| FRANCE; Curator, School of Mines, Paris %e F. HOFMANN, Professor, School of Mines, Freiberg, EAST GERMANY...SCHUBNEL, Pro- Ye JOHN fessor and author, School of Mines, Paris, FRANCE SINKANKAS, author and collector...epidote are omitted, how is it possible to select two golds, two silvers, two rhodochrosites, and two siderites...localities: the Egyptians were working gem and gold mines on the Upper Nile River, the Greeks were busy...the civilized world was now widely using bronze, gold, silver, and lead, no systematic method for the |
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Bancroft, Peter (1973) The World's Finest Minerals and Crystals. |
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| FRANCE; Curator, School of Mines, Paris ^ F* HOFMANN, Professor, School of Mines, Freiberg, east Germany...j. schubnel, Pro fessor and author, School of Mines, Paris, FRANCE ^ JOHN sinkankas, author and collector...epidote are omitted, how is it possible to select two golds, two silvers, two rhodochrosites, and two siderites...localities: the Egyptians were working gem and gold mines on the Upper Nile River, the Greeks were busy...the civilized world was now widely using bronze, gold, silver, and lead, no systematic method for the |
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Bancroft, Peter (1973) The World's Finest Minerals and Crystals. |
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| FRANCE; Curator, School of Mines, Paris 4 F. HOFMANN, Professor, School of Mines, Freiberg, EAST GERMANY...H. J. SCHUBNEL, Professor and author, School of Mines, Paris, FRANCE ¥& JOHN SINKANKAS, author and collector...epidote are omitted, how is it possible to select two golds, two silvers, two rhodochrosites, and two siderites...localities: the Egyptians were working gem and gold mines on the Upper Nile River, the Greeks were busy...the civilized world was now widely using bronze, gold, silver, and lead, no systematic method for the |
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Moore, Thomas P. (2021, May 23rd) What's New in the Mineral World? 60. The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. This is not too bad a match for the locality designation that I took...you will find that the Daoping and Yangshuo lead mines are accessed from opposite sides of the same mountain...from June 21 to June 27, since the Ste.-Marie-aux-Mines Show has already been cancelled for 2021. Meanwhile...“gray uglies”), but they are hefty examples of a _gold_-bearing telluride from the long-gone type locality...mine, Zamanti River area, Denizovasi, Yahyali district, Kayseri Province, central Anatolia region, Turkey |
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Bernard, Jan, Hyršl, Jaroslav (2004) Minerals and their Localities (1st ed.) Granit, Prague. |
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| Brazilianite, 35 mm, Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed...various degrees. less common are malleable (e.g gold). ductile (e.g. copper). sectile (e.g. chalcocite)...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....Another problem concerned genetic conditions in the _gold_-bearing "greenstone" in Abitibi province in northern...near Sobotfn, Moravia, Czech Rep., in skarn at the Sankt Christoph mine, near Breitenbrunn, Saxony, Germany |
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Farndon, John (2007) The Illustrated Guide to Minerals of the World. Southwater, London. |
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| minerals. From precious native elements such as silver, gold and copper to complex silicates such as vesuvianite...pride of any geological collection. From the green, gold and blue iridescent sheen of labradorite to the...(bottom), also known for obvious reasons as 'fool's gold'. stone lying there. To start with, they probably...of an ancient treasure, lapis lazuli. Copper and gold were first used at least 10,000 years ago. They...times. colour makes them easy to see. Copper and gold were both too soft to make tools from, but the discovery |
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(1992) January - February 1992. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 23 (1) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| estimates, the reserve prices, if any, and, most im portantly, the names o f the successful bidders...the Bement col lection was particularly weak in golds, especially those of American origin. Louis Pope...Dohrmann auction catalogue (1886), showing California gold spec imens: (35) Tuolumne County; 3.18 cm (36)...volum e 23, January-F ebruary, 1992 Figure 3. Gold from the Grit mine, El Dorado County, California:...a century later to W illiam Larson. F igure 4. Gold from the Grit mine, El Dorado County, California: |
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(1996) November - December 1996. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 27 (6) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| .................. 476 by W. E. W ilson COVER: GOLD w ith q u artz on m atrix, ab o u t 13 cm tall as...friendship in a w ay that set standards for collecting and im parted intelligent aim s w hich have significantly...it hom e every February, the D esert Inn w as an im portant part o f the history o f m ineral collecting...800-607-2201 W h o le s a le a n d R e ta il Coogan Gold Company E d a n d K ay C o o g an P.O. B ox 1631...ealth, Sir John was busy in E urope gun-running and _gold_-sm uggling for the rebels. T here he rem ained for |
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Farndon, John (2006) The Complete Guide to Rocks & Minerals. Hermes House, London. |
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| (bottom), also known for obvious reasons as ‘fool's gold'. and there in the stone you may actually see fossils...practical dug mines to get at them underground. geological skill as they Copper and gold were first used...great unconformities (see Reading the Copper and gold were both too soft to geology book, De Re Metallica...as nickel years and some brand new - and is and gold that combine readily with rarely more than 10km/6...and Below: Salt Cellar Tor in England's Peak District is one of several tors in this region. They are |
