 | | Book | | Professor Jacques P. CassedanneUniversidade Federaldo Rio de JaneiroFor his valuable participation in...1982 Jules Roger Sauer” ForewordFor yearsBrazil has been the major producer of colored stones in...metamorphic rocks, the variety of gem deposits inBrazil isalmost infinite.In addition to the mineral...assemblage one might expect from pegmatite dikes,Brazil alsoproduces a very significant output of diamonds...written in English, and beautifully illustrated.“Brazil, Paradise of Gemstones’, by Jules Roger Sauer, |  | | Journal (issue) | | Volume Thirty, Number FiveArticlesThe Mex-Texmine, Bingham, N ew M exico............................MassisFamous mineral localities: TheSapucaia pegmatite,MinasGerais, B ra zil...........................Berilo Branco,the original "Sapucaia" rose quartz occurrence,MinasGerais, B ra zil....................Erica Van Pelt.Long thought to be from the"Sapucaiamine," this specimen and others (representingthe...quartz crystals) actuallycame from the Berilo Brancomine. See the article beginning on page 361.___________ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MARCH-APRIL,1964A NEW OCCURRENCE IN THEFERRIFERO,MINASGERAIS,BRAZIL1GBoncB C. SruuoNs, U. S. Geologi.cal...occurrence, is in a cave in theSerrado Tamandud,MinasGerais,Brazil. The mineral fills the central part...part of cavities,and, intimately mixed withlimonite, it lines small cavities and coats wallrock of the...and chemical analyses. Leucophosphite from Serrado Tamandud. difiers from other leucophosphites principally...l4l-142) occurs in acave in the Serrado Tamandu6,MinasGerais,Brazil (Simmons, 1963,p.7l-72). Leucophosphite |  | | Book | | BARTORELLI::• . . ..MINERALS& PRECIOUSSTONESOFBRAZILSponsored by:VALEMINISTER.IODA CULTURA ©...feldspar, Lin6polis,Divino das Laranjeiras,MinasGerais.Collection of and photographby Julio Landmann...tourmaline(84 x 26 mm), Lavrado Sapo,Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena,MinasGerais. Collection ofAlvaro Lucio...(Camara Brasileirado Livro, SP,Brazil)Aquamarine (113 mm high), Medina,MinasGerais. Collection of S...Cornejo, Carlos.Minerals & precious stones ofBrazil.Carlos Cornejo, Andrea Bartorelli.[franslation: |  | | Report (issue) | | secondary mineral in complex granite pegmatites; in “limonite” iron oresand gossans; with magnetite iron ores;...Czech Republic. In Sweden,from the Leveäniemimine, Svappavaara, and in the Kiruna iron mines. At Iglesias...Creekmine, Polk Co., Arkansas; in the Woodmine, Cooke Co., Tennessee; from the Bull Moosemine, five...In theSapucaia pegmatitemine, about 50 kmeast-southeast of Governador Valadares,MinasGerais, Brazil |  | | Journal (issue) | | ..barbosalitc has undergone weathering to .limonite and is coated bycalcrete. The interface between...Pecora ( 1 95 5 ) fromtheSapucaia granitic pcgmatite inMinas Gera1s.Brazil . The quartlmuscovite-pcrthitc-bcryl...m i n o r rare phosphate phasesare present atSapucaia. the principal phosphate mi neral 1s t r iphylite... X3nthoxcnitc. and whitlockitc from the PalermoMine, NewH:1mpsh1rc. Amrr ,\fmrral.. JJ. f:Rl-105.U'IOBERG...SHAW. S E . 1968. Rb-Sr isotopic studies of themine sequence rocks - In: M. Rodmttno\lCh.1nd J. T Woodcod |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | locality of beraunite is the long-abandoned Hrbekmine in the municipality of Zaječov. Hrbek was one of...mines supplying the surrounding ironworks withlimonite and hematite ores. The main mineralogical discoveries...production of themine was close to 1.5 thousand tonnes of ore. On the cracks of thelimonite ore, beraunite...deposits in Hesse and Thuringia (Germany), Gravel HillMine (England), Svappavaara (Sweden), Blaton (Belgium)...Carolina; Palermo, New Hampshire),Brazil (Sapucaia,MinasGerais), Bavaria (Hagendorf, Zwiesel-Hühnerkobel) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | amongnrineral dealers of Governador Valadares,MinasGerais,ril tand among U.S. dealers. Ed.). The ludlamite...east-south,rl Governador Valadares. The famousSapucaia phosphate,irtv is in the neighborhood.re deposit...e ,i n p l a t y. in mica), manganese oxides,limonite, kaolinite andAttt.'