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SILVER ISSUE
Among the precious metals, gold has always...behind, however, is silver.
Though today only about 2% as valuable by weight, silver was
nearly on a par...discerns a
warm richness to silver that all the others lack. Furthermore, silver
has been found as superb...famous and inÂ
teresting localities for native silver. Of course there are hundreds,
perhaps thousands...and plenty remain for
future issues.
Unlike gold, silver forms the basis for an extensive array of addi |  | | Report (issue) | |
c = 5.148
Z=2
X-ray Powder Pattern: Cobalt, Canada.
2.84 (100), 2.06 (70), 1.965 (70), 1.533 (30)...92
99.9
100.00
(1) Hudson Bay mine, Cobalt, Canada; in part due to nickeline. (2) St. Andreasberg, Germany;...microprobe. (3) NiSb.
Mineral Group:
Occurrence:
Nickeline group.
In hydrothermal calcite veins associated...associated with CoâNiâAg ores.
Association: Silver, nickeline, maucherite, cobaltite, ullmannite, tetrahedrite...Andreasberg, Harz Mountains [TL??], and in the Merkur
mine, Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate. In France, at Ar |  | | Report (issue) | | Nickeline
NiAs
c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1
Crystal Data: Hexagonal. Point Group:...01 )ÎŁ=1.00 As1.00 . (2) NiAs.
Mineral Group:
Nickeline group.
Occurrence: A minor component of NiâCu... From the Chalanches mine,
near Allemont, IseÌre, France. In the USA, at Silver Cliff, Custer Co., and...and in the Gem mine,
Fremont Co., Colorado. In Ontario, Canada, from the CobaltâGowganda and Sudbury districts...and at Silver Islet, Thunder Bay district. At Cochabamba, Bolivia. From the AıÌt Ahmane mine,
10 km east |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 11:52 22 December 2014
Kilometer 3 Mine, Laurium District, Greece
E
rythrite, an attractive secondary...include erythrite, retgersite, gersdorffite, nickeline, maucherite, and nickel-skutterudite. When massive...green
encrustations on chloanthite at the old cobalt mine dumps
below Great Hill near the East HamptonâPortland...Carolina. It has been reported
from the Fredericktown district in Madison County, Missouri, and occurs with nickel...nickel arsenides in the Mohawk No. 2
mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan.
Annabergite has been found at scattered |  | | Book | |
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15 / 1984
1-64
1-64...15th annual FM-TGMS-MSA
Mineralogical Symposium: silver (chairman
R. W. Graeme) 25:69-76
New minerals recently...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...22:303-308
ALBERTA
Mineral occurrences in western Canada [British
Columbia and Alberta] (by A. Ingelson) |  | | Book | | Gems«Minerals
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Gems & Minerals reveals the beauty and...and minerals from the collection
of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.
Minerals and gems form naturally... Gems« Minerals
Earth Treasures from the Royal Ontario Museum
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All rights reserved. No part |  | | Book (edition) | | GEOLOGY
OF
ONTARIO AND QUEBEC.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
I.
AN OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY OF CANADA
BASED ON A...THE DETERMINATION BY FURNACE ASSAY OF
GOLD AND SILVER IN ROCKS AND ORES.
Second Edition.
IV.
THE MINERAL...MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
OF
CENTRAL CANADA,
COMPRISING THE
PROVINCES OF ONTARIO AND QUEBEC.
BY
E.
J.
CHAPMAN... Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight
hundied and eighty-eight...by THE COPP, CLARK COMPANY (LIMITED;, Toronto,
Ontario, in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture. |  | | Report (issue) | | PAPER 69-45
GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY
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CANADA
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY,
MINES AND RESOURCES
A CATALOGUE OF...MINERALS
R. J. Traill
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
OF CANADA
CANADA
PAPER 69-45
A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...n's Printer, Ottawa
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A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...has elapsed since T . Sterry Hunt in Geology of
Canada, 1863 , presented the first descriptive list of |  | | Book | | Absolutely Pure Nickelâ
35
6 âIt looks exactly like Silverâ
42
7 âNickel is very much sought afterâ
50...courtesy and help; their names
should be linked with mine in authorship.
I am also indebted to the following...Colonial Geological
Surveys); Dominion Bridge Company (Canada); Dover
Author's Preface
Publications Inc.; Fairchild... nickel is a separate element, as is platinum,
silver, or lead.
In spite of diverse theories with regard...(golde), copper, quicksilver (qvcksylver),
and silver was linked with some specific planet
4
In the |  | | Book | | 604254549 Geological Survey of Canada Geology of Canada, no. 8 GEOLOGY OF CANADIAN MINERAL DEPOSIT...Natural Resources Canada 1995 Available in Canada from Geological Survey of Canada offices: 601 Booth...Booth Street Ottawa, Canada K1A 0E8 3303-33rd Street N.W. Calgary, Alberta T2L 2A7 100 West Pender Street...B.C. V6B 1R8 or from Canada Communication Group â Publishing Ottawa, Canada K1A 0S9 A deposit copy...available for reference in public libraries across Canada Cat. No. M40-49/8E ISBN 0-660-13136-6 Price subject |  | | Journal (issue) | | with a large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918.
(Michigan Technological University Archives...Native copper crystal group, 13.6 cm, from an unknown mine in the
Michigan Copper Country. Richard A. Kosnar...results of their studies on the unique copper and silver mineralization
of the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michiganâs...(1929)
is considered to be the classic for the district. Many of these works
are currently out of print...and research will serve as an overview of the district
and as a framework from which interested persons |  | | Book | | Diablo, Arizona. 12 x 13 cm.