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(1992) January - February 1992. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 23 (1) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| the Bement collection was particularly weak in golds, especially those of American origin. Louis Pope...MINERALS, itX'LR 'l!-;\.JEI .Y NIC11 IN CRYSTALLIZED GOLD l-\ND S IIJVER., OF A. DOHRMANN, Eso.J OF SAN FRANClSCO...Dohrmann auction catalogue (1886), showing California gold specimens: (35) Tuolumne County; 3.18 cm (36) Tuolumne... Jtmuar,,~Febn,ar,•, 1992 WFW WEW Figure 3. Gold from the Grit mine, El Dorado County, California:...traded a century later to William Larson. Figure 4. Gold from the Grit mine, El Dorado County, California: |
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(2012, January) Sussex Mineral and Lapidary Society Journal 235. SMLS |
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| 1754-1826. The malachite was collected from copper mines in the Urals and Jolyon was amazed to note that...rose-style cut. There are many gold and platinum nuggets on display with the largest gold nugget weighing 36 kgs...some superb specimens of azurite, conichalcite, erythrite, tyrolite, vanadinite and wulfenite from the Granada...scoured 1he:m for walks that seemed to [nclude 'mines' on them fo a pofnil lhat they become the ob]edive...11mderground, We had a speaker who desQ'l.bed the many mines around Castleford whero sand was mined for tho g |
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(1988) Australia!. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 19 (6) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| and coal. It is among the top three producers of gold, lead, zinc, silver, nickel, manganese, precious...officaldom give a high priority to minerals and mines in their plans to establish Australia as a new colony...de Villiers (1772-1840) in the Paris Ecole des Mines and C. F. C. Mohs (1773-1839) in Vienna. Lhotsky...assisting K. C. von Leonhard in the latter’s mineral dealing business in Hanau. After Leonhard was appointed...the magnificent specimens which came out of those mines.) Menge had from 1838 been predicting that valuable |
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Pearl, Richard M. (1964) Gems, Minerals, Crystals and Ores - The Collector's Encyclopedia. The Odyssey Press, New York. |
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| for the field rock saw; DeBeers Consoli¬ dated Mines, Inc., for the three stages in diamond cutting;...associated sulfide minerals. A product of the Tri-State district, where the corners of Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma...is the ruby-zinc va¬ riety. From the Tri-State district. gray color and metallic luster are characteristic...from one of the world's important tin-producing mines in Bolivia. Quartz intergrowth. This intricate...the arsenate ion (As04). _Im_¬ portant examples of this class include erythrite, scorodite, and mimetite |
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Pearl, Richard M. (1964) Gems, Minerals, Crystals and Ores - The Collector's Encyclopedia. The Odyssey Press, New York. |
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| , for the field rock saw; DeBeers Consolidated Mines, Inc., for the three stages in diamond cutting;...sulfide minerals. A product of the Tri-State district, where the corners Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma...sphalerite is the ruby-zinc variety. From the Tri-State district. Molybdenite. This specimen displays a foliated...from of the world’s important tin-producing mines in Bolivia. ' Quartz intergrowth. This intricate...). Im4 portant examples of this class include erythrite, scorodite, and mimetite. A Arsenide. mineral |
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Pearl, Richard M. (1964) Gems, Minerals, Crystals and Ores - The Collector's Encyclopedia. The Odyssey Press, New York. |
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| , for the field rock saw; DeBeers Consolidated Mines, Inc., for the three stages in diamond cutting;...su lfide minerals. A product of the Tri-State district, where the corners of Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma...sphalerite is the ruby-zinc variety. From the Tri-State district. Molybdenite. This specimen displays a foliated...4 ). Important examples of this class include erythrite, scorodite, and mimetite. Arsenide. A mineral...sulfarsenides or arsenide-sulfides. Assay. The analysis of gold and silver ore to determine its precious-metal content |
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Lloyd, David (2022) Portals Picks and Pasties - Fifty Years of Collecting Minerals. David Lloyd, Atherton. |
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| and Pasties Fifty Years of Collecting Minerals Gold from Hope's Nose, Devon. 23 x 15 mm. Image© Jeff...had broken up around the time of the St Marie-aux-Mines show. Following a discussion with Ian regarding...some of the mineral shows. I enjoyed several trips gold detecting in Nevada and other visits to South Africa...fluorites from Blackdene and Cammack Eals (both working mines at that time) for £67.50, leaving a balance of £82...Mine cerussite. I also took a nice rich specimen of gold in quartz from South Africa, a massive argentite |
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(2007) March - April 2007. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 38 (2) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| and dealers. In 1972, he made a trip to the ore mines of Peru where he acquired many imported specimens...Dixie mine in Idaho Springs for leaf gold and crystallized gold in 1976, and that same year began importing...includes a fantastic suite of leaf and crystallized golds, fluorites, and rhodochrosites, as well as suites...suites of minerals from Mt. Antero, the ore mines of the San Juan Mts. and the Leadville area, amazonite...Calabrian dialect of that language), about Colorado gold and its localities for the mineral magazine, Rivista |
