 | | Book | | Congress catalog card number: 77-186742 Printed in France by Draeger, Paris CONTENTS Introduction The Birth...Orleans, FRANCE; Curator, School of Mines, Paris 4 F. HOFMANN, Professor, School of Mines, Freiberg...SCHUBNEL, Professor and author, School of Mines, Paris, FRANCE ¥& JOHN SINKANKAS, author and collector...Kongsberg, NORWAY }& PAUL FRAENKEL, collector, Paris, FRANCE jx JOHN FULLER, Mineral Assistant, British Museum...omitted, how is it possible to select two golds, two silvers, two rhodochrosites, and two siderites? When the | | | Book | | Orleans, FRANCE; Curator, School of Mines, Paris ^ F* HOFMANN, Professor, School of Mines, Freiberg...schubnel, Pro fessor and author, School of Mines, Paris, FRANCE ^ JOHN sinkankas, author and collector,...Kongsberg, NORWAY ^ PAUL fraenkel, collector, Paris, France ^ JOHN fuller, Mineral Assistant, British Museum...omitted, how is it possible to select two golds, two silvers, two rhodochrosites, and two siderites? When the...localities: the Egyptians were working gem and gold mines on the Upper Nile River, the Greeks were busy with |  | | Journal (issue) | | against an estimate of $35-50. He also purchased five silver specimens for a total of $160. The grand total...$64.80 on five mineral specimens. JO Figure 6. Silver crystals in calcite, 9.5 cm, from Batopilas, Mexico...the collection." Figure 7. Wire silver, 4.29 cm, one of 16 silver specimens from Mineral Park, Arizona...mineral specimens, including 372 golds and 212 silvers . There were also 105 gemstones, 98 fossils and...Californian, from many different mines and prospects (see Table 1). His silvers included over a hundred specimens |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | for mineral and mining history enthusiasts. The silver and geological collections, mining collections...wood buildings, thoroughly covers 335 years of silver mining. For those choosing Susan Robinson, a free-lance...aesthetic and spectacular. A spinel-law twinned silver crystal, at 3.5 cm, is undoubtedly the finest in...be priceless today, but as recently as 1961 the silvers were sold from the museum’s shop for only one and...to two times metal value! Although some of the silvers were found in the nineteenth century, many on display | | | Journal (issue) | | Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia...Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook, l l Werner Lieber Heidelberg...RICH IN C R Y S T A L L I Z E D G O L D A N D SILVER, OF A. DOHRMANN, Esq., OK SAN FRA N CISCO, C A...against an estimate of $35-50. He also purchased five silver specimens for a total of $160. The grand total...$64.80 on five mineral specimens. 10 F igure 6. Silver crystals in calcite, 9.5 cm, from Batopilas, M |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineral collector, silver and Kongsberg are synonymous, and the place to see the best silver specimens is the...fantastic specimens of native silver mined over many centuries from the great silver deposits of Kongsberg,...grand old silver mine. Explore the History The name Kongsberg has been associated with fine silver for centuries...centuries. Mines in the Kongsberg area, about 80 kilometers west of Oslo, produced more than 1,350 metric...metric tons of silver from the beginning of production in about 1623 until the last mine closed in 1956 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf Medenbach...Colorado ............... 89 by B. & J. Muntyan Anatase on quartz from Ouray County, Colorado ...........fluorites in small cabinet sizes, etc. Native silvers such as the above are a specialty, and we regularly...southwestern ilope of the Santa Teresa Mountains. Mines include the Iron Cap, jran d Reef, Head Center,...Central, Cobre Grande, Sinn ein, Arizona, Dog Water, Silver Cable, Lead King, No. 1, No. 2, md others. The |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | view of Gem Crystal Production at Major Tourmaline mines, and the Ouro Preto Topaz Mine Jeff Scovil Travels...thousand years ago) there were only about 200 metal mines operating in all of China. With some notable exceptions...operated by seasonal, local, unskilled labor. Small mines were 500n worked out and the local farmers who had...written works available were poorly utilized. Some mines known to collectors today (e.g. Yaogangxian and...technical training) were sent to manage the largest mines. The Jiaozuo Coal Mining School (later renamed Henan |  | | Journal (issue) | | Reno, Nevada photography Nelly Bariand Paris, France Werner Lieber Heidelberg, West Germany Olaf Medenbach...