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Tourmaline from
Chursdorf, Penig, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany


Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chursdorf, Penig, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:195034
Long-form Identifier:1:3:195034:2
GUID (UUID V4):798bff63-d7f0-4bc3-936a-4d20370aee4b
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
1.7km (1.0 miles) Amerika Quarry, Penig, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
5.0km (3.1 miles) Wolkenburg, Pegmatite occurrences, Limbach-Oberfrohna, Zwickau District, Saxony, Germany
5.9km (3.7 miles) Bräunsdorf, Pegmatite occurrences, Limbach-Oberfrohna, Zwickau District, Saxony, Germany
6.4km (4.0 miles) Ratssteinbruch, Hartmannsdorf, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
19.3km (12.0 miles) Braunsdorf, Niederwiesa, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
22.0km (13.7 miles) Struthwald quarries, Niederwiesa, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
32.8km (20.4 miles) Greifensteine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
35.0km (21.7 miles) Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
36.3km (22.6 miles) Bärengrund, Aue, Aue-Bad Schlema, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
36.7km (22.8 miles) Segen Gottes Erbstolln Mine (Segen Gottes Mine), Gersdorf, Striegistal, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
910(1) α = 90.35(2)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Chursdorf, Germany. 3.151 (vvsb), 4.642 (vs), 2.955 (vs), 3...6.47 3.07 2.72 Total 100.02 100.00 (1) [Chursdorf, Germany]; by electron microprobe, corresponds to... spodumene, lepidolite, petalite, pollucite, tourmaline (pegmatites); cassiterite, topaz, mica (greisens)...analyzed material include: from Chursdorf and Arnsdorf, near Penig, Saxony, Germany. On Utö Island, near Stockholm...angle. Type Material: Mining Academy, Freiberg, Germany, 20336. References: (1) Palache, C., H. Berman
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i28. Amblygonite, France, Maine, New South Wales, Saxony, anal., cell-dimensions, distinction from montebrasite...albite, I56; - - , anal., d2o i, 489. Amoibite, Germany, anal., opt., X-ray, 26. Amos Stream, New Caledonia...Chromite, Egypt, 394; New Zealand, 375. Chursdorf, Penig, Saxony, amblygonite, 414. Cinnabar, Yorkshire...with hornblende, 923. Dadsonite, Canada, Nevada, Germany, and synthetic, anal., opt., X-ray, 437. Darkainle...X-ray powder data for idocrase, 343. Drachenfels, Germany, alkali feldspar, anal., d2o i, 489. Drakewalls
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imbedded crystals in the Weiss-stein of Chursdorf, near Penig in Saxony, where they occur in small irregular...irregular veins, composed of Felspar, Quartz and Tourmaline. The crystals of Serpentine are not pseudomorphous;...variety, and = 2.488 in the cleavable one from Saxony; it appears not only below a mean term of all the
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as Fahlerz are found in veins near Freiberg in Saxony, and in beds in Anhalt, in the county of Gomor... P. 1. P. . 4- oo. (p r Pr. Braunsdorf, Saxony. 1. 5 I) P 1. Neusohl, Hungary. oo. (Pr...Hartz. It occurs at Brauns- halt, also at dorf in Saxony in a vein of rhombohedral Quartz, containing argentiferous...Marienberg, Annaberg, Schneeberg, Johanngeorgenstadt in Saxony ; in Bohemia, principally at Joachimsthal ; at...compact, as in some of those from JZschopau in Saxony. The Blue Lead from Cornwall sometimes shews composition
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P. L. Hurlet near Paisley, Goslar in the Hartz, Saxony, &c. chiefly from the decomposition of iron-pyrites...Cornwall, in delicate acicular crystals ; Cumberland; Saxony; the Hartz; Siberia, Bohemia, &c., chiefly with...Yorkshire ; Leogang, in Saltzburg ; Braunsdorf, Saxony. Note. carbonate of Strontia mixed with a considerable...lime 5-4, from Nagyag, Berthier P. L. Freiberg, Saxony ; Kapnic and Nagyag in Transylvania ; with quartz...less pearly and crystallized, from Freyberg in Saxony Hungary the Hartz ; It has Pearl-spar lustre
