 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINES AND MINERALS OF AUSTRIA By P H I L I P M O R R I L L East Derby, N . H., 0 3 0 4 1 ( P A R T III)...Scolzite with wulfenite; Q X l s ; Smithsonite; Calcite Xls (very fine); Plombocalcite X l s ; Limonite;...(Geodes). General-Tourmaline (yellow and black). VII STYRIA (Steiermark) Alt/Ausee. In N W corner of province...to enter is difficult to se cure. Mountain and mine can be seen to the S of the village. Siderite X...Dolomite (ferroan) ; Ankerite; Cinnabar; Hematite; Goeth ite; Vordernberg. Calcite. Kraubat or Kraubath. S |  | | Book | | Frontcover Upper left: The observatory at Kremsmunster. Austria. which houses the mineral collection. Upper right:...mineralogical cabinet of the convent at Kremsmunster, Austria. The . specimens a~e displayed m baroque furniture...35; Naturhistorisches Museum Wien 199; Joanneum Graz 183; N. Widemann, Merzhausen 38 . Copyright 1986...Copenhagen 68; Bild und Tonarchiv, Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz 182, 184, 185; R. Bode 101,102, 117,118, 124/125...important mineralogical museums in Western Europe Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany (Federal |  | | Journal (issue) | | NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2018 Articles Oberdorf an der Laming, Styria, Austria ................................ ............STRONTIANITE, 9 cm, from Oberdorf an der Laming, Styria, Austria. Fine Minerals International specimen, now...SHOWS TABULAR BLUE BERYL ON TOURMALINE DEO DARRAH MINE, NEAR PATTA GUZAR, BADAKSHAN, AFGHANISTAN 6CM TOM...STEPHANIE@STONETRUST.COM Obtrdorf an dtr Laming ~ tyria, austria Thomas P. Moore Peter Huber 2709 East Exeter...net Rohe-Wand-Gasse 18 A-2700 Wiener Neustadt, Austria huber@mineral.at Just outside the village of Oberdorf |  | | Book | | You will be told that these are fragments of calcite crystals. Three minerals will be mentioned to you...consisting (apart from impurities) only of the mineral calcite. Granite is the bestknown example of a rock consisting...times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...derives its name from the saltmining district of Hallstatt in Upper Austria, where many prehistoric finds have...were supplied by the mineral kingdom: minium, cinnabar, and limonite (ochre). The black color was soot |  | | Book | | Habsburg dynasty elite to the Lower Hungarian mining district around Banská Štiavnica (Schemnitz, Slovakia):...Johannes Mattes, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria, johannes.mattes@oeaw.ac.at, 0000-0002-8546-7149...if he had to either buy them from abroad […] or mine them at own expense in his own mines. Everybody...mining districts such as in Bohemia, Carinthia, Styria, and Tyrol were added towards the end of the catalog...“minor” metals such as iron, lead, mercury or cinnabar and “Berg-Arten” (colorful ores) were listed comparatively |  | Hazen, R. M., Golden, J., Downs, R. T., Hystad, G., Grew, E. S., Azzolini, D., Sverjensky, D. A. (2012) Mercury (Hg) mineral evolution: A mineralogical record of supercontinent assembly, changing ocean geochemistry, and the emerging terrestrial biosphere. American Mineralogist, 97 (7) 1013-1042 doi:10.2138/am.2012.3922 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ma. Since the first terrestrial appearance of cinnabar more than 3 billion years ago, mercury minerals...effectively sequestered as insoluble nanoparticles of cinnabar (HgS) or tiemannite (HgSe) during the period of...biosphere at ~400 Ma. Keywords: Ocean geochemistry, cinnabar, tiemannite, biosphere, supercontinent cycle,...contain linear S–Hg–S configurations, for example in cinnabar, which has infinite helical chains (–S–Hg–S–)∞...(see Table 2 for key) Oldest (Ma) Youngest (Ma) Cinnabar HgS >2000 known localities: AU02, AU04, AT02, |  | | | | anorthite 112, 1/3 cainite 62 calamine 40, 87 calcite 43, 45 antigorite 108 campylite 68 antimonides...chrysocolla 105, 106 chrysolite 75 chrysotile /07, 108 cinnabar 12, /3 clinochlore 106 clinozoisite 88 cobalt...trigonal); sg 13.59. It is found in liquid drops in cinnabar at Idrija (Yugoslavia), some mines on Mount... Groups of sulphur crystals partially covered with calcite. Casteltermini, Agrigento (Italy) look more different...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite |  | | Book | | 100 cabrerite 70, 73 cainite 62 calamine 40, 87 calcite 43, 45 campylite 68 cannizzarite 18 carbonates...chrysocolla /05, 106 chrysolite 75 chrysotile /07, 108 cinnabar 12, /3 clinochlore 106 clinozoisite 88 cobalt...trigonal); sg 13.59. It is found in liquid drops in cinnabar at Idrija (Yugoslavia), some mines on Mount Amiata...