The Mineralogical Record articles from July 2000

The Mineralogical Record archives from July 2000

Notes from the EDITOR.(Obituary)
July 1, 2000... Died, Arthur Montgomery, 90, American mineralogist, mineral collector, mineral dealer, educator and author. Born in 1909, Arthur Montgomery was first introduced to minerals by his mother in 1928; she had traveled as a writer to Russia, and...

A NEW MINERAL FROM GOLD HILL, UTAH.
July 1, 2000... ABSTRACT Juanitaite, [(Cu,Ca,Fe).sub.10]Bi[([AsO.sub.4]).sub.4][(OH).sub.11] . 2[H.sub.2]O, is a new mineral from the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah. The name is for Juanita Curtis who found the mineral. Juanitaite occurs at one...

ORPIMENT FROM THE TWIN CREEKS MINE, HUMBOLDT COUNTY NEVADA.
July 1, 2000... In early 1999 an extraordinary occurrence of beautifully crystallized orpiment was discovered during ongoing gold mining activities at Newmont Mining Corporation's Twin Creeks mine in Winnemucca, Nevada. Through partnership with a private...

THE PURPLE PASSION MINE YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA.
July 1, 2000... The Purple Passion mine is among Arizona's most unusual wulfenite occurrences, producing attractive crystals of tabular and acicular habit on purple fluorite. INTRODUCTION The Purple Passion mine (originally known as the Diamond Joe...

CHROMIAN DAWSONITE AND CHROMIAN ALUMOHYDRO CALCITE FROM ORESTIMBA CREEK, TANISLAUS COUNTY CALIFORNIA.
July 1, 2000... The chromian varieties of dawsonite and alumohydrocalcite occur as late syngenetic or epigenetic minerals in the Diablo Range of the Franciscan Complex, al California. This is the third occurrence for the two varieties in mutual association....

BROOKITE FROM HALE CREEK, TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Fine, doubly terminated, deep reddish brown crystals of brookite have been discovered in a chert vein cutting across Hale Creek, Trinity County, California. The crystal habit and forms closely resemble brookite from near Tremadoc, Carnarvon,...

BROOKITE AND ANATASE.
July 1, 2000... FROM NEAR GEORGETOWN EL DORADO COUNTY CALIFORNIA Brookite, in fine, pale golden brown, tabular crystals with typical hourglass-shaped inclusions, occurs in association with deep blue, euhedral, bipyramidal anatase crystals and several...

Minerales de Espana.(Review)
July 1, 2000... [Minerals of Spain] by Joaquim Mollfulleda Borrell. Published (1999) by Carroggio S. A. de Ediciones-Barcelona, Softcover, 24.7 x 29.5 cm, 319 pages, ISBN: 847254799-4. This beautifully produced book is, as far as I know, the first work to...

Bibliografia Fundamental de la Antigua Mineralogia y Mineria Espanolas.(Review)
July 1, 2000... [Fundamental Bibliography of Antiquarian Works on the Mines and Minerals of Spain] by Miguel Calvo Rebollar. Published (1999) by the Asociacion de Libreros de Viejo, Madrid, Spain, in an edition of 2000 numbered copies commemorating the 11th...

Langban, the Mines, their Minerals, Geology and Explorers.(Review)
July 1, 2000... by Dan Holtstam and Jorgen Langhof (editors). Published (1999) by Raster Forlag, Stockholm, and the Swedish Museum of Natural History. Hardcover, 22 x 29 cm, 217 pages, ISBN 91-87214-881, $75 + $7 shipping from the North American distributor:...

La Mine de Fluorine de Valzergues, Aveyron.(Review)
July 1, 2000... [The Valzergues Fluorite Mine, Aveyron, France] by Etienne Guillou-Gotkovsky. Published (1999) by the author, 46 Petite Rue Verte, F-78610 Le Perray-en-Yvelines, France. Hardcover, 21 x 29.7 cm, 228 pages, ISBN 2-9514462-0-9, Price: 290 Francs...

La Mineraologie du Dauphine.(Review)
July 1, 2000... [The Mineralogy of Dauphine (France)] by Jean-Etienne Guettard, a reprint of the famous 1782 edition. Published (1999) by Les Editions du Piat, 1 bis, rue du Piat, F43/20 Monistrol sur Loire, France, in three versions: (l) the "quality...

The Desmond Sacco Collection; Focus on Southern Africa.(Review)
July 1, 2000... by Bruce Cairncross. Published (2000) by Desmond Sacco; available through the author at Dept. of Geology, Rand Afrikaans University, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006 Gauteng, Republic of South Africa. Visa/MC fax orders: 011-27-11-489-2309....

