 | | Journal (issue) | | Calendar & Other Events Pg 2 Durangite: Red Arsenate, West Desert, Utah Pg 3 Board of Directors News...2017 CSMS Pick & Pack Page 2 DURANGITE: RED ARSENATE, WEST DESERT, UTAH Mike Nelson csrockguy@yahoo...Fig. 1. The Thomas Range is located southwest of Salt Lake City and northwest of Delta, Utah. Map from...RealGems.org I first laid eyes on the Thomas Range in western Utah during the late 1960’s and was duly...huge piles of rhyolite (mostly) that formed the Thomas Range (Fig. 2). On a field trip, we were examining |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | azurite, Utah boasts an array of mineral species. AN OVERVIEW OF RECENT Mineral Collecting in Utah Downloaded...Drive Salt Lake City, Utah 84106-3313 JAMES R. WILSON Weber State University Ogdeo, Utah 84408-2507 PAULA...PAULA N. WILSON University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-1183 sion to visit or collect material; indeed...an irregular basis. Beaver County MINERAL COLLECTING IN THE STATE of Utah has undergone a resurgence...many more species new to Utah. Here we present a list of localities in Utah that have either been historically |  | | Report (issue) | | Durangite NaAl(AsO4 )F c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point...mine, Durango, Mexico. (2) Boiler Peak, New Mexico, USA; by ICPA and emission spectroscopy, F by ion chromatography...Scotia, Canada. In the USA, in tin prospects near Boiler Peak, in the Black Range, Sierra Co., New Mexico;...Mexico; and in the Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah. From the Cheesewring quarry, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England...Material: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, 3.586, 3.3036, 3.3037. References: (1) Palache |  | | Book (volume) | | Guide to Topaz and Associated Minerals of the Thomas Range, Utah (Topaz Mountain) Volume I By John Holfert...Maynard Bixby - one of the early pioneers of the Thomas Range who first discovered and described red beryl...HolfertfWalter Mrocli DISTRIBUTION Distributed by: Utah Mineral and Fossil, Inc. (UT) Internet Address:...well over 20 years since my last book on the Thomas Range. It finally started coming together in late...illustrations of the geological formations found in the Thomas Range. These illustrations provide valuable insight |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE DOLOMITE PRODUCTS QUARRY, WALWORTH, MONROE COUNTY, NEW YORK. V. H. Collins and J. S. Collins, 1334... northwest of the village of Walworth in Wayne County, New York. The quarry is a producer of aggregate...ALTERATION PRODUCTS FROM MAGNET COVE, HOT SPRING COUNTY, ARKANSAS. A. U.Falster, W. B. Simmons, and U....the Magnet Cove alkalic complex in Hot Spring County, Arkansas, as raspbenyred, transparent to opaque...maximum dimension but generally is in the millimeter range. Associated minerals include microcline, albite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | March/April: Millerite on dolomite, Leadwood, St. Francois County, Missouri. Glenn Williams specimen, Terry Huizing...on quartz, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Wayne Sorensen specimen, Jeff Scovil...July/August: Barite, Black Cloud mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...NovembedDecember: Hematite, Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin. F. John Barlow specimen, M. Hjerstedt...Mineral Finds at the Millington Quarry, Somerset County, New Jersey, 320-24 Beryl, California, 175 Beta-uranophane |  | | Journal (issue) | | by M. A. Menzies Pink topaz from the Thomas Range, Juab County, U ta h ................................themselves, many of them to competition quality, range in price mostly from $50 to $500, with few up to...Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T3B 4T7 Topaz occurs in a range o f fluorine-rich silicate environments, from plutonic...associations? Geology Geological environments for topaz range from plutonic through volcanic, and more rarely...Especially in granites, topaz formation conditions range from high-temperature magmatic conditions, through |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralogy and paragenesis of pegmatites from San Diego County, California. He will also be remembered for his...friend George Ashley at Hiriart Mountain, San Diego County, California, 1986. 3. Gene in Jackson, Wyoming...bucket at the San Diego Tourmaline Mine, San Diego County, California in 1974. 