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Thaumasite from
Slag dump, Packsaddle Mountain, Llano County, Texas, USA


Locality type:Slag Locality
Classification
Species:Thaumasite
Formula:Ca3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O
Formation:Post-mining/Anthropogenic
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:SEM-EDS
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Thaumasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Slag dump, Packsaddle Mountain, Llano County, Texas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1410038
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1410038:9
GUID (UUID V4):ab337129-5330-4ccc-892b-8abc55e1153b
References
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site of Bratti, also in Tuscany. The preeminent slag mineral locality is the an432 ROCKS & MINERALS...ettringite from this ancient slag dump are found in small cavities within the slag and are, as are all the...the minerals found in the slag, a micromounter’s dream. The identification of ettringite could be mistaken...limestone and diabase at Scawt Hill, near Larne, County Antrim, Ireland, has produced microcrystals of...is the Commercial quarry, Crestmore, Riverside County, California. Ettringite occurs here in colorless
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mineral precipitates from a historical smelting slag dump, Río Tinto, Spain B. G. Lottermoser, Cairns With...mineralogy of mineral efflorescences associated with slag deposits at the historical Río Tinto smelter site...precipitates at seepage points at the base of the slag dump and as solid aggregates in protected overhangs...Evaporation of seepage waters emanating from the slag dump causes the precipitation of mobilised elements...sulfate contamination of Río Tinto waters. Key words: Slag, mineral efflorescences, gypsum, epsomite, hexahydrite
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Mobilization of heavy metals from historical smelting slag dumps, north Queensland, Australia B. G. LOTTERMOSER*...Box 6811, Cairns, QLD 4870, Australia ABSTR ACT Slag dumps occur at several historical smelting sites...Australia. The microcrystalline slags contain primary slag phases, relict flux, ore and furnace materials and...secondary weathering related minerals. Common primary slag phases are glass, Zn-rich fayalite (± Zn-rich kirschsteinite)...alloys (Cu3Sn), and unknown metal compounds. The slag materials contain wt.% concentrations of Zn and
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3.433 A MINERALOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL STUDY OF SLAG FROM THE HISTORICAL O’DONNELL ROAST YARDS, SUDBURY...Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6, Canada Abstract Highly altered slag samples from the historical O’Donnell Roast Yards...alteration halos around the center of the remnant slag and rock piles indicate strong variations in the...chemical and mineralogical composition of the altered slag with lateral distance and depth. The concentration...concentration of trace elements in these surficial slag samples is controlled by the proportions of spinel phases
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World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California ............................. 309 by...WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling Autonomous Prefecture...Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection and photo. Subscription...$324/three years, (Canada) $186/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $265 for one year Subscription...geodes after fossils from Heltonville, Lawrence County, Indiana. Rocks & Minerals, 82, 200–208. VAN TUYL
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World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California ............................ 309 by...WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling Autonomous Prefecture...Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection and photo. Subscription...$324/three years, (Canada) $196/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $275 for one year Subscription...COAST SHOW, THE DENVER SHOW AND THE 11JCSON SHOWS TEXAS MINERAL & FOSSIL SHOW LONE STAR CONVENTION 8c EXPO
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necessarily generate a substantial proportion of slag. Often much of this is landfilled, and at many plants...secondary aggregate. First, some pretreatment of the slag is usually necessary (such as weathering). Second...trials. Subject to these three steps, steelmaking slag can make a valuable contribution to the need for...stability, secondary aggregate IMPORTANCE OF STEEL SLAG The major steelmaking processes in Europe are basic...electric arc furnace (EAF). Both produce about 100 kg slag per tonne of steel made. There may be scope for
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A. Bartsch Houston Museum of Nat. Sci. Houston, Texas Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...mineral localities: The Castle D om e district, Yuma County, A r iz o n a ................... 437 by A. M...southwestern Arizona, in the northwestern part of Yuma County. It is a relatively easy drive north out of Yuma...Septemher-October, 1998 silver from concentrates realized from dump ore and stope fill. Development included an additional
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abbreviations are used in this chapter: Mt. mountain Co. county IR infrared D density Dmeas measured density...Locality: Boron Open Pit, Boron, Kern Co., California, USA. Description: Colourless crystal from the association...Mn2+BO2(OH) Locality: Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (type locality). Description: Pink massive aggregate...Locality: Billie mine, Death Valley, California, USA. Description: White platelets with pearly lustre...CaB6O10·5H2O Locality: Death Valley, California, USA. Description: White fibrous aggregate. Specimen No
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onNewMinerals,Nomenclature andClass::ication. Co. County. EMPElectronmicroprobe - an instrument usedto ...Anthropogenic substances (e.g. substances found in smelter slag material) are also not considered to be minerals...with older fluorite specimens from Weardale in County Durham being a case in point. Many of these specimens..."Cumberland", "Alston" or "Alston Moor" (Cumberland as a county no longer exists, as it was merged with Westmorland...Westmorland in the mid- I 970s to form the new county of Cumbria). The confusion appears to have occurred during
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South Dakota CO Colorado MS TN Tennessee TX Texas CT Michigan Mississippi Connecticut MO Missouri...is exposed to air and water. Abbrev. ARD. acid slag Slag that contains substantial amounts of active silica...furnace with an acid bottom and lining and under a slag containing an excess of an acid substance, such...dewatering of a mine. If driven through the hill or mountain to the surface on the opposite side, it would...several hard, inert materials, such as sand, gravel, slag, or crushed stone, mixed with a cement or bituminous
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Ca3(H2Si3O10) from Russian River basin, California, USA (d). The spectra were obtained by N.V. Chukanov....(PO4)2(OH)·] from Bull Moose mine, South Dakota, USA (b), and garyansellite [nominally, Mg2Fe3+(PO4) (OH)·2H2O]...single-crystal FTIR spectrum of pollucite from Maine, USA shows that this mineral also contains CO2 molecules...In melanophlogite from Mt. Hamilton, California, USA the occupancy factor of the CH4 site in the [512]...zirconosilicate or as carbonatosilicate. Mountain County Infrared Density Measured density Calculated
 
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