 | Lenz, Christoph, Nasdala, Lutz, Talla, Dominik, Hauzenberger, Christoph, Seitz, Roland, Kolitsch, Uwe (2015) Laser-induced REE3+ photoluminescence of selected accessory minerals — An “advantageous artefact” in Raman spectroscopy. Chemical Geology, 415. 1-16 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.09.001 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | und Kristallographie, Universität Wien, Wien, Austria Institute of Geological Sciences, Masaryk University...Erdwissenschaften, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Graz, Austria d Horiba Jobin Yvon GmbH, Unterhaching, Germany...Germany e Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Wien, Austria b c a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...Available online 5 September 2015 Keywords: Zircon Xenotime Monazite Titanite Laser-induced REE photoluminescence...Spectra of natural titanite, monazite—(Ce), xenotime—(Y), and zircon samples from various geological |  | | Book | | A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...collectors and often used as decorative items. Basalt is the most abundant volcanic rock on Earth’s surface...rock, created when hot gases were trapped in the basalt lava as it a specimen. The minerals may have grown...solidify into an extrusive igneous rock such as basalt. Magma may also solidify very slowly beneath Earth’s...such as Porcupine and Hemlo districts; Noranda district, Quebec. USA: Mother Lode belt and others in |  | | Book (edition) | | Strunz since 1941 (Strunz and Nickel 2001): • Subsidim-y anions (OH,F,O) are positioned before the complex...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....ardennite, Triclinic. ah,c = 8. 4+, 11.12. 7.28, o.,~,y = 90°53', hollandite. and shattuckite, etc., in brownish...Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from...Grossgreiner Mt., overlooking Zillertal Valley, Tirol, Austria, and at Passo di Vizze, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the minerals euxenite [(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th) (Ti,Nb,Ta)2O6] and gadolinite [(Ce,La,Nd,Y)2FeBe2Si2O10]. Scandium...referred to as Landsverk 3, in the Iveland-Evje district north of Kristiansand in Norway. The mineral was...accompanied by other REE minerals, notably gadolinite-(Y), and fluorite. Although the Baveno granites and their...ilmenorutile. For example, in the Iveland-Evje district (Norway), the scandium content of ilmenite in...Iveland, Norway ScPO4 32.13 Fischbacher Alpen, Austria ScPO4 · 2H2O 25.55 Schmiedeberg, Germany NaScSi2O6 |  | | Journal (issue) | | issue. Photo: Mick Cooper. 4 HARMOTOME FROM PEN-Y-CLUN D. Morgon • R.E. Starkey 7 DIARY OF EVENTS 8...advertising. JUDKINS QUARRY F. Ince· R.E. Starkey· J. Wooldridge ------- 14 ------MILLTOWN QUARRY S.A. Rusi -------...BOC J. & P. Pearce ------- 48 ------- HENDRE QUARRY R.E. Starkey· N. Hubbard· M.P. Bayley 0952-2409...Typin~ Sen-ice, 2CJRycon St., Worksop, Nocts. SH0 2,\ Y Td. 38 ------MINERAL NEWS ROCK BOTfOi\l Pl'BLICATIO:"\S...Society Symposium a conference weekend at the Peak District Mining Museum in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. That |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | also "yttrofluorite" and non-metamict gadolinite-(Y) are examples of minerals probably present in many...material, including the new mineral hundholmenite-(Y). The total number of 144 minerals (table 2) from...and cut the foliation of the gneiss granite. A xenotime-(Y) from Tennvatn was dated to 370 Ma (Emma Rehnstr6m...on pyrophanite. Associates are hingganite-(Y), chernovite-(Y), apatite(CaF) and columbite-(Mn). UK-4 (...porous "c1eavelandite" can be collected in the quarry , but only certain parts contain rare minerals |  | | Book | | ered glass - resh_clter, unroll I eredl 911055 cla,y C - Saline