 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za TSUMCORITE Tsumeb Mine, Namibia I t is fitting that Tsumeb should have...development, growth, and ultimate closure of the mine in 1996. Tsumeb Corporation Limited (TCL) was founded...World War II, when the Tsumeb mine was put up for sale. Prior to this the mine was owned by Otavi Minen–...Eisenbahn–Gesellschaft (OMEG). TCL operated the mine until 1988 when it was acquired by Gold Fields South...(söhngeite is named in his honor) worked at the Tsumeb mine, and his two publications (Söhnge 1967, 2001) give |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mason University] at 01:02 21 December 2014 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona E veryone likes blue minerals...including the Harborside mine at Brooksville, Hancock County, and the Lubec lead mine and prospects at Pembroke...Hampshire County, Massachusetts; the old Gorham (Mascot mine), Coos County, New Hampshire; as pale blue rosettes...cutting trap rock at Moore, the long-abandoned iron mine at Andover, and as an accessory mineral at Franklin...grouping of aurichalcite sprays on matrix from the 79 mine, Gila County, Arizona. The 6.5-cm specimen is in |  | | Book (volume) | | Lavrion, Greece (6) and Cu-poor adamite from Ojuela mine, Mexico (7) IR spectra of acid salts (silicates...(Specord 75 IR or Specord M80, Carl Zeiss, Jena, Germany), Perkin Elmer 1600 Series FT IR spectrometer or...FT IR spectrometer (Bruker Optics, Ettlingen, Germany). IR spectrum of a pure KBr disc was subtracted...Arsenato-Borates Sussexite 29 Mn2+BO2(OH) Locality: Gonzen mine, Sargans, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Description:...Veatchite Sr2[B5O8(OH)]2B(OH)3·H2O Locality: Billie mine, Death Valley, California, USA. Description: White |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | superb example of the mineral. It was from Saxony, Germany, and was to me at that time a thing of beauty and...National University] at 06:43 31 December 2014 mine in Colorado, and they found virtually the entire...azurite, bindheimite, chrysocolla, cuprite, and goethite. For the pseudomorph collector there are examples...tetrahedrite and pyrite specimen from the Anchor mine, Park City, Utah. The specimen was in the stock...examples at the present time are from the Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado, where it occurs |  | | Book | | immensely popular handbook of minerals appeared in Germany I obtained a copy fo! my personal library and was...times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...minerals are concerned. Opal is still thought to bring bad luck, and similar stories are told about certain...fibrous sphalerite from Diepenlinchen, near Aachen, Germany. PLATE Vo I~ .·• / ~1 rhyolite 37 r . ...chalcopyrite from Herdorf, Siegerland, Germany. Center. Pyrrhotite. Harzburg, Germany. Below Massive chakopyrite |  | | Journal (issue) | | currently being operated for minera l specimens. The mine is an open cut in a Cretaceous basalt fl ow, (fig...n a very barren flat about a kilometer from the mine. We stopped and inquired if he had any minerals...at that time. We were allowed to drive up Lo the mine and " rummage" around for any leftovers. There was...w ith a va ri ety of crystals, (fig. 5 & 6). The mine appears to be a very productive operation. Figure...Figure (Right): Beryl var, Aquamarine with Goethite pseudo. @Siderite, 13 x 10 cm. with 6 cm. Aquamarine |  | | Journal (issue) | | Special issue on the minerals of Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham...(2000) Famous mineral localities: Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England 20:7-37 Bevins, R... D. (1999) Famous mineral localities: Ting Tang mine, Gwennap, Cornwall 19:18-23 CLARK, A.M. (1998) Earth's...P. (1995) Crystallized Enargite from the Gregory mine, Ashover, Derbyshire 15:28-29 DAY, B. (1998) Collecting...from Boulby mine, Cleveland 14:4-8 __& McCALLUM, D. (1993) Millerite from Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Siderite Siete Suyos Mine, Atocha-Quechisla District Sud Chichas Province...History. Figure 1. Gemmy siderite from Siete Suyos mine, Atocha-Quechisla district, Sud Chichas Province...siderite; of these, by far the most common is goethite after siderite. Many of the specimens examined...in the reference collection have a coating of goethite on their surface. Other minerals known to pseudomorph...chlorite minerals, but these are less common than the goethite pseudomorphs and are often of the encrustation |  | | Journal (issue) | | Binntal magnetite, several English barites, and Bad Ems pyromorphite. Over the years during the periodic...not as good. Figure 7: Pyromorphite from Bad Ems, Germany, size 7 cm. Figure 6: Native lead, Langban...York Antimony-bearing Oxidized Minerals - Jetty Mine, Montana Rare Earth Element Minerals from Sheep...Niobium Minerals, Sheep Creek, Montana The Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing County, Nevada Majuba Hill Continued-Collecting...Underground Postcards Coppertown USA Mining Museum Badger Mine and Museum - Shullsburg, Wisconsin Husson Miner |  | | Book | | mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22...Namibia * 20 x 18 x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1 x 1 om Acicular...manganese oxide on limestone, Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany * 11.5 x 24 x 0.5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A...mineral-laden solutions. typical crystal shape. Goethite, Tintic, Utah, USA * 16.