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(1992) May - June 1992. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 23 (3) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| to: 7413 N. Mowry Place Tucson, AZ 85741 Articles Gold in South Africa ..................................rite cry stals m e a s u re 2.9 cm . T h is sp e c im e n is th e b e s t of th re e fo u n d in a n ice-filled...the summer. Initially he went underground in the mines in Mexico and collected as well as purchased material...itwatersrand P.O. Wits 2050 Johannesburg South Africa Gold has been mined in South Africa fo r over a century...from individual mines often exceeds other countries' entire national output. Notable gold specimens are |
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(1989) May - June 1989. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 20 (3) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| ..........191 by W. E. Wilson The Port Radium district, Northwest Territories, Canada .................Famous mineral localities: the Ouro Preto topaz mines ..................................................long and hard at the portal or shaft of abandoned mines and wondered if far better material might not be...least a short distance into aban doned mines. Abandoned mines certainly aren’t hard to find. Colorado...000—most of them underground metal mines. The U.S. Bureau of Mines estimates that there are well over |
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(1992) May - June 1992. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 23 (3) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| 1992 Volume Twenty-three, Number Three ® Articles Gold in South Africa ..................................stone, borrowing architectural thought to ask about bad it not already been out and visible. This elements...Mi11eralogical Record, ,·olume 23 , Ma.,·-June. 1992 GOLD IN SOUTH AFRICA Bruce Cairncross Department of Geology...Witwatersrand P.O. Wits 2050 Johannesburg South Africa Gold has been mined in South Africa for over a century...from individual mines often exceeds other countries' entire nationq,l output. Notable gold specimens are |
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(2024) Johanngeorgenstadt. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 55 (5). The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2024 Articles The Johanngeorgenstadt Mining District, Western Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany...............539 What’s New in Minerals Sainte-Marie-Aux-Mines show 2024..............673 by T. P. Moore Letters...(deceased) Peter L. Via (deceased) SENIOR FELLOWS Gold Level Scott A. Rudolph (2022–2023) Gail & Jim Spann...from Europe and Russia to the Colombian emerald mines, and the chrysoprase mine in Western Australia....He also made numerous collecting trips visiting mines in Mexico, usually with Benny Fenn or Bill Panczner |
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(1989) New Mexico. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 20 (1) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| DeMouthe Famous mineral localities: The Magdalena district, Kelly, New Mexico .............................Hammond Famous mineral localities: The Hansonberg district, Bingham, New Mexico .............................57 by R. S. DeMark The New Mexico Bureau of Mines Mineral Museum ...................................covers not just the Kelly mine but the Mag dalena district as a whole. This is not to say, of course, that...contributed two articles, one on the Red Cloud mines (11, 69-72) (not to be confused with Arizona’s more |
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Smith, George (1926) A Contribution to the Mineralogy of New South Wales. Mineral Resources 34. New South Wales Department of Mines |
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| TH WALES. DEPARTM�NT OF MINES. GE0£;6GICAL SURVEY. . G. ��DREWS, Government Geologist. MINERAL RESOURCES...Inspector of Mines, N.S.W. Issued under the direction of the Hon. J. M. Baddeley,, Minister for Mines. ;·....,·,.� i e'2.. NEW SOUTH WALES. DEPARTMENT OF MINES. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. E. C. ANDREWS, Government Geologist...Inspector of Mines, N.S.\V. Issued under the direction of the Hon. Minister for Mines. l J. M. Baddeley...l\Janoger, tmd later ·as a Go,·omrnent Inspector of Mines, had exceptional opportunities for examining thcr |
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(2002) The Mineralogical Record Vol. 33 (2). The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| Mandarino Gallery Reviews: Pacific Mineral Museum Gold Show 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Figure 2. Location of the Batalha mine and two other mines known for cuuprian elbaite, in the Seridó Fold Belt...85750 minrec@earthlink.net Two Chinese antimony mines have produced collectorquality stibnite crystals... (1990), some deposits also contain microscopic gold and copper particles; other sulfides such as arsenical...creations, grown on authentic matrix from the sulfur mines, were sold worldwide. Most of these specimens are |
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(1991, Fall/Autumn) UK Journal of Mines and Minerals 10. Rockbottom Publications |
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| JO· AUTUMN'" WINTER 1991 u K journal of mines & minerals CONTENTS issue no. I O·autumn-winter...JJ/oreto11 S.K. Howell ------28 ------STE-MARIE-AUX-MINES 1991 D.M. Schofield EDITORIAL M.P. Cooper· D...CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS (0909) 476906 l'KJournal of Mines & 1\lincr~lsNo. 10 -\- 1991 GUEST EDITORIAL The...Society Symposium a conference weekend at the Peak District Mining Museum in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. That...C'i.rcnJ rhc1r \\Jffll ~rtidc\. I· K Journal of Mines & Mineral, No. 10 -2- rhJnk, UJ all the mcmhc" |
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