 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the AMETHYST MINES in the Thunder Bay Area Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Figure 1 View of the North...North Shore of Lake Superior in Thunder Bay from Amethyst Harbour. DANIEL E. KILE 5176 Black Bear Run Littleton...subsurface inclusions of hematite from the Thunder Bay Amethyst mine, collected in 1978. Specimen 14.4 cm wide...town of Thunder Bay and nearby mines; map prepared by William Besse. T he Thunder Bay district in Ontario...Ontario, Canada, is noted for spectacular amethyst clusters that are often distinctive due to microscopic |  | | Journal (issue) | | New York Articles Amethyst from the Thunder Bay region, Ontario .......................................AMETHYSTINE QUARTZ group 4 x 5 cm, collected in 1978 by Donald Elliott at the Diamond Willow mine near Thunder...Thunder Bay, Ontario. Photo by Harold and Erica Van Pelt, Los Angeles. England: Roger S. Harker 2 Wellsic...Leicestershire LE7 7Qb Canada: Mrs. J. W. Peat 36 Deepwood Crescent Don Mills, Ontario M3C 1N8 South Africa:...Rubellite Tourmaline on Albite from the Itatiaia mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Rubellite crystal measures |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Amethyst Deposits of the Thunder Bay Area, Ontario, Canada DANIEL E . KILE 333 Salem Street Aurora,...Colorado 80011 T H E T H U N D E R BAY REGION IN ONTARIO PROV I N C E , Canada, has long been noted as a source...approximately 35 miles northeast of the city of Thunder Bay. Access is from Highway 11-17, which follows...Background Figure 1: Overview of the Thunder Bay Amethyst mine quarry in 1982. Elbow Lake is in the background...dezvous. A noteworthy point of interest in the Thunder Bay area is the excellent reconstruction of this |  | | Report (issue) | | United States of America PHOTO CREDITS Cover: Quartz variety amethyst, 10.5 cm tall Goboboseb Mountains...photo © 2009 GIA Page 2 Quartz variety amethyst, 3.5 cm tall Kakamunurle Mine, Kar0r, Tamil Nadu, India...collection, Marie-Lan Nguyen photo Upper middle: Quartz variety amethyst (Japan-law twin), 1.6 cm tall...photo, circa 2004 Bottom: Quartz variety amethyst, 6.7 cm tall Wattika Mine, Murzinka, Sverdlovskaya Oblast'...the word "amethyst" refers to macrocrystalline quartz that is violet or purple and is derived from the |  | | Report (issue) | | Energy, Mines and Resources Canada E:nergie, Mines et Ressourees Canada Canada THE ENERGY OF OUR RESOURCES...POWER OF OUR IDEAS COVER Left: Amethyst - Thunder Bay, Ontario. Specimen measures 4.5 cm across the base...no. 17206. GSC 204971-1 Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 49 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR... © Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1991 Available in Canada through authorized bookstore agents...bookstores or by mail from Canada Communication Group - Publishing Ottawa, Canada KIA OS9 and from. Geological |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Canada Downloaded by [Florida International University] at 19:52 23 August 2013 C anada is home...from emerald to sapphire, Canada has it all. Yet, for most of its history, Canada has been regarded as a...in Canada (fig. 1). Some gem localities, such as those for amethyst from Nova Scotia and Ontario, have...sapphire in Nunavut, emerald in the Yukon and Ontario, and peridot, topaz, and aquamarine in British...BRADLEY S. WILSON PO Box 352 Kingston, Ontario K7L 4W2 Canada brad@alpinegems.ca 96*2: 405,9(3: |  | | | | in the field ~“ Various geological locations iin Canada© Physical properties of minerals and rocks, and...easy. Front cover image: | aetna (page 54). Diamond-shaped, striated one of arsenopyrite on rounded...surrounded ce ne white calcite, from!iheBluebell Mine; Riondel, Digitized by the Internet Archive...acknowledges with thanks the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Ontario Arts Council for their support...acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development |  | | Book (volume) | | cushion cut rhodochrosite (25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern...deposits in various places, especially in regard to diamond occurrences which promise to make the North American...discoveries are the promising diamond fields being vigorously explored in Canada and the United