 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Harvard's Mineralogical Tour of England June 23-July 4, 1984 WILLIAM C. METROPOLIS Harvard Mineralogical...sponsoring a mineralogist's tour of London and Cornwall. A group of eleven left Boston's Logan Airport...visited the Tate Gallery, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, Whitehall...world-famous and truly magnificent Crown Jewels of England. Unfortunately, photography is not permitted, so...rings consist of blue sap phires, with the Cross of St. George in rubies set on them, surrounded by diamonds |  | | Journal (issue) | | CLUSTERS/POINTS Always good stocks available FRESHWATER AMETHYST GEODES/BED PEARLS/GEMSTONE :Legular supplies...best & most active mineral wholesale website 1n the UK R A D E 0 N L y CONTENTS Journey to Tafilalt...GEMSTONE JEWELLERY (many new packaged items for 2002) AMETHYST. JADE. Q ARTZ And lot more! 195 BROADGATE LA 'E...into the desert to carry out his work, living each day at a rime and living for the moment. A great Berber...the capability of a sting, similar to our modern day jellyfish), snap shots of the great oceans of the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Trewellard Rd. Pendeen, Penzance NORGEMS. 4 Front St., Sandbach, Cheshire. PORTSOY MARBLE. The Marble...LTO., 3 Tyne St. North Shields SCOTROCKS PARTNERS, 48 Park Rd., Glasgow C.4. 120 Rose St. Lane South,...Annual subscription (six copies) £1 post free In the UK. Overseas $3.25 (US) or £1.25 Our front cover: ... Consolidated Gold Fields' recently opened Wheal Jane tin mine near Truro. Great Britain today, for the commercial...exploita tion of the non-ferrous metal ores in Cornwall. By 1850 we were the world's largest producers |  | | Report (issue) | | of America PHOTO CREDITS Cover: Quartz variety amethyst, 10.5 cm tall Goboboseb Mountains, Erongo Region...collection, Jeff Scovil photo Title (facing) Page Amethyst mouse with gold tail, 130 grams, 6.3 cm wide Carved...Brazilian amethyst Private collection, Robert Weldon photo © 2009 GIA Page 2 Quartz variety amethyst, 3.5...5 cm tall Kakamunurle Mine, Kar0r, Tamil Nadu, India Bill Larson collection, Jeff Scovil photo Page 3...3, Table of Contents Insets Top: Circa 212 CE amethyst intaglio bearing the portrait of Roman Emperor |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mountains. By Tim Miller 34 THE TALE OF A TOURIST MINE A new life for Colorado’s Last Chance. 34 By Steve...bournonite specimen from the Herodsfoot mine (Lanreath, Cornwall, England) is a really fine example of what...Benitoite Mine Update I’d like to clarify some information about the California State Gem mine and about...about present-day access to the mine that was published in Bob Jones’ article Benitoite (June 2017). People...the benitoite mine is a patented mining claim and is private property. Accessing the mine without written |  | | Book | | tourmaline crystals from William Larson’s Stuart Mine in the Pala Mountains, California (USA). Next to...quartz from the hydrothermal deposits of the Muzo Mine, Colombia. Collection: Mineralogical Institute of...morganite and white quartz from the pegmatite of Queen Mine, San Diego County, California (USA). Collection:...this ornamental gem owes its name. It comes from a mine near Ylamaa, Finland. Museum a. d. Felsenkirche...hydrothermal phase as do varieties of the quartz group: amethyst, rock crystal, smoky quartz, and citrine, as well |  | | Journal (issue) | | PUBLISHED BY THE MINERAL COLLECTOR COMPANY , 26 JOHN ST . , NEW YORK , THE MINERAL COLLECTOR FOR SALE Private...FOOTE , Manager . 1224 - 26 - 28 NORTH FORTY - FIRST ST . , PHILADELPHIA , PA . , U . S . A . Lanrionite...31 . 50 . Chalcoeite , var . Redruthite , Cornwall England , Anglesite . Sardinia , brilliant ergstals...88 . 00 1 in . $ 125 , $ 2 . 00 . Olivenite , Cornwall , Englatid , 2x2 in . , $ 150 , Native Lead ,...1 . 00 . Phosgenite , Ora wtord . Derbyshire , England , Serpierite . Lanrium , Greece , 2x2 in . , $ |  | | Journal (issue) | | ANCIENT MINES , 178 " CYCLE GLEANINGS , ' 181 CATHEDRAL SPIRES , 184 STUDENTS ' MINERALOGICAL CLUB OF...PUBLISHED BY THE MINERAL COLLECTOR COMPANY , 26 JOHN ST . , New YORK . TIIK MIKKUM. COLLBCTltli. "JOPLIN"...PHILADELPHIA, PA., U. 8. A. Established 1876. 12T CATHEDRAL SPIRES , COLORADO . THE MINERAL COLLECTOR. [Entered...opened, and I intend exploring it on some future day. Not far from this mound there is apparently a road...GLACIAL SCBATCHES. The vicissitudes of the New England climate, one of those para doxes requiring individual |  | | Journal (issue) | | PUBLISHED BY THE MINERAL COLLECTOR COMPANY , 58 PEARI , ST . , New YORK . ii THE MINERAL COLLECTOR . THE MINERAL...PROPRIETORS & EDITORS : ARTHUR CHAMBERLAIN , 237 N. Seventh St. , Newark , N. J. ALBERT C. BATES , 58 Pearl Street...