 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Featured Mineral Group at the 1993 Tucson Show Downloaded by [Virginia Tech Libraries] at 03:28 25 February...February 2015 GARNET PETER J. MODRESKI U.S. Geological Survey Box 25046, MS 905, Federal Center Denver...cdorado 80225 THE GARNETS ARE A COMMON but complex group of minerals. They are perhaps the mineral kingdom’s...as a separate and distinct mineral species. In garnet, we deal not with just a single series between...plagioclase series), but rather with a complex group of solid-solution series between as many as fourteen |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | common member of the garnet family, almandine, was described (Cook 2009). Garnet forms under a wide range...resulting in its being one of the most locally abundant group of rock-forming minerals and certainly one of the...Consequently, for completeness of our coverage of the garnet-group minerals, and in keeping with the gemstone theme...Spessartine is one of fifteen minerals in the garnet group, each member of which is defined by its end-member...percentages of particular end members. We name the garnet according to the dominant end member. For example |  | | Report (issue) | | Garnet Great Balls of Fire ISBN 978-0-9790998-4-7 Publisher Lithographie, LLC East Hampton, Connecticut...Connecticut, USA © 2008 by Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 263 • East Hampton, CT 06424 • USA Phone 1.860.267 .1512...cm tall andradite on hematite is from the Wessels Mine near Hotazel in northern Cape Province, South Africa...Grossular on diopside; 7.1 cm tall Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Richmond County, Quebec, Canada Paul Stahl specimen...meter relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Garnet Great Balls of Fire Contributors Lothar Ackermann |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New York City, New York County, New York State T he minerals of the garnet group represent some of the...deposits. In fact, in some types of economic deposits, garnet constitutes an important gangue mineral, and such...America’s largest hard-rock garnet mines within its borders, a famous New York garnet specimen has been chosen...this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice piece. Moreover, garnet was designated as New York’s official state gemstone...Almandine is one of fifteen minerals in the garnet group, each member of which is defined by its pure |  | | Book | | BUTTERWORTHS GEM BOOKS GARNET JOHN DROUSE ♦ BUTTERWORTHS ◊ Butterworths Gem Books Edited by Peter...Peter G. Read Beryl John Sinkankas Garnet John D. Rouse Pearls, natural, cultured and imitation Alexander...Darragh Topaz D. B. Hoover Butterworths Gem Books Garnet John D. Rouse Butterworths London Boston Durban...Letchworth, Herts Preface Only a few books on garnet gemstones have been published up to the present...to answer all the questions one might have about garnet, but rather to stimulate the readers to explore |  | | Report (volume) | | GEORGE OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 645 OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY FOE 1915 WITH SUBJECT INDEX BY....... 89 125 126 126 126 126 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY FOR 1915, WITH SUBJECT INDEX. By...M. NICKLES. INTRODUCTION. The bibliography of North American geology, including paleontology, petrology...publications bearing on the geology of the( Continent of North America and adjoining islands; also Panama and the...efficient assistance in the work. The bibliography of North American geology is comprised in the following bulletins |  | | Report (issue) | | arawak and North Borneo _________________ _ Sarawak _____________________________ _ North BorneO----...________ _ North Island_____ ------------- ________ _ Antarctica ________________________________ _ North Am...124 126 127 130 Monazite localities-Continued North America-Continued United States of America-Continued...Perce Counties __________ _ Idaho CountY-----------------Valley CountY-----------------Adams, Payette,...and Gem Counties ________________________ _ Boise County ___ --------------Ada, Owyhee, Elmore, and Custer |  | | Book | | CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________............._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T...g e s w h i c h c r e s t a t M t . N o r t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...h i c h m e t a l s w e r e easily recoverable. Thomas J e ff e r s o n n o t e d t h e discovery o f |  | | Book | | (41/i in. ) high from Tourmaline Queen Mine, San Diego County, Pala, California. Back Cover: Azurite...Inquiries should be addressed to Abbeville Publishing Group, 488 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022. Printed...contajning a metal and an oxygen-bearing anionic group. For example, calcite is a forn1 of calcium carbonate...materials are presented by mineral species or 1nineral group in an order clustering s.imilar gen1s together....n1useun1. Kunz created a 1nagnificen t collection of North Ainerican ge1ns and precious stones as one of Tiffany's |  | | Catalog/List | | Greenish, sparse, acicular micros in Penberthy Croft Mine, St 1cm £4 s AGARDITE Y Ca Cu As_O_O_H_____c_a_v_iti_e'-s-'in'-'-...215 69 3 11 Rich white crusts on matrix. Rawhide Mine, Mohave ½x½£3 _P_b_S_iO_13 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...Hornblende ALLANITE Black areas in actinolite Bastnas Mine Sweden lxl £1.20 CeYFeSiO Quite attractive blue-grey...lins £4 garnet group Crystal 1 inch across Grey veins in and on matrix, some with Fallowfield mine, Ix½...SO/4 OH magnification there arc small crystals County, Arizona -------------"'--------'-'--'----'--____;; |  | | Report (volume) | | Annotated Bibliography of North American Geology, 1950 By MARJORIE HOOKER GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...in 1 2 5 7 17 291 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1950 BY MARJORIE HOOKER INTRODUCTION...lists publications concerning the geology of the North American continent, including adjacent islands,...in foreign journals are cited if they deal with North American localities or are of a general character...foreign areas. Articles by foreign' authors on North America are included regardless of place of publication; |  | | Book (volume) | | NORTInHIwo AME A Volumes John Sinkankas _ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes ® Volume I Gemstones, of...of all the mineral treasures to be found in North America, are perhaps the most fascinating—and the...worthy of the name. Some, like the emeralds of North Carolina, the colorful and fabulous tourmalines and...above all, easily read and understood, GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, Volumes I and II, will be welcomed as a...abroad are becoming so scarce and expensive that North America has developed into a major exporter rather |  | | Book | | museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...rocks contain large crystals, often of the feldspar group and are known as porphyries. The individual crystals...granite but with no quartz. Sandstone (South Dakota, USA) _9_ A darker rock than granite but with a similar...are the home of a number of interesting minerals. Garnet, staurolite and andalusite are typical minerals...minerals change. A number of silicate minerals such as garnet and epidote and some sulphides giving metallic |  | | Catalog/List | | grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x H £2.50 1x1 £4 040 BITYITE Li...Mica white cleavages in Muscovite. (Harding Mine,Taos County, New Mexico) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £7 097 CHLOANTHITE...dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 151 LEUCOSPHENITE Ba Na Ti B...£20 348 RHODIZITE (X Cs)Al (B,Be) 0 pale yellow, garnet shaped single crystal. 3 mm £3.50 (Antsirabe Madagascar)...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH U |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Relationship to other minerals Crystal system, Space group; Structure determined, yes or no Unit-cell parameters...yangzhm@mail.igcas.ac.cn Perrierite chevkinite group Monoclinic: C2/m; structure determined a = 13.973(3)...Milan Novák *E-mail: rskoda@sci.muni.cz Epidote group Monoclinic: P21/m; structure determined a = 8.8897(5)...Upper Chegem caldera, Lakargi, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Caucasus, Russia (43º17’N 43º6’E) I.O. Galuskina*...Dubrovinsky *E-mail: irina.galuskina@us.edu.pl Garnet group Cubic: Ia3̄d a = 12.536(3) Å 4.432(87), 3.134(84) |  | | Journal (issue) | | FedEx Shipping in Continental 48 States Kingsley North, Inc. P.O. Box 216: Dept 3, Norway, MI 49870-0216...Manifestations of an Enigmatic Phenomenon (Part I) 18 North Star Turquoise Joe Dehmer New, Natural and Native...Turquoise rough recently extracted from the North Star Mine in Cripple Creek, Colorado; a specimen of Morrisonite...started in 1894 underground at the United Verde mine. The fire seems to have started spontaneously when... For an interesting description of this unusual mine ire event and its resulting products, there