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Marcasite from
Arsenic mine, Lower Rotgülden lake, Rotgülden, Muhr, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Marcasite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Marcasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Arsenic mine, Lower Rotgülden lake, Rotgülden, Muhr, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:23555
Long-form Identifier:1:3:23555:4
GUID (UUID V4):1010cbab-5c58-4f1f-87eb-f898e52b9a02
Nearest other occurrences of Marcasite
1.3km (0.8 miles) Gfrererkar, Rotgülden, Muhr, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria
2.7km (1.7 miles) Silbereck - Altenbergkar area, Rotgülden, Muhr, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria
3.0km (1.8 miles) Schurfspitze (north slope), Silbereck - Altenbergkar area, Rotgülden, Muhr, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria
3.9km (2.4 miles) Schurfspitze (Egydi adit; Ochsenleiten), Lanisch, Pölla valley, Rennweg am Katschberg, Spittal an der Drau District, Carinthia, Austria
4.3km (2.7 miles) Stubenriegel (Herrenbau; Seekar), Lanisch, Pölla valley, Rennweg am Katschberg, Spittal an der Drau District, Carinthia, Austria
4.5km (2.8 miles) Wastlkar, Kölnbreinspitze - Lausnock area, Malta, Spittal an der Drau District, Carinthia, Austria
4.7km (2.9 miles) Wastlkar, Petereck, Malta, Spittal an der Drau District, Carinthia, Austria
4.8km (3.0 miles) Aloisi adit (Aloisy adit), Arsenic mine, Lanisch, Pölla valley, Rennweg am Katschberg, Spittal an der Drau District, Carinthia, Austria
7.5km (4.7 miles) Reinkar, Muhr, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria
13.6km (8.5 miles) A10 Highway tunnel, Katschberg, Schellgaden, Muhr, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gold-oxysulphides in copper deposits of the Greywacke Zone, Austria: A mineral chemical and infrared fluid inclusion...Leoben, Peter Tunner-Straße 5, A-8700 Leoben, Austria a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received... Veit im Pongau, and Mitterberg (all Salzburg Province, Austria). Fluid inclusions in tetrahedrite, which...Reviews 35 (2009) 87–100 et al., 1994), the Amelia Mine, Southwest Wisconsin (Kucha and Barnes, 1995) as...thiosulphate complexes of gold can be expected to occur in lower temperature hydrothermal to supergene ore deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
this study, were described for the Christbescherung mine near Großvoigtsberg in Saxony, Germany (Witzke and...copiapite, melanterite, and jarosite in the lake pit of the former mine Getchell in Nevada (USA) (Bowell and... Bukovskýite was also found at the Golden Point mine in New Zealand, where it occurs together with scorodite...mines near the Unterer Rotgüldensee lake near Salzburg (Austria) (Paar et al., 1993), dumps of the mines...during bacterial oxidation of gold ores (São Bento Mine, Brasil, Márquez et al., 2006) or in ferruginous
Book (edition)
Left: Creme to light turquoise colour shades in a marcasite aggregate due to its pleochroism. 3 Anisotropy...grains. Left: Simple (upper right) and complex (lower left) twinning of gudmundite (blue and brown anisotropy)...longer fit into the same crystal lattice at the lower temperature; examples are, for instance, surplus...ahlore-enargite, • Stibnite-realgar-orpiment-marcasite-cinnabar, • Amorphous silica-barite. In general...Safflorite Niggliite Frohbergite lamellar Marcasite cruciform, stellar, and lamellar common Ferroselite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Physics, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstr. 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria e-mail: georg.amthauer@sbg...Allchar 158 deposit belongs to the Kožuf ore district as part of the SerboMacedonian metallogenetic...intermittently from about 1880 to 1912 for its arsenic ore. Later exploration for antimony from 1958 to...significant reserves of antimony ore. However, high arsenic contents in Sb concentrates have precluded economic...experiment 161 present in the central part but at lower concentrations (Janković and Jelenković 1994). This
Journal (issue)
Metaliferi Mts. 15 4. Baia Mare metallogenic district 64 5. Other sources of native gold from Romania...metal gold pans, as well as a replica of the famous mine carriage which is considered to be the oldest of...calcite, baryte, fluorite, clay minerals, native arsenic, etc. There are many samples with gold, silver...unit. For instance, in BradSăcărâmb metallogenic district, the Au:Ag ratio is relatively uniform (45% to...metallogenic criterion: province, subprovince, district, sector, field/ node (Fig. 2) . 7 Fig. 1. Example
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and/or bismuth aggregates. Native arsenic, native antimony, antimony-arsenic-silver alloys, and uraninite...can be explained by continuous reduction of an arsenic- and metal-bearing aqueous solution. This unique...quantities of native elements such as silver, bismuth, arsenic, antimony, metal alloys (such as dyscrasite, allargentum...as St. Andreasberg/central Germany or the Wenzel mine in SW Germany (Schnorrer-Köhler, 1983, Staude et...other localities such as those at the Great Bear Lake show a temperature increase from the arsenide to
Book (chapter)
