| formula, allegiance to a mineral group, symmetry and crystal structure as well as the strongest X-ray powder...and opaque minerals. More attention is paid to crystal habit or aggregate development and their sizes...species must contain chemical formula, structure (crystal system, space group, and unit cell dimensions)...groups: The number of new mineral species may grow as an avalanche, flooding the mineral population with tens...lepidolite, wolfrarnite). In many cases, minerals have an intermediate composition between theoretical end-members |
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Clopton, E. L., Wilson, W. E. (1996) The Mineralogical Record Index - Volumes I - XXV 1970 - 1994. Mineralogical Record Inc. |
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| investment necessary to produce and publish such an index were beyond our resources at that time. We... as it turned out, by the Friends of Mineralogy, an independent non-profit organization. In 1985 the...then-president Mike Graben, compiled and published an index of volumes 1-14. This index has proven invaluable...information b Book review c Crystal morphology information d Crystal drawing ff Continues on following...order. In those cases where the same person is both an author and a subject of articles, the authored articles |
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Boegel, Hellmuth (1971) A Collector's Guide to Minerals and Gemstones. Thames and Hudson. |
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| for within several months they asked me to render an opinion as to its suitability for translation and...neglecting the truly important European localities. As an amateur handbook, this one makes no pretense at being...essentials of crystallography, chemistry, and crystal structure. These provide a firm basis for discussion...method of indicating increasing quality by the use of an increasing number of exclamation points within parentheses...crystallography at the beginning of the text, crystal systems and associated conventions and terminology |
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Franza, Annarita, Mattes, Johannes, Pratesi, Giovanni - Eds. (2022) Collectio Mineralium - The catalog of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II’s mineralogical collection. Firenze University Press, Firenze. doi:10.36253/978-88-5518-494-6 |
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| 36253/fup_best_practice) All publications are submitted to an external refereeing process under the responsibility...must be compliant with the Peer review policy, the Open Access, Copyright and Licensing policy and the Publication...Stolzi. The online digital edition is published in Open Access on www.fupress.com. Content license: except...This edition—curated by Firenze University Press—is an expression of the commitment of our University, and...Museum System, whose staff also contributed with an opening essay. The Florentine academic tradition |
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(1966, December) Earth Science Catalog. Southwest Scientific Company |
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| t::_: •.·'':{}j;,·}~t' MM - T 'N Fl. P. R. - crystal crystalled crystalline crystallized micromount...opalescence ................... PERICLINE Italy, Austria 1 SWitzerland Aleine areas Fine large white twin...pitch black vitreous mass ........ R. ALLEMONTITE An intergrowth of arsenic and antimony Germany Harz...Mountains, Marysvale ----i'>ink crystalline mass, some crystal vugs ALTAITE Lead telluride Colorado Saguache County... Norway Kragerp Pure dark green cleavages and crystal sections .. Norway Kragerp ~JJ laq? lustrous dark |
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Tait, Kimberly (2012) Gems and Minerals: Earth Treasures from the Royal Ontario Museum. 256pp. |
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| This book provides a basic introduction to the crystal structure of minerals, as well as illustrations...pressures and temperatures. Immense quantities of rock and their constituent minerals are altered and destroyed...crystals are considered to be a mineral called crystal structures. Natural crystals formed by geological...laboratory-grown (synthetic) because they grow in rock. crystals, although identical to their natural...are not considered to be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: |
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Tait, Kimberly (2012) Gems and Minerals: Earth Treasures from the Royal Ontario Museum. 256pp. |
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| This book provides a basic introduction to the crystal structure of minerals, as well as illustrations...pressures and temperatures. Immense quantities of rock and their constituent minerals are altered and destroyed...and these atomic arrangements are called crystal structures. Natural crystals formed by geological...are not considered to be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 cm. Biominerals...considered to be a mineral because they grow in rock. MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF ACHANGING Vanadinite, |
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(1962) Catalogue. Scott Williams Mineral Company, Inc. |
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| Micromount and Fluorescent columns . PETROLOGIC (ROCK) SPECIMENS ....... MINERAL DETERMINATION SUPPLIES...SUPPLIES including Blowpipe Testing.......... . xl - crystal xlled - crystalled xlline - crystalline xllized...County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal barrel-shaped crystal druse. Many of the crystals exhibit a cavernous·...mina Ojuela. White-to-pale yellow sheave-like crystal FI. 1. 00 groups on limonite ................ Mexico...the most abundant member of the am phiboles, is an important constituent of igneous & metamorphic rocks |
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O'Donoghue, Michael (1992) An Illustrated Guide to Rocks & Minerals. Smithmark Publishers Inc. |