States. Experts...begin from one or more diamond-bearing kimberlite bodies, most likely in Canada. Systematic large-scale...needs only to consider the significant number of diamond crystals that have been found in Appalachia and | | | Book (volume) | | deposits in various places, especially in regard to diamond occurrences which pro1nise to make the North American...discoveries are the promising diamond fields being vigorously explored in Canada and the United States. Experts...dia1nond-bearing kimberlite bodies, most likely in Canada. Systematic large-scale mining of sapphire-bearing...needs only to consider the significant number of diamond crystals that have been found in Appalachia and...of the Sierra Nevadas to appreciate that many diamond-bearing kimberlite bodies must exist fron1 which |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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...the words of the original discoverers. Adelaide Mine, Tasmania, 1971, 2012 Albert Chapman wrote one such |  | | Book | | 273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA] [ 16 / 1985 [ 65-128 265-328 261-336...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...22:303-308 ALBERTA Mineral occurrences in western Canada [British Columbia and Alberta] (by A. Ingelson)...Italy 14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario: an occurrence of large nepheline, biotite and |  | | Book | | Sites "Re miniets Aitus du Canada Joel D. Grice A # ds. «< RE « "1 é+ Le: . 0 7, 22 L # ... SITES MINIERS CANADA CÉLÈBRES DU “Joel D. Grice L'ouvrage Sites miniers célèbres du Canada est un heureux...s'étend sur près de la moitié de la superficie du Canada et constitue l’une des régions minières les plus...zinc, de cuivre et d’or. Sites miniers célèbres du Canada est un ouvrage passionant et d’érudition rédigé... Sites miniers célèbres du Canada Gites miniers célèbres du Canada Joel D. Grice Musée national |  | | Journal (issue) | | 00 10.00 4(1.00 121110 2• .00 8x 6 SMOKY QUARTZ Golden Pendot Golden Red Citrl ne Olive Tourmaline...tn mm Equal to Appro• Weight Size ot 1n Carats Diamond - P11ce Per Ct Pink Shell Oval 8• 6 10118 I8x...Stone Size in mm Genuine White Genuine Genuine Diamond Emerald Green Red B lue Full Cut G ood Quality...machine is equiped with 8" fast cutting , all diamond laps to help you do the job. Find out why more...Officers Dick Swam. President 322 W. Phillips St, Ontario, CA 91761 Mrs. Keesa Stewart. Arst Vlce-Pfesiden1 |  | | Journal (issue) | | facet cut in quartz by James H. Gray 6 THE STAR-HALO CUT And, another facet design for quartz by Woodrow...by Marj orie Williams Young 32 A MOUNTING FOR A QUARTZ CRYSTAL JACK R. COX ASSOC. EDITOR RENATA WILLIAMS...identify quartz by W. William Hammeman, Ph.D. 37 FIREFLY You can facet this design in quartz, too by...this series by Ma rgaret Ann Howard FIELD TRIPS 8 QUARTZ CRYSTALS OF ARKANSAS Collecti ng some of the world's...R. Macdonald Page 40 FEATURES 14 THE MAGIC OF QUARTZ Thunaereggs and "diamonds" are discussed by Si |  | | Journal (issue) | | by W. E. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Patagonia, Argentina ............................Martino & A. Oteiza The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California...387 COVER: WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling...WULFENITE with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection... or $324/three years, (Canada) $186/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $265 for one year Subscription |  | | Book | | Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins in a variety of metamorphic, plutonic and...Litchfield, where a mass of white quartz on a ridge had once been mined for quartz, and large ilmenite masses...ilmenite crystals to 7 .5 cm in matrix of massive quartz from these dumps-adding that, in his judgment,...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...Pezzotta and Zorzi (2008). ILMENITE UNITED STATES and CANADA BRITISH COLUMBIA Ice River complex. The Ice River | | | Journal (issue) | | by WE. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Pata gonia, Argenti na ..........................RECORD MARCH-APRIL 2020 The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California...1 COVER: WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling...WULFENITE with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection... or $324/three years, (Canada) $196/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $275 for one year Subscription |  | | Report (issue) | | through the courtesy of Walter Wigger and Mike Wigger, mine owners. Stem disk prepared and tree rings counted.................... 