 | | Report (edition) | | maps produced by the Geological Survey of Western Australia are available from: Information Centre Department...Bulletin 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia second edition While systematically...authoritative, the second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is written not only for the professional geologist...et al. The second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is an updated version published in response...formal inception of the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA) in 1896. In this second joint publication |  | | Report (edition) | | Stocklmayer GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia FRONTISPIECE Euhedral black... MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA by J Michael Fetherston, Susan M Stocklmayer...Stocklmayer Perth 2013 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINISTER FOR MINES AND PETROLEUM Hon. Norman...EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Rick Rogerson REFERENCE The recommended reference...VC 2013, Gemstones of Western Australia: Geological Survey of Western Australia, Mineral Resources Bulletin |  | | Book | | many fun-filled weekends for all the family. Australia is renowned for the world's finest Opal. But opal...Rhodonite, Agate, Garnet, Topaz, Tourmaline, Zircon, Beryl, Amethyst and Turquoise can be found in many different..."nodules". The unique 4 AUSTRALIAN OPAL DEPOSITS Australia is the world's greatest producer of precious opal...expensive vacuumcleaner apparatus, called a "blower". mine is created by running over a large area with a bulldozer...good spot for a noodler is an abandoned open-cut mine, using a rake and your trusty sieve. You're on | | | Book | | weekends for all the family. : '. . ' ~ L . ..... Australia is renowned for the world's finest Opal. But opal...Rhodonite, Agate, Garnet, Topaz, Tourmaline, Zircon , Beryl, Amethyst and Turquoise can be found in many different..."nodules". The unique 4 AUSTRALIAN OPAL DEPOSITS Australia is the world's greatest producer of precious opal...expensive vacuum cleaner apparatus, called a "blower". mine is created by running over a large area with a bulldozer...good spot for a noodler is an abandoned open-cut mine, using a rake and your trusty sieve. Open-Cut Mining |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Red and PinkVariscite from the Wood Mine, Cocke County, Tennessee HENRY BARWOOD Indiana Geological Survey...Bloomington, Indiana 47405 Downloaded by [The Aga Khan University] at 02:32 01 November 2014 I n 1969...oxides were examined by the author at rock swaps in western North Carolina. Some of these specimens contained...the collectors revealed the source to be the Wood mine in Cocke County, Tennessee. Rather cursory examination...strengite (Lehnert 1971). The author first visited the mine in 1971 after the initial rush of collectors had |  | | Report (issue) | | extraLapis English No. 2: Emerald The Most Valuable Beryl The Most Precious Gemstone Publisher Lapis International...ISBN 3-921656-58-3 Emerald The Most Valuable Beryl; the Most Precious Gemstone ------------ extraLapis... USA About Emeralds Emeralds· of the World Beryl and Emerald: Words from India ......4 A brief etymology...Mineralogically a Beryl ........10 Composition, structure, crystal habit, green beryl and trapiche emerald...Asia: Pakistan, Afghanistan and India .......6 0 Old Mine Emeralds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Collection, Kyushu University News Downloaded by [The Aga Khan University] at 00:19 02 January 2015 from Japan...arsenopyrite and quartz (Ko #1508) from the Obira mine, Oita Prefecture. It is a huge matrix piece, measuring...from the Obira mine; chalcopyrites from the Ani mine, Akita Prefecture, and the Ashio mine, Tochigi Prefecture;...matrix specimens of fluorapatite from the Ashio mine, Tochigi Prefecture. Of the several collections...one of the largest stibnites from the Ichinokawa mine, Ehime Prefecture (fig. 4) can also be found at |  | | Journal (issue) | | October 1999 ISSN: 1355-4565 Synthetic red beryl from Russia Ulrich Henn 1 and Claudio C. Milisenda...typical inclusion pattern. Keywords: synthetic red beryl, hydrothermal growth, Russian production, physico-chemical...purposes which have resulted in a number of synthetic beryl varieties. vanadium, manganese, cobalt and nickel...synthetic beryls which consist of a synthetic pinkish beryl core and a synthetic emerald overgrowth (Koivula...