water, phil i,p,si.'e '_ h _ul - nd·te...nd·te A- --Mo're salline, analc'imle E ~High-'y saline" K-felds ·a,r' Figure 2. Volcanic ash is unaltered...cavities in the middle portion of the flow. Given a basalt flow 25 meters thick with an initial molten temperature...Ardeche, France, zeolites are present only where the basalt flowed into a Pliocene lake or river (Fig. 5)(Robert...zeolites. The interior of the flow contains columnar basalt with small vesicles connected by minute veinlets | | | Book | | ered glass - resh_clter, unroll I eredl 911055 cla,y C - Saline water, phil i,p,si.'e '_ h _ul - nd·te...nd·te A- --Mo're salline, analc'imle E ~High-'y saline" K-felds ·a,r' Figure 2. Volcanic ash is unaltered...cavities in the middle portion of the flow. Given a basalt flow 25 meters thick with an initial molten temperature...Ardeche, France, zeolites are present only where the basalt flowed into a Pliocene lake or river (Fig. 5)(Robert...zeolites. The interior of the flow contains columnar basalt with small vesicles connected by minute veinlets |  | | | | wollastonite 100, /00 wulfenite 64, 64, 74 wurtzite 11 xenotime 65 zeolites 114 zeunerite 74 zincite 23 zine vitriol...accumulated around a point Diabase. An altered form of basalt Druse. A rock lined with crystals Ductile. Capable...found at Butte, Montana, and the Copper River district of Alaska. A much rarer mineral is covellite,...obtained in crystal form at Pragratten in the Tyrol (Austria), Redruth in Cornwall (England), and Bristol,...Saxony, Cavnic in Romania, Schwaz in the Tyrol (Austria), and Cornwall, England. In the United States good |  | Ondrejka, Martin, Bačík, Peter, Sobocký, Tomáš, Uher, Pavel, Škoda, Radek, Mikuš, Tomáš, Luptáková, Jarmila, Konečný, Patrik (2018) Minerals of the rhabdophane group and the alunite supergroup in microgranite: products of low-temperature alteration in a highly acidic environment from the Velence Hills, Hungary. Mineralogical Magazine, 82 (6) 1277-1300 doi:10.1180/mgm.2018.137 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | probably allanite-(Ce), fluorapatite, possibly also xenotime-(Y)], together with input of Pb and S in low-temperature...Moreover, rhabdophane-(Y) has been recorded in a druse in alkaline Higashimatsuura basalt in Japan (Takai and...rhabdophane-(Ce) and rhabdophane-(La) occur in alkaline basalt (“teschenite”) of the Silesian Unit, Czech Republic...ilmenite and pyrite, whereas monazite-(Ce), xenotime-(Y), rutile, anatase, magnetite, garnet (presumably...content never exceeds 10 wt.% REEO3 (0.37 a.p.f.u. REE+Y) and it shows dominancy of LREE (mainly Ce) over HREE |  | | Journal (issue) | | Institution editor Volume Eight/Num ber Four JU L Y -A U G U S T 1977 Wendell E. Wilson Mineralogist...A. Wilson Selected Minerals from the Volcanic District of Laacher See, Germany.........................L e n g e n b a c h q u a rry , B in n a V a lle y , Valais, S w itz e rla n d (see a rtic le s in th...also want 1977 Auction Donors: Adamas Lapidary (Y oungstown, Oh.) Alta Crystal Gallery (Denver, Colo...(Livermore, Calif.) Crystal Showcase (R ochester, N. Y.) F. Cureton II and Sons (Stockton, Calif.) Tom Daugherty |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bastnas Mines, Riddarhyttan Ore Field, Bergslagen District, Vastmanland, Sweden ........... 