5. Boris Schmakin, Skip Simmons...from the mining ventures to purchase a smelter in Utah where he was an industrial blacksmith. Gene’s father...Gene to the gem-bearing pegmatites of San Diego County, California, which resulted in Gene’s dissertation |  | Pekov, Igor V., Koshlyakova, Natalia N., Zubkova, Natalia V., Lykova, Inna S., Britvin, Sergey N., Yapaskurt, Vasiliy O., Agakhanov, Atali A., Shchipalkina, Nadezhda V., Turchkova, Anna G., Sidorov, Evgeny G. (2018) Fumarolic arsenates − a special type of arsenic mineralization. European Journal of Mineralogy, 30 (2) 305-322 doi:10.1127/ejm/2018/0030-2718 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Långban (Värmland, Sweden) and Franklin (New Jersey, USA) ore districts and the alpine-type vein localities...Nickenich, Eifel, Germany (Auernhammer et al., 1993). Durangite, NaAl(AsO4)F, reported in intergrowths with hematite...cassiterite in cavities in rhyolite at Thomas Range, Utah, USA (Wilson, 1986), is most likely a product...garnet Tilasite* CaMg(AsO4)F tilasite/titanite Durangite* NaAl(AsO4)F tilasite/titanite Arsenatrotitanite*...known in other geological formations: tilasite, durangite, svabite, and berzeliite were reported from endogenic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to 4 cm long (the socalled Herkimer diamond, NY, USA). Among the purchased specimens from China are druzes...wood (Germany, Hungary, and the USA), after dinosaur bones (Colorado. USA, donated by T.Nipp), after fluorite...we should note a remarkable piece from Illinois, USA. It consists of two radial intergrowths of darkcolored...dollars»– discoid concretions from Sparta, Illinois, USA, are noteworthy among the foreign acquisitions. Topaz...by the author of this paper in 1998 at Thomas Range, Utah. USA, due to a kind permission of J.Holfert |  | Pekov, I. V., Zubkova, N. V., Yapaskurt, V. O., Belakovskiy, D. I., Lykova, I. S., Vigasina, M. F., Sidorov, E. G., Pushcharovsky, D. Yu. (2014) New arsenate minerals from the Arsenatnaya fumarole, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. I. Yurmarinite, Na7(Fe3+,Mg,Cu)4(AsO4)6. Mineralogical Magazine, 78 (4) 905-917 doi:10.1180/minmag.2014.078.4.10 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | extinct Cenozoic volcanoes: durangite, NaAl(AsO4)F, at Thomas Range, Utah, USA (Wilson, 1986) and a new...(mm 1)* F000 * Crystal size (mm) Diffractometer y range for data collection (º) Index ranges Reflections...surrounded by six O atoms with distances in the range 2.306(2) 2.735(3) Å, forming a significantly distorted... two new minerals from the Black Range tin district, Catron County, New Mexico, U.S.A. Neues Jahrbuch...Mineralogy, 16, 533 536. Wilson, W.E. (1986) Durangite from Utah. Mineralogical Record, 17, 342. Zelenski |  | | Catalog/List | | mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x H £2.50 1x1 £4 040 BITYITE Li and Be...white cleavages in Muscovite. (Harding Mine,Taos County, New Mexico) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £7 097 CHLOANTHITE (variety...micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 151 LEUCOSPHENITE Ba Na Ti B SiO Blue massive... About 7mm mass (Bulldog Mine, Creede, Mineral County,Colorado U.S.A) £4 439 STRACZEKITE Ca K Ba V 0...(Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1 £4 1x2 £7.50 396 TORBERNITE Cu UO PO/4 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Officer Thomas M. Gressman tom.gressman@minrec.org Senior Editor & Advertising Manager Thomas P. Moore...W. E. Wilson Black topaz from the Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah .....................805 by A. Sikorski...$324/three years, (Canada) $196/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $275 for one year Subscription...Island in Alaska, and variscite from Fairfield, Utah. Their partnership was concluded in 1941, at which...erosive action of ancient glaciers. The pegmatites range in thickness between 1 and 4 meters and can be traced |  | | Catalog/List | | matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) lx)4ins £4 063 CAVANSITE Ca (V 0 ) SiO...(Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) lxl £4 1x2 £7.50 497 TELLURITE Te 0/2 good...brown metallic (Herbb £2 Mine, Powhatton County Virginia USA) lcm £6 314 PYRARGYRITE Ag/3 SbS/3 pure crystalline...masses, well coating matrix. (Dooneen Mine Allihies, County Cork, S.Ireland) . lxl £3.50. 1x2 £6.50 2xl.5ins...matrix.(some + Micros! Monument 1 Mine, Navajo County,Arizona,USA) lxl.£3.50 1x2 £7.00 118 CONICHALCITE green |  | | Book (edition) | | who contributcd data are (in alphabetical order): Thomas Armbrusler (Switzerland). Daniel Atcncio (Brazil)...(Brazil). Malcolm Back (Canada), Henry L. Barwood (USA). Dmitriy Belakovskiy (Russia). Fabio Bellatreccia...(Italy), T.S. Ercit (Canada). Alexander Falster (USA). Jeffrey de Fourestier (Canada). Robert Gault (Canada)...Henderson. Jr. (USA). D.D. Hogarth (Canada). J.L. Jam bor (Canada), Anthony R. Kampf (USA). Pave! M. Kartashov...Karnp-Moller (Denmark). Akira Kato (Japan). Lance E. Keams (USA). Elisabeth Kirchner (Austria), Uwe Kolitsch (Austria) |  | | Journal (issue) | | News 3(2), 03 .8 7 1-2 Durangite and associated minerals fro m the Thomas Range, Utah, US A 5 News from Switzerlan...Minnie Mines, Califor nia Gulch, Leadville, Colorado (USA ) Q Not . Min . Pal . Nr . 