/Iinerakq.:railed description...FederalUniversity and C. N. Pq. Rio de Janeiro,Brazil' ,teralogicalRecord, January-February,l97B...described from the Foote Mineral Company spodumenemine, near Kings Mountain, North Carolina,by White and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CeCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6•3H2O H EXAGONAL Locality: The Claramine, central Black Forest, Germany. Occurrence: Associated...pit near the long-abandoned Clear Creek mercurymine, New Idria district, San Benito County, California...Also from (2) the Kali Kafimine, Anarak, Iran and from (3) the Chah Khounimine, Anarak, Iran. Occurrence:...opal pseudomorphs and minor dioptase. (2) In “limonite” gossan with wulfenite crystals, hemimorphite...metamorphosed dolomitic limestone coated with “limonite” and associated with hemimorphite, chrysocolla |  | | Book | | present an exhaustive reference for each mineral;todo so could easily have doubled the size of the chapter...Custer-Pringle area, Custer County,and at the Ettamine, Pennington County, South Dakota. Also found in...long and 4-8 feet in thickness atthe Giant-Volneymine at Tinton, Lawrence County; and as masses 20-40...in France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, andBrazilOptical Constants: IX = 1.578, /3 = 1.593(vary...associatedwithlimonite, chalco siderite, and otherminerals at the West Phoenixmine,near Liskeard |  | | Journal (issue) | | then reorganized in 1848as the Wythe Union LeadMineCompany. On March 8, 1860, the Union Lead Mining...they did successfully and, in only two hours, themineoffices, storehouses, stables, crushing machine...Strengite, a new mineral from the Morefield pegmatitemine, Amerlia County,Vuginia: Vuginia Minerals, v. 37...no. 1,p. 11.Weinberg, E. T., 1981, Austinvillemine closes: Vuginia Minerals, v. 27, no.4, p. 43....VIRGINIAA New Phosphate Mineral from the DixieMine,Rockbridge County, VirginiaThe hydrus manganese |  | | Journal (issue) | | coverVanadinite3.4 cm, from the North Geronimomine, La Paz County, Arizona.Dick Morris collection;...custom jewelry.Wulfenite, 5.4 cm,from the Defiancemine near Gleeson,Cochise County,Arizona. Ken Donn...photo.Wulfenite (hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from theGlovemine, Tyndall district, Santa CruzCounty, Arizona. Collected...pseudomorphafter azurite, 4 cm, from the Inspirationmine, Globe-Miami district, Gila County,Arizona. Ken...Cerussite twins on matrix, 6.5 cm, fromthe Grand Reefmine, Aravaipa district,Graham County, Arizona. Ken |  | | Journal (issue) | | call for appointmentTourmalineTourmaline QueenMinePala, CaliforniaNEW ACQUISITIONS:RUTILE from...superb minerals have been coming outof the Jeffreymine at Asbestos, Quebec. The grossulars,prehnites,...joint surfaces in the pegmatite,as at the Footemine near Kings Mountain, North Carolina.Granitic pegmatites...which have not been previously studied in detail. Todothis, a good knowledge of geology is also needed...which carry much biotite (such as the St. Louismine)appear to have resorbed much wall-rock and show |  | Dyar, M. D., Jawin, E. R., Breves, E., Marchand, G., Nelms, M., Lane, M. D., Mertzman, S. A., Bish, D. L., Bishop, J. L. (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data.American Mineralogist, 99 (5) 914-942doi:10.2138/am.2014.4701 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | study, the experimental and rover dataconstrain butdo not uniquely identify the likely phosphatemineralogy...Lavrada,Paraíba,BrazilBoqueirãozinho pegmatite, Parelhas,Rio Grande duNorte,BrazilBoqueirãozinho...pegmatite, Parelhas, Rio Grande duNorte,BrazilBaviere, GermanyTip TopMine, Custer Co., South DakotaSerra...Pedra Lavrada,Paraíba,BrazilBig Fish River, Yukon, CanadaLes MoulinsMine, Saint-Luc, Anniviers Valley..., South DakotaHelen BerylMine, Custer Co., South DakotaBull MooseMine, near Custer, Custer Co., South |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | basaltfrom Bahia,Brazil (Flicoteaux and Melfi 2000); (2) varisciterich nodules inlimonite limestone from...veinand cavity fillings in theSapucaia pegmatite ofMinasGerais,Brazil (Cassedanne and Baptista 1999)...minor constituent of the variscite-rich nodulesinlimonite limestone from Fairfield, Utah (Calas et al. 2005)...Famous mineral localities: TheSapucaiapegmatite,MinasGerais,Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 30, 347–360...from basalts of theAbrolhos Archipelago (Bahia,Brazil): rocks formed from guanos during theLate Quaternary |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (left): Tourmaline on quartz from Lavre da Una,Brazil. Evan Jones specimen; Robert Jones photo.Figure...Evan Jones specimen; Robert Jonesphoto.law andBrazil-law twins, difficult to recognize for theamateur...also some of the recent and exciting sources inBrazil,Peru, and Mexico.Madagascar, now called the Malagasy...opposite directions, the twin is according to theBrazillaw, named for a major source of such twinned quartz...5: Four-inch grouping of quartz from the Campbirdmine, near Ouray, Colorado. Tom McKee specimen; Robert |  | | Report (volume) | | Published in cooperation with theDepartamento deMinas y Petroleo, Chile,under the auspices of theInterdepartmental..._____-_______________Hematite______________________________Limonite-____________________________________________Magnetite...________________________________________Los Mantosmine--_.