 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tennessee Mineral Locality Index 300 T ennessee covers an area of 41,220 square miles in the southeastern...part of the state. Just prior to crossing the Tennessee River and continuing through the middle of the...Knoxville, Tennessee 37921 taparis@msn.com Figure 1 (top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith...Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 2 (above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood...Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 3 (left). Fluorite, 2.5 cm |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bordovsky collection, page 33; Elbaite-Jeremy C. Smith collection, page 235 ; Vanadinite' Jeff Starr collection...Budd collection, page 63; Malachite-Tim & Holly Smith collection, page 244. (right colurnn) Barite-James...Risin g Kevin Schofield Jeremy C. Smitb Tim & Holly Smith Gail & Jim Spann Jeff Starr Farrar Stockton Rob...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tue largest crystal measures 3 cm Heights mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Stuart Strife collection;...photo Backcover: (upper left) Elbaite, 4.5 cm, Sapo mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gus Eitler collection;...right) Elbaite, 7.8 cm, Himalaya rnine, San Diego County, California; Kevin Brown collection; Jeff Scovil...5 cm, Tree Root pocket, Two Point claim, Teller County, Colorado; Karl Warning collection; Jeff Scovil...Glenn & Janis Rising Kevin Schofield Tim & Holly Smith Stuart Strife Robert Thacker Gary & Rosemary White |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 20513 pohwatp@si.edu FLUORITE Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee R egular readers of this column...sphalerite, 8.8 cm high, from the Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee. Note the gemmy corners of the cube...pieces are all from the fluorspar district, Hardin County, Illinois. Cincinnati Museum Center specimens,...calcite, dolomite, siderite, sphalerite, cerussite, pyrite, marcasite, talc, hemimorphite, smithsonite, and...cubes from Trestia, Transylvania region, Maramures County, Romania, appears to be a complete replacement |  | | Catalog/List | | directly from the miners at the Elmwood Mine in Tennessee, when the mine was actively producing twenty... 52002 SZENICSITE with POWELLITE Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region...mineral came from one pocket in the Jardinera No. 1 Mine. That find was roughly one cubic meter in volume...000-$3,000 52006 MIMETITE Var. CAMPYLITE Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland)...12:00 PM CT 11 52007 FLUORITE De’an Fluorite Mine, Wushan, De’an Co., Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (NMNS51066). figure 2 (leftI: Galena. Crawford mine, Pirher, Oklahoma, Tri-State district; 6' 2 cm across;...Figure 3 (opposite page): Galena, St. Joseph Lead mine, Viburnum, Missouri, Viburnum Trend district; 6...antimony, arsenic, and silver minerals. marcasite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, barite, calcite, and quartz...large Pyra mid deposit became known as the X-15 mine). What the above figures do not show is that the...sulfide bodies consist ing of galena, sphalerite, pyrite, and calcite. In 1965, for example, 364,168 tons |  | | Catalog/List | | Hollywood Ephemera PHOTOGRAPHY HA.com/FineArt Grey Smith, Ext. 1367 GreySm@HA.com Bruce Carteron, Ext. 1551...SCEPTER QUARTZ Denny Mountain, King Co., Washington, USA A raspberry Quartz Scepter from Denny Mountain with...Quarry, St Johnsville, Montgomery Co., New York, USA A lustrous Quartz scepter with two doubly- terminated...HERKIMER QUARTZ ‘DIAMOND’ Herkimer Co., New York, USA Unusual flat, tabular variety of ‘Herkimer Diamond’...WATER-CLEAR QUARTZ ‘DIAMOND’ Herkimer Co., New York, USA Large, single, water clear ‘Herkimer Diamond’ with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals, especially calcite, of the Elmwood mine, Carthage, Tennessee. Charlie out lined the problems he...golden calcite on sphalerite from the Elmwood mine, Carthage, Tennessee, was displayed by Dr. Peter Leavens...end with a brief summary of the pyrite and quartz find in King County, Washington. This panel discussion...collecting of the pyrite and scepter quartz specimens from near North Bend, King County, Washing ton. This...lecture on the crystal forms of pyrite. An excel lent display of pyrite crystals from numerous world-wide |  | | Journal (issue) | | KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...Wilson The Crystal Cave, South Bass Island, Ottawa County, Ohio.................263 by J. K. Brizendine &...by