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General Index GENERAL INDEX General Index The following abbreviations appear after page numbers. m A map of the locality or a map on which the locality In the case of special issues, the letter precedes the page ( ) Reported from this locality; no further information appears number. b Book review n Brief descriptive note, as in “What’s New in T Tsumeb (vol. 8, no. 3) c Crystal morphology information Minerals?” M Michigan Copper Country (vol. 23, no. 2) d Crystal drawing p Photograph or other illustration Y Yukon Phosphates (vol. 23, no. 4) ff Continues on following non-consecutive pages, or q Quantitative data (x-ray data, chemical analysis, G Greenland (vol. 24, no. 2) referenced frequently throughout lengthy article physical properties, etc.) H History of Mineral Collecting (vol. 25, no. 6) g Geologic information s Specimen locality attribution only; no information h Historical information about the locality itself ABELSONITE Santo Domingo mine, Batopilas district, af- Austria United States ter argentite cubes 17:75p, 17:78 Knappenwand, Salzburg 17:177p; “byssolite,” Utah Guanajuato in apatite 17:108p Uintah County (crystalline) 8:379p Reyes mine: 25:58n; after argentite 7:187, Brazil 7: 18: ABERNATHYITE 188p; after cubic argentite 433n; ar- Bahia borescent, on polybasite 18:366–367n; Brumado district (crystals to 25 cm; some Vs. chernikovite (formerly hydrogen autunite) crystals to 2.5 cm 14:386; 7 cm crystal curved) 9:204–205p 19:251q 17:341n Canada France Namibia British Columbia Lodéve, Herault 18:365n Tsumeb (disseminated) 8:T18n Ice River complex (tremolite-actinolite, green ACANTHITE Norway fibrous) 12:224 Australia Kongsberg (after argentite; some after silver Québec Queensland wires, crystals) 17:33c B.C. mine, Thetford 20:(393) Mt. Isa mine 19:478 United States Beaver mine, Thetford 20:(393) Brazil Arizona Cantley (tremolite/actinolite) 19:334n Minas Gerais Bisbee district (unconfirmed) 12:(315) Jeffrey mine (fibrous) 10:75, 10:79q Mina do Joel, Serra do Parela (rims in pol- Mammoth mine, Pinal County, micro crys- Mt. St-Hilaire: 19:364n; acicular 21:294 ished sections) 6:282 tals 11:161, 11:164 Mexico Canada California Chihuahua British Columbia Defiance mine, Inyo County 15:(13) Batopilas district 17:(79) Highland Bell mine, Beaverdell: 20:444p, Monitor-Mogul district, Alpine County (crys- Norway 20:446; primary crystals 2:208p talline, sooty) 22:36 Kongsberg 17:(35) Northwest Territories Colorado Portugal Echo Bay mine, Port Radium: after argentite American Sisters mine, Clear Creek County Monte Redondo quarry (acicular to 15 cm) 2:42 20:202–203p; after silver 20:204p (after argentite, to 1.2 cm) 7:283 United States Ontario Bandora mine, San Juan County (uncon- Arizona Silver Islet mine (after argentite) 17:60n firmed) 19:246 Bisbee district (fibrous) 12:289 Thunder Bay area mines (micro, after argen- Buffalo Boy mine, San Juan County (after Mammoth mine, Pinal County (“mountain tite) 13:107n dodecahedral argentite) 7:301n leather” id as palygorskite) 11:176 Chile Bulldog mine, Creede 10:330–331 New Cornelia mine, Pima County 14:293 Chañarcillo (octahedral) 10:201p Enterprise mine, Rico district (with pearceite) California Czech Republic (formerly Czechoslovakia) 16:213n Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito County Jàchymov (St. Joachimsthal) (after argentite) Newman Hill, Rico district 