 | | Journal (issue) | | 3 FEATURE ARTICLES Gem Pegmatites of Minas Gerais, Brazil: The Tourmalines of the Araquai Districts...NOTES * AND NEW TECHNIQUES Altering the Color of Topaz Kurt Nassau 35 A Preliminary Report on the New...tourlnaline thon anywhere else in the world-Minos Gerais, Brazil; the other with (I new locality for red tourmaline-Zcrmbia...bicolored tounnaline (12.90 ct), all from the Himalaya mine (California). Thestones were faceted by PalaInteri~ntional...thousand miles south, to the "Gem Pegmatites of Minas Gerais." THe first in a series (which Cdntinues in |  | | Journal (issue) | | York circulation manager Articles The Boltsbum mine, Weardale, County Duiham, England ................by R. J. King Famous mineral localities: The Virgem da Lapa Pegmatities ................................. Bariand Arsenate minerals of the Sterling Hill mine: an overview .....................................crystal, 7 cm tall, from the Virgem da Lapa district, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Sorbonne collec tion, photo...The Mineralogical Record Jan uary-February, 1982 mine Weardale, CpuntyJ)urham, England t h e B o l |  | | Book (volume) | | Acanthite San Juan de Reyes Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, 52 Adamite Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico,...47 (Cuproadamite with Ferrolotharmeyerite) Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 22 Apophyllite (on Stilbite) Jalgaon...Malachite) Liu Feng Shan Mine, Anhui Prov., China, 18 (& Malachite) Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico, 32, 38-39...Quartz) Yaoganxian Mine, Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China, 56 Calcite (on Fluorite) Elmwood Mine, Elmwood, Tennessee...India, 40 (on Copper) Quincy Mine, Houghton Co., Michigan, 49 Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Autonomous Pref,, Yunnan |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | curators share their tales of obtaining specimens in Brazil. *7CLh Downloaded by ["Queen's University Libraries...this field was Allan Caplan, who first went to Brazil by boat in 1938. His experiences there and the... Jack Lowell. 50 ROCKB 6 MINERALS arrived in Brazil for a two-month buying hip based in Governador...some fine new specimens at the Xanda mine, near the town of Virgem da Lapa (Virgin of the Cave), north of...gemmy areas. Our next thought was to go right to the mine, about six hours away, to see if there was any new |  | | Journal (issue) | | (a variety of zoisite), 9 cm, from the Merelani mine, located on the slopes of the Lelatema Mountains...La Marina mine, Colombia. Top right: Topaz, 8.4 cm, from Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Lower left:...left: Phosphophyllite, 2 cm, from the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Bottom right: Grossular, 3.5 cm,...Andrea Bartorelli: Minerals and Precious Stones of Brazil. Other important references (if any) for individual... 5.5 cm, from the Alto da Cabeca mine, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Will Johnson collection |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | that Keith wandered around the neighboring gold mine dumps and developed an interest in minerals. He...found in 1967 in the Pioneira mine, Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Downloaded by [Stockholm University...from the Barra de Salinas mine, Aracuai-Itinga district, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Although the owner did not...specializing in colored gemstones. Keith's travels in Brazil in search of gems and crystal specimens have added...from the Jonas mine in Brazil have sold for several hundred thousand dollars. A Jonas mine rubellite called |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | tricately carved jadeite vase that stands 16 cm tall. Topaz is a particular standout amid the rainbow of faceted...perial topaz weighing 52 carats, and a light blue 407-carat teardrop; both stones are from Minas Gerais...Gerais, Brazil. A n other featured strength of the gemstone display is opal. There are several fine pieces...5-cm-thick sea-green crystal of aquamarine from Minas Gerais, Bra zil, catches the eye as does an emerald...California; Minas Gerais, Brazil; and Kunar, Afghanistan; as well as yellow beryl (heliodor) from Minas Gerais |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in tin-tungsten deposits (such as the Panasquiera mine) and is a constituent of granite, aplite, gneiss...sericite replaces feldspars, spodumene, beryl, topaz, and tourmalines in pegmatites. Muscovite itself...muscovite with quartz, 6.8 cm wide, from the Santo Niño mine, Patagonia district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona...locality is the Palermo No. 1 mine, near North Groton, Grafton County. This mine is