 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pegmatites are a valuable part of North Carolina's natural heritage, important both for their commercial...mineral enthusiasts. Pegmatites and Alaskites OF NORTH CAROLINA JOHN C A L L A H A N Geology Department Appalachian...Appalachian State University Boone, North Carolina 28608 P E G M A T I T E S A R E O N E O F T H E most...important types of rocks found in North Carolina. Extraction of feldspar, mica, quartz, spo dumene, and...and clay derived from the weathering of feldspar from pegmatites and associated alaskites annually provides |  | | Journal (issue) | | Wayne & Dona Leicht, 875 North Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 926 (949) 494 -7 6 9 5 . . ....Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...mineral localities: The Rist and Ellis Tracts, Hiddenite, North C arolina 129 by D. L. Brown & W. E. Wilson...information during 2000 and 2001, contact: Sharleen K. Harvey, President 2309 S.W. 1st Ave., #2142, Portland...Closed Mondays and holidays Specialties: N o rth Carolina and w orldw ide minerals and gems Accessible to |  | | Report (issue) | | International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...WEISE VERLAG, GERMANY AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA About Emeralds Emeralds· of the World Beryl and...of San Jose, California North Carolina: James Hill of Hiddenite, North Carolina Treatments: Ron Ringsrud...................84 Karl Schmetzer USA: Hiddenite, North Carolina ...........64 Michael Wise What is...beryl, but also include bitumen, pyrite, monazite, K-feld spar, epidote, zircon and apatite (Ohnenstetter |  | Giuliani, Gaston, Groat, Lee A., Marshall, Dan, Fallick, Anthony E., Branquet, Yannick (2019) Emerald Deposits: A Review and Enhanced Classification. Minerals, 9 (2) 105 doi:10.3390/min9020105 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | shale (Colombia, Canada, USA); (IIC) Metamorphic rocks (China, Afghanistan, USA); (IID) Metamorphosed and...(d) emerald in quartz vein and minor potassic feldspar, Dyakou, China, longest crystal: 1.5 cm. Specimen...Alps (Binntal) as well as in the United States (Hiddenite). Nigerian emeralds are unique and are located...La Marina, Peñas Blancas). United States: 12. Hiddenite; 13. Uinta. Canada: 14. Dryden; 15. Mountain River;...can be occupied by alkali ions (such as Na+ , Li+ , K+ , Rb+ , Cs+ , etc.) whose presence is required to |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | Marshall has spent his career at the University of North Texas since 1967 involved in nuclear magnetic resonance...laboratory chemistry. Dr. Marshall cofounded the North Texas section of the Materials Research Society...Denton, Texas, whereJim teaches at the University of North Texasand Jenny pursues her own business in computer...their debut at theRMSspeaker's platform. 9:15 C o c k t a i l s and snacks in Suite 400 will be served throughout...2:45 R a r e - e a r t h mineralogy of the Mohave County pegmatites, NW Arizona byS.L. Hanson, A U. Falam; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | December 2014 THE FENGJIASHAN WOLLASTONITE MINE, DAYE COUNTY, HUBEI PROVINCE, CHINA. B. Ottens, Klingenbrun-Banhof...visited the Fengjiashan Wollastonite mine in Daye County, and a huge number of well-developed minerals have...reported. The Gole quarry, approximately 80 kilometers north of Bancroft, near Madawaska, is well known for fabulous...WISCONSIN MINERALS FROM THE NINE MILE PLUTON, MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN. T. W. Buchholz1, A. U. Falster2, and...ferberite-hübnerite from the Nine Mile pluton, Marathon County, Wisconsin. Program notes. In 31st Rochester Mineralogical |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Creek area, Last Chance Mining District, Plumas County, California. Axis, volume 1, number 1, pages 1–30...beauty of the city. He dined with the Emperor Alexander I and was feted by the Russian nobility. After...purchases were from the sale of the collection of Sir Alexander Crichton FRS, MD, FRCS, FLS, FGS (1763–1856)....polymathic Crichton was physician to Emperor Alexander of Russia from 1803 to 1814, and was well respected |  | | Journal (issue) | | 2002 • $15 Kristalle Wayne & Dona Leicht, 875 North Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 (949)... Helena, the State Capital, lies 106 km to the north, and Dillon, Montana, 91 km to the south. Spokane...Adams Adirondac Adventure Agnostic Alex Scott Alexander Alice (pit) Alisbury Alliance Allie Brown East...La Plata Lackawanna Late(r) Acquisition Lena K. East Lena K. West Leonard No. 1 Leonard No. 2 Levena Lexington...Neversweat Niagra Night Hawk Nile Nipper None Such North Berlin North Star Northern Pacific Northwestern Norwich-Plutus |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2004 Copyright © 2004 Elsevier Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0016-7037/04 $30.00 ⫹ .00 Pergamon...Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180 USA Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University...of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA 3 Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National... Compositional analysis of natural monazite (Hiddenite, NC) used in this study (determined by electron...were also run on a natural monazite from Hiddenite, North Carolina (now popularly referred to as the “eBay |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | H2O molecules and the larger alkali atoms (Cs, Rb, K) occupy the 2a sites and Na atoms occupy the smaller...pegmatite veins and are associated with quartz, feldspar, biotite, and wolframite. The H isotopic composition...(Garstone, 1981). The host schist formed through K metasomatism of the ultramafic rock during intrusion...Si4+ Al3+ Sc3+ V3+ Cr3+ Be2+ Mg2+ Ca2+ Mn2+ Fe2+ Na+ K+ Cs+ Table 1 (continued) 28 29 30 31 32 33...Si4+ Al3+ Sc3+ V3+ Cr3+ Be2+ Mg2+ Ca2+ Mn2+ Fe2+ Na+ K+ Cs+ 28. Brazil (Gavrilenko and Pérez, 1999). 29 |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...of rd. a few yds., outcropRose Quartz. DOUGLAS COUNTY CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts, |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book | | Vienna, Angeles, CA; Oceanside, York, Roland Dr. K. CA; Milton Switzerland; Hans Stern, Austria; the...showing opinion of Lucas, upon the stones early feldspar whose dates that the mines less were which...Dr. and Wadi modem Peter 6 Sikait looking north, showing lesser temples to the right. photograph...information. Of the from a supposed in source north and northeast of 35 The clings a lack same...these mines, labeled found around the Nile River north of Thebes. No emeralds exist the emerald mine |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | associated with fine-grained albite and blocky K-feldspar is commonly oriented subnormal to the contact...crystals of spodumene occur in massive quartz or feldspar-rich intermediate units (Walker et al. 1986; Mulja...are commonly associated with albite, quartz, K-feldspar, colored elbaite, pink beryl, muscovite and/or...(Si), rhodonite (Mn), hornblende (Ti), sanidine (K, Al), olivine (Mg) and chromite (Cr). The analytical...limits are: 0.02 for Ti, Cr and Mg; 0.03 for Na, Ca, K and Al; 0.04 for Fe and Si and 0.05 for Mn (all in |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Journal (issue) | | (Michael Finger) and LKA Emeralds from Hiddenite, Alexander County, NC to Go On Public Exhibit in New York...explorer with operations in Oaxaca. Mexico and evada, USA. In June, 2018. groundbreaking began at the surface/open...Mining Unit. which also includes the Mina Gold. County Line and East Camp Douglas propertie . The Project...Mineral Belt (Bell Mining District) in Mineral County. Nevada. A fler ten monrhs of construction progress...e: Nb atomsare orangeand in sixfold coordination, K is pale blue and in 12-fold coordination, 0 atoms |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ownership: Excalibur Mineral C orporation, 1000 North Division Street, Peekskill, NY 10566-1 830. Publisher:...Jan ua ry 2009 a nd ma rc he d it bac k ho me w he re I q u ic k ly deter mined by mic roche mica l q...in my mate ria l. at 30.8 &38 .5 d eg 2 theta (Cu K a lpha radiat io n) w hic h I put down to ' impuri...w e re o the rw ise ide ntical. Because o f a tri k ing simi la ri ty o f th is m a te r ia l to tha t...were sllldy ing a new Cu hydroxychloride from Arara k, I ran, and an identical one from Mina de los Tre |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 5)Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)3F α-LiAlSiO4 □Li2(Mg,Fe)3Al2Si8O22(OH)2 K(Li,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(F,OH)2 Ca(Li2Al)Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)3F...