 | | Journal (issue) | | fluorapophyllite crystal, 4.6 cm, from Pashan Hills quarry no. 2 near Poona, Maharashtra state, India. Steve...Shiva Temple in Elephanta Cave, carved from Deccan basalt in the sixth century on an island off the entrance...cavansite from Wagholi are the paragons of Indian basalt minerals. These and other fine minerals have been...Buddhist temple of Karli was carved into the flow basalt of the Western Ghats during the second century...(the Golconda district in the princely state of Hyderabad, now Andhra Pradesh; a district located between |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure 1. The stellerite fissure in the Dyer quarry: (a) as discovered, (b) close-up view, (c) after...after opening. Skip Coleflesh photos. Stellerite and Stilbite from PENNSYLVANIA TRAP ROCKS PETER B. LEAVENS...sixties when he was a college student. By respecting quarry rules, keeping his MSHA (Mine Safety Health Administration)...indemnify quarry owners in case of an accident, he has been able to earn the trust of a number of quarry managers...find at the Dyer trap-rock quarry of what have proven to be the best stellerite specimens found in Pennsylvania—and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ated on the northern limits of the English Lake District, has produced an assembly of minerals, in a geologically...18th and 19th centuries in age, most mines were Stellerite is the orthorhombic and low-sodium member of...(Bull. Mineral. 101: 368-375) concluded that: 1. stellerite is more common than generally recognized; 2....powder method for distinguishing stellerite from stilbite; 4. stellerite crystals are often terminated by...stilbites are rarely so ter minated (8%). Samples of stellerite and stilbite from 29 localities in the Harvard |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in basic igneous rocks of the Troodos Complex, Cyprus Harald G. Dill, Martin Füßl, and Reiner Botz With...specific set of zeolites: (1) laumontite-stilbite/stellerite, (2) natrolite-thomsonite-heulandite, (3) analcime-gmelinite...zeolites, carbonates, basalt, Cretaceous, Cenozoic, Cyprus. 1. Introduction Cyprus is renowned for its...widespread in the igneous complex on the Isle of Cyprus. The zeolites take up an ambivalent position among...In-situ sedimentary cover of the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus (modified from Greensmith 1994). Time (Ma) Age |  | | Book | | Clinoptilolite .................. Stilbite, Stellerite, Barrerite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Brewsterite...Eakle (1898) Dachiardite: D' Achiardi (1906) Stellerite: Morozewicz (1909) Ferrierite: Graham (1918)...sheets in heulandite (and clinoptilolite), in stellerite (and stilbite, barrerite) and in brewsterite;...Lipa (= Bohmisch Leipa), all Bohemia; - in the basalt from Puy de Marman, Puy-de-Dome, France (see also...in basic volcanics are: Germany: in the Tertiary basalt of Vogelsberg, Hessen (Hentschel and Vollrath 1977) |  | | Report (issue) | | Association Museum of Victoria Nunawading and District Lapidary Club Inc. Tony Annear Tylden Quarries...South Wales have produced some of the finest stellerite and heulandite specimens in the world. Although...and accessible sites, such as Tylden Quarry and Bundoora Quarry, where attractive specimens may be obtained...KILOMETRES Figure I.I. Map showing the Melbourne District. INTRODUCTION Six zeolite species; analcirne,...in the Newer Volcanic basalts of the Melbourne district. Natrolite and gonnardite invariably occur as |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | localities in the 200,000 square miles covered by the basalt layers of the Deccan Traps. Many other famous mineral...matrix, largest crystal about 3 mm, from Wagholi quarry, Maharashtra. Georges Claeys specimen, photo courtesy...fluorapophyllite, 5.5 cm high, from Pashan Hills, Pune district, Maharashtra. Terry Huizing specimen and photo...• Ahmadnagar district (Gunjale, Rahuri, Shakur quarry, Shirdi, Takli) • Akola district (Ghoti) • Aurangabad...Aurangabad district (Ajanta, Bidkin, Vaijapur) • Buldhana district (Lonar Crater) • Jalgaon district (Jamner |  | | Report (issue) | | the Jeffrey mine in Quebec; Ontario’s Flamboro quarry and Liscombe deposits; the very far north’s Pine...doing quite nicely, thanks, digging zeolites from basalt cliffs and setting up a new house…and once more...orange-yellow fluorite from Ontario’s Flamboro quarry. For some of these specimens you may click on “collecting...analcime from St.