 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pohwatp@si.edu Conichalcite Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb Otjikoto Region, Namibia A n article appeared in a...malachite, 10.5 cm across, from the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto region, Namibia. Fine spherules of conichalcite...green crusts of fibrous spheres at the Cap Garonne mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France...cuprite has come from the Clara mine, Oberwolfach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Conichalcite is the only arsenate...Arthur E. Smith, and the Cincinnati Mineral Society. region, Namibia. In fact, as with so many other mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ca-Mg-Co arsenates and carbonates Gregor Markl1,*, Michael A.W. Marks1, Insa Derrey1,2 and Jan-Erik Gühring1...Universität Tübingen, Wilhelmstr. 56, D-72074 Tübingen, Germany 2 Institut für Mineralogie, Leibniz Universität...Universität Hannover, Callinstr. 3, D-30167 Hannover, Germany 1 Abstract The supergene alteration of cobalt arsenides...characteristic mineral assemblages including erythrite, pharmacolite, and other Ca±Mg±Co-bearing arsenates...compositions from the mining area of Wittichen, southwest Germany, where primary skutterudite and safflorite in granite-hosted |  | | Report (issue) | | 104.171(5)° X-ray Powder Pattern: Black Forest, Germany. 3.57 (10), 8.89 (8), 5.03 (8), 3.38 (7), 2.25...nováčekite, erythrite, pitticite, arseniosiderite, uraninite. Distribution: From the White King mine, about...Lake Co., Oregon, USA. In Germany, in the Black Forest, from the Sophia mine and on the Schmiedestollen...Wittichen; at Reinerzau, near Alpirsbach; in the Michael mine, Weiler, near Lahr; near Schramberg and Triberg...Triberg, Hammereisenbach, Menzenschwand; in the Anton mine, Heubachtal, near Schiltach; and in Bavaria, at Sailauf |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rutherford Mine Pegmatites details on page 4 In this issue … Mineral of the month: Erythrite ...........details ................................ p. 4 Erythrite President’s collected thoughts .............................. p. 15 Mineral of the Month Erythrite Summer break ahead! by Sue Marcus Long ago...minerals. Don’t believe everything you were taught—erythrite, June’s Mineral of the Month, is an exception...shade is redder and hotter in my perception than erythrite. I’d agree with “magenta,” the hue it was dubbed |  | | Journal (issue) | | Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf...showing early mining methods, a case of antique mine lamps, worldwide uranium and rare earth ores, gold... e tem er cto er Calcite, 24.1 cm, Verchniy mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia. Jeff Scovil photo. Famous...has produced the world’s finest specimens of erythrite, roselite, roselite-beta, talmessite, wendwilsonite...given a name to the whole, very well-mineralized region thereabouts. The Bou Azzer mining district encompasses |  | | Journal (issue) | | name to the agate. T h e R o m a n invaders of Germany discovered that the agates from the hills around...E-ray has a strong absorption b a n d in the 5700Â region, thus it appears red through the filter, as do...few in number, the most notable being the rose erythrite or cobalt bloom, a hydrated arsenate usually found...and silver. seur monograph), 1967. 25s. 50s. Michael Joseph (Connois- BENDA (K.). Ornament and jewellery...to Miss Elizabeth Strack of Idar-Oberstein, W. Germany. The Rayner Prize in the preliminary examination |  | | Journal (issue) | | c5anvw,((e,vMintrafs Mineral Dealer & Mine gent Levant Gallery Lower Boscaswel I, Pendeen, Near Penzance...Minerals 35 37 FRONT COVER Caledonite. Red Gill Mine., Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Largest crystal 1.25... S. Africa, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland and Germany. Necessary to this development, to take up the...pink crust found on the dump was identified as erythrite. In November, a return visit was made to the trial...associated with veins worked in the Vigra and Clogau mine, and was more than likely a trial for gold in the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Schneeberg Mining District, Western Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany ....................................... 