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Calcite from
Galenstock, Tiefenbach, Realp, Urseren, Uri, Switzerland


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Galenstock, Tiefenbach, Realp, Urseren, Uri, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:357648
Long-form Identifier:1:3:357648:9
GUID (UUID V4):fcf1abe8-db35-463a-b642-5f90b0b6987f
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
3.0km (1.8 miles) ⓘWinterstock, Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Göschenen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘLochberg, Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Göschenen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland
6.2km (3.8 miles) ⓘTrift glacier, Trift Valley, Gadmen Valley, Innertkirchen, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Bern, Switzerland
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘMutt Glacier, Gletsch, Furka pass area, Oberwald, Obergoms, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
8.1km (5.0 miles) ⓘGerstenegg cleft, Gerstenegg-Grimsel cable tunnel, Gerstenegg, Guttannen, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Bern, Switzerland
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘHungerberg (Faulhorn), Oberwald, Obergoms, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
12.6km (7.8 miles) ⓘCrystal cleft of 1719, Vorderer Zinggenstock, Zinggenstöcke, Oberaar lake area, Guttannen, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Bern, Switzerland
13.5km (8.4 miles) ⓘRufibach cleft, Vorderer Zinggenstock, Zinggenstöcke, Oberaar lake area, Guttannen, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Bern, Switzerland
13.8km (8.5 miles) ⓘVorderer Zinggenstock, Zinggenstöcke, Oberaar lake area, Guttannen, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Bern, Switzerland
13.8km (8.6 miles) ⓘMonte Prosa, Prevat Valley, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
P.: Die Sandbalmhöhle im Göschenertal , Kant on Uri/ Schweiz. 241 OECHSLIN, M: Geschid1tliches zur... 241 Die Sandbalmhöhle im Göschenertal Kanton Uri/Schweiz Von Peter INDERGAND, Göschenen *) 1. Einleitung...INDERGAND: Die Sandbalmhöhle im Göschenertal, Kanton Uri/Schwelz len Runse zur rechten Hand sieht man oben...Proviant, leichtes Werkzeug. Im Gebiet der Korporation Uri ist das Kristallsuchen frei, sofern es nicht gewerbsmĂ€ĂŸig...INDERGAND: Die Sandbalmhöhle im Göschenertal, Kanton Uri/Schweiz l'unAI 1 -to.o Muer 2 ..,. /./2 ..,. 11
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
member touch it becomes a closed twin (fig. 16). Calcite is an excellent species for studying twinning because...The c-axes of calcite twins may be inclined to each other by 53.8 Figure 17. Calcite (3.4 cm) twin with...Madagascar. Carl Francis specimen. Figure 18. Calcite (2.6 cm) twin with c-axes separated by 90.8 degrees...January/February 2018   27 Figure 19 (left). Calcite (4.5 cm) twin with c-axes separated by 127.5 degrees...at 11:41 20 December 2017 Figure 20 (below). Calcite (7.8 cm) twin with c-axes separated by 180 degrees
Journal (issue)
279; Azurite-Bob Howard collection, page 138; Calcite- Kevin Schofield collection, page 228; Pezzottaite-Jim...collection, page 135. Backcover: (lefl column) Calcite-Kevin & Mark Brown collection, page 52; Smoky quartz...mines also yielded fine groups of scalenohedral calcite crystals. The Terlingua mercury district, with...cm, from Llano County; Bill Morgenstern photo. Calcite, 5.8 cm, from the Mariposa mine, Terlingua; Roh...Atacama Region, Chile. Don and Laura Aaron photo. Calcite, 3 cm, from Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China. Don
