 | | Report (issue) | | Denver, Colorado, USA © 2011 by Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 11613 • Denver, CO 80211 • USA Phone 1.303...America Photo Credits Cover: Topaz, 3.5 cm tall Capao Mine, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil Max and Jon Sigerman...Occurrence MIKE MENZIES 22. Topaz from Utah's Maynard Mine RYAN BOWLING 26. Volodarsk-Volynski PETER LYCKBERG...Topaz ALFREDO PETROV & JOHN RAKOVAN 34. Colorful Colorado DAVID W. BUNK 42. Mongolian Topaz: The Gorkhi...DUDLEY BLAUWET 58. Zimbabwe Blue Topaz: St. Anne's Mine JAN KANIS 60. Brazil: The Land of Topaz DIETMAR |  | | Journal (issue) | | gressman@minrec.org Articles The Malkhan Pegmatite District Krasny Chikoy, Transbaikalia, Eastern Siberian... from the Forgotten Pocket, Sosedka pegmatite, Malkhan district. The same specimen as shown from a different...$324/three years, (Canada) $186/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $265 for one year Subscription...Vail, Colorado. www.MardaniFineMinerals.com | w w w. FineMineral.com Malachite Shilu Mine, Brazil...5 cm CRYSTAL CLASSICS FINE MINERALS orders@crystalclassics.co.uk | +44(0)1935 862673 Crystal Somerset |  | | Report (issue) | | AUTOPRINT crystal to the Roentgen ray (SELF-PRINT) for five minutes, OF KUNZITE and then CRYSTAL. laying...California Issued California State by the Mining Bureau Francisco. Ferry Building, San Lewis ...transmit Bulletin honor to F. George Bureau: Mining Ornamental the Honorable and California, of...CALIFORNIA APPENDIX—CALIFORNIA 121 ---------- STATE MINING BUREAU 159 ----- LIST No. Relief 1. of... Autoprint (self-print) 2. --- California Crystal. and minutes, five Made Weathered —-- it |  | | Book | | important topaz gems and crystals 20 Introduction 20 Giant uncut crystals 20 Large and important cut stones...topaz 26 Large imperial topaz 27 3 Chemistry and crystal structure 31 Chemical composition 31 Trace element...element chemistry 33 Synthesis of topaz 35 Crystal structure 36 The OH group and symmetry problems 4 Optical...indebted. Appreciation is also expressed to Dr J. Arem, USA; Sr Carlos Barbosa, Brazil; Professor J. Cassedanne...Canada; Mr T. Michalski, USA; Mr J. Murphy, USA; Dr F. Pough, USA; Mrs K. Robertson, USA; Dr W. Sersen, Thailand; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OF PEG]VIATITES I. OCCURRENCE AND ORIGIN OF GIANT CRYSTALS Institute H. JanNs, CaliJornia T echnolo...aliJ ornia Rrcnano of ABsrxAcr some masses of pegmatite contain individual crystals that are truly enormous...amount to hundreds or even thousands of pounds. Such giant crystals are formed mainly by beryl, potash and...feldspars, quartz, spodumene, and the micas biotite, muscovite, and phlogopite, and to lesser extents by allanite...tourmaline, triphylite-lithiophilite, Most of the giant crystals show rough external faces and are morphologically |  | | Catalog/List | | Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Session...Collection LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...Sulfur specimen from Italy – a tremendously large crystal on matrix. There is a wide selection of exemplary...museum-quality Tourmalines, including the 2nd largest Sapo Mine “shaving brush” and an exceptional Elbaite on Feldspar...CALEDONITE Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Named by the Romans for the area |  | | Book | | the structure, and of lore. Christian the crystal color. lan- signif- chemical optical properties...part is anywhere an beryl deposits, of fine crystal Sinkankas has in the literature, encyclopedic...90 Emerald Lore in Colombia and Peru, 5. 93 Crystal Structure Chemical Composition of and Beryl... semi-precious in beryl history of gemstone mining the on papers in of knowledge the many ...considerable deemed to possess, that encouraged mining despite meager yields and the appalling conditions |  | | Book | | Hot springs and tourmalines of eastern San Diego County." . Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-916251-65-9...Geology-California-San Diego County-Guidebooks.?. Geology-Califomia-It11perial County-Guidebooks. 3. Faults...Faults (Geology)--California-San Diego County-Guidebooks. 4. Faultgs (Geology)--California-Itnperial CountyGuidebooks...)--Guidebooks. 6. San Diego County (Calif.)--Guidebooks. 7. I1nperial County (Calif.)