Short articles about pegmatites and their minerals.

Field Course on the Rare Element Pegmatites of Madagascar, June 11 - 22, 2001, Antananarivo, Madagascar.

Organized by Museum of Natural History, Milan (Italy), University of New Orleans, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics (LA – USA) Direction of the Geological Survey, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Antananarivo (Madagascar) with the collaboration of ATPEM (Assistance Technique aux Petits Exploitants Miniers), Direction des Mines et de la Géologie, Antananarivo (Madagascar) Gondwana Gems, Antananarivo (Madagascar).  Organizing Co-Sponsors: S.N.T.P. International, Group CFE, Antananarivo (Madagascar).  UNESCO-IUGS-IGCP.

Technical Program And Field Trip Guidebook  in pdf format:
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figures 1-5 (173K) figures 6-11 (203K)

The new discovery of a LCT pegmatite in the Adamello massif, Central Southern Alps, Italy.

by Federico Pezzotta & Alessandro Guastoni, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Corso Venezia 55, 20121 Milan, Italy.

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by Jim Clanin, JC Mining (Reports 1-8); Kenneth L. Gochenour (Report 9)

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Report 1 (Aug 1, 2002): text + 3 figures (180K)

Report 2 (Sept 1, 2002): text (56K)

Report 3 (Sept 7, 2002): text + 2 figs. (108K)

Report 4 (Sept 13, 2002): text (48K)

Report 5 (Sept 21, 2002): text (83K)

Report 6 (Sept 29, 2002): text + 3 figs. (560K)

Report 7 (Oct 27, 2002): text + 2 figs. (150K)

Report 8 (Nov, 2002): text + 2 figs. (132K)

Report 9 (Sept, 2002): text + 4 figs. (180K)

The Anjahamiary pegmatite, Fort Dauphin area, Madagascar.

by Federico Pezzotta , Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Corso Venezia 55, 20121 Milan, Italy and Marc Jobin, SOMEMA, BP 6018, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar.

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Application of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) at the Cyro-Genie Gem Pegmatite Mine, San Diego County, California

by Jeffrey E. Patterson, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.

Mining continues through 2003 at the Cryo-Genie mine, near Warner Springs, California, and large, crystal-filled miarolitic cavities are still being discovered. To aid in the exploration for pockets, Jeffrey Patterson conducted a survey by ground penetrating radar (GPR), and his recently published report is available here in pdf format:
text 25 pages + 40 figs. (1.7 MB)

Patterson, J.E., 2003, Application of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) at the Cryo-Genie Gem Pegmatite Mine, San Diego County, California, in: Murbach, M.L., and Hart, M.W., eds., Geology of the Elsinore Fault Zone, San Diego Region, San Diego Association of Geologists / South Coast Geological Society 2003 Field Trip Guide, Hot Springs and Tourmalines of Eastern San Diego County, Ô31, 45-62.

Spessartine from Navegador, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Etch or Growth Features?

by David London, School of Geology & Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019 USA e-mail: dlondon@ou.edu.

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Postscript: Spessartine from Navegador, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Etch or Growth Features?

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Petrography and Geochemistry of the Li-F Granites and Aplite-Pegmatoid Banded Rocks of the Orlovka and Etyka Tantalum Deposits in the East Transbaikalia

by G.P. Zaraisky (1), R. Seltmann (2), V.V. Shatov (3), A.M. Aksyuk, Yu.B. Shapovalov (1), and V.Yu. Chevychelov (1)
(1) Institute of Experimental Mineralogy (IEM), Chernogolovka, Moscow District, Russia
(2) GeoForschungZentrum (GFZ), Potsdam, Germany
(3) All-Russia Geological Research Institute (VSEGEI), St. Petersburg, Russia

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Exceptional Chiavennite Associated with Pezzottaite from the Sakavalana Pegmatite, Ambatovita, Madagascar

by Federico Pezzotta(1), Alessandro Guastoni(1), Herve Forner(2), Francesco Demartin(3), and Roy Kristiansen(4)
(1) Museo di Storia Naturale, Corso Venezia 55, 20121 Milano, Italy
(2) TRASPARENCE s.r.l., Ambatomaro, Antananarivo, Madagascar
(3) Dep. Chimica Strutturale e Stereochimica Inorganica, Universitý di Milano, Via G. Venezian 21, 20133 Milano, Italy
(4) P.O. Box 32, N-1650 Sellebakk, Norway

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Mining News from Mt. Mica, Maine - 2004

Gary Freeman

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Mining News from Mt. Mica, Maine - 2005

Gary Freeman

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Mining News from Mt. Mica, Maine - 2006

Gary Freeman

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Crystallization Processes in Granitic Pegmatites
Internation Meeting, May 23-28, 2005
Cavoli, Elba Island, Italy
Federico Pezzotta