 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Canada Downloaded by [Florida International University] at 19:52 23 August 2013 C anada is home...from emerald to sapphire, Canada has it all. Yet, for most of its history, Canada has been regarded as a...species have been found at one time or another in Canada (fig. 1). Some gem localities, such as those for...S. WILSON PO Box 352 Kingston, Ontario K7L 4W2 Canada brad@alpinegems.ca 96*2: 405,9(3: The...the emerging diamond mining industry has turned Canada into a gemproducing giant. Possibly encouraged |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SPECIAL GEMSTONE EXHIBIT AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF CANADA By WILLOW WIGHT, F.G.A. National Museum of Natural...Mineral Sciences Division Ottawa, Ontario. K 1 A 0M8 Canada The National Museum of Natural Sci ences has...case is devoted to gemstones which are found in Canada. The first half of the exhibit is con cerned with...star-stones of enstatite, ruby, bronze corundum and synthetic corundum (Linde-stars). Case Six explains durability...as well as a selec tion of synthetic compounds—corundum, spinel, quartz and YAG (yttrium alumi num oxide) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | lazuli: insight from the Lake Harbour Group, Nunavut, Canada and implications for gem exploration Philippe M...lazuli: insight from the Lake Harbour Group, Nunavut, Canada and implications for gem exploration, Ore Geology...lazuli: insight from the Lake Harbour Group, Nunavut, Canada and implications for gem exploration Philippe M...6339 Stores road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4 *Corresponding author email: phil.belley@gmail...contains occurrences of the gemstones sapphire (corundum), spinel (including vivid blue, cobalt-enriched |  | Lougheed, H. Donald, McClenaghan, M. Beth, Layton-Matthews, Dan, Leybourne, Matthew (2020) Exploration Potential of Fine-Fraction Heavy Mineral Concentrates from Till Using Automated Mineralogy: A Case Study from the Izok Lake Cu–Zn–Pb–Ag VMS Deposit, Nunavut, Canada. Minerals, 10 (4) 310 doi:10.3390/min10040310 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Izok Lake Cu–Zn–Pb–Ag VMS Deposit, Nunavut, Canada H. Donald Lougheed 1, *, M. Beth McClenaghan 2...University, 36 Union St., Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada; dlayton@queensu.ca (D.L.-M.); m.leybourne@queensu...L.) Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St., Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada; beth.mcclenaghan@canada.ca...University, 64 Bader Lane, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada Correspondence: 5hdl@queensu.ca Received: 15 February...important facet of modern mineral exploration in Canada and northern Europe. Till heavy mineral concentrate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 224 ROCKS & MINERALS Gallery Ottawa, Ontario Canada Figure 2. The front of the Victoria Memorial Museum...13 round diamonds (from the Ekati mine, Northwest Territories) placed in the areas of the capital cities...cities of each province and territory of Canada. The diamond-set globe (42 cut stones, total weight about... where its exhibits feature natural history in Canada and the world. The Vale Earth Gallery occupies... Address: 240 McLeod Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Website: http://nature.ca/en/plan-your-visit/directions |  | Turner, David, Groat, Lee A., Rivard, Benoit, Belley, Philippe M. (2017) Reflectance Spectroscopy and Hyperspectral Imaging of Sapphire-Bearing Marble From the Beluga Occurrence, Baffin Island, Nunavut. The Canadian Mineralogist, 55 (4) 787-797 doi:10.3749/canmin.1700023 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada BENOIT RIVARD Department of Earth and Atmospheric...University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E3, Canada PHILIPPE M. BELLEY Department of Earth, Ocean...British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada ABSTRACT Baffin Island (Nunavut, Canada) is located in the remote arctic...are considered to be prospective for sapphire (corundum), lapis lazuli (lazurite), and spinel gem deposits...and thin section offcut samples from the Beluga corundum occurrence were studied in a laboratory setting |  | | Journal (issue) | | FEATURE ARTICLE______________ 208 Diamonds in Canada B. A. Kjarsgaard and A. A. Levinson This article...Proves to be Synthetic Ruby Overgrowth on Natural Corundum Christopher P. Smith A study describing the gemological...“Diffusion Ruby” from red lattice diffusion–treated corundum as well as from natural rubies. pg. 235 REGULAR...Massachusetts A. A. Levinson Calgary, Alberta, Canada Christopher P. Smith Lucerne, Switzerland Editor...still a newcomer as a supplier of rough diamonds, Canada is now among the world’s most important diamond |  | Smith, E. M., Kopylova, M. G., Dubrovinsky, L., Navon, O., Ryder, J., Tomlinson, E. L. (2011) Transmission X-ray diffraction as a new tool for diamond fluid inclusion studies. Mineralogical Magazine, 75 (5) 2657-2675 doi:10.1180/minmag.2011.075.5.2657 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Stores Road, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T1Z4, Canada Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universität Bayreuth...Inc., 649 3rd Avenue, Val-d’Or, Quebec