& CO . , PHILADELPHIA . N. Y. OFFICE , 116 FULTON ST . TERMS . Per year $ 1.00 . Single copies , 10 cents...GRAHAM & CO . , Practical Lapidaries , Blu 63 Nassau St. , New York . Gems Mounted in any Desired Setting...Amblygonite , Damourite , Elaeolite , Sodalite , 80 BEAVER ST . , NEW YORK . Red and Yellow Carnet ... ..... 10 |  | | Book | | 1 THE SOUTH WEST 2 WALES 3 IRELAND 4 NORTHERN ENGLAND 6 8 10 5 FROM TWEED TO THAMES II 14 6 MINERALS...area, there is a remarkable variety to be found. Cornwall and Devon alone can boast around 300 species,...pegma tite minerals) are most likely to crop up. Cornwall, North Ireland and many parts of Scotland are...pebble beaches of the south and east coasts of England are well known, as are the many around the coast...coastline. THE 1 SOUTH WEST The south-west of England certainly offers the widest variety of mineral |  | | Book (edition) | | Imperial 4to. 32l. half-bound. The CATHEDRAL ANTIQUITIES of ENGLAND or, an His; torical, Architectural...Architectural, and Graphical Illustration of the English Cathedral Churches. By JOHN BRITTON, F. S. A. Price 12s...first portion of the lustration of Salisbury Cathedral, with 4to. 5l. 5s. crown folio 8l. super-royal...Engravings, medium folio 11l. boards.— the Cathedral of Norwich, with 25 Plates. Medium 4to. 4to. 4l...Bds. The 3d Portion comprises Winchester Cathedral, medium 4to. 3l. 3s. ; imperial 4to. 5l. 5s.; |  | | Journal (issue) | | (potlucks), and September (second Monday due to Labor Day holiday). The Tucson Gem and Mineral Show: the second...Administrator: Gail Barton, 322-5773 Korea's Amethyst, pps. J 4-15 Mineral Relations, p. 16 Shows &...photograph by Mary Cook. Hemimorphite from the 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona The center crystal is 14 mm...when they first arrived and went until they departed St. Petersburg. This trip was a real adventure. Disappointment...detennine t11e Russian minerals. The Saint Petrus Cathedral, The Hennitage, The Museum of Navigation, The |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | showed slides of his trip to the Stewart Lithia Mine in Pala, California, with ac companying specimens...Rock-A-Gram, Suncoast Gem and Mineral Soci ety of St. Petersburg: Jim Bowman showed slides of his week...fluorescent minerals. The Replica Mine schedules actual operations in the Franklin Mine. Newark Mineralogical Society:...trilobites, clear quartz, dog tooth calcite, amethyst, stilbite, gold and silver. 74 ROCKS AND MINERALS...mementoes of their trip to Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England and Austria, with accompanying stories. PENNSYLVANIA |  | | Book | | Twelveheads Press PO Box 59, Chacewater Truro, Cornwall TR4 8Z}. especially true of its minerals, some...clay workings have created a unique landscape around St Austell. Tin, copper, lead, zinc and other metals...rocks lie at the bottom of a sequence, but in Cornwall this becomes far from simple where rocks have...(metamorphism) of existing rocks. The land wl ‘ch is now Cornwall has seen periods of uplift and sinking beneath...conditions changed too, for the land that is now Cornwall was once close to the Equator before the action |  | | Journal (issue) | | membership. Anyone joining the Society after January 31 st pays half the appropriate annual subscription. MEETINGS...therefore the minimum grade of ore it is economic to mine. Even abundant metals such as aluminium and iron...sediments in the UK which were published in the Wolfson Geochemical Atlas of England and Wales (1978)...element in the area of the Lizard peninsular in Cornwall associated with the basic and ultra-basic rocks...showed high concentrations, almost exclusively in Cornwall, associated with the granite. The first step in |  | | Book | | hav~ tmvelled half the world F.rorn E.GSt 'to W,e st and' North to South the Logo's been unfurled For...SMLS Chair 2022 Botallackite (Xtals 3mm) Bunmahon Mine, Copper Coast, Eire. Photo:John Hall CONTENTS...ambitious. Collecting started in Southern England, Cornwall and Wales, and gradually extended to the Lake...to descend the hydraulic shaft in the Smallcleugh Mine and we bought an inflatable dinghy so we could land...other local mineral clubs as well as the national UK mineral societies: the British Micromount Society |  | | Book | | present. In such diverse places as Yorkshire, England, where a hunting culture remained active until...But