-___-_--_____-____-_____-_-_---_____-_Champurria...pocket21. Geologic map of the 170 level, Los Mantosmine, Punitaqui,Chile____________________________________________...pocket22. Geologic map of the 250 level, Los Mantosmine, Punitaqui,Chile___________________________________________ |  | | Book | | Composition. In a few cases, such as psilomelaneandlimonite, the exact composition of a mineralis uncertain...treatment fora mineral species is to leave it alone.Do notattempt to clean any of the minerals listed here...Keweenaw area of north Michigan; atthe Copper Queenmine, Bisbee, Arizonaand at Georgetown, New Mexico....mines being inthe Madras area; inBrazil, from Diamantina,MinasGerais; from SouthAfrica in a number of...areas includingKimberley, Pretoria (the Premiermineis in this area), and Jagersfontein in theOrange |  | | Journal (issue) | | uscovite from the Ze Pinto prospect,M inasGerais,Brazil .............................................Crystallized rose quartz from Alto da Pitora,M inasGerais,Brazil .............................................AlvesZanazziite, a new mineral fromM inasGerais,Brazil .............................................from Lavra da Ilha, Taquaral district,M inasGerais,Brazil .............................................It’s about 18 cmtall, and came from the Eurekamine, Tuolumne County, California.The specimen, now |  | | Journal (issue) | | uscovite from the Ze Pinto prospect,M inasGerais,Brazil .............................................Crystallized rose quartz from Alto da Pitora,M inasGerais,Brazil .............................................AlvesZanazziite, a new mineral fromM inasGerais,Brazil .............................................from Lavra da Ilha, Taquaral district,M inasGerais,Brazil .............................................It’s about 18 cmtall, and came from the Eurekamine, Tuolumne County, California.The specimen, now |  | | Journal (issue) | | 50 to $ 1,000.00HYDROBORACITE from the Thompsonmine, Death Valley, Calif. Some specimens w ith colemanite...NewmanMinerals From the Lavra da llhaPegmatite,Brazil....................207Jacques P. & Jeannine O...MitchellThe Minerals of the Morro Velho GoldMine,Brazil...............................................be influenced by national considerations. Manydo noteven appear to recognize that problems exist...Good thumbnail of the simpleSILVER. Glenn LakeMine. San Diego Co., Calif. A group of octrahedron xl |  | | Book | | Clopton, and the Authorffitle Index bymyself.Wedo not intend to publish future indexes which arecumulative...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaidemine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman)3:111-113ADOLFSSON...AJOFamous mineral localities: the New Corneliamine,Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs)14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B.--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmontmine,Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C.Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistakemine[Arizona] 14:333-335ALLGOOD, ROBERT W.-with G |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | compendiumdo not represent asystematic sampling of calcite-producing environments,theydo provide the...are Asrich. A second occurrence is on the Rogersmine propertysouthwest of Madoc, where sulfosalt assemblages...pink-red and orange-red crystals fromOur0 Preto (Brazil) and Katlang (Pakistan); pink toburgundy-colored...Colorado; 500 ppm-Little Threemine, Ramona, California; 550 ppm-Maple Lodemine,Aguanga Mountain, California;...investigations of samples from prospect pits on the Rogersmineproperty reveal a surprising abundance of ringhke |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | alterationand the geomorphological evolution?3. Howdo the primary rock-forming minerals belonging to the...climatic regime from the pole to theequator anddo they exert any control on the geomorphology and sedimentology...tabular barren quartz-muscovite-feldspar pegmatitesdo notstand out as reefs but form moderately high humps...(Dill et al., 2006). Type I is largely known inBraziland Mozambique, where many pegmatites have the...TheAltodo Giz Be-Ta-Li pegmatite is located near the towns of Equador and Parelhas,Brazil,the Alto |  | | Journal (issue) | | NE of the Sandawanamine, along the MwezaRange, which is named 'Machingwe'mine, after anearby stream...The Machingwe EmeraldmineThe car journey from Masvingo to the Mashingwemine takes about 3l/z hours...for themine became 'Machingwe Syndicate No.No.22Mine', but is better known under the nameMine:Machingwe...Machingwemine.At the time of the first author's visit to themine-S striking,the No.No.11 shaftshaft...mining based on very simple methods at the timethemine was visited, but also the plant and thetreatment |
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