 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu AR AGONI TE PART 1: ARAGONITE FROM WESTERN EUROPE T here are many collecting...of classic localities is aragonite, this column’s featured mineral. Aragonite is an orthorhombic mineral...mineral with point group 2/m 2/m 2/m. Aragonite occurring as untwinned crystals is rare; its normal occurrence...stalactitic. As mentioned, twinned crystals of aragonite are common. Repeated twinning on {110} yields...examples are the most familiar to collectors. Aragonite may display polysynthetic lamellae and striations |  | | Book | | outside of Romania. Rudolf Duda (1944, Vojany, Slovakia) Head of the Department of Natural History, Eastern...Poland (Ewa Kos/.owska) Romania (Gheorghe Udubasa) Slovakia (Rudolf Duda) Ukraine (Orest Matkovs'ky) 31 31...(Ewa Kos/.owska). Romania (Gheorghe Udubasa), Slovakia (Rudolf Duda). Ukraine (Victor Kvasnytsya) 127...Czech Republic (Moravia) Hungary Poland Romania Slovakia Ukraine 397 397 399 409 412 419 425 References...Rudabánya. HUN: MSM = Middle Slovak Museum, Banská Bystrica, SLK; MU = University of Miskolc, Miskolc. |  | Hurai, V., Huraiova, M., Milovsky, R., Luptakova, J., Konecny, P. (2013) High-pressure aragonite phenocrysts in carbonatite and carbonated syenite xenoliths within an alkali basalt. American Mineralogist, 98 (5) 1074-1077 doi:10.2138/am.2013.4410 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | High-pressure aragonite phenocrysts in carbonatite and carbonated syenite xenoliths within an alkali basalt Vratislav...Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 840 05 Bratislava, Slovakia Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, Comenius...Bratislava, Slovakia 3 Geological Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Ďumbierska 1, 974 01 Banská Bystrica...Bystrica, Slovakia 4 State Geological Institute of D. Štúr, Mlynská dolina 1, 817 04 Bratislava, Slovakia Abstract...describe the first observation of primary magmatic aragonite in carbonatite and carbonated syenite, occurring |  | | Report (issue) | | mine, Moulay Bouazza, Khénifra, Meknès-Tafilalt region: Joan writes a bit mysteriously that “They come...mine, Moulay Bouazza, Khénifra, Meknès-Tafilalet region, Morocco. Rosell Minerals specimen and photo. ...mines area of the famous Bou Azzer cobalt-mining district. We have seen pink cobalt-rich calcite from Bou...Oumjrane mining area, Er Rachidia, Meknès-Tafilalet region, Morocco. Fabre Minerals specimen and photo. Morocco...Alnif in Er Rachidia Province, Meknès-Tafilalt region—see, in the January-February 2011 issue, my report |  | Reato, Luca, Huraiová, Monika, Konečný, Patrik, Marko, František, Hurai, Vratislav (2022) Formation of Esseneite and Kushiroite in Tschermakite-Bearing Calc-Silicate Xenoliths Ejected in Alkali Basalt. Minerals, 12 (2) 156 doi:10.3390/min12020156 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tschermakite-Bearing Calc-Silicate Xenoliths Ejected in Alkali Basalt Luca Reato 1 , Monika Huraiová 1 , Patrik Konečný...Tschermakite-Bearing Calc-Silicate Xenoliths Ejected in Alkali Basalt. Minerals 2022, 12, 156. https://doi.org/10.3390/...University, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia; reato1@uniba.sk (L.R.); monika.huraiova@uniba...Dionýz Štúr, Mlynská Dolina 1, 817 04 Bratislava, Slovakia; patrik.konecny@geology.sk Department of Geology...University, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia; frantisek.marko@uniba.sk Institute of Earth Sciences |  | Kubač, Alexander, Chovan, Martin, Koděra, Peter, Kyle, J. Richard, Žitňan, Peter, Lexa, Jaroslav, Vojtko, Rastislav (2018) Mineralogy of the epithermal precious and base metal deposit Banská Hodruša at the Rozália Mine (Slovakia) Mineralogy and Petrology, 112 (5) 705-731 doi:10.1007/s00710-018-0558-y | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | precious and base metal deposit Banská Hodruša at the Rozália Mine (Slovakia) Alexander Kubač1 Rastislav...Abstract The Au-Ag-Pb-Zn-Cu epithermal deposit Banská Hodruša of intermediate-sulphidation type is located...stratovolcano on the inner side of the Carpathian arc in Slovakia. This deposit represents an unusual subhorizontal...the western part has already been depleted. The Banská Hodruša mineralization was formed during four stages:...Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA 4 Slovenská Banská, Ltd., 966 61 Hodruša‑Hámre, 388, Slovak Republic |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineral & lapidary society SMLS Field trip to Slovakia .. ' Journal 220 - July August 2009 SUSSEX...SMLS Journal 220 July/Aug 2009 SMLS TRIP TO SLOVAKIA -11 th • to 21 st • July 2008 Introduction Over...result of Brian Craik-Smith's teaching in Slovakia in 2003, Slovakia became the next country on our wish list...list. During his stay in Slovakia, Brian got to know many key mineral sites and made contact with Marek...Also Brian gave a talk to SMLS on Minerals from Slovakia in 2007 and this created a great deal of interest |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Slovak Academy of Sciences, 840 05 Bratislava, Slovakia Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, Comenius...Comenius University, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia; monika.huraiova@uniba.sk State Geological Institute of Dionýz...Dionýz Štúr, 817 04 Bratislava, Slovakia; patrik.konecny@geology.sk Correspondence: vratislav.hurai@savba...intrusive complexes sampled by Upper Miocene-Pliocene basalt volcanoes. The magmatic reservoir beneath Pinciná...zirconolite; chevkinite; syenite; carbonatite; basalt; Western Carpathians Nigel J. Cook Received: 27 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Albite, 11.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Muzo District, Boyaca Department, Colombia. See the article...Zodac, jade expert Louis Zara, Doris Biggs, Francon quarry specialist Don Doell, mineral dealer Hugh Ford...acanthite, pyrargyrite, stephanite, barite, calcite, aragonite, diaspore, galena, sphalerite, inesite and many...Hodrusa-Hamre (in the Banska Stiavnica mining district) is also the type locality for hodrusite. V INTRODUCTION...historical events before 1920, we will use the older district name of Schemnitz in accordance with the literature |  | | | | orthorhombic felspars, mica, gypsum, augite, (aragonite, antimonite, marcasite, barytes, topaz) (4)... b) orthoclase (so-called Carlsbad Twin), c) aragonite. A single crystal is sometimes made up of two...growths, we distinguish contact twins (gypsum, aragonite), and interpenetrated twins (fluorite). Crystal...mineral of identical chemical composition. Thus, aragonite (orthorhombic 16 calcium carbonate CaCO;) changes...minerals. By cementation of fragmental basaltic rocks, basalt tuffs have been formed. Due to weathering, crystals | | | Book | | .......................................... 52 Slovakia ( Rudo lf Ducfa) ...............................(Ewa Koszowska). Ro mania (Gheorghe Uduba~a), Slovakia (Rudolf Ducfa). Ukraine (Victor Kvasnytsya) Native...Rudabanya. HUN; MSM = Middle Slovak Museum, Banska Bystrica, SLK; MU= University of Miskolc. Miskolc. HUN:...wa especially rich in specimens from the Banal region and Gutiii Mts. (fu loppite was named in his honor)...detailed. unified mineralogical encyclopaedia of the region had been planned by the Commi!.sion on Mineralogy |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | crystals. Good display piece. Vambori, Ahmedhagar District, Maharashtra State, lndia about 5x2.5 inches £70...the grains and a few more scattered about. Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg bei Mayen, Yulkaneifel, Rheinland Pfalz...3mm c1ystalline spheres. Namib Mine, Swakopmund region Namibia Ix I £30 33. BIEBERITE glass tube of pinkish...about 12x5mm in the middle of the vein. Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California USA £17 35. SODALITE...FLUORESCENCE Haapaluoma Finland 2x2.5 £10 47. ARAGONITE large crystal sections one aboutlx2 inches and |  | | Report (issue) | | by David Vince on the zeolites of the Melbourne region. There are many other contributors in various guises...Association Museum of Victoria Nunawading and District Lapidary Club Inc. Tony Annear Tylden Quarries...associated green fluorapophyllite from the Bombay region of India, to strike awe in the mineral enthusiast...and accessible sites, such as Tylden Quarry and Bundoora Quarry, where attractive specimens may be obtained...KILOMETRES Figure I.I. Map showing the Melbourne District. INTRODUCTION Six zeolite species; analcirne, |  | | Book | | 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...the heated fluids. Zeolites in the Eocene olivine basalt flows in the Cairns Bay and Little Bird Rock areas | | | Book | | 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...the heated fluids. Zeolites in the Eocene olivine basalt flows in the