16:213n (fibers) 8:451 17:(15) Rico Argentine mine, Rico district (some Jensen quarry, Riverside County (“amian- Trebsko deposit (T-1 vein) (micro grains) 22:210 with gold) 16:(213) thus”) 15:276–277p, 15:287n France Rico district, Dolores County 16:213 Kalkar quarry, Santa Cruz County 17:324 Les Farges mine, Corréze 13:(267) San Juan Mountains (“argentite”) 10:358n Miracle Mountain mine, Calaveras County Germany Idaho (“byssolite”) 15:313n Baden-Württemberg Bunker Hill mine (minute blades) 12:341 New Melones Lake spillway, Calaveras Gottesehre mine, St. Blasien (after argentite) New Mexico County, fibrous to 1 cm 13:297–298q, 17:(6) Alhambra mine, Grant County 20:59 13:300–301p Obersachsen Hansonburg district, Socorro County (“ar- Colorado Annaberg (after argentite) 17:(16) gentite”) 20:(35) Calumet iron mine, Chaffee County (“uralite”; Bräunsdorf, Freiberg: after argentite 17:(18), Iron Mask mine, Socorro County 20:17 after diopside) 10:332 20:483; some after argentite 18:163n South Dakota Italian Mountain area, Gunnison County Freiberg district (after twinned argentite) Double Rainbow mine, Lawrence County (some “uralite” after pyroxene; some “bys- 7:168p,d (“argentite” micro) 1:124n solite”) 15:80 Johanngeorgenstadt (in “silver agate” jasper “ACHTARAGDITE” Massachusetts Chester emery mines 9:240n nodules) 17:14 See Helvite 17: Nevada Schneeberg (after argentite) (13) “ACMITE” Rheinland-Pfalz Julie claim, Mineral County (some “byssolite” Angelika mine, Nieder-Beerbach (after ar- See Aegirine in quartz; one pseudomorph after epidote) gentite) 17:(7) ACTINOLITE 16:76n Friedrichssegen mine (“argentite” coating on Metals mine, Churchill County 20:(70), Australia 20:(390) cerussite) 15:333 South Australia Mexico New Jersey Moonta mines 19:(412) Oxford quarry, Warren County (“byssolite”) Chihuahua Wallaroo mines 19:(413) Batopilas district 17:72p, 17:76–78 14:(44) The Mineralogical Record Index—Volumes 1–25 1 ACT – AIK GENERAL INDEX Paterson area, Passaic County (acicular) 9:173 Malawi AFRICA New Mexico Mt. Malosa, Zomba district: crystals to 20 cm See also individual countries Magdalena district, Socorro County 20:17 25:29, 25:31c, 25:32p; terminated, to 8 cm Central African tungsten province (Kigezi district, Pennsylvania 20:216, 22:390n southwest Uganda; Rwanda; Maniema, Kivu French Creek mine (fibrous; in calcite; some South Africa districts, east Zaire) 12:81–87 “uralite” after pyroxene) 25:111, 25:113p Cape Province Mineral Economics of Africa 19:206b Keystone Trappe Rock quarry, Chester Black Rock mine: 22:281; “acmite” 9:150 County (“byssolite”) 2:19n Sweden AFWILLITE Virginia Långban district manganoan, “schefferite” 9:(113) Germany Fairfax quarry, Fairfax County (acicular acti- United States Rheinland-Pfalz nolite-tremolite, “byssolite”) 3:174–178 Colorado, Wyoming, Utah Laacher See area, Eifel district (tabular) ADAMITE Green River formation (“acmite”) 8:368– 8:319d 371 South Africa Australia New Jersey Cape Province New South Wales Franklin/Sterling Hill (“jeffersonite”) 19:274n N’Chwaning II mine 22:281n Kintore opencut, Broken Hill (cuprian; series Lincoln Park, Morris County (acicular Wessels mine (clear prismatic to 4.5 cm) 19: with zincian olivenite) 427–428p,q “acmite,” babingtonite poss. altering to) 22:281 South Australia 12:382p United States Beltana mine (glassy to 1 cm; some cuprian) New Mexico California 22: 450–451c,d Point of Rocks quarry, Colfax