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Czechoslovakia 173 East Africa 174 Federal Republic of Germany (including the former German Democratic Republic)...Ouro Preto, Kamenka river, Schneckenstein, Saxony, Germany. xiv Profile Colourless/blue - Minas Gerais...Brazil. It also occurs at Schneckenstein, Germany (Saxony) and neighbouring areas, the Sanarka river...rt\Jra/ Cornwall~r i ....... -- ..... ...... Saxony Brittany ...... ·• Spain • I ~ ....,.•·\...various authors. These include belemnites, garnet, tourmaline, zircon, amber, and some other fossil resins
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results of his elaborate chemical examination of tourmaline subsequent to the appearance of the fourth suppiemeut...tnlifiinitted thmagh a dice of brown or green tourmaline, bounded bjr ^anea parallel to the axia of the...prism be tnmed round its axis, or the sKce of tourmaline turned in ita own plane^ two positions will be...polarization of tlic Nicol's prism, or of the tourmaline, is perpendicular to tlie plane of pularization...a r^pectivelji are extinguished by a plate of tourmaline^ or Nieors prism, hsfing its plane of polarisation
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manufactured of great perfection at Siegen, in Germany. Pasteboard models, likev/ise useful aids to the...prism /, or *-2, produces a is thns hemihedral in tourmaline (f. 156, prism ^-2 in quartz. Both these forms...to the dihexagonal prism occurs in quartz and tourmaline, the hexagonal prism sometimes having only the...accordingly 157. left 156 158 157 »S^2 Tourmaline. Examples of the first of these occur in f....rhomborepresents the top view of a crystal of tourmaline. ; , 176 Tourmaline. hedral planes, i?,f, — i,— |, —
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manufactured of great per; fection at Siegen, in Germany. Pasteboard models, likewise useful aids to the...three-sided prism. The prism is thus hemihedral in tourmaline (f. 156, a top view of a crystal), and the prism...to the dihexagonal prism occurs in quartz and tourmaline, the hexagonal prism sometimes having only the...below, and the form accordingly 158 157 156 Tourmaline. Apatite. either rl m-n, or IT m-n. Examples...represents the top view of a crystal of tourmaline. , ; 177 176 Tourmaline. hedral planes, & jft, 2 |,
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Rammelsberg near Goslar in the Hartz, at Schwarzenberg in Saxony, in several mines at Schemnitz in Hungary ; also...crystallised and massive, in different parts of Germany, 4. countries. many particularly in Mansfeld...from Montmartre near and the scaly Paris from Saxony and Thuringia. 5. This species is variously employed... 1. (P) Vol. I. D (*), Vol.1. Fig. 31., As Saxony. (#), Cornwall ; (#), B, Vol.1. Fig. 33. Ca...Char. of. 34-. Comb. Combinations. Vol. I. Saxony ; Tessular. 1. H. O. Vol. I. Fig. 3. and
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manufactured of great perfection at Siegen, in Germany. Pasteboard models, likewise useful aids to the...7J or -&-2, produces a is thus hemihedral in tourmaline (f. 156, prism *-2 in quartz. Both these forms...to the dihexagonal prism occurs in quartz and tourmaline, the hexagonal prism sometimes having only -the...and the form accordingly left 158 157 156 Tourmaline. Apatite. Examples of the first of these occur...the rhorobo of tourmaline. represents the top view of a crystal , ; 176 Tourmaline. 8 hedral planes