known for its cornucopia...a few. Also in Grafton County is the Keyes mica mine, near the town of Orange, the premier muscovite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Laboratory, Carlsbad, California BRAZIL IMPRESSIONS: I have only been to Brazil twice, but 1 did see a lot...most expensive real estate. While on a tour in Brazil in the early 198Os, our bus was stopped by the...begging everyone’s forgiveness. My second trip to Brazil was in 1987 as a member of the International Gemological...Conference group. I had a wonderful time on both trips. Brazil is a beautiful country, one full of contrasts....Fallbrook, California FIRST TRIP TO BRAZIL: I have a number of memories of Brazil, but perhaps the most vivid |  | | Journal (issue) | | FLUORffE Tue largest crystal measures 3 cm Heights mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Stuart Strife...(upper left) Elbaite, 4.5 cm, Sapo mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gus Eitler collection; Joe Budd...Rhodochrosite, 11.5 cm, Good Luck pocket, Sweet Horne mine, Alma, Colorado. Ex Steve Smale collection. Joe...Daoping mine, Guilin, Guangxi, China. Ex Steve Smale Kunzite spodumene, 11 cm, Urucum mine, Minas Gerais...Gerais, Brazil. Ex Steve SmaJe collection. Joe Budd photo. Tanzanite zoisite, 6 cm, Merelani Hills, Arusha |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California. BACK COVER: Copper, 13.5 cm, from the Ray Mine, Pinal County...Spessartine 129 Spodumene 113, 131, 143, 184 Sulfur 91 Topaz 39, 73, 87, 103, 152 Tourmaline 27, 67, 79, 97,...a superb crystal of kunzite from The White Queen mine in California lends important provenance to the...from the White Queen mine, California (plate 8) The Cerussite from the Kombat mine, Namibia (plate 19)...Tourmaline Queen mine, California (plate 31) "The Dragon" Gold from the Colorado Quartz mine, California (plate |  | | Journal (issue) | | Jan/Feb 2024 Vol.99, No.1 ROCKS MINE ."Iii[! iil"J www.tandfonline.com/vram Pegmatite Minerals & Gems...Connoisseur's Choice: Topaz from Granite Pegmatites, Limoeiro Mine, Virgem da Lapa, Ara~uaf Pegmatite District...District, . Minas Gerais, Brazil, Michael A. Menzies Signature Specimen: Elbaite from the Cruzeiro Pegmatite...Pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil: At the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Carl A. Francis...99 Coming Events Topaz, p. 36 Signature specimen, p. 86 ABOUT THE COVER: Topaz with lepidolite, a/bite |  | | Book | | MINERALS & PRECIOUS STONES OF BRAZIL Sponsored by: VALE MINISTER.IO DA CULTURA © 2009 - CARLOS CORNEJO...Lavra do Sapo, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais. Collection of Alvaro Lucio. Photograph taken...photographs: "Parafba" tourmaline (25 x 6 mm), Sao Jose da Batalha, Parafba. Courtesy of Bruno and Rolando Gioia...Brasileira do Livro, SP, Brazil) Cornejo, Carlos .Minerals & precious stones of Brazil. Carlos Cornejo, Andrea...3. Minerals - Brazil 4. Minerals- Classification 5. Mineralogy 6. Mineralogy - Brazil - History 7. Precious |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | longwave ultraviolet radiation, from the Franklin mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey. Mark Pospisil... Figure 10 (left). Imperial topaz, 13.8 cm tall, from Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Rob Lavinsky specimen...find, 17.0 × 19.5 × 15.0 cm, from the Fengjiashan mine, Daye, Huangshi area, Hubei, China. Gail and Jim...with quartz, 14.7 × 13.7 × 8.8, from the Sweet Home mine, Millenium Pocket, Alma, Park County, Colorado....chalcopyrite, 70 cm tall, from the Brushy Creek mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Mark Pospisil specimen |  | | Book | | 1982 Jules Roger Sauer ” Foreword For years Brazil has been the major producer of colored stones in...metamorphic rocks, the variety of gem deposits in Brazil is almost infinite. In addition to the mineral...assemblage one might expect from pegmatite dikes, Brazil also produces a very significant output of diamonds...written in English, and beautifully illustrated. “Brazil, Paradise of Gemstones’, by Jules Roger Sauer,...the Cruzeiro tourmaline and mica mine and the Jacobina amethyst mine. He owns several other mines as well |  | | Book | | tetrahedrite crystals; from the Home Sweet Home mine near Alma, Colorado. Found in 1965, it is considered...variety known as k1111zire; from the Pala Chief mine, San Diego County, California. Found shortly after...the finest pieces ever recovered from the Tsumeb mine in Namibia; the \\"orldwide tourmaline collection...specimens of azurite from a major find at the Tsumeb mine in Namibia, Desautels and Sams bought the entire...emerald and morganite), corundum (ruby and sapphire), topaz, gold, silver and dozens of other minerals. Complementing |  | | Journal (issue) | | TOPAZ, I J.INERALOGICAL RECORD JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1995 • VOLUME 26 NUMBER 1 • $10 Wayne & Dona Leicht......................... 