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite...kimberlite, which also contains pyrope covered with calcite. Casteltermini, Agrigento (Italy) and diopsids |  | | Book | | Salt miners at work in the Diirrnberg-Hallein mine (1756) (see also comment on copyright page) Mineral...work in the Durrnberg-Hallein mine (1756). Oil painting in the ancient mine office at Hallein Salzburg....Werkstiitter (1708-1772) on the occasion of a visit to the mine by the Prince Bishop Sigmund III. of Salzburg on...At the top of the painting and on the steps are mine surveyors and a miner at work. Note the romantic...heldatBled/Yugoslavia 3-7, 1977, held at Leoben/ Austria 5-10,1981, held at Berchtesgaden/Bavaria, FRG |  | | Report (issue) | | • •• ••• ••• • •• 22 FOREIGN COUNTRIES Austria ••• ••• France ••• ••• Hungary .. . ••• . .....sulphides, cinnabar and metacinnabarite, are importa.n t as sources of the· metal. 1 Cinnabar usually has... metacinnabarite, has the same composition as cinnabar, but is gr,e yish-black and gives a black stre...hardness of 3, and a specific gravity of 7·8. Cinnabar generally occurs massive and granular, but a.Iso...is found also in tetrahedral crystals, whereas cinnabar crystals are trapezohedra,l. G·lo,bules of free |  | | Journal (issue) | | JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2019 Articles The Almadén mining district, Ciudad Real, Spain ................................................82 by T. P. Moore COVER: CINNABAR twin, 6.5 mm, on matrix, from Almadén, Spain.... Maharashtra, India 6 cm The Almade;n Mining District, Ciudad Real, Spain Borja Sainz de Baranda Graf...Alcala de Henares (Spain) The Almadén Mining District exploited the largest mercury deposit in the world...in 2012, the district was declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco. The Almadén District has yielded excellent |  | | Report (issue) | | Veszelyite on hemimorphite, 3.6 cm, from the Laochang mine, Gejiu County, Yunnan Province, China. Mintreasure... from a locality which he gives as the Laochang mine, Gejiu County, Yunnan Province, China. Some very...gave “Dulong” as the mine name, gave “Laochang” as the name of a town and not of a mine, and put the whole...==== Bournonite, 2.6 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. John...Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. Bournonite from the Yaogangxian mine has been |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINES AND MINERALS OF AUSTRIA By P H I L I P M O R R I L L East Derry, N . H . 0 3 0 4 1 IV S A L Z...(up to 4 " ) ; Beryl X l s with Epidote X l s : Calcite which contains the city of Salzburg. Many people...e old emerald Venediger and Hohe Tauern form the Mine is about 7 M i from Habach. T h e trail leaves the...Alpenrose going E and then N . The crystalline Alps. Mine is a few hundred yards beyond the I f we come in...H N ) ; Mamble Grossularite Hessonite X l s ; Calcite X l s ; ( H N ) ; Pyrite. Obersalzbachtal. Epidote |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Occurrence: In fractures in the Jackfork sandstone, with cinnabar, quartz and dickite and other mercury minerals...V4+O(SO4)(H2O)3 M ONOCLINIC Locality: The North Mesa 5 mine, SW ¼ of section 35, and the adjacent eastern edge...ONOCLINIC Localities: Las Colmenitas and Los Llanos mine, 2 km northwest of Santa Marta village (Lat. 38°...Badajoz province, Spain. It also occurs at the La Muda mine, in Azuaga (Lat. 38° 20'20"N, Long. 5° 47'30"E)...at the Venus mine, Sierra Gorda, Argentina, and at the Nepomucene mine, Annaberg, Austria. Occurrence: | | | Book | | 100 cabrerite 70, 73 cainite62 calamine 40, 87 calcite 43, 45 campylite 68 cannizzarite 18 carbonates...chrysocolla 105, 106 chrysolite 75 chrysotile 107, 108 cinnabar 12, 13 clinochlore I06 clinozoisite 88 cobalt...59 zippeite 62 zircon 77, 78, 78 zoisite 88 THE MINE LKINGDOM All physical bodies in Nature can be...or slightly rotated Vitreous. Like glass 3 THE MINE Class I: native ·elements Chemical elernents found...trigonal); sg 13.59. I t is found in liquid drops in cinnabar at Tdrija (Yugoslavia), son1e n1ines on Mount |  | | Book (edition) | | part in all the folding and faulting that the district may undergo ; and if in the mass form of a bed...reference to the original structure of of the district, the area. mining districts occupy disturbed...veins in albite diorite dykes in the Ready Bullion Mine, Alaska, appear to have been formed in Some of the...contraction-fissures in greenstone, and at the Haile Mine, South Carolina, in joints traversing diorite dykes...number as simple fracturing, are produced. Where a district has been subjected to shearing, the metalliferous |  | | Book (edition) | | the folding and and if in the faulting that the district may undergo form of a bed, its outcrop will be...not conform to the outcrops of the rocks of the district, fracture, or with little some but will