| Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za AJOITE Messina Mine, Musina, Limpopo Province, South Africa I t...originating from the Messina mine in South Africa. (Note that the town where the mine existed was originally...originally named Messina but was renamed Musina after the 1994 political dispensation in South Africa. The registered...registered mine name remains Messina.) Since the early 1950s, the Messina mine has produced spectacular...original type-locality specimens from the New Cornelia mine, Pima County, Arizona, in the United States have |
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(2016) Berezovsk, Russia!. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 47 (4) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| net Famous Mineral Localities: The Berezovsk District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia .....................quartz in the Artonvilla mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa .........................know, we supplied a DVD on the famous Pederneira mine with the May-June issue. This DVD is a supplement...staff of the British Museum (Natural History) in South Kensington on October 1, 1957, as Assistant Scientific... and he was in constant demand as a speaker at local clubs and societies. Three of his most popular talks--delivered |
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(1991) May - June 1991. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 22 (3) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| 0026-4628 ‘Continued on p. 247 Articles The Outlaw mine, Nye County, Nevada ..............................J. P. Cassedanne & L. Barreto The Messina mining district, South A frica .............................Valley Road Watsonville, California 95076 The Outlaw mine has long been known as an occurrence o f rare and...benjaminite, fo r which it is the type locality. The mine has been idle fo r more than 60 years, and because...More than 30 minerals have been identified from the mine and studies continue on the sulfosalt mineralogy |
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(2018, December) Geobulletin Vol. 61 (4) Geological Society of South Africa |
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| Medical Geology 24 The Waterberg’s first platinum mine 26 Thermal remote sensing for mineral and hydrocarbon...Tanzania Mineral Scene 44 Ajoite from Messina Mine, South Africa The Geotraveller 46 Geology and Mining... Box 91230 Auckland Park 2006 Johannesburg, South Africa Tel: +27 11 358 0028 e-mail: info@gssa.org.za...for Geoscience Private Bag X112 Pretoria South Africa 0001 Tel : + 27 (0) 12 841 1149 General Fax:...CORNER RUSTENBURG & CARLOW ROADS, MELVILLE, SOUTH AFRICA. Classifieds Front Cover: The Cradle of Humankind |
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Scovil, Jeffrey A. (2016) Tucson (Dis)Plays the Blues: A Pictorial. Rocks & Minerals, 91 (1) 18-27 doi:10.1080/00357529.2016.1099129 |
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| 7 cm across, Khanong open pit, Sepon mine, Vilabouly district, Laos. Irv Brown specimen. TUCSON (Dis)...pseudoboleite, 1.1 cm high, Amelia mine, Santa Rosalia, Boleo district, Baja California, Mexico. Irv Brown...(above). Aurichalcite, field of view 7.6 cm, 79 mine, Dripping Springs, Pinal County, Arizona. John Cesar...Library] at 01:33 12 December 2015 Figure 8. Shattuckite and quartz, 4 cm across, Kaokoveld, Kunene region...specimen. Figure 10. Baryte, 12.3 cm high, Ouichane mine, Nador, Segangane, Morocco. Spirifer specimen. |
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Bowell, Rob, Cook, Robert B. (2009) Connoisseur's Choice: Shattuckite Kunene District Kaokoveld, Namibia. Rocks & Minerals, 84 (6) 544-550 doi:10.1080/00357520903272231 |
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| cookrob@auburn.edu Shattuckite Rocks & Minerals 2009.84:544-550. Kunene District Kaokoveld, Namibia...chrysocolla, an excellent lapidary material. Shattuckite, a copper silicate that represents all three...suggested as this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice. Shattuckite is most often seen as dark-to-medium blue aggregates...addresses above. 96*2: 405,9(3: m2/m2/m). Shattuckite generally shows two perfect cleavages along {010}...has a hardness of 3.5 and a density of 4.11. Shattuckite has relatively simple chemistry, Cu5(SiO3)4(OH)2 |
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(2023) Ajoite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America |
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| copper-rich base-metal deposits. Association: Shattuckite, conichalcite, quartz, muscovite, pyrite (Ajo...USA); shattuckite, duhamelite, sillénite (Munihuaza, Mexico); quartz, papagoite (Messina, South Africa)...Arizona, from the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co.; at the Moon Anchor mine and Potter-Cramer property,...Munihuaza, near Alamos, Sonora, Mexico. At Messina, Transvaal, South Africa. Name: For the type occurrence at |
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(2020) Mineral Collections in Texas III. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 51 (6.1) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The...Spodumene (variety kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler |
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(2023) Papagoite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America |
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| in quartz crystals (Messina, South Africa). Association: Aurichalcite, shattuckite, a joite, barite (Ajo...USA): quartz, a joite (Messina, South Africa). Distribution: In the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona...Arizona, USA. In South Africa, from Messina, Transvaal. At the Sinclair mine, near LÄ uderitz, Namibia |