49 Adjacent Yukon Territory, Canada .................................................remains and ground beetle taxa of Eva Forest time in Canada represent species that extended farther north than...glaciations (shaded) in Alaska and northwestern Canada and location of Yukon-Tanana Upland. From Péwé...in the Dawson area in adjacent Yukon Territory, Canada. These cooperative miners generously provided access |  | | Journal (issue) | | criteria for distinguishing natural from synthetic diamond. In this issue Dr Giibelin discusses a synthesis...Ch'unch'on). Annual production of the nephrite mine (the Daeil Mine) is reported to be approximately 80 000-90...map of nephrite mine area, Chuncheon, Korea. Occurrences The geology of the nephrite mine area consists...1995,24, 8 549 Fig. 3. Mine workers remove nephrite ore at the Daeil Mine, Chuncheon, Korea. The nephrite...Acknowledgements I thank the Daeil Mine for allowing access to the mine. Thanks are also due to S.E. Lee |  | | Journal (issue) | | Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino Royal Ontario Museum Toronto, Ontario Steven R. Morehead Riverside, CA Donald...Ann Arbor, Ml Andrew C. Roberts Geol. Surv. of Canada Ottawa George W. Robinson Seaman Mineral Museum...from the Eagle’s Nest mine in Placer County, California (half of them with quartz matrix) were taken. The...Rose” rhodochrosite specimen from the Sweet Home mine (pictured in vol. 24, no. 3, p. 228, Fig. 24), and...Pfenninger-Horvath 594 Main Road Hudson, Quebec, Canada JOP 1H0 Robert A. Gault Research Division Canadian |  | | Book | | in other newspapers in Alaska and north western Canada under various headings: The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner...Vanguard, and Yukon News (Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada). The primary motivation for making this compilation...Lhe Russians . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Litu ya Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 ...Left-Handed Cracks . . . . . . . . 129 Dia1nond Willow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 129 Fire and... Th,,-. ..\la~ka-Siberia Telegraph. The AlaJka-Canada BoundaD K"nnecott - A Spelling Error . Xaptr1, |  | | Book (volume) | | PRESS Copy1 ight, Canada, 1961 Univcr<,ity of Toronto Pre!>-. Printed io Canada ......- - - ~ - i...By LAURENCE H. NOBLES Periglacial Phenomena in Canada. By FRANK A. CooK Comparison of Gravitational and...Resistivity Studies on the Athabasca Glacier, Alberta, Canada. By G. V. KELLER and F. C. FRISCHKNECHT A Distribution...Distribution Study of Abandoned Cirques in the Alaska-Canada Boundary Range. By MAYNARD M. MILLER- · ·':·; ...Arctic. By M. K. THOMAS Permafrost Investigations in Canada. By R. F. LEGGET. H.B. DICKENS, and R. J.E. BROWN |  | | Report (issue) | | properties by the amount of silica (true sand, or quartz) or clay (silicate of alumina) which it conof soils...and so represents typical unaltered soil of this district. It came from land which had The results of the...representative samples of the wheat lands of the Waterville district. Mr. Weston writes concerning the samples: “Sample...considered as strong as any in the Waterville district and spring wheat does better than winter.’ The...representing the wheat lands of the famous Ritzville district. No. 1699 was sent in by Mr. 0. N. Campbell, of |  | | Journal (volume) | | 184; 183 pé: Cubic cena417;:. The Origin of the Diamond, 413 ; Uranothorite, 418; Topaz in Nevadite Contents...Mineralogical Notes, 126r. merican 619; 1260; District of Columbia, 66; Hybridism in Spirogyra Fungi...National es a pn Mr, Bancroft’s N e w i th asca district of the Canadian Northwest Territory, 746; Uniform...of it as a “terrible hiss, resembling distant thunder,” but even with the popular dislike to serpents...speaking, on p. 135, of Fortune bay, our authors state: “ From Fortune bay there is a straight line of coast |
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Diamond Willow Mine, McTavish Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada