 | | Report (issue) | | colored arsenates (mostly adamite) from the Ojuela mine. The sterling pale purple example shown here costs...is about $615). Adamite, 2.2 cm, from the Ojuela mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico. Key’s Minerals specimen...fluorapatite/fluorite “combination” piece from the Sauberg mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Obersachsen—i.e. Upper Saxony...rarity as time goes by. The Sauberg tin/tungsten mine closed for good when the Berlin Wall came down in...Fluorapatite and Fluorite, 2.3 cm, from the Sauberg mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony, Germany. Key’s Minerals |  | | Report (issue) | | terminal rhombohedrons in a habit suggesting that of quartz, but their satiny-gleaming luster (never mind their...best of the classic smithsonites from the old Kelly mine in New Mexico. Associations of aurichalcite, kipushite...come from a recent find in Sounion mine #6 (also known as the Exi mine, “Exi” being Greek for “six”) in...$130). Cu-rich smithsonite, 2.7 cm, from Sounion mine #6, Laurium district, Attika, Greece. Greek Rocks...=============== The same discovery in Sounion mine #6 has also produced larger specimens which show |  | | Book (volume) | | individual culture. We can appreciate a mineral from China, Pakistan, America or Brazil equally without any...Acanthite La Sirena Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, 18 Adamite (Manganoadamite) Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango,...Malachite) Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, 60 (on Malachite) Milipilas Mine, Sonora, Mexico, 56 (with...(with Malachite) Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona, 31 Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 46 Beryl (see also...Brazil, 37 Calcite 884 Mine, Huangpolong, near Leiping, Guangxi Prov., Prov., China, 8 (on Barite with Fluorite) |  | | Catalog/List | | Iron. When Gold occurs with a matrix rock like Quartz, a Specific Gravity test is often performed to...exquisite formations often atop matrix rock like Quartz. Gold nuggets are typically valued at some multiple...that are often filled with reddish iron-stained Quartz. The complexity and intricate nature of this nugget...anchored by its matrix of white and charcoal gray Quartz. The naturally complex shape of the nugget is rather...Windy Point Mine Humboldt Co. Nevada, USA This brassy Gold specimen from the Windy Point Mine in Nevada |  | | Catalog/List | | AUCTION SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 | DALLAS TREASURES OF CHINA Front Cover Lot: 72078 Inside Front Cover Lot:...#8067 NATURE & SCIENCE FINE MINERALS Treasures of China September 2, 2021 | Dallas Heritage Auctions 2801...and Gemstones, exclusively from the country of China. With due respect for the storied history of that...highlighting the ancient and respected culture of China of great artistic beauty Spectacular gemstones of...outstanding representations of the mineral history of China in all of their magnificent grandeur. Thank you |  | | Journal (issue) | | Fluorite with quartz, 12.5 cm, from the Piaotang mine,Xihuashan ore field,Dayu County,Ganzhou Prefecture...27.3 cm, from Lushi,Sanmenxia Prefecture, Henan, China. 8 ♦ ) Preface 83lit ~ ~{.it;:fö~;c!s:83 ilflt~L... 16 cm, from the Pingwu mine on Mt. Xuebaoding, Huya Township, Pingwu County, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan...Sichuan Province, China. Found in mid-1990s, and among the first specimens exported to the West from this...$00H~~~tt~*M®n~-~0 -~~~$00~E!Mfü~~~M~ffi~®n~~fiffl~ ~A~mn•~~ffotirn~&rxre~~ff,aRffi ~-~~~w&aRili$**~-~~-~$@A~M |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Wire Silver Kongsberg, Norway Wire Gold Ground Hog Mine, Gilman, Colorado S ince the dawn of civilization...11.7 cm tall, from the Ground Hog mine, Gillman district, Eagle County, Colorado. Harvard Mineralogical...Schneeberg (Lieber and Leyerzapf 1986). The Himmelsfürst mine in the Freiberg district, for example, has produced...specimens exceeding 10 cm in length. St. Andreasberg, a mine in the Harz Mountains that has yielded some very...Kongsberg. Other important minerals from this deposit include galena, sphalerite, silver sulfosalts, |  | | Journal (issue) | | were nestled. Or he might place little jewel-like quartz crystals on specimens of other minerals, creating...expanded his reach into other countries including China, Mexico and Colombia. His fledgling dealership grew...into the world of metaphysics through a single quartz crystal she acquired at a local department store...counter in the store, a clerk placed a single gem quartz crystal into her hand. As she closed her eyes and...ORIGINS Quartz has been loved since antiquity, and amethyst, the violet to purple variety of quartz, is its |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...important assignment at the Shinkolobwe uranium mine. His supervisor was Johannes Vaes (1902–1978). Gilbert...with his fabulous cuprites from the Mashamba West mine, Gilbert only hinted to a