is a |  | | Catalog/List | | Arsenopyrite and Pitticite (brown) (Nagyborzsony,North Hungary » ins £3 107 CHLORARGYRITE Ag Cl good greenish...Cu UO PO/4 slightly radioactive. (Old Gunislake Mine Cornwall) a) green 3mm area on ropk, £3 ( b) IxhaJ...Phlogopite Mica. (Possibly slightly radioactive)(Palabora Mine,S.Africa lxl £5 1x2 £10 WITH UNUSUAL ELEMENTS...sections in matrix with Eudialyte.Rare not Rich (Umba Mine,Lovozero Massif,Kola Russia) lxl £4 1x2 £7.50 239...silvery areas in matrix with Tellurite. (La Bambolla Mine Moctezuma, Sonora Mexico) lxl £10 14 x 54 ins £5 |  | | Book | | Mammoth * Arizona Gemstone-Turquoise Mineral-Garnet Fossil-Eubrontes 26 27 * Delaware Mineral]-Sillimanite...Joaquin Series iii 4] * Idaho Gemstone-Star Garnet Fossil-Hagerman Horse 43 44 * Illinois Mineral-Fluorite...87 88 * North Carolina Precious Stone-Emerald Rock-Granite 109 110 90 90 91 91 a2 * North Dakota Fossil-Jeredo...Coelophysis * New York Gem-Garnet Fossil-Eurypterus remipes 102 103 104 * South Carolina Gem Stone-Amethyst...* Vermont Soil-Tunbridge Series Gem-Grossular Garnet Rocks-Marble, Granite, Slate Mineral-Talc Fossil-White |  | | Book (edition) | | McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...some species have been relegated to group names (e.g., monazite group); others have had element designations...the zeolite minerals, where chabazite is now a group name with five species who differ only in the major...International Mineralogical Association (IMA), changed to a group name, or renamed by changes in nomenclature as mineral...edu) is located in the old Pima County Courthouse building at 115 North Church Avenue in downtown Tucson |  | | Book (volume) | | instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel |  | | Book (edition) | | GEMSTONES $CS of NORTH AMERICA . In Two Volumes $30.00 GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes ...REINHOLD BOOK / '- ✓ ( ..., ■ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes Volume II T ourmaline...from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...lnternatiunal, Inc. F RO. Tl!>PI£CE GEMSTONES of NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes Volume II John Sinkankas...publication of the first volume of Gemstones of North America in 1959 so much has transpired that the |  | | Book | | Tourmaline 49 Zircon 52 Peridot 53 Spodumene 53 Garnet 56 Jade 60 VII. VIII. Gemstones for the Collector...sample came from a deposit in Bruno Canyon, Owyhee County, Idaho. Traces piece of wood can weigh more...for be allochromatic; others, such as peridot and garnet, which are highly colored even when pure, are said...polished on the rough gem material dividual and group names. A typical example is the brilliant cut, which...Judah, Emerald Dan, Topaz Matthew, Chrysolite Thomas, Beryl James the Less, Topaz Jude, Chrysoprase |  | | Book | | minerals reported but not yet validated, synonyms and group names, and various ill-defined substances of local...this country. Jeffersonite, named after President Thomas Jefferson, had been described as a new mineral...of the early nineteenth century, in particular Thomas Nuttall, John Torrey, and William Maclure, visited...in Europe, especially by the Scot¬ tish chemist Thomas Thomson. The long span of time over which the deposits...already have been published. They include those of Thomas Nuttall (1822), Lardner Vanuxem and W. H. Keating |  | | Report (issue) | | A note on newly discovered kimberlites in Riley County, Kansas William L. Mansker, Bill D. Richards, and...petrography of the Twin Knobs ttl lamproite, Pike County, Arkansas . 205 Michael A. Waldman, Tom E. McCandless...Potash Sulfur Springs igneous complex, Garland County, Arkansas Robert E. Zartman and J. Michael Howard...or lamproite hosts (cf. Richardson’s dating of a garnet inclusion in diamond at 3,200 Ma. Suggested new...for Fe and Ti enrichment in rims of garnets in garnet peridotites from both a potassic minette of the |  | | Book | | chemist and mineralogist; student of Torbern Bergman; mine owner and mineral analyst; trained J. J. Berzelius...Brooke described many new minerals. thomsonite, Thomas Thomson (1773-1852), Scottish chemist. He pub¬...naturalist; professor at the University of North Carolina (1818—1857); author of Elements of Geology...conflicts with minerals already named, for example: Thomas L. Walker, 1922 (there is an obsolete walkerite...California), perloffite (Louis Perloff, Tryon, North Carolina), yedlinite (Neal Yedlin, New Ha¬ ven, Connecticut) |
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