 | | Book | | corundum, for example, i~ also known as sapphire and ruby, beryl as emerald and aquamarine, and quartz has...every geological system. Gold, platinum, diamond, ruby, sapphire and other gemstones, rutile, ilmenite...twin lamellae. Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. Center Ruby in pale-green massive zoisite with greyish-black...Lode country, California, particularly at Grass Valley; skeletal crystals to 2 cm., 68 also flattened...trapezohedron faces (cp. Fig. 17, p. 131) . Switzerland. Be/,;w Elongated prismatic crysffiis (cp. Fig |  | | Journal (issue) | | ROLF DILLMANN, F.G.A. Gübelin A. G., Berne, Switzerland In the journal of the German Gemmological Association...sapphires, Linde star sapphire and ruby, doublets (sapphire and ruby), also dark red star rubies—synthetic...Refractometer r oems Amethyst Topaz Chrysoberyl Synthetic ruby YAG Zircon Cubic zirconia Diamond Strontium titanate...in Kenya is undoubtedly corundum, which occurs as ruby, sapphire and in other varieties. Meerschaum of...the year 1953; obsidian can be seen in the rift valley near Magadi. Some olivine is present; there is |  | | Journal (issue) | | notes on some emerald, tanzanite, tsavorite and ruby mines in Tanzania and Kenya.) Z. Dt. Gemmo!. Ges...and grossular finds in Mgama in Kenya, and (6) the ruby mines in the Tsavo national park. E.S. ANDEEN (C...inclusion and rough crystals grown by Chatham (one ruby and one sapphire). The author describes a group...benitoite. M.O'D. BIANCONI (F.). Campolungo, Tessin. (Campolungo, Ticino.) Lapis, 2, 8, 14-18, 1977. Small...in the dolomite of the Campolungo region of Canton Ticino, southern Switzerland. The dolomite is a marble |  | | Journal (issue) | | of the natural pearl E.J. Gübelin Lucerne, Switzerland Abstract Biological research discloses that...Although rubies are found with much While the Burma ruby is famed throughout greater frequency at Mogok (rubies...n y m o u s , 1986. Sotheby's sets records with ruby and diamond. Jewelers' Circular-Keystone, December...Pinguin-Verlag, Innsbruck, 178 pp, RWHL Brown, J.C., 1933. Ruby mining in U p p e r Burma. Mining Magazine, June...acquires large ruby. The Gemmologist, 2,18,176-8, RWHL Streeter, G.S., 1887. The ruby mines of Burma |  | | Book | | (Mahenge), sapphire (Umba), spessartite (Loliondo), ruby (Winza), pink sapphire rhodolite garnet (Umba)...and minerals from East Africa, including a pink ruby corundum (back left); green prase opal (back right);...spessartine garnets; green tourmaline; red garnet (pink ruby corundum crystal 3.6 cm) . BRUCECAIRNCROSS SPECIMENS...the trade and by collectors, for example, 'Cape ruby' for 'pyrope garnet'. It is best to use the scientific...not as hard ( durable) as most gemstones such as ruby or sapphire, but owing to its colour it is a highly |  | | Book | | jeweler, Lucerne, Curator, private museum, SWITZERLAND ye CLAUDE GUILLEMIN, Director, National Geological...CANADA ye THOMAS MCKEE, collector, Paradise Valley, Arizona, U.S. A. ¥e HENRICH NEUMANN, Curator...STALDER, Curator, National History Museum, Bern, SWITZERLAND ¥& JAROSLAV SVENEK, Professor, National Museum...Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, SWITZERLAND j& DAVID WILBER, dealer and collector, Reno,...California, U.s. A. WERNER BURGER, collector, Zurich, SWITZERLAND ¥& FRED CASSIRER, collector, New York, New York | | | Book | | edward gubelin, collector and jeweler, Lucerne, Switzerland ^ claude guillemin, Director, National Geological...Ontario, Canada ^ Thomas mckee, collector, Paradise Valley, Arizona, u. s. a. ^ henrich NEUMANN, Curator,...stalder, Curator, National History Museum, Bern, Switzerland ^ jaroslav svenek, Professor, National Museum...Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, SWITZERLAND ^ david WILBER, dealer and collector, Reno, Nevada...u. S. A. ^ werner burger, collector, Zurich, Switzerland ^ fred cassirer, collector, New York, New York |  | | Book | | emeralds and other beryls; chromium gives the red of ruby and red spinel and the green of emerald and jadeite;...Quebec (Canada), Orkney and Faroe Islands, Fassa Valley, Tirol (Austria), St Andreasberg, Harz Mountains...rock crystal. Finest examples come from central Switzerland, especially from the Binntal, Tavetsch and St...(USSR). Crystals of a yellower-green from the Ala valley, Piedmont (Italy). Fine yellow-orange crystals...Monteponi and Montevecchio, and at Tavetsch (Switzerland), Derbyshire (England). The Coeur d'Alene district |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | has possibly the oldest note (from 1934 on a 5 ct ruby red diamond), and the shortest (a 35-word description...of various varieties of wine in the Walla Walla Valley of southeastern Washington are primarily controlled...is considered to be similar to that of the Napa Valley 1000 km to the south. Near-surface bedrock book...over a broad geographic area such as the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, is that of V.F. Taylor and associates...“ideal” terrane setting in a sun-drenched small valley rimmed with massive carbonate cliffs and mantled |  | Spray, J. G. (2007) Impact Structures of Canada: By Richard A.F. Grieve. GT 5, Geological Association of Canada, c/o Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada A1B 3X5. 219 p., hardcover, 2006. CDN $60. ISBN 1 897095 11 2. The Canadian Mineralogist, 45 (2) 408-409 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.45.2.408 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | has possibly the oldest note (from 1934 on a 5 ct ruby red diamond), and the shortest (a 35-word description...of various varieties of wine in the Walla Walla Valley of southeastern Washington are primarily controlled...is considered to be similar to that of the Napa Valley 1000 km to the south. Near-surface bedrock book...over a broad geographic area such as the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, is that of V.F. Taylor and associates...“ideal” terrane setting in a sun-drenched small valley rimmed with massive carbonate cliffs and mantled |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | has possibly the oldest note (from 1934 on a 5 ct ruby red diamond), and the shortest (a 35-word description...of various varieties of wine in the Walla Walla Valley of southeastern Washington are primarily controlled...is considered to be similar to that of the Napa Valley 1000 km to the south. Near-surface bedrock book...over a broad geographic area such as the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, is that of V.F. Taylor and associates...“ideal” terrane setting in a sun-drenched small valley rimmed with massive carbonate cliffs and mantled |  | Lindsay, J. F. (2007) New Views of the Moon: Edited by B.L. Jolliff, M.A. Wieczorek, C.K. Shearer and C.R. Neal. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Volume 60, Mineralogical Society of America, Geochemical Society (J.J. Rosso, Series Editor) The Mineralogical Society of America, 3635 Concorde Parkway, Suite 500, Chantilly, Virginia, 20151 1125, U.S.A. 721 p. soft cover, US$55, (ISBN 0 939950 72 3) The Canadian Mineralogist, 45 (2) 409-410 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.45.2.409 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | has possibly the oldest note (from 1934 on a 5 ct ruby red diamond), and the shortest (a 35-word description...of various varieties of wine in the Walla Walla Valley of southeastern Washington are primarily controlled...is considered to be similar to that of the Napa Valley 1000 km to the south. Near-surface bedrock book...over a broad geographic area such as the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, is that of V.F. Taylor and associates...