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"MINERALS OF CORNWALL AND DEVON (ENGLAND)" -
By P. Embrey and R. Symes, 154 pages, 8 3/4 X 11" size, illustrated, hard cover.
Filled with 80 color plates, and many black & white illustrations, this fine book
describes the geology of Southwest England, the history of its mines and mining industry,
collectors and dealers, and the minerals found within the district. Forty pages of
valuable reference information, containing more than 1,000 entries relative to the
minerals, mines, and geology, are included. Published by the British Museum (Natural
History), London, England, and the Mineralogical Record, Inc., Tucson, AZ, 1987. Order Item BK0450 Shipping weight: 4 pounds Price: $41.95 |
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"MINERALS OF GREENLAND, THE " - By Ole V.
Petersen and Karsten Secher, 88 pages, 8 1/2 X 11" size, soft cover, illustrated.
There are many interesting mineral localities throughout Greenland, and some of these
localities are world famous for their unique assemblages. The authors have brought
together highlights of the older information available on some of these localities, known
since the 19th Century and, in this work, have concentrated on providing information on
the species and localities which are of greatest interest to mineralogists and mineral
collectors. A comprehensive listing of the mineral species from Greenland is included. A
geological map is provided in color, along with a location map of Greenland's mineral
localities. The latter is especially important as an accurate source of correct locality
spelling. For each of the geologically/mineralogically important localities featured in
this work a brief history is given, followed by data on the geography and geology. The
mineralogy of each deposit is described, and a list of mineral species known from the
deposit is given. Descriptions of the most important minerals are provided, often
accompanied by excellent black and white and/or color photographs, and crystal drawings.
Many stunning color photographs of the localities are scattered throughout the book,
accompanied by historically interesting black and white photos of important people and
places. A short chapter describes the important meteorites recovered from several
localities in Greenland, accompanied by historically important black and white photographs
of some very large meteorites and the efforts undertaken to recover them. This soft cover
book was published in German, in 1995, and was reprinted in English by the Mineralogical
Record, Inc., Tucson, AZ, as Vol. 24, No. 2 -- the March-April 1993 special issue entitled
"The Minerals of Greenland". Order Item MR24-2 Shipping weight: 2 pounds Price: $40.00 |
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NEW TITLE “MINERALS OF NEVADA” This just released book has 560 pages, 102 color photos, 3 maps, 10” X 7”, hard cover. Nevada has been blessed by nature with an extraordinary diversity of minerals, some first discovered within the state, some unique to Nevada, and some the focus of human exploitation since the Anasazi mined turquoise and salt in the southern part of the state more than a thousand years ago. Gold and silver deposits spurred most of the settlement in Nevada in the nineteenth century; subsequently, minerals of many kinds have continued to bring wealth to the state. Modern, high-tech mining of gold deposits, such as those along the Carlin trend, constitutes a mining boom that has surpassed the state's previous mineral production. “Minerals of Nevada is the first synoptic catalog of Nevada” minerals, listing every mineral found within the state, along with the places where they occur. The listing is alpha- betically arranged, for quick reference. The book is far more than a compendium, however. Included are engaging essays by several distinguished scientists and collectors that offer a geologic history of Nevada, a history of mining and mineral study in the state, descriptions of significant mineral deposit types and mining districts, essays on meteorites, gemstones, and minerals first found in Nevada, and a chapter offering some tips for mineral collectors. The book is lavishly illustrated with color photographs by Jeff Scovil, Sugar White, and others. A large pocket map (33” X 21 1/2”), showing mining districts and important mineral occurrences, is also included in the back of the book. Published by the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology (Special Publication 31) in association with the University of Nevada Press, 2003. Order Item BK0457 Shipping weight: 5 pounds Price: $75.00 |
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"MINERALS OF SOUTH AFRICA" - by Bruce
Cairncross and Roger Dixon, 23 X 30 cm (9 1/2 X 12 1/4") size, 296 pages,
illustrated, hard cover, with dust jacket. Lavishly illustrated throughout in full color
with maps, locality photos, and nearly 350 color photos of fine mineral specimens from
South Africa, this book is the only substantial reference to the mineralogy of South
Africa. Apart from the descriptions and pictures of minerals, the authors have provided
descriptions of many of the important mining/mineral localities. Geological details are
given considerable emphasis, so as to provide an understanding of the role that the rocks
play in the formation and distribution of the minerals. In the section covering the
minerals, the authors discuss all minerals in traditional alphabetical order.