5 by M. A. Menzies Pink topaz from the Thomas Range, Juab County, U ta h .......Lichte & P. H. Briggs FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on topaz...................................................Columns Notes from the editor by W. E. Wilson TOPAZ, COVER: TOPAZ crystals to 4 cm, on matrix, from Ghundao...their dry, written lists (“Wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona, 1-inch, 500; 2-inch, $2; 2 inch, $3.50” |  | | Journal (issue) | | Schumacher Graphite (35 x 32 cm) of the Alibert Mine, Botogol Mt. in Siberia, rough materiaL two pencils...Haidinger in 1859 1842 in the Tsarevo-Alexandrovskaya mine near Tashkurganka River, Miass, Urals. The original...the second largest existing of its type today. Topaz, 7 x 6.5 cm. Nerchinsk, Siberia. Inv.No. A.f.843...in Vienna, among others was a splendid colorless topaz crystal from Adun-Chilon. A further big cabinet...which is on display is a light blue, totally clear topaz crystal, grown on a group ofsmoky quartz and cleavelandite |  | | Book | | Green’s Farm, otherwise known as the Roxbury Garnet Mine, which is on the border between Roxbury and Southbury...and is typical of what could still be found in the mine. To me, its label “makes” this specimen. I am very...this plethora of vibrant crystals. Miss Sterling, a mine owner, called in a state geologist, and it was soon...that more specimens will be recovered here, as the mine is now a part of Fort Drum. The Sterlingbush find...Diamonds Mine” in Middleville, Herkimer County. Most of the quartz crystals from this mine are colorless |  | | Journal (issue) | | Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...Ray Hill collection; Michael Bainbridge photo. Topaz, 4 cm, from Murzinka, Russia; Mike Menzies collection;...Alaska, ca. 1906. She organized her own company to mine the garnets, and may have distributed thousands...that men would be hired as laborers to work the mine and help develop it, but that no men would be involved...September–October, 2019 7 HISTORY had declined and the mine was sold. Today it is formally owned by “the children |  | | Report (issue) | | No. 14: Topaz Perfect Cleavage ISBN 978-0-9790998-9-2 Publisher Lithographie, LLC Denver, Colorado...Photo Credits Cover: Topaz, 3.5 cm tall Capao Mine, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil Max and Jon Sigerman...Sigerman collection Robert Weldon photo Above: Topaz, 5.5 cm tall El Chalten, Santa Cruz, Argentina Scott Rudolph...brooch/pendant is set with topaz from three different localities. Two Brazilian "Imperial" topaz gems make up the...the wings, totaling 19.59 carats, are light blue topaz. The wing tips are set with melee diamonds. The |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | malachite, 7 cm across, Khanong open pit, Sepon mine, Vilabouly district, Laos. Irv Brown specimen. ...Boleite with pseudoboleite, 1.1 cm high, Amelia mine, Santa Rosalia, Boleo district, Baja California...(left). Euclase, 3.7 cm high, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Alex Schauss specimen. Figure 7. (above)...(above). Aurichalcite, field of view 7.6 cm, 79 mine, Dripping Springs, Pinal County, Arizona. John Cesar...Ouichane mine, Nador, Segangane, Morocco. Spirifer specimen. Figure 11. Topaz, 12.7 cm high, Xanda mine |  | | Journal (issue) | | rights reserved. January–February 2009 Articles Topaz from near El Chaltén, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina...mineral collector—Part 3: Treasure-hunting in Minas Gerais since 2000. . . . . . . . . . . ....inches), from the Morro da Mina manganese mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Probably the world’s...2008 issue for his article on the Mockingbird gold mine). Like the rest of us on the staff, he will be striving...Record, volume 40, January–February, 2009 5 Topaz from near El Chaltén Santa Cruz Province, Argentina |  | | Book | | until he managed to reach the land of his dreams, Brazil. A specialist in the field of geology and mineralogy...crystals and the remarkable mineral treasures of Brazil, as well as the incredible adventures and difficulties...UNIQUE MINERALS IN WORLD MUSEUMS GEM TREASURES OF BRAZIL Cyan Magenta Yellow Black 1 Delev Ilia Deleff...UNIQUE MINERALS IN WORLD MUSEUMS GEM TREASURES OF BRAZIL SOFIA–MOSCOW 2004 3 Cyan Magenta Yellow Black...NATIONAL MUSEUM IN SOFIA 66 OTHER COLLECTIONS OF MINE IN BULGARIA 71 COLLECTIONS IN OTHER CITIES AROUND |  | | Book | | On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma |
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Xanda mine, Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil