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Andalusite from
Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Andalusite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Andalusite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:27157
Long-form Identifier:1:3:27157:4
GUID (UUID V4):46a986ee-34c9-496b-860a-fd448c9f87a4
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sejkora et al. ßer Hirsch at Schneeberg-Neustädtel, Saxony, Germany, in association with trögerite...(Braithwaite & Knight 1990); the mine Adam Heber, Schneeberg, Saxony (Haacke et al. 1994); the mine “Schurfschacht...SDAG Wismut near Geyer, Saxony (Haacke et al. 1994); Wittichen, Schwarzwald, Germany (Walenta 1972, Krause...locality Schmiedestollen, Wittichen, Schwarzwald, Germany. Occurrence The small ore deposit Smrkovec is...sillima- Phosphatian walpurgite 355 nite, andalusite and garnet. The fissured fault belt among contacts
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
vein of the Weisser Hirsch mine at Schneeberg–Neustädtel, Saxony, Germany, associated with trögerite, zeunerite...(Braithwaite & Knight 1990), the Adam Heber mine, Schneeberg, Saxony (Haacke et al. 1994), the “Schurfschacht...Wismut near Geyer, Saxony (Haacke et al. 1994), at Wittichen, Schwarzwald, Germany (Walenta 1972, Krause...locality, Schmiedestollen, Wittichen, Schwarzwald, Germany. Minor to substantial amounts of phosphorus substituting...walpurgite from the following localities: Schneeberg, Saxony: 9 mol.% (Fischer 1948) and 43 mol.% (Evans
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
granites of the Aue–Schwarzenberg Zone (Erzgebirge, Germany) a major source for metalliferous ore deposits...Granite Zone (ASGZ), in the western Erzgebirge of Germany, is composed of small, lateVariscan F-poor biotite...economically important post-granitic deposits of Schneeberg and Schlema–Alberoda. eschweizerbartxxx ingenta...Granite Zone“ (ASGZ), in the western Erzgebirge of Germany, comprise a diversity of granite stocks or small...material was dumped. Underground exposures in the Schneeberg–Schlema ore district imply that the granites
Catalog/List
terminated 2 to 3 mm dark brown botryoidal 2. ANDALUSITE Ogilby, San Bernardino Co., California Choice...1-3/4xl-1/2" $ 7 .50 (B) 1-3/8x2-1/2x3/4" $9.50 3. ANDALUSITE near Hill City, Custer Co., South Dakota Choice...1-1/4" terminated blocky crystals an massive andalusite and quartz-muscovite matrix. 2x3xl-3/4" $ 20...matrix. 2x4xl" $ 18.50 25. EMPLECTITE Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany Choice dark brassy-golden 1 to 2 mm crystals...3/4x2-1/2" $ 20.00 35. HUREAULITE Hagendorf, Bavaria, Germany Choice rich pink crystalline slightly translucent
Catalog/List
COLLECTIONS 11 $15.00. APAT ITE Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony, Germany Choic€: pale lc:1vende1· inlergrnwn 3 lo 5... on dense Himmelsfu,·st mine, F1·eiberg, Saxony, Germany irregular gray metal I ic 1 to 3 mm fragments...milky quartz. l½x2½11 $35.' ERYTHRITE Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany Select dark maroon tx½" radialing crystal...1-3/4x2-1/2 11 $ 15.00. 79. TALC Pseudomorph after ANDALUSITE Quartz Creek, near Send, King Co. ,Washington...93. ARSENIC Schneeberg, Select compact dark (A) 3/4x1" $ 3.00. ELEMENTS Saxony,Germany gray metallic
Catalog/List
COLLECTIONS 11 $15.00. APAT ITE Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony, Germany Choic€: pale lc:1vende1· inlergrnwn 3 lo 5... on dense Himmelsfu,·st mine, F1·eiberg, Saxony, Germany irregular gray metal I ic 1 to 3 mm fragments...milky quartz. l½x2½11 $35.' ERYTHRITE Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany Select dark maroon tx½" radialing crystal...1-3/4x2-1/2 11 $ 15.00. 79. TALC Pseudomorph after ANDALUSITE Quartz Creek, near Send, King Co. ,Washington...93. ARSENIC Schneeberg, Select compact dark (A) 3/4x1" $ 3.00. ELEMENTS Saxony,Germany gray metallic
Journal (issue)
Werfen, Germany, 15177 Argentite after Silver: I, C 2 Himmelsfiirst, near Freiberg, Saxony, 800; "Peru...Tlalpujuhua, Mexico, no Spec. No.; Braunsdorf, Saxony, 4510; Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico,' 17478-9;...East Pool Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, 3636; Schneeberg, Saxony, 35612-3; locality unknown, 4243. Also pseudomorphous...Mineral Pseudomorphs in the Museum Commern, Eifel, Germany, 20624. 409 Hopper-shaped crystals on clay shale...Czechoslovakia, 16002; Briza, Hungary, 6307; Freiberg, Saxony, no Spec. No. The dolomite in all specimens is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2 O 3 . A manganese mineral from the Schneeberg deposit, Saxony, was first described in 1870 and named...tion. The following data were obtained: (1) Schneeberg, Saxony: Li 0.92-0.95; Li/Al = 0.30; (2) Rengersdorf...from Kitzbachtal, Austria, and Richelsdorf, West Germany. 349 Downloaded by [Virginia Tech Libraries]...from isolated plates of lithiophorite; a) from Schneeberg; b) from China; c) from an aggregate of plates...FIGURE 5. Lithiophorite (kakochlor), Schneeberg, Saxony (East Germany). than the Wadsley formula requires