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Boracite, 12. Danburite, ( S.) 13. Axinite, 14. Tourmaline, 219 15. Staurotide, Haüy, 222 223 224 16...rhomboid of 85 ° 58 ', calcite from one of 105 ° 5', tourmaline from one of 133 ° 20 '. Secondary forms. - Any...combina tion with those which are holohedral. In tourmaline, fig. 105, is a crys tal differently terminated...the primary rhomboid . The hemihedral forms of tourmaline are inclined hemihedral , since the faces of...prism , of frequent occurrence in crystals of tourmaline. In quartz, fig. 106 and 107, there is an example
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spinel to and sometimes nite, some ; 7. tourmaline. a little Sky-blue 10. —a pale blue gypsum... itself. but jet, if expression and the tourmaline of Hoboken, are when cut thin, the and the...one mitted. This is is When the case with tourmaline, a mineral long con- still more polished,...a crystal of one of the coloured varieties of tourmaline cut in a plane parallel to is and conse- capable...nothing more of trans- light through a slip of tourmaline cut parallel to the axis of the prism in But
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considered cannot be said to be universal. The Tourmaline, as well as Boracite, present us with two very...separation in the contrary, others, as Quartz and Tourmaline, separate in other directions with greater facility...Di- OPTICAL CHARACTERS OF MINERALS. chroism. Tourmaline, lolite and Mica are among the most Several...exhibits two or more, as the red and green in Tourmaline, and the white 6. time. in Fluor. Compound... * In cut and polished pieces of transparent Tourmaline, electrical exis produced by natural fluctuations
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undoubtedly that of perThe superiority which France and Germany sonal instruction. have attained in mineralogical...itself. Thus if it be a prismatic crystal of tourmaline, and if the two electricities appear at the two...consumed in the bleacheries of Britain, F ranee, and Germany. The violet colour employed in porcelain painting...Mines of copper are largely wrought in England, Germany, Sweden, and Siberia; those of Spain, France, Ireland... formation. The quicksilver mines of Idria, in Saxony, are 6aid to yield 100 tons annually : and those
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answer the purpose extremely well, and are sold in Germany at a — — — — very cheap rate. Besides occurring... and is displayed by many minerals, of which Tourmaline is a well-known example. 3. Dichroism is when...heat, the latter being called Pyro-electricity. Tourmaline, Calamine, and Boracite are examples of pyro-electric...Boracic' Silicates of Zirconia, 8fc. Anhydrous. Tourmaline. Rubellane. Uniaxial Mica, or Biotite. Meroxene...Wood, 8^c. Alumina, "^ Buby, Sapphire, Schorl, Tourmaline, Emerald, Chrysoberyl, Cymophane. Zircon (^Jacinth
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itself. Thu% if it be a prisaaatic crystal of tourmaline, and if the two electricities appear at the two...first pointed out this metal in a minefound in Saxony, called pitc/iblcude, I'rom which it may be extracted...occurrence in pseudomorphaus crystals ; at Schneeberg in Saxony, it assumes the forms of various calc-spars ; at...mines of Breitenbrunn^ near Schwartzenberg, in Saxony. Jdiik Quartz, Quarz hyalin laiteux, H., and Pose... Transylvania, in agate balls at Oberstein in Germany, in large crystalline groups near Cork, and in
Journal (volume)
Peach-Blossom Coloured Mica, from Chursdorf, near Penig, By in Saxony. C. G. Gmelin, Professor of Chemistry...aggregated to globular groupes, from Braunsdorf, Saxony, 7. Celestine, fragment of a cleavable white translucent...trans- lucent, 12. 4.415 4.415 from Marienberg, Saxony, Heavy 4-30 spar, the variety called prismatic...of lead) a single green crystal, from Zschopau, Saxony, 7.098 28. Arseniate of lead, bright yellow crystals...crystals, from Johanngeorg- enstadt, Saxony, There is 7.212 a considerable difference between this
