| | Journal (issue) | Julie Newnham 10 Heyington Close, Croydon Victoria 3136, Australia Telephone (03) 9725 5386 Facsimile (03)...New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria Volume 3, Number 2 December 1997...Feature Articles: The Coolgardie pegmatite field, Western Australia Mark I. Jacobson ............................. 103 Dr Bill Birch M11se11111 of Victoria Mr RaJph Bottrill Dept of l11dmtry. Safety &...associated with ironstones in the Olary region, South Australia P.M. Ashley, B.G. Lottermoser, K.M. Scott ... | | Kampf, A. R., Adams, P. M., Kolitsch, U., Steele, I. M. (2009) Meurigite-Na, a new species, and the relationship between phosphofibrite and meurigite. American Mineralogist, 94 (5) 720-727 doi:10.2138/am.2009.3134 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | meurigite-Na is the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Iron Point district, Nevada, where it occurs as radial sprays of cream-colored...South Australia, Australia, Lake Boga quarry and probably Rixon’s Sandstone quarry in Victoria, Australia...Australia, and at an unnamed pegmatite prospect near Linopolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The streak is white...2003 at the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Iron Point district, Nevada. The sprays of yellow to cream fibers...specimen provided by the Museum of Victoria (Melbourne, Australia), also yielded a crystal fragment of | | | Journal (issue) | ................................. 2 Himalaya pegmatite,...................................................................................... 2 Unnamed pegmatite occurrence, Volcan Mountains ....................................... 3 Brown Derby no. 1 pegmatite ............................................................................... 3 Ridgefield pegmatite,............................................................................... 3 Strickland pegmatite, ............................................ | | | Report (issue) | 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...World-Class Beryl Guanghua Liu Page 76 Gem Beryl in Australia Dermot Henry Page 78 Beryl from Southern Africa...William "Skip" Simmons and Alexander Falster, pegmatite specialists from the University of New Orleans | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | The gemmy, intense purple apatites from this pegmatite mine have made Pulsifer the premier locality for...County, Massachusetts. Rather than a granite pegmatite, the geological environment in which this specimen...pericline variety of albite, calcite, epidote, muscovite, quartz, titanite, chabazite, and stilbite. Another...” 5.6 cm tall, Alchori, Shigar Valley, Skardu district, GilgitBaltistan, Pakistan. Private collection...Scovil photo. Figure 5 (right). Fluorapatite and muscovite, 15 cm tall, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil. Fine Minerals | | | Book | Strontian crandallite from the Alto Benedeto pegmatite, Parai'ba, Brazil (by J.P. Cassedanne & L. Barreto)...JEANETE --with J. P. Cassedanne: Apatite and muscovite from the Ze Pinto prospect, Minas Gerais, Brazil...21:409-412 --with J. P. Cassedanne: The Jaguara~u pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil 25:165-170 9 AUTHOR/TITLE...23:209-225. 23:228 Al 'JAJ\ABO~OINA The Anjanabonoina pegmatite. Madagascar (by W. E. Wilson) 20:191-200 A.'\...Diamonds from [the Argyle mine,] Kimberley, Western Australia (by J. D. Grice & G. L. Boxer) 21:559-564 AR1STARAIN | | | Journal (issue) | e r a lo j g ic a l Volume Eight/Number Two PEGMATITE ISSUE #1 p u b lis h e r ls * h n Q n i. • ;...83 by R. Lasmanis The Clear Creek Pegmatite: A Rare Earth Pegmatite in Burnet County, Texas............. Iores K IO i DITOR Here it is: our first Pegmatite Issue! Actually this accumulation is a happy accident;...our file of articles I realized we had enough pegmatite-related papers to fill an issue. One advantage...a certain article. The article on the Harding pegmatite, for instance, may not cause “Vol. 8, no. 2!” | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | variety aquamarine with spessartine on albite and muscovite, 11.5 × 11.0 × 7.0 cm, Haramosh Mountains, Pakistan;...Etched beryl variety aquamarine, with spessartine, muscovite, and feldspar, 9.9 × 5.5 × 5.1 cm, Dassu, Shigar...textural, and mineralogical attributes of a layered pegmatite dike from near Palomar Mountain, San Diego County...in composition, and for convenience, the term pegmatite will refer to those of granitic composition in...generally highest in white micas (e.g., mostly muscovite in composition), which contain up to 10 ppm Be | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Mines and Minerals of the California Pegmatite Province Downloaded by [Pennsylvania State University]...of the past century, the Southern California pegmatite province has been the source