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Selenite from
Messel Mine, Messel, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gypsum var: Selenite
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Selenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Messel Mine, Messel, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:103864
Long-form Identifier:1:3:103864:4
GUID (UUID V4):c3211f4d-e381-400b-9f43-4d5723ceb5e0
Nearest other occurrences of Selenite
2.7km (1.7 miles) Prinz von Hessen Mine, Darmstadt-Ost, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
27.3km (16.9 miles) Flörsheim clay pit, Flörsheim am Main, Main-Taunus-Kreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
49.1km (30.5 miles) Branich tunnel, Schriesheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
66.3km (41.2 miles) Gypsum Deposit, Bad Dürkheim, Bad Dürkheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
68.9km (42.8 miles) Dämmelwald clay pit, Wiesloch, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
84.5km (52.5 miles) Rothenberg quarry, Hefersweiler, Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
86.2km (53.6 miles) Himmelsberg, Giesel, Neuhof, Fulda, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
86.3km (53.6 miles) Rauschermühle Quarry, Niederkirchen, Otterbach-Otterberg, Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
86.4km (53.7 miles) Main cut, Rollenberg railway tunnel, Bruchsal, Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AND MINERALS from Oil-schist-mine at Messel near Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany by Dr. Werner Lieber, Dantestr...Dantestr. 5 0 , Heidelberg, Germany—and— SFC W i l l i a m J. M a l a r k e y Jr., P.I.O., Berchtes g...York, N . Y . At Messel, Germany—located a very few miles Northeast of Darmstadt or about 15 miles South...a rare mineral "Messelite"—after the village of Messel— occurs. On the 17th of November 1956, the co-authors...path led us down the terraced sides of the open mine—or quarry if you prefer— until we reached the bottom
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Fossil Areas In Germany By DR. WERNER LIEBER Dante Str. 50, Heidelberg, Germany In the January-February...to find out if there are any mineral clubs in Germany. Since this number of R&M was sent to the readers...situation here in Germany. The last question of Mr. Carter is very easy to answer. In Germany exists one club...the association is Dante-str. 50, Heidelberg, Germany. The club publishes a monthly magazine for collectors...time 1,600 members. About 90% of them live in Germany, the other 10% live in Holland, Austria, Switzerland
Catalog/List
specimens, including “The Helmet” from the HillLedford Mine that is an American Mineral Treasure. • An extremely...PM CT   7 73001 VARISCITE Little Green Monster Mine, Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co.,...two of them established the Little Green Monster Mine (circa 1936-1940). They were the first to bring...“bleaker” or a “starker,” it can be agreed that the mine that furnished this unusual specimen is pretty much...visit HA.com/5192 73003 HEMATITE “SWORD” Jackson Mine, Negaunee, Marquette Iron Range, Marquette Co.,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
scented starch, is not so, but is powdered steatite, selenite, or any other cheap mineral the vendor chooses...Greenwood & T. C . Redman ... C . N . May ......... R . Messel ......... G . F . Redfern . . . . . . . . . J
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
T, Heycock, M.A., F.R.S. ; D. Howard ; Rudolph Messel, Ph.D. ; G. T. Moody, D.Sc. ; H. Forster Morley...Edward Divers and Mnsataka Ogama. ‘‘ Ethyl ammonium selenite and non-existence of amidoselenites (selenosamates)...Garnett. William Ramsay. W. Watson Will. Eudolph Messel. MacLeod, J a m e s , Westhill, Cardross Road,
Catalog/List
museum-quality Tourmalines, including the 2nd largest Sapo Mine “shaving brush” and an exceptional Elbaite on Feldspar...Auction 2 53001 CALEDONITE Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Named by the Romans...This example hails from the Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine: a legendary Arizona locality. Unlike the vast majority...Caledonite and a dash of azure blue Linarite. The mine is now collapsed and only a memory for the lucky... 53002 CHALCOCITE Lucky Friday Pocket, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin, USA This is one
Report (volume)
divided into provinces instead of prefectures; Germany and the Balkan States were subdivided into provinces...Italy. Pala, Calif. Harding, N. Mex__ Wessel, Germany _____ Golden, Colo________ Fresno City, Calif....Cramford, England. AnhydriteCelle, Hanover, Germany. Stassfurt, Germany . Pala, Calif. Anorthite ____. Anthophyllite...J__. Tintic, Utah.___. Burma. Fichtelgebirge, Germany. 102 EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL GEOPHYSICS...Sedgewickville, Andreasberg, Germany. Freiberg, Germany. _ Silesia, Germany. _._ Aikawa, Japan.___ Tuscany
