Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Localities for Jadeite

Brazil
  • Southeast Region
    • Minas Gerais
Chris D. Parkinson et al. , " Ultrahigh-pressure pyrope-kyanite granulites and associated eclogites in Neoproterozoic nappes of southeast Brazil", 2001, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, http://akmotoki.tripod.com/2001/Waseda/Cdp.html
Chris D. Parkinson et al. , " Ultrahigh-pressure pyrope-kyanite granulites and associated eclogites in Neoproterozoic nappes of southeast Brazil", 2001, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, http://akmotoki.tripod.com/2001/Waseda/Cdp.html

Canada
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
    • Labrador

  • Québec
    • Grenville Province
C. Lemanski, Jr. (re-entry of lost Mindat data).

China
  • Anhui Province
    • Anqing Prefecture
      • Qianshan Co.
American Mineralogist, Volume 87, pages 875-881, 2002, KAI YE et al. "Ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) low-Al titanites from carbonate-bearing rocks in Dabieshan-Sulu UHP terrane, eastern China".
      • Susong Co.
www.scienceinchina.com/ky/0008/ky0748.pdf.
      • Yuexi Co.
        • Wumiao
A.I. Okay et al. , Eur. J. Mineral. , 1989, 1, pp. 595-598.
          • Marble quarry

    • Lu'an Prefecture
      • Shou Co.
Am. Min. , V 90, pp. 801-813, 2005 / Journal of Petrology, June 2004, V 45, N° 6, pp. 1125-1145.
  • Jiangsu Province
    • Lianyungang Prefecture
      • Donghai Co.
Oberti, R., Boiocchi, M., and Smith, D.C. (2003): Mineralogical Magazine 67(4), 769-782.
  • Xinjiang (Xinjiang-Uygur) Autonomous Region
    • Bayin'gholin (Bayingolin; Bayinguoleng) Autonomous Prefecture
      • Ruoqiang Co.
        • Yinggelisayi area
Zhang Anda, Liu Liang, Sun Yong, Chen Danling, Wang Yan, and Luo Jinhai (2004): Chinese Science Bulletin 49(23), 2527-2532.
    • Ili Kazakh (Yili Hasake) Autonomous Prefecture
Wei Lin and Masaki Enami (2006): Island Arc 15(4), 483-502.

France
  • Pays de Loire
www.scienceinchina.com/ky/0008/ky0748.pdf.
  • Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
    • Hautes-Alpes
      • Guillestre
        • Château Queyras


Germany
  • Saxony
    • Erzgebirge
      • Pockau
        • Forchheim
Massonne, H.-J. & Nasdala, L. (2003): American Mineralogist (2003), 88, 883-889

Greece
  • Aegean Islands (Aiyaíon) Department
    • Kykládes Prefecture
      • Cyclade Islands (Cyclades; Kikladhes; Nomos Kikladhon)
        • Sifnos Island
Eur. J. Mineral. , 1992, 4, pp. 619-634.
Eur. J. Mineral. , 1992, 4, pp. 619-634.

  • Peloponnese (Peloponnisos) Department
    • Lakonia (Laconia) Prefecture
Eur. J. Mineral. , 1991, 3, pp. 343-366.

Guatemala
  • Jalapa Department

  • Motagua Valley


Italy
  • Aosta Valley
    • Nus
      • Saint-Barthélemy
• Barresi, A.A., Kolitsch, U., Ciriotti, M.E., Ambrino, P., Bracco, R., Bonacina, E. (2005): La miniera di manganese di Varenche (Aosta, Italia nord-occidentale): ardennite, arseniopleite, manganberzeliite, pirofanite, sarkinite, thortveitite, nuovo As-Sc-analogo della metavariscite e altre specie. Micro (località), 2/2005, 81-122.
    • Pont Saint-Martin
Ch. Robert et al. , Bull. Minéral. , 1985, 108, pp. 699-711.
    • Saint-Marcel
Kienast, J.R. & Martin, S. (1983): I pirosseni egirin-giadeitici del livello basale di Praborna, Alpi occidentali. Ofioliti, 8(2), 245-260.
  • Liguria
    • Genova Province
      • Genova
        • Varenna Valley
Antofilli, Borgo, Palenzona, 1985. I nostri minerali. Geologia e mineralogia in Liguria. Edizioni Melita, La Spezia.
Antofilli, Borgo, Palenzona, 1985. I nostri minerali. Geologia e mineralogia in Liguria. Edizioni Melita, La Spezia.
  • Piedmont
    • Cuneo Province
      • Dora Maira Massif
        • Varaita Valley
R. Lefèvre and A. Michard, Bull. Soc. Franç. Minér. Crist., 1965, LXXXVIII, pp. 664-677.
T. Hirajima and R. Compagnoni : "Petrology of a jadeite-quartz-almandine-phengite fels with retrograde ferro-nyböite from the Dora-Maira Massif, Western Alps", Eur. Journ. Mineral., 1993, 5, pp 943-955.
http://www.ngu.no/FileArchive/165/2003_055.pdf Geological Survey of Norway / The Alice Wain Memorial West Norway Eclogite Field Symposium / Abstract Volume p. 37.
      • Varaita Valley
R. Lefèvre and A. Michard, Bull. Soc. Franç. Minér. Crist., 1965, LXXXVIII, pp. 664-677.
    • Torino Province
      • Sesia-Lanzo zone
        • Cuorgnè
Ch. Robert et al. , Bull. Minéral. , 1985, 108, pp. 699-711.
        • Lanzo Valley
          • Lanzo Massif
            • Balangero - Corio area
              • Malone Valley
Eur. J. Mineral. , 1989, 1, pp. 89-104.
Eur. J. Mineral (1989): 1: 89-104.
          • Rocca Canavese
            • Orco Valley
Eur. J. Mineral. , 1989, 1, pp. 89-104.
Eur. J. Mineral. , 1989, 1, pp. 89-104.
            • Soana valley
Eur. J. Mineral (1989): 1: 89-104.
Eur. J. Mineral. , 1989, 1, pp. 89-104.

