 | | Report (issue) | | Smithsonite slice and egg, 5.8 and 2.7 cm tall Masua Mine, Carbonia-lglesias, Sardinia, Italy Cal and Kerith...Smithsonite, 9.2 cm wide 400 Foot Level, Kelly Mine, Magdalena District Socorro County, New Mexico Steve Neely...ch· ualwa, Mexico La Plante photo n� sp ct, Attica, Greece ion; Scovil photo ne xi repaired) umeb, Namibia...1867. ·thsonian Smithsonite First Oxide Zone, Tsu Mine, Tsumeb, Nami 10cm tall Brent Lockhart coll Joe...now known as smithsonite, hemimorphite, and hydrozincite (see page 16). The name "smithsonite" gained |  | | Book (volume) | | Novoveská Huta, Slovakia (3); zincolivenite from Lavrion, Greece (4); Cu-enriched adamite from Dalnegorsk, Russia...(5); Cu-poor adamite from Lavrion, Greece (6) and Cu-poor adamite from Ojuela mine, Mexico (7) IR spectra...Arsenato-Borates Sussexite 29 Mn2+BO2(OH) Locality: Gonzen mine, Sargans, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Description:... Pegmatite Field, Andrembesoa Commune, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province...Veatchite Sr2[B5O8(OH)]2B(OH)3·H2O Locality: Billie mine, Death Valley, California, USA. Description: White |  | Boni, M., Gilg, H. A., Aversa, G., Balassone, G. (2003) The "Calamine" of Southwest Sardinia: Geology, Mineralogy, and Stable Isotope Geochemistry of Supergene Zn Mineralization. Economic Geology, 98 (4) 731-748 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.98.4.731 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mezzocannone 8, 80134-Napoli, Italy Abstract The mining district of southwest Sardinia, Italy, is one of the...generally complex and consists of smithsonite, hydrozincite, and hemimorphite as the main economic minerals...regardless of crystal morphology, position, and mine location (avg. 27.4 ± 0.9‰). This homogeneity points...company Vieille Montagne and exploited in several mines. Historically, the so-called “calamine” ores, a...from this district for more than 60 years. Their characteristics were described in several mine reports |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | hemimorphite, pyromorphite, mimetite, willemite, hydrozincite, cerussite, malachite, azurite, and aurichalcite...minerals at depth. These include the Loudville mines, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; the Buckwheat...Wheatley mines, Phoenixville, Chester County, the Ueberroth mine near Bethlehem, and the zinc mines at Friedensville...Timberville district in Rockingham and Shenandoah Counties, and the Austinville district, Wythe County...formerly productive mines of the Yellville area (such as those of the Rush Creek district), Marion County |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the hidden t re a s u re and other mines in the ophir district T O O E L E C O U N T Y, U T A H O ...Mountains in 1865, and soon afterward the Ophir mining district was organized. The Hidden Treasure, Chicago...Sacramento were the most famous mines in the early days of Utah mining (Gilluly 1932), producing many...the district until 1972, when the Ophir Hill Consolidated mine closed. The Hidden Treasure mine lies...west. During the past twenty years, the mines in the Ophir district, especially the Hidden Treasure, have |  | | Book | | 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...beautiful specimens from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine in Mammoth, Arizona, consisting of small, glassy...from which in number. Wherever rock outcrops on mining, quarrying, or road building, the exists. Caves | | | Book | | 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...beautiful specimens from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine in Mammoth, Arizona, consisting of small, glassy...rock outcrops on the surface or is exposed through mining, quarrying, or road building, the potential for |  | | Book | | Spanish-English, English-Spanish glossary of gem, mineral and mining terms. BY PAUL WILLARD JOHNSON Price $2.00 r...El Antimonio District Cananea District ...... Arizpe District ........... Nacozari District ...... Moctezuma...Moctezuma District ... Hermosillo District ... Alamos District ........ San Bernardo Area Alistos District...SECTION 2 — Highway 45 Sabinal District ............... Los Lamentos District.... Placer de Guadalupe Puerto...Aire District Chihuahua .......................... Santa Eulalia District....... El Potosi Mine..... |  | | Journal (issue) | | recent history of the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district. I had wanted to hold this gathering since the...pulling out. That was the death-knell for fluorite mining in the United States, the e~d of 163 year-long...their discoveries and two field trips to pegmatite mines. For pegmatite collectors, this symposium is a must...Tovey gave detailed insight into the mining at the Wise fluorite mine, Westmoreland, New Hampshire. The...The Rocks and Minerals article (Vol. 65) on the mine does not adequately convey the beauty of the fluorites |  | | Journal (issue) | | Springs, California. Photo by David Muench, Santa Barbara, California. OURAY, COLORADO 6 Howard Neal ...three states. Bisbee and the fabled Copper Queen mine were responsible for its primary construction. Volume...railroads south to the Mexican border, and the related mines in such places as Tombstone, Courtland, Cleeson...to form the Sunset Route. This gave impetus to mining and agriculture and in turn intensified the construction...and text on how the West was first linked to the East. This book depicts the California section, by far |  | | Journal (issue) | | C. M. Garland Arsenopyrite from the Kilpatrick mine, Madoc, Ontario...................................mushistonite; and an unnamed tin mineral from the Etta mine ..............................................383...COVER: WULFENITE group, 6 cm, from the Stefanie mine at Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria. Photo by Werner...thought, I decided to depict a specimen of Red Cloud mine wulfenite (drawn rather loosely from Bob Lane’s...and it is the type locality fo r wulfenite, hydrozincite and ilsemannite. B INTRODUCTION Bleiberg (the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tri-State District! The Mineralogical Record MARCH-APRIL 2017 • VOLUME 48 NUMBER 2 • $25 The Tri-State...Tri-State Mining District Missouri-Kansas-Oklahoma by Denise Bicknell Wendell E. Wilson 2017 The Mineralogical...Bristol (2016–2017) Vincent Rigatti (2016) Ken and Barbara Moffitt (2016–2017) Nicholas F. Stolowitz (2016)...FineMineral.com APATITE Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 11.5cm. Fine Minerals...Classics Fine Minerals Ltd. No. 1, The Old Coach Yard, East Coker, Somerset, England BA22 9HY Tucson USA Visit |  | | Journal (issue) | | Universities and accepted a faculty position at UC Santa Barbara, where he taught undergraduates and supervised...Ultraviolet Adamite (green) Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Hydrozincite (blue) on Calcite (red) Hurricane...Carpathite (blue-green) with Cinnabar in Quartz Picacho Mine, San Benito Co., California 11 such as fluorescent...Calomel (red), Cinnabar and native Mercury Red Bird Mine, Dixie Valley, Churchill Co., Nevada Walstromite...crocoite, glauberite, gypsum, halite, hemimorphite, hydrozincite, microcline, opal, orthoclase, scapolite (var |  | | Journal (issue) | | CALCITE on HEMATITE Fred Bull 4 MI The UK Jouma/ of Mines and .Minerals publishes articles of interest to...to amateur mineralogists, collectors, and mining historians. Contributions or suggestions for articles... N'(Olbl L'K Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 15 -2- UK Journal of Mines & 1'.lincrals No. 15 -J-...rescue dig on the spoil heap of the Alva silver mine near Stirling. Remarkable specimens of dendritic...has taken place over many years concerning early mine working. Was the area worked for its copper either |  | Boi, Maria Enrica, Medas, Daniela, Aquilanti, Giuliana, Bacchetta, Gianluigi, Birarda, Giovanni, Cappai, Giovanna, Carlomagno, Ilaria, Casu, Maria Antonietta, Gianoncelli, Alessandra, Meneghini, Carlo, Piredda, Martina, Podda, Francesca, Porceddu, Marco, Rimondi, Valentina, Vaccari, Lisa, De Giudici, Giovanni (2020) Mineralogy and Zn Chemical Speciation in a Soil-Plant System from a Metal-Extreme Environment: A Study on Helichrysum microphyllum subsp. tyrrhenicum (Campo Pisano Mine, SW Sardinia, Italy). Minerals, 10 (3). 259pp. doi:10.3390/min10030259 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Helichrysum microphyllum subsp. tyrrhenicum (Campo Pisano Mine, SW Sardinia, Italy) Maria Enrica Boi 1,2,3, Daniela...collected from a metal‐extreme environment (Zn‐Pb mine of Campo Pisano, SW Sardinia, Italy). Zinc, Pb,...com/journal/minerals Minerals 2020, 10, 259 2 of 23 hydrozincite) whereas, in plant tissues, Zn is primarily...production of municipal wastes, burning of fossil fuels, mining activities, use of pesticides, and fertilizers...of the most prominent mining poles in Europe [33], and after the closure of mines, only few remediation |  | | Book (edition) | | YEAR 1687"—DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various...Jefferson mines, New Castle, Walker mines, Black Diamond mines, < ,'oalburgh, Brook. side, Pratt mines, Woodwaid...Woodwaid, Blue Creek mines, and Mor row mines. Jefferson county; Horse Creek mines, Cordova, York, Coal |  | | Report (issue) | | MARCH, Ph.D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining Bureau McN. HAMILTON STATE MINERALOGIST F. F...Minerals of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was made possible at this...localities new and quently the The second list ^Mining' State Mineralogist. This known localities...literature of a general nature on the geology and mining industry of the State. bibliography of A. may...The excellent Vodges, Bulletin 30 of the State Mining Bureau, be referred to for such literature. The |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | fluorescent or other wise, originate from the mines at Franklin or Sterling Hill in New Jersey. But...the fluorescent minerals. At no other mine or min ing district will so many different fluorescent mineral...235 extensive region in the northern part of the mine. In the northern part, there existed also an extended...Franklin. It is only in recent years, now that the mines of Franklin are closed, that the continuing discovery...deserves. In earlier years, the activity of the mines at Franklin and Sterling Hill ensured a constant |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles Famous mineral localities: The Castle D om e district, Yuma County, A r iz o n a .....................on matrix, 12 cm, from the Elura lead-zinc-silver mine, No. 1 Level, Cobar, New South Wales, Australia...noticed about the previous issue on the Sweet Home mine was the peel-off temporary cover. The story behind...red is what it was all about for the Sweet Home mine! Had the rhodochrosites not been found in that stunningly...The Castle D om e district is one o f the oldest and longest-lived mining district in A rizo n a . The |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia ....................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish... Willis, C. F., and others, Arizona State Bur. Mines Bulls. 1-8, 1915-16. Comstock, T. B., A preliminary |  | | Report (volume) | | it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...Sanford. Upon Mr. Sanford's transfer to the Bureau of Mines the work was put into the hands of Frank L. Hess... with pyrite in mica schist at Wood's mines and Smith's mines. Tallapoosa County, in T. 23, R. 22 E. |  | | Journal (issue) | | Kostka relayed a message of gratitude from John & Barbara Wells who recently moved to UP Michigan. the rising...entered the historic gates of the Sterling Hill Mine. I’ve just parked and gathered my gear. I can’t...and North East Field Trip Alliance, who have sponsored this event with the Sterling Hill Mine & Museum...Calcite-red/ orange, Willemite crystals-yellow/green, Hydrozincite-blue, Wollastonite-yellow/orange. Zincite has...pausing my collecting to take the 1 ½ hour Lower Mine and Museum tour. In the museum, our guide amazes |  | | Journal (issue) | | articles of interest to mineralogists, collectors, and mining historians. Contributions or suggestions for articles...imaees in the article on fluorite from the Rogerley Mine, Weardale, in the last edition of this journal....problematic, the famous blue fluorite from Florence Mine in west Cumbria commonly register a dirty pink on...linearmagnification is 40x. BernieDaycollection. UKJourn:il of Mines & Mincnls No. 24 -3- MINERAL NEWS Compiled by...found with corroded pale blue beryl. The Strontian Mines on Loch Sunart arc well known for the zeolites harrnotome |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | riparian soil, sediments, mine-waste calcines, and moss from abandoned Hg mines in east Guizhou province, southwestern...Acid drainage reassessment of mining tailings, Black Swan nickel mine, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia—Liangqi...sulfur isotope geochemistry of acid mine drainage at the Mt. Morgan mine environment, Queensland, Australia—M...of water associated with bio-precipitation of hydrozincite [Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6] in the waters of Rio Naracauli...Main Stage base-metal mineral deposits, Butte district, Montana— C.W. Field, L. Zhang, J.H. Dilles, R |  | | Journal (issue) | | ............................. p. 14 Santorini, Greece: Volcanic history .................... p. 16 Book...since prehistoric times. The earliest known copper mining, by Egyptians in what is now Israel’s Timna Valley...many things, including protecting miners. These mines were probably active and during the reigns of the...part of the former’s famous mines. There were Neolithic malachite mines in Britain. Malachite is usually...Emke Mine is another producer of beautiful specimens. In the past few years, the Milpillas Mine in Sonora |
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