| 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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Cairncross, Bruce (2022) Minerals & Gemstones of Southern Africa. Struik Nature. 320 pp. |
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| GEMSTONES of Southern Africa Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, southern Mozambique and...Struik Nature (an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd) Reg. No. 1953/000441/07 The Estuaries...Crescent, Century City, 7441 South Africa PO Box 1144, Cape Town, 8000 South Africa Visitwww.penguinrandomhouse...published edition, 2022: Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd Publisher: Pippa Parker Managing editor:...included with blue ajoite, 6.2 cm - Messina No. 5 shaft, South Africa - Bruce Cairncross specimen and photo; |
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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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Pohwat, Paul W. (2014) Connoisseur's Choice: Bornite, Dzhezkazgan Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan. Rocks & Minerals, 89 (6) 530-537 doi:10.1080/00357529.2014.949171 |
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| Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Bornite Dzhezkazgan Mine, Dzhezkazgan Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan S...micromounters, Weed (1912) noted that in the Parrot mine the bornite ore has small cavities, 1/16 to ¼ inch...enargite than a true pseudomorph. The Bristol copper mine, located near the town of Bristol in Hartford County...bornite, 7 cm across, from the Pennance Consold mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England. Specimens of this quality...crystallized, have been afforded by the Bristol, Conn. _mine_” (Shepard 1852, p. 306). The Bristol deposit is |
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(2015, October 15th) The Rainbow of Africa Gem & Mineral Collection. Heritage Nature & Science Auction 5236. Heritage Auctions |
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| RAINBOW OF _AFRICA_GEM & MINERAL COLLECTION Front Cover: Gems from the Rainbow of Africa Collection... Heritage Signature® Auction #5236 The Rainbow of Africa Collection Gems & Minerals October 15, 2015 | New...Signature® Internet Session 2 Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 ...RAINBOW OF AFRICA COLLECTION You have in front of you our presentation of the Rainbow of Africa Collection:...The mineral riches of Africa are not the only things making up the Rainbow of _Africa_Collection. For the |
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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 • $25 & Wayne...gemgypsy@bellsouth.net MAY–JUNE 2020 Articles The Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin ........................... 487 COVER: BARITE, 6.5 cm, from the Montreal mine. David and Karen DeBruin collection, ex Muscatine...cm on vesuvianite from the Crazy Sphinx mine, Helena District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. Collected...world-class realgar specimens from the Royal Reward mine, Green River Gorge, King County, Washington. The |
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(2010, December) Geobulletin Vol. 53 (4) Geological Society of South Africa |
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| MARSHALLTOWN 2107 GAUTENG_SOUTH_ AFRICA_PO BOX 61809 MARSHALLTOWN 2107_SOUTH _AFRICA_Tel: +27(11)492 3370 Fax:...issue volume are R150.00 for South Africa, R175.00 for the rest of Africa and US$ 45.00 overseas. The...GeoBulletin is published by the Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA) and appears quarterly during March, June...zincian-siderite, on massive germanite ore, 7.5 cm. Tsumeb mine, Namibia. This specimen was acquired in 1969, six...register states that the specimen was purchased as cuprite: variety chalcotrichite. It is one of the finest |
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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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Cairncross, Bruce, Mccarthy, Terence (2015) Understanding Minerals & Crystals. Penguin Random House South Africa. |
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| Struik Nature (an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd) Reg. No. 1953/000441/07 The Estuaries...Century City, 7441 PO Box 1144, Cape Town, 8000 South _Africa_Visit www.randomstruik.co.za and join the Struik...published edition, 2015: Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd Publisher: Pippa Parker Managing editor:...Hatfield Campus, University of Pretoria Pretoria, South _Africa_Dr Lynnette Greyling Department of Geological...Town Private Bag X3 Rondebosch 7701 Cape Town, South _Africa_Note: The authors and the publishers cannot |
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Cairncross, Bruce (2001) The Geological Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa. Rocks & Minerals, 76 (2) 120-127 doi:10.1080/00357520109603206 |
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| country should he on view in the “city of gold.”South Africa is not well known for its institutional or statefunded...treasures of the earth. not only from South Africa but also from southern Africa as a whole and other regions...Mines and the Museum of the Geological Society of South Afiicil (Kennedy 1970). The Chamber of Mines collection...secretary and treasurer of the Geological Society of South Africu.) Several years later, in 1904, the collection...mammal-like reptiles from the famous Karoo region of South Africa, Cretaceous ammonites, Permian and Triassic |
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Cook, Robert B. (2001) Cuprite : Mashamba West Mine, Shaba, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Red Dome Mine, Queensland, Australia. Rocks & Minerals, 76 (4) 248-251 doi:10.1080/00357520109603225 |
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| A_Cuprite_Downloaded by [Temple University Libraries] at 20:14 01 June 2016 Mashamba West Mine, Shaba...Shaba, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Red Dome Mine, Queensland, Australia M any mineral species of...least of these is_cuprite_, the topic of this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice.Cuprite is most familiar as...brittle with a conchoidal to uneven fracture. Cuprite is relatively soft with a Mohs hardness of 3 ....it is dense, with a specific gravity of 6.15.Cuprite is isometric (4/mj2/m) and, when well crystallized |
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Macintosh, E. K. (1983) Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones of Southern Africa - A Collector's Guide (2nd ed.) Struik Publishers, Cape Town. |
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| Southern _Africa_a Collector’s Guide ■ Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones of Southern Africa& — -...T ~ '' .rats en&nes L of Southern _Africa_A Collector’s Guide - Struik Publishers (an operating...typical accessory mineral from the world famous Tsumeb mine_Overleaf: Crystalline incrustations of vanadinite...suggestions and advice. Author’s Preface Southern Africa has much to offer the amateur geologist, whatever...best plan is to take_local advice wherever you are. 9 In small places try the local police station first |
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Cairncross, Bruce, Mccarthy, Terence (2015) Understanding Minerals & Crystals. Penguin Random House South Africa. |
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| Struik Nature (an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd) Reg. No. 1953/000441/07 PO Box...(Oxbow Crescent), Century City, 7441 Town, 8000 South _Africa_Visit www.randomstruik.co.za and join the Struik...published edition, 2015: Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd Publisher: Pippa Parker Managing...Hatfield Campus, University of Pretoria Pretoria, South _Africa_Dr Lynnette Greyling Department of Geological...Town Private Bag X3 Rondebosch 7701 Cape Town, South _Africa_Note: The authors and the publishers cannot |
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Pagano, Renato, Pezzotta, Federico, Pratesi, Giovanni (2010) Cristalli: The Adalberto Giazotto Collection on Exhibition in Florence. Rocks & Minerals, 85 (3) 230-241 doi:10.1080/00357521003727215 |
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| 2006–2007, Giazotto worked with the foundation of a local bank, Cassa di Risparmio di Pisa, to explore the...pseudohexagonal twinned crystals, 23 × 20 cm, Cianciana mine, Agrigento, Italy. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 5...crystal group, 50 × 50 cm, from the Anahi mine, La Gaiba district, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. Adalberto...aggregate of red crystals, 13 × 10 cm, Dolores Tercera mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapò, Atacama, Chile. Adalberto...and green elbaite crystals, 35 × 15 cm, Pederneira mine, São José de Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Adalberto |
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(2023, June) Geobulletin Vol. 66 (2) Geological Society of South Africa doi:10.25131/geobulletin.66.2 |
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| BULLETIN ~ JUNE 2023 Ekati, Canada’s first diamond mine, Northwest Territories. Copyright © Arctic Canadian... Geoffrey Howarth, University of Cape Town, South _Africa_2. Large Type-II Diamonds: Genesis and Transport...ROADS, MELVILLE, SOUTH AFRICA. P.O. Box 91230 Auckland Park 2006 Johannesburg, South Africa_Tel: +27 11 358...issue volume are R350.00 for_South Africa. Overseas and rest of Africa, R350 plus postage. Surface mail...Geobulletin is published by the Geological Society of South Africa(GSSA) and appears quarterly during March, June |
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Cook, Robert B. (1997) Connoisseur's Choice: Copper, Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona. Rocks & Minerals, 72 (1) 40-43 doi:10.1080/00357529709605003 |
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| University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 COPPER RAY MINE, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA Downloaded by [University...Alabama. 40 ROCKS & MINERALS pseudomorphs after cuprite, aragonite, azurite, calcite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite...frequently associated with silver, chalcocite, cuprite, malachite, azurite, tenorite, and a variety of...those in the western mining states and the copper district of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula. Unusually fine...were found in a number of locations in the Bisbee district, Arizona (Graeme 1981), including crystals up |
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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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| known are malachite after azurite, copper, and_cuprite_; less commonly reported are malachite after atacamite...shattuckite, chrysocolla, chalcoalumite, goethite, and_cuprite_ pseudomorphs after malachite have been described...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 |
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McKinstry, Hugh Exton (1959) Mineral assemblages in sulfide ores; the system Cu-Fe-S-O. Economic Geology, 54 (6) 975-1001 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.54.6.975 |
