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Opal from
Jakobsberg Mine, Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark mining district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Aragonite1 photo of Opal associated with Aragonite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Jakobsberg Mine, Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark mining district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1582298
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1582298:3
GUID (UUID V4):8645fc37-78d7-4a14-b817-2ab7b2447a71
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
9.3km (5.8 miles) Långban Mine, Långban Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
49.5km (30.7 miles) Rökärrs Mine, Timansberg, Nora, Örebro County, Sweden
References
Knut Eldjarn CollectionIdentified by Knut Eldjarn: Visual Identification, Visual (Fluorescence)
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
mass. small pale blue crystals on matrix. Benallt Mine,Lleyn ,Wales lxl £5 lx2 £8 Parclho, Pariba,Brazil)...Benallt Mine, Llcyn Wales A)£3 B) £5 3mm £4 5mm £6 lxl £6 lx2£15 2x2£30 Jacobsberg,Nordmark,Sweden...micros gemmy yellow-green crystal section. Bcckermet Mine. Cumbria lxl £2 131 40 BARYfES 211 BRAZILIANITE...Goldstrike Pit, Elko,Nevada. U.S.A Divino des Laranjeiras Mine, Minas Gerias,Brazil Magnet Cove,Arkansas,USA ½...Comwall Wagholi Quarry,Poona,India lxl £3 Funauchi Mine, Aikta Prefecture.Japan Venice Dome, Lousiana, U
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sjoarna LAngban och Hyttsjon, 15 km nordost om Filipstad i Varmland. Det ar okant nar malmbrytning paborjades...Varmlands och brebro Ian: Pajsberg-Harstigen, Jakobsberg, Nordmark och Sjogruvan. Gemensamt for dem ar att...sulfide and Fe oxide deposits, Bergslagen region, Sweden. Economic Geology 91, 979-1008. BOSTROM, K., RYDELL...in the Fennoscandian shield: Sjogruvan (Orebro, Sweden) revisited. Abstracts, 24. Nordiske Geologiske...arsenates and associated minerals from the LAngban mine, Sweden. Abstracts, International Mineralogical Association
Book (edition)
Atlases in Geoscience 3 THE ORE MINERALS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE An Optical Guide Second Edition Atlases... Atlases in Geoscience 3 THE ORE MINERALS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE An Optical Guide Second Edition Bernhard...herein). Notices Knowledge and best practice in this field are constantly changing. As new research and experience...difficult to gather the vast amount of different ore minerals included in the atlas, I am very much obliged...respect to genetic interpretations and ore petrography, Ramdohr’s “The Ore Minerals and Their Intergrowths”
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
examples are quoted. A. G. B. Artificial Precious Opal. By GIGSE PPG C E S ~ R O( J d ~ b$. . Ku., 1895...several years, was coated with a white, translucent, opal-like deposit ; this showed a play of colours, and...banded structure marked out by layers of the iron ore. The corundum is mostly as rounded grains, but sometimes... gr. 5.045, from the Kodhr mines, Vizagapatam district, gave, on analysis, Moieture below 105'. H,O...January 1896. Downloaded on 26/10/2014 00:11:19. Iron ore of sp. gr. 5.01, from Snvo Rudiste (Kopaonik), gave
Catalog/List
plus post 1147 ■■ ALTAITE Organ Mts, Dona Anna County, New Mexico a few silvery I mm spots in dark matrix...- - - - -~ ---1152 ■ AL UNITE Marysvale, Piute County, Utah Pure orange-pink crystalline mass KAISO/4OH...OH Ix! £3 lx2 £6 2x2 £10 34 ■ ANDRADITE Benallt Mine, Lleyn Wales Pale beige fine grained mass with reddish...serpentine. Ix! £5 lx2 £10 38 BANALSITE Benallt Mine, Lleyn Wales Rich brown mass with approx 5 % Cymrite...£15 2x2 £30 Ba Na Al SiO 22 BANNISTERITE Benallt Mine. Lleyn, Wales Dark brown veinlets throughtout calcite/