620 by.............................. 737 ►• - COVER: Erythrite spray, 4.4 cm, in a quartz-lined pocket, from...Schneeberg District in the famous Saxon Erzgebirge of Germany has been a source of mineral specimens and mineral...no less than 3 9 minerals including bismuth, erythrite, roselite, and zeunerite. Ores of silver, cobalt...silver, bismuth, cobalt and uranium minerals. Erythrite from the Rappold and Daniel mines; native bismuth |  | | Journal (issue) | | n d to the east of the well-known U m b a River mine producing pastel shades of gem corundum. T h e precise...strong b a n d is prominent in the 4350Â-4300Â region, b u t it was difficult to penetrate the gloom...centred in t h e 4610Â region a n d there is another broad b a n d in the 4850Â region. These bands are all...garnets and virtually all of the other gems from this region h a d their origins in the Basement Complex rocks...More than one ultrabasic intrusion is known in the region a n d the possibility of their continuity at depth |  | | Journal (issue) | | of STONES Publishing FOUNDERS: Andrey Belyakov Michael Leybov CONSTITUTERS: Geological Faculty of the...State University, Andrey Belyakov, Michael Leybov Director general Michael Leybov WuJ:014 o tonej 1995 e...Belyakov Anna Gorbatova Michael O'Donoghue Ludmila Egorova Alexander Evseev Michael 1.eybov Vladimir Feodorov...Trofimov Boris Sokolov Peter Sztacho Herbert Obodda Michael Brame BOARD of EDITORS: Editor-in-Chief Alexander...in weight), a block of Ural Erythrite. Schneeberg, Saxsony, Germany. 7x 5 cm. VSGM, M'22262. Photo: |  | | Journal (issue) | | copper, zinc arsenate: austinite; cobalt arsenate: erythrite; lead arsenate: mimetite; nickel arsenate: annabergite)...solution series with each other. For example, erythrite [cobalt arsenate] is in a complete solid solution...(if the price is right)! I once described pink erythrite (cobalt arsenate) and green annabergite (nickel...México. Moore and Megaw (2003) described the Ojuela Mine as Mexico’s greatest mineral locality with 117 species...Collector that “of all the species from the Ojuela mine, perhaps the least eye-appealing is köttigite, which |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineral collections Mail order also available Michael & Julie Newnham 10 Heyington Close, Croydon Victoria...Isa District, Queensland Part 2 -The Mount Cobalt mine ............ 17 B. Day & B. Beyer Definition of...described colquiriite, LiCaAlF6, from the Colquiri tin mine, Bolivia (Walenta et al., 1980) . Colquiriite is...of bernalite on goethite from the Propri etary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales. Crystals are approximately...Broken Hill, bernalite has also been found in Germany, but to date it has not been made synthetically |  | | Journal (issue) | | collected probably in I.he I 920"s from the Keeley Mine. South Loraine Township. Ontario. Canada purchased...labeled as erythrite. David found the mineral rather strange and not resembling erythrite as he knew...balls and crust of rose/violet color resembling erythrite. We propose to name the mineral in honor of Mr...unknown by Terry Szenics from the San Francisco mine, Sien-a Gorda, Antofagasta Province. Chile. The...About equally significant, one finds Freiberg, Germany and Joachimsthal, Czechoslovakia. The single 4 |  | | Journal (issue) | | anatase and more rarely, brookite. Late in the day Michael Jackson opened up a two foot long vug lined with...fled to the cars. We moved on to the Blackcraig Mine tips for lunch. Much of the three to four mile stretch...site of the day was the Talnotry Arsenic and Nickel Mine dumps. This site is hidden deep in the forest, up...and set off for the Lauchentyre and King's Laggan Mine dumps. The road to the mines ran through some scenic...rejoined the party across the road at King's Laggan Mine. This meant traversing an even more mal-odorous |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ornwall- Type Iron Mines r GRACE MINE • CORNWALL MINE • A JONES' » MINE _ by BRYON BROOKMYER Box 19 Blue...replaced. Not all of started in 1683 at the Jones mine. Many additional the surrounding rock has been replaced...one time there were well over 100 of this type of mine worked for ore, some only pro ducing one or two...William Penn Memorial Museum specimenXPhoto by Michael Kindness). Geological Situation The term "Cornwall...place. Minerals that may be collected at the Jones Mine The Ore The primary iron ore material in all the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Leatherman 36 ARSENIC FAMILY MINERALS 32 Part II: Erythrite, realgar, orpiment and scorodite add rich color...crystals surround a nice calcite from the Quiruvilca mine, Quiruvilca District, Peru. (6.2 cm high) (Jeff...a pocket the author found at the Ace of Diamonds Mine. JIM LANDON B ack in 1970, when I was a fresh...dumb. The Ace of Diamonds has a campground and a mine store that rents and sells tools. They have a fabulous...Falls Herkimer Diamond Mine (www.paradisefalls ny.com) and Crystal Grove Diamond Mine and Campground (www |  | | Journal (issue) | | of STONES Publishing FOUNDERS: Andrey Belyakov Michael Leybov CONSTITUTERS: Geological Faculty of the...State University, Andrey Belyakov, Michael Leybov Director general Michael Leybov EDITORIAL COUNCIL:, Andrey...Andrey Belyakov Alma Gorbatova Michael 0' Donoghue Alexander Evseev Michael