187 by L. Ohman...Pierre-Nicolas Schwab Orleans , France The Trimouns Quarry, Luzenac, Ariege, France ........................mm; (lower left) IIMORIITE-(Y) crystal, 2 mm-All from the Trimouns talc quarry near Luzenac, France (see...BASTDAS ffiIDES RIDDARHYTTAD ORE FIELD, BERGSLAGED DISTRICT, VASTffiADLADD, SillEDED Lennart Ohman Hi:igviltsvagen...certainty from the mid-14th century, making this district one of the oldest in Sweden. Though the mine was |  | | Book | | rocks into their metamorphic equivalents. Thus basalt became greenstone; granite became granitic gneiss;...12,000 Precambrian rocks VERTICAi. SCAI.ECREATL Y EXAGGERATED Modifed from Western Michigon t.kliversity...felsite (including quartz porphyry), andesite, basalt (including diabase), and peridotite (serpentinite)...Oronto Group a.. 3: co w C: _J 0 0 Marquette Iron District, Baraga and Marquette Counties diabase dikes...Formation -------------------------Lighthouse Point Basalt Table 1. Stratigraphic sequenceand correlation |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fundy, Nova Scotia, finnes vidstrakte omrader med basalt fra trias-perioden, for omkring 200 mill, ar siden...only a few other localities in the world, notably Austria, Sweden, Brazil and the United States. On 16 February...from around the world in such numbers that the quarry owners restrict entrance to special groups on specific...negligible when compared to the Triassic flood basalt. Here, fissures or volcanic vents extending for...crystallize in the vesicles or fractures of the basalt. The Bay of Fundy, originally a basin above sea |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | elements, such as florencite, monazite-(Ce), xen otime-(Y), and zircon were detected by SEM-EDS analyses. R-mode...especially from northwestern Iran of different ages that basalt rocks were the parent rock of these deposits. ...mainly of a mafic protolith (diabase, basalt, and andesitic basalt), generally associated with warm periods...stratigraphic succession in the Kani Zarrineh district includes, from the oldest to the youngest, the...and then both the dried bauxitic samples and the basalt samples were powdered to 200 mesh using an agate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | that monazite [light RE elements (REE)] and xenotime (Y) at the rims of apatite and pores are secondary...secondary products. Monazite (light REE) and xenotime (Y) were found to have been formed by either of two mechanisms:...and Y during weathering and its subsequent decomposition into monazite (light REE) and xenotime (Y) during...wt%) are <9, <4, <13 and <15% for La, Ce, Nd and Y, respectively. RE phosphate minerals were identified...and 99PRN15) were found to be monazite and xenotime. Xenotime occurred at the rims of apatite (Fig. 1c) |  | | Book (edition) | | reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced by a~y mecl~~nical, photographi~, or electronic ~rocess_...departamento district municipio Saint Sainte island mount, mountain...77, 5.83, a,p,y = 89°06', 89°54', 91°30'; pseudohexagonal a,b,c = 23.6, 3.6, 6.2, a,p,y= 91°, 92°, 90°...24. Np,g = 1.597, 1.659, pleochroic: colorless to y~Uow.Green fluorescence under LW UV light. Found with...group). Triclinic, PT, a,b,c = 7.39, 7.72, ll.34,a,p,y=99°46',91°08', 115°35',Z=l.d: 11.1(10) - 5.5(8) - |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Hochgrössen and Kraubath ultramafic massifs, Austria (Thalhammer et al. 1990, Malitch et al. 2001, 2003a)...dolomites Zircon Amphibole Monazite- (Ce) Xenotime-(Y) Goethite Hematite Ilmenite Rutile Cassiterite...(Table 3, Fig. 6a). Monazite is associated with xenotime-(Y) a rather rare detrital component devoid of any...(monazite type IV). It is, in places, accompanied by xenotime and apatite. Oxides Magnetite, rutile and ilmenite...heavy minerals. Phosphates Monazite prevails over xenotime, apatite and rhabdophane among the phosphatic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Unidirectional solidification textures and garnet layering in Y-enriched garnet-bearing aplite–pegmatites in the Cadomian...absent. Accessory minerals include relatively common Y-rich garnet Sps42–38 Alm32–28 And15–7 Grs21–15 Prp2–1...ilmenite. Primary zircon, xenotime-(Y), monazite-(Nd), fersmite, ferrocolumbite, REE,Y-rich pyrochlore