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Electrum from
Landsberg, Obermoschel, Nordpfälzer Land, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Gold var: Electrum
Formula:(Au,Ag)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Electrum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Landsberg, Obermoschel, Nordpfälzer Land, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:92789
Long-form Identifier:1:3:92789:5
GUID (UUID V4):8a27468f-080e-416b-85e8-973d36bfa601
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the comments of Tacitus in A.D. 98 describing Germany, Poland, Russia, and the Baltic: “Heaven had denied...or wrath? .I would not go so far to assert that Germany has no lodes of silver and gold. But who has ever...formed as fissure or void fillings. At Schneeberg, Germany, a single solid mass of silver measuring l x 2...is present within native gold, it is known as “electrum.” On the other hand, when silver is rich in gold...occurrences are worth highlighting. These are Freiberg, Germany; Guanajuato, Mexico; Jachymov (St. Joachimsthal)
Book (edition)
about 20 per cent, is called Electrum; the crystalline forms of electrum are generally much more sharply...native amalgam is found almost wholly in the Landsberg mine in the canton of Ober-Moschel, Rhenish Bavaria;...brought in the native state from Sicily: in France, Germany, and Sweden it is also artificially prepared by...specimens, more especially from Elba and Switzer­ land, is shown in the case ; some of them have a characteristic...locality will be seen splendid examples from Queens­ land, presented by Professor N. S. Maskelyne, F.R.S.
Book (edition)
Affiliation/Address Luzerner Str. 10-12, D-12205 Berlin, Germany – Freie Universität Berlin, FB Geowissenschaften...Mineralogie, Malteserstr. 74-100, D-12249 Berlin, Germany Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Dr. Frank...Stilleweg 2, D-30655 HanDr. Thomas Oberthür nover, Germany Dr. Thomas Kenkmann Museum für Naturkunde der ... zu Berlin, Invalidenstr. 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany Prof. Dr. Robert Marschik & Ludwig-Maximilians...Rieger cengeologie, Luisenstr. 37, D-80333 München, Germany Dr. Thomas Seifert TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute
Book (edition)
about 20 per cent, is called Electrum ; the crystalline forms of electrum are generally much more sharply...native amalgam is found almost wholly in the Landsberg mine in the canton of Ober-Moschel, Khenish Bavaria;...brought in the native state from Sicily in France, Germany, and Sweden it is also artificially prepared by...Elba and Switzer- form ; it is Of Specular land, iia. is shown in the case ; some of them...fascinating play of colours <'Mse 16f. Hungarian land, presented by examples from Queens- Professor
Book (edition)
Mineralogie, Malteserstr. 74-100, D-12249 Berlin, Germany Earth Science Department / College of Science,...Feld 236, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany Sodenstr. 19, D-12309 Berlin, Germany Graslitzer Str. 5, D-63791 Karlstein...Karlstein am Main, Germany Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Department fßr Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften...Ressourcengeologie, Luisenstr. 37, D80333 Mßnchen, Germany Bundesanstalt fßr Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe...Rohstoffe (BGR), Stilleweg 2, D-30655 Hannover, Germany Dr. Salah Al-Khirbash Prof. Dr. Rainer Altherr &
Book (edition)
been classifying crystalline suggested in Germany by Weiss and Mohs, and of which Brewster had... differences of character between the alkali of land-plants and that of sea-plants were observed, for...classification was adopted, more especially in Germany, for many years, and has had great influence on...crystalline forms of 20 per cent, is called Electrum electrum are generally much more sharply defined than... Isere, France dendritic and leafy growths (“ electrum ”), from Transylvania gold in calcite, from Adelfors
Book (edition)
with on geometrical grounds, been suggested in Germany by Weiss and Mohs, and of which Brewster had not... differences of character between the alkali of land-plants and that of sea-plants were observed, for...classification was adopted, more upon. especially in Germany, for many years, and has had great influence on...crystalline forms of 20 per cent, is called Electrum electrum are generally much more sharply defined than...dendritic Transylvania ; and leafy growths (“ electrum ”), gold in calcite, from Adelfors, Sweden.
