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Aventurine from
Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Aventurine
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aventurine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:97979
Long-form Identifier:1:3:97979:1
GUID (UUID V4):ed14ee97-862a-485d-b041-e47da4c4b046
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this name a mineral from Lauta, near Marienberg in Saxony, has recently been introduced. It is composed of...-By many dealers a mineral from Schwarzenberg in Saxony, is frequently sold under the name of tectizite...2Hz0. 9. Uranimz Ochre.-This was found at Johanngeorgenstadt. gave on analysis the following result (sp...given. No fresh H. B. Tin Ores, Aventurine Glass, and Green Aventurine Quartz, from Asia, and Krokydolite...to them wishes to make t.hem better known. The aventurine glass offered for sale in Allahabad and North
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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... Gerinany CARNALLITE KMgCl; .6H,O Stassfurt, Germany INYOITE Ca[B;03(OH)s] . 4H Mount Blanco on Furnace...Na»Ca(COs3)o . 5H,O (Natrocalcite) Sangerhausen, Germany columnar, flattabular crystals, with dull crust;...Altenberg near Aachen, Germany orthorhombic dull KAINITE KMg[ClSO,] 3H,O Stassfurt, Germany efflorescent crusts
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attitude to life. Marcasite. 100 mm. Misburg. Germany 7 i 1. Elements Copper. 42 mm. Cornwall, UK...: Vie in) were found Silver. 52 mm. Freiberg. Germany Copper. 120 mm. Keweenaw Peninsula. U.S.A. in...have been found. Silver, 55 mm. Schwarzwald. Germany Beautiful specimens of wire silver with wires...from Freiberg, Schneeberg and St. Andreasberg, Germany. Wires several cm long were also found in Pribram...industry, measuring instruments, metallurgy. Germany. They are also known fioin Sala, Sweden; Les Chalanches
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peg1natites and T, \farcasite, I 00 mm, Mis burg, Germany meteorites); 2. sedimentary, when a mineral crystallizes...('3/i6in) were found Silver, 52 mm, Freiberg, Germany Copper, 120 mm, Keweenaw Peninsula, US.A. in Dzhezkazgan...have been found . Silver, 55 mm. Schwarzwald, Germany 10 Beautiful specimens of wire silver with wires...from Freiberg, Schneeberg and St. Andreasberg, Germany. Wires several cm long were also found in Pribrarn...industry, measuring instruments, metallurgy. Germany. They are also known from Sala. Sweden; Les Chalanches
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answer the purpose extremely well, and are sold in Germany at a — — — — very cheap rate. Besides occurring...Fire Opal. Common Opal. Ferruginous Quartz. Aventurine. Hacked Quartz. Potato Stone, or Geode. Fulgurite...Citrine, Morion, Bose Quartz, Ferruginous Quartz, Aventurine, CafsEye, Chrysoprase, 8fc. : — — „ Amorphous...a fortification. Agates are found in Scotland, Saxony, Arabia, India, Surinam, &c. in amygdaloid, mostly...Rhenish Bavaria, and at Galgernberg in the north of Germany, whence they are exported to all parts of the world
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continent of Europe, especially in some parts of Germany and Hungary, usually retainscoal” well-misarked...Carrock Fells in Cumberland . Mostly found in Spain. Saxony. Bohemia Switzerland. Bavaria . Piedmont. St. Lawrence...masses have been pro Clare, etc., in Ireland . Saxony. Bohemia . St. Gothard. Mont Blanc. United States...forming thu floors of natural caves. In France,Germany, Sweden, and Hungary, refuse animal and vegetable...of chlorine). Loc.: Stassfurt, etc., in Prussian Saxony, associated with rock -salt and Carnallite. Vesuvius
amethyst 29, 31 quartz, quartz, quartz, quartz, aventurine 31 citrine 31 morion 31 rutilated 31 sodalite...brownish black, at Freiberg and Andreasberg in Germany, and also in the United States (Arizona). Antimony...found in crystals if occur at Freiberg in Saxony, Cavnic in Romania, Schwaz in the Tyrol (Austria)...with a metallic lustre, mainly at Siegerland in Germany and in Bohemia (Czechoslovakia). It is Lamellar...mines in Carinthia (Austria), Freiberg in Saxony (Germany), Alson Moor in Cumberland (England), and Broken
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nepheline /09, 111 quartz, amethyst 29, 31 quartz, aventurine 31 quartz, citrine 31 nesosilicates 75 quartz...brownish black, at Freiberg and Andreasberg in Germany, and also in the United States (Arizona). Antimony...Switzerland. Good crystals I occur at Freiberg in Saxony, Cavnic in Romania, Schwaz in the Tyrol (Austria)...with a metallic lustre, mainly at Siegerland in Germany found and in Bohemia (Czechoslovakia). It...mines in Carinthia (Austria), Freiberg in Saxony (Germany), Alson Moor in Cumberland (England), and Broken