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of orthoclase, the pericline variety of albite, calcite, epidote, muscovite, quartz, titanite, chabazite...Kiruna-type magmatic magnetite-apatite deposit Switzerland Numerous Swiss Alps localities: e.g., Fibbia...Andermatt; Gotthard Tunnel, Uri/ Tessin; Galenstock, Tiefenbach: Aar massif, Uri; Fiesch, Goms; Casatscha...titanite, actinolite, stilbite, arfvedsonite, calcite, epidote, prehnite, hematite, and hedenbergite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pseudomorphs after a variety of minerals including calcite, barite, and galena have been reported. The conditions...where it is found with galena, sphalerite, and calcite in carbonate rocks containing old karst systems...to fissures in granites or felsic gneisses. Switzerland boasts a large number of cleft fluorite localities...reported associated with quartz, chlorite, and calcite. The intensity of pink color is at times irregularly...Juchli, Gelmerhorner, Gwuest, Gerstenhorner, Galenstock, Nollen, Planggenstock, Sommerlach, and Sandbalm
Book
the private Bally foundation at Schonenwerd, Switzerland; and the Folch Museum at Barcelona, Spain. Because...Germanspeaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The reasons for this are partly because they...rose", 10cm across, from Fibbia, St Gotthard, Switzerland. lnstitut fur Mineralogie und Lagerstattenlehre...FRG Brosso, Piemonte, Italy Piz Aul, Wallis, Switzerland 1 Room 1 0a 2 3 5 6 Tsumeb, Namibia Agrigento...Minerals Excellent (worldwide Chalcosine Danburite, calcite Azurite Vanadinite Mimetite Excellent (German
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
coated by a younger mineral—frequently quartz, calcite, a second generation of wulfenite, or oxide minerals...Rasmussen photo. Figure 16. Wulfenite edged with calcite crystals, Defiance mine, Cochise County. Mark LeFont...dipyramidal wulfenite crystals (to 5 mm), with calcite on one tip, Defiance mine, Cochise County. Ken...tabular, translucent crystals, often on white calcite. and 44): Wulfenite crystals are typically thick...associated with a coating of translucent white calcite crystals, which sometimes has been dissolved away
Journal (issue)
DONITE Mexico. Minutely xld. & enclosed in xld . Calcite. 2x 1 112 . 3 .00 GOLD v. ELECTRUM , Vorospatak...SULPHUR . Sicily. In fine xis. w. micro . xld . Calcite. 5x3x2 ..... . 1 2 .00 ARAGONITE. Aragon . Spain...bustamite, gray and pink fluo rite, marmatite, calcite, pyrrhotite, pyrite, tetrahedrite, chalcopyrite...perfect dark red crystals, (probably almandite) in calcite with hornblende and in mica schists associated...authenticated. Associates are hornblende, serpentine and calcite. Mr. R. 0 . Chalmers, mineralogist at the Australian
Journal (issue)
comparatively rare, except in the smoky brown variety. Switzerland is the most famous oi the Smoky Quartz localities...tourists descending from the solitudes of the Galenstock, discovered, in a band of white quartz traversing...remainder. As the report had spread that the Canton of Uri, on whose territory the cave was situated, intended...aban don his prize. Thus when the authorities from Uri made their ap pearance on the spot, nearly all the...anthracite, pyrite, vivianite, limonite, siderite, calcite, aragonite, apatite, flint, agate, etc. We have
Journal (issue)
LAPIS - 2023 Stichwortregister Fluorit: Amsteg, Uri, Schweiz (Tunne lfund 2022) VII, Vlll/6 LAPIS Jg...Böhmen, Tschechien 1/10 KN Rosajfuorit: Amsteg, Uri, Schweiz (Tunnelfund 2022) Vll,Vlll/73 KN Vll... Prov. Nangarhar (lilafarbener Diaspor) Amsteg, Uri, Schweiz (Rosaj/uorit, Tunnelfund 2022) IX/20 Vll...FÀldbach (Dravitkluft) X/52 7 Schweiz: Amsteg, Uri (Rosaj/uorit, Tunnelfund 2022) Bockau, Sachsen (Rauchquarz...Hopffeldboden (Gadolinit+Anatas, EF) Uri/CH: Amsteg (Rosaj/uorit, Tunnelfund 2022) Uri/CH: Planggenstock (Rosaj/uoril