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047 048 049 050 051 052 Nordmark und Gruben N Rlipstad (mil Odalfall, Jakobsberg, Taberg, Haborshytte,... ........... Filipstad ............11 E NV •••• • •••62 Finnmosse-, Finnshytteberg- u.a.Grubenfeldem)...Langban ......................................... Filipstad ............11 E NV •••••••• 68 Die Eisen-/Ma...Harstigen und Pajsberg ............................Filipstad ............11 E NV •••••••• 73 Persbergs Eisenemelder.....................Filipstad ...•..•.••.•11 E NV •••••••• 75 Gruben 0/SO Filipstad (mit Gasgruvan-.Koberg-
Catalog/List
inch area of curious flattened c1ystals Nanisivik ,Mine, Baffin island , North West Territories Canada £25...Ix I Langban Sweden £12 I 0. DOMEYKITE pure metallic mass about Ix1 Keweenaw County. Michigan USA £...Specimen mounted on a plastic display base Volcano Mine, Tharis, l-Tuleva, Spain£25 15. MINIUM orange coating...Lep1dol1te c1ystals of pegmat Lithium ite . North Sweden (see left) Varutrask 21. GRAPHIC AMAZONITE, this...x2 surface. with some minor green Pyromorphite 79 Mine Arizona USA £10 26. SMALTITE dark grey 5 111111
Book (edition)
ATLASES IN GEOSCIENCE, 3 The Ore Minerals Under the Microscope An Optical Guide This page intentionally...intentionally left blank ATLASES IN GEOSCIENCE, 3 The Ore Minerals Under the Microscope An Optical Guide Edited...difficult to gather the vast amount of different ore minerals included in this atlas, I am very much indepted...1/3 to 1/50 Preface Having been involved with ore microscopy for many years, I came to the conclusion...(1969) on ore petrography needed to be supplemented by colour photos for as many different ore minerals
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variety amethyst, sceptre habit, Denny Mountain, King County, Washington, U.S.A. / Photo by Ken Mayer Production...1000° Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle...Marquis imprimeur inc. Barite on Quartz, Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer...Mayer Publisher Pyromorphite, Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Mineralogical... Ontario Canada Diopside on Grossular, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec / Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
classification of, lxv, 945. Andamoolca, South Australia, opal, 429. Andalusite, pseudomorphs of kyanite after...Kasoite. Barium-orthoclase, Japan, New Jersey, and Sweden, opt. 508. Barwell meteorite, 881. Baryte, Northumberland...Bearpaw Mtns., Montana, pseudoleucite, 596. Benallt mine, Rhiw, Caernarvonshire, celsian, 508. Berek compensator...(S.), see SARBADHIKARI (T. n.), 770. Bhilwara district, ]~ajasthan, India, scorodite, 776. BmaAR (G....Norway, beryllian cordierite, 920. Black Mtn. district, Kern Co., California, powellite, 995. Book reviews:
Book
some of which may be carried out directly in the field. In this introduction, techniques requiring more...the interests of collectors of precious stones, ore minerals and other specialities were not neglected...Magnus (1193-1280). Later, all known facts about mInIng, metallurgy, mineralogy and ores were recorded...since the eighteenth century. Mineralogy (minera - ore) is a science concerned with the study of minerals...elements of heavy metals are present in the solutions, ore veins are formed. The process of a direct separation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
3Iinerals of the Australian Broken Hill Consols Mine KRENNER ( J ~ Z S EAF ). Lorandite, a New Thallium... SJOGREN (S. A. HJALMAR). Safflorite from Nordmark, Sweden . . DAXOUR(AUQUSTIN A.). Piorite . . . . ...Pyroaurite from the Mossgrufva, Nordmark, , . . . . . . . . .. .. .. Sweden BOURGEOIS (LEON). Artificial...Soda-berzelite from Lhgban, Sweden. . SJOGREN(5. A. HJALMAR). Lhngbanite from the Sjogrufva, Sweden . GENTIL(LOUIS)...Clinohumite from Nordmark . . . . . . . . SJOGREN(3.A. HJALMAR). Soda-ricbterite from LLngban, Sweden . DAMOUR
