 | | Journal (issue) | | and TwinnedFornacite from the Singer Mine, Goodsprings, Clark County, Nevada Paul M. Adams 126 S. Helberta...Helberta Ave. #2 Redondo Beach, CA 90277 • The Singer Mine is located on the south end of Bonanza Hill, in...7 miles (11 km) southwest of Goodsprings, Clark County, Nevada. Goodsprings is located 7 miles west of...Ersknie Ross of Los Angeles and J. H. Polk. The mine operated from 19I 3 to I 920, during which time...of radiating sprays of willemite crystals, Singer Mine, Goodsprings, Nevada. Recent Collecting Activities |  | Van Lichtervelde, Marieke, Grégoire, Michel, Linnen, Robert L., Béziat, Didier, Salvi, Stefano (2008) Trace element geochemistry by laser ablation ICP-MS of micas associated with Ta mineralization in the Tanco pegmatite, Manitoba, Canada. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 155 (6) 791-806 doi:10.1007/s00410-007-0271-z | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | associated with Ta mineralization in the Tanco pegmatite, Manitoba, Canada Marieke Van Lichtervelde Æ Michel...effects. In the central zones, the fine-grained mica–quartz assemblage hosts some coarser-grained Li-muscovite...least small amounts of Ta. Abstract In the Tanco pegmatite, one of the world’s major Ta deposits, tantalum...petrogenesis of its host pegmatite. Micas are common in most of the pegmatite units and are intimately...they are interpreted to reflect Keywords Tanco pegmatite Tantalum Trace elements Ore deposit Micas |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | trail by H. Heitner 1:45 T h e mineralogy of polylithionite and tainiolite, two lithium micas from Mont...and B.J. Flyer. 2:00 T h e Red Lake mine—the richest gold mine in the world, right here in Ontario by...Lupulescu. 3:45 N e w discoveries from the Morefield pegmatite, Amelia, Virginia by L. E. Kearns and B. S. Martin...barite occurring in the Cartersville Mining District, Bartow County, Georgia by1..C. Gray. 4:30 A new...gadolinite-(Y) in Wisconsin: The Keller Lake pegmatite by T W Buchholz, A. U. Falster, Wm. B. Simmons |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralsfrom the MidstateQuarry Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas Art Smith 9118 Concho Houston, Texas...mmlong, Midstate Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, photo by the author. Middle& PolarUrals...Russian • __., helicopter to fly further north to the mining village of Neroika. We spent our next 11 days in...the 1930s as the hub of operations in the Dodo quartz deposits, and extended further north to Patak and...produces some of the purest quartz in the world. At the height of mining, it employed some 240 workers |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...from the Eagle’s Nest mine in Placer County, California (half of them with quartz matrix) were taken. The...Richard Rice, a lifetime resident of Washington County, Oregon, was a retired logging contractor. With...Rose” rhodochrosite specimen from the Sweet Home mine (pictured in vol. 24, no. 3, p. 228, Fig. 24), and...towns of Varennes and Saint-Amable in Vercheres County, Quebec, approximately 20 km east-northeast of |  | | Journal (issue) | | Heierman collection. Illinois- Kentucky Fluorspar District Symposium by the Friends of Mineralogy (Midwest...the closing of the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district that I organized at Indiana University Southeast...believed having a similar program in the fluorspar district would be ideal. However, the logistics behind...this year. In previous visits to the fluorspar district, I had made contact with Bill Frazer, the owner...Yen. Quy Chau. northern Vietnam: Chumar-Ruyil district. 1epal; Jegdalek. Afghanistan: and easLem Pamir |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles Native gold from the Jamestown mine, Tuolumne County, California...............................by B. Sainz de Baranda Some pegmatite minerals from the Zomba district, Malawi .......................Adularia from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland .......................................visiting the Blanchard mine or other mines in the Hansonburg mining district near Bingham, New Mexico...signed in at Bingham for entry to the Blanchard mine area for surface collecting. Underground collecting |  | | Report (issue) | | Federico Pezzatta Page 26 Mount Antero: The Peak of Colorado Beryl Collecting Mark I. Jacobson Page 14 Crystal...studies in 1811, during A.G. Werner's time at the Mining Academy in Freiberg, Saxony (Germany). From 1826...miners. He was also the gemstone inspector for the mining authority. Breithaupt's legacy is 500 publications...descriptions. T he above is a postcard of the School of Mining in Feiberg, Saxony printed for the 1991 Breithaupt...Alexander Falster, pegmatite specialists from the University of New Orleans in Louisiana (USA), with the lowdown |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...The twelve color photos show groups of mine lamps and other mining antiques from the extraordinary private...Fine Minerals . . . Oriental Carpets * NEW BRUSHY CREEK CALCITES * Shown by Appointment P.O. Box 141605...Antero, Colorado (Jacobson, 1979); Sverdlovsk in the Urals, Soviet Union; the Morefield mine, Amelia...Amelia County, Virginia; and the Anjanabonoina pegmatite in Madagascar, among many others. The finest specimens |  | | Journal (issue) | | mountain lies about 40 km east of Montreal in Rouville County, Quebec, very close to and clearly visible from...marble, presumably Grenvillian in age, are common. Pegmatite dikes, pipes and lenses, breccias, porphyritic...aspects of a visit to Mont Saint-Hilaire is the opportunity to view the geological features exposed in the...Zones of breccia and sodalite syenite, as well as pegmatite veins and miarolitic cavities in nepheline syenite...Perraultite Kupletskite Phillipsite Kutnohorite Polylithionite Leifite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyrophanite Pyrrhotite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Peter Bancroft The Braen Quarry, Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . ...left crystal and the central crystal are from pegmatite no. 576, near shaft 6. The crystal on the right...stopped for a minor traffic infraction by a Pima County Sheriff’s Deputy while driving home from work....“imitation controlled substance” was actually tiny quartz crystals (probably “Herkimer diamonds”) given to... was ambushed and killed while returning to his mine near Tsavo in Kenya. His son, Bruce Bridges, and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pegmatite Minerals Downloaded by [Texas A & M International University] at 18:50 05 September 2015 ... Walpole, Cheshire County New Hampshire 410 ROCKS & MINERALS 79 Meadow Lane Campton, New Hampshire...rwilken@roadrunner.com ROBERT JANULES of the Chickering Mine Unless otherwise noted, all photos and specimens...tom@mindatnh.org Figure 1. The entrance to the Chickering mine area: Pierre Hoge Reservation of the New Hampshire...Figure 2. Map showing the location of the Chickering mine, prepared by William Besse. Collecting at the Pierre |  | | Book | | Livers Lambert, Boulder, Colorado. Typography by Argent Associates, Boulder, Colorado. Contents Preface...themselves in the minerals of a single mine or mineral district, one or several particular mineral species...to explore for fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in its...produced under ultraviolet light. Deserts were combed, mine dumps searched, and shelves filled with showy fluorescent...thanks are due to Peter Modreski of Littleton, Colorado; Dick and Mardy Zimmermann of Mesa, Arizona; |  | | Journal (issue) | | on Amazonite 7.5 cm, from the Smoky Hawk claim, Colorado. Collected by the Dorris family; Tom Spann photo...Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini | | | Book | | Livers Lambert, Boulder, Colorado. Typography by Argent Associates, Boulder, Colorado. 549!.125 QBI93-652...themselves in the minerals of a single mine or mineral district, one or several particular mineral species...explore for fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in ...produced under ultraviolet light. Deserts were combed, mine dumps searched, and shelves filled with showy fluorescent...thanks are due to Peter Modreski of Littleton, Colorado; Dick and Mardy Zimmermann Arizona; Roy Parsons |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...museum in the world. Here you’ll find an enormous mining exhibit consisting largely of recreated underground...walking through mine after mine, up inclines, past stopes and shafts, around miners and mining equipment;...correspond to each mining area depicted as you move along. Three cases of superb antique mine lamps highlight...(Palace) Nymphenburg, Olympic Village, the artist’s district of Schwabing, the antique shops along the Maximilianstrasse |  | | 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... Mimetite | Endeavor Mine, Australia 10.2 x 5.0 x 2.2cm Rhodonite | Chiurucu Mine, Peru 7.1 x 6.2 x 5 |  | Legros, Hélène, Marignac, Christian, Mercadier, Julien, Cuney, Michel, Richard, Antonin, Wang, Ru-Cheng, Charles, Nicolas, Lespinasse, Marc-Yves (2016) Detailed paragenesis and Li-mica compositions as recorders of the magmatic-hydrothermal evolution of the Maoping W-Sn deposit (Jiangxi, China) Lithos, 264. 108-124 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2016.08.022 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in W-Sn veins; (iv) Fe-Li micas in later banded quartz veins; (v) Li-muscovite in the final stages; and...magma during the crystallization of the banded quartz veins, a source which was different to the pre-existing...Metallogenic Province (South China) provides an opportunity to (i) characterize magmatic and hydrothermal...