Additionally, the authors refer the reader back to the information supplied on the
individual deposits described in the first section, to help provide a complete
understanding of the minerals found in these deposits. Additional data on crystal size,
morphology, habit, composition, associations, etc. are given, in many cases accompanied by
color photographs of specimens. The result is a comprehensive publication combining, and
integrating, historical as well as geological and mineralogical information into a single
tome. Also included are an 18 page bibliography, a listing of the mineral museums and
institutional mineral collections in South Africa, a 4-page glossary, and a very thorough
12-page index, including page numbers on which specimen photographs appear. A more
comprehensive review of this "must have" book appears on P. 225 of the May-June
1996 issue of the "Mineralogical Record" magazine. Published by the Geological
Society of South Africa, Johannesburg, S.A., 1995. The G.S.S.A. has advised us that this
was a limited edition book, and is now out of print. Other books available
in this list by Prof. Bruce Cairncross, covering famous African minerals and mineral
localities, are: # 5-9. "The Manganese Adventure", and # 10-2. "The Desmond
Sacco Collection". Order Item BK0480 Shipping weight: 5 pounds Price: $149.00 |
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“MINERALS OF THE CARPATHIANS”,
Edited by S. Szakall, 480 pages, 9 1/2” X 6 3/4” size, pictorial hard
cover, in English. Mineral localities such as Cavnic, Rosia Montana (Verespatak),
Herja, Baia Sprie, Pezinok, and Sacaramb should be familiar to you –
there are nearly 100 others featured in this very interesting book,
prepared by six authors from six countries: the Czech Republic, Hungary,
Poland, Romania, Slovakia and the Ukraine. The Carpathians, a 1,500 km
long mountain range, represents the “bow shaped” link between the Alps
in the West and the Balkans to the South.
The Carpathian Mountains exhibit a very complex geological
structure, displaying metamorphic, magmatic, and sedimentary formations of
Precambrian to Quaternary ages, many of them having been repeatedly
involved in numerous successive tectonic and deformational events. The
more interesting mineralogical regions of the Carpathians are listed by
country. The areas described
are not limited only to the Carpathians themselves, but include the
neighboring and geologically related terrains like the Forecarpathians in
Poland and the Ukraine etc. To
date, about 1,000 mineral species are known occur in the Carpathians.
After the introduction, a list of the mineral species first
discovered in the Carpathians is given, and a brief eight-lingual
vocabulary of common geographical names is included. Next,
the structural and metallogenic outlook of the Carpathians is given with
characteristics of the genetic types of mineral occurrences, followed by a
description of the Carpathian mineralogical regions within the six
countries. The main section
of the book, comprising the descriptions of the minerals found in the
Carpathians, is divided into chapters containing the mineral descriptions
by chemical characteristics -- native elements, sulfides, halides, oxides
and hydroxides, carbonates and nitrates, borates, sulfates, phosphates,
vanadates etc., silicates, and organic minerals. Within these chapters the
minerals are arranged alphabetically by name; within each mineral the
occurrences and descriptions are given by country. The mineral
descriptions are illustrated with numerous very fine color photographs.
Crystal drawings are included in a separate chapter following the
mineralogical part of the book. The
final chapter contains information on the mineralogical museums (or those
displaying the collections of minerals), in which the specimens from the
Carpathians may be found in abundance. The book is supplied with extensive
references, an index of the minerals and another index of localities. The
quality of print is very good and the editorial work very thorough. This
book is an invaluable reference for all mineral collectors and
mineralogists interested in this mineralogically diverse area of Europe.