Journal (issue)
Grice Famous mineral localities: the Mashamba West mine, Shaba, Zaire .................................... J. Gauthier & V. T. King The Fat Jack mine, Yavapai County, Arizona .................................& L. Wagner, Jr. The Monitor-Mogul mining district, Alpine County, California .........................malachite on chrysocolla, from the M ashamba West mine, Shaba, Zaire. Sorbonne collection, Paris: photo...involve a magnificent, 6.3-cm Virgin Valle; Nevada, opal specimen (see photo on page 70!), officially appraise
Journal (issue)
hausmannite at Orebro, Sweden. Batavite : pearly slabs from graphite district at Passau, Bavaria, Bentonite:...Canada. Celsian : a barium anorthite from Jakobsberg, Sweden. Celyphite : same as Kolyphite, an altered...Chloroarsenian: an obscure mineral from Orebro, Sweden. Chondrostibian: another like the last mentioned...in Brazil. Dicksbergite: rutile from Dicksberg, Sweden. Dietzeite: gold yellow crystals from Atacama,...Tasmania. Elfstorpite : a gray mineral from Orebro, Sweden. Elpidite: a silicate of zirconium, etc., from
Book
Ireland Italy Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Swi~erland 181 13 63 72 75 16 99 136 138 164 172...representing 100-200 mineral species: an exception is the mining museum of Kongsberg, Norway, showing only a single...universities, 14 by town or city councils, 13 by district councils or regional boards, and 16 form part...aspects of Africa and its inhabitants, such as mining, agriculture, zoology, special botany, prehistoric...Hardenbergstr. 42, D-1000 Berlin 12 030-314-2254 Mining and metallurgy building, at Ernst-Reuter Square
Journal (issue)
Die Eisen- und Manganerzlagerstätte Längban bei Filipstad in Mittelschweden Die Entdeckung des Wermlandits...15 16 18 22 28 37 55 58 Ein Besuch beim größten Opal Australiens 59 63 Impressum/Das Letzte 64 Pentagonit...großen, transparenten, tiefblauen Topas aus der Xanda Mine bei Virgem da Lapa, Minus Gerais, Brasilien. Weitere...orangeroter Wulfenit von der Red Cloud Mine im La Paz County, Arizona/USA, sowie - für deutsche Sammler...in Namibia alle Steine. Unten. Zeitungsartikel: Mine ralienverkaul ab PKW. ~1{"~11111=~=-~---.-;---
Catalog/List
SPRING 1989 ft. We((enj\linera(s Mineral Dealer & Mine Agent "Endsleigh", 50 Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall...5x2-Jx1-J", £8.50. ALLOPHANE/LINARITE. Maid of Sunshine Mine,Cochise Co..Arizona.U.S.A. Highly attractive and... 1-£xl£x1", £8.00. 5- ALSTONITE. Fallowfields Mine,Nr.Hexham,Northumbria. A 2x£" channel developed...2£x1Jx5/8". £5-00. 28. AZURITE/MALACHITE. Tsumcorp> Mine,Otavi.Namibia. Choice,lustrous-surfaced composite...display. 2-Jxl-Jxl^"’, £40.00. 29- AZURITE. Touissit Mine,Nr.Oujda,Morocco. Colourful,brilliant,royal-blue
Book (volume)
dynamics in gases, in matrix isolation studies, in the field of semiconductor microelectronics, etc. (see Barnes...Lavrion, Greece (6) and Cu-poor adamite from Ojuela mine, Mexico (7) IR spectra of acid salts (silicates...typical minerals of oxidation zones of sulphide ore deposits. However, in IR spectra of synthetic “hydroniumjarosite”...abbreviations are used in this chapter: Mt. mountain Co. county IR infrared D density Dmeas measured density Dcalc...Arsenato-Borates Sussexite 29 Mn2+BO2(OH) Locality: Gonzen mine, Sargans, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Description:
Book
