 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mistakenly assumed this was the province in which Molina de Aragón was located. Interestingly, when first presented...mineral in altered ultramafic rocks, in amygdules in basalt, in the oxidized zone of some ore deposits, in...pearls to treat King Charles VI (1368–1422) of France for his melancholy and bouts of insanity. The efficacy...Arrigas, Gard Department, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Gilles Emringer specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Haut Rhin Department, Alsace, France. Scott Rudolph specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. 166 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 279 FIG. I. + GEOLOGICAL SKETCH MAP OF THE AUVERGNE + . ' . Ar a 'on .:':' +++ Chauclesoi-uezs...inferieurs in the Moyenne Dordogne and in the Auvergne. There are, however, isolated lenticles of migmatites...Chateauneuf, are pre-Visean, and some. e.g. Mayet-de-Montagne, are post-Visean. The major folding in the...younger sediments to the west. The granites of Saut de Saumon and Comborn are found within this series,...reichiana Lower Stephanian Ardoisiere shales Rive de Gier series Cordaites lingulatus Pecopter is lamurensis |  | | Book (edition) | | I THE GEOLOGY AND EXTINCT VOLCANOS OF CENTRAL FRANCE , This is ci volume in the Arno Press collection...Geological Map of the Chaine des Puys near Clermont, Puy de Dome has been reproduced in black and white ir...The geology and e"!Ctinct volcanos of cc::itral France . (History of geol0gy) "rteprint of the 13"i3 ed... THE GEOLOGY AND EXTINCT VOLCANOS OF CENTRAL FRANCE. • a "Ce n'est pas twee d'immenses connoissances...autres, c'est par une bonne methode toujours secondee de l'observation. Sur- tout !'observation. C'est ce |  | Cullis, C.C., Louis, D.A., Giraud, M., Glangeaud, M., Marty, M.Pierre (1902) Long excursion to the Auvergne. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 17 (6) 269 doi:10.1016/s0016-7878(02)80066-9 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1/. r t, Glaugca ud, P LAT E XI. P"y de Cac edogne PIlY de l'A ugle PH)I j'alley F e rra nd of Clunu...d e Pity S erve ix Puy d e Clrambon rguet Pa ill a rct Plc d e Sancy Pity de l•.-l.i! !ltiller / ...Cra ix .1h,·:,·,wcl l LONG EXCURSION TO THE AUVERGNE. AUGUST 17TH TO AUGUST 30TH, 1901. Directors:...PREFATORY REMARKS. H E geological excursions in the Auvergne and neighbourhood, T forming the subject of this...eight of these were spent in the Department of the Puy-de-Dome, and during this period the party worked under |  | | Book | | d olio ax 0, x Ar 4) 404:$0 e tboee1 0 J x e *de j *1 46° CS* OP'+*41fj)( 4" 0 46.% 0 jie J 0 J...volcanos of the South of Europe. Desmarest, Faujas de St. Fond! Fortis, and Strange, discovered and proclaimed...The next step seemed to be the examination of Auvergne and its neighbouring districts ;—a country incontestably...Clermont, the capital of the department of the Puy de Dome, and•from thence, as a central point, made...became convenient, to the Baths of Mont Dor, Le Puy (Haute Loire), and . Aubenas (Ardeche). The plan |  | | Journal (issue) | | Dealer 3. Richard Tayler Geotourism in the Auvergne, France Part 2 Field trip to Lyme_Regis, Budleigh...GEOTOURISM IN THE AUVERGNE PART 2. THE GEOLOGY AND MINERALS Geological history of the Auvergne reg ion of France...France Broadly speaking, the Auvergne is the northern half of the French central mountain block (the...time as the granite in Cornwall (280my ago). The Auvergne was not entirely covered by the sea in Triassic...latter mountains have had little influence on the Auvergne. r When two tectonic plates collide, a variety |  | | Journal (issue) | | Trips to Cornwall and Wales Geotourism to the Auvergne , France SMLS Dealers: Greenside Minerals Journal...first digs near Machen. Day 1(Saturday)- Machen Quarry Unfortunately the four wheel drive vehicle was...secondaries? , plus some to be identified. Due to the quarry closing at lunchtime we had to depart to our next...mid-Wales for our next site. Day 2(Sunday) - Dolyhir Quarry Like yesterday another lovely day. When we arrived...eventually tracked down and we able to get started . The quarry is well known for its micro and rare minerals, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A Lacustrine Volcano of Central France and the Nature of Peperites By J. G. JONES Received 5 April 1968;...