The Photo-Atlas of Minerals.(Review)
July 1, 2000... Published on CD (2000) by the Gem and Mineral Council, Los Angeles County Museum of natural History, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007. Price: $49.95 plus $5 shipping and handling; California orders add 8.25% sales tax. (website:...

Photographic Guide to Mineral Species.(Review)
July 1, 2000... by Jeffrey G. Weissman and Anthony J. Nikischer. Published on CD (1999) by Excalibur Mineral Company, 1000 N. Division Street, Peekskill, NY 10566. [For Windows and Macintosh operating systems; 16 MB memory and 133 Mhz processor recommended;...

Gold: Nuggets of Russia.(Review)
July 1, 2000... by Lyudmila S. Sher. Published (1999) as volume 1 of Mineralogical Almanac by Ocean Pictures Ltd., Moscow. Softcover, 22 x 27 cm, 132 pages; Price: $45. Order from Terry Huizing, 5341 Thrasher Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45247. (Make checks payable...

Andyrobertsite and Calcio-andyrobertsite.
July 1, 2000... KCd[Cu.sub.5][([AsO.sub.4]).sub.4][As[(OH).sub.2][O.sub.2]]*2[H.sub.2 ]O and KCa[Cu.sub.5][([AsO.sub.4]).sub.4][AS[(OH).sub.2][O.sub.2]]*2[H.sub.2 ]O NOTE: This is a departure from the usual abstracts in that it treats two closely...

Bariosincosite.
July 1, 2000... Ba[([V.sup.4+][OPO.sub.4]).sub.2]*4[H.sub.2]O Locality: The Spring Creek mine (Lat. 31[degrees]41' S, Long. 137[degrees]07' E), about 10 km south of Wilmington and on the eastern flank of Mt. Remarkable, at the southern end of the Flinders...

Bederite.
July 1, 2000... *[Ca.sub.2][[Mn.sup.2+].sub.2][[Fe.sup.3+].sub.2][[Mn.sup.2+].sub.2][ ([PO.sub.4]).sub.6]*2[H.sub.2]O Locality: The El Penon pegmatite, approximately at (Lat. 24[degrees]50' S, Long. 66[degrees]20' W) and 3920 m above sea level in the El...

Cobaltlotharmeyerite.
July 1, 2000... Ca[(Co,[Fe.sup.3+],Ni).sub.2][([AsO.sub.4]).sub.2][(OH,[H.sub.2]O).su b.2] Locality: On dump material from the mining area "Am Roten Berg," approximately 4.8 km southwest of the center of Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany (type locality). It has...

Coparsite.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... [Cu.sub.4][O.sub.2][(As, V)[O.sub.4]]Cl Locality: The fumarole "Yadovitaya" (= "Poisonous") in the North Breach of the great fissure Tolbachik eruption (1975-1976), Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Occurrence: As a fumarole exhalative...

Esperanzaite.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... [NaCa.sub.2][Al.sub.2][([AsO.sub.4]).sub.2][F.sub.4](OH)*[H.sub.2]O Locality: The La Esperanza mine, Zaragosa mining district, 3.7 km southeast of the village of Madero, Durango, Mexico. Madero is 60 km northeast of the city of Durango. ...

Formicaite.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Ca[([HCO.sub.2]).sub.2] Locality: The Solondo boron deposit, Buryatia and the Novofrolovskoye copper deposit, Urals, Russia. Occurrence: Associated minerals are: pentahydroborite, frolovite, fedorovskite, calcite, solongoite,...

Gilmarite.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... [Cu.sub.3]([AsO.sub.4])[(OH).sub.3] Locality: The old copper mines of Roua (North group, municipality of Guillaumes), the Alpes-Maritimes area, France (about 50 km from Nice). Occurrence: In veinlets that crosscut pelites and...

Haigerachite.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... [[KFe.sup.3+].sub.3][([H.sub.2][PO.sub.4]).sub.6][([HPO.sub.4]).sub.2 ]*4[H.sub.2]O Locality: The dump of the Silberbrunnle mine in the Haigerach valley near Gengenbach, Central Black Forest, Germany. Occurrence: Associated minerals...

Itoigawaite.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... [SrAl.sub.2][Si.sub.2][O.sub.7][(OH).sub.2]*[H.sub.2]O Locality: On the seashore of Oyashirazu, about 15 km WSW of Itoigawa Station, Itoigawa-Ohmi district, Niigata-ken Prefecture, Japan (Itoigawa is at Lat. 37[degrees]02' N, Long....

Khaidarkanite.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... [Cu.sub.4][A1.sub.3][(OH).sub.14][F.sub.3]*2[H.sub.2]O Locality: The Khaidarkan antimony-mercury deposit near Khaidarkan, northern slope of the Alai Range, Fergana Valley, Kyrgyzstan. Occurrence: Associated minerals are: calcite,...