(1978) and Ilyin et al. (1980) reported on synthetic beryl varieties Introduction C ommercial quantities |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Downloaded by [The Aga Khan University] at 04:12 29 December 2014 Dr. George W. Robinson is curator...the New York State Museum. Downloaded by [The Aga Khan University] at 04:12 29 December 2014 The GEMS... left to right: Titanite (sphene), Tilly Foster mine, Brewster, Putnam County, 6.70 carats, Harvard Mineralogical...collection), S. Chamberlain photo; hexagonite, Wight mine, Fowler, St. Lawrence County, 3.29 carats, Canadian...Chamberlain photo; calcite, St. Joe Minerals (ZCA) mine, Balmat, St. Lawrence County, 1,017 carats, A. E |  | | Report (issue) | | Beryl and Its Color Varieties Page 4 Mineralogy of Beryl and the Beryl Group William "Skip" Simmons...Peak of Colorado Beryl Collecting Mark I. Jacobson Page 14 Crystal Structure of Beryl and Pezzottaite...England Gem Beryl Bruce Jarnot Page 16 Bazzite of the Alps Stefan Weiss Page 32 Beryl from the Pegmatites...Page 22 Beryl Color Varieties William "Skip" Simmons and Alexander Falster Page 49 Gem Beryl from Russia...Breithaupt's Beryl Seal Mineralogist Friedrich August Breithaupt had his seal carved into a beryl crystal |  | | Journal (issue) | | incorporation of H 2 0 molecules into the channels of the beryl structure, as was shown by Wood & Nassau (1968)...L. & Nassau, K. (1968): The characterization of beryl and emerald by visible and infrared absorption spectroscopy...Physics Department, Monash University, Victoria, Australia. INTRODUCTION In a previous article (Hutton...how to define emerald. For example, to the eye, beryl containing V3+ can have the same 'characteristic'...'characteristic' colour of emerald which is, in general, beryl coloured by the presence of Cr3+ (with little Fe3+ in |  | | Book | | the first class. The quartz stones, those of the beryl family, and also the diamond are colorless when...the Greek language, as do diamond, emerald, and beryl. Garnet and ruby are both Latin names. Jade is a...minerals belong to this group, including emerald, beryl, tourmaline, quartz, ruby and sapphire. 4. The...closely resembles the more valuable diamond. Greenish beryl can often be heated to a beautiful blue. Heat treatment...brown-purple; pink topaz to orange-brown; aquamarine beryl to light green; yellow or white scapolite to amethyst-purple |  | | Journal (issue) | | difficult colour determination of a blue-green beryl. He ended his description as follows: 'With the...1982, XVIII, 2 GROSSULAR GARNET FROM THE JEFFREY MINE, ASBESTOS, QUEBEC, CANADA By WILLOW WIGHT, B.A....Division, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A OM8, Canada The Jeffrey Mine is the second largest asbestos deposit in the world...Located about 160 km east of Montreal, the Jeffrey Mine has been producing since 1881. Now owned by the...found on granitic rocks that intrude the Jeffrey Mine ore body. The grossular varies from colourless through |  | | Journal (issue) | | microprobe JEOL JXA-8600. Emerald occurrences in Australia, Brazil, Mozambique, Russia, Tanzania (Lake Manyara)...E merald is the most important gemstone of the beryl group (Gübelin, 1974; Sinkankas, 1981; Smith, 1972;...from eleven gem-mining regions in Afghanistan, Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Russia...Phlogo pite 358 ~ Illite • • • • • Dolomit e Beryl Bertran d ite Euclas e Phena kite 2 3 • • •...6 zambia, Kitwe (in bluish-green emerald) 7 Australia, Pool 8 Mozambique, Santa Maria |  | | Journal (issue) | | Production: Chantaburi, Thailand Goober Pedy, Australia-the Mining of Opals ToLl rl,, aline Deposits of...supervisor; in most cases, this is the owner of the mine. LAPIDARY TREATMENT Cutting is done by means of...that may be present in the stone's visible spectrum cue seen. at their sharpest. The stone is held in soft...heat treating corunduml inasmuch as Sri Lanlza) Australia, and Hong Kong have treatment operations as well...Lanlza) Thailand, Cambodia, Burma) Kashmir, or Australia). In general) i t is easier to deepen the color |  | | Book | | of the Stone in Myth and in Rock 9 3 From Mine to “Mine”: The Emerald Business 21 4 Emeralds in World...John) is one of the most mysterious figures in Western myth. His ancestry is uncertain, but some claim...including large crystals of quartz, feldspar, mica, and beryl. Because pegmatite is such a rich source of rare...could identify the country and sometimes the actual mine a particular stone came from. However, vaporizing...attractive beryl family. The word “beryl” comes from the Greek berullos, meaning “crystal.” Beryl in turn |  | | Journal (issue) | | laboratory. Dyed jade, synthetic turquoise, heat-treated beryl and zircon, irradiated spodumene, and topaz that...Included in the discussion are jade, turquoise, beryl, zircon, spodumene, and topaz, as well as a variety... Figure 6. Examples of various colors of beryl. Iron in the beryl produces the yellow, green, and blue....readily. Color in