(Michel, 1948). A small hill on its eastern flank, Puy Mardou, marks the location of a volcanic vent whose...with diminishing thickness beneath the capping of basalt. Exposure of the volcanic edifice is largely restricted...volcanic conglomerate consisting of fragments of basalt and scoriae, without pumice or any trachytic matter...median lava sheet; (4) an upper unit of bedded tuff. Puy Mardou, standing out from the slopes of Gergovia |  | | Book | | mineralogy was done, at that time, in Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain. Because of differences in language...general acceptance of the mineral names used in Traite de Mineralogie by HaUy (1801) formed a basis for more...cavities in the middle portion of the flow. Given a basalt flow 25 meters thick with an initial molten temperature...Plateau des Coirons, Ardeche, France, zeolites are present only where the basalt flowed into a Pliocene lake...zeolites. The interior of the flow contains columnar basalt with small vesicles connected by minute veinlets | | | Book | | mineralogy was done, at that time, in Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain. Because of differences in language...general acceptance of the mineral names used in Traite de Mineralogie by HaUy (1801) formed a basis for more...cavities in the middle portion of the flow. Given a basalt flow 25 meters thick with an initial molten temperature...Plateau des Coirons, Ardeche, France, zeolites are present only where the basalt flowed into a Pliocene lake...zeolites. The interior of the flow contains columnar basalt with small vesicles connected by minute veinlets |  | | Journal (issue) | | needles in chalcedony, Trent, Lane County, Oregon Fig. 5 Yellow orpiment needles in chalcedony, Trent,...Yellow orpiment coating red realgar needles in chalcedony Trent, Oregon Fig. 8 Gray and black arsenic...naturally dissolved away, covered with colorless chalcedony. Trent, Lane County, Oregon. Fig. 7 Hollow needles...or gray arsenic covered with colorless to red chalcedony Trent, Oregon 4 Fig. 9 Hollow realgar shell...gray to black arsenic and covered with colorless chalcedony. Trent, Lane County, Oregon Fig. 10 Red realgar |  | | Journal (issue) | | later, found a crystal-bearing horizon in the hard basalt, and filed a claim. Forever Collection; Tom Spann...with feldspar, 7.5 cm, collected by José Menezes de Oliveira from his famous 1967 pocket at the Golconda...Valzergues, Villefranchede-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie, France. Will Johnson collection, ex Gilles Emringer; Tom...Chamonix, Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, AuvergneRhône-Alpes, France. I have been fortunate, over the years, to have... Chamonix, Bonneville, HauteSavoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Now in client Forever Collection; Tom |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ankaramite (ultrabasic olivine-basalt). 6. Doleritic basalt (plateau-basalt type). 7. Tuff and agglomerate...abundant types. The trachyandesites, the " plateau " basalt, and many of the trachytes, only occur as blocks...Trachyandesite (Doreite), Les Edembouches, Mont Dore, Auvergne, France, A. Min. Madagascar, t. iii, 1923, p. 329...described by LACROIX,* arid with the domites of Auvergne. t The rock is clearly a soda-trachyte with an...Mountain, Quebec.§ The Bombelle trachyte * Mine'ralogie de Madagascar, t. iii, 1923, p. 24. t W.T., p. 278 |  | | Journal (issue) | | many forms of siderite, some minor malachite, chalcedony, goethite and specular hematite. On this sunny...destination for our third day. This is a working quarry (photo 5) and Sheila had arranged a day for us...inside the entrance of the impressive high walled quarry and made our presence known to the manager. We...finished lunch and went down on to the floor of the quarry somewhat cheered up by boyhood memories of wanting...Wheal Edward dump! General view of Porthoustock Quarry. - Collecting slag minerals on the Gannel foreshore |  | | Journal (issue) | | row, from left) Mesolite, 5.1 cm, from the F-Line quarry, Washington; John Cornish collection. Elbaite,...Fair illustrating the mineral occurrences in the Basalt around Spokane, Washington. Conspicuous among these...zeolites. Mike and his family collected brecciated basalt which they sold to Ward’s Natural Science Establishment...Fluorite, 9 cm, from Valzerques, Aveyron, Occataine, France. 16 Supplement to the Mineralogical Record, September–October...BorsodAbauj-Zemplin County, Hungary. Amethyst, 11.2 cm, from Cerro de la Concordia, Piedra Parada, Veracruz, Mexico. Ex |  | | Book (volume) | | Basalton XI. p. I Siderite V. XII. SIDEROUS. Basalt IV. X. I. Granitoid,,, 177 201 202 , .,.... analysis of Slate and Mica Slate, in the Journ, de Ph. Juin 1809. by Dau- is 6 Silex 48, Argil...read resemble. 100, read Roz. that is, the Journ. de Ph. For 1. 2. 221, Roy. the sites by Roziere....catastrophe, and the rains of some weeks past have de- On the 10th eight hundred persons were employed... : 5. The two are Siliceous, 3. The ;again de- Calcareous. 6. The Carbonaceous. The remaining |  | | Catalog/List | | THAUSITE Modum, Buskerud,Norway 59 BOEHMITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Brown-purple mass in matrix Creamy...