, which we f requented often and from which I have...interfere with workmen during working hours at quarries. Don't leave papers and lunch debris all over |  | | Journal (issue) | | Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A...passion for mineralogy began. He explored the quarries around Jadotville and, between 1967 and 1989,...about the nearly horizontal outpourings of ancient basalt lava flows, one atop another in layer-cake fashion...hoped to avoid, because it reduced the value of the basalt for purposes of filling and construction. My early...TUNNELS In less than a year my weekly forays to quarries, near and far, around Bombay had provided me with |  | | Book (edition) | | Kilbeinsay basalt on the extension of the Mid-Atlantic ridge between Iceland and Jan Mayen. The extremely...Cubic Pyrope Almandine Spessartine Grossular Andradite Uvarovite Hydrogrossular na 1.714 1.830 1.800...sub-divided into two sets: the Ca garnets (grossular, andradite and uvarovite) and the (Mg,Fe,Mn) garnets (pyrope...the role and size a Grossular, spessartine, andradite and uvarovite may show appreciable birefringence...0.675 Mol per cent end-members Almandine 17.4 Andradite 3.4 Grossular 2.5 Pyrope 70.4 Schorlomite 0.5 |  | | Book | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 11.2.3 Basalt/Andesite/Dolerite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Basalt hand axe from unnamed wadi near Mine Mueilha, Egyptian.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Basalt hafted hammer from Lake Superior north shore, USA...Jordan, is constructed almost entirely of local basalt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...was that marble regenerated itself in certain quarries. Nevertheless he was suspicious of claims that |  | | Book | | aquamarine. Excited collectors took home from old quarries in Pennsylvania and Maryland, pieces of apple...by Flora Collins. 3 i palachians as well as quarries which are on a semiactive basis such as those...and feldspar mines, gravel or dimension stone quarries, inactive gold mines, quartz out crops, and a...you ing operations should also be examined, and quarries if you need. Chambers of Commerce, Jaycees, police...interested in specimens and fossils. New mines and quarries should be watched. all, local rock and mineral |  | | Journal (issue) | | Apart from the obvious tourist attractions, Germany has two main interests for a gemmologist. One of...All of my holiday touring had been in southern Germany in the areas of the Rhine, the Black Forest and...it possible to identify high R.I. gems such as andradite garnet, sphene, zircon and the diamond simulant...shapes. Other sources of fine zeolites are the basalt quarries around Paterson, New Jersey as well as Oregon...what is now the grandeur of the Cuillin Hills. The basalt of Talisker is well known for stilbite which occurs | | | Journal (issue) | | FGA Apart from the obvious tourist anractions, Germany has two main interests for a gemmologist. One of...All of my holiday touring had been in southern Germany in the areas of the Rhine, the Black Forest and...possible to identify high R . I . gems such as andradite garnet, sphene, zircon and the diamond simulant...shapes. Other sources of fine zeolites are the basalt quarries around Paterson, New Jersey as well as Oregon...what is now the grandeur of the Cuillin Hills. The basalt of Talisker is well known for stilbite which occurs |  | | Journal (entire run) | | A., F.T.S. Chabazite or Gmelinite (or both) in Basalt From Flinders, Victoria - W.D. Birch Apophyllite...Zeolites and Other Minerals in Vesicles in the Newer Basalt of the Melbourne Area, Vic. - D.G. Vince _ Notes...Augite and Ilmenite in Vesicles in an Alkali Olivine Basalt from Portland, Vic. - W .D.Birch N. Smith, and...Issues No 21 to 37 Copper Chloride Minerals in Basalt from Flinders, Victoria - W.D. Birch and J.E. Pearson...W.D. Birch A Clay-Carbonate Association, Regal Basalt Quarry, Braybrook, Vic. - M J. Sandy & T. Sameshima |
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