Journal (issue)
Blanc. A remarkable cave in the granite at Galenstock yielded over 1,000 crys tals, weighing from 50...internal properties. This is shown in the cleavage of calcite where every fragment is a perfect rhomb, and in...crystal. The scalenohedron enclosed by a rhomb) of calcite is Sometimes layers of different substances attributed...together. Lenarmont in 1865 showed a rhomb of calcite completely enveloped by sodic nitrate. This compound...imitation ; he also described an experiment on a calcite pseudomorph after aragonite in a closed crucible
Journal (issue)
Hematite “iron rose,” 3 cm, from St. Gotthard, Switzerland. (11) Tourmaline, 2.6 cm, from Elba, Italy. ...(5) Andradite, Antetezambato, Madagascar. (6) Calcite, Mashamba West mine, Congo Republic. (7) Sodalite...window. This case shows his sub-collections of calcite, quartz, pyrite and hematite, one species per shelf...spaced and oriented. Figure 29. Emerald crystal in calcite, 2.2 cm, from the Polveros mine, La Pita, Boyacá...cm, from Frunthorn, Lake Zervreile, Grishun, Switzerland. Kyle Kevorkian collection; Matt McGill photo
Report (issue)
pocket at the Elmwood mine. Photo Mark Kielbasa Switzerland BY HANS ANTON STALDER best of the AMERICAS ...Mineralogie (1747), did not distinguish limestone or calcite from fluorite. He thus described nine varieties...are frequently found in association with quartz, calcite, galena, sphalerite, and barite to form fabulous...only other minerals that rank with fluorite are calcite, sphalerite, fluorapatite, and diamond. This paper...blue-fluorescent fluorite and red­ fluorescent calcite from the 3-Color mine in Arizona make attractive
Book (volume)
modificazioni cristalline (e quindi mi­ nerali: vedi calcite e aragonite, ecc.; vedi anche pag. 72). diorite...chiari, aghiformi, con cristallini esagonali di calcite. Monte Rosso di Verra, presso Saint Jacques, Champoluc...pirosseni : 1 - Fassaite, tipici cristalli opachi, con calcite biancastra. Toal de la Foia, Monzoni (ca. 2x)...e rara nelle Alpi : inclusa nel talco, o nella calcite spatica, fu trovata a Traversella (I vrea) ; nelle...1mmersi nella calcite azzurrastra (i migliori cam­ p ioni p rovengono dai pezzi ricchi di calcite, che poi
Book (edition)
3-85977-002-0 Copyright by Wepf & Co., Basel Printed in Switzerland Buchdruckcrci Birkhauser AG, Basel inTIWNRI...durchgeflihrt. Dabei konnte er zwei Gruppen verschiedener Calcite (bzw. Karbonate) unterscheiden : 1. Kluftkarbonate...tiefen Ein­ schnitt, der durch den Talzug Rhone-, Urseren- und Vorderrheintal gebildet wird. Man unterscheidet...rhomboedrischen, zum Tei! mit Skalenoedem versehenen Calcite be­ sondere Envahnung verdienen. Sie erreichen...gcne Formcn, oft mit Einschnitten weggeloster Calcite), Epidot (lang- und kurzstengelig), Adular und
Journal (issue)
2018. 3 Fluorite, Frunthorn, Vals Valley, Switzerland, 5 cm Photo: Malte Sickinger MARCUS BUDIL Monaco...budil@monaco.mc Quartz var. Gwindl, Galenstock, Uri, Switzerland, 9 cm Photo: Malte Sickinger MARCUS...and associated with cinnabar, mercury, pyrite, calcite, barite and quartz from AlmadĂ©n. Other authors...Fabre specimen; Joaquim CallĂ©n photo. Figure 51. Calcite crystals with dolomite crystals and cinnabar, 6...themselves unrelated to the mercury deposits. Calcite   CaCO3 Calcite is a rare gangue mineral in the AlmadĂ©n
Journal (issue)