--Guidebooks. I. Murbach...Julian to the east down Banner Canyon to Granite Mountain. Frank Morris, Pilot. Front inside - Portion of |  | | Report (issue) | | 978-0-9836323-3-7 Publisher Lithographie, Ltd. Denver, Colorado, USA Design and Layout Gloria A. Staebler Managing...Lithographie, Ltd. PO Box 11613 • Denver, CO 80211 • USA Phone: 1.303.495.5521 • Fax: 1.303.482.1238 www.lithographie...States of America PHOTO CREDITS Cover Apatite on muscovite, 6.4 cm tall Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza-Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan... Werner's apatite samples originated in the tin mine in the town ofEhrenfriedersdorfin the Erzgebirge...Mimetite; San Francisco Mine, Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico Pyromorphite; Les Farges Mine, Correze, France Fluorapatite |  | | Book | | nearly all metals and the inevitable closing of many mining operations, it is a matter of the industry's survival...decision, not only is a handy volume affered to the mining and processing community but also duplication of...another oxide, "yttria", from minerals found in the pegmatite at Ytterby, Sweden. Both supposed oxides were...Swedish ehernist Ekeberg in the eourse of analyzing pegmatite minerals from Ytterby, Sweden and Kimito, Finland...minerals from the same loeality, the farnaus pegmatite at Ytterby, Swcden. This faet stresses the geoehemieal |  | | Report (issue) | | therewith. 1 U.S. Geological Survey Denver, Colorado 9 ^University of South Dakota Vermillion, South...of the U.S. Geological Survey library, Denver, Colorado, were of great help in compiling and checking...Report 21, 10 p. Aase, J.H., 1977, South Dakota, in Mining and mineral operations in the north-central states;...thesis. Ackerman, Walter, 1953, Louis Beryl Pegmatite, Custer County, South Dakota: Rapid City, South Dakota...Ackerman, W.C., 1952, Peerless Pegmatite, Keystone, Pennington County, South Dakota: Rapid City, South |  | | Report (issue) | | ________ _ Beach deposits ___ -----------------Colorado _____________________________ _ Crystalline rocks...Perce Counties __________ _ Idaho CountY-----------------Valley CountY-----------------Adams, Payette,...and Gem Counties ________________________ _ Boise County ___ --------------Ada, Owyhee, Elmore, and Custer..._____________ _ Spruce Pine district ____________ Madison County and Haywood County _____________________ _..._ Zirconia district ___________ ----Macon, Jackson, and Clay Counties __ ---- _______________ -- __ Crystalline |  | | Journal (issue) | | by K. L. Triscori & T. /. Campbell The Urucum pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil...........................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...interest in real paleontology. He may even have crystal specimens or rocks, but he does not relate to mineralogy...no more leatherbound copies of his book Gem & Crystal Treasures will be produced. As of May 19, fifteen...first comes upon the “Crystal Pocket,” a recreation of a pocket in the Elmwood mine near Carthage, Tennessee |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | extremely and quarry was made inside a single feldspar crystal. And been both cumbersome (Table gives compilation...class titles has been conbeen single feldspar crystal", and Kostov (1968, p.55) most common minerals-silicates-have...of the twenty-four mineral categories, like many giant crystalsit was not accurately meathere are listed... the greatestvolume, and the recthree has all crystal single a (1923)published,in this journal, a list...Spencer(1928)' are also listed whenevera larger crystal existsthat it doubt where or Frondel (1935),and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Peter Bancroft The Braen Quarry, Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . ...The left crystal and the central crystal are from pegmatite no. 576, near shaft 6. The crystal on the right...from a mid-1990s pocket near shaft 2. The central crystal is in the Marco Amabili collection; the other two...stopped for a minor traffic infraction by a Pima County Sheriff’s Deputy while driving home from work....crystals which he suspected to be methamphetamine (“crystal meth”). So he handcuffed her and placed her in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | occurrences. Variation in color intensity with crystal direction is marked, with the deepest colors observed...colorless until viewed through the ends of the crystal. Some deeply colored kunzite is distinctly dichroic...common. Although it is typically found massive, giant crystals up to 14.2 meters long and weighing 90...up to 880 carats were mined from one Brazilian pegmatite. Ideally, spodumene is LiAlSi,O,. Some analyses...sources such as the Foote mine at Kings Mountain, North Carolina; the giant crystal-bearing pegmatites of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | phosphatemineralsat the Stewart Pegmatite, Pala District,lSan Diego County, California J,c,MssE. Stncr,svr...pegmatitedistrict, San Diego County, California. At the Stewart pegmatite, lithiophilite occurs in the...sequenceof primary mineral formation within the pegmatite reflectsan