few people of his treasures...species have also been recovered, including fluorite, quartz, goethite pseudomorphs after siderite, and other...Erongo Mountains, together with aesthetic fluorite, quartz, goethite pseudomorphs after siderite, and other |  | | Journal (issue) | | 22-29 China Gem and Mineral Show Report 30-36 Our Affiliates 37 Chalcopyrite (twin), El Cobre mine, Concepciandel...invitation of the Ministry of Land and Resources of China, I joined two Americans known to the mineralogy...concurrent to the 3rd China Gem and Mineral Show (CGMS) held in Chenzhou, China. The turnout for CGMS...state or region. Silver, Hongda mine, Lingquin County, Shanxi Province, China, 3.2x2.2x1.0 cm Schauss...Vol.45, No.3 Page 5 Gahnite, Franklin mine, Sussex County, New Jersey, 2.1 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm, Alex Schauss |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralization in the Baiyangping area, Yunnan Province, SW China: Sm-Nd geochronology of calcite—Zhichao Zou, Ruizhong...X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) data at the Plutonic gold mine, Western Australia—Michael F. Gazley, Guillaume...molybdenite dating of the Navachab orogenic gold deposit, Namibia—Nick Steven, Robert Creaser, Katharina...dispersal in till from the Mount Polley Cu-Au porphyry deposit, central British Columbia, Canada— S. Hashmi, B...(U-Pb, SHRIMP II) of the Yastrebetskoe Zr-REE-Y deposit, Ukrainian Shield—E.V. Levashova, S.G. Skublov |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...Arizona” (2012), “The Crystalline Treasures of China” (2013), and “The Best of the Best: Prized Minerals...Wulfenite, 5.4 cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn photo. 6 Supplement... Summit County, Colorado. Ken Donn photo. Wulfenite (hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall...Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected in 1958; Ken Donn photo. Chalcedony on chrysocolla |  | | Journal (issue) | | Kansas Front cover Quartz scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick...Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...subsequent Hudson’s Bay Company crew found their deposit and mined part of it—a vein 25 meters long and...reveled in the beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites...Monthly, including one on pseudomorphs and one on quartz in 1888, and he wrote a detailed article for the |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystal cluster, 3 cm across, from the Machacamarca mine (Viboras Vein), near Colavi, Potosí Department,...1960s, in a single Quonset hut building at the Pima County Fairgrounds south of the city. The show has evolved...good friend of mine, Jim Minette, worked as superintendent of a large open-pit borax mine that produced...W. E. Sheffield (fl. 1808) Chrysocolla Dalehead mine, Cumberland (Cumbria), England W. E. Sheffield was...Sowerby for study and illustration. The Dalehead mine, source of this chrysocolla, is also known as one |  | | Journal (issue) | | by W. E. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Patagonia, Argentina ............................Oteiza The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California ....................Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. Collection...with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection and photo...and Vail, Colorado. www.MardaniFineMinerals.com Quartz Cabiche, Colombia 14.5 cm CRYSTAL CLASSICS FINE |  | | Journal (issue) | | row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department...Tom Spann photo. Fluorite with quartz, 11 cm, from Fujian Province, China. Keith & Diane Brownlee collection;...twin, 5.5 cm, from the Amo tin deposit, Ximeng County, Yunnan, China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Androscoggin County, Maine. Kyle Kevorkian collection; Jordan Root photo. Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from | | | Journal (issue) | | by WE. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Pata gonia, Argenti na ..........................2020 The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California ....................Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. Collection...with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection and photo...CONVENTION 8c EXPO CENTER APRIL24-26 INESITE HALE CREEK MINE MAD RIVER ROCK, COASTAL RANGE, TRINITY CO., CALIFORNIA |  | Hao, Hongda, Cao, Yi, Sheng, Tao, Zong, Zhaojian (2020) Geochronology, petrogenesis and oxidation state of the Wenyu igneous suite in the Xiaoqinling district, North China Craton: Implications for lithospheric thinning and magma fertility. Lithos, 370. 105646pp. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2020.105646 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | district, North China Craton: Implications for lithospheric thinning and magma fertility Hongda Hao, Yi Cao...igneous suite in the Xiaoqinling district, North China Craton: Implications for lithospheric thinning and...district, North China Craton: implications for lithospheric thinning and magma fertility hongda@snu.ac.kr;hongda...Mineral Resources, China University of pr 1 Yi Cao1,*, Tao Sheng 4, f Hongda Hao1,2,3,* e- Geosciences...Geosciences, Beijing 10083, People’s Republic of China Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul National |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineral Excursion to China: 2 0 0 4 Figure 1. Sphalerite, 1.9 cm high, Taolin mine, Hunan. Ken Roberts...showing the route taken on the author’s trip to China; maps by Guanghua Liu. T here was a time, years...part-time mineral dealer, in 2003. Originally from China, he and his family have lived in Tübingen, Germany...book on the minerals of the province of Hunan, China. Downloaded by [Florida International University]...and miners at the Taolin mine, Hunan. Figure 3. Headframe of the Taolin mine, Hunan. He wanted to know |  | Hao, Hongda, Campbell, Ian H., Park, Jung-Woo, Cooke, David R. (2017) Platinum-group element geochemistry used to determine Cu and Au fertility in the Northparkes igneous suites, New South Wales, Australia. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 216. 372-392 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2017.05.009 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Northparkes igneous suites, New South Wales, Australia Hongda Hao, Ian H. Campbell, Jung-Woo Park, David R. Cooke...Northparkes igneous suites, New South Wales, Australia Hongda Haoa*, Ian H. Campbella, Jung-Woo Parka, b, David...was more affected than Cu. The result is a Cu-Au deposit. Our study also suggests that Rayleigh fractionation...to10 times that of Cu. The result is a Cu-only deposit. The prediction for the Cu-Au Northparkes suite...(Cooke et al., 2007) with the ore occurring in quartz sulfide stockworks and sheeted vein networks (Lickfold |  | | Journal (issue) | | the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Top right: Benitoite, 2 cm, from the Benitoite Gem mine, California...N‘Chwaning I mine, Kuruman, South Africa. Bottom right: Mimetite, 2.7 cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia....Record: (1) Stephanite, Husky mine, Canada. (2) Wulfenite, Rowley mine, Arizona. (3) Diaspore twin, Pinarcik...Adelaide mine, Tasmania. (5) Andradite, Antetezambato, Madagascar. (6) Calcite, Mashamba West mine, Congo...Afghanistan. (8) Scorodite, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. (9) Shigaite, N’Chwaning II mine, South Africa. v This special |  | Song, Yucai, Yang, Tiannan, Zhang, Hongrui, Liu, Yingchao, Hao, Hongda, Li, Zheng (2015) The Chaqupacha Mississippi Valley-type Pb–Zn deposit, central Tibet: Ore formation in a fold and thrust belt of the India–Asia continental collision zone. Ore Geology Reviews, 70. 533-545 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.12.021 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Chaqupacha Mississippi Valley-type Pb–Zn deposit, central Tibet: Ore formation in a fold and thrust...Tiannan Yang a, Hongrui Zhang a, Yingchao Liu a, Hongda Hao b, Zheng Li b a b Institute of Geology, Chinese...Beijing 10003, PR China China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, PR China a r t i c l e...Chaqupacha Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) Pb–Zn deposit in central Tibet has been found to be helpful for...evolution of a foreland fold and thrust belt. The deposit lies in the Tuotuohe area of the western Fenghuo |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vanadinit-Prismen auf blattriger Bary/matrix. ACF Mine, Mibladen, Marokko. 8,5 cm hohe Stufe van Christoph...LITHOGRAPHIE Tobias Weise und Stefar1 Weif3 DRUCK Kossinger AG wwl'v.koe singer.de RECHTE Die Zeitschnlt un alle...3/202 3 Uber einen schonen Cuprit-Neufund aus China berichtet Jurgen TRON auf der Aktuell-Seite gegeni...Cuprit-Oktaeder aus der Grube Liufengshan, Provinz Anhui, China. 8ildbreite 6 cm.- Unten eine Oetai/aufnahme van...gediegen Kupfer (88=2 cm). Fotos: Jurgen Tron Neu aus China: Cuprit, Ochsenaugen-Fluorit, Hewettit und Flue/lit |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... on calcite, from the El Oriente tunnel, Chivor mine, Boyaca, Colombia. William Larson collection; Van...this original process are now operating in Japan, China and Russia. After his formal retirement, he continued...volume. Commonly the geodes contain heulandite and quartz, and rarely also mordenite, stilbite and calcite...crystallization of quartz also took place; thus white, spheroidal aggregates of quartz can be found in the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...about 3.5 kilometers south of Murfreesboro, Pike County, Arkansas. This discovery, by an illiterate pig...rush, and the early 1900’s saw several attempts to mine the property commercially. From 1952 to 1971 the...the property, and attempts during the 1990’s to mine the land (to my knowledge, this latter information...Record, volume 37, November–December, 2006 511 QUARTZ, 5.5 cm, Dalnegorsk, Russia. Jeff Scovil photo |
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