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| y ; \ a Soa ara EL O’DONOGH MI a mz Es 7 AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO ROCKS AND MINERALS introduces...Superb full-color photographs depict the primary rock types and a comprehensive selection of magnificently...stirred. This eminently readable book will open the door to an inspirational world of stark beauty and tantalizing...surface of the earth, minerals make up the rocks. A rock may be composed of a number of different minerals...animals there are not very many different kinds of rock nor mineral, anditisnot difficulttolearn about |
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(1978) November - December 1978. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 9 (6) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| F. J. Parker Tveitite from the Barringer Hill District, Texas..................................387 byW...388 by H. Barwood and B. Hajek Zircons of Summit Rock, Oregon...........................................slide competition. e. “PRO” if you do not qualify as an amateur as defined above. 2. Maximum of two entries...water-color artist, George was an authority on Arizona mineral localities, an interest he acquired through...two small occurrences were uncovered in the two open pits o f the Rokana mine, Zambia, which contained |
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| Lee Boltin Based on the original work “Bunte Welt der schonen* Steine” by Werner Lieber, © 1969 by Franckh’sche...could hardly determine the origin of rocks, nor could an economic geologist study valuable ore materials....that is, chemical formula, physical properties, crystal system, and most important to you as a collector...which involve very simple hand tests which will be an invaluable aid in your identification of specimens...mineral with a Sp. G. of 3 is 3 times heavier than an equal volume of water. Even with these tests, you |
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(1961) Catalogue. Scott Williams Mineral Company, Inc. |
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| Micromount and Fluorescent columns. PETROLOGIC (ROCK) SPECIMENS .... MINERAL DETERMINATION SUPPLIES including...PHOTOGRAPH: 67 69 70 l\ilICROMOUNT SUPPLIES . xl - crystal xlled - crystalled xlline - crystalline xllized...ATLASES ...... . 79 Sharp hexagonal barrel-shaped crystal druse. Many oi the crystals exhibit a cavernous...mina Ojuela. White-to-pale yellow sheave-like crystal groups on limonite . .. . .. ... .. ... . lVlexico...the most abundant member of the am phiboles, is an important constituent of igneous & metamorphic rocks |
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Tennissen, Anthony C. (1973) Colorful Mineral Identifier (2nd ed.) Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. |
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| Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, W. Germany. Anthony C. Tennissen. der schénen* Franckh’sche Adapted by Revised Edition...could hardly determine the origin of rocks, nor could an economic geologist study valuable ore materials...is, chemical formula, physical properties, crystal system, and most important to you as a collector...where take a brief look mineral—all of which will be an they are most commonly found. Let us at the principal...mineral with a Sp. G. of 3 is 3 times heavier than an equal volume of water. Even with these tests, you |
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Moore, T.P. (2016) Moore's Compendium of Mineral Discoveries 1960 - 2015 Vol. 2. Mineralogical Record Inc. |
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| vugs of crystalline talc. Easily the best extant crystal, a doubly terminated floater found in a talc vug...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...COLUMBIA Ice River complex. The Ice River complex is an intrusive body of alkaline igneous rocks where sodalite...Shelley Lambert extracted excellent loose ilmenite crystal clusters from a calcite vein-dike digging site...ilmenite specimens have come from an unusual calcite vein-dike occurrence with an exposure very near, indeed |
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(1965, October) Geology Catalog. Southwest Scientific Company |
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| invited. ABBREVIATIONS used in this catalog xl -crystal xlled -crystalled xlline - crystalline xllized...············································ 28 ROCK AND MINERAL COLLECTIONS······················-·...Black glassy crystals imbedded in camptonite dike rock .................. . TREMOLITE Calcium magnesium...Mountains, Marysvale ~ink crystalline mass, same crystal vugs .... AMBL YGONITE Sodium lithium aluminum... Arassuahy Transparent brown-green pleochroic crystal prisms ¼"to ½" .25each5/. 25 each 5/.25each5/1. 00 ....... Czechoslovakia |
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Barnett, Roger, Howe, Jerry (1979) The Kings Creek, South Carolina, Barite Pits. Rocks & Minerals, 54 (4) 173-175 doi:10.1080/00357529.1979.11762741 |
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| deposits. Cherokee County also contains an iron ore district. An important iron industry flourished in...crystals, bladed habit, maximum size of individual crystal is 0.5 cm, on massive barite. JULY/AUGUST 1979...vugs in schist, West Pit Barite—four distinctive types, see text of article, West Pit Beraunite—deep red...West Pit Bornite—disseminated grains or small massive areas occur in schist and quartz, West Pit Cacoxenite—sprays...microcrystals occur with rock crystal quartz in vugs in massive barite, West Pit Chalcanthite (tentative)-observed |
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(2005) Beryl and its Color Varieties. extraLapis English 7. Lapis International LLC |
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| Colorado Beryl Collecting Mark I. Jacobson Page 14 Crystal Structure of Beryl and Pezzottaite William "Skip"...August Breithaupt had his seal carved into a beryl crystal. Breithaupt began his studies in 1811, during A...Finland's Famous Find Peter Lyckberg Page 64 China: An Emerging Source of World-Class Beryl Guanghua Liu...Louisiana (USA), with the lowdown on beryl mineralogy An ancient gemstone, aquamarine is well suited to modern...refer, rather than to a given species, to the crystal properties of clarity and luster. The French term |