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 om Drusy...Brazil * 5 x 3 x 0.6 cm Platy muscovite, José Pinto Mine, Jaguaracu, Minas Gerais, Brazil * 12 x 19 x 6 cm |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | new Ca-Sr (-Na) phyllosilicate from the Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa. European...species found in manganese ore on dumps of the Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa. It was...manganese ore that came from Block 17 of the Wessels Mine. Associated minerals include blue manganoan richterite...specimens are housed in the collections of Museum Victoria, specimen M53492 and M53493, and two cotype specimens...a new secondary phosphate mineral from the Foote mine, USA. European Journal of Mineralogy, 28(3), 655–661 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tasmania: Ralph Bottrill – rbottrill@mrt.tas.gov.au Victoria: John Haupt – john.haupt@bigpond.com Western Australia:...Symposium is on Friday 13th February (hope that’s not a bad omen!). Scheduled talks: Micromounts from...Arsenates and Other Rare Minerals from the Cap Garonne Mine (France), Georges Favreau My Summer 2014 Collecting...................... 7 Micro mineral news from Victoria...................................................................14 Minerals from Jindivick, Victoria ............................................. |  | | Book | | Netherlands. Back cover The museum ldar-Oberstein. West-Germany. is quaintly situated beneath the Felsenkirche...Copyright 1986 by . Ulrich Burchard, Lalling, West-Germany All rights reserved including the right of reproduction...Printed in Germany Miscellaneous: Design & Lay Out by Rainer Bode, Haltern, West-Germany Type set by...Wurzburg, West-Germany Colour separations by Litho Thungen GmbH, Thungen, West-Germany H. Bari, Musee...Printed by Sellier Druck GmbH, Freising, West-Germany 6 Gasull, Museo de Geologia, Barcelona 249; V |  | | Journal (issue) | | Michael & Julie Newnham 10 Heyington Close, Croydon Victoria 3136, Australia Telephone (03) 9725 5386 Facsimile...Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria Volume 3, Number 2 December 1997 ISSN 1323-7640...M11se11111 ofVic10ria Associate Editors The Daydream Mine, Silverton, N.S.W. John D. Leach ........................... 103 Dr Bill Birch M11se11111 of Victoria Mr RaJph Bottrill Dept of l11dmtry. Safety &...Department of Mineralogy Museum of Victoria P.O. Box 666E Melbourne, Victoria 300 I, Australia Tel: 61 3 9669 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 221,3| 2). The mineral occurs at the Cap Garonne mine near Pradet, Var, France, with metazeunerite,atacamite...collector Klaus Belendorff of Miinster, Hesse,Germany, who provided the original sample, which is from...otharmeyerite* ver-mercury deposit in Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany, and which was probably collected in the...O3 0.13 (0.02-0.30),AsrO, 4g.66 (4g.3g_4g.90),HrO mine near k Pradet,var, France.NeuesJahrb. Min(Ci{N analysis)5...conichalcite,beudantite, and schneiderhohniteat the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Type material is in the National |  | Birch, William D., Pring, Allan, Reller, Armin, Schmalle, Helmut W. (1993) Bernalite, Fe(OH)3, a new mineral from Broken Hill, New South Wales: Description and structure. American Mineralogist, 78 (7-8) 827-834 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralogy and Petrology, Museum of Victoria, 285 Russell Sreet, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia Ar,r,.q.NPnrNc... 6 Martin-Luther-King Platz, 2000 Hamburg 13, Germany Hnlvrur W. ScnNr.qlr.n Institute of Inorganic...Bernalite is a new iron hydroxide from the Proprietary mine at Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. The...pseudo-octahedralcrystals up to 3 mm on edge with concretionary goethite and coronadite. The crystals are dark bottle green...etermination was While visiting the Proprietary mine at Broken Hill, New undertaken to resolve fully |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia; Geosciences, Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001...Australia, and CSIRO Minerals, Box 312, Clayton South, Victoria, 3169, Australia Ian C. Madsen and Ian E. Grey...Clayton South, Victoria, 3169, Australia William D. Birch Geosciences Section, Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666E...666E, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, Australia Abstract The thermal decomposition of arsenian plumbojarosite...59Fe3(AsO4)0.18(SO4)1.82(OH)6, from the Lomo Deltoro mine, Mexico, has been studied using in situ X-ray powder |  | | Journal (issue) | | Michael & Julie Newnham 10 Heyington Close, Croydon Victoria 3136, Australia Telephone (03) 9725 5386 Facsimile...Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria CONTENTS Volume 2, Number 2 December 1996 ISSN...granites at Lake Boga, Wycheproof and Pyramid Hill, Victoria W. D. Birch ................................ 47...area, Victoria T. Kwak and M. Hendrickx .................... 51 Minerals from the Spring Creek Mine, near...Pyramid :J{i[l 'Victoria W. D. Birch Museum of Victoria 328 Swanston Street Melbourne, Victoria, 3000. The |  | | Book (edition) | | Mineralogie, Malteserstr. 74-100, D-12249 Berlin, Germany Earth Science Department / College of Science,...Feld 236, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany Sodenstr. 19, D-12309 Berlin, Germany Graslitzer Str. 5, D-63791 Karlstein...Karlstein am Main, Germany Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Department für Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften...Ressourcengeologie, Luisenstr. 37, D80333 München, Germany Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe...Rohstoffe (BGR), Stilleweg 2, D-30655 Hannover, Germany Dr. Salah Al-Khirbash Prof. Dr. Rainer Altherr & |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological...Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A...l0/#2 Jeffrey mine (Quebec), Alpine Rodingites, Fluorite (Germany) $7 v.l0/#3 Taewha mine (Korea) Japan...Cassirer Memoirs (part II) $7 v.l l/#2 Red Cloud mine (NM), Malachite (Australia, Uraninite, Kornerupine...Hill $7 v.ll/#6 Broken Hill (Zambia), Cruziero mine (Brazii), Caplan Interview Rose Qtz. $7 v.12/#1 |  | | Book (edition) | | gratitude to Prof. Dr. Hermann Bank, Idar-Oberstein/ Germany, for making many rare collector gemstones available...thank Mr. Hans Walter Lorenz, Idar- Oberstein/Germany, who cut numerous rare gemstones specifically for...Precious Stones, Gemstones, Pearls and Corals (for Germany) to protect against unfair competition. Permitted...Eosphorite Euchroite Euxenite Ferrosilite Forsterite Goethite Grandidierite Hambergite Hemimorphite Holtite...Durangite Zincite 5-6 2 Eudialyte Carletonite 5-5 % Goethite Hubnerite 5-5 % Herderite Purpurite Hydroxylherderite |  | | | | SO gehlenite 85 gismondine 124 glaucophane 100 goethite 37, 37 gold 5,5 goslarite 59 grandidierite 85...brownish black, at Freiberg and Andreasberg in Germany, and also in the United States (Arizona). Antimony...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite...carats, equal to 621 grams) was found at the Premier Mine; named the Cullinan diamond, it was presented to...the best examples come, are the German and Marienberg, Kremnica, ones of Freiberg, Schneeberg, and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf Medenbach Ruhr Universitat Bochum Bochum, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim...C. M. Garland Arsenopyrite from the Kilpatrick mine, Madoc, Ontario...................................mushistonite; and an unnamed tin mineral from the Etta mine ..............................................383..................................354 Notes from Germany by T. P. M oore .................................COVER: WULFENITE group, 6 cm, from the Stefanie mine at Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria. Photo by Werner |  | | Book | | 50 gehlenite 85 gismondine 124 glaucophane 100 goethite 37, 37 gold 5, 5 goslari te 59 grandidierite 85...59 zippeite 62 zircon 77, 78, 78 zoisite 88 THE MINE LKINGDOM All physical bodies in Nature can be...or slightly rotated Vitreous. Like glass 3 THE MINE Class I: native ·elements Chemical elernents found...brownish black, at Freiberg and Andreasberg in Germany, and also in the United States (Arizona). Antimony...especially near Ki1nberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimber/ite |  | Birch, W. D., Pring, A., Gatehouse, B. M. (1992) Segnitite, PbFe3H(AsO4)2(OH)6, a new mineral in the lusungite group from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. American Mineralogist, 77 (5-6) 656-659 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Department of Mineralogy, Museum of Victoria, 285 Russell Street,Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia A. PmNc Department...Department of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia Ansrucr Segnititeis a new lead...carminite, mimetite, bayldonite, agardite-(Y), goethite, and coronadite. Segnitite is the new As end-member...and type material is preservedin the Museum of Victoria. Electron microprobe analysis yielded an empirical...theseminerals and proposed a clas- of the Museum of Victoria, as specimenno. M30044. sification schemethat |
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