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Peach-Blossom Coloured Mica, from Chursdorf, near Penig, By in Saxony. C. G. Gmelin, Professor of Chemistry...aggregated to globular groupes, from Braunsdorf, Saxony, 7. Celestine, fragment of a cleavable white translucent...trans- lucent, 12. 4.415 4.415 from Marienberg, Saxony, Heavy 4-30 spar, the variety called prismatic...of lead) a single green crystal, from Zschopau, Saxony, 7.098 28. Arseniate of lead, bright yellow crystals...crystals, from Johanngeorg- enstadt, Saxony, There is 7.212 a considerable difference between this
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garnets, feldspars, spinels, humites, sodalite, and tourmaline. position. similar, A members of important...32.4 34.6 27.8 32.6 0.5G 4.9/9.2 1.6G 4.3/8.9 Germany 1.0 -40.0 -6.0 Switzerland 52 25 46 52 35...emerald cut round Bolivia 4646 47 34 66 58 85 Germany 18 emerald cut Brazil oval Brazil 57 37 ...3/11 9.6RP 0.9/6.5 5.8RP 1.9/9.1 0.1R 1.1/9.1 Tourmaline Rubellite pinkish-orange dark red-violet very...(Mg, FehSigCMOH^ Formula: a Optics: See: Tourmaline. Occurrence: 2 directions good, often fibrous
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ejected at the spinels, humites, sodalite, and tourmaline. earth’s A listing of the members of important...and scarcity. that XXV A ACHROITE See: Tourmaline. ACTINOLITE Formula: ADAMITE Formula: See...cobalt. Cap Garonne, France. Also Chile, Italy, Germany, Turkey, Algeria. Violet crystals noted up to...Ontaria, Canda; Guererro, Mexico; also from Chile, Germany, Sweden, and from Cornwall, England. Related ...Entire Baltic Sea region, including Poland, E. Germany, Norway, Denmark; also Rumania, Sicily. Sicilian
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garnets, feldspars, spinels, humites, sodalite, and tourmaline. A listing of the members of important groups...availability, and scarcity. XXV A ACHROITE See: Tourmaline. A CTINOLITE F ormula : ADAMITE Formula: Zn:(AsO~)OH...Ontaria, Canda; Guererro, Mexico; also from Chile, Germany, Sweden, and from Cornwall, England. Related minerals...Entire Baltic Sea region, including Poland, E. Germany, Norway Denmark; also Rumania, Sicily. Sicilian...included and provided only small gems. France; Germany; Varutrask, Sweden. Montebras, France: Montebrasite
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carnallite. sylvite and k.ieseritc; from Stassfurt. Germany. Abrazite. syn. of gismondine or of phillipsite...Z=2 fPDF 18-873 ). (TL) Johanngcorgcnstadt. Saxony, Germany. Fomiula and unit cell by R.J. Davis, M.H.... Min. 28. 536. (TI..) Johanngeorgenstadt. Saxony. Germany. Named for G . Agricola. Agrinierite. (K 2...Trommsdorff ( 1 800) J. Phann. 8. 1 53. (TI..) Saxony. Germany. Nan1ed from CX)'EUOtoC 'without taste·. 19...Mineralogy. p. 8. Probably from Halle [Prussia]. Germany. and the name may be a corruption of Halle stone
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France, it is quite inconceivable that in Germany, and Italy, in climates and exceedingly different...Eibrolite 1. III. Zircon Ruby Family 7. V. Tourmaline Family Epidotc F/iiilo/r 1. Ceylanite 2. Zoisite...must exist in great abundance. It occurs also in Germany, Italy, and Spain. It is always in shapeless masses...they denominated chrysolite. The topaz is found in Saxony, Bohemia, Siberia, Brazil, Scotland, Cornwall,...exposed to a strong heat in a crucible that of Saxony becomes This shows us that the colouring white
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Freiberg, Schneeberg, and other localities in Saxony and was obtained in great quantities during the...cubes. Bromyrite is found near Dernbach, Nassau, Germany (iodobromite) asA chlorian variety sociated with...reported from salt works at Hallein, Salzburg, Germany. Artificial NaCl-2H20 is probably monocUnic and...seams: at Duttweiler near Saarbriicken in the Saar, Germany; in mines of the Plauenschen Grund near Dresden;...pyromorphite, bismochte, cerussite, hmonite, wad. In Germany at Dernbach, Nassau, with iodian bromyrite. At
 
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