was normally Aswan to Sais, in the twenty-day journey. read of a three-year trip that took 2000... is just 3 partial to them. standing before St. John Lat- inches less than 106 feet high, and...granite Colossus of Rameses II, now still was St. a mod- John the Divine in process of con- in...of which be transferred from dockside to the cathedral site, a distance of about VA miles. For conve- |  | | Book | | Quartz Treasure chambers of Augustus II Surface lustre St George statuette Chalcedony Frederick the Great’s...surrounding one of the oldest stones in the Crown Jewels, St Edward’s sapphire – according to tradition, this...Peregrina (“the Pilgrim”), was given to Queen Mary of England in the 1550s, as an engagement present. It was...lazurite (above), opal, quartz varieties such as amethyst, and more. Phyllosilicates This group includes...kunzite (above), enstatite, diposide, and others. Amethyst rough Double-chain inosilicates Double-chain |  | | Journal (issue) | | Kent MElO 4EB , U.K. JOURNAL MANAGER: Harry W. Day, 83 Hollywood Lane, Frindsbury, Rochester, Kent ME3...Manchester, U.K. T.F. Bridges, Ovington, U.K. N.J. Elton, St Austell, U.K. N.J . Fortey, Keyworth, U.K. R.A. Howie...Naden 63 Mineralogy of Snelston mine, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England P.S. Jackman 75 Calcian goyazite...florencite-(Ce) from Gunheath china clay pit. St Austell. Cornwall N.J. Elton alld M.J.£. Grigg 81 Epistilbite...Romanesque and Gothic wall paintings in Winchester Cathedral: an unusual use and alteration of vivianite H |  | | Journal (issue) | | bi-monthly by HELDREF PUBLICATIONS at 4000 Albemarle St., N. W., \Vashington, D. C. 20016. Telephone: (202)...splendid sparkle of the distant mica-mine dumps in New England sunshine to agree with tftis description...Pargas, Finland; Aker, Sweden; Fassathal, Tirol; St. Lawrence and Jefferson Counties, New York; Morris...crystal grains in a dolomite from near Bonneterre, St. Francis County, Missouri ; in the Mesabi district...Tyrol, Austria, and from the tin mines of St. Austell, Cornwall. 8 ROCKS AND MINERAIS MARGARITE, CaA12 |  | | Journal (issue) | | ............ 14 Greystones Quarry, Lawhitton, Cornwall by Nick Elton ..................................going to meet with our demise and go to the big mine in the sky, where all the vughs are full of topaz...growing on water-clear quartz crystals, topped by amethyst sceptre terminations. You know the sort of thing...Colin Sparrow for the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall and the vitalising of its geological collections...organised by any geological or mineralogical group in the UK. If only I could get to even a fraction of these |  | | Book | | Quartz Treasure chambers of Augustus II Surface luster St. George statuette Chalcedony Frederick the Great’s...Gems were one of the first currencies, and to this day are the marker by which we judge monetary value...lazurite (above), opal, quartz varieties such as amethyst, and more. Phyllosilicates This group includes...kunzite (above), enstatite, diposide, and others. Amethyst rough Double-chain inosilicates Double-chain...BARYTE TURQUOISE CAT’S-EYE TANZANITE QUARTZ AMETHYST CHRYSOBERYL APATITE RUBY CHALCEDONY AGATE |  | | Book | | certain level of protection under section 75 of the UK Consumer Credit Act. on purchases between £100 and... As a tourist, it's not possible to visit a gem mine in Thailand unless you k~ow the right people. Because...Because it's dirty and sometimes dan~er?us. mine visits are not part of the tourist experience. Sa:e your...who asks you what's on your sightseeing list that day. You tell him. Oh dear! That particular attraction...holiday/the monks are praying/it's a royal family day. But he knows where you can see an alternative. He |  | | Book | | AMETHYST JADE FOREWORD THE inherent which pages, ities, place are beauty of the two stones...our THE AMETHYST BIRTHSTONE FOR FEBRUARY SYMBOL OF TRUE LOVE THE purple amethyst stands pre-eminent...Indeed in early times, when the available supply of amethyst was limited, it was esteemed as a value, but ...and was the sapphire. In many have descended amethyst and to the us held in of the from sapphire...side by side. The chief from whence the present-day sources amethysts is derived are Brazil and the Mountains |  | | Book (edition) | | Coloured Rocks Limited First Edition printed in the UK Designed by Will Nash Copyright © 2009 by Coloured...children, A huge thank you to our design centre in the UK. — Hannah, Matt, Jack, Jessica, Tom and Lili, who...of years to come. 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