increasein the activities of both lithium...sequencerepresent supergene weathering products. The Stewart pegmatite crystallized from a highlydiflerentiatedgranitic...changingconditions during the post-crystallizationhistory of a pegmatite has long been recognized(Mason, 1941; Fisher, |  | | Journal (volume) | | Chief Geologist Logan, District Mining Engineer W. Burling Tucker, District Mining Engineer Reid J. Sampson...Assistant District Mining Engineer Chas. V. Averill, District Mining Engineer J. C. O'Brien, District Mining...Statistician and Curator James M. Little, Junior Mining Engineer (Librarian) Elisabeth L. Egenhoff, Editor...Geology of Palm Springs-Blythe Strip, Riverside County, California, by William J. Miller Geology of Parts...Parts of tbe Barstow Quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California, by William J. Miller 9 11 73 Geology |  | | Journal (issue) | | KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2022 Articles The Akchatau mine, Shet District, Karaganda, Kazakhstan..................573...E. Wilson & T. P. Moore The Graf Jost-Christian mine, Wolfsberg, Harz Mountains, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany...Moore Phosphate Minerals from Lime Ridge, Snyder County, Pennsylvania....................................only): $139/one year (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription |  | | Catalog/List | | Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518...department. It will be held in the Dallas Design district at 1518 Slocum Street on June 2, 2013. The auction...specimen with haunting blue color and formidable crystal size. • Rare species, such as the world-class Leiteite...after LAUMONTITE with APOPHYLLITE Mumbai District (Bombay District), Maharashtra, India Three minerals makeup...rugged terrain of the Haramosh Mountains conceals crystal treasures from the eyes of all but the most intrepid |  | | Journal (issue) | | Hazen The best grossular garnets from the Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec ........ .......................1972, and considered to be the finest known Jeffrey mine grossular specimen. Marco Amabili collection; James...favored by collectors for their quality, appearance, crystal size, availability, etc. (Pough described 243 species...superb, lustrous, 4 X 7-inch Brazilian aquamarine crystal sitting unsold on a shelf in George Burnham's shop...gathering all of the previously published data on crystal sizes, specimen sizes, specimen quality, variability |  | | Journal (issue) | | 11.OBODDA ВОХ 51 SHORT HILLS rtE\V JERSEY 07078 USA FAX: 201-467-3577 llfжc·.·.г.:cc:д1:л:... :.:.:... 1000 North Division Street Peekskill, NY 10566 USA Tel: (914)739-1134 Fax:(914)739-1257 The only french...reviews And so and One year subscription (11 issues) USA $: 60 - Сап $: 82 - U.К. 34 MINERAUX & FOSSILES,...for gemstone raw materials. However, this giaпt mountain system, separating two continents, Europe and...quartz and quartz varieto а TaЫe ties (rock crystal, smoky quartz, citrine, amethyst, апd otl1ers) |  | | Journal (issue) | | locality. Pyromorphite from on old locality—rhe Sherman mine, Burke, Idaho. A small lot of miniatures and hondsize...$500. Liebigite from rhe SchwarTzwalder mine, Golden, Colorado. Well-formed, bright yellow-green crystals...Woo Feature articles Libethenite from the Rokana Mine, Zambia...........................................Korowski and C. W. Notebart Quartz & Pyrite from King County, Washington......................................Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey 385 by F. J. Parker Tveitite from the Barringer Hill District, Texas |  | | Book | | Honoris Causa. Deeply convinced that every giant crystal is like a “stone book” carrying in it invaluable...collector's passion and his undying love for the crystal phenomena of minerals are the basic stimulus for...1983, France acquired his remarkable collection of giant quartz crystals, exhibited in the National Museum...Bulgaria a similar personal collection of unique giant crystals, now constituting the most attractive part...author reveals the wonderful world of the unique giant crystals and the remarkable mineral treasures of |  | | Book | | prospecting within the limits of the beryl-bearing pegmatite field, Prospecting for non-pegmatitic beryllium...5720 6530 9250 Brazil (export) Argentina U.S.A. (mine shipments) Morocco Madagascar Mozambique Southern...States to adopt special measures for promoting mining and for establishing State reserves of beryl ores...roughly 24 times that of 1950. At the same time mining in the U.S.A. will probably be able to satisfy... new beryllium deposits, and the resumption of mining beryllium ores in old, abandoned mines. One of |
|