J9P 1S7, Canada Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University...Wawa area, Ontario, Canada; and the Panda kimberlite, Ekati Mine, Northwest Territories and the Jericho kimberlite...kimberlite, Nunavut, Canada were analysed using X-rays from a high-brilliance lab source and a synchrotron...Ontario, Canada; eight diamonds from the Panda kimberlite, Ekati mine, Northwest Territories, Canada; and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Inclusions in Thai Rubies Gem Exploration in Canada Images Seen Through Calcite Volume 36 / No...Blue Beryl from Pakistan | Emerald from Nunavut, Canada | Mesolite Cabochons from India | Quartz from Brazil...Recent Advances in Coloured Stone Exploration in Canada By Lee A. Groat 634 An Update on Mineral Inclusions...Groat, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Thomas Hainschwang, GGTL Laboratories, Balzers...diamond fluorescence, origin determination of gem corundum from Luc Yen (Vietnam), jadeite from the Polar |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sample from the north central Superior craton, Canada . . . Aulbach, S., see Stachel, T. . . . . . ....mantle beneath the Buffalo Head Terrane, Alberta (Canada) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Lake kimberlites at Lac de Gras, Slave Craton, Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . Davies, R.M., W.L. Griffin...K14 and K10 kimberlites, Buffalo Hills, Alberta, Canada: diamond growth in a plume? . . . . . . . . . ...of diamonds from the Ekati property, Northwest Territories, Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | al., 1978. in the United Statesor a provincein Canada. 0361-0128/82/90/1642-1gS2.50 1642 UNDISCOVERED...regionalvalue approachin the contextof a casestudy,with Canada as the study location.First we derive unit regional...Comparisonof observedfrequencyhistogramof log]o and territories)and achievea generalsenseof their regionalvalues(in...states,and whereasthe unit regional provincesof Canada. valuesof three provinces--Alberta,Ontario,and...locations--Prince Edward Island, the Yukon, and Northwest Territoties--are more than two standard deviations |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | applications to the Diavik Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Canada” [Appl. Geochem. 24 (12) (2009) 2312–2331]...British Columbia, 6339 Stores Road, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4 Also, the text of the In all instances...second line of the legend in Fig. 8a should read ‘‘Corundum 9.7%” and the decimal points in the values on...6th order symmetrized harmonics Phlogopite-1M Corundum 90.3 % 9.7 % b March-Dollase + 6th order symmetrized |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralogicalassociation.ca Mineralogical Association of Canada The Geology of Gem Deposits MINERALOGICAL ASSOCIATION...The City of Yellowknife, capital of the Northwest Territories, is located on the north shore of Great...that will be held: OF CANADA SHORT COURSE 21–22 MAY 2007, YELLOWKNIFE, CANADA SHORT COURSE ORGANIZER:...Association of Canada and the Mineralogical Association of Canada, in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada...“Diamonds: Exploration to Production – A Northern Canada Perspective” and a post-conference field trip to |  | | Journal (issue) | | of minute cavities similar to those seen in gem-corundum'. Recently the authors have examined a small tabular...enough to the angle between rhombohedral faces of corundum (93° 56') to be connected with that form. The...about the diffusion process for the colouring of corundum both in this and other jour nais.(4,5) Identifying...meets the surface of a cabochon-cut treated blue corundum. FIG. 6. Platinum platelets in the Knischka...] 544 J.Gemm., 1983, XVIII, 6 GEMSTONES OF CANADA By WARREN F. BOYD, B.Sc., F.G.A. Canadian Gemmological |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MSS 2C6, Canada bGeological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St., Ottawa, Ont. K1A OE8, Canada (Received...metamorphosed Hurwitz gabbro sill, Northwest Territories, Canada. In a relatively unmetamorphosed sample...coronitic gabbro from the Grenville Province, Ontario, Canada, magmatic baddeleyite and zircon retain a primary...mineral baddeleyite 1This is Geological Survey of Canada contribution No. 35892. (ZrO2) especially in the...Mackenzie swarm, Melville Peninsula, Northwest Territories, Canada. B. BSE image of a euhedral baddeleyite |  | | Report (issue) | | (2) (3) 100.00 100.00 (1) Monteagle, Ontario, Canada. (2) Na 0:90 Ca 0:10 Al1:10 Si 2: 90 O8 : (3) Na0:70...Association: Quartz, orthoclase, sanidine, tourmaline, corundum. Distribution: A widespread mineral. Fine material...Fine and Macomb, St. Lawrence Co., New York; on Corundum Hill, Chester Co., and at Media, Delaware Co....Carolina. At Lake Harbour, Ba±n Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. Name: From the Greek for little and |  | | Journal (issue) | | operations at this remote site in Canada’s Northwest Territories, just 220 km south of the Arctic Circle...island on pristine Lac de Gras in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Replete with engineering challenges, and...Archean-age Slave geologic province in northern Canada, is one of the world’s preeminent sources of