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(2017) St. Andreasberg. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 48 (3) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| Kansas Affiliated with the Friends of Mineralogy, an independent non-profit organization Graphic Production...May–June, 2017 Contents The St. Andreasberg Mining District, Western Harz Mountains, Niedersachsen, Germany...working in the lode” (Simonin, 1869). The Mining District Western Harz Mountains Niedersachsen, Germany...geographically tiny St. Andreasberg District of silver mines has an outsized reputation: it is among the...Schnorrer (1941–2015), who were coauthors (with GG) of an earlier article on St. Andreasberg published in Lapis |
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(2009) Skarby Akademii Górniczo-Hutniczej - Minerały, Skamieniałości, Skały [Treasures of AGH University of Science and Technology - Minerals, Fossils, Rocks]. AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków. |
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| simply stones, which overwhelming beauty tells us such an amazing story. Consecutive stages of the Earth formation...lasting tradition has resulted in this outstanding, open to the generał public, museum, which enhances the...by Jan Zarański, commenced their attempt to found an academy teaching mining engineers. A year later,...outstanding event by an inscription in the University Book of Honours made with an eagle feather (20th...Geology (surveying and documenting of resources: salt, rock resources, ores, coals), Department of Environmental |
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Beran, P., Sejkora, J. (2006) The Krásno Sn-W ore district near Horní Slavkov: Mining history, geological and mineralogical characteristics. Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 51 (1-2) 3-42 |
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| Geological Society 51/12(2006) 3 The Krásno Sn-W ore district near Horní Slavkov: mining history, geological...79, Czech Republic The tin-tungsten Krásno ore district near Horní Slavkov (Slavkovský les area, western...reviews the data on geological setting of the ore district, individual ore deposits and mining history. Horní...mineralogy; Slavkovský les; Krásno, Horní Slavkov ore district; Czech Republic. Introduction In the mining history...the Horní Slavkov Krásno mining district (Fig. 1). The Krásno district is located near Horní Slavkov in |
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(2001) March - April 2001. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 32 (2) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| 9 5 . . . 494-515 5 . . . FAX (949) 494-040 2 .r Open Tues.-Sat. 10-5. (Closed Sun.-Mon.) P h o to by...one year. *Continued on p. 167 COVER: FLUORITE crystal group, 8.1 cm, from the Shangbao mine, H unan,...The daughter of a mining family, she has maintained an intense interest in minerals and mining throughout...while supplies last at $25 each postpaid, constitute an invaluable reference on mining stock certificates...hardbound together for the Record Library. If you have an interest in this area, be sure to get copies of the |
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(2011) Topaz - Perfect Cleavage. Mineral Monograph 14. Lithographie, LLC |
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| extralapis No. 13: Topas Das prachtvolle Mineral, der lebhafte Edelstein with the permission of Christian...forms desirable collector specimens. The mineral is an aluminum fluorosilicate with the composition Al2SiOiF...and chromium can substitute for aluminum in the crystal structure. Ideal "fluortopaz" (Al2SiO4F2) would...lighter and larger than fluorine. Crystals and Crystal Structure Crystals are orthorhombic and are typically...dipyramidal with point group symmetry 2/m 2/m 2/m. Crystal structure consists of layers of oxygen, fluorine |
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(2013) Romanian Journal of Mineral Deposits Vol. 86 (2) Institutul Geologic al României |
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| Metaliferi Mts. 15 4. Baia Mare metallogenic district 64 5. Other sources of native gold from Romania...Gold Museum of Brad was born from various mineral, rock and mining tool collections belonging to mining...samples of native gold, 383 mineral samples, 53 rock samples, as well as ore processing reagents, mining...Ballerina” is an unique assemblage of several gold dodecahedral crystals. The top crystal is almost perfect...complex gold telluride which has been known with an undecided chemical formula (Pb5Au(Te,Sb)4S5-8(?) |
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(2012) Amethyst - Uncommon Vintage. Mineral Monograph 16. Lithographie, LLC |
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| Robert Brandstetter photo Lower middle: Working an amethyst vein in Morchnerkar in Austria's Zillertal...of the hunt; and that staple of all good legends, an innocent nymph, in this case named Amethyst. Endless...petrify the frightened girl, turning her into pure crystal. Various versions impute all sorts of reprehensible...provided with a clear rock crystal goblet, while his clever antagonist drank water out of an amethyst cup. The...is the uncooperative archaeological fact that rock crystal goblets and other containers are abundantly |
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Dusmatov, Vyacheslav D. (2003) A.E. Fersman's contribution to the systematic collection of the mineralogical museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences. New Data on Minerals, 38. 135-141 |
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| Simferopol Museum, and Moscow University. He maintained an intensive exchange of minerals with various scientists...Italy, France, Switzerland, Czechia, Germany, Austria. Recollecting these years, Fersman wrote: «......of the Moscow University since 1905, he visited open pits of Podolsk, stone quarry of Dorogomilovo, outcrops...outcrops of Khoroshevo and Myachkovo. In the Podolsk open pit he has found palygorskite. Fersman began the earliest...tourmaline was so perfectly in harmony with gray granite rock, and the sparkling red hematite blinded eyes with |
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