“ideal” terrane setting in a sun-drenched small valley rimmed with massive carbonate cliffs and mantled |  | | Book | | of other copper minerals. Its color can vary from ruby red to almost black. C u prite may be f o u n d...mineral. it is widely used as an abrasive. B oth the ruby a n d the s a p p h i re a re varieties of corundum...Monoclinic crystals] ... F irst fou n d , n Death Valley. Ca lifornia , colemanite was the major source...example of tremoltte. in dolomite. 1s from Campolungo, Switzerland. (Ca2 Mg 5 S18022 (0H)i ; Monochn1c crystals)...is often made between precious stones ( diamond, ruby, emerald and sapphire) and semi-precious and ornamental |  | | Journal (issue) | | ........... NICE CORUNDUM CRYSTALS FOUND IN SWITZERLAND ........................................ OLD...Corundum Crystals Found in Switzerland At Campolongo, Canton Tessin, S. E., Switzerland, nice blue and red crystals...dolomitic limestone. Campolongo ( Campolungo) is in the northern (Ticino). part of Canton Tessin I...About 3 miles southwest of New west of Pisa, in a valley surrounded by Brunswick is the old Raritan Mine...some amethysts on the surface of the ground in the valley of Jack's Branch on a continuation of the vein" |  | | Journal (issue) | | Reading, United Kingdom Henry A. Hänni Basel, Switzerland Thomas M. Moses New York, New York Technical...with permission from Opinion Verlag, Basel, Switzerland. Color separations for Gems & Gemology are by...Reading, United Kingdom Henry A. Hänni Basel, Switzerland Thomas M. Moses New York, New York Technical...with permission from Opinion Verlag, Basel, Switzerland. Color separations for Gems & Gemology are by...in the picturesque lakeside city of Lucerne, Switzerland. Breitschmid’s apprentice, Eduard Jakob Gübelin |  | | Book | | king of gemstones Corundum: the colorful palette Ruby: divine crystal spark Sapphire: symbol of the firmament...~sgemstone (e. g., chromium in the case of alexandrite, ruby, and emerald; ~=without this colorant, these gemstones...Mineralogical Institute of the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Photo: James G. Perret, Lucerne. rare crystal...marbles, skarns, and so forth (alexandrite, jasper, ruby, sapphire, emerald, spinel, etc.) 8 Yellow wavy...pressure, medium to high temperatures); (corundum, €.g. ruby in gneiss, spinel, etc.) 12 Dull red Basement rock |  | | Report (issue) | | center of the front of the crown was thought to be ruby until 1998 when Czech mineralogist and gemologist...page 62), the centerpiece of this crown was not a ruby, but a tourmaline. The gem in this crown is now...tourmaline gained notice as a gemstone distinct from ruby or zircon. Turamali from Ceylon According to Dana...a gemstone enjoys neither the ancient history of ruby, sapphire or diamond nor the mysticism that surrounds...Brazil; Sahatany Valley pegmatite district in Madagascar; Nigeria; Namibia; Nuristan Valley, Afghanistan |  | | Book | | of Precious Stones The Colorful Corundum Family Ruby: Noblest of the Corundums Sapphire: Lord Keeper...luxurious splendor of color in the precious stones ruby, sapphire, and emerald; the attractive limpidity...striking colors of the three most precious stones—ruby, sapphire, and emerald—are generally felt to be...of light, consuming fires in the red glow of the ruby; leaping mountain streams, foaming seas, or peaceful...different colors, for example, chromium can produce ruby, spinel red, emerald, and demantoid green. The incorporation |  | | Journal (issue) | | calling it jade. The recent development of deposits of ruby at Mong Hsu, again in Myanmar, has been extremely...Smith Gübelin Gemmological Laboratory, Lucerne, Switzerland Abstract The infrared absorption of the rubies...The first type was recorded in non-heat-treated ruby samples in the region from 1900 to 3400 cm-1, identifying...diaspore. The second type was recorded in heattreated ruby samples in the region from 3100 to 3600 cm-1, indicating...heat treatment experiments. Key words Corundum, Ruby, Infrared spectroscopy, Diaspore, Heat treatment |  | | Book (edition) | | Franklin, New Well-shaped crystals at Binnatal, Switzerland. 