A. Petrov Collector Profile: Steve Neely, Tennessee Connoisseur..........................293 by W...only): $139/one year (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...Sunday Mines, Slick Rock Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado. His mineral collecting interests are |  | | Journal (volume) | | on some Microminerals from the Ohio pit, Baraga County, Michigan Al Falster 920 McIntosh Wausau, Wl 54401... i The Ohio pit in Baraga County, Michigan, is an old open-pit iron mine. In vugs and cavities of the...minerals can be collected. Due to the fact that the mine has been abandoned for several years, the lower...the more attractive species are the following: Pyrite occurs abundantly, not only in microsize. Carbonate...combinations. Marcasite is much less common than pyrite, it occurs in crystals up to 5 mm in maximum dimension |  | | Journal (issue) | | Design feature articles Famous Mineral Localities: Elmwood and Gordonsville zinc m ines.....................and Howard Campbell, III The Crystal Forms of Pyrite .................................................the recent paper, “ Uralolite from the Dunton Gem mine, Newry, Maine: a second occurrence” (vol. 9, p....localities: 1 the j Elmwood and Gordonsville zinc mines near Carthage,Tennessee by Lance E. Kearns and...at the Elmwood and Gordonsville zinc mines, near the town of Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee. Relatively |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Library] at 00:11 06 November 2014 Eagle Mine, Cilman, Eagle County, Colorado W orld production of zinc...number of good sphalerite occurrences, the Eagle mine at Gilman holds the record as that state’s leading...the BalmatEdwards district in Saint Lawrence County (Smith and Figure 1. A fine example of jet-black sphalerite...sphalerite (variety marmatite) on siderite from the Eagle mine, Gilman, Colorado. The 8.4-cm specimen is in the...in Connecticut pegmatites, including the Tolgate mine at Middletown where masses to 25 cm across occurred |  | | Report (issue) | | [99.99] 100.00 (1) Monterey Formation, California, USA, CO2 calculated from stoichiometry. (2) CaCO3 . Polymorphism...Association: Dolomite, celestine, fluorite, barite, pyrite, marcasite, sphalerite (low-temperature veins);...localities include: in Iceland, at the Helgustadanáma mine, Reydarfjord. In England, from Alston Moor, Egremont...Baia Mare (Nagybánya) district, Romania. In the USA, from Rossie and Balmat, St. Lawrence Co., New York;...York; at Hancock, Houghton Co., and in the Phoenix mine, Keeweenaw Co., Michigan; in Missouri, from many |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 8572 I. USA Abstract-Values of 637Cl can now be routinely measured...reported herein on fluid inclusion leachates from the Elmwood-Gordonsville Mississippi Valley-type deposit and...generation of free I2 during sample preparation. In the Elmwood-Gordonsville deposit, five successive paragenetic...fi3’C1observed in fluid inclusion leachates from Elmwood-Gordonsville. Biotite in the Bingham deposit has...and interpret larger data sets for the Central Tennessee Mississippi Valley-type deposits and the porphyry |  | | Report (issue) | | corresponds to Zn1.00 S1.00 . (2) St. Christoph mine, Isère, France; corresponds to (Zn0.65 Fe0.31 Mn0... Association: Galena, chalcopyrite, marcasite, pyrite, fluorite, barite, quartz, many other hydrothermal...Rodna, Romania. Transparent crystals in the Aliva mine, Picos de Europa Mountains, Cantabria [Santander]...From Watson Lake, Yukon Territory, Canada. In the USA, in the Tri-State district of the Mississippi Valley;...Oklahoma. From the Elmwood mine, near Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee; in the Eagle mine, Gilman district |  | | Catalog/List | | museum-quality Tourmalines, including the 2nd largest Sapo Mine “shaving brush” and an exceptional Elbaite on Feldspar...there is what just might be one of the finest Elmwood Fluorite combinations – a true show stopper. There...CALEDONITE Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Named by the Romans for the area...This example hails from the Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine: a legendary Arizona locality. Unlike the vast majority...Caledonite and a dash of azure blue Linarite. The mine is now collapsed and only a memory for the lucky |  | | Journal (issue) | | row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department...twin, 5.5 cm, from the Amo tin deposit, Ximeng County, Yunnan, China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...2.2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Androscoggin County, Maine. Kyle Kevorkian collection; Jordan Root...