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quartz 28, 31, 95 quartz, amethyst 29, 31 quartz, aventurine 31 quartz, citrine 3J quartz, morion 31 quartz...brownish black, at Freiberg and Andreasberg in Germany, and also in the United States (Arizona). Antimony...Switzerland. Good crystals ll occur at Freiberg in Saxony, Cavnic in Romania, Schwaz in the Tyrol (Austria)...with a metallic lustre, mainly at SiegerJand in Germany and in Bohemia (Czechoslovakia). It is found at...mines in Carinthia (Austria), Freiberg in Saxony (Germany), Alson Moor in Cumberland (England), and Broken
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Harz/F.R.G.; Freiberg, SChneeberg, and Annaberg in Saxony; Pfibram and Jachymov (Joachimsthal) in Czechoslovakia...in the sedimentary copper deposits at Mansfeld, Germany. Other than in jewelry and silverware, its main...and Bad Grund) and in the Erzgebirge (Freiberg, Saxony). Beautiful crystals came from Neudorf, East Harz...in the mines of the Siegerland, from Freiberg in Saxony, and elsewhere. The crystals are often well formed...widespread. Excellent crystals came from Freiberg, Saxony; Tsumeb, Namibia; and the Binnenthal, Switzerland
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Nickel Pyrites, Nickel Glance) I Lu erode, Harz, Germany tin-white to light steel-grey greyish black metallic...Py­ rite, Mispickel; Freiberg, Ore Mountains, Germany tin-white to grey greyishblack metallic opaque...NiAs, (White Nickel) Schneeberg, Orc Mountains, Germany Table 2 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 & ?-T...kainite & o. rock salt SYLVITE KC1 Stassfurt, Germany thick-tabular crystals, coarsclygranular masses... kainite CARNALLITE KMgCl, . 6H:O Stassfurt, Germany INYOITE Ca[B.,O3(OH)4]. 4H,O Mount Blanco on Furnace
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manufactured of great per; fection at Siegen, in Germany. Pasteboard models, likewise useful aids to the...of hematite to which the peculiar character of aventurine feldspar is due. Magnetite is a very common impurity...other ; metallic minerals. The silver mines of Saxony afford this metal in considerable quantities also... Abundant at the silver and cobalt ; mines of Saxony and Bohemia also found in Norway, and at Fahlun... G-wennap with childrenite, near Callington in Saxony near Sorata, Bolivia. Occurs in Rowan Co., N. C
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immensely popular handbook of minerals appeared in Germany I obtained a copy fo! my personal library and was...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...siderite and calcite crystals. Clausthal, Harz Mts., Germany. PLATE 5 • • 4J animals (bitumen, oil) has... Typical association from Neudorf, Harz Mts., Germany. Below A single crystal taken from this specimen;
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eye) occur at Ilfeld in the Hartz , in Northern Germany and at Matlock in Derbyshire. Compact white gypsum...beds in the trias and perinian red sandstones of Germany, France , Italy and England : and in Nova Scotia...Rammelsberg Near Freiberg and Schneeberg , in Saxony; and at Edenville Orange Co. , N. Y. Chenocoprolite...Derbyshire and Cumberland, in the mining districts of Saxony and Bohemia, in the Ilartz , in Carinthia, Stiria... of the inverted rhomboid. Argentine occurs in Saxony, Norway and Cornwall, and in the United States
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observed on the inclusions of thin mica plates in aventurine. The bluish glitter of adularia is because of...(size of needles 12 mm); Braunsdorf near Freiberg (Saxony, GDR) 38 Covelline, kermesite H 0-2 > -~~...bromargyrite, embolite • Occurrence: rare; Johanngeorgenstadt (GDR), Dernbach (FRG), Leadvill and Treasury...(Austria) and (Czechoslovakia); also in Zoblitz - Saxony (GDR), St. Gotthard - crystals (Switzerland), Appalachian...Bismuth - flat cockscomb formations; Schneeberg (Saxony, GDR - width of field 92 mm ) 2. Silver - wiry
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look for. Michael O’Donoghue Proustite (East Germany) 7 Rocks We can define a rock as a large mineral...Also found in Canada, Mexico, Czechoslovakia, and Germany. Old specimens from Wheal Newton, Harrowbarrow...(Austria), St Andreasberg, Harz Mountains (West Germany), Antronapiana, Ossola, Novara (Italy), from the...been found. Also from the Fichtelgebirge (West Germany), Liisens, Tirol (Austria), Mursinka (USSR), Mt...well-formed brown specimens from Emmelberg, Eifel (West Germany). Andradite is also found at Banat (Romania), Italian