Khmaralite.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... [Mg.sub.5.5][A1.sub.14][Fe.sub.2][Si.sub.5][Be.sub.1.5][O.sub.40] Locality: From "Zircon Point," Khmara Bay, Enderby Land, Antarctica (Lat. 67[degrees]20' S, Long. 49[degrees]00' E). Occurrence: In a single specimen of pegmatite....

Khomyakovite.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... [Na.sub.12][Sr.sub.3][Ca.sub.6][[Fe.sup.2+].sub.3][Zr.sub.3]W([Si.sub .25][O.sub.73])[(O,OH,[H.sub.2]O).sub.3][(OH,CI).sub.2] Locality: The Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada. Occurrence: In nepheline...

Korobitsynite.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... [Na.sub.3][(Ti,Nb).sub.2][[Si.sub.4][O.sub.12]][(OH,O).sub.2]3-4[H.su b.2]O Locality: (1) Mount Alluaiv and (2) Mount Karnasurt, Lovozero alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Occurrence: In high-alkaline hydrothermalites. Associated...

Laforetite.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... [AgInS.sub.2] Locality: The disused Montgros mine (Pinols claim), near the hamlet La Boriette, about 10 km SW of Langeac, Haute-Loire, France (French Lambert coordinates: x = 683,72; y = 303,20). Occurrence: In a breccia vein sample...

Manganokhomyakovite.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... [Na.sub.12][Sr.sub.3][Ca.sub.6][[Mn.sup.2+].sub.3][Zr.sub.3]W([Si.sub .25][O.sub.73])[(O,OH,[H.sub.2]O).sub.3][(OH,Cl).sub.2] Locality: The Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada. See Comments. Occurrence:...

Nabiasite.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Ba[Mn.sub.9],[[(V,As)[O.sub.4]].sub.6][(OH).sub.2] Locality: Pla de Labasse deposit near the hamlet of Nabias, Central Pyrenees, France. Occurrence: In veinlets cross-cutting manganese ores. Associated minerals are: rhodochrosite,...

Nickelphosphide.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... [(Ni,Fe).sub.3]P Locality: In meteorites from several localities; the holotype material is from the Butler meteorite, Bates Co., Missouri, USA. Other meteorites in which it occurs are (with their names italicized): Canyon Diablo, Coconino...

Oneillite.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... [Na.sub.15][Ca.sub.3][Mn.sub.3][Fe.sub.3][Zr.sub.3]Nb([Si.sub.25][O.s ub.73])[(O,OH,[H.sub.2]O).sub.3][(OH).sub.2] Locality: Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada. Occurrence: At the contact between a...

Palladodymite.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... [(Pd,Rh).sub.2]As Locality: In a small unnamed placer deposit in the upper Miass River, South Urals, Russia. Occurrence: Associated minerals are: ruthenium, isoferroplatinum, cherepanovite, rhodian irarsite, honshiite, sperrylite,...

Parascorodite.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... [Fe.sup.3+][AsO.sub.4]*2[H.sub.2]O Locality: Weathered ore dumps of the Kuntery mine, Kank, near Kutna Hora, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic. Also from the Geschieber vein of the Svornost mine in the Jachymov (Joachimsthal ore district),...

Quadratite.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Ag(Cd,Pb)(As,Sb)[S.sub.3] Locality: The Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Canton Wallis, Switzerland. Occurrence: In cavities in dolomite. Associated minerals are: jordanite, galena and pyrite; less commonly with sphalerite, lengenbachite...

Sidpietersite.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... [[Pb.sup.2+].sub.4]([S.sup.6+][O.sub.3][S.sup.2-])[O.sub.2][(OH).sub. 2] Locality: The Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia (Lat. 19[degrees] S, Long. 18[degrees] E). Occurrence: On a matrix of fine-grained galena and sphalerite. Other...

Silvialite.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... [Ca.sub.4][Al.sub.6][Si.sub.6][O.sub.24][SO.sub.4] Locality: McBride Province, northern Queensland, Australia. Occurrence: In upper-mantle garnet-granulite xenoliths in olivine nephelinite. Associated minerals are: anorthite and albite...

Walfordite.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... ([Fe.sup.3-], [Te.sup.6+]) [[Te.sup.4+].sub.3][O.sub.8] Locality: The Wendy Open Pit, Tambo mine, at the El Indio--Tambo mining property, Coquimbo Province, Chile (approximately Lat. 30[degrees] S, Long. 70[degrees] W). The property, in the...

Zincohogbomite.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... [(Zn,Fe).sub.2-2x][Ti.sub.x][Al.sub.4][O.sub.8] Locality: The emery deposit at Kerketefs Mountain (or Mt. Kerkis), western Samos Island, Greece. Also in the Menderes Massif, Turkey. Occurrence: In diasporites (diaspore-bearing...