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
xenoliths from the Hessian Depression (Northwest Germany) ................................................Solution ion effects on the surface exchange of selenite on calcite . M. E. BERNDTand W. E. SEYFRIEDJR...iron formed by bacterial oxidation of Fe(B) in acid mine waters .’ 2743 X-C. WANG and C. LEE: The distribution......................... D. DIEHER: Eocene Lake Messel edited by Jens Lorenz Franzen and Walter Michaelis...(ANC) solutions, organic acids, 54(5): 1247 Acid mine water Fe, oxyhydroxysulfate, 54( 10): 2743 Actinide
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
xenoliths from the Hessian Depression (Northwest Germany) ................................................Solution ion effects on the surface exchange of selenite on calcite . . 2207 2223 M. E. BERNDTand W...formed by bacterial oxidation of Fe(I1) in acid mine waters .’ 2743 X-C. WANG and C. LEE: The distribution.................... 2900 D. DrLCHER:&ceee Lake Messel edited by Jens Lorenz Franzen and Walter Michaelis...(ANC) solutions, organic acids, 5q5): 1247 Acid mine water Fe, oxyhydroxysulfate. 54( 10): 2743 Actinide
Book (volume)
be seen in the cliff when the section is not in selenite. obscured by vegetation and landslides, and on...quiet waters of many parts of England, France, Germany and Italy. suggestion as to the position of this...Some of the specimens from the Eocene at Messel, near Darmstadt, much resemble the material from Sotzka...foliage, which seems to be altogether lacking at Messel. The specimens from Gurnard Bay belong apparently...specimens of Araucarites-type from Haring, Sotzka, Messel, Bournemouth, Chiavon, Gurnard Bay and Alais belong
Journal (issue)
............ 24 Further geological travels in Germany (and France) by Steve McLean ....................Gorland,Millclose Mine, Wheal Jane, Ladywash Mine, Carrock Mine, Geevor Mine, Snelston Mine, etc. So, let's...taken in Melbur China Claypit, and in Wakebridge Mine in Derbyshire, and were sent in by John Jones who...severe pollution problems may arise as a result of mine flooding and run-off, so much so that water-pumping...still being maintained in the area in order to stop mine flooding. But how long can, and will this be maintained
Report (issue)
unweathered 'brown micaceous argillaceous sand with selenite crystals and scattered carbonaceous matter __________...abunGenus DRYOPHYLLUlVI Debey. dant in Italy and Germany., but none survived Dl'yophyllum brevipetiolatum...is much 'like the for~ .from the late Eocene. of Hesse which E~gelhardt 4 a identifl.es as Andromeda vacciniifolia...alttertiiire Flors von Messel bel Darmstadt: Hess. geol. Landesanst. zu Darmstadt Abh., Band 7, Heft 4...me1nbers of the Claiborne from the late Eocene .of Hesse that Engel:florn.. ·unfortunatel.y, it is based
Catalog/List
...... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals on gossen with minor...silicate Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on monzonite .....Derby mine White xlline lamellar mass with minor lepidolite . Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine !r2 Lustrous...ALLEMONTITE An intergrowth of arsenic and antimony Germany Harz Mountains, Andreasberg Rich gray botryoidal...Lead telluride Colorado Saguache County, Klondike mine Cleavage plates in quartz with pyrite .........
Catalog/List
latreilli Jurassic Solnhofen, Germany The Solnhofen Lagerstätte in Germany is world famous for producing...Grasshopper Pycnophlebia robusta Jurassic Solnhofen, Germany With spring in full swing, and summer on the horizon...walchi Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone Eichstatt, Germany This extinct variety of horseshoe crab looks remarkably...today. From the famed deposits of Solnhofen in Germany, this exquisite and elegant fossil makes a great...Aeger sp. Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone Eichstatt, Germany The Solnhofen Lagerstätte produces numerous wonderful
Journal (issue)
faces . 2 ½ x I¾ x ½ ..... . 2 .50 PHARMACOLITE, Germany. Tufts w . Erythrite on rock. 2 ½ x 2 ..... . 1...faces. 2¾ x 1 ¼ .. . 5.00 WULF EN ITE, Red Cloud Mine. Fine brilliant orange- red xi. 1" . ..... . 2 ...K oenig, about \885, in the Alaska gold-si lver mine, Poughkeepsie Gulch, Silverton district, San Juan...quantities of fine specimens from the famous Mammoth Mine. Tiger, Arizona, which would otherwise have been...asbestos-bearing rock will be produced during 1947. M . J. Messel, of Hyde Park, Vt., is the resident manager but
Book
1998). The equatorial floras, such as those in Germany and the sou th-westem USA, were the most speciesrich...common, with the best ones being in presentday Germany (Mader, 1970), France (GrauvogelStamm, 1978), and...Voltzia. In comparison with the continental rocks of Germany and France, the British floras relate most closely...floras for comparison are those of Germany, Sweden and Greenland. In Germany and Sweden two main zones have...can be compared with those in the basal Lias of Germany and the Rhaetian deposits of A l B ~ \~ ~ 10
