Apatite from Harding Mine, Picuris District, Taos County, …

Apatite B). interesting to note that diamond, It is... a scratch just gypsum or about will scratch apatite, as and a a hard as file material. testing... malachite (copper carbonate), phosphates such as apatite, and silicates, which large and complex family... feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float ...

Apatite: Mineral information, data and localities.

An apatite with 3.18% rare earth elements (REE) and 1.33% Ce2O3 from the Kola Peninsula. Originally reported from Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Collophane. A name used for the massive, cryptocrystalline, colloidal (amorphous) varieties of Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite or Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite, such as ...

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Apatite: The mineral apatite information and pictures

Apatite is the most common phosphate mineral, and is the main source of the phosphorus required by plants. The bones and teeth of most animals, including humans, are composed of calcium phosphate, which is the same material as Apatite. (These biological Apatites are almost exclusively the Hydroxylapatite type.) Chemical Formula.

Apatite

Apatite, Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego Co., California, USA, miniature, 4.1 x 2.4 x 2.1 cm, An unusual apatite from any location, which looks like a drip deposit hanging off what used to be a much more …

Bikitaite, Apatite

A MAJOR CABINET specimen of this ULTRA RARE lithium silicate from the famous Foote Mine of North Carolina. LARGE white to gray prismatic blades of bikitaite to 2.9 cm rest on a matrix of solid bikitaite along with innumerable smaller bikitaite crystals (white, elongated). The large bikitaite blades are nicely accented by brown, translucent ...

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The Emerald Hollow Mine is home to the only emerald mine in the United States open for public treasure hunting. You can check out findings from the mine at sluiceways or do your own prospecting, digging, and hunting for a small fee. Gem sluice, Hiddenite, NC. Photo by Robert Nunnally. Licensed under CC By 2.0.

Rhodochrosite with Hubnerite, Quartz, Apatite

Rhodochrosite with Hubnerite, Quartz, Apatite. Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Alma Mining Dist., Park Co., Colorado, USA. Miniature, 4.6 x 4.5 x 3.9 cm. Ex. Vasco Trancoso. $24,000.00 Payment Plan Available. Order Now. This unique rhodochrosite miniature is one I have always remembered since the first time I had it in …

Mount Apatite

Today amateurs may still search the mine tailings for Apatite, Tourmaline, and Quartz specimens (specific rules apply). With assistance from a Land and Water Conservation Fund matching grant, five kilometers (3.1 miles) of multi-purpose trails were constructed in the summer of 1994 within the park to serve all outdoor enthusiasts.

Apatite Mineral Data

PE Apatite = 5.87 barns/electron U=PE Apatite x rElectron Density= 18.59 barns/cc. Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Apatite is Not Radioactive

Apatite Var. Fluorapatite

Apatite Var. Fluorapatite, Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego Co., California, USA, thumbnail, 2.4 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm, Very closely resembling an elbaite crystal from this famous mine, it could be easy to mistake this …

Phosphates

Several phosphate minerals occur in the Castle Dome copper deposit near Miami, Arizona, some of which are of special interest because of their uncommon occurrence in deposits …

Pulsifer Quarry & Dionne extension, West Mount Apatite Mining …

Pulsifer Quarry & Dionne extension, West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA : Granite pegmatite. Western Mt. Apatite group. - Oxford pegmatite field. (The Dionne extension to the Pulsifer Quarry was excavated during mid-1990s mining.)

Apatite as a magma redox indicator and its application in …

Most apatite grains have low Sr contents (<220 ppm), except for samples ZK2813–05 (1000 ppm) and ZK2813–07 (≥600 ppm), and the Y contents are even lower (~170 ppm) (Supplementary Table 3). Thus, the wide Sr/Y range (0.07–23.16) is mainly caused by the varying Sr content. Apatite grains also have a narrow V range (mainly …

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Top 10 US-based miners. The Cortez mine in Nevada, part of a joint venture between Barrick Gold and Newmont Goldcorp. ( Image courtesy of Barrick Gold) The Northern Miner presents the top 10 U.S ...

A sequential extraction to determine the distribution of apatite …

a. BDL indicates "below detection limit." b. The 87 Sr/ 86 Sr of the 1 M HNO 3 extract of the apatite separate is 0.715281.. c. NR indicates "not reported." Si concentrations in the HF/HCl/HNO 3 extract and the sum of extracts are not reported because Si is volatilized during HF digestion.. d. The chemical compositions of …

Apatite from Powell Mine (Mica Queen Mine), Wilmot, …

Click here to view Apatite data: Locality Data: Click here to view Powell Mine (Mica Queen Mine), Wilmot, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA: Reference Search (possible matching items) Mineral and/or Locality . Mindat is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.