Cairns Bay and Little Bird Rock areas |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | available for several decades from the famous Deccan basalt quarries of India, and, in keeping with the zeolite...Mallison Falls, Windham, Maine, and at the Dexter quarry, Lincoln County, Rhode Island. A historical occurrence...occurrence is with prehnite in gneiss at Ward’s quarry, Pelham, Massachusetts. It has been reported from...County. Scolecite has been collected in the diabase quarry at Manassas, Prince William County, and near Hightown...that occur as fine specimens in the Table Mountain basalt near Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, but was | | | | | is granite while an extrusive example could be basalt. Sedimentary rocks are derived from the abrasion...composition in minerals such as calcite, dolomite, and aragonite, or rocks such as limestone, dolostone, and marble...spinel, cuprite, rutile, cassiterite, calcite, aragonite, dolomite, siderite, rhodochrosite, malachite...opalescent: a depth to the light reflected, e.g., aragonite, calcite Resinous: like gum resin secreted by...brownish), p. 212 anhydrite (white or grey), p. 122 aragonite (white, variable), p. 146 calcite (white, variable) |  | | Book (edition) | | Skeletal magnetite in the siliceous matrix of a basalt (light grey crystals). Right: Dendritic magnetite...Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach); XPL If marked in description... Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia (sample: Melcher/Oberthür); PPL D Fine-grained...grey); Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Sachsen, Germany (sample: Seifert);...quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog Mine, Bullfrog District, Nye Co., Nevada, USA (sample: Witzke); PPL If |  | | Book (volume) | | cm1 is called the fingerprint region. Usually IR spectrum in this region contains very complicated series...overlapping bands. The importance of the fingerprint region is that each mineral species produces a different...500 to 800 cm1 can be considered as “fingerprint region” sensitive to the composition and the topological...see Fig. 1.9), but generally IR spectrum in this region is characteristic of all these minerals. In IR...(2); Zn-enriched olivenite from Novoveská Huta, Slovakia (3); zincolivenite from Lavrion, Greece (4); Cu-enriched |  | | 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 | | Germany £18 7 SULPHUR small crystals in cavities in Basalt 1x2cm PicoPesquero Fogo Island cape Verde £7 ...2x3cm area of small white crystals in Basalt 5x6 cm Limberg No 1 quarry, Kaisersthul, Germany £4 11 LAVOISIERITE...£5 34 PHILLIPSITE colourless micros on 1x1.5cm basalt Barranco Parado, Playa Quemada, Lanzarotte Canary...Piedmont Italy 5x2.5 £12 Sample b) .5x1.5 £ 36 ARAGONITE 3 to 4mm size orange-brown crystals covering most...HARMOTOME, clear micro crystals on 1x2 cm Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor Powys £5 54 HEMIMORPHITE good covering |  | | Catalog/List | | minor calcite or matrix ½"£4 Recsk Hungary 810 ■■ ARAGONITE Botryoidal faintly blue mass. ½"£3 lx½£5 \/ 710...Cu Si OOH 176 ■■ KONINCKITE Rimavska, Sobota, Slovakia rich coating of very pale pinkish white tiny spheres...Zcolite Ix! £4 lx2 £8 2x2£16 26) ■ MAGADIITE Aris Quarry, near Windhoek,Namibia / White micro snow-flakes...SiO 220 ■ MENDIPITE ✓~ CaAISiOC0/3 Merehend Quarry, Mendips Somerset Very rich white to pinkish faintly...2x2£15 MnCO/3 1030 38S,,■■ SCAINIITE Dubrava, Slovakia Rich grey metaliic mass with minor matrix 5mm |  | | Book | | in 111inerals such as calcite, dolon1ite, and aragonite, or rocks such as li111estone, dolostone, and...spinel, cupri te, rutile, cassiterite, calcite, aragonite, dolo1nite, siderite, rhodochrosite, n1alachite...opalescent: a depth to the light reflected, e.g., aragonite, calcite Resinous: like gun1 resin secreted by...black), p. 82 anhydrite (white or grey), p. 122 aragonite (white, variable), p. 146 calcite (white, variable)...250) andesite (p. 260} Dark gabbro (p. 252) basalt (p. 262) obsidian (p. 266) Sedimentary Rocks Colour |  | | 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...FLUORESCEN1 -lxl£2.50 ·•- - ---·-·-· ··-- - -- - 676 ARAGONITE Aragon Spain individual pinkish hexagonal crystal...- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 810 ■ ARAGONITE Rccsk Hungary Botryoidal faintly blue mass. ½" |
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