--· - . . - - ------ -·-··-·-· ---·7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larvik, Norway 696 CHROME DIOPSIDE...lx2 £15 lxl £4 lx2 £8 2x2 £16 126 DIASPORE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen. Norway 1060 KORNERUPINE Bjordammcn,...lxl 90p lx2 £1.80 2x2 £4 Mica 295 NATROLITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Orange to red in feldspar.(Hydrothcrmal...ofNcpheline) lxl £1 lx2£2.SO Zcolite 296 NATROLITE · Saga Quarry, Tvedalcn Norway · Rich creamy masses with possible |  | | Book | | charnockite (Job Charnock), dolo- mite (Deodat G. S. T. G. de Dolomieu), muckite (Fritz Muck), obsidian (Obsidius...(Giuseppe Marzari-Pencati), saussurite (Horace B. de Saussure), and ulrichite (George H. F. Ulrich). A...wax] agate sed. Rock composed essentially of chalcedony (a microfibrous variety of quartz) and characterized...which rounded pyroclasts predominate. agglomerate, basalt ig. extru. Cemented coarse pyroclastics consisting...alboranite ig. extru. Olivine-free hypersthene basalt, containing calcic plagioclase (bytowniteanorthite) |  | | Book | | fluorite - amethysts and other quartz crystals - chalcedony, agate and onyx -jasper 9 VALUABLE METALS AND...the erosive limestone. Valley, east of Cahors, France, stratified limestone power of water on ; it...form and environment, and unknown find a yet quarry is species there is always a chance that he...cut an ever deepening gorge through coarse bedded De Frijole sediments. Canyon in Mapping, ated... ,4 * Rocks from the depths 9 (left) The basalt Co. Antrim, of the Giant's Causeway, Ireland |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mountain. IDAHO—Amethyst xls have been found lining chalcedony géodes which are found along Pole Creek in Blaine...several houses, a general store, and a STONE QUARRY. This quarry is operated by the Morris Stone Company and...produce a high quality of agricultural lime. "The quarry is in the upper members of the Ordovician series...of calcite may be gathered most anywhere in the quarry. The limestone quarries in this region frequently...filled with a claylike substance, and the Central quarry has opened several. Some of these contain fine |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | or felspar). Thus it is a not very basic magma basalt, approaching an andesite, and is probably a lava-flow...planes) and of augite. (2) Volcanic Tuffs.—In a quarry east of Balfe Point (Fig. 1), some 25 feet deep...chiefly pumice, but some fragments are a glass basalt. Broken crystals also occur of felspar, often plagioclase...(,'. 1 ft. Ww-ww-vv-,* FIG. 1.—Section in a quarry east of Balfe Point. A. Blocks of lava, described...in form, and in the broader spaces passes to chalcedony; it is doubtless opaline silica. Thus originally |  | | Book (volume) | | Pyrites ib. IV. Porphyry, with Chalcedony Jasper, with Agate and Chalcedony Mica and Actinote ib. II.... , , ib. Jad, Schorl, Garnets Granite and Chalcedony Granite, with Schorl and Garnets ib. Granite...132 .147 153 155 TRANSILIENT. and Basalt Basaltin and Basalt, or Basalton 163 166 ib. Basaltin...Chlorite Slate Felsite and Basaltin Granite and Basalt Granite, with Gneiss Granite and Granitic Porphyry... INTRODUCTION. the ingenious crystallogist Rome de Lisle 5 and formed the foundation of the singular |  | | Catalog/List | | Arizona Pure green cleavage AMAZONITE Landsverk quarry, Evje, Norway Ixl 50p lx2£l 11 felspar group____________...PO/4___________ £2.40 £1.20 White crystals well covering Basalt. 17 ANALCITE Taliskcr Bay, Skye, Scotland 1x1 70p...80 Ce Sr CO/3_______________ Glomcl. Brittany, France Rich pinkish mass in dark grey hornfels. 52 ANDALUSITE...AlSiO___________________ 3x4 £8 Boulouris, St Raphael, France 2x3 £5 White phenocrysts at least 5mm size 1x2...£3 7 Pure black mica plate new Analysis , Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near ANNITE Mica__________ paper available |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | type), quartz, sanidine, cristobalite, tridymite, chalcedony, opal, zeolites, fluorite, and calcite. The walls...second discovery of the mineral was made in Valle de las Plumas, northern Patagonia, in 1923.A handwritten... dated 1930, of a study made by Sarah Cortelezzi de Mouzo on 6 crystals from that locality is on file...105-110 (1897). 3 Schiller, W., Abstr. La Existencia de la Bixbyita en la Patagonia, by Sarah Cottelezzi...a Corti, H6rcules, Datos sobre una nueva variedad de bixbyita hallade en el Chubut: Anal. Asoc. Quim. |  | | Journal (issue) | | (Continues on page 2) Heulandite, Apophyllite and Chalcedony Pseudoinorphs after Pectolite Bradley D. Plotldn...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...and I respect his integrity - of synthetic blue chalcedony! He presented it as a synthetic material and...relatively expensive, more so than equivalent natural chalcedony, but it is worth noting that people will try |
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Basalt quarry, Chastreix, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France