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dependent on the generosity of aristoÂŹ crats, as in Germany or Russia. Povarennykh would like to see a rational...Scotland, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Austria...and chemist; assisted R. W. BunÂŹ sen in Marburg, Germany; opened chemical laboratory in Philadelphia (1848);...Moon), and Michael Co/lins (who did not actually land). armstrongite, Neil Alden Armstrong, American astronaut...specified. arnimite, von Amim family of Zwickau, Germany, kimzeyite, Kimzey family of Magnet Cove, Arkansas
Book (edition)
before, on geometrical grounds, been Suggested in Germany by Weiss and Mohs, and of which Brewster had not... differences of character between the alkali of land-plants and that of sea-plaets were obseived, for...classification was adopted, more especially in Germany, for many years, and has had great influence on...about 20 per cent, is called Electrum ; the Case crystalline forms of electrum are generally much more sharply...native amalgam is found almost wholly in the Landsberg mine in the canton of Ober-Moschel, Kheuish Bavaria;
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sometimes as fine, large speciÂŹ mens; at Freiberg, E. Germany; Pribram, Czechoslovakia; Broken Hill, New South...amounts of silver and may also contain some copper. Electrum contains up to 20% silver and rhodite contains...'branches' form a mesh. From the Harz Mountains, Germany 11 ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS and some may luminesce...Idrija and Mount Avala, Yugoslavia and near Landsberg, W. Germany. It also occurs in the United States, in...crystals. Localities. Fine crystals from Landsberg, W. Germany; and Coquimbo, Chile. Diamond C The transparent
Book (edition)
grounds, been and Mohs, and of which suggested in Germany by Weiss the only difference being heard time not...differences of character between the alkali spectively. of land-plants and that of sea-plants were observed, for...classification was adopted, more upon. especially in Germany, for many years, and has had great influence on...20 per cent, is called Electrum ; the Case 2e. crystalline forms of electrum are generally much more...native amalgam is found almost wholly in the Landsberg mine in the canton of Ober-Moschel, Rhenish Bavaria
Book
Series Editors Gßnther A. Wagner, Hirschhorn, Germany Christopher E. Miller, Institut fßr Naturwissenschaftliche...Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tßbingen, Tßbingen, Germany Holger Schutkowski, School of Applied Sciences...Deutsches Bergbau-Museum / Ruhr University Bochum, Germany ISSN 1613-9712 Natural Science in Archaeology...University Bochum. He was one of the few scholars in Germany who established Archaeometry and Archaeometallurgy...Mitterberg (Austria) or in the Harz Mountains (Germany)? Do the host rocks consist of soft sandstone,
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England and/or Johanngeorgenstadt, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany. H=?, Dij4=5.85, Dc= 5.772, VHB 06. Adam, 1869...colorless. Grafenthal, Saalfeld (near), Thiiringen, Germany. H=3, Dj4j=1.9, Dc=?, VHIE 08d. Stromeyer, 1816...Earthy white. Garden of the Paedogogium, Halle, Germany. H= 1-2, Djj4= 1.7, D(.= 1.794, VID 03. Haberle...B Mon. Translucent colorless. Howenegg, Hegau, Germany. H=?, Dj44= 2.06, D(,= 2.146, VHIF 14. Alberti...(1975), 289. Anhydrokainite, KMgS04Cl, B Syst=? Germany (N). H=?, Dm=?, 0^=?, VIB 02. Janecke, 1913. Dana
Book
branches They are found by shepherds in Northern Germany, in the Senner and Liineburg heaths, and are generally...limestones, as, from their containing the remains of land and freshwater animals {Helix, Pupa, Lymnceus, Paludina...Hill in Cumberland, and at Dalton Fells, WestmoreÂŹ land. Also right-rhombic, the angles of the lateral...effloÂŹ rescent in the alum-shale of the Upper Palatinate, in Saxony, and Swabia; also at Whitby in Yorkshire...soil is so strongly impregnated with soda that the land is sometimes covered with white acicular crystals
Journal (entire run)
Birch Notes on Some Rare Mercury Minerals from Landsberg, Bavaria & Broken Hill, N.S.W.- Ing. GNottes Note...quartzite inclusions in basalt near Goettingen. Germany (Koritnig, 1972). It is hoped to discuss this further...Occurr¡ences of the Bramburg Near Goettingen, Germany . Contr. Mineral and Petrol. 35, pp. 293-302. Koolov...resembles in two ways opal from the extensive in land deposits in sedi mentary I THE AUSTRALIAN M I N...volcanic rocks f u rther east. i n the ranges i n land from the coast near the New South Wales. Queensland
Book (edition)
before, on geometrical grounds, been suggested in Germany by Weiss and Mohs, and of which Brewster had not... differences of character between the alkali of land-plants and that of sea-plants were observed, for...system of classification was adopted, more upon. Germany, for many years, and has had great on the progress...is called Eleetrwn ; the crystalline forms of electrum are generally defined than are those of the purer...native amalgam is found almost wholly in the Landsberg mine in the canton of Ober-Moschel, Ehenish Bavaria