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manufactured of great perfection at Siegen, in Germany. Pasteboard models, likewise useful aids to the...of hematite to which the peculiar character of aventurine feldspar is due. Magnetite is a very common impurity...localities are at Freiberg, Schneeberg, and Johanngeorgenstadt ; the Bohemian, at Przibram, and Joachimsthal...and other metallic minerals. The silver mines of Saxony afford this metal in considerable quantities ;...zinc. Abundant at the silver and cobalt mines of Saxony and Bohemia ; also found in Norway, and at Fahlun
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Magnetite is a very common peculiar character of aventurine feldspar for example, in the Pennsbury mica;...Thus in the silver mines of Saxony; also Andreasberg, Harz Mts., Germany; Joachimstal and Pfibram, Bohemia;...Sala in Sweden; Andreasberg in the Harz Mts., Germany; Allemont, Dauphine, France; Pfibram, Bohemia;...silver, cobalt, lead and zinc. Thus at the mines of Saxony and Bohemia, etc.; Meymac, Correze, France. Also...etc., in Saxony; Pribram and Joachimstal in Bohemia; Andreasberg in the Harz Mts., Germany; Allemont
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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...at the Himmelsftirst mine, Freiberg, both Saxony, Germany. In the subtropical areas acanthite may occur...the 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)
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are those at Freiberg, Schneeberg, and Johanngeorgenstadt in Saxony, Pribram, Schemnitz, and Joachimstal...near Ekaterinburg and near Nizhne Tagilsk. In Germany at Rheinbreitbach in the Rhineland, at Friedrichssegen...pyrite; in dolomitic lime- stone. places in Saxony, especially at Freiberg, Schneeberg, At Andreasberg...arsenic; the original mineral from Marienberg, Saxony, contained 3 per cent bismuth. Reported from Ste...Bohemia; at Andreasberg in the Harz Mountains, Germany; Allemont, Isere, France; near Sarrabus, Sardinia;
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reflections of leaflike inclusions in minerals such as aventurine feldspar. Birefringence The way light is split...off internal mineral plates. Sunstone A kind of aventurine feldspar that gives a golden shimmer, caused...Norway; Sanlct Andreasberg (Harz Mts), Fre1burg (Saxony), Germany, Jachymov, Czech Republic; Chihuahua, Mexico;...Black Forest, Germany Cornwall, England Cumbria, England Durham, England Harz Mountains, Germany llmaussaq...Norway; Sankt Andreasberg (Harz Mts), Freiburg (Saxony), Germany; Jachymov, Czech Republic; Chihuahua, Mexico;
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observed on the inclusions of thin mica plates in aventurine. The bluish glitter of adularia is because of...(size of needles 12 mm); Braunsdorf near Freiberg (Saxony, GDR) 38 Covelline, kermesite Sulphide MoS...oxidation zones in arid areas Occurrence: rare; Johanngeorgenstadt (GDR), e embolite bromargyrite, (75), Hill...(Austria) and (Czechoslovakia); also in ZOblitz — Saxony (GDR), St. Gotthard — crystals (Switzerland), Appalachian...Bismuth — flat cockscomb formations; Schneeberg (Saxony, GDR — width of field 92 mm) 2. Silver — wiry aggregates;
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manufactured of great perfection at Siegen, in Germany. Pasteboard models, likev/ise useful aids to the...of hematite to which the peculiar character of aventurine felds))ar is ; due. Magnetite is a very common...other ; metallic minerals. The silver mines of Saxony afford this metal in considerable quantities also...zinc. Abundant at the silver and cobalt mines of Saxony and Bohemia ; also found in Norway, and at Fahlun...Mine, Gwennap with childrenite, near CalUngton in Saxony; near Sorata, Jiolivia. Occurs in Rowan Co., N
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nearly rival the best. For silver, the mines of Saxony, Germany, and the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan should...Andreasberg, in the Harz Mountains, and Freiburg, in Saxony, Germany. Guanajuato, Mexico, and Colquechaca, Bolivia... Argentite from Germany; millerite from New York; tetrahedrite from England, Germany, and Mexico; pyrite...Elba; pyrrhotite from Mexico; arsenopyrite from Germany and Mexico; chalcocite from England and Connecticut;...collectors. A small supply of small crystals from Germany and an old-time supply of excellent crystals up
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crystals ? 22 STRUCTURE OF MINERALS. Zinken, in Germany, 1000 cwt. of cry*tals of quartz were taken above...world England, France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Sweden,. Poland and Russia, have their...settling, evaporated and crystallized. In France, Germany, Sweden, Hungary and other countries, there are...is a common mineral in the mining districts of Saxony. Fluorid of calcium is also found in the enamel...and common salt. It occurs near Luneberg in Lower Saxony, and near Kiel in the adjoining dutchy of Holstein
 
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