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Speiskobalt (Smaltite) from the Daniel Mine, near Schneeberg in Saxony, was described by/~aumann in 1834. The crystals...crystallography, than among our scientific brethren of Germany ; and nowhere are the results of their assiduous...after Calcite, Schnceberg, Saxony; 3--Hornstone after Calcite, Schneeberg ; 4 and 5--Quartz aiter Fluor...near Schwarzenberg, Saxony; 6--Scmiopal and Quartz after Calcite, Leisnig, Saxony; 7--Chalcedony aiter...still unexplained molecular cause. 2 - - T h e andalusite-schists consist of Titanite . . . . . . . . 0'7
Report (issue)
(ppm) Remarks Reference Elements Arsenic, As Germany, Andreasberg, Harz ___ _ Copper, Cu Norway, Kviteseid...------------~--------1-5 Chile, Corrizatillo --------------5-10 Germany, Biihl, near Kassel _____ _ .5 Czechoslovakia,... Noddack and Noddack (1931). Argentite, AgsS Germany, Freiberg 200 >1,000 4 Two samples _ Do. ...United States, Butte, Mont ------Bornite, CusFeS, Germany, Mansfeld -------------Galena, PbS South Africa...Africa -------------------Clausthalite, PbSe Germany, Tilkerode, Harz _______ _ Altaite, PbTe U.S.S.R., Altai
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
36,44,45,53,60,61,63,64) 2. Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany 21 (4,6,20,22; 28,29,33,35...Smelter, Hesse, Germany 10 (4,5,6,20,22; 35,44,45,60,61) 9. Wittichen, Baden-WĂĽrttemberg, Germany 10 (1,20,22;...53,60) 10. Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany 11 (1,3,6,11,15,20,21,22; 28,29,44) 11. Lavrion...Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany 7 (1,4,6,20,22; 35,44) 21. Annaberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany 7 (6,20,22;...Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany 7 (6,15,20,22; 44,54,64) 23. Kamsdorf, Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany 7 (6,20
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
on the surface. acanthites have appeared are Schneeberg-Schlema Large amounts of pyrargyrite, stephanite...stephanite, polybasite in Obersachsen (Germany), Fresnillo in Zacatecas and acanthite appeared, so that since...crystallized specimens (Morocco). of silver minerals. At Schneeberg, Acanthites were veins of Bi-Cofound in the form...the faces of the two Kyanite pseudomorphs after andalusite rhombohedra means that their morphology is frequently...distinguishable by the naked eye. pseudomorphosis of andalusite to kyanite. One type of transformation consists
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Baumstark (b. 1954), mineral dealer of Buhl/Baden, Germany, who provided the crystals and noted their triclinic...Güldener Falk mine near Schneeberg-Neustädtel, Schneeberg area, Saxony, Germany. Krause, W. et al. (2002):...Roten Berg” mining area, 4.8 km southwest of Schneeberg, Germany. Krause, W. et al. (2001): Neues Jahrb. Mineral...Li-rich granitic pegmatite at Greifenstein, Saxony, Germany. Chukanov, N.V. et al. (2002): Zap. Vser. Mineral...Bratislava, Slovakia, and the University of Göttingen, Germany, in recognition of his contributions to the crystal
Journal (issue)
2018 Ctontento The Schneeberg Mining District, Western Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany ...................................................... 651 Famous Schneeberg Silver Specimens ................. 709 The "Find...spray, 4.4 cm, in a quartz-lined pocket, from Schneeberg. Gail and Jim Spann collection; Tom Spann photo...engraving depicts various historical mining scenes at Schneeberg including the famous 1477 "Silver Table" discovery...Thomas P. Moore7 The Schneeberg District in the famous Saxon Erzgebirge of Germany has been a source of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and arsenates at the University of Stuttgart (Germany). At the Institut für Mineralogie und Kristallchemie...iron and bismuth phosphate from Schneeberg (Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany) [Bi2Fe3+(PO4)O2(OH)2] was named...new bismuth iron phosphate mineral from Schneeberg, Germany. American Mineralogist 73, 870–872. Fontan...Halenius, E., & Fransolet, A.-M. (1984) Blue andalusite from Ottré, Venn-Stavelot Massif, Belgium: New...Armbruster, T. (2004) End-member ferrian kanonaite: an andalusite phase with one Al fully replaced by (Mn,Fe) in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Freiberg, Brennhausgasse 14, D-09599 Freiberg, Saxony, Germany; bernhard.schulz@mineral.tu-freiberg.de ...SABMont SouthBlanc; AlpineNM Basement; SC Tauern Schneeberg SCZComplexes; Seconda Zona Kinzigite; SL Sesia-Lanzo...Wechsel GneissSCZ Complex. South Alpine Basement; Schneeberg Complex; Seconda Zona Diorite Kinzigite; SL Sesia-Lanzo...overprint resulted in kyanite, sillimanite and andalusite mineral zones of which boundaries cut across...of chloritoid and then staurolite towards the Schneeberg and Texel Complexes accompanied by distinct growth
