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Gem Fluorit e from Xianghuapu Mine, Linwu Co. , Chenzou Prov. , Hunan, China Xianghuapu , Linwu Co. , Chenzou Prov. , Hunan,

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(333 ,4,5 3,2 1,5 .) ( 128 , 3,1 1,4 .) Andhra Pradesh , . Natural Hexagonal Ruby crystal (333 cts ,4.5 3.2 1.5 cms.) and round cabochon ( 128 cts , 3.1 1.4 cms.) from Andhra Pradesh , India.

(258 , 3 2,2 2 .) ( 81,5 , 3,5 2,3 0,8 .) Andhra Pradesh , Natural Hexagonal Ruby crystal (258 cts , 3 2.2 2 cms.) and oval cabochon ( 81.5 cts , 3.5 2.3 X 0.8 cms.) from Andhra Pradesh , India.

(171 , 2,8 2,4 2 .) « » ( 42 , 2 1,7 0,8 .) Andhra Pradesh , Natural Ruby crystal (171 cts , 2.8 2.4 2 cms.) and cabochon cushion cut ( 42 cts , 2 1.7 X 0.8 cms.) from Andhra Pradesh , India. (Cut by Konstantinos Gikakis , Greece – ,

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- Gem Olivine (peridot) cabochons (oval shaped 25 carats-2X1,4X0,8 cms) , (pear shaped 38 carats-2,3X1,6X0,95 cms) from Suppat , Pakistan .In the middle slice of Hexagonal ruby crystal from Andhra Pradesh , India : 30 carats-2,5 X2,4 X0,3 cms . Photographs under Natural Incident light. ( ) Suppat : 25 -2X1,4X0,8 .) , ( " " 38 -2,3X1,6X0,95 .) . : Andhra Pradesh , 30 -2,5 X2,4 X0,3 . [ ].

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Peculiar rock type texture in Kynosoura , Salamina Island , Greece A whole outcrop with a fantastic texture in a heavily faulted part in Kynosoura , Salamina Island , Greece , gives excellent specimens and shows trapped xenoliths of basic and ultrabasic material inside this “desert rose”- like material. The specimens and the area provide an excellent opportunity to students of structural geology to describe the succession of geological events in a particular scale . The area has brought to our attention by Georgios Istirantzalis , Collector and Naturalist.

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Above) : Blue arrows show the rim of a round basic xenolith inside the rock with peculiar texture while below one can clearly see whole basic xenolith partly weathered and assimilated by rock matrix.

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(Acknowledgement : We thank Georgios Istirantzalis for making known the location in Salamina Island , Saronikos Gulf , Greece)

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Lapis 4/2016 Produktbeschreibung INHALT / Jg.41, Nr.4 Steckbrief Gormanit Rupert Hochleitner und Stefan Weiß Xanthi – Epidot und Japanerzwillinge aus dem Norden Griechenlands Berthold Ottens Glaskopf! Neue Goethitfunde in der Slowakei Albert Russ und Marek Timko Fluorit aus der „echten“ Mongolei Matthias Benz Fichtelgebirge: Große Orthoklase aus dem Redwitzit Eigenfund: Azurit aus Neubulach, Schwarzwald Neue Mineralien

Some interesting information on Gemmology – Mit hochlichtbrechendem Glas gefüllte Korunde In den letzten Jahren häuft sich das Angebot an behandelten Rubinen im unteren Preissegment. Es handelt sich dabei um ursprünglich undurchsichtige bis leicht durchscheinende Steine, die durch das Ausfüllen von Rissen mit hochlichtbrechendem Glas in der Transparenz deutlich verbessert werden. Geschliffen Steine sind meist zwischen 2,5 und 20 Karat schwer, aber auch kleinere und auch deutlich größere Steine bis über 100 Karat sind erhältlich. Corundun filled with highly light-refracting glass In recent years, there is supply of treated rubies in lower price. It involves initially opaque to slightly translucent stones which have markedly improved their transparency by filling cracks with highly light-refracting glass. Polished stones are usually 2.5 to 20 carats, but also smaller and significantly larger stones to over 100 carats are available.

Quarz - Kunststoff - Dublette mit Katzenaugeneffekt Auf der internationalen Messe Mineral & Gem in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2015 wurden chatoyierende, violette Steine angeboten und als „Amethyst CE treated“ bezeichnet. Es handelt sich dabei um zusammengesetzte Steine (Dubletten), mit einem Oberteil aus Amethyst und einem Unterteil aus Kunststoff. Quartz - plastic - with doublet Cat's eye effect At the International Fair Mineral & Gem in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines in 2015 , chatoyan, violet stones were offered and called "Amethyst CE treated". It involves composite stones (duplicates), with a shell made of amethyst and a lower part made of plastic.

Acknowledgement : Published by permission of GERMAN GEMMOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (DGemG) -DSEF GERMAN GEM LAB , Prof.-Schlossmacher-Strasse 1,55743 Idar-Oberstein,Germany .Phone:+49-6781-5084-0 +49-6781-5084-14 fax: +49-6781-5084-19 . www.dgemg.com www.dsef.de [email protected] [email protected]

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– Burra mine , South Australia

Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): 33° 40' 41'' South , 138° 5 5' 35'' East Latitude & Longitude (decimal): -33. 6780555556, 138. 926388889

A copper mine located about 1 km W of Burra township, which yielded 10,000 tons of malachite in earlier workings. Started September, 1845. Secondary copper sulphides, mostly chalcocite, developed from the primary sulphides in an epigenetic environment. Primary and secondary sulphides are now scarce in the open cut, but chalcocite, bornite, covellite and chalcopyrite were present at the bottom of the pit. Supergene enrichment developed the main copper minerals that have been mined — malachite, azurite, chrysocolla and cuprite, with lesser native copper and libethenite. These developed as fracture fills and veins in a relatively open-space environment. Gem-quality botryoidal malachite made the mine world renowned during the 1845–77 mining period. Drexel, J.F., (2009), REVIEW OF THE BURRA MINE PROJECT, 1980–2008: A PROGRESS REPORT,South Australian Dept. of Mines & Energy, Adelaide, South Australia. Report Book 2008/16

1995 150 Burra. A rare collectible commemorative copper medal anniversary of Burra mine.

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