| | Report (issue) | Smithsonite ZnCO3 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Hexagonal. Point Group:...35.10 64.90 Total 100.26 (1) Aachen district, Germany. (2) ZnCO3 . 100.00 CO2 ZnO MgO CaO insol. Polymorphism...Moresnet, Belgium. At Altenberg, near Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Good crystals from Chessy...Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona; fine examples from the Kelly mine, Magdalena, Socorro... and from Choix, Sinaloa. At Trang da, Tonkin, North Vietnam. From Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia | | Coppola, Vito, Boni, Maria, Gilg, H. Albert, Balassone, Giuseppina, Dejonghe, Léon (2008) The “calamine” nonsulfide Zn–Pb deposits of Belgium: Petrographical, mineralogical and geochemical characterization. Ore Geology Reviews, 33 (2) 187-210 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.03.005 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Universität München, Arcisstr. 21, 80333 München, Germany c Geological Survey of Belgium, 13 Rue Jenner,...Universität, Im Neuenheimer Feld 234, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany Received 30 October 2005; accepted 7 March 2006...“calamines” and consist of a mixture of Zn carbonates (smithsonite, hydrozincite) and Zn silicates (hemimorphite...inclusions in willemite (80%) and all inclusions in smithsonite are monophase (aqueous). Ice melting temperatures...temperatures of smithsonite crystallization. Carbon isotope values, even from the same mine, show a considerable | | Mondillo, Nicola, Accardo, Mariafrancesca, Boni, Maria, Boyce, Adrian, Herrington, Richard, Rumsey, Mike, Wilkinson, Clara (2020) New insights into the genesis of willemite (Zn2SiO4) from zinc nonsulfide deposits, through trace elements and oxygen isotope geochemistry. Ore Geology Reviews, 118. 103307 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.103307 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | supergene deposits: Mumbwa area (Zambia), and Altenberg-Vieille Montagne (Belgium). 32 Textures and...58 9‰ V-SMOW). 59 The supposedly supergene Altenberg-Vieille Montaigne willemite, having low Mn+Mg...formal description of the mineral from the Altenberg mine (Moresnet, 69 Belgium) and he named the new... 2017; Kabwe, Zambia, Mondillo et al., 2018; Altenberg- 101 Vieille Montagne, Belgium, Choulet et al...al., 2019). In the Bou Arhous and Altenberg- 102 Vieille Montagne cases (Choulet et al., 2017, 2019) | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | OCCURRENCES OF WILLEMITE. 389 Localities of Wiltemite. Mine Hill, F r a n k l i n Furnace, 1 ~Iardyston township... 1822, vo]. 2, p. 287 ; 1824, vol. 4, p. 8.) Altenberg ( = Vieille-Montagne), s Moresnet, Lidge, Belgium...Busbacher Berg), Stolberg, Aachen, Rheinland, Germany. 8 km. ESE. of Aachen, and on the same outcrop...outcrop of Devono-Carboniferous rocks as Altenberg. (V. Monheim, Verh. n a t u r h i s t . Ver. preuss. Rheinlande...spots in t h e district b e t w e e n here and Altenberg, namely, Brockenberg on t h e G e r m a n side | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | cavities of massive material (anal. X ) from Arnsberg, Westphalia [compare heteromorphite, this vol., ii,... finely granular material from OberLahr on the Rhine; XIV, ditto, from Betzdorf on the Sieg; XV, ditto...epiboulangerite,” containing admixed galena, from Altenberg, Silesia. Of these, XI11 and X V give the formula...and spinel i n the peridotites (dunite, &c.) of North Carolina (Abstr., 1898, ii, 603; this vol., ii,...ores into halogenised ores in the Andes of both North and South America. I n Chili, chloridesoccur in | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | HEMIMO RPHITE CALCITE :;:domorphs Downloaded by [North Dakota State University] at 08:53 09 December 2014...specimen was found in a Joplin, Missouri, district mine in the late 1800s and was donated to the Carnegie...by Harold and Erica Van Pelt. Downloaded by [North Dakota State University] at 08:53 09 December 2014...secondary minerals of these metals, such as smithsonite, hemimorphite, cerussite, and anglesite. However...crystal morphology and color were recovered from a mine in the Joplin area. The best known of these specimens | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | “calamines”, comprise mainly Zn carbonates (mostly smithsonite and hydrozincite), Zn silicates (hemimorphite...pollution. In September 2003, the Skorpion nonsulfide Zn mine in southern Namibia started its production with...isotope mineral–water fractionation equations for smithsonite, cerussite and phosgenite. Their new oxygen isotope...composition and morphological characteristics of smithsonite within the paragenetic sequence of the immature...orebody at Kelmis (also known as La Calamine or Altenberg) is clearly distinct from other hydrothermal willemite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | the classical locality at Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. They were purchased from Mr. Hoseus in 1884. FERGUSONITE...European locality at Ihlfeld in the Harz Mountains, Germany. They were acquired by Mr. Bement in 1872, shortly...crystals from several localities in Alexander County, North Carolina. Some excellent large monazite crystals...present from the locality at Hiddenite, North Carolina. SMITHSONITE, in fine, blue, botryoidal specimens...specimens is present from the Kelly Mine, Magdalena, New Mexico to a foot and a half in size. Excellent, blue | | | 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 | | | Report (issue) | = 6.256(5) X-ray Powder Pattern: Brownley Hill mine, England. 