gem...situated in a remote subarctic setting in the Northwest Territories. Four kimberlite pipes occur in close proximity—three...coming from one area near Lac de Gras in the Northwest Territories. The discovery of kimberlite pipes there |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Zone Scheelite Skarn Orebody, Tungsten, Northwest Territories' A Revised Genetic Model GILLIAN A...GeologicalSciences, Queen'sUniversity,Kingston,Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada Abstract The unusually large(4.2 millionmetrictons)andhigh-grade...Einaudi (1981) for corUndergrounddevelopmentby Canada Tungsten dilleran scheelite skarns. In the contextof...beddingbut is probablyaxial-planarwith respect to the northwest-southeast-trending recumbentanticline of the mine...probable that the main 1.1 in seven samples;normative corundum = 0.5- fluid conduit,or conduits,remainunexposed |  | | Report (issue) | | PAPER 69-45 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES A CATALOGUE OF...MINERALS R. J. Traill ' GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA CANADA PAPER 69-45 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...n's Printer, Ottawa from the Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth St., Ottawa and Canadian Government bookshops...to change without notic e Queen ' s Printer for Canada Ottawa 1970 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...has elapsed since T . Sterry Hunt in Geology of Canada, 1863 , presented the first descriptive list of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geological Survey Branch of the Department of Mines, Canada, for the Calendar Year 19o9. Review by E. R. L...peridotites . . . . Lacroix. Review by F. C. Calkins . Corundum-Syenite (Uralose) from Montana, On. By Austin...Geological Survey Branch of the Department of Mines, Canada, for the Calendar Year 19o9, Summary Report of...McInnes, William. Report on a Part of the Northwest Territories Drained by the Winisk and Attawapiskat Rivers...463 (Uralose)fromMontana . Rogers,AustinF. On Corundum-Syenite Reviewby EdwardB. H. Elemente der Gesteinslehre |  | | Journal (issue) | | from Minas, Goiás and Bahia, opals from Piauí, corundum from Mato Grosso, and agates from Rio Grande do...Brazilian_Jewelry 5 30/12/2007, 23:58:22 MINING Canada reveals its great colored gemstone wealth By Bradley...emerald to sapphire. Yet, for most of its history, Canada has been regarded as a nation devoid of gemstones...rough, most major gem species have been found in Canada. Some gem localities, such as amethyst from Nova...the emerging diamond mining industry has turned Canada into a gem producing giant. Possibly encouraged |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | exploration in the Lac de Gras region of the Northwest Territories of Canada. This account is accompanied by numerous...natural gemstones (taken by the author as diamond, corundum, spinel, beryl, quartz, opal, alexandrite and...The distinction of flame-fusion grown (Vemuil) corundum from ruby and sapphire produced by flux growth |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | quartz + fluorite + H2O = wollastonite + 2HF, and corundum + sellaite + H2O = spinel + 2HF, were used to...(Al2O3)-Sel (MgF2)-Spl (MgAl2O4) fluid (H2O-HF): Corundum-sellaite-spinel fluid equilibria may be used to...H2O = wollastonite + 2HF (open points), and (2) corundum + sellaite + H2O = spinel + 2HF (black points)...(Fig. 4). Pegmatites of the Grenville province, Canada: According to Lentz (1992), the Grenvillian pegmatites...Zone scheelite skarn orebody, Tungsten, Northwest Territories; Oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon isotope studies: |  | Hunter, R.C., Lafrance, B., Heaman, L.M., Zaluski, G., Thomas, D. (2018) Geology, lithogeochemistry and U-Pb geochronology of the Aberdeen Lake area, Nunavut: New insights into the Neoarchean tectonic evolution of the central Rae domain. Precambrian Research, 310. 114-132 doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2018.02.024 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Mines, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont., Canada P3E 2C6 b Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences...Edmonton, Alb., Canada T6G 2E3 c Cameco Corporation, 2121 11th Street West, Saskatoon, Sask., Canada S7M 1J3...Rae - Chesterfield block craton margin during northwest-dipping subduction. This event generated the voluminous...River and Wager Bay dextral shear zones, and the northwest-trending, sinistral, Bathurst Fault (Fig. 1)....respectively (Rainbird and Davis, 2007). Late, north-northwest-trending diabase dykes of the ca. 1267 Ma Mackenzie |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Average W content (ppm) Reference MacTung, Northwest Territories Dragon Lake, Yukon Territory Mount Armstrong...hundred U.S. Geological Survey, Geological Survey of Canada, Canadian Dep a r t m e n t of Indian Affairs and...scheelite skarns (e.g., those of the Selwyn Basin, Canada) also have primary muscovite and garnet restricted...Lake George, New Brunswick Cac, Northwest Territories Lened, Northwest Terr. Cantung, Nortwest Terr. Mactung...0 ) , K/Na = atomic K20/Na20, Co = % normative corundum; Sri = initial Sr ratio, either taken directly |
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