(Geological Survey of Canada
specimen)
By studying meteorites such as this one...P L AT E 8
Chalcopyrite and Calcite.
Groundhog mine, Vanadium, New
Mexico. 4 x 5 cm.
Thesecrystals formed...(Photograph by Michael Hamilton,
Geological Survey of Canada)
Diffirentiation of magma caused
compositional...I ( o p p o s i t e )
Elbaite.
Tourmaline Queen mine, Pala,
California. i o-cm crystals.
The dramatic...than
in pegmatites.
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Triphylite.
Smith mine, Newport, New
Hampshire. 2.5-crn crystal.
Well-formed |  | | Book (volume) | | 6 and 7, up
165
for Temiskaming district read Cochrane district.
to Ref. 4, under oruetite, add See...Occur, for VVakatipu district, CoUingwood, New
303
Zealand read Wakatipu district, and CoUingwood, New...no. 3 and the corresponding citation (Hudson Bay
309
mine).
in Ref. 4, line Z, for 670 read 676.
310...99.94.
in analysis citation no. 16, for Cobalt, Ontario read Oravicza,
344
Roumania.
in analysis »o....pageite read paigeite.
for Algoma district read Sudbury District.
in the left Itand figure in the top |  | | Journal (issue) | | Geo!. Surv. of Canada
Ottawa
George W. Robinson
Natl. Museums of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
Abraham Rosenzweig...the Wessels mine, South Africa ............365
by J. Gutzmer & B. Cairncross
The Parker mine, Notre Dame...fumaroles or openings and outlets in a volcanic district.
As the first visitors at this California Hecla...heaps from a coal mine. A second, similar occurrence was
discovered at a coal mine near Kladno, Bohemia...(1946) Quicksilver deposits of the western Mayacmas
district, Sonoma County, California. California Journal |  | | Book (edition) | | eastern provinces of Canada. including Nova
Scotia. (TL) Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. Canada.
Acadiolitc, syn...44. c 1 3 .50 A.
A natural occurrence at a coal mine in the
(TL) Lvov-Volynsk basin, USSR.
Achates. syn...Pliny. Hist. Nat. 37. 54.
3.9.8
Achavalite. FcSe. Nickeline group.
J. Olsacher ( 1 939) Bo/. Fae. Cienc. U11iv...cxxpri”moC 'without
money ·. referring to the absence of silver in the
material.
Achrite. error or variant of achirite...also 33- 1 230]. (TL) Villedicu
Township. Temiscaming County, Quebec. Canada.
Named for S.O. Agrel l.
Agricolite |  | | Book | | Fairview Park, Elmsford, New York 10523 Pergamon of Canada Ltd., 207 Queen's Quay West, Toronto 1 Pergamon...(Aust.) Pty. Ltd., 19 a Boundary Street, Rushcutters Bay, N.S.W. 2011, Australia Pergamon Press S.A.R.L.,...Pullman, Washington G. S. D I S L E R , Toronto, Canada A. B. EDWARDS, Parkside, Australia (f) G. M. F...FRIEDRICH, Aachen, Germany H . FROHBERG, Toronto, Canada R. L A GANZA, North Adelaide, S. Australia W. F...HOLLAND, Princeton, N . J . H . E. K A P P , Toronto, Canada H. K O B E , Auckland, New Zealand L. KOCH, Sydney-Kensington |  | | Book | | sulphate of lead, from the original locality, Parys Mine, in Anglesea ; Falunite, to a hydrated silicate...these includes the heavy malleable metals, gold, silver, copper, mercury, iron, and the platinum group...orange-red in different samples. Gold, alloyed with silver. The amount of Composition. the latter may vary...California. Australia Russia Silver Average fineness. Extremes. Silver. 880 870-890 900-960 870-980...oxidising flame, and a yellow opaque bead due to silver with salt of phosphorus Insoluble except in aqua |  | | Report (issue) | | have been originated and are used by miners and mine inspectors, as well as many others that have been...may have been very much in vogue in a certain district, but with the exodus of a particular class or...1886. Bensusan Bensusan, Arthur J. The Passagem mine and works. Trans., Inst. Min. and Met. London. 1910... 33, 1903. Egleston, Thomas. The metallurgy of silver, gold, and mercury in the United States. 1887.... 1912-1913. Morine Morine, A. B. Mining law of Canada. 1909. (Includes a glossary.) Morrison Morrison |  | | Book (volume) | | produisent des quantitĂ©s notables de minerais : le district de Joplin dans le Kansas et le Missouri et, accessoirement...New-Jersey. Presque tout le zinc mĂ©tal vient du premier district, oĂč les usines ont pu se dĂ©velopper grĂące Ă la...pĂ©trolifĂšres abondants en gaz naturel. Mais ce district est trop Ă©loignĂ© de la mer pour pouvoir songer...Ă©numĂ©ration, il n'y a lieu d'insister que sur le district de Joplin, situĂ© Ă la limite des Etats de Missouri...sulfurique comme sous-produit . La production de ce district vient presque tout entiĂšre du Missouri (231 000 |  | | Book (edition) | |
Bristol Coalfield, England.
Can
Dominion of Canada.
Cent. Am
Central America.
Ches
Cheshire, England...England.
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Cleveland iron district, England.
Colom
Republic of Colombia.
Corn
Cornwall, England...Canal Zone
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