15.44 (100), 7.88 (100), 2.714 (40), 1...27 10.81 Total 98.69 100.00 (1) Brownley Hill mine, England; ZnO by ICP/OES and XRF, SO3 by ICP/OES...secondary post-mine mineral in limestone-hosted oxidized Pb–Zn ores (Brownley Hill mine, England). Association:...Association: Gypsum, smithsonite, pyrite, goethite (Brownley Hill mine, England). Distribution: From...Brownley Hill mine, near Alston, and the Smallcleugh mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. In Belgium, at Altenberg, near | | | Report (issue) | Association: Tarbuttite, hemimorphite, spencerite, smithsonite, vanadinite (Kabwe, Zambia); triphylite, ferrisicklerite...sphalerite (Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA). Distribution: Found at Vieille Montagne (Altenberg), Moresnet district...district, Belgium. In Germany, at Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate; from Hagendorf, Bavaria; and at Oberschulenberg...Kabwe (Broken Hill), Zambia. From the Hudson Bay mine, about eight km southeast of Salmo, British Columbia...Tip Top mine, 8.5 km southwest of Custer, Custer Co., South Dakota; from the Palermo #1 mine, near North | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Oregon; argyrodite (a silver sulphide germanate), Germany, Bolivia. On the other hand, there are many well...in Colyn region W. of r. Dniepr. ANDREASBERG, Germany, S E Oberharz mountain range, lead-zinc deposit...hormotone, analcime, desmin. FREIBERG, Saxony, Germany, old famous mineral, classic locality. Native silver...Belgium, the most known are lead-zinc deposits Altenberg and Stolberg, very good specimens so called Schalenblende...locations: Szarley, Tarnowski Gory. Here occur smithsonite, galena xIs, zincite, angeIsite, cerrusite, phosgenite | | | Report (issue) | Cover Smithsonite slice and egg, 5.8 and 2.7 cm tall Masua Mine, Carbonia-lglesias, Sardinia, Italy...Graeber collection Title page Smithsonite, 9.2 cm wide 400 Foot Level, Kelly Mine, Magdalena District Socorro...Minette) Both photos are by Jeff Scovil. No. 13: Smithsonite Think Zinc! ISBN 978-0-9790998-6-1 Publisher...org Printed in the United States of America Smithsonite Think Zinc! Contributors Bill Birch, Bruce Cairncross...ro Smithsonite fro�Tsumeb and Ber Smithsonit Magdalena Dis Smale collecti I photo Smithsonite after | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu WILLEMITE Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto, Namibia M ineral nomenclature...20 June 2015 Figure 1. Willemite from the Tsumeb mine, Otijikoto region, Namibia. The specimen displays...willemite came from Altenberg, near Moresnet, Liege, Belgium. The specimens from Altenberg in the Smithsonian...Black willemite is common from the Sterling Hill mine, with the color due to inclusions of franklinite...major willemite specimen producer is the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto region, Namibia. Willemite specimens | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Minerals of the KABWE MINE (“Broken Hill”) Central Province, Zambia MALCOLM SOUTHWOOD 7 Campbell Court...William Besse. Figure 2. Satellite image of the Kabwe mine site, showing its proximity to urban development...scale. 114 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 3. The Kabwe mine site, partially derelict. Michael Brook photo, 2004...SECOND LARGEST, is located some 120 kilometers north of Lusaka, the capital (fig. 1). The name Kabwe...found. During a 1929 field excursion to the Kabwe mine, Pelletier (1929, p. 15) made the following remarks: | | | Report (issue) | oxidized zone of zinc-bearing mineral Association: Smithsonite, sphalerite, galena, cerussite, anglesite, calcite...Moresnet, Belgium. In Germany, at Freiberg and Altenberg, Saxony. In the Sa Duchessa mine, Oridda district...Bisbee, Cochise Co., and in the 79 mine, Gila Co.; in Utah, at the Emma mine, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Salt...mines, Leadville, Lake Co., Colorado; in the Elkhorn mine, Elkhorn district, Je®erson Co., Montana. In Mexico...from Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, and in the Ojuela mine, Mapim¶³, Durango. Name: In allusion to the mineral's | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | vanuxemite. (d) Difierential thermal analysis of smithsonite and hemimorphite ' (e) Dehydration curves for...clay mineral rich in zinc found at the uberroth Mine, near Friedensville, in the saucon Valley of Pennsylvania... \2,/ and the sauconite from the New Discovery Mine, Leadville, Colorado (Znz.aoMg. ra,a1.:2Fe+8. 