of some of the world’s...spodumene now known as kunzite. Since the beginning of mining in the late nineteenth century, production from...of the gem and specimen market. High points of mining activity occurred during the first decade of the...laboratory management. He is also a partner in the UK Mining Ventures specimen recovery project at the Rogerley | | | Journal (issue) | Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England...but Espenshade (1954) identifies it as a short unnamed inclined adit accompanied by a small dump about...RiverRoanoke River manganese and iron mining district. Mining for iron ore began during the Revolutionary...period and extended into the 1880’s. Manganese mining began in 1868 and continued intermittently until...ore in 1885 and 700 tons in 1893 (Watson, 1907). Mining had apparently ceased at the locality by 1910 when | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | beryllium and the crustal Be cycle from migmatite to pegmatite JOSEPH M. EVENSEN*† and DAVID LONDON School of...Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd Street, 810 Energy Center, Norman, OK 73019...compatible in plagioclase of An31 (1.84 at 700°C) and muscovite (1.35 at 700°C) but incompatible in biotite (0...case of plagioclase of An31 (0.89 at 700°C), muscovite (0.87 at 700°C), biotite (0.18 – 0.08 from 675–...minerals, cordierite, calcic oligoclase, and muscovite (in this order) control the fate of Be because | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma 100 East Boyd Street, SEC 710 Norman, OK 73019, USA IP ...hambergite, danburite, and axinite from three pegmatite dikes (named Main, US Swamp, and Spessartine)...pocket mineralogy includes foitite, spessartine, muscovite, axinite, danburite, and rare beryl. The thicker...patterns of δ11BTur from margin-to-core of each pegmatite attest to a negligible fractionation of boron...only the bulk isotopic US composition of the pegmatite-forming melts. KEYWORDS AC CE PT ED M AN | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | lizardite, magnetite, manganite, molybdenite, muscovite, pectolite, phlogopite, prehnite, pyrite, pyroaurite...Theodore Johnson of East Hampton submitted several samples from an unnamed pegmatite feldspar mine in Middleton...Cookeite, Harvard quarry, Greenwood, Maine. Maine Mt. Mica Albite Mr. Duane Leavitt of Buckfield has found...crystals from a late stage replacement assem blage at Mt. Mica in Paris. The albites are rhombic tabu lar...so-called cookeite turns out to be sericitic muscovite. Crystals of cookeite are fairly dis tinctive | | | Report (issue) | Pegmatite Investigations 1942-1945 Black Hills, South Dakota By LINCOLN R. PAGE and OTHERS GEOLOGICAL..._______________________ Mining, preparation, and uses of mica. _____________ Mining.___________________________________... VI Descriptions of mines and prospects Continued Dyke Lode.________-___-______________--------Earl Lo...pocket] PLATE 1. Index map showing locations of pegmatite mines and prospects. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9....Dakota. Geologic map and sections Beecher Lode pegmatite, Ouster County, South Dakota. Geologic map and | | | Book (volume) | been an indefatigable researcher and collector of mining history. Among his specialties may be mentioned...Ogdensburg, New Jersey, and his intense interest in mining history led him to purchase the mine in order to...a story to tell concerning Maine's minerals and mining history. The ranks of invited contributors have...California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite district in North America. Its wealth of tourmalines...scientific study, mining, and collecting ventures. While reading the history of mining can be fascinating | | London, D., Morgan, G. B., Paul, K. A., Guttery, B. M. (2012) Internal Evolution of Miarolitic Granitic Pegmatites at the Little Three Mine, Ramona, California, USA. The Canadian Mineralogist, 50 (4) 1025-1054 doi:10.3749/canmin.50.4.1025 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Geology & Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd Street, Room 710 SEC, Norman, Oklahoma 73019...the temperatures recorded by feldspars in the pegmatite that surrounds the miarolitic pockets, then the...compositions. Keywords: miarolitic, granitic pegmatite, modal analysis, bulk composition, alkali feldspars...mine are located within the Ramona pegmatite district, ~7.5 km east of Ramona, San Diego County, California...The Main dike contains the thickest section of pegmatite, 1026 the canadian mineralogist up to ~2.5 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | those of the familiar localities in Clinton to the east and Penfield and Walworth to the west. Cavities...throughout the Wausau complex. I n the massive pegmatite, it commonly forms brown prismatic crystals surrounded...Texas 77479. Recent quarrying at the Little Patsy pegmatite has led to the discovery of fluocerite-(Ce), (Ce...