sodalite, Bukanov 156 (2006). Lake copper = copper, Thrush 621 (1968). Lake County diamond = transparent...Bukanov 391 (2006). Lake George-Diamant = transparent quartz, Haditsch & Maus 112 (1974). Lake George diamond...III, 193 (1962). Lake George-igyémánt = transparent quartz, László 95 (1995). lake ore = goethite, Bates...Bates & Jackson 366 (1978). lake salt = halite, Egleston 147 (1892). Lake Superior agate = thomsonite-Ca...Anderson 957 (1983). Lake Superior fire agate = glass (imitation opal), László 1 (1995). Lake Superior greenstone
surrounded ce ne white calcite, from!iheBluebell Mine; Riondel, Digitized by the Internet Archive...sulphur or arsenic and a metal ion. Chalcocite, bornite, chalcopyrite, covellite, pyrite, marcasite, pyrrhotite...(silver-grey), p. 54 cobaltite (silver-grey), p. 64 marcasite (pale brass yellow), p. 48 " bluish tint), p...(41795): Massive native gold in quartz. Mcintyre Mine, Timmins, Tisdale Tp., Cochrane Dende TOntaae ...Antonio Mine, Bissett, Manitoba; McIntyre Mine, Timmins, Tisdale Township, Cochrane District, Ontario;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
37±53 Native arsenic ± realgar mineralization in marbles from Saualpe, Carinthia, Austria R. GoÈd1 and...Vienna, Austria O Institut fuÈr Mineralogie und Kristallographie, UniversitaÈt Wien, Vienna, Austria With...``Geochemical Atlas of Austria'' shows a notable positive geochemical arsenic anomaly in stream sediments...sediments of the Saualpe, eastern Carinthia, Austria. Detailed investigation has shown that it is caused...mineralization consists predominantly of native arsenic (often in small, stellate aggregates) and realgar
Catalog/List
Time 8am -9pm) FLUORITE,Rosilare Level.Minerva Mine No 1 ,Cave-in-Rock District.Southem Illonois.Xtl...£10 9. SPHALERITE,var.Ruby Blende.Mid-Continent Mine,Pitcher.Oklahoma,USA Rich continuous druse of ruby...free Very attractive D Ml. £5 36 MALACHITE,Dolwen Mine,Devils Bridge.Dyfed.Wales Vughy matrix of milky...of marcasite Attractive near complete xtl.Matrix free Good D or RF Ml £8 39 PYRITE,Nanisivik Mine,Baffin...45 FLUORITE & SPHALERITE,Rosiclare Level,Minerva Mine No1 .Cave-m-Rock, lllonois.Pretty group of fluorite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogie, Universität Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria Laboratory for Crystallography...Paleontology, Universität Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria 4 Department of Mineralogy...in the Oploca district, and is associated with sphalerite, arsenopyrite, pyrite-marcasite, cassiterite...unique mineral assemblage, which is composed of the arsenic-substituted derivates of franckeite and cylindrite...of the Institute of Mineralogy (University of Salzburg) and cotype (BM 1998, 39-40) in the collections
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pb–Zn–Ag±Au deposits in the Kamariza area, Lavrion district, Attica, Greece, are genetically related to the...Solomos Agias Lavras 68, Athens, Greece dorffite, marcasite), native metals (Au and Bi), Sn-bearing phases...al. 2007; Voudouris et al. 2007). The Lavrion district is part of the AtticCycladic metamorphic core...Hellenic subduction zone (Neubauer 2005). The Lavrion district includes two extensive mining centers, Plaka and...Kamariza are located in the central part of the district and are more distal to the Miocene Plaka granodiorite
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times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...instance, in various parts of the Austrian Tirol and Salzburg. Much tin ore came from Britain so that brisk...derives its name from the saltmining district of Hallstatt in Upper Austria, where many prehistoric finds have...of these fourfold axes in all. The considerably lower symmetry of a monoclinic crystal is shown in Fig...crystallographic symmetry of a body may often be lower than its apparent geometric symmetry. In a pyrite
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phosphorite. Sulphur, salt-petre, pyrite and marcasite are also of biological origin. Metamorphic Mineral...diamond — graphite, calcite — aragonite, pyrite — marcasite, quartz — cristobalite — tridymite, rutile — brookite...results in a pseudo-symmetry, i.e. crystals of lower symmetry are twinned in such a way that they form...between that of the sample and that of the next lower grade. In this case we consider the hardness to...Different scratch hardness on kyanite 20 somewhere lower grade adding a half-grade to it. Although the determination
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogy), University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstr. 34, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria 2 Institut des Matériaux...sellschaft, Arnulfplatz 2, A-9020 Klagenfurt, Austria 7 Institut für Mineralogie und Kristallographie...Universität Wien, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria 8 Cátedra de Mineralogı́a, Facultad de Ciencias...Associated minerals are franckeite, cylindrite, pyrite-marcasite, as well as minor amounts of hocartite, Ag-rich...: coiraite, As-derivative of franckeite, tin, arsenic, cylindrite group, sulphosalt. Introduction IN
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gersdorffite have been found in samples from Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, and zoned gersdorffite has been found...Great Sulphur Vein. At Scar Crag in the English Lake District, glaucodot and alloclase (the first reported...studies. At Tynebottom Mine, glaucodot and gersdorffite overgrow arsenical marcasite, and at Nenthead and...phases, together with precise determinations of the arsenic content of the arsenopyrites, has permitted speculation...in ore samples from Scar Crag in the English Lake District. The corn- Copyright the Mineralogical Society