(~180,000 km2; Chen et al., 2008). Fig. 1. (A) Ore mining districts and metal deposits of the Cathaysia Block...dominant). The Maoping deposit is located in the Dayu district in the south-western part of the Jiangxi province |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Chemistry of dark zinnwaldite from Bom Futuro tin mine, Rondoªnia, Brazil G. R. LOWELL1,* 1 2 AND M....Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA Department of Geology and Geochemistry, Stockholm...black mica from greisen veins at the Bom Futuro tin mine indicate that it is a relatively Fe-F-rich, Li-poor...with a composition near the midpoint of the polylithionite-siderophyllite join. On the basis of 22 oxygens...zinnwaldite, greisen, Sn mineralization, Bom Futuro mine, Brazil. Introduction T HE importance of micas |  | | Journal (issue) | | Greenland. Example 2: Ivigtut (Ivittuut)—a famous mining location in West Greenland. For the sake of simplicity...ticipants in the 1969 expedition to the Narssarssuk pegmatite are recuperating before car rying up the camp...Phlogopite Plagioclase Polydymite Pyrite Pyrrhotite Quartz Rutile Sapphirine Scapolite (group) Serpentine...the Fiskenaesset rubies are bleak; the cost of mining would make them much too expensive. The red ruby...grass-green appearance with bands of pure white quartz. Fuchsite crystals are minute, but at some localities |  | | Book | | collaborationand support from I I Topographic map of the district from the Langesundsfjord in the west to n,nsberg..... n Topographic map of the Langesundsfjord district. Courtesy of Prokart AS, H0nefoss. 7 I. Festnings0ya...Laivik Copenhagen and reported on the minerals district, and wrote that a sample of this from the syenite...bergmannite (mainly natrolite after group at the Mining Academy in Kongsberg. nepheline). Schumacher mentioned...recommendation, ground and polished a feldspar from the county of Larvlk, noted that It had the same property |  | | Journal (issue) | | presentations and special reports|GIT Lab Updates|USA lifts ban on Burmese ruby and jadeite|Margaritologia...Vietnam|Lace opal from Utah, USA|Pollucite from Pakistan with polylithionite inclusions|Large ruby matrix...Edward Boehm, RareSource, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA; Maggie Campbell Pedersen, Organic Gems, London;...Emmett, Crystal Chemistry, Brush Prairie, Washington, USA; Emmanuel Fritsch, University of Nantes, France;...E. Post, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA; Andrew H. Rankin, Kingston University, Surrey; George |  | Černý, P., Chapman, R., Staně, J., Nová, M., Baadsgaard, H., Rieder, M., Kavalová, M., Ottolini, L. (1995) Geochemical and structural evolution of micas in the Rožná and Dobrá Voda pegmatites, Czech Republic. Mineralogy and Petrology, 55 (1) 177-201 doi:10.1007/bf01162587 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | lepidolite might be possibly due to mixing of residual pegmatite fluids with metamorphic pore solutions. * Permanent...surprising to realize that micas from the Ro;mfi pegmatite in western Moravia, the type locality of lepidolite...lepidolite in particular, is quite remarkable in this pegmatite. Most of the meager information on the Ro~nfi...to incorporate the micas from the Dobr~ Voda pegmatite, another classic locality in western Moravia....Rbl) Qtz (Ab,Toz,Zrn) Qtz (Ab,Rbl) Rbl (Rbl) Pegmatite unit* type of mica (iv) graphic (vi) Ab outer |  | Breiter, Karel, Vaňková, Michaela, Galiová, Michaela Vašinová, Korbelová, Zuzana, Kanický, Viktor (2017) Lithium and trace-element concentrations in trioctahedral micas from granites of different geochemical types measured via laser ablation ICP-MS. Mineralogical Magazine, 81 (1) 15-33 doi:10.1180/minmag.2016.080.137 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mostly metaluminous amphibole-biotite tonalites and quartz diorites to biotite trondhjemites and granodiorites... granite in the form of layered rock with comb-quartz layers (Breiter et al., 2005). Two samples (#4742...(Štemprok and Šulcek, 1969) provides a unique opportunity to study the vertical differentiation of a rare-metal...phlogopite with only subordinate K-feldspar and quartz crosscut the Moldanubian crystalline rocks near...system UP 213 (New Wave Research, Inc., Fremont, CA, USA) operating at 213 nm and 18 LITHIUM AND TRACE ELEMENTS |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Number Two Articles Cuprian elbaite from the Batalha mine, Paraíba, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...by W. E. Wilson Stibnite from the Wuling antimony mine, Jianxi province, China . . . . . . . . . . . ....etch pits and corrosion surfaces, from the Medra mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Keith Proctor collection;...certain gem materials including corundum, spodumene, quartz and topaz. Recent tests conducted by the Gemological |
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