Published in English by the Granite Publishing House Ltd., Czech
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NEW TITLE“MINERALS OF THE KERCH IRON-ORE BASIN IN EASTERN CRIMEA (RUSSIA)” - By Nikita V. Chukanov. This is Volume 8 of the Mineralogical Almanac series, printed in English, 10 1/2” X 8 1/2”, 112 pages, pictorial soft cover, with many maps and full color photos of minerals and of the landscape in the area. The Kerch Iron-ore Basin is a group of iron-ore deposits in the northern and eastern parts of the Kerch Peninsula with an area over 250 square km and estimated reserves of 8 billion tons. The iron-ore seams extend no deeper than 100–160 meters, and could easily be strip-mined. The Kerch deposits began to be mined at the end of the 19th century. In 1913, 370,000 tons or 5 percent of Ukraine's iron ore was mined in Kerch, and the industry employed 3,000 workers. Production was low during the period from the 1920’s through the early 1950’s, and mining in recent years has not been continued. A total of 160 mineral species are known from the Kerch Iron-Ore basin. The phosphate minerals are of key interest to the mineral collector including Vivianite, Metavivianite, Bobierrite, Anapaite, Messelite, as well as Barite, Rhodochrosite, and many others. Additionally, very interesting fossil replacements of Vivianite, Anapaite, Rhodochrosite, and others, crystallized within open cavities in fossil shells, as well as completely replacing shell fossils, have been found. The author describes all of the key minerals in detail, and has provided more than 100 color photographs of crystallized minerals found in the Kerch Iron-Ore Basin. Included are many b & w REM photos of some of the minerals which occur in micro crystal form. Though this deposit is certainly in a remote part of the world, many thousands of Vivianite specimens, as well as quantities of many of the associated minerals, have been brought out and put onto the mineral market by various Russian mineral dealers. One can still find quality specimens for sale, offered by Russian dealers at mineral shows in Europe and the USA. This is Volume 8 in the series of Famous Mineral Localities, published in Russia by the Mineralogical Almanac, Ocean Pictures Ltd., 2005.
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Primorskiy Kray, Far Eastern Russia Vol. 5 -- Murzinka gem-bearing pegmatite region of the Ural Mountains Vol. 7 -- Kukisvumchorr in the Khibiny Alkaline Massif, Kola Peninsula Vol. 8 – Minerals of the Kerch Iron-Ore Basin in Eastern Crimea Vol. 9 – Ilmeny Mountians (Russia): Mineralogy of Pegmatites Vol. 14 -- Ural (Russia) Emerald Mines |
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"MINERALS OF THE WORLD" - by
Ole Johnsen "Minerals of the World" is an up-to-date guide to more than 500 of the best-known minerals from worldwide localities. Available in soft cover, the book is 6" X 9", with 439 pages. The succinct text covers the fundamental aspects of mineralogy -- crystallography, physical and chemical properties, names and varieties, structure, diagnostic features, and occurrence. The discussion of less common minerals, not found in other guides, makes this an invaluable resource. With over 600 exquisite color photographs, plus crystal drawings and crystallographic diagrams, this book is unequaled. It is set to become the field guide of choice for mineral collectors and students of mineralogy, and will provide a valuable addition to the library of anyone who studies mineralogy and mineral specimens. The extremely useful identification tables at the back of the book include the name of the mineral, chemical composition, habit, cleavage, brittleness, hardness, density, color, and streak. Other basic data included: the periodic table of the elements, symbols and atomic numbers of selected elements, a comprehensive glossary, and a 10-page index. Published by the Princeton University Press, 2002. The author, Ole Johnsen, is Curator of the Geological Museum at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He has written numerous articles on minerals in popular and scientific magazines and periodicals, and has served on the committees of national and international organizations including the International Mineralogical Association (IMA) and the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA).