-Hilaire argues for why this great quarry complex should probably be called the world’s finest...the safflorite-coated silver from the old Cobalt District of Ontario is a nice old-timer: identical-looking |  | | Journal (issue) | | 473 SENIOR FELLOWS Peter Bancroft The Braen Quarry, Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey . . . ....glockenspiel. In 1966 Ken moved to the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, where he continued to perform...stores and restaurants. This lasted until the district was taken over by the hardcore drug culture, which...specializing in minerals from the famous Lake District. Major museums around the world, and particularly...and knew every stone, plant and tree in the Lake District whilst yet in his teens. The Mineralogical Record |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | spherules, up to Vz inch in diameter, on a vesicular basalt, and is accompanied by needles o f calcite, small...(Long. 83° 2'E; Lat. 18° 17'NJ of Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India. The rock types around...is of Ordovician age. The gravel pit (actually a quarry) is 3 miles north of Mount Ida off U.S. 270 near...stable matrix. Variscite has been reported from the quarry, but none was observed in recent material. A few...oxalic acid. If there is continued use of this quarry, no doubt good quality specimens of wavellite from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Construction Materials, the last operator of the quarry, ceased operation in 1977, and since 1983 the pit...Company quarry in the Borough of Watchung, Somerset County—sometimes known as the Scotch Plains quarry, or...or the Weldon quarry —is about AVi miles southwest of the Summit quarry and exposes the same stratigraphic... Although the quarry has been active for more than fifty years, access to this quarry has been quite...received relatively little at tention: however, the quarry is expanding into the promis ing areas and will |  | | Report (volume) | | ............................. . Columbia River Basalt Group ........................................................................ . Stilbite and Stellerite(?) ..................................................................... Euhedral, columnar stellerite(?) crystals from altered volcanic rocks of the............... Electron-microprobe analyses of stellerite(?) from the Zigzag River drill hole............others, 1982, 1985). Rocks of the Columbia River Basalt Group are overlain by late Miocene andesitic lava |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineral from a Triassic trap rock 共basalt兲 in the Goose Creek quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia...reported: as exceptional crystals from the Pandulena quarry, Nasik, Maharashtra, India and from nearby localities...Oberbaumühle quarry, Windischeschenbach, Bavaria, Germany 共Hampel and Keck, 1990兲; from the Jensen quarry, Riverside...epidote and tiny crystals of younger laumontite and stellerite, growing on goosecreekite crystals. Electronic...a fairly constant composition. The associated stellerite was analysed under the same conditions. Na2 O |  | | Book | | (phillipsite and wellsite), and stilbite (barrerite and stellerite). 6/ ZEOLIlES DEFINED ANALCIME GROUP Analcime...chemical compositions. STiLBITE GROUP Stilbite, stellerite, and barrerite all have the same framework and...or monoclinic sectors in the same crystal. In stellerite, calcium is the only exchangeable cation and...orthorhombic, monoclinic, and triclinic sectors. Most stellerite, stilbite, or barrerite crystals are not purely...is considered the only species in this group. Stellerite and barrerite are orthorhombic varieties of stilbite | | | Book | | (phillipsite and wellsite), and stilbite (barrerite and stellerite). 6/ ZEOLIlES DEFINED ANALCIME GROUP Analcime...chemical compositions. STiLBITE GROUP Stilbite, stellerite, and barrerite all have the same framework and...or monoclinic sectors in the same crystal. In stellerite, calcium is the only exchangeable cation and...orthorhombic, monoclinic, and triclinic sectors. Most stellerite, stilbite, or barrerite crystals are not purely...is considered the only species in this group. Stellerite and barrerite are orthorhombic varieties of stilbite |  | | Report (issue) | | Vale das Gatas mine group, Sabroda, Vila Real district, Norte Region, Portugal. Fabre Minerals specimen...Vale das Gatas mine group, Sabrosa, Vila Real district, Norte Region. These seven fluorite specimens...appear in supporting roles. The Vale das Gatas district is the subject of an article by Pedro Alves in... Mimetite, 3.5 cm, from the Gowd mine, Anarak district, Isfahan Province, Iran. Fabre Minerals specimen;...descloizite, 4.2 cm, from the Chah Milleh mine, Anarak district, Isfahan Province, Iran. Fabre Minerals specimen; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | zeolite from the earliest Jurassic North Mountain Basalt, in Nova Scotia, have been examined in thin section...zeolites in amygdales and veins in the North Mountain basalt show a succession of clinoptilolite-Na → mordenite...clinoptilolite-Ca, or epistilbite → stilbite, barrerite, or stellerite, and are interpreted as developing under falling...Formation. Keywords: zeolite, mordenite, North Mountain basalt, hydrothermal circulation, Nova Scotia. SOMMAIRE...clinoptilolite-Ca, ou epistilbite → stilbite, barrerite ou stellerite; elles seraient dues à la chute progressive de |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the thermodynamic properties of the stilbite—stellerite solid solution in low-grade metabasalts THRÁINN...and stellerite (Ca2Al4Si14O36*14H2O), together with mixing properties of the stilbite –stellerite solid...geothermal systems change systematically towards the stellerite endmember with increasing stratigraphic depth...1 bar for stilbite (⫺4,946,475cal mol⫺1) and stellerite (⫺4,762,036 cal mol⫺1) and the mixing properties...between stilbite (Ca2NaAl5Si13O36*16H2O) and stellerite (Ca2Al4Si14O36*14H2O), affording relatively simple |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mezger Keywords: Thermodynamic dataset CO2–water–basalt interaction Geochemical modeling CO2 geological...36 mineral reactions of interest for CO2–water–basalt interaction associated with CO2 mineral sequestration...on extensive review of natural analogs of water–basalt interaction at low and elevated CO2 conditions...alterations observed in nature, simulations of CO2– water–basalt interaction were carried out at low and elevated...elevated CO2 conditions and compared to observed basalt alteration in Iceland and Greenland. Overall simulated |  | | Journal (issue) | | Lonavala in the west of the Pune District and near Alibag in Raigad District. Come the day we visited 5 new...GEOLOGY Our collecting was conducted entirely in the basalt lavas of the Deccan traps within 6 of the Districts...3 million people (and growing) situated in the District of Pune - some 200 kms from east to west and 160...really only one main quarry complex (Sawda) producing mineral specimens in this District. However, to label...MAHARASHTRA District e.g. Pune Collecting Sites KARNATAKA 1. Sawda Quarry Jalgaon District 2. Tisgaon |  | | Catalog/List | | fluorescent under lang vave UV light. 7. ANALCIKE,Croft Quarry,Croft,Leicestershire. several 10mm superb chocolate-brovn...display. KUS,LlO. matrix xtls -2ANATASB. Hendre Quarry,Glyn Ceiriog,NE Wales. Five MIN. specimens. Small...Greystones Galen• fragment vith ral vhite translucent Quarry,Launceston,Cornvall. Boxed MIN. upper Limonite...granular areas. MIN,LlO. 4. APATITBon ALBITE, ve Quarry,Lundy s ■oky-brovn xtls to 5mm intergrovn u. ...Displays vell. MUS,r.25. ARSBNOPYRITB.Hingston Dovn Quarry,Gunnislake,Cornva11. Tvo specimens. Specimen A-largely |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Brothers quarry, Prospect Park; McDowell's quarry, Upper Montclair; and the Francisco Brothers quarry, Great...two Hudson County localities, Laurel (Snake) Hill quarry, Secaucus, and Fort Lee. The geology and mineralogy...applied to dark-colored dike and flow rocks, chiefly basalt and diabase. have occurred from these localities...map of selected First Watchung Mountain traprock (basalt) quarries in New Jersey. Upper and Lower New Street...located in Paterson; Prospect Park quarry in Prospect Park; McDowell's quarry in Upper Montclair; and the Francisco |  | | Journal (issue) | | of some clay and “ stone” taken out of a “slate” quarry which the Governor thought contained some metal...of languages. In 1836 he was appointed “Mine and Quarry Agent and Geologist” to the South Australian Company...REFERENCES BECKER, L. (1857) On native zinc embedded in basalt. Transactions o f Philosophical Institute o f Victoria...Dana’s original sketch of basalt columns near Kiama, in the Ilia warra district of New South Wales. Courtesy...him to the south of Sydney through the Illawarra district and Kangaroo Valley to Mount Coolangatta on 3See |  | Dyer, A., Wilson, O. M., Enamy, H., Williams, C. D. (1993) Stellerite from Todhead Point, Grampian Region, Scotland. Mineralogical Magazine, 57 (388) 540-542 doi:10.1180/minmag.1993.057.388.17 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 57, PP. 540-542 Stellerite from Todhead Point, Grampian Region, Scotland STELLERITE is a zeolite (named...olivine basalt (Patterson, pers. comm.) as brick red lamellae, up to 1 cm, in amygdales. The basalt crops...P D 1700) suggested that the sample contained stellerite and some mordenite. Scanning electron microscopy...ToC FIG. 1. Differential thermograms for: (a) stellerite, Jambar Springs, New South Wales, Australia;... co This calcium phase is thus confirmed as stellerite and constitutes the first record of this mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Mumbai (Bombay)* district for its variety of forms and from the Jalgaon district for the beautiful twins...abundant everywhere. Epistilbite, mordenite, stellerite, natrolite, scolecite, mesolite, and chabazite... Sawda quarry, Jalgaon district; Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 3. Sawda quarry, Jalgaon district, after a...20:12 23 August 2013 Figure 4. Wagholi quarry, Poona district; Bert Ottens photo. In the 1970s and 1980s...found at these quarries. In 1995 a quarry in the Mumbai district produced large, beautifully formed rosettes |
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