Gems BERYL Another material that we have studied in detail is beryl (Goldman et al., 1978)...1978). Chemically, beryl is a beryllium aluminum silicate (Be&SieOi8). Yet beryllium, aluminum, and silicate |  | | Journal (issue) | | The Russian Emerald Saga – The Mariinsky Priisk Mine Development of Small Deposits and ASM in Africa...Chen Shen, China Mark Tremonti, Australia Advisors Damien Cody, Australia Marcelo Ribeiro, Brazil Santpal... Richland Resources; Stephan Reif, Green Dragon Mine; Warren Boyd, Potentate Mining; and Rui Galopim... InColor From left: Stephan Reif, Green Dragon Mine, Warren Boyd, Potentate Mining and Rui Galopim de...colored gemstone and jewelry industry. R New Beryl Family Mineral Discovered in Myanmar esearchers |  | | Journal (issue) | | gemological study of blue sapphires from the Baw Mar mine (Mogok, Myanmar)’ was posted by the Gemological...apphires-baw-mar-minemogok-myanmar. The Baw Mar mine has recently produced a significant amount of fine...blue colour of stones from the northern part of the mine is medium to dark, while material from the southern...gem-producing nations, including Afghanistan, Australia, Brazil, Madagascar, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and Tanzania...USA, where they were exhibited by gem dealer Mona Khan (Vista Gems, Skillman, New Jersey, USA). One of |  | | Journal (issue) | | (Abroad) Australian Prospector Finds Page Emerald Mine Huge Emerald Belt In India Page by N. Vlswanath...rapidly. Extraction was restricted to twenty tons per mine per year and has 1.1ore recently been reduced still...sites are the Mogshore Rake near the old Magpie Mine, and the Black Marble Quarry on the A6 just outside...BOOKS' Comprehensive Facettfng Instructions '-a mine of information-94 pages. £1.45 plus 7p p & p. i...tetrahedrite, linarite, barite, etc. The Old Gunnislake Mine (430720) ls being cleared at the moment and dumps |  | | Journal (issue) | | New Mexico, USA|Tsavorite mining at the Scorpion mine, Kenya|Mussel pearls from the Philippines 28 By...technology. Supply remained constrained: Annual mine production increased by the slowest rate since 2008...apatite (some of which is gem quality) is the Sfordi mine in central Iran, where the crystals are hosted by...different hardness of the three minerals (Mohs 7½–8 for beryl, 6–6½ for pyrite, 3½ for dolomite). Within the mixed...inclusions are well known from Baluchistan Province, western Pakistan (Koivula and Tannous, 2004; Koivula, 2008) |  | | Journal (issue) | | Abduriyim Tokyo, Japan A. J. A. (Bram) Janse Perth, Australia Mark Newton Coventry, UK Shigeru Akamatsu Tokyo...region (near the municipality of Lajes) had produced beryl and/or columbite-tantalite from pegmatites, but...efforts and promising early results, the emerald mine has not yet begun production. 2 GEMS & GEMOLOGY...deposit is located near the Bonfim gold-tungsten mine (figure 2), at coordinates 05°50.45¢S, 036°07.10¢W...basement gneiss, close to the Bonfim goldtungsten mine, which is hosted by metasedimentary rocks. Modified |  | | Journal (issue) | | Established Families of Six Miners Killed in Mogok Mine Collapse to Receive Compensation Gemstones Survey...postponed an auction of emeralds from its Kagem mine in Zambia by several months to February 2017 as...Museum The Natural History Museum of Los in Western Australia, and the Juliet shine amongst the museum’s...cushion-cut Fancy Argyle Violet from the Argyle mine The Rainbow necklace. n oria Vict chid Or le Purp...to be discovered pear and round- at the Argyle mine. The original rough cut shape white stone weighed |  | | Book | | not ideal architectural partners. Egypt and western Asia their work was done with Other materials...flesh shrinks from the touch of cold marble, and western Turkey, where Ephesus is located, does feel a touch...hardest, jasper inlay work in lapis lazuli and beryl. Examples of and rock crystal were also uncovered...drinking cup for blood. capital from Delphi, Greece. beryl. Above right: Marble author appeared on emeralds;...the same name, emerald, for the green forms of beryl and corundum, gems which differ completely one from |  | | Journal (issue) | | look at the jewelry designs that the powerful Western jewelry brands are selling in China. Whereas these...Biennale des Antiquaires in Paris last September. Western economists have often said that Chinese manufacturers...Production in Coming Five Years Gemfields’ Kagem Mine. K agem Mining, the largest emerald producer in...media briefing. Gemfields has revived the emerald mine, since acquiring a share in 2008, by investing heavily...the Kagem emerald mine, Gemfields has a 50-percent stake in the Kariba amethyst mine in southern Zambia |
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