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| are other instancesof directassociationin this district (e.g., 6, Fig. 18, p. 592 as well asat Magma...depositsand native copperin the Lake Superior district is not found togetherwith any of the copper iron...sulfides (bornite and chalcopyriteare found in the district but not in association with native copper) nor...sulfides themselves are limited to oxidized zones._Cuprite_Tenorite Formula Abbreviation Cu20 cup CuO...the systemCu-S-O-H. Observed zlssociations.--_Cuprite_occurs verycommonly asa directoxidationproductof |
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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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| Shattuckite Rocks & Minerals 2009.84:544-550. Kunene _District_Kaokoveld, Namibia M any collectors choose to...locality, the Shattuck or Shattuck-Denn mine at Bisbee, Warren district, Cochise County, after which the mineral...mineral in named (Schaller 1915). The mine itself was developed by one of the Bisbee copper kings, Lemuel...Shattuckite occurs at the New Cornelia open-pit mine in the Ajo district, Pima County, occasionally in large quantities...Pinal County and include the Mammoth–St. Anthony mine (Anthony et al. 1995a), in drill core from the Florence |
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Cook, Robert B. (2002) Connoisseur's Choice: Azurite: Tsumeb, Namibia, and Touissit, Oujda, Morocco. Rocks & Minerals, 77 (1) 40-43 doi:10.1080/00357529.2002.9926655 |
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| chrysocolla after azurite and of azurite after cuprite, cerussite, libethenite, pseudomalachite, and ...oxides and other secondary copper minerals such as cuprite, tenorite, chrysocolla, brochantite, antlerite...Creek and Phoenixville, Pennsylvania; the Pontiac_mine_, Halifax County, Virginia; Franklin and Sterling...the Lavender pit; and, of course, the Copper Queen mine. Other important Arizona localities include the...of the CourtlandGleeson district; the New Cornelia pit at Ajo, the Banner mine, and the Copper Mountain |
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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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MOORE, J. M. (2010) COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ONGANJA COPPER MINE, NAMIBIA: A LINK BETWEEN NEOPROTEROZOIC MESOTHERMAL CU(-AU) MINERALIZATION IN NAMIBIA AND ZAMBIA. South African Journal of Geology, 113 (4) 445-460 doi:10.2113/gssajg.113.4.445 |
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| MOORE 445 COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ONGANJA COPPER MINE, NAMIBIA: A LINK BETWEEN NEOPROTEROZOIC MESOTHERMAL...University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown, 6140, South _Africa_Corresponding author: e-mail: j.moore@ru.ac...ac.za © 2010 December Geological Society of South _Africa_ABSTRACT The Onganja copper deposit is hosted...Southern Zone. Introduction The Onganja copper mine is located within the Southern Zone of the Damara...supergene minerals, particularly its world-renowned cuprite crystals (Cairncross and Moir, 1996). Despite an |
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Laughton, C. A. - Ed. (1968) Annotated Bibliography and Index of the Geology of Botswana to 1966. Geological Survey Department, Republic of Botswana. |
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| that the former part of the Territory lying to the south of the Molopo River, known as Bechuanaland or British...part of the Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa, is not included. The compiler would gratefully...Afr. Proceedings of the Geological Society of South Africa. Johannesburg. Proc.Rhod.sci.Ass. Proceedings... Leeds. S.Afr.J.Sci.South African Journal of Science. Johannesburg.South African Mining and Engineering...Engineering Journal. Johannesburg.South African Mining and Engineering Yearbook. Johannesburg. S.Afr.Min |
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(2022, November) Refined Elegance - The Small Treasures of Mineralogy. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 53 (6.1) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Top right: Benitoite, 2 cm, from the Benitoite Gem mine, California...N‘Chwaning I mine, Kuruman, South Africa. Bottom right: Mimetite, 2.7 cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia....Record: (1) Stephanite, Husky mine, Canada. (2) Wulfenite, Rowley mine, Arizona. (3) Diaspore twin, Pinarcik...Adelaide mine, Tasmania. (5) Andradite, Antetezambato, Madagascar. (6) Calcite, Mashamba West mine, Congo...(8) Scorodite, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. (9) Shigaite, N’Chwaning II mine, South Africa. v This special supplement |
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Cook, Robert B. (1998) Connoisseur's Choice: Hematite Cavradi, Switzerland. Rocks & Minerals, 73 (3) 206-208 doi:10.1080/00357529809603037 |
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| calcite, fluorite, sphalerite, galena, pyromorphite, cuprite, quartz, feldspars, garnet, and others. Hematite...across, were found in the New Placers district and at the San Pedro mine, Santa Fe County. Small, well-developed...include the N’Chwaning 11 and Wessels mines, Kuruman district, Cape Province, where unusually large crystals...been found, and the Campbell and Messina mines, Transvaal, South Africa; and brilliant flattened rhombs...plates to 7 cm from Nador, iY&rocco. ~~~mine in the Ajo district, Pima County. The premier Arizona hematite |
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