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industry for thousands of years. Two forms of arsenic sulphide, realgar (top-left) and orpiment (bottom)...clay. As a river washes into the sea, or into a lake, the heaviest quartz grains are dropped nearest...out of the water first. , .2.t'l UNDERSTAN DING MINE RALS HOVV MINERALS FORM Minerals are the natural...be washed down through the rock to be deposited lower down as different minerals which become often valuable...g . barite (shown), olivine, topaz, sulphur, marcasite, aragonite, celestine, cerussite. Monoclinic
Catalog/List
attention at all times. 1976 ALLOPHANE. Salzburg, Tyrol, Austria.' Rich, light turquoise blue, mass associated...attractivli r or display. 11. BARYTES. Hilton Mine, Scordale, Westmoreland. Lustrous, transparent to...matrix. 3x3x2". £6.50. 12. BARYTES. Ale & Cakes Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. unusual, lustrous, translucent...veinstuff. 2tx2xl". £6.50. 13. BARYTOCALCITE. Blagill Mine, Nr. Alston, Cumberland. Choice, transparent, slightly...century. ltxltxlt". £6.50. 16. BORNITE. DolcCQth Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. unusual, 'arnished, bot ryoidal
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one that will again defined as groups for the lower sec- 2< make a positive identffica- tion of the...characteristic—also weight of a specific mate- The lower section of the margin bar is rial compared with...striae (pyrite—so-called matted (actinohte); marcasite tubers); 4 granular recognizable with the naked...crystals, and weathered surfaces can give a false lower hardness. Metal holders in which mineral chips...Tarnish, discolorations, and weathering tion at the lower edge of the crystal can be observed with the naked
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barytes, aragonite, cerussite, arsenopyrite, marcasite, antimonite, hemimorphite, olivine, and topaz...pyrargyrite, graphite, and native elements such as arsenic and bismuth. Cubic system The axial cross is formed...both are calcium carbonates. Pyrite is cubic, marcasite orthorhombic, but both are bisulphides of iron...paramorphosis. Examples include aragonite into calcite, marcasite into pyrite, 13 and occasionally diamond into...transmission between ions of copper, and pyrite, marcasite, skutterudite, sylvanite, and others have colour
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barytes, aragonite, cerussite, arsenopyrite, marcasite, antimonite, hemimorphite, olivine, and topaz...pyrargyrite, graphite, and native elements such as arsenic and bismuth. Cubic system The axial cross is formed...both are calcium carbonates. Pyrite is cubic, marcasite orthorhombic, but both are bisulphides of iron...paramorphosis. Exa1nples include aragonite into calcite, marcasite into pyrite, 13 and occasionally diamond into...transmission between ions of copper, and pyrite, marcasite, skutterudite, sylvanite, and others have colour
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barytes, aragonite, cerussite, arsenopyrite, marcasite, antimonite, hemimorphite, olivine, and topaz...pyrargyrite, graphite, and native elements such as arsenic and bismuth. Cubic system The axial cross is formed...both are calcium carbonates. Pyrite is cubic, marcasite orthorhombic, but both are bisulphides of iron...paramorphosis. Examples include aragonite into calcite, marcasite into pyrite, 13 and occasionally diamond into...transmission between ions of copper, and pyrite, marcasite, skutterudite, sylvanite, and others have
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phosphorite. Sulphur, salt-petrc, pyrite and marcasite arc also of biological origin. Metamorphic Mineral...diamond — graphite, calcite — aragonite, pyrite — marcasite, quartz — cristobalite — tridymite, rutile — brookite...results in a pseudo-symmetry, i.e. crystals of lower symmetry are twinned jn such a way that they form...that of the next lower grade. In this case we consider the hardness to be of the lower grade adding a half-grade...fibrous and porous aggregates often seem to have a lower hardness because of the blank spaces between individual
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Sphalerite 71 Galena 72 Orpiment Pyrites 73 74 Marcasite 75 Chalcopyrite Bornite 77 Stibnite 78 76...yielded enormous crystals weighing many tons. At lower temperatures than that at which pegmatites are formed...on the fact that a mineral sinks in a liquid of lower specific gravity than itself, floats in one of higher...very lucky, the minerals that can be found on old mine dumps, beaches, in quarries, etc. in Britain cannot...on a local theme or even concentrate on a single mine. Others may consist of a single class of mineral
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specific gravity are again defined as groups for the lower section of the multicolored margin bar. As many...minerals as possible are included in each group. The lower section of the margin bar is fitted with a scale...radial filaments or striae (pyrite-so-called marcasite tubers); 4 granular recognizable with the naked...crystals, and weathered surfaces can give a false lower hardness. After the test scratch, a po}Vder-like...zircon and sphene, where double refraction at the lower edge of the crystal can be observed with the naked
 
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