(Elmhurst, IL) Gilbert Gauthier (Maisons-Laffitte, France) Gemmological Institute o f America, Michael Waitzman...Mateo, CA) Thomas N. McKee, Arizona Turquoise and Silver (Scottsdale, AZ) John C. Medici (Dublin, OH) Frank...lous photos of the abandoned Japanese stibnite mines,” he said to me when I visited him in Fallbrook;...demonstrates the value of personal encounters with the mines and the miners. American Sapphire mine, Yogo Gulch |  | | Journal (issue) | | Disused Tin Mines Starting with the basics, all three of these localities are disused tin mines. Stavoren...Gold has been recorded at Wheal Gerland, though silver only occurs at Majuba Hill. The Arsenates As...arsenate assemblages occur at a number of other mines in the Gwennap area in addition to Wheal Gerland...of excellent micro material at all of these old mines offers the best potential for modem collectors....possible and would make a great combined holiday. Silver from Atlantis ? A fascinating story is unfolding |  | | Book | | they will probably elude him. Setting aside the lure of one species or many, there are collectors to...specimen-producing veins of the Portuguese tungsten mines, requires some chemical explanation. Uvarovite,...collectors has also brought about exploitation of mines and other properties that would not be worked commercially...counterparts are appearing fresh from the active mines of the world. The one unifying feature for all of...learns that certain specimens, from old or new mines, have been elevated to eminence, like great works | | | Journal (issue) | | Reno, Nevada photography Nelly Bariand Paris, France Werner Lieber Heidelberg, West Germany Olaf...(Elmhurst, IL) Gilben Gauthier (Maisons-Laffine, France) Cemmological illstitute ofAmerica. Michael Waitzman... CA) Thomas N. McKee, Ari-1:.ona Turquoise and Silver (Scottsdale, AZ) John C. Medici (Dublin, OH) Fran...lous photos of the abandoned Japane e stibnite mines." he said 10 me when I visited him in Fallbrook:...demonstrate the value of personal encounters with the mines and the miners. American Sapphire mine, Yoga Gulch |  | | Journal (issue) | | Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia...Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg...operated their business, under the name of “ The Silver Pick,” for 40 years, and attended the Tucson Show...in g C o u n t y Martin Jensen Mackay School of Mines University of Nevada, Reno Reno, Nevada 89557-0047...hoping that it could be in-situ leached for its silver values. With the increase in environmental controls |  | | Journal (issue) | | Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia...Schwab Orléans, France Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook...1–30. First discovered between 1905 and 1909, the mines of the Last Chance mining district produced significant...the 1920’s. Extensive collecting at the abandoned mines has revealed over 65 mineral species in a complex...infirmaries near the East Group and Central Group mines at Likasi, Kipushi, Lubumbashi, Kakanda and Kambove |  | | Journal (issue) | | Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia...Schwab Orleans, France Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook...de la Selle, Saint Christophe-en-Oisans, Isere, France...............................223 by L. Gautron...Cunha Baixa mine, Paulkerrite $10 .16/#4 Kingsgate mines v .17/#4 National Belle mine (CO), Tip Top mine...(Brazil), Anjanabonoina (Madagascar), Port Radium Silver (Canada) $10 v.20/#5 Brazilian Diamonds, Leveaniemi |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and H. Jost" ENSG-CESEV, BP 452, F-54001 Nanc y, France ORSTOM and CRPG, BP 20, F-54501 Vandoeuvre, Fran...opening and filling with the pre sence of bands and silvers of wall rocks. Nat ive gold is located with sulph...data revea l the presence ofTi oxides (rutile or anatase?) and monazite in the se pores. The solid inclusions...of pores and inclu sion s, although one native silver inclu sion has been found. It form s rims on large...56(03) and grain 1. Standards are pure gold and silver Gold grains Ag Gold type (I) 56(06)02/Gr. I 56(06)02/Gr |  | | Book (volume) | | Scandium — scandian Selenium — selenian Silicon — Silver — argentian Sodium — sodian Strontium — strontian... Index: ser. 1-8. 