(Ce,La)F . The Little Patsy quarry pegmatite is a well-zoned, vertical pipelike body with a circular...Chalet Place, Huber Heights, Ohio 45424. The pegmatite district of central Connecticut, commonly referred | | | Book | Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...Pimentel er al., 2009). SWITZERLAND Maderanertal east of Arnsteg, Uri. In the world of classic Swiss Alpine...Switzerland, it is only in the Maderanertal region of east-central Canton Uri that clefts bearing the ilmenite...of rutile (Weerth, 2004). Tonniq Valley, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan [Northern Areas]. Beginning...testing to be hematite. Zagi [Zegi] Mountain, Warsak district, North West Frontier Province. Surface diggings | | | Journal (issue) | SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2019 Articles The Golconda District, Minas Gerais, Brazil ..........................Britain, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Ceylon, Australia (including Tasmania), China, South Africa, Namibia...“German Silver: An Historical Perspective on Silver Mining in Germany” (1986) and “Famous Mineral Localities:...antiquarian to modern mineral books and mineral or mining-related artifacts. A part of their collection was...AustroHungarian Epoch of mining history. Consequently mineralogy, historical books, art and mining are reflected | | | Journal (issue) | Golden Topaz, 3.5 inches, from Katlang, Mardan District, Pakistan; Freilich Collection. OPENING SPREAD:...acquired his first rare book (an early German work on mining laws . . . incomprehensible as to subject matter...Stan Tourmaline) into a general San Diego County pegmatite collectic of nearly 200 superb specimens. Fine...garnets stood side-by-side with rare and exotic pegmatite specie It was widely acclaimed as the finest such...thing, the great increase in specimen hunting and mining produces more material for research, including | | | Report (issue) | OF THS FUJKTKSS SPRUCE PIHB DISTRICT, ISOlCffl CABOLIHA by Donald A* Brobst This report la praliminary...Geologic map of the Plumtree area, Spruce Pine district, Forth Carolina.................................Photomicrographs of 0 -Q-B gneiss from *K)Q feet east of the function of !7. S. route 192 and tho Pluwtree...Figure 1. Index map of Plumtree area, Spruce Pine district, North Carolina ................................................... 42 ?. Muscovite in the vail zone of the pegmatite in tha Meadow mine, Avery Co | | | Report (issue) | Helpful suggestions on field occurrences and pegmatite mineralogy were received horn Dr. James J. Norton...Professor Edwin H . Oshier, Head of the Department of Mining Engineering, made the photographs included in this...Zinnwaldite Phlogopite Glauconite Kaolinite Talc Muscovite (Sericite) (Fuchsite) Montmorillonite lliite...areas in Townships 1 and 2 South, Ranges 4, S and 6 East. Hamilton (1) p 8. Occur. Blbllor. • Ha111lllon...of the tunnel entrance to the Greene pegmatite three miles east-northeast of Pringle has been described | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | MINERALOGY OF AN EVOLVED DICKINSON COUNTY, MICHIGAN, PEGMATITE. T. W. Buchholz1, A. U. Falster 2, W. B. Simmons2...(1961) documented approximately ninety known pegmatite occurrences in central Dickinson County in the...Upper Peninsula of Michigan. A small beryl-rich pegmatite was investigated to describe its mineralogy and...determine its degree of geochemical evolution. The pegmatite is emplaced in Lower Proterozoic metamorphic rocks...probable that the pegmatite is late- to post-Penokean in age. Local control for pegmatite emplacement appears | | | Journal (issue) | Arizona, Garnet Ledge in Alaska, and localities in Australia and Europe, particularly in Spain and in the UK...most important and evocative artifact of early mining in the American West.” Hardcover, sewn binding...chapter in American mining history. Over 750 illustrations, including many underground mining scenes showing...rare and varied antique candleholders from famous mining areas such as Bisbee, Tombstone, Cripple Creek...recognizing fakes. This book will be the new “bible” for mining artifact collectors, and the standard reference | | | Journal (issue) | Houston, Texas Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England... Levinson in Calgary and Dr. E. H. Nickel in Australia summed up the way many of us felt about Mike....doubt, be much silver. Subsequently a well-equipped mining expedition was dispatched to the site, but after...captain Juan de Villarroel, who was involved in mining at Porco about 75 km away. He had been chasing...Cotamito and a man named Santandia, and they began mining the rich surface ores. Production continued through |
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