Apatite from Sapo mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, …

Journal (issue) crystal, 75 mm long, from the Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gérais, Brazil.See 'The location, geology and mineralogy... mineralogy of gem tourmalines in Brazil' on pp. 263-98 ISSN: 1355-4565 262 J. G e m m, 1996, 25, 4 ... location, geology and mineralogy of gem tourmalines in Brazil Jacques P. Cassedanne, Dr. Sc. *, and Maurice Roditi... tourmaline …

Environmental Impacts of Apatite Mineral Mining and …

Amidst the extraction and processing of apatite minerals lies a profound concern for the environmental impacts stemming from these practices. Delving into the crux of mining and processing, it becomes evident that the interplay between economic benefits and ecological repercussions prompts a critical examination of sustainability measures and regulatory …

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The Mt. Apatite quarries were important producers of commercial feldspar in the early 1900's. They played a prominent part in Maine's mining history. During the course of this …

Apatite: The mineral apatite information and pictures

The primary Apatite group includes Fluorapatite, Chlorapatite, and Hydroxylapatite. The extended Apatite supergroup describes additional minerals such as Pyromorphite, …

Blue Apatite Meaning: Crystal Healing Energy, Geology

Mental Healing Properties. Blue Apatite helps us to concentrate on happy thoughts and not to dwell on past hardships. It stimulates creativity and the intellect, helping us to find and understand Truth in all its forms. Blue Apatite makes a wonderful dream stone, encouraging lucid dreaming and dream recall.

Apatite from Blackbird Mine, Blackbird mine complex, Blackbird Mining

Mines and mineral resources Idaho Challis Region Congresses: Glass, Jewell J., Vhay, John S. (1949) A new locality for ludlamite. ... 414 Anhydrite, Texas, 288 Apatite, Bolivia, 413; Chamonix, France, 36 Apophyllite . Mineral and/or Locality . Mindat is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit ...

Apatite with Cleavelandite

Apatite with Cleavelandite. Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego Co., California, USA. Miniature, 4.1 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm. Ex. William (Bill) Larson. $4,500.00 $3,375.00. Order Now. This strange specimen of apatite looks just like a pale pastel colored tourmaline with a green cap, and in person it is simply a stumper, the kind of thing you can put ...

Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, …

Foote Mine. A former opencast Li-Sn-Be-Nb-Ta-mica-stone (crushed/broken) occurrence/mine. Started about 1938 and owned by the Foote Mineral Co. Mineralization is a lithia-bearing granite pegmatite (quartz-microcline-spodumene pegmatite), hosted in the Cherryville Quartz Monzonite, schist, and amphibolite. Famous for a variety of rare …

Minerals from Mt. Apatite's Maine Feldspar Quarry

Mt. Apatite is world famous for spectacular finds of purple fluorapatite; None are likely to be found at the Maine Feldspar, but collectors can still find many other species of interest. The following are photos of an assortment of minerals that I have field collected from the …

Apatite Group: Mineral information, data and localities.

Significant localities for Apatite Group Hide. Showing 111 significant localities out of 18,668 recorded on mindat. This map shows a selection of localities that have latitude and …

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Market cap: AU$98.2 million. Centrex Metals holds the Ardmore phosphate rock project in Queensland, which it says is one of the world's few remaining undeveloped high-grade phosphate rock deposits.

Rhodochrosite with Apatite and Fluorite

Rhodochrosite with Apatite and Fluorite Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Park Co., Colorado, USA Small Cabinet, 7.9 x 6.0 x 4.5 cm SOLD. Ripe, strawberry-red crystals to 2 cm make this a sizable, color-busting specimen from the first view. The crystals have GREAT color and brightness to them. Sweet Home Mine arguably produced the finest …

Maine Fluorapatite | Maine, United States of America, …

From the so-called Harvard Quarry (apparently because so many specimens went to Harvard and so many Harvard mineralogists came to the mine in the turn of the 1900s), this is a spectacular large thumbnail specimen of very colorful purple apatite.

Apatite

Apatite Pulsifer, Maine, USA Thumbnail, 0.8 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm Ex. Irv Brown SOLD. Purple apatite from Maine elicits a reverent response among serious mineral collectors. That is because the Smithsonian's "Roebling Apatite" is considered one of the great mineral specimens in the world. ... Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Alma Mining Dist., Park Co ...

Kirovsk Branch of Apatit

Operations The Kirovsk branch of Apatit JSC is a mining and processing plant with a 95-year history. It was founded in 1929 as Apatit Trust to mine apatite-nepheline ore from the Khibiny deposit, one of the world's largest and richest deposits and the main source of unique phosphate rock in Russia. Over the years, the company has mined and ...

Douglas Watts

By Douglas Watts. Pic 1. Pic 2. The quarries and pegmatite complex on the eastern side of Mount Apatite in Auburn, Maine are just about the only places left where the public can visit, view and collect gem Maine tourmaline. This exception is due to the foresight of the people of the City of Auburn, who wisely acquired the land in the 1970s …

Apatite: New Finds at Pulsifer Quarry | Rock & Gem Magazine

Small-scale mining has been done periodically in recent years at the Western Quarries, including the Pulsifer. While no apatite was found between 1996 and 2022, the Pulsifer Quarry was not entirely unproductive. In 2007, the "Stuck Steel Pocket" was found. It consisted of several large beryl crystals embedded in quartz.