22 Green Jersey. 6x (Grey crystals crystal...Iowa, and in cavities in limestones in Mississippi Valley area. Nice crystals at Sieger, Westphal, Germany;...springs in Yellowstone Park. Also at Binnatal, Switzerland; at Nagyag, Rumania. Realgar (Long red to orange...silver mining areas of the Rocky Mts. .5 Such as at Ruby district, Colorado; in Comstock Lode area of Nevada;...occurs at silver districts in the western U.S., as at Ruby district in Colorado; Silver City, Idaho; at Silverton |  | | | | New Jersey. Well-shaped crystals at Binnatal, Switzerland. 22 Sphalerite (Grey crystals beneath crystal...Iowa, and in cavities in limestones in Mississippi Valley area. Nice crystals at Sieger, Westphal, Germany;...springs in Yellow¬ stone Park. Also at Binnatal, Switzerland; at Nagyag, Rumania. 42 Realgar (Long red...silver mining areas of the Rocky Mts., such as at Ruby district, Colorado; in Comstock Lode area of Nevada;...occurs at silver districts in the western U.S., as at Ruby district in Colorado; Silver City, Idaho; at Silverton |  | | Journal (issue) | | E. J. GÜBELIN, Ph.D., F.G.A., C.G. Lucerne, Switzerland H A V I N G invigilated over the candidates...Gemmological Association of Great Britain in Lucerne, Switzerland, for the past twenty years I a m pleased to a...corroborated again last J u n e (1973), when we in Switzerland received a collection of test stones unusually...{Lapidary Journal, 19, 1) are the Rosser Reeves star-ruby of 138-72 et, a bright blue sapphire of 423 ct,...im Birma-Rubin. (About some inclusions in Burma ruby). Z. Dt. Gemmol. Ges., 1974, 23, 2, 102-108. Inclusions |  | | Book | | Andreasberg - Harz (FRG), Imfeld and Binnental (Switzerland ) • Application: As ore (extraction of As), in...Allchar (Yugoslavia), Cavnic (Romania), Binnental (Switzerland), Suchumi - Caucasus - crystals up to 1.5 cm...Zoblitz - Saxony (GDR), St. Gotthard - crystals (Switzerland), Appalachian Mountains (USA)• Application: lubricants...rare; Eitel (FRG), Ochsenkopf (GDR), Zermatt (Switzerland), Banska Stiavnica (Czechoslovakia), Sutherland...group of radiating-lamellar aggregates; Zermatt (Switzerland) 64 Talc, pyrophyllite ".,, ,-~~~ ~. ' ·~ |  | | Book | | 4m Quartz (smoky variety), St. Gotthard, Ticino, Switzerland « 4x 8 x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...Saxony, Germany; Lengenbach Quarry, Binn Valley, Switzerland; Cavnic and Sacaramb, Romania. Asia: Pentlandite... de Bournon (1751-1825). Boulangerite, Trepca Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo * 8 x 14x 4.0m SULFOSALTS...Saxony, Germany; Lengenbach Quarry, Binn Valley, Switzerland. Australia: Broken Hill, New South Wales...Cluster ring, Peter Kochuta (Toronto, Canada), ruby and diamonds set in platinum. This ring has 52 diamonds |  | | Book | | the private Bally foundation at Schonenwerd, Switzerland; and the Folch Museum at Barcelona, Spain. Because...Germanspeaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The reasons for this are partly because they...rose", 10cm across, from Fibbia, St Gotthard, Switzerland. lnstitut fur Mineralogie und Lagerstattenlehre...FRG Brosso, Piemonte, Italy Piz Aul, Wallis, Switzerland 1 Room 1 0a 2 3 5 6 Tsumeb, Namibia Agrigento...1-2 Etiro mine, Namibia 1-5 Binntal, Wallis, Switzerland 11-2 lbbenburen, Osnabruck, FRG IV-1 Otjimbojo |
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