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The |  | | Catalog/List | | labels. 90x40x40mm max. £18. 3) ARSENOLITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. An intergrown group oflight...40x20mm. £325. 8) BINDHEIMITE on JAMESONITE. Bodannon Mine, Endellion, Cornwall. A flattish mass of jamesonite...with MARCASITE INCLUSIONS. North Vernon, Indiana, USA. A buff limestone matrix with several semi-transparent...£8. 12) CASSITERITE. 255 Fm level, South Crofty Mine, Pool, Cornwall. Rich mass of needly cassiterite...Collections. 90x60>�4-0mm. £95. 14) CHALCOCITE. Tincroft Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. About eight chunky lead grey |  | | Journal (issue) | | ANOTHER CHALLENGE SMLS BARBECUE 2021 CONONISH GOLD MINE ZOOM LINKS DATES FOR YOUR DIARY MINERAL QUIZ 3 –...calcite supporting a unique crystal cluster of pyrite in the form of a perfect little flag and flagpole...replying that their fluorite is from the West Pastures Mine, or perhaps from Permian Mississippi Valley-type...Photo 1 Black Opal cabochon (30 x40mm) Lady Luck mine, Yowah Opal Field, Queensland, Australia This was...case I damage it. Terry worked his Lady Luck Opal mine in Yowah, which at the time was barely recognised |  | | Journal (issue) | | hall that was not quite so large. The theme was pyrite, and there were some spectacular displays with...stibnites from a new Nevada locality, the Murray Mine, not the old Manhattan, but he had only three specimens...clear calcites from a small pocket in the Meikle Mine, the new locality for the superb yellow barites...specimens of azurite and malachite from the Flambau Mine in Wisconsin, now completely gone, of the chalcocite...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com |  | | Journal (issue) | | Front cover Quartz scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection;...Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the coastal...Alaska, ca. 1906. She organized her own company to mine the garnets, and may have distributed thousands...that men would be hired as laborers to work the mine and help develop it, but that no men would be involved |  | | Journal (issue) | | Japan/ Munich, Germany Laguna Beach, California, USA tel: +1 949 494 5155 / info@kristalle.com The ...Articles The White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio ...............651 by C. J. Stefano & J....from the White Rock quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio. Daniel Trinchillo (Fine Minerals International)...$324/three years, (Canada) $196/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $275 for one year Subscription...and Smelting Company of British Columbia, and the Mine and Exploration Division of the Canadian Forestry |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | InclusionStudy of the GordonsvilleZinc Deposit, Central Tennessee JEFFREY F. GRATZ*ANDKULAC. MISRA Departmentof...Geological Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,Tennessee 37996-1410 Abstract A complementary...main-stagecalcitedeposition. Introduction THE central Tennessee area is well known for its surfaceexposures of...samplesfor this studywere collectedfrom the Gordonsville mine. Most of the sampleswere obtainedfrom stopeswhich...this studyshouldbe applicable menced at the Elmwood mine in 1975 and at the to the nearbyElmwood depositwhich |  | | Report (issue) | | Maryland Michigan New York Ohio Pennsylvania Tennessee Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin 18 20...Table 1 according to abundance or major product in a mine or district, with minor or by-product commodities...localization of major deposits, especially in Tennessee. The types of host rocks, where known, are differentiated...have been studied and reported (Cobb, et al, 1980; Smith, 1977) and are of significance as a future resource...from deep wells (especially in Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee) and the age of the host rock does not correspond |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Golden brown barite crystals, Villamassargia, near mine, Guanajuato, Mexico (8.5 cm). Iglesias, Sardinia...Enna, Sicily (6 cm). West 800 Level, White Capps mine, Man- 11: Dark grey stibnite crystals, (variety...(5.3 cm). Figure 13: Silver, Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan (11 cm). A photograph of this specimen...crystals on grey galena crystals, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Tennessee (5 cm). Figure 17: Transparent, dark...dark blue-green vivianite crystals, Montserrat mine, Pazna, Bolivia (12 cm). Figure Figure 19: Transparent |
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