 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Montana Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015...2015 K NOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is rich in mineral and gemstone localities. The state motto...The middle third of the state is known as the Montana alkali province where the sediments have MICHAEL...view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded...Mountains, and furthest to the northwest, the belt basin. The Rocky Mountains contain sedimentary, igneous |  | | Book | | (moonstone), jade (both jadeite and nephrite), azurite, malachite, ORTHOCLASE spodumene (hiddenite and...exhibiting botryoidal habit, such as this specimen of azurite, form in globular aggregates that resemble a bunch...form a carbonate. In the case of azurite, copper is the metal. AZURITE Phosphates In the phosphates, a...stone itself; for example, the bright blue of azurite and the green of malachite. These colors result...@ PERIDOT © GARNET Amber mine at Russia The world’s.largest amber mine is in _ Kaliningrad Oblast—partofthe |  | | Journal (issue) | | Museum. t AZURITE COPPER QUEEN MINE, BISBEE, ARIZONA ROCKS and MINERALS ' 3 AZURITE Of the many...magnificent of all mineral specimens. Beautiful as is azurite, it is quite plentiful so that even modest mineral...specimens. Azurite in splendid crystallizations was also common years ago in another copper mine, at Chessy...Lyons, France. In fact the crystals of azurite from this mine were the finest known, and were called...chessy copper. Spherical concretions of azurite, mostly Azurite is a carbonate of copper and about the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Hazen The best grossular garnets from the Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec ........ .......................1972, and considered to be the finest known Jeffrey mine grossular specimen. Marco Amabili collection; James...Peter L. Via Salim Edde Daniel Trinchillo Lyda Hill Scott A. Rudolph Daniel J. Record Gail & Jim Spann Rob...covering Maine, New York, Pennsylvania (Chester County), Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Washington, Colorado (two)...(two), New Mexico (the Bingham Canyon mine), Nevada, Arizona (two), Mexico, Brazil, Northern England |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystal cluster, 3 cm across, from the Machacamarca mine (Viboras Vein), near Colavi, Potosí Department,...collection once owned by the famous British collector, Sir John St. Aubyn (1758–1839). Recently they secured...com) 13100 Spring St. Baldwin Park, California, USA 91706 Some personal observations, ruminations, reflections...1960s, in a single Quonset hut building at the Pima County Fairgrounds south of the city. The show has evolved...you select pretty much what you want: a Bisbee azurite rose, a wire silver from Norway, a leadhillite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | classical authors such as William Shakespeare, Walter Scott, Guillaume Apollinaire, Gabriele d’Annunzio...approximate reading of the beautiful novel by Walter Scott “Anne of Geierstein” In historical times opals...reference to authors such as William Shakespeare, Walter Scott, Guillaume Apollinaire, Gabriele D’Annunzio...brightness.” He also compared its play of color to azurite, the glare of molten sulfur, and the flame of lamps...Lightning Ridge Quincy, France Lightning Ridge Opalville mine, Queensland Lightning Ridge Lightning Ridge Lightning |  | | Book | | the geysers at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. Silica-rich minerals are deposited by the hot water...geuing under \.Vay, the famous Scottish poet Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) described geologists thus, "Some...out of the water first. , .2.t'l UNDERSTAN DING MINE RALS HOVV MINERALS FORM Minerals are the natural...altered. Cuprite, goethite, anglesite, chalcanthite, azurite and many other n1inerals for111 this way. Some...mica, orthoclase, manganite, hornblende, borax, azurite, orpiment, augite, diopside. • Monoclinic Cubic |  | | Journal (issue) | | to 22nvn from 3 ---- - - ----- Cook's Kitchen mine, Cornwall. Spedmen In the collection of the Royal...SOCIETY Peter Moore • John Pearce 10 FORCE CRAG MINE Dtlf.!idGreen • DavidMcCa/lum • Mike Wood 15 MINERAL...through the appropriate channels. YSTRAD EINION MINE John Mason • Steve Rust 37 BOOK REVIEWS 45 CLASSIFIED...cm olivenite specimen, said to be from Tincroft mine, but more probably from either Wheal Gorland or...classic Cornish copper secondaries at Ting Tang mine. This includes fine specimens of that most desirable |  | | Journal (issue) | | »stress laid on colouring by copper his agrees with mine, i.e. is a massive muscovite-rock." I n order to...green chromiferous syenite found at the jadeite