 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Hydroxyl-fromherderitc Brazil and a Guide to Species Nomenclature for the Herderite/Hydroxyl-herderite... r recent years two Brazilian localities, Virgem da Lapa and the Golconda mine, have produced remarkable...Hydroxyl-Herderite. Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil (3)* Golconda mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil (6) Waldstein...collectors. In recent years, however, two localities in Brazil have produced exquisite hydroxyl-herderite with...specimens. These two "new" occurrences, at Virgem da Lapa and the Golconda mine, deserve detailed discussion |  | | Journal (issue) | | at www. MineralogicalRecord.com v Front cover: Elbaite crystal with color zoning, 5.1 cm, from Rubaya...Top right: Topaz, 8.4 cm, from Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Lower left: Phosphophyllite, 2 cm, from...Andrea Bartorelli: Minerals and Precious Stones of Brazil. Other important references (if any) for individual...Fluorapatite on elbaite, 5.5 cm, from the Alto da Cabeca mine, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Will Johnson...Morganite beryl, 7.5 cm, from near Araçuai, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The find predates the discovery of morganite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1967 in the Pioneira mine, Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Downloaded by [Stockholm University Library]...de Salinas mine, Aracuai-Itinga district, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Although the owner did not wish to sell...specializing in colored gemstones. Keith's travels in Brazil in search of gems and crystal specimens have added...gemmy red tour malines from the Jonas mine in Brazil have sold for several hundred thousand dollars...from the Jonas pocket was said to have sold in Brazil in 1982 for close to $5 mil lion. This is in addition |  | | Journal (issue) | | mine, Minas Gérais, Brazil. See 'The location, geology and mineralogy of gem tourmalines in Brazil' on...location, geology and mineralogy of gem tourmalines in Brazil Jacques P. Cassedanne, Dr. Sc. *, and Maurice Roditi...tourmalines, mainly green, blue, pink and red elbaite, including their gemmological properties and significant...tourmaline is the 'Eastern pegmatitic province' of Minas Gerais. One general and three detailed maps of specific...Tourmaline, pegmatite, eluvial deposits, gem mining, Brazil © Gemmological Association and Gem Testing Laboratory |  | | Journal (issue) | | Backcover: (upper left) Elbaite, 4.5 cm, Sapo mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gus Eitler collection;...collection; Joe Budd photo. (upper right) Elbaite, 7.8 cm, Himalaya rnine, San Diego County, California; Kevin... Kunzite spodumene, 11 cm, Urucum mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Ex Steve SmaJe collection. Joe Budd photo...albite, 12 cm, Telirio mine near Linopolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Joe Budd photo. Gold, 8 cm, St. Johns,...Budd photo. Elbaite, 14.5 cm, Pederneira mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Joe Budd photo |  | | Report (issue) | | [100.03] 100.00 (1) Paris, Maine, USA. (2) Virgem da Lapa, Brazil; by electron microprobe, H2 O by the Penfield...alteration of beryl or beryllonite. Association: Elbaite, topaz, cassiterite, albite, microcline, muscovite...Ungursuay, Kazakhstan. In Brazil, large crystals from the Xandá mine, Virgem da Lapa, and at the Golconda...Golconda mine, near Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais. Name: For predominance of hydroxyl over fluorine in...and W.E. Wilson (1979) Hydroxyl-herderite from Brazil and a guide to species nomenclature for the he |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Collection of Dr. Schumacher, Germany. Figure 3. Elbaite with Cleavelandite and Lepidolite: [Papruk Mine]...Beryl (variety Heliodor), Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil; 2002; painted actual size of specimen (8...MINERALS Figure 5. Elbaite on Lepidolite: Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil; 2007; painted actual...7. Elbaite (variety Rubellite) on Albite, Jonas Mine, Itatiaia District, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais...Gerais, Brazil; 2007; painted actual size of specimen (9.67 × 14.55 cm); watercolor. Collection of Daniel |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 407-carat teardrop; both stones are from Minas Gerais, Brazil. A n other featured strength of the gemstone...5-cm-thick sea-green crystal of aquamarine from Minas Gerais, Bra zil, catches the eye as does an emerald...California; Minas Gerais, Brazil; and Kunar, Afghanistan; as well as yellow beryl (heliodor) from Minas Gerais...Gerais, Brazil, help to fill out the suite. Featured in the same case are the minerals of the tour maline...crystals of blue and green el baite from Minas Gerais, Brazil, attest to the reputation