Book
look for. Michael O’Donoghue Proustite (East Germany) 7 Rocks We can define a rock as a large mineral...interesting minerals. Garnet, staurolite and andalusite are typical minerals of mica schists which may...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...from diamond washings in Minas Gerais (Brazil). Andalusite ausio, water-worn pebbles Hardness 6.5-7.5 Cleavage
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ONOCLINIC Locality: Am Roten Berg, Schneeberg–Neustädtel, Saxony, Germany. Occurrence: Found in the oxidation...nickellotharmeyerite, two new minerals from Schneeberg, Germany: description and crystal structure. Neues...Probably also from the Pucher Shaft, Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Occurrence: Associated minerals are:...wulfenite, quartz and chalcocite. The mineral from the Saxony locality is associated with bismuthian nickellotharmeyerite...appearance: Spherical aggregates (up to 0.5 mm); from the Saxony locality, tiny overgrowths <10 m thick. Physical
Book
sometimes as fine, large speci¬ mens; at Freiberg, E. Germany; Pribram, Czechoslovakia; Broken Hill, New South...'branches' form a mesh. From the Harz Mountains, Germany 11 ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS and some may luminesce...Mount Avala, Yugoslavia and near Landsberg, W. Germany. It also occurs in the United States, in California... Localities. Fine crystals from Landsberg, W. Germany; and Coquimbo, Chile. Diamond C The transparent...areas in the vicinity of La Paz; also found in E. Germany. There are important deposits in North Queens¬
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
523-529).-The bismuth veins of Zschorlau, Schneeberg, Saxony, carry native bismuth, bismuthic ochre, several...described from a new locality, namely Schwarzenberg, Saxony ; it here occurs on bismuthic ochre as radial aggregates...Tii~h.,1896, 18, 386-389).-This new variety of andalusite is of wide distribution in the quartz-muscovite-...grass-green colour, and only differs from ordinary andalusite in the high content of manganese and in the remarkable...this being in andalusite from Lisens Alp, Tyrol, analysed by Erdmann. The green andalusite of Brazil contains
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DALMER f. -#in., 1897, ii, 156--158).-At Schneeberg, in Saxony, a phyllite composed of 24.93 per cent....muscovite has been altered into a rock containing andalusite 31.1, muscovite and biotite 68.9 per cent. ;...muscovite of the phyllite has been altered to andalusite, and the potassium silicate and silica so liberated...6Si02,6R,0,,SR0,10H,0 (chlorite) = 12AI,SiO, (andalusite) + 18Si0,,6R,O,,lOR0,3K,0,3H,O(biotite) + 16Si0...(potash-soda mica) + 14H,O. At Rothschonberg, in Saxony, a phyllite is altered into a rock composed of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
found in the lead mines of Kail, in the Eiffel in Germany, where the ore, chiefly the sulphuret and carbonate...Unverhofft Gliick an der Achte, near Schwarzenberg in Saxony. The original forms of the leadglance, regular...noticed by mineralogists, were those from Tschopau in Saxony. I remember having seen specimens of it, entirely...preserved. Sometimes, however, as at Brseunsdorf in Saxony, the decomposition is complete, and attended with...Grey Andalusite. Its specific gravity alone, being above 3.5, while that of the real andalusite never
Book
on quartz, from Neudorf in the Harz Mountains (Germany). The large crystal measures almost 2 1/2 inches...crystals on quartz, Braunsdorf near Freiberg (Saxony, Germany); crystals up to 2 1/2 inches (6 cm) long....with the NO 3group. Apatite, Fichtelgebirge (Germany), 2x 12 Scheelite, Tae-Wha (Korea), 1x The...8ri.iderbund Mine, near Eiserfeld (Siegerland, Germany), 3x almost identical in size. They form an unbroken...siderite, from Neudorf in the Harz Mountains (Germany). The largest crystal measures about 1/2 inch (1
Catalog/List
numerous TiO. fibrous. Coarsely granular. 45. L. Saxony. Sp, 2. Compactly Coarsely fibrous. Scotia...and iron pyrites. 63. L. Johann Georgenstadt, Saxony. In greyish yellow cubes, invested by sulphate...of carbonate of lime, and iron pyrites. 64. L. Saxony. In g.eenish white cubes, intermingled with ...trrmspv^ct crystals of quartz. one 111. L. Germany. Smali white transparent 112. L. Chaux carbonatee...oxyde trapezien. H. Compact and mammillated. Germany. 231. L. Derbyshire, England. Pjseudomorphous
Book (edition)
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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