mine at Bhamo, Burma, to which material he suggested...INCLUSIONS in GEMS In 1835 the English physicist, Sir David Brewster, distinguished two types of liquid...24), and the full text of Sir David Brewster's letter to Sir Walter Scott, in which he detailed his observations...C I F I C GRAVITY VOLUMETER by S. J. Everett and Sir James Walton I N M a r c h 1950 one of us (J.W |  | Henley, H. F., Brown, R. E., Brownlow, J. W., Barnes, R. G., Stroud, W. J. (2001) Grafton-Maclean Metallogenic Map (SH/56-6, SH/56-7) Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets. Geological Survey of New South Wales | Report (issue) | | Harmsworth Dora Lum Cover: View across Clarence–Moreton Basin from the coast south of Evans Head (see Photograph...also covers a large part of the Clarence-Moreton Basin in New South Wales, and includes parts of large...Suite, exposed just west of the Clarence-Moreton Basin, has produced iron, copper and gold skarn deposits...north of the map sheet area. The Clarence-Moreton Basin and associated underlying sub-basins have produced...skarn, New England Fold Belt, Clarence-Moreton Basin. iii LANDSAT 7 satellite image of the northwestern |  | | Journal (issue) | | FEATURES 25 Beryl Gem Nodules from the Bananal Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil A n t h o n y R. Kompf and...Diamonds and Pearls show sizes and weights for old-mine-cut diamonds together with corresponding tables...personalities, and mines of South Africa in the late 1800s. Sir William Croolzes, the famous British chemist, is...jewels of Scotland that was written in 1839 by Sir Walter Scott; a copy of Germain Bapst's 1889 boolz on the...the landmark 1921 work on polishing phenomena by Sir George Beilby, Aggregation and Flow of Solids, in |  | | Journal (issue) | | special field trip April 8 to the Caliprima Dolomite Mine a few miles north of Adelanto, Calif. Object of...specimens of stalagtites, stalagmites and The Kem County Mineral Society now aragonite crystals provided...officers. The addres�: basis.-E. A. Tellonardo Kern County Mineral Society, Inc. Has your Society started...United States where diamonds are found in matrix. The mine is being operated by the Dia mond Preserve of the...covering geology and most of the natural sciences. W. SCOTT LEWIS 2500 N. Beachwood Dr. Hollywood 28, Calli |  | | Book | | devotes space to explaining why one stone lead-zinc mine in Kansas can make a man invulnerable and another...feldspar rock of the wall of the now unworked Etta mine are “logs” of spodumene, crystals of natural lithium...been used as pigments almost as long ago as they azurite, a common have been used as tools and weapons...malachite is always (Katherine H. Jensen) green, azurite and lapis lazuli are always blue, and rhodonite...depth of two miles in search of gold. In Pecos County, Texas, the world’s deepest oil well has pierced |  | | Book | | THE BIBLE King Tutankhamen’s tomb, discovered by Sir Howard Carter in 1922, has yielded many alabaster...have fairly extensive de¬ posits, such as Amherst County, Virginia; Alexander and Lincoln coun¬ ties in...Peninsula of Michigan; Jefferson County, Montana; and Oxford County, Maine. Deposits of fine amethyst...material in 1498 and continues to do so. In 1595, Sir Walter Raleigh also located the famous island which...where he landed Tierra de Brea, the Land of Tar. Sir Walter observed that the pitch was of excellent quality |  | | Book (edition) | | alaskaite from the Alaska mine in Colorado, cubanite from Cuba, kernite from Kern County in California, aragonite...from the Arabic "powder of the mine" because it came from a silver mine. Perhaps the worst blunder in...the Arabic "heaven," and the quite similar name azurite is from the Persian for "blue." 9. Which mineral...the copper carbonates, consists of malachite and azurite. 31. Which are the carbonate minerals? 32. What...other localities are known in Mexico, New Mexico, Montana, and elsewhere. Iceland spar is especially noted |  | | Journal (issue) | | section, climb of Coso and Maturango peaks, Inyo county. April 5-6—State Mineral Society of Texas, mineral...show, Sonoita, Arizona. April 7—Second annual Yuma county agricultural fair, Yuma, Arizona. April 7-May 7—"Message...TRIP CONTEST PERSONALITIES WILDFLOWERS ART LOST MINE TRUE O R FALSE BOTANY POETRY EXPLORATION HUMOR NATURE...the cool high North Rim. Kanab is the county seat of Kane county, and its history is inextricably entwined...Section 36 at the mouth of Cat canyon in Riverside county, California, are preparing a cooperative appeal |  | | Book | | & 2 oO J. N. Bridgeton, ey ) Oo oO TRI- COUNTY LIBRARY SERVICES CENTER THE STORY OF JEWELRY...certain foreign matter or impurities. The turquoise, azurite, and malachite are examples of the first class...under