of this prolific |  | | Journal (issue) | | Hawthorne & W. W. Pinch Fifty-nine treasure hunts in Minas Gerais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....albite matrix, 6.6 cm, from Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Sandor Fuss/ Stuart Wilensky specimen;...Jeff Scovil photo. For more on the minerals of Minas Gerais see Guido Steger’s memoirs in this issue. The...clusters of brilliant black, blocky or platy crystals (Brazil, South Africa); sharp crystals in groups with flashing...rhombohedral magnesite crystals, come from Brumado, Bahia, Brazil. Switzerland’s best-known locality for hematite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The field of view is 3 cm. Van King specimen...from Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Superior specimens of “startwinned” muscovite...7 cm wide, from the Xanda mine, Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Luiz Menezes specimen, Jeff Scovil...Muscovite with albite, 8.4 cm wide, from Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. When collectors think of muscovite... erals he was able to collect was astounding: elbaite, smoky quartz, spodumene cleavages, the cleavelandite |  | | Journal (issue) | | by R. J. King Famous mineral localities: The Virgem da Lapa Pegmatities .................................crystal, 7 cm tall, from the Virgem da Lapa district, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Sorbonne collec tion, photo...January-February, 1982 famous mineral localities: J/irqem da Lapa I pegmatites peamc by J. P. Cassedanne Instituto...University of Rio de Janeiro & C.N.Pq. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Jack Lowell Colorado Gem and Mineral Company...a small pegmatite area in northeast ern Minas Gerais, Brazil, began to produce uncommonly fine specimens |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Infrared study of OH sites in tourmaline from the elbaite-schorl series CRISTIANE CASTAÑEDA,1 ESTER FIGUEIREDO...das Pedras, CEP 30140-970 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil National Commission of Nuclear Energy, Center...Postal 941, CEP 30123-970 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil 3 Department of Geology, Federal University...Preto, Minas Gerais, CEP 35400-000 Brazil 4 Institute of Geosciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais...Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, CEP 30430-120, Brazil ABSTRACT Two different behaviors controlled |  | | Report (issue) | | quartz, an apatite-group mineral, herderite, elbaite, montmorillonite. Distribution: From Greifenstein...Laranjeiras, and the Xanda mine, Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. From the Tip Top mine, Custer County |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | microcline crystals, 35 × 45 cm, Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Adalberto Giazotto photo. Figure...green elbaite crystals, 35 × 15 cm, Pederneira mine, São José de Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Adalberto...beryl, 23 × 18 cm, Corrégo do Urucum mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Jeff Scovil photo. 96*2: 405,9(3:...participation Figure 18 (right). A huge crystal of blue elbaite (indicolite variety) on a matrix of quartz, lepidolite...× 35 cm, Pederneira mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Adalberto Giazotto photo. Figure 19 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Design Feature articles Hydroxyl-herderite from Brazil and a guide to species nomenclature for the he...specimen known, with albite and elbaite, from Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The crystal is 14.1 cm in...20715 n recent years two Brazilian localities, Virgem da Lapa and the Golconda mine, have produced remarkable...End-Member 54—63% Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil (3)* 71-90% Golconda mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil (6) 53%...collectors. In recent years, however, two localities in Brazil have produced exquisite hydroxy 1-herderite with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | light yellow, twinned crystal, Linopolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil (7.4 cm). 18: Deep blue, doubly terminated...Figure 20: Green elbaite crystals on albite, Jonas mine, Itatiaia, Minas Gerais, Brazil (5 cm). Figure...