are...affinity, indicated by elevated concentrations of Y, REE (especially HREE), Zr, U, Th, Nb, and Ta, (ii)...occurrence of specific accessory minerals including Y-rich garnet, and (iii) a remarkable, almost complete |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | , Wi.scoirsin Rapids, WI 54494; 'Dept. of Geolog-y arid Geophysics, University of New Orleans. LA 70148...exposed in a small portion of the north face of the quarry. Miaroles up to several inches iicross abound in...MORGANITE AND KUNZITEBEARING PEGMATITE IN THE PALA DISTRICT, SAN DlEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. J. Fisher, 380...southwest slope of Hiriart Mountain in the Pala district of Southern California. First claimed by the Sickler...rhabdophane-(Nd), rhabdophane-(La), cheralite, xenotime-(Y), zircon, and pyrite. Significantly, columbite-tantalite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | monazite-(Ce), gadolinite-(Y), xenotime-(Y), samarskite-(Y), fergusonite-(Y), microlite, phenakite, topaz...partial melting, either of underplated tholeiitic basalt at the base of the crust (Frost and Frost 1997)...progressively changed the composition from silica-poor basalt to silica-rich granite. This would account for...These elements include the rare-earth elements (REE), Y, Th, Zr, Nb, Ta, Ti, and so on. The last bit of crystallizing...pegmatites. The heavy-rareearth elements (HREE) and Y preferentially form complexes with F; thus, these |  | | Journal (issue) | | specimens and I do not know if they are from a basalt. I also saw some amethyst from Brandberg in Namibia...is a granite intrusion, Goboseb Mountains carry basalt and it is easy to distinguish matrix specimens...crystals Jochen Hintze collected in the Morogoro District in Tanzania. Imagine a mineral dealer going in...crystals, and two Minerals& Fossils(DMF)display. ·<y owa geodes" from Australia. Yowa geodes are iron-stone...article in Rocks and Minerals on the Great Notch Quarry where he states that his specimens were collected |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Barker et al. (1975) presume that a pool of alkalic basalt collected at or slightly above the crudmantle boundary...Some, like the pegmatites of the South Platte district or the Mount Rosa Granite, are unique within the...quartz from the Dixie Hell pegmatite, South Platte district, Jefferson County. Crystal is 2.2 cm lung. Dave...niolybdenite, bertrandite, siderite, aiitl synchysite-(Y) (formerly known as “doverite”) (Gloss arid Heinrich...sitleiitr. topaz, .renotime, yttrotuntulite-(Y),uiid zircon (vurict.y i y t o lite) (Gross utid Heinrich 1965 |  | | Catalog/List | | NE RAL S BYl,JAYS 2 0 BURS T E AD CL 0 S E S URRE y C OB H A M E NGL AND KT 1 1 2 NL Ph o n e Co...catalogue b Ou t the tr.e minerc= ..ils t:.hat y;-rn :r.equ.:.re wich t}le code number pif:ce. Ple::...HINERALSWITHUNUSUAL ELEHENT3 126 DOKJIA!ITE Y S!/3 Na Ca Y (C0)3 1 or 2 pseudotrigonal crystals aboat...V1terboProvinceLuio l Ital ) l I I E4 50 l03 CH'JRC.fllT[;Y Yttrium P0/4 H/20 excellent white micro crystals on...Riddarhyttan Vastma,land, Sweden) lxl El 476 XDO'!'IltE Y YP0/4 pure br(;~rn reainous 111asses. (Apanqabe,Hadaqascar) |  | | Journal (issue) | | gressman@minrec.org Articles The Malkhan Pegmatite District Krasny Chikoy, Transbaikalia, Eastern Siberian...the Forgotten Pocket, Sosedka pegmatite, Malkhan district. The same specimen as shown from a different angle...pegmatite field, Russia Rudolf Watzl Freistadt, Austria Visit our website and see us at Mineral-Shows worldwide:...cell.: +43 (0)664 4047940 The Malkhan Pegmatite District Krasny Chikoy, Transbaikalia, Eastern Siberian...discoveries in Brazil, California and the Himalayas. The district has produced over 50 different mineral species |
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