follow...veins in albite diorite dykes in the Ready Bullion Mine, Alaska, appear to have been formed in Some of the...contraction-fissures in greenstone, and at the Haile Mine, South Carolina, in joints traversing diorite dykes...as simple fracturing, are produced. Where a district has been subjected to shearing, the may have deposited |  | | Book | | crust. There are also rocks, such as limestone, calcite, marble and dolomite (which when pure are forms...For instance, calcite crystals occur in different, 11 Fig. 1. Different forms of calcite crystals. very...hexagonal (beryl, apatite) and rhombohedral (quartz, calcite, corundum, haematite, tourmaline, dolomite) (6)...centre, we speak of a geode (quartz, zeolites, calcite, etc.). Minerals forming druses or geodes are a...Minerals commonly found in druses are quartz, calcite, fluorite, barytes, etc. Excellent crystals of | | | | | crust. There are also rocks, such as limestone, calcite, marble and dolomite (which when pure are forms...For instance, calcite crystals occur in different, 1] Fig. 1. Different forms of calcite crystals. very...hexagonal (beryl, apatite) and rhombohedral (quartz, calcite, corundum, haematite, tourmaline, dolomite) (6)...centre, we speak of a geode (guartz, zeolites, calcite, etc.). Minerals forming druses or geodes are...Minerals commonly found in druses are quartz, calcite, fluorite, barytes, etc. Excellent crystals of |  | | Book | | crust. There are also rocks, such as limestone, calcite, marble and dolomite (which when pure are forms...For instance, calcite crystals occur in different, 11 Fig. 1. Different forms of calcite crystals. very...hexagonal (beryl, apatite) and rhombohedral (quartz, calcite, corundum, haematite, tourmaline, dolomite) (6)...centre, we speak of a geode (quartz, zeolites, calcite, etc.). Minerals forming druses or geodes are a...Minerals commonly found in druses are quartz, calcite, fluorite, barytes, etc. Excellent crystals of | | | Book | | Guide MINERALS AND ROCKS A Magna Field Guide MINE LS AND ROCKS By Dr. Jifi Koufimsky Illustrated by...crust. There are also rocks, such as limestone, calcite, marble and dolomite (which when pure are forms...For instance, calcite crystals occur in different, 11 Fig. I. Different forms of calcite crystals. very...hexagonal (beryl, apatite) and rhombohedral (quartz, calcite, corundum, haematite, tourmaline, dolomite) (6)...centre, we speak of a geode ( quartz, zeolites, calcite, etc.). Minerals forming druses or geodes are a |  | | Book (volume) | | ' This Kupferschiefer is cases. lean in this district, carrying only 1.4% of copper, and no silver,...fissures known as 'rucken' in the Mansfeld copper district also contain occasional nickelite, together with... known examples of this type is the cobalt district of Schneeberg, in Saxony, a mountainous region...present. Besides quartz-cobalt veins the Schneeberg district contains quite a 3 variety of vein types, which...Schneeberg, cally important deposits of the entire district. the veins are so crowded together in an area |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Charlotte mine, Tavistock, Devon, 'tavistockite', [ 23. Grassington, Yorkshire, calomel, cinnabar, mercury...minium, xlii. Greenhow Hill, Yorkshire, calomel, cinnabar, mercury, metacinnabarite, xlii. Meldon, Devon...analcime, natrolite, prehnite, calcite, 147. INDEX Drakewalls mine, Gunnislake, posnjakite, 740. Hingston...Hingston Down Consols" mine, arthurite, 52o. Lee Moor, muscovite, 606. Stenna Gwyn, St. Austell, wavellite...(Espafia) Cabo Ortegal, Galicia, omphacite, 6L CarmeBta mine, Caceres, montcbrasite, 4t4. Santander, blende, |  | | Book | | crystal 10.5 cm (41/i in. ) high from Tourmaline Queen Mine, San Diego County, Pala, California. Back Cover:... chrysoberyl, peridot, smoky quartz, citrine, calcite, rbodochrosite, and fluorite. Sizes range from...an oxygen-bearing anionic group. For example, calcite is a forn1 of calcium carbonate, where calcium...diamond and graphite are both composed of carbon; calcite and aragonite are bot-h calcium carbonate. Mineral...Cu(Co,Ni)iS. 52 Millerite NiS 53 Galena PbS 54-56 Cinnabar HgS 57 Stibnite Sb2S3 58- 59 Calaverite AuTe2 |  | | Book | | common minerals crystallize in this system, e.g. calcite, dolomite, siderite, 'low' quartz (alpha quartz)...quartz), corundum, tourmaline, haematite, cinnabar, proustite, pyrargyrite, graphite, and native elements...minerals may crystallize in many different forms. Calcite, for instance, crystallizes in 1,200 different...distinguishing clue (figure 5). For instance, calcite crystallizes in the trigonal system, aragonite... of quartz after barytes, and of pyrite after calcite. If the chemical composition of a mineral remains |
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