(variety aquamarine), Rio Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil (8 cm). M A R C H / A P R I L 1981 57...crystals of cleavelandite with muscovite, Minas Gerais, Brazil (18 cm). Figure 64: Bright blue azurite...lepidolite crystal on microcline, Virgem da Lapa, MinasGerais, Brazil (7.8 cm). Figure 69: Grey multiple |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Laboratory, Carlsbad, California BRAZIL IMPRESSIONS: I have only been to Brazil twice, but 1 did see a lot...most expensive real estate. While on a tour in Brazil in the early 198Os, our bus was stopped by the...begging everyone’s forgiveness. My second trip to Brazil was in 1987 as a member of the International Gemological...Conference group. I had a wonderful time on both trips. Brazil is a beautiful country, one full of contrasts....Fallbrook, California FIRST TRIP TO BRAZIL: I have a number of memories of Brazil, but perhaps the most vivid |  | | Report (issue) | | greisens, and granites. Association: Spodumene, elbaite, amblygonite, columbite, cassiterite, topaz, beryl...Hazaribagh, Bihar. From the Virgem da Lapa pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Name: From the Greek lepidos |  | | Journal (issue) | | Aesthetics Underground - Canada Alvaro Lucio M inerals - Brazil Ana Arruda - Azores Arizona M inerals Artifactual...Artifactual Im port Ausrox - Australia Barbosa, Carlos - Brazil Barcelona - US Im porters - Spain Ben David, Claude...Megaw, Peter M inerals Menezes, Luiz M inerals - Brazil M ercer M inerals M idwest M inerals M ikon M ineralien...ineralien Kontor - Germany Min - Geo - Czech Republic Minas Victoria - Spain M iner-W a - Poland Mineral Cabinet...Valadares M inerals - Brazil Van Scriver's M inerals - Czech Republic Vasconcelos - Brazil W einrich, Dan Minerals |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pegmatites, Limoeiro Mine, Virgem da Lapa, Ara~uaf Pegmatite District, . Minas Gerais, Brazil, Michael A. Menzies...Menzies Signature Specimen: Elbaite from the Cruzeiro Pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil: At the Natural History...72.5 cm, Limoeiro mine, Virgem da Lapa, Ara<;uar district, Minas Gerais, Brazil; private collection, Jeff...Heliodor, 5.5 x 14.2 cm, Minas Gerais, Brazil; B: Topaz, 8 x 10.5 cm, Minas Gerais, Brazil; C: Aquamarine, 6...6.5 x 14.1 cm, Pioneer mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil; D: Elbaite, 8.9 cm high, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande |  | | Journal (issue) | | 3 FEATURE ARTICLES Gem Pegmatites of Minas Gerais, Brazil: The Tourmalines of the Araquai Districts...tourlnaline thon anywhere else in the world-Minos Gerais, Brazil; the other with (I new locality for red tourmaline-Zcrmbia...thousand miles south, to the "Gem Pegmatites of Minas Gerais." THe first in a series (which Cdntinues in...his extensive travels in the mining regions of Brazil. Mr. Proctor received an M.S. in molecular biology...graduate gemologist. GEM PEGMATITES OF MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: THE TOURMALINES OF THE ARACUAI DISTRICTS |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineral collector—Part 3: Treasure-hunting in Minas Gerais since 2000. . . . . . . . . . . ....inches), from the Morro da Mina manganese mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Probably the world’s...Mineral Collector—Part 3: Treasure-Hunting in Minas Gerais Since 2000 Guido Steger Nestroystrasse 15 2700...hunts” which he has undertaken since 1969 in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Here he reviews some localities in the...treasure-hunting (and its difficulties) in contemporary Minas Gerais. THE BRAZILIAN MINERAL SCENE AT PRESENT My 2007 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Freiberg, Germany Pyromorphite from Bad Ems, Germany Elbaite from the Island of Elba, ltaly Sulfur from Agrigento...1980's my interest had shifted to minerals from Brazil, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the array of great...suppose the fragments of a lost painting by Leonardo Da Vinci were discovered in an excavation in Florence...private collector jump at the chance to own a real Da Vinci, the only one in private hands, even if only...Pionheiro mine, Catugi, Tres Barras Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil 13.8 cm; This crystal, called the "Pioneer |  | | Book | | MINERALS & PRECIOUS STONES OF BRAZIL Sponsored by: VALE MINISTER.IO DA CULTURA © 2009 - CARLOS CORNEJO...Lavra do Sapo, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais. Collection of Alvaro Lucio. Photograph taken...photographs: "Parafba" tourmaline (25 x 6 mm), Sao Jose da Batalha, Parafba. Courtesy of Bruno and Rolando Gioia...Brasileira do Livro, SP, Brazil) Cornejo, Carlos .Minerals & precious stones of Brazil. Carlos Cornejo, Andrea...3. Minerals - Brazil 4. Minerals- Classification 5. Mineralogy 6. Mineralogy - Brazil - History 7. Precious |  | | Catalog/List | | lx2 inch Boa Vista Pegmatite, Doce Valley Minas Gerais Brazil £35 2. SCHOLZITE rich white intergrown and...about 8 mm size ( Telino Mine, Linopolis, Minas Gerais Brazil) £40 Na Be PO4 11. LEPIDOLlTE pure mass of...after Elbaite, ( small hollow tubes or epimorphs) Toca da Onca Mine, Virgem da lapa, Minas Gerais Brazil...variety of Muscovite) green mass, attractive Minas Gerais Brazil 2x4 £7 135. MOUGHTON WHETSTONE, an attractive...96 ■ BAHIANITE Paramirim, Agua Qucntc. 13ahia. Brazil Good coverage or white micros on Basalt Pale brown |
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