County 15:151 Crestmore quarry, Riverside County 10:41 Greece Wind Mountain, Otero County 20:(60) AGARDITE-(La), -(Y) Kamaréza mine, Laurium (micro crystals, trill- Oregon ings) 7:122n Australia Summit Rock, Douglas County (yellow, some South Australia Mexico 16: after hypersthene) 143n Spring Creek mine (“chlorotile”) 12:(107) Chihuahua Washington Santa Eulalia (1 cm bipyramidal) 22:390n Italy Washington Pass, Okanogan County (in Sardinia Durango quartz) 14:51n Ojuela mine 11:189, 17:341n, 20:237; 8 cm Pala su Sciusciu, Santa Lucia (agardite-(Y)) euhedral, some purple 13:39; purple AESCHYNITE-(Ce), -(Nd), -(Y) 19:307 13:181–183p; some purple 14:386; 2 cm Austria Sa Duchessa (agardite-(Y)) 19:306–308q,p prismatic 22:390n Böckstein, Salzburg 8:291 Santa Lucia (agardite-(Y)) 19:306–308q,p Namibia Kaiserer and Lohninger quarries, Salzburg Su Sizzimareddu, Santa Lucia (agardite-(Y)) Tsumeb: adamite-olivenite series 10:113; 13:172p, 13:173n 19:307 cuprian 17:209p, 17:341n; cuprian adamite Canada Morocco prob. Zn-olivenite 9:44; cuproadamite Ontario Bou-Skour copper deposit: 8:(517); agardite- 15:112p; olivenite-“cuproadamite,” crystals Quadeville beryl-lyndochite quarry, Renfrew (Y); micro acicular; “mixite,” “chlorotile” to 12 mm 12:45; some pink cobaltian, green County (“lyndochite,” crystals to 19 cm) from other localities id as 1:30q,h cuprian 8:T18, 8:T48, 8:T68–69p 13:200h United States United States Switzerland New Mexico Arizona Seven localities 8:290p, 8:291 Red Cloud mines, Lincoln County: 11:69; Grandview mine, Coconino County 2:220n AFGHANISTAN agardite-(La) 20:61n, 22:384n California Badakhshan 19:272s, 20:145s “AGATE” Kalkar quarry, Santa Cruz County 17:323 Dara Pech, Kunar 25:380s See Chalcedony Zinc Hill mine, Inyo County: cuprian, crys- Farmggu (Firgamu) village, Kokcha River valley, talline clumps 6:112, 6:113p; cuproadamite AGRELLITE Badakhshan 19:211s, 21:486n, 22:386s 15:13n Canada Firgamu (see Farmggu) Nevada Québec Gugali 21:487s Gold Hill (yellow, green, blue 1 cm spheres) Kipawa complex, Timiskaming County Jegdalek, Sarobi 23:432s 14:56 8:(517), 19:(335) Kokcha River (see Farmggu) New Jersey Koona Valley 19:272s AGRINIERITE Sterling Hill mine: 13:38; cuprian 13:(37) Korano Mujan, Konhar 23:432s France ADELITE Korgal deposit, north of Jalalabad, Laghman prov- Margnac (newly described; minute crystals) Sweden ince 9:304m, 9:305–306g 5:40–41h,d,c,q Långban (micro crystals) 10:217 Kunar (near) (Kuhnar), Kunar province 11:315, AGUILARITE United States 24:384s Mexico New Jersey Laghman 19:271s Franklin mine 10:160–161q Locality not specified further 20:397s Guanajuato 8: Sterling Hill mine 13:(37) Mawi deposit, north of Jalalabad, Laghman prov- San Carlos mine (517) “ADULARIA” ince 9:303m, 9:304–305g, 11:322s, 24:384s, AHLFELDITE 25:61s See Orthoclase Bolivia Nilaw deposit, north of Jalalabad, Laghman prov- El Dragón mine, Potosí (green micro spheres) AEGIRINE ince 9:302–304g,m 21:140c,p,d Canada Nuristan (geographic region encompassing parts AIKINITE British Columbia of Badakhshan and Laghman provinces), un- United States Ice River complex (“acmite”; emerald green certain locality 21:486s Arizona to 10 cm) 12:225–226q Nuristan region, Laghman and Kunar provinces Bisbee district 12:(289) Québec 9:301–308h,p,g,m Colorado DeMix quarry 18:(363) Panzher Valley 24:384s San Juan Mountains (2 localities) 10:357n Mt.
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