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The Mineralogical Record articles from November 1996
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The Mineralogical Record archives from November 1996
The Alva silver mine, Silver Glen, Alva, Scotland.
November 1, 1996... A little-known, long-abondoned mine in central Scotland has recently yielded some remarkable specimens of crystallized native silver. Its history is every bit as remarkable. The deposit, first opened in 1715, ranks as the richest bonanza of...
The Kruisrivier cobalt mine, Transvaal, South Africa.
November 1, 1996... There are several small cobalt deposits in South Africa, but only one, Kruisrivier, has been worked commercially and solely for its cobalt content. The mine has produced some excellent specimens of erythrite and heterogenite, and also the first...
A world-class gold from the Colorado quartz mine.
November 1, 1996... Famous since the 1970's for beautifully crystallized gold, the Colorado Quartz mine near Mariposa, California, has recently yielded what may well be the finest specimen ever found at the mine, and certainly one of the finest gold specimens in the...
Minerals of the Silvana mine, Sandon, British Columbia.
November 1, 1996... The Silvana mine has produced an array of very fine to spectacular micromineral and thumbnail specimens including rare, fiery-orange pyrostilpnite, lustrous cubanite, pyrargyrite and stephanite as well as showy, irridescent pyrrhotite....
Monazite-(Ce) from the Buckwheat dolomite at Franklin, New Jersey.
November 1, 1996... INTRODUCTION
A variety of minerals that are found in the vuggy "Buckwheat dolomite" at Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, have been described in detail by Peters et al. (1983). The dolomite is found on the dump which holds material excavated...
Italian connections (II) - Vesuvius. (Italian mineral locality)
November 1, 1996... Because it is arguably the most famous of all Italian mineral localities, I have reserved the Mount Vesuvius/Monte Somma complex for this second column on exchanging with Italian collectors. The complete locality designation, exclusive of quarry...