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(2020) Montreal Mine!. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 51 (3) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| M ontreal Mine! L L The Mineralogical Record MAY–JUNE 2020 • VOLUME 51 • NUMBER 3 • $25 & Wayne...gemgypsy@bellsouth.net MAY–JUNE 2020 Articles The Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin ........................... 487 COVER: BARITE, 6.5 cm, from the Montreal mine. David and Karen DeBruin collection, ex Muscatine...cm on vesuvianite from the Crazy Sphinx mine, Helena District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. Collected...world-class realgar specimens from the Royal Reward mine, Green River Gorge, King County, Washington. The |
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(2021, September) Mexico IX. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 52 (5) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| Azurite with malachite, 5.4 cm, from the Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico. Fine Minerals International...minerals of Mexico is devoted entirely to the Milpillas mine, a relatively new locality which has yielded a virtually...quantities. We published a preliminary report on the mine by Tom Moore and Marcus Origlieri back in 2008,...and went underground with the miners. Since the mine has now shut down permanently, we are taking this... San Pedro Corralitos, Amatitlan, San Francisco mine Mexico V.· (2008, vol.39, no.6) History, Milpillas |
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(2013) Minerals Newspaper - Issue 7. Minerals Newspaper 7. Spirifer |
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| MINERALS Red Lead Mine: J. Halpern specimen. J. Scovil photo. In this issue also: a new chapter J...Collector Interview series we interview well known South African collector Bruce Cairncross. Bruce is a professor...26 Miner George Quist in front of the Red Lead mine portal after a long day of specimen extraction....the Red Lead mine, Tasmania, Australia. Thanks to a successful partnership between mine owner Shane Dohnt...and specimen mining company Collectors Edge, the mine was reopened for specimen mining in 2013. The last |
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(2013) September - October 2013. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 44 (5) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| mineral localities: Minerals of the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia ........................(non-pseudomorphous) crystal sprays on shattuckite, 7.1 cm, from the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia. Irv...the best vesuvianite specimens from the Jeffrey mine in Quebec. In this issue we present a review of...Huamin Empire Plaza 726 Yan An Shi Road Changning District, Shanghai City China 200050 Email: chen@irocks...Herodsfoot Mine Work Readers who enjoyed Roy Starkey's superb article on the famous Herodsfoot mine in Cornwall |
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Cook, Robert B. (2001) Connoisseur's Choice: Malachite : Shaba Region, Democratic Republic of Congo. Rocks & Minerals, 76 (5) 326-330 doi:10.1080/00357520109603236 |
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| cerussite, pyrite, and even wood and bone. Azurite, shattuckite, chrysocolla, chalcoalumite, goethite, and cuprite...or interesting localities include the Loudville mine, Hanipshire County, Massachusetts; Chimney Rock...County, and New Brunswick, New Jersey; the Jones mine in Berks County, and Phoenixville and French Creek...Gossan Lead district in Carroll and Grayson Counties, and mines of the Virgilina district, Charlotte County...Counties, Michigan, and the well-known Flanibeau mine, Rusk County, Wisconsin, massive sulfide deposit |
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(2014) Mineral Collections in Texas (A Supplement to the Sept-Oct issue) The Mineralogical Record Vol. 45 (5.1) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the...dozen mines were opened, one of which (the Mariposa mine) produced a wider variety of mercury minerals than...scalenohedral calcite crystals. The Terlingua mercury district, with a few smaller, adjacent districts in Texas...Morgenstern photo. Calcite, 5.8 cm, from the Mariposa mine, Terlingua; Roh Lavinsky (The Arkenstone) specimen |
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Hyrsl, J., Niedermayr, G. (2003) Geheimnisvolle Welt: Einschlüsse in Quarz. [Magic World: Inclusions in Quartz]. Bode Verlang GmbH. |
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| negative Kristalle") aus der Emerald & Hiddenite Mine im Alexander County, North Carolina/USA. Aus der...negative crystals") from the Emerald & Hiddenite Mine, Alexander County, North Carolina/USA. From the...type parageneses are also known from North and South America. In North America particularly from the...carry quartz with „oil" inclusions. For a long time local collectors designated them „smoky quartz" as the...(Skapolith?) in Rauchquarz aus der Emerald & Hiddenite Mine, Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA. Starky, pseudomorph |
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Cook, Robert B., Hedegaard, Claus (2005) Media reviews. Rocks & Minerals, 80 (5) 369-371 doi:10.3200/rmin.80.5.369-371 |
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| history of the Sweet Home mine, from its meager beginnings as an 1870s silver mine on the slopes of Mount...the primary source of essentially all Sweet Home mine rhodochrosite on the market today. Downloaded by...Robert B. Cook Auburn University Auburn, Alabama Mine Hill in Franklin and Sterling Hill in Ogdensburg...on early iron processing and mining on and near Mine Hill in Franklin and Sterling Hill in Ogdensburg...Ogdensburg between 1765 and 1850; the zinc deposits of Mine Hill and Sterling Hill; and details of the lands, |