Leybov Victor Trollmov Boris...Sokolov Igor Pekov Peter Sztасho Herbert Obodda Michael Brame BOARD of EDITORS: Editor-in-Chief Alexander...Turnoff Lily Martin (style, English) Translators: Michael Gerfanov Mark Fed'kin Associate photographer: Alехеу |  | | Journal (issue) | | Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...St. John’s Island, Egypt. Ray Hill collection; Michael Bainbridge photo. Topaz, 4 cm, from Murzinka, Russia;...Nuristan, Afghanistan. Ron Zeilstra collection; Michael Bainbridge photo. Gold, 1.2 cm, from Ikabaru, Bolivar...collecting has flourished throughout the Northwest region in recent decades; a history of the mineral discoveries...the estate. Many early minerals collected in the region about Spokane, Washington, are represented in the |  | | Book | | Mitchell has summarized so well in this volume. Michael Fleischer Washington, D.C. vii < Preface The...names was Glossary of Mineral Species (1975) by Michael Fleischer. Several of the synonyms included in...E. Arem; Glossary of Mineral Species (1975) by Michael Fleischer; Mineralogische Tabellen (5th edition)...acknowledge the comments and corrections made by Michael Fleischer, who read an early draft of the manuscript...I—II. New York: Plenum Press, 1972. 4. Fleischer, Michael. “Procedure of the International Mineralogical |  | | Journal (issue) | | stream sediment survey of the area around Carrock Mine (Appleton and Wadge, 1976) shows three, roughly...resembles the quartz in the tungsten veins at Carrock mine, being very coarse and greasy with few cavities...associated with the Skiddaw Granite near Carrock Mine, Cumbria. Mineral Reconnaissance Programme. Report...Whitehaven. 164pp. [facsimile reprint of 3rd ed. by Michael Moon, Beckermet 1976 and later] . Shaw, W. T. (1970)...for establishing the non-ferrous industry in the region . By the early nineteenth century south Wales had |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | strategically set with 13 round diamonds (from the Ekati mine, Northwest Territories) placed in the areas of the...otherwise noted, all photos by Michael Bainbridge Figure 5. Erythrite, on quartz, 2-cm crystals, from...from Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 4. A selection of tourmaline from the gem collection:...Figure 6. Nambulite, 2.8 cm wide, from the Kombar mine, Otavi, Namibia. This specimen was formerly in the...yellow mimetite crystals from Johanngeorgenstadt, Germany, and many, many more world-class specimens were |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | it is located through the basic development of a mine and the six different mining methods used to extract...Sunday, April 28th. Ã field trip to the Tilly Foster Mine near Brewster, N . Y. was planned1 for May 19th...discussion held on the trip to the Tilly Foster Mine, May 19th. The next field trip planned is to the...Helen Gallant, Ralph Lieser, Francis Phillips, Michael Grieco, and Walter Nichola. Mrs. Lieser, Mrs. Phillips...one hundred and fifty different species from the region. One had only to look at some of the exAt the March |  | | Journal (issue) | | Geological Survey Uralolite from the Dunton Gem Mine, Newry, Maine: A Second O c c u rre n ce .........Lieber Heidelberg, West Germany Olaf Medenbach Bochum-Querenburg, West Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim...length, collected in the Mindola open pit, Rokana mine, Zambia, by S. P. Korowski. The Mineralogical Record...under ground miner at the 115-year-old Oriental mine in Alleghany, Sierra County, California. In August...presented at his trial, Stokes began sneaking into the mine at night and stealing (“highgrading”) gold. No one |  | | Journal (issue) | | Lieber Heidelberg, West Germany Olaf Medenbach Bochum-Querenburg, West Germany Julius Weber Mamaroneck...copy of the 1975 Glossary of Mineral Species by Michael Fleischer? At $4 it really is an inexpen sive...name on a label when additional details (such as mine, district or county) are easily obtained. Unlike...that the first exploration of the Lake Superior region was undertaken by the United States Government...Gen. Walter Cunningham, the U.S. mineral agent, to mine the section of land on which the boulder rested |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | expanded. After a three-page foreword introducing the region, its history, and the Sachsen-Schätze series (the...read. Even if one does not collect minerals of the region, the book contains so much information on classic...(such as pyromorphite, stephanite, polybasite, erythrite, schorl, (hydroxy)herderite, and fluorapatite...his increasing engineering and mine planning responsibilities at the mine before, during, and after Mission...superb job of compiling and summarizing individual mine history, including production tables. Much of the |
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