Japan
  • Honshu Island
    • Chubu Region
      • Niigata Prefecture
[var: Titanian Jadeite] [MinRec 33:168]
Lapis (2003): (1), 50.
          • Ohmi
Miyajima et al. (2001) Mineralogical Magazine 65, 111-120; Miyajima et al. (1999) Mineralogical Magazine 63, 909-916.
    • Chugoku region
      • Okayama prefecture
        • Ohsa-cho

  • Kyushu Island
    • Kumamoto Prefecture
      • Yatsushiro City
Saito, M. & Miyazaki, K. (2006) Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan, 57, #5-6.
  • Shikoku Island
    • Kochi Prefecture
      • Kochi City
Fossa Magna Museum, Itoigawa city (map and poster display)

Kazakhstan
[MinRec 32:42]

Myanmar (Burma)
C.R.Acad.Sci.Paris (1863) 56, 861

C.R.Acad.Sci.Paris (1863) 56, 861
  • Kachin State
    • Myitkyina-Mogaung District




      • Phakant (Hpakan; Hpakant; Phakan)





  • Mandalay Division
    • Sagaing District
      • Mogok
No reference listed

Norway
  • Sogn og Fjordane
    • Selje


Pacific Ocean
  • East Pacific Rise
Contr. Min. Petr. (1998) 131, (2-3), 111 - 122.

Papua New Guinea
  • West Irian Jaya
[var: Chromojadeite] www.websters-dictionary-online.org/definition/english/as/astridite.html

Russia
  • Eastern-Siberian Region
    • Khakassia Republic (Khakassy Republic; Khakassiya Republic)

    • Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia)
[World of Stones 12:49]
  • Western-Siberian Region
    • Tyumenskaya Oblast'
      • Polar Urals
[MinRec 32:42]
        • Kharp


Slovak Republic
  • Banská Bystrica Region
    • Western Slovenské Rudohorie Mts
Koděra et all.,1990: Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, I-III, 1590p
  • Kosice Region
    • Eastern Slovenské Rudohorie Mts
Koděra, M. et al., 1986 a 1990 : Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, diel 1- 3, Veda – Vydavateľstvo SAV, Bratislava, 1990, 1 – 1590k

Spain
  • Galicia
    • A Coruña (La Coruña)
      • Malpica
        • La Pioza
J.I. Gil Ibarguchi, Eur. Journ. Mineral. , 1995, 7, pp. 403-415.

Switzerland
  • Wallis (Valais)
American Mineralogist, Volume 90, pages 821–835, 2005
      • Saas Valley
        • Saas Almagell
Christian Bracke Collection

USA
  • California

      • Cloverdale
www.mineralsocal.org
    • Monterey Co.
      • Big Sur
        • Cape San Martin
www.mineralsocal.org
    • San Benito Co.
      • New Idria District
T. Tsujimori et al., Paper N° 21-6, The Geological Society of America, Joint Meeting Cordilleran Section and Pacific Section, 101st Annual Meeting, 29 April-1 May 2005, San Jose, California.
www.mineralsocal.org

    • Santa Clara Co.
      • Diablo Range


    • Sonoma Co.
Harvard Museum of Natural History, no.124675
A Listing of North Carolina Minerals- Leonard S. Wiener and Sigrid Ballew-1995
    • Mitchell Co.
      • Cane Creek Section
Thetmobarometry of Eclogites from the Eastern Blue Ridge North Carolina,Paper No.105-0,Essene,E.J,Mukasa, S.B.University of Michigan
  • Oklahoma
Jay Ellis Ransom,1974,Gems and Minerals of America
Jay Ellis Ransom,1974,Gems and Minerals of America
  • South Dakota
Jay Ellis Ransom,1974, Gems and Minerals of America
  • Washington
    • Skagit Co.
www.stonetrails.com
      • Mount Vernon
Rocks & Min.: 14:112-113.
    • Snohomish Co.
Minerals of Washington, Bart Cannon, 1975

Uzbekistan
  • Buxoro (Bukhara) Viloyati
www.meteoriticalsociety.org/bulletin/mb89preview.pdf.

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