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(2011, January) Private Mineral Collections in Italy. The Mineralogical Record Supplement Vol. 42 (1S) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| Front cover: Sulfur on Aragonite, 25 cm Cozzodisi mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Adalberto...place in the Sardinian mines and the Traversella mine (Piedmont). The second edition of the Catalogue...chalcopyrite and various rare sulfosalts from the Bottino mine in Tuscany. MINERAL COLLECTING FROM THE POST-WAR...more or less strictly linked to the activities of local clubs and associations. Tue second direction has...exploring the underground workings of an historic gold mine in the Brusson area, Val d' Ayas, western Alps. |
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Chukanov, Nikita V. (2014) Infrared spectra of mineral species Vol. 1 - Springer Geochemistry/Mineralogy. Springer Netherlands. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-7128-4 |
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| alteration of different kinds of stacking of layers, local defects, etc.). For this reason, the interpretation...Lavrion, Greece (6) and Cu-poor adamite from Ojuela mine, Mexico (7) IR spectra of acid salts (silicates...freedom per unit cell and qi and qj are deviations of local coordinates (i.e. lengths of chemical bonds and...frequencies of normal vibrations are determined by local force parameters of these bonds (see, e.g. Loghinov...Arsenato-Borates Sussexite 29 Mn2+BO2(OH) Locality: Gonzen mine, Sargans, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Description: |
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Eriksson, Susan C. (1995) Only a Calcite?!. Rocks & Minerals, 70 (4) 217-230 doi:10.1080/00357529.1995.9926626 |
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| Egyptian Alabaster (there's no alabaster in northern Africa) and Mexican Onyx. Sinkankas (1976) gives an extensive...such as those from SDverton, Colorado; HotazeI, South Africa; Picher, Oklahoma; Pachapagui, Peru; and Pribram...causes the lilac color of calcite from the Pelican mine, Picher, Oklahoma? Trace amounts of transition elements...Boccheggiano mine, Tuscany, Italy; Franklin, New Jersey; Kalahari manganese field, South Africa; Madoc, Ontario...Republic; Santo do Encoberto, Brazil; Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey; and Terlingua, Texas, Robbin's |
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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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| talc vug in 1997, is 1.7 cm long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals...and pegmatitic environments. In the mid- l 970s, local historian-collector William J. Brunet set out to...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...which they called the Bentley Lake Road occurrence, south of Bancroft. Sharp, flattened rhombohedral ilmenite...Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's |
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Back, Malcolm E., Mandarino, Joseph A. (2008) Fleischer's Glossary of Mineral Species 2008. The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| Meta/lurgical and Mineralogical Society o/ South Africa Journal of Chemical Phy ics Journal cif the...and Proceedings of the Royal Socief) 1 of Ne,v South Wales JPSJ Journal of rhe Physical Society of...Cand CSPG Pennskiye gubemskiye wdomo.sti (Perm district ga=elle) Pl,ilosopl,ical Maga=ine Periodico de...Abernathyitc, K[(UO 2 )(AsO,)](HP) 3, tet., Fumerole No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain. on the southeast flank of the...104(3). 326-328 □ Achavnlitc, FcSe, hex .. Cacheuta Mine. Ccrro de Cacheuta. Sierra de Cacheuta. Mcndoza |
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(2002) The Mineralogical Record Vol. 33 (3). The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| . . . . . . . 217 by A. R. Kampf The Dee North mine, Elko County, Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...crystal cluster, 13.6 cm, from the famous Malmberget mine, Gällivose, Lapland, Sweden. Peter Lyckberg collection;...Jackson to take over the operation of the Rock Candy mine (the subject of a 1981 article by Joe in the Mineralogical...was interested in good mineral specimens, and the local collectors would eagerly await his return from the...truly artistic multimedia talks. His travels to South America, western North America and other areas produced |
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(2013) Mineral Collections in Arizona (supplement to the May-June issue) The Mineralogical Record Vol. 44 (3.1) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| with Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...explore literally thousands of mineral occurrences, mine dumps and abandoned mines in the public domain administered...weren't good enough, just across the border to the south is Mexico, rieb in active mines where miners are...Heintzelman (1805-1880) shipped ore specimens from his mine to be exhibited at the Cincinnati Merchant's Exchange...where ores from the various mines of tbe Silver District were treated. The now-famous Red Cloud rnine was |
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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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| On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma |
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