Journal (issue)
Symes and P. G. Embrey Fluorite from the Font Sante Mine, Esterel, Var, France.............................Minerals from the Volcanic District of Laacher See, Germany..................................................Lieber Heidelberg, West Germany Olaf Medenbach Bochum-Querenburg, West Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim...desire is to visit Norway on collecting tours. In Germany there are still more, also with their own jour­...from earlier visitors. A “Director of Studies” in Germany has given out, despite Norwegian protests, a guide
Book
123 Florian Neukirchen Berlin, Germany Gunnar Ries Marxen, Germany ISBN 978-3-030-34345-3 ISBN 978-3-030-34346-0...questions, or otherwise supported us. Berlin, Germany Marxen, Germany June 2019 Florian Neukirchen Gunnar Ries...works at CRB Analyse Service GmbH in Hardegsen (Germany) and in his spare time blogs about geoscientific...is the minimum grade at which it is worthwhile to mine a certain deposit. Everything below it (low-grade...from the Friedrich-Christian Mine in Wildschapbach, Black Forest (Germany) (photo © F. Neukirchen, Markl
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO...Harding Co .. South Dakota. and at the Fuemrole No2 mine, Emery co .. Utah. Also at Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald...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
Book
dependent on the generosity of aristo¬ 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...chemist and mineralogist; student of Torbern Bergman; mine owner and mineral analyst; trained J. J. Berzelius...and chemist; assisted R. W. Bun¬ sen in Marburg, Germany; opened chemical laboratory in Philadelphia (1848);...specified. arnimite, von Amim family of Zwickau, Germany, kimzeyite, Kimzey family of Magnet Cove, Arkansas
Book
Caucasus - crystals up to 1.5 cm (USSR), Getchell Mine - Nevada (USA) •Application: ore (extraction of...silver) 13 Na med after the Swiss chemist G. H. Hesse (1802 - 1850) (Frobel 1843) • Hardness: 1.5-2 •...- aggregation of crysta ls from pil e of a coal mine; Kladn o (Czechoslovakia - width of field 15 mm)...transparent plates - Maria Glass), fibrous aggregates (selenite), druses, fine fibrous aggregates, brown and rose...found in the Mansfeld slates in Zwickau (GDR), Wolf Mine (near Herdorf, Reichenbach, FRG), Bisbee, Georgetown
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professional geologists who may fail to realize that we “mine” such common materials as sand, gravel, and clay...extended to refer to the exploitation itself. The term mine is generally understood to refer to underground...limit, beyond which it will be un- economical to mine or quarry the material. Increase in the magnesium...a typical industrial mineral quarry or pit the mine sends clean ore, muddy ore, oxidized ore, wall rock...chrysotile veinlets in of serpentine at an asbestos mine, for example. But only by painstaking can the geologist
Book (edition)
Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe in Hannover, West Germany. Other similar exchanges with databases in other...Netherland borders. BT North Rhine-Westphalia West Germany Aaland use Aland Aalenian Europe. Includes use...SA eucrite SA iron meteorites SA stony irons acid mine drainage Before 1978, also search drainage AND mines...SA acids SA drainage SA environmental geology SA mine drainage SA mines SA pollution SA sulfuric acid...tertiary recovery acidity use pH SA SA SA acid mine drainage acidic composition amino acids SA compounds
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professional geologists who may fail to realize that we “mine” such common materials as sand, gravel, and clay...extended to refer to the exploitation itself. The term mine is generally understood to refer to underground...cutoff limit, beyond which it will be uneconomical to mine or quarry the material. Increase in the magnesium...“in a typical industrial mineral quarry or pit the mine sends clean ore, muddy ore, oxidized ore, wall rock...chrysotile veinlets in cores of serpentine at an asbestos mine, for example. But only by painstaking work can the
Book (edition)
carnallite. sylvite and k.ieseritc; from Stassfurt. Germany. Abrazite. syn. of gismondine or of phillipsite...44. c 1 3 .50 A. A natural occurrence at a coal mine in the (TL) Lvov-Volynsk basin, USSR. Achates. syn...fPDF 18-873 ). (TL) Johanngcorgcnstadt. Saxony, Germany. Fomiula and unit cell by R.J. Davis, M.H. Hey...Min. 28. 536. (TI..) Johanngeorgenstadt. Saxony. Germany. Named for G . Agricola. Agrinierite. (K 2 .Ca...09. c 7.76 A . Z=2 [PDF 27-620]. (TL) San Carlos mine. Guanajuato. Mexico. Named for S. Aguilar. Agustitc
 
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