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“MINERALS:
THEIR
CONSTITUTION AND ORIGIN”,
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"MINERAL SPECIES DISCOVERED IN CANADA, AND
SPECIES NAMED AFTER CANADIANS", By
László Horváth This annotated and illustrated compendium focuses on the 206 mineral species discovered in Canada or redefined from Canadian localities in the last 222 (!) years. It also highlights 30 minerals named after Canadians but discovered outside Canada, and includes a section on obsolete names of mineral species first described from Canadian localities. The book also gives a brief historical overview of works documenting mineralogy in Canada from its beginnings in 1752 to the present. Appendices covering the chronology of mineral discoveries, individual type-localities, type-mineral specimens and their repositories, chemical classification of type minerals, an author index, and general references complete the book. This hard cover 382-page volume (6 ¾ x 9 ¼) includes a spectacular 16 page insert, with 39 stunning color photographs of Canadian type-minerals. This is Special Publication No. 6 of "The Canadian Mineralogist", published by the Mineralogical Association of Canada, Ottawa, 2003. ISBN 0-921294-40-9 Order Item: BK0490U Shipping weight: 3 pounds Price: $49.00 |
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“MINERAL SPECIES FIRST DESCRIBED FROM GREENLAND”,
by Ole V. Petersen & Ole Johnsen, University of Copenhagen, Mineralogical
Museum. This exciting new book has 184 pages, plus a 16-page color insert,
9 1/2” X 6 3/4”, and a heavy duty pictorial hard cover. In addition
to the color photographs of the minerals, there are b & w photos of many of
the historical personalities for whom the minerals were named, as well as
several maps, crystal drawings, and photographs of several of the important
mineral collecting sites. You may never go collecting in Greenland, but the
mineralogy of some of the Greenland localities is similar to localities in
the Kola Peninsula of Russia, as well as the mineralogy of Mont St. Hilaire,
Quebec, Canada. Examples of many of the mineral species from these
localities are undoubtedly in your collection, and it is interesting to read
about the mineralogical occurrences of Greenland which are similar, yet
often quite different when compared to the more familiar Russian and
Canadian localities. “Mineral Species First Described from Greenland”, an
annotated and illustrated compendium, focuses on the 76 mineral species
first described from Greenland over the last 206 years, in the interval from
1799 (Cryolite) to 2005 Qaqarssukite-(Ce). Data given for each mineral
includes the chemical composition, origin of the name (i.e., who or what the
mineral was named for), the type locality, data on historical specimens,
description of the occurrence, general description of the mineral (physical
properties), comments, and additional references. The book includes a
complete listing of obsolete names and doubtful species in the literature on
Greenland occurrences. Included is a gallery of color photos of 34
photogenic minerals. The authors give a brief historical development of
mineralogical investigations in Greenland, with emphasis on the three
intrusive bodies that account for the bulk of the type-locality minerals:
the Ilímaussaq alkaline complex (39% of the total), the Ivigtut granite and
associated Cryolite deposit (22% of the total), and the Narssârssuk
pegmatite (17% of the total). Appendices covering the chronology of
mineral discoveries, individual type-localities, chemical
classification of the type minerals, an author index (data on who
originally authored the papers describing each new minerals), and general
references complete the book. This is Special Publication No. 8 of “The
Canadian Mineralogist”, published by the Mineralogical Association of
Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, 2005. ISBN 0-921294-39-5
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"MINERAL SPECIES OF JAPAN, THE
", Fifth
Edition (2002), By Satoshi Matsubara, 76 pages, 8 1/4" X 5 3/4"
size, paperback, with pictorial front cover. The cover illustration
depicts a matrix specimen of a Japanese Twin of Quartz that is about 20 cm
(7 1/2") in height (!) from the Otome Mine, Yamanashi Prefecture,
Japan, from the National Science Museum collection. Dr. Matsubara, the
author, is with the Division of Mineralogy, Department of Geology,
National Science Museum, Tokyo. It is a rare opportunity when detailed
information such as this, with information covering specific worldwide
localities, is available printed in English. Dr. Matsubara lists all of
the minerals found in Japan, arranged alphabetically. Included for each
listing is the name of the mineral, chemical composition, Japanese name
for the mineral, and the crystal system. For the rare or new minerals, Dr.
Matsubara has also given references, and information re: the localities
where each mineral has been found. The correct spelling of the names of
the localities, in English, is extremely important in being able to
correctly label any new or rare species you might have in your collection
from Japanese localities. About 1,100 species are listed. In addition,
thirty two color photographs are included in the book. These depict rare
or new minerals identified from Japanese localities. Published in English,
in Japan, 2002, for the 18th General Meeting of the IMA a
Edinburgh. Order Item BK0490V Shipping weight: 1 pound Price: $41.95 |
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