10, vol. Ann. mines. Annales des mines. (France, Ministere des travaux publiques,...Bulletin: vol. 1, 1878-85 as Societe mineralogique de France. Index: 1-10; 11-20; 1878-date. 21-30; 31-40. Bull...Academic des sciences, Paris, 1795-1815 as Institut de France. Classe des sciences mathematiques et physiques...Ottawa, No. 1, 1910-date. Published under Dept. of Mines. Geol. Sur. India, Mem./Rec. Geological Survey of |  | | Book (volume) | | Limits and Rocks 5 Kingdom .... 7 Form of Silver Native Minerals. site and Crystal-forms Combinations...90. dite 87. 87 Ores Silver and Proustite of 86. Iridosmine silver 9 Crystals The 85 86...Micas” 183 Titanium 188. Perovskite 188 Anatase 192. The Precious Forms 190. Titanite Brookite...Native Silver. 7. Native Gold, Silver 8. Gold-ores Gold Sylvanite, and Copper. Silver-ores ... Nagyagite, 28. I. Argentite, II. Red-silvers, Ste- Argyrodite. Native 11. Copper-ores Copper |  | | Journal (issue) | | Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia...Schwab Orleans, France Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook...4631 Paseo Tubutama Tucson, Arizona 85750 T h e mines near D al'negorsk* in eastern R ussia have yielded...anganaxinite, sphalerite and other minerals. T h e mines are still in production, and are open to visitors...specimens were later revealed 3 to be from the mines around the far eastern town of Dal’negorsk. Since |  | | Book | | billion tons. Other countries, such as Australia and France and doubtless the U.S.S.R., likewise established...Botryoidal pitchblende, St. Priest vein, Forez, France ( X l) ( Geffroy and Sarcia, 1954). 29 ~ ~ ...pitchblende, St.Remy-Stll'-Durolle, Forez Mts., France. Pyrite crystals (white) on 1ight; in quartz (...also replaces core. Bigay mine, Lachaux, Auvergne, France ( X 100) ( Geffroy and Sarcia, 1954). 30 Descriptions...sands in kaolin at Colettes and Echassieres, Alber, France, and in strean1 placers in Western Australia at |  | | Book | | Stevia Thompson Bob & Susan Thompson for Idaho Opal Mines, Inc. Christiane Toft in memory of Kaj Toft Douglas...point, plot on a map the location of nearly all the mines, prospects, and surface outcrops that have produced...minerals were pouring forth, year after year, from mines relatively close at hand? This is what brought dealers... lead and zinc minerals from these surrounding mines and deposits. Then there is the horde of attractive...mineralogist, ample reason for visiting the show. Local mines and deposits (in Arizona and across the Mexican |  | | Journal (issue) | | Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia...Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg...W. E. Wilson Letter from Europe: Ste-Marie-aux-Mines Show ............................494 by M. P. Cooper...Treasures Two Huge Apatite Crystals A Discovery of Silver In The Gatineau A Rich Field For Prospecting Messrs...of mica from his Villeneuve mine and Pike lake mines; and a magnificent specimen of an apatite crystal |  | | Journal (issue) | | Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia...Schwab Orleans, France Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook.....................................323 COVER: ANATASE with adularia, 4.2 cm, from the Valdres region...tentative marching order to “cover” the Ste.-Marieaux-Mines show of 1986. The empurpled mineralogical and travel...(Brazil), A njanabonoina (M adagascar), Port Radium Silver (Canada) $10 v.2 1 /# l Special 20th A nniv. Is |  | | Book (volume) | | of Tellurium.— Ores of - 86 Mercury. — Ores of Silver. — Ores of Copper 13 IV CONTENTS. CONVERSATION...sometimes'colourless. - The red' hyacinths are also found in France, and the zircons in Norway. lire is a crystal'...these found, Mrs. L. ? • MRS. L. In the iron mines of Stiria and Carinthia. There is a white variety...iWlicte . 2214 MRS. 1,. In the tin and copper-mines Of Cornwall ; and great quantities of pale green...sulphuret of lead. Fluor is very often found in lead-mines. The 'kind which is used -for ornamental purpOies |  | | Report (issue) | | UNDERSØKELSE NR. 162 SILVER DEPOSITS AT KONGSBERG (THE MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE OF A NATIVE SILVER- COBALT-NICKEL...conditions attending their formation The minerals Native silver Arsenic Dyscrasite Argentite and acanthite jalpaite...chloantite - smaltite Chlorargyrite Fluorite Quartz Anatase Calcite Barite Erythrite Epidote Axinite Prehnite...paragenesis The calcite - barite - fluorite - sulphide - silver -Ni -Coarsenide paragenesis Page 117 The calcite... Abstracts. The decribed deposits of the native silver nickel - cobalt - arsenide type are found in a |
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