Book (volume)
reserved. H., Hofbuchdruckerei, Cothen-Anhalt (Germany). Translation This book has book of but ...Co. prism faces Germany. Cube crystal-form. Weardale, 5. of Harz, The Germany. (bright crystals...crystals growth crystal. rock-crystal Mountains, Germany. Welkenraedt, Bologna, Rosette-like Fibbia...in inches made of a (52 still gold of electrum, long found of gold and riveted gold other...hammered out it as account of its Greeks to land of his been free the variable amounts of contained
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Aguas de Lindoia, Brazil Göttingen/Hannover, Germany Warsaw, Poland Perth, Australia Pretoria, South... quartz: quartz: Native gold Native gold Electrum Electrum Tetrahedrite Tennantite–tetrahedrite Bismuth...Aikinite Electrum Galena–gold–telluride and Hessite Gold–telluride: Telluro Bismutite Electrum Hedleyite...Petzite Bournonite Gold and silver: Lead sulfide? Electrum Kustelite Arsenopolibazite Proustite Proustite–pyrargyrite...Gold–chalcopyrite–sphalerite– galena–barite: Native gold Electrum Kustelite Tennantite Argirodite Hessite Altaite
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sediments on the floors of ancient seas. Then the land was raised by geological forces and the river cut...and mineral fragments scattered over grazing land can be a hazard to livestock, to say nothing of...many mineral-collecting localities are on private land, so that permission must be obtained to visit them;...pieces that are thrown out onto the surrounding land surface. Rocks formed from lava fragments are known...valuable. With time erosion will gradually lower the land surface, together with the water table and the zone
Book (edition)
Bay); Bob Gait and Joe Mandarino (Toronto); from Germany, Gunter Griintmann (Munich);.from Switzerland,...manual for the ore such widely used names as ‘electrum’ where, compositionally and optically, the alloy...AU 94A8 06 36 152 Aug Ags 151 Au GA Electrum Electrum Ag Ag Silver Silver (synthetic) xxxvii...93 99 573 572 574 571 27 16 4 4 Electrum Electrum Silver Silver (synthetic) Au Au94Ag.06...(cuprian) Mertieite II Orcelite Isomertieite Electrum 44 44 44 46 46 48 51 - 53 57 93 46-47 58
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sediments on the floors of ancient seas. Then the land was raised by geological forces and the river cut...rock and mineral fragments scattered over grazing land can be a hazard to livestock, to say nothing of...many mineral-collecting localities are on private land, so that permission must be obtained to visit them;...pieces that are thrown out onto the surrounding land surface. Rocks formed from lava fragments are known...valuable. With time erosion will gradually lower the land surface, together with the water table and the zone
Book (edition)
the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from the Rabejac deposit, Herault dept.. France... = = = = = Acanthite, x 16 mm, Freiberg, Germany, H Abernathyite, 12 mm, Ririera/, France, H Abhurite...the Himmelsftirst mine, Freiberg, both Saxony, Germany. In the subtropical areas acanthite may occur on...Sankt Christoph mine, near Breitenbrunn, Saxony, Germany, and many localities in the Alps, e.g. on Grossgreiner...89°59',Z =4. d: 12.8(10)-65(7)- hills, Baden, Germany. Most common occurrences in 4.4 6) - 43(6) - 257(6)
Book (edition)
Canada; Mexico; Bolivia; Czechoslovakia; Norway; Germany; Tsumeb; Namibia; Chanarcillo, Chile; and Broken...occurrences are found in Chile, Italy, France, Germany, Turkey, and Algeria. SELECTED REFERENCES: Palache...also found at Johanngeorgenstadt, Saxony, East Germany. SELECTED REFERENCE: Davis, R. J., Hey, M. H.,...Ireland; and in the Laacher See District, West Germany. SELECTED REFERENCE: Switzer, G., and Bailey, E...England; and the Clara mine, Oberwolfach, Baden, West Germany. SELECTED REFERENCE: Am. Min., 55:1447- 1448 (1970)
Book (volume)
crystallised and massive, in different parts of Germany, 4. countries. many particularly in Mansfeld...Saxony, England, and Norway. Several parts of Germany, France, Siberia, America, &c. produce likewise...1)*. Strontian, Derbyshire. Alston, Cumber- land. 14. 3 R.(P) R4-2. (P) 5 . Fig. 116. R4-oo...varieties are known from Mies, from Leiningen in the Palatinate, from the vicinity of Liege and from America...of chalk flints. Salzburg of Italy, VOL. ; Germany, England and Scotland, II. I Brazil, &c. The
Book (edition)
Bay); Bob Gait and Joe Mandarino (Toronto); from Germany, Gunter Grlintmann (Munich); from Switzerland,...decision to retain such widely used names as 'electrum' where, compositionally and optically, the alloy...417 88 93 93 95 99 Silver (antimonian) Electrum Electrum Silver Silver (synthetic) Ag Au.80Ag.20...574 573 572 574 571 6 Silver (antimonian) Electrum Electrum Silver Silver (synthetic) Ag 22 27 16...Isomertieite 44 47 53 44 47 58 59 44 53 57 Electrum 44 49 78 Watkinsonite 44-45 45-46 93 46-47
 
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