51, 04 .8 7 20-22 Probabile...Dokumentation feir di e Nachwelt ? 25-28/30 Tucson 87 (USA) _ 29 Quarz-Zwilling nach (3032) . 31-32 Quarzsite-Mineralien...Quarzsite-Mineralien fohmarkt tuitte n in der WUste (USA ) 33 Goldkristalle aus Queenslan d Emser Hefte 8(1)...Nautilus 11(6), 02 .8 7 133-141 Mount-St-Helens (USA ) 145-150 Rhónie t 151-158 Rh'cfniet, Nickenicher |  | | Book | | of the major museums will show how wide is the range of colour and shape. Few collectors will be able...granite but with no quartz. Sandstone (South Dakota, USA) _9_ A darker rock than granite but with a similar...cubic. Fluorite is a common example. Aragonite (Utah, USA) 27 Crystals Crystal Morphology The term morphology...crystal form. Other crystals Wulfenite (Arizona, USA) 29 may show lesser symmetry on a scale at the...potential for specimen sales. Shale (Pennsylvania, USA) 57 Mineral Descriptions For each species the |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...ills, S o u t h D a k o ta Kurt L. Triscori and Thomas J. Campbell Museum of Geology South Dakota School...mineral deposits are known to occur there. These range from Precambrian gold veins and pegmatites to Tertiary...the form of cernyite-kesterite intergrowths that range in size from under 1 mm up to 12 cm and are disseminated...mines consisting of thin acicular crystals that range from 0.1 to 2 mm in length and 0.05 to 0.3 mm in |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vochten & G. Brizzi The Alice Glory Hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado ................................185 by...M. Kohler & L. Minnaar Garnet Hill, White Pine County, Nevada .........................................variscite and associated minerals from Fairfield, Utah; zoned liddicoatite tourmaline from Madagascar;...designs of gold-plated brass specimen stands in a range of sizes. For pure elegance and beauty, not to mention...negative crystals within quartz from Fonda, Montgomery County, New York. Notice that these also are bounded by |  | | Journal (issue) | | Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Wendell E. Wilson Editor Thomas P. Moore Circulation Manager Mary Lynn Michela...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...COPPER, 8.3 cm, from the Central mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan—considered by some to be the world’s...and showcase organizers: Douglas C. Toland and Thomas R. Hanna World-class epidote crystals were first...from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona Chapter authors: Les Presmyk, Robert W |  | | Book | | Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298 ALABAMA Iron phosphate...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and |  | | Book (edition) | | abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Dakota. and at the Fuemrole No2 mine, Emery co .. Utah. Also at Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald Mts., in the...Malawi, G 10 17 River Formation in Uintah County, Utah. Deer et al., v. 2A,483, 1997. Aenigmatite |  | | Book (edition) | | Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington MA 01803, USA First published 1962 Second edition 1970 Third edition...Canada, Germany, Thailand, Vietnam, the UK and the USA, making this a truly international collaboration...There have also been a number of additions to the range of synthetic gemstones produced by Pierre Gilson...and each interacts with the other through a wide range of processes. The different gem materials come from...found in an equally wide range of simple to complex rock structures. This range of rock types and their |  | | Journal (issue) | | popularity in the world, while it is the leader in the USA. Recently, well known jewelry stones have been joined...collection of chromediopsides represents the entire range of colors of this mineral. We find here cut stones...Robert W. Jones (USA) and Michael Leybov (Russia) BOX 51 SHORT HILLS NEW JERSEY O 7 O 7 8 USA FAX: 2 0 1 -...polychrome tourmalines, which are richest in color range, are characteristic only of the miaroloitic pegmatites...paleontology. Each fact-filled issue presents a wide range of topics and features - suggestions for local field |  | | Book | | states of Guanajuato and Chihuahua, Mexico. In the USA silver occurs at Keweenaw, Michigan, in association...Corocoro, Bolivia, and at Cananea, Mexico. In the USA copper is found in abundance in the Keweenaw area...and from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. In the USA gold is often obtained by individual prospectors...suitable for pencils comes from Sonora, Mexico. In the USA a major locality is at Ticonderoga, New York State...localities in Chile, and from the Mohawk mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan; also from Lake Superior, Ontario. Treatment |
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Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, USA