illustrated Encyclopedi of the World’s Rocks and Mine re L A R E N MI OF THE WORLD Rudolf Duda and...some of which may be carried out directly in the field. In this introduction, techniques requiring more...the interests of collectors of precious stones, ore minerals and_ other specialities were not neglected...Magnus (1193—1280). Later, all known facts about mining, metallurgy, mineralogy and ores were recorded...since the eighteenth century. Mineralogy (m/inera — ore) is a science concerned with the study of minerals
Book (edition)
polished, 70 mm, Anjanabonoina, Madagaskar, G Page 5: Opal - fire, polished, 50 mm, Mezezo, Ethiopia, G Page...Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...authors and a stud) of recent literature in the field of mineralogy. Current encyclopedic books mostly...mineral in magmatic rocks, pegmatites, ore veins or other types of ore deposits, including secondary minerals...biotite. olivine), or among the important economic ore minerals (eg: lepidolite, wolfrarnite). In many cases
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K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=... yellow, light green. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland, Sweden. H= 5, Djjj=3.73, Dc=3.74, VIIB...5As30ig, E Rhom. Translucent blue-green. Terres mine, St. Ausdell, Cornwall, England and/or Johanngeorgenstadt...804)3 •nH20, ® Hex. Transparent bluish. Lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan, Afghanistan. H= 5.5-6, Djj4=...*21120, Mon. Vitreous colorless, white. Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. H= 4.5, Djjj= 2.630, D(
Journal (issue)
105. 122 Journ. of Gemmology BLACK TREATED OPAL: AN ANCIENT RECIPE S O M E four years ago a peculiar...difficult, since the material had the characters of pure opal, and the dark background colour which so enhanced...n e such account stated that suitable Andamooka opal was first heated, then impregnated with sugar solution...informants spoke of heaps of poor quality rough opal being covered with old sump oil, which was then...Precious Stones". Here is what he says, complete. "THE OPAL. M a n y impositions have been practised in forming
Journal (issue)
Scovil photo. In this issue also: Twin Creeks mine, USA Scott KLEINE, Bryan K. LEES & Malcolm SOUTHWOOD...Spectacular orpiment specimen from Cut 62 in Twin Creeks mine, Nevada, USA; 9.6 cm high. Azurite Corporation specimen...of well-crystallised orpiment at the Twin Creeks mine in Northern Nevada, USA, and it's subsequent extraction...corporations; one of them the mining company that owns and operates the mine, and the other a company that... from the 2011 find at the Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa. Marshall Sussman with
Book (edition)
Illinois. Margarita I. Novgorodova: Inst. Geol. of Ore Deposits, Acad. of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. Per...Per Nysten: University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden. Herbert Obodda: Short Hills, New Jersey. Renato Pagano:...extent of producing diffraction patterns (e.g., opal), (2) metamict materials that were crystalline at...few materials by X-ray diffraction order (e.g., opal). Lattice constants are generally derived es be...fibrous minerals Columbite, wolframite Quartz Opal, some yellow varieties of sphalerite Nepheline Tale
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For the Student of Elementary Mineralogy, the Mining Engineer, the Geologist, the Prospector, the Collector...included among minerals, as the pearl of an oyster, the opal-silica (tabasheer) secreted by the bamboo, etc....following. Davy-Farnham. Microscopic Examination of the Ore Minerals, 1920. Duparc and Pearce. Traite de Technique...rare is true of a piece of glass, and nearly so of opal. among minerals. A piece of feldspar which has...gives the indices 221 for the face. To deter 192. mine, by plotting, the axial ratio of an orthorhombic
 
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