□(LiAl2)Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4 α-LiAlSi2O6 LiFePO4 K(Li,Al,Fe)3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2 rich rare-earth pegmatites...pegmatites are also peraluminous (i.e., molecular Al/(Na + K + 2Ca) > 1). Their peraluminous nature derives from...the very fine-grained micas that replace alkali feldspar throughout the pegmatite are Li-poor. Thus, here...normally coarse-grained crystals of spodumene, feldspar, and others. Spurred on by field and experimental |  | | Report (issue) | | and the Beryl Group William "Skip" Simmons and Alexander Falster Page 24 The Best of the Rockies Tony...Beryl and Pezzottaite William "Skip" Simmons and Alexander Falster Page 28 New England Gem Beryl Bruce Jarnot...Beryl Color Varieties William "Skip" Simmons and Alexander Falster Page 49 Gem Beryl from Russia and Ukraine...Beryl Red and Green William "Skip" Simmons and Alexander Falster Page 100 Grading and Pricing Gem Beryl...and Alexander Falster, pegmatite specialists from the University of New Orleans in Louisiana (USA), with |  | | Book | | Polycrates had no one but himself to blame. Even Alexander the Great, who conquered the whole known world...to hang onto an emerald. According to legend, Alexander (who wasn’t technically a Greek but pretended...where it presumably remains to this very day. Alexander died very soon afterward. It’s not clear where...aggregates, including large crystals of quartz, feldspar, mica, and beryl. Because pegmatite is such a...Nizams of Hyderabad, which legend said came from Alexander the Great, hailed from Colombia in the sixteenth |  | | Book | | 203 204 205 Pattern, texture, and inclusions Hiddenite Kunzite Tutti Frutti necklace Jade Chinese birdcage...component minerals of gneiss— mainly quartz and feldspar—tend to separate out into distinct bands of different...slightly included 1 and 2) H I Near colorless J K L VS1, VS2 (Very slightly included 1 and 2) M ...green Andalusite Alexandrite Garnet Helidore Hiddenite Kunzite Iolite Peridot Quartz, amethyst Morganite...thunderbolt for Zeus or a trident for a shipwreck off the north Poseidon, makes the god’s identity coast of the |  | | Book | | long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted...Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's finest ilmenite specimens |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019 USA (email: dlondon@ou.edu) ABSTRACT Pegmatites are...feldspars versus quartz and of plagioclase versus K-feldspar solid solutions. Importantly, the sequential...intergrowths in pegmatites is graphic granite, in which K-feldspar hosts skeletal quartz (Fig. 2). Graphic granite..., Goad and Černý, 1981) consists of skeletal K-feldspar megacrysts, some with graphic quartz intergrowths...trench, and coring program conducted in Colorado (USA) during WWII generated modal analyses of 1,803 pegmatites |  | | Journal (issue) | | bulbs with a color temperature of approximately 6500 K (the cover for the overhead light source also filters... 16, No. 11, pp. 2949–2951. Fritsch E., Scarratt K. (1993) Gemmological properties of type Ia diamonds...B.A., Goryainov S.V., Shu J., Hemley R.J., Mao H.-K., Boyd F.R. (2000) Fossilized high pressure from the...concentrations of Na (5100–8200 ppm), Sr (1080–2320 ppm), K (66–410 ppm), Mg (66–274 ppm), and P (5.0–24.1 ppm)...exception was the significantly lower concentration of K (average 47 ppm) in the CCPs compared to the NCTCPs |  | | Journal (issue) | | A. Fritz, John I. Koivula, Björn Anckar, and Alexander U. Falster Explores the vivid “canary” yellow...UV Near colorless E F F G F G I H H J H L I I M J K H I na na na na na na na na na na VVS2 VS1 VVS2 VS1...cell and cooled to liquid nitrogen temperature (~77 K). Raman and photoluminescence (PL) spectra were recorded...to J), and three displayed very slight coloration (K to M). All the faceted Apollo samples in this group...of view 0.9 mm). Photomicrographs by W. Wang and K. S. Moe. less group (figure 8). Within this group |
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