marble skarn at the Bergell contact aureole (Switzerland/ltaly). Schweiz. Min.-Petr. Mitt. 68 , 133140...gneisses ofthe Berisal-Complex, Central Al ps, Switzerland. Schweiz. Mineral. Petrogr. M itt. 59, 245250...Alpen, die Sandbalm-Höhle im Göschener Tal/Kanton Uri, reicht -von Sammlern noch zusĂ€tzlich vergrĂ¶ĂŸert-...Schweizer Strahler im Bereich des Grates zwischen Galenstock und Tiefenstock eine Doppelkluft ausgebeutet...ĂŒber l Tonne Gewicht erreichen. Skalenoedrische Calcite werden bis l 00 Kilogramm schwer. Leider ist ĂŒber
Book
limpid with a high degree of development. In Switzerland Japan-law twins can be found associated with...pseudomorphous after other minerals, particularly after calcite. The pseudomorphs may be complete 20 The chemistry... Fibrous quartz is found replacing gypsum and calcite and also, well-known to gemmologists, after crocidolite...Tessin close to Zillis, in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland. The stages of formation of this unique crystal...be found in rock crystal from the Binntal in Switzerland. The anatase forms well-shaped tetragonal dipyramidal
Journal (issue)
‱ ‱ . . . . ‱ . . . . . 24/500 26/42 Schwarze Calcite im Weißen Jura der MĂŒnsinger Alb Der obermiozĂ€ne.... . . Die Sandbalmhöhle im Göschenertal, Kanton Uri, Schweiz Ohlsbacher „Turmalinsonnen" sind Apatite...KIPFER,A.: Neufunde in einer Rauchquarzkluft am Galenstock (Schweiz) . . . . ‱ . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Pseudomorphosen- TrĂŒgerische Kristallgestalten Mineralienbörse Uri/Schweiz . ‱ ‱ ‱ . . . . . ‱ ‱ Tragischer Tod eines
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precipitaÂŹ tion of calcium carbonate, the mineral calcite settles to the sea floor as extremely fine-grained...is deÂŹ posited in their tissues as crystalline calcite. New generations of polyps adhere to the accumulated...accumulated growth of stonelike skeletons left from the calcite, repeating the life cycle again and again. Eventually...pressure by the heavy deposits of calcium carbonate (calcite) or magnesium carbonate (dolomite), the silica...mass is flattened and beÂŹ comes a lens. If the calcite, which settles to the sea floor as an extremely
Book
notice in how many instances you will find calcite labeled "quartz." "It has a glassy luster, therefore...siliceous, but are composed chiefly of limestone (calcite). A type of water- worn agate — Why Know ^imrtz...minute cubes and spherical aggregates, found with calcite and celestite implanted upon an incrustation of...crystalline quartz make it self'evident. The presence of calcite, zeolites, and other minerals which are destroyed...most noted locaUties. At Berner, Oberland, in Switzerland, is a famous cave from which more than 500 tons
Book
Mountains in eastern France and northwestern Switzerland, the Carpathians, several Mediterranean islands...mica-schists and mica-gneiss; 7 = marble, mostly calcite-marble; 8 = amphibolite; 9 = banded sericite-quartzite...northeasterly strike near the French—Swiss boundary. In Switzerland the strike curves still further, until it reaches...lie to the northwest of the Alps in France and Switzerland. The Jura Mountains have been of great importance...area of the Austride Nappes, both in eastern Switzerland, in southern Germany and in Austria, is equivalent
Book (volume)
of the Todt-, Guide to Gnndelwald-, Guide to Switzerland-, The Alps in Nature^and m History, &c. Editor...They are developed to the highest extent in Switzerland, and are best exemplified in the Swiss federal...By these two methods the sovereign people in Switzerland (whether in the confederation or in one of its...into common use during the Liberal reaction in Switzerland after the Paris revolution of July 1830. In 1831...Vaud. Of course the cantons with Landsgemeinden, Uri, Unterwalden, Appenzell and Glarus (where the citizens
 
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