such names as American ruby, Arizona ruby, Montana ruby, or Cape ruby. However, there has been a basis...8-carat diamond. O’Reilly sold it for $2,500 to Sir Phillip Wodehouse, Governor of the Cape. Young Jacobs...combined. One rich “pipe,” five minutes’ Kimberley mine, was the DeBeers. of walk to the east from the |  | | Book | | privilege to own a thing perfect of bread, it became mine. its kind, and this was the most beautiful opal...the Cullinan or Premier diamond, in the Premier mine of the Transvaal Colony, South Africa, on June 25...Colonial treasury, the other two-fifths paid to the mine owners in cash. It was decided to divide the stone...Excelsior, found June 30, 1893, in the Jagersfontein mine. Orange River Colony, under the control of the De...Old Mine stones, a escence. term nowadays applied not only to the actual output of the Old Mine in Brazil |  | | Journal (issue) | | Gemmological Association) OFFICERS AND COUNCIL President: Sir Frank Claringbull, Ph.D., F .Inst.P., F.G.S. Vice-Presidents:...343. Portis (A. M.), 1953 Phys. Rev., 91, 1071. Scott (A. B.), Smith (W. A.), 1951 Phys. Rev., 83, 982...Magical Gems.{9) And we cannot even blame Sir Walter Scott for this. It is doubtful that he ever intended...SYNTHETIC FROM THE U.S.A. Through the kindness of Mr Walter E. Johansen and of Mr John B. Mandle, I have recently...R.K.M. BANCROFT (P.). La benitoite, Californie, USA. (Benitoite from California, U.S.A.) Le Monde et |  | | Book | | Soviet Union, the Malagasy Republic, and San Diego County, California, are remarkable for their gem-quality...and the Agnes Sorel, the mistress of , Kimberley mine began proKing Charles VII (1422-1450) duction in...husband and wife. Writing in the fourteenth century, Sir John Mandeville noted that diamond loses its magical...place in rough dian1ond output. The giant Premier Mine has yielded many of the finest and most famous of...of 48 C 0 R u N D u M (Above) Typical Montana "Yago" rough and cut sapphires in blue and violet |  | | Book | | of cut gems. Gems pass through many hands between mine and marketplace In many parts of the world gem crystals...emeralds they can actually indicate the specific mine from which a crystal came. Many of the properties...makeup of the materials themselves. For example, azurite is always blue and malachite is always some shade...alluvial), Guyana, Borneo, and Australia. A diamond mine at Murfreesboro, Arkansas has yielded many small...discovered at the Premier Mine in South Africa. Named the Cullinan Diamond after the mine owner, it-weighed 3 |  | | Journal (issue) | | for the mineral collector, prospector, and small mine operator. $4.50. HANDBOOK OF URANIUM MINERALS, by...summer season work ing the famous Rainbow Ridge Opal mine in Virgin Valley, Nevada. This old property has...covery in 1909. It is by far the best known opal mine in the United States, and has pro duced some of...revolutionary it may appear. NEVADA EXHIBITS The Clark County Gem Collectors of Las Vegas, Nevada will sponsor...BLACK OBSIDIAN Always a favorite. $1.00 lb. MONTANA AGATE Fine colors and patterns. $1.50 lb. TEXAS |  | | Book | | com) 13100 Spring St. Baldwin Park, California, USA 91706 Some personal observations, ruminations, reflections...Perhaps early in our lives we worked at a borax mine that produced fine specimens of borate minerals...I have some claims near Crystal Peak in Teller County, Colorado that look good. You pay for the bulldozer...house) established there by the Spanish. The best azurite specimen that was ever found is probably now in...” “How many better ones have you seen?” “Is the mine still producing specimens?” Of course any answcr(s) |  | | Report (edition) | | H. Jones In United States (Lake Superior and Montana) Copper Mines Statistical Return of Japan, of... of 407 4L3 Acquiring Titles- ta Prospect or Mine for Copper on 415 South Wales, showing Mining Districts...of New LIST OF PLATES. pa(;k. Cobar Copper mine IJreat Broken Hill Lin>ite(l, , , , P'rontispioce...converted ,, ,, Converter Plant Lloyd Copper Mine into Shell of Copper 113 114 — General View ...Refining Plant 12.1 126 Reservoir Cadia Copper Mine 127 .. Duke Outcrop Smelting Works Iron Duke |  | | Book | | Felix, Alabama, meteoric stone The Fisher, Polk County, Minnesota, meteoric stone The Gopalpur, India...Kimberley mine, Kimberley, South Africa Trenches in diamond-bearing peridotite, Pike County, Arkansas...Palmadulla, Ceylon Sapphire mining, Judith Basin County, Montana Beryl and emerald crystals Beads of...cross section from Madagascar Tourmaline-feldspar mine. Auburn, Maine Group of tourmaline crystals, Mesa...Grande, California Roebling collection Tourmaline mine, Mesa Grande, California . . ......... 174 175 |
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