17)(AI...sotrconite No. I Locality: coon Hollow Mine, about three-fourths of a mile north of the village of Zinc, Boone...table 1. sauconite 1[o. J Locality: New Discovery Mine, Leadville, colorado. Massive brown material. Analysis | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | crystallized hemimorphite in compact smithsonite from Altenberg, Moresnet (now in occupied Belgium)....detached from FelsSb~nya specimens and gummed to Altenberg ones, and probably we shall never know whether...on compact smithsonite and were originally labelled 'Eggonit auf Kieselzinkerz, Altenberg bei Aachen'...ore specimens from FelsSbs a n d zinc ores from Altenberg. W e were unsuccessfu~ in finding a n y crystals | | | Report (issue) | (Si1:37 Al0:63 )§=2:00 O5 (OH)4:01 : (2) Silver Bill mine, Arizona, USA; by electron microprobe, H2 O by loss...)§=2:85 (Si1:51 Al0:49 )§=2:00 O5 (OH)4 : (3) Mohawk mine, California, USA; H2 O by di®erence, corresponds...zinc-bearing mineral deposits. Association: Smithsonite (Vieille-Montagne, Belgium); gebhardite, willemite...cerussite (Tsumeb, Namibia); sauconite (Silver Bill mine, Arizona, USA). Distribution: Original locality...thought to be one of the mines of Vieille-Montagne (Altenberg), near Moresnet, Belgium. From Tsumeb, Namibia | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | LARGE Paracelsusstrasse 40, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany Abstract A number of occurrences and deposits...The mineralogy (Table 1) consists mostly of smithsonite, hydrozincite, and hemimorphite; some exotic...Mineral Composition (approximate) Comments Smithsonite Hydrozincite Franklinite Gahnite Hemimorphite...fraipontite, other Zn clays, and hydrozincite) and smithsonite (Table 1). Examples of European Nonsulfide Zinc...Furthermore, there are additional nongeologic resources in mine dumps, flotation tailings, and smelter residues | | | Catalog/List | micros in one area (Sonnblick, Rauris, Salzburg,Germany) £15 ALMANDINE, quite sharp dark red single crystal...mass, an unusual form . (Kinzigtal,Black Forest, Germany) lx2cm £6 2x2cm £8 ARAGONITE white crystalline...to translucent crystal group 2x2 inches (Hilton Mine Cumbria) £15 BARYTES small platy white-creamy crystals...(Witherite is a poisonous mineral) 5x3 £15 Settlingstones Mine , near Hexham Northumberland CACOXENITE golden micros...cacoxenite rich area on magnetite lxlxl .5 Levaeniemi Mine, Norbotten Sweden £6 CALCITE good covering of white | | | Book | interesting minerals can also be found on heaps of mine refuse, but never enter abandoned shafts or caves...Nickel Pyrites, Nickel Glance) Harzgerode, Harz, Germany tin-white to light steel-grey metallic opaque...Mountains, Germany ARSENOPYRITE FeAsS (Arsenical Py- rite, Mispickel) Freiberg, Ore Mountains, Germany tin-white...clays PYROPHYLLITE Al, [(OH)2S8i40;0)] Badin, North Carolina, USA talc, kaolinite white, white-grey... Gerinany CARNALLITE KMgCl; .6H,O Stassfurt, Germany INYOITE Ca[B;03(OH)s] . 4H Mount Blanco on Furnace | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | plates) ; Scolzite with wulfenite; Q X l s ; Smithsonite; Calcite Xls (very fine); Plombocalcite X l s...(radiated xls in magnesite). ROCKS AND MINERALS Altenberg-Hematite. Wochein-Limonite (Geodes). General-Tourmaline...to enter is difficult to se cure. Mountain and mine can be seen to the S of the village. Siderite X...Oberdorf. Swimming pool in old caved-in lignite mine. Limberg. Limestone Q. (large). Vordersdorf. Glass...pipeline between Trieste, Italy and Ingelstadt Germany. , Horn, in N central, area. Pyrite Xls; Biotite; | | | Book | malachite, azurite, goethite, cerru site and smithsonite). In these deposits they concentrate in so-called...Caucasus - crystals up to 1.5 cm (USSR), Getchell Mine - Nevada (USA) •Application: ore (extraction of...Molybdenite - platycrystal (18 mm) em bayed in qua rtz; Altenberg (GDR) 2. Polybasite- black-grey plates (8 mm)...- aggregation of crysta ls from pil e of a coal mine; Kladn o (Czechoslovakia - width of field 15 mm)...kaolinite, marcasite (437) • Occurrence: common; Altenberg near Aachen (FRG), Angleur (Belgium), Michalovce | | | Book | immensely popular handbook of minerals appeared in Germany I obtained a copy fo! my personal library and was...far from a simple task because the "'Gewstones of North America. 8 artist must know minerals in order...times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...fibrous sphalerite from Diepenlinchen, near Aachen, Germany. PLATE Vo I~ .·• / ~1 rhyolite 37 r . ...chalcopyrite from Herdorf, Siegerland, Germany. Center. Pyrrhotite. Harzburg, Germany. Below Massive chakopyrite |
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