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Calcite from
Limestone quarry, Zingel, Seewen, Schwyz, Schwyz, Switzerland


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Limestone quarry, Zingel, Seewen, Schwyz, Schwyz, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:436779
Long-form Identifier:1:3:436779:6
GUID (UUID V4):44869288-2c06-4452-98e6-065b3c59164e
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
3.8km (2.4 miles) Unterschönenbuch quarry, Ingenbohl, Schwyz, Schwyz, Switzerland
13.8km (8.6 miles) Waag quarry, Unteriberg, Schwyz, Schwyz, Switzerland
17.0km (10.6 miles) Risetenstock, Eastern Pilatus range, Nidwalden, Switzerland
18.2km (11.3 miles) Höllgrotten, Lorze Valley, Baar, Zug, Switzerland
20.2km (12.6 miles) Fluebrig mountain, Unteriberg, Schwyz, Schwyz, Switzerland
20.3km (12.6 miles) Sattelegg pass, March, Schwyz, Switzerland
23.6km (14.7 miles) Brunni Valley, Schächen Valley, Uri, Switzerland
28.8km (17.9 miles) Western Pilatus range, Nidwalden, Switzerland
29.3km (18.2 miles) Amsteg power station, Amsteg, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland
29.4km (18.3 miles) Control room construction site, Amsteg power station, Amsteg, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1895. ON THE CLIFFS AND EXOTIC BLOCKS OF NORTH SWITZERLAND. cliffs and exotic blocks that occur along the...work of two summers along the cliff-belt in Switzerland, chiefly in the region of the Lake of Lucerne...terms.-A glance at a good geo- logical map of Switzerland' shows that the northernmostchains of the Alps...and marls with subordinately included banks of limestone, sandstone, brec'V. Geologische Uebersichts Karte...A brief tabular summary Sketch-map of North Switzerland showing the distribution of the cliffs and exotic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland and Mineralogical Institute of the University CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland Probably...excavations in GalloRoman sites in southern Switzerland (Canton Valais, Binn) several crystal treasures...particular sulfosalt minerals from the Lengenbach quarry in Binntal-which, at least in part, are still valid...in several large natural history museums in Switzerland and abroad were assembled (for example, the outstanding...mineral locality in the Alps, namely, the Lengenbach quarry in Binntal. In 1958, due to the initiative of Prof
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wolves. Lapies are developed on surfaces of pure limestone and, as we have indicated, consist of narrow channels...appreciation of the association of lapies proper with limestone led to the classification of the lapies as karst...by pure limestone beds of considerable thickness or of limestone conglomerate with a limestone cemnent...observed and described in the limrestoneAlps in Switzerland, where in the cantons of German speech they are...in the glacier where water drips down upon the limestone from the glacier roof, they would nevertheless
Report (issue)
pocket at the Elmwood mine. Photo Mark Kielbasa Switzerland BY HANS ANTON STALDER best of the AMERICAS ...stone by the ancients, objects made of fluorite, limestone", "calcareous flux", and "fluorspar"; the which...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
Book
Cover: View of Piz Tumpiv (Canton Graubünden, Switzerland) looking WSW. The steep gully with a string of...Cover: Cross-section through the Central Alps of Switzerland showing nappe structures in Mesozoic-Cenozoic...Anne-Marie I have been lecturing on the ‘Geology of Switzerland’ at the Institute of Geological Sciences, University...grateful to my colleagues at the Institute, in Switzerland and abroad, for numerous discussions and for...was produced for the Central Alps of western Switzerland, a classic area for nappe tectonics studied by
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Cover: View of Piz Tumpiv (Canton Graubünden, Switzerland) looking WSW. The steep gully with a string of...Cover: Cross-section through the Central Alps of Switzerland showing nappe structures in Mesozoic-Cenozoic...Anne-Marie I have been lecturing on the ‘Geology of Switzerland’ at the Institute of Geological Sciences, University...grateful to my colleagues at the Institute, in Switzerland and abroad, for numerous discussions and for...was produced for the Central Alps of western Switzerland, a classic area for nappe tectonics studied by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from a geotraverse through the Central Alps, Switzerland * JOSEFMULLIS, ’ JEAN DUBESSY,’ BERNARD POTY...Institut, Bernoullistrasse 30, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland 2CREGU-BP 2344501 Vand~uv~-tenancy Cedex, France...along a geotraverse through the Central Alps, Switzerland. The methods employed include microthermometry...Cristallinity’T-r~Green biotite -+- m Diopside calcite Staurolite FIG. 1. Simplified geological map...nappes and North Helvetic 5 9 10 11 12 13 14 Zingel Unterschbnenbuch Sisikon N Sisikon S lsleten Grosstal-lsenthal
Report (chapter)
ETH Zurich, Sonneggstrasse 5, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland 2 Present address: Orléans University – ISTO...ETH Zurich, Sonneggstrasse 5, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland *Corresponding author (e-mail: luca.cardello@univ...November 29, 2015 AMS AND PALAEOMAGNETISM IN SW SWITZERLAND faulting and the incremental strain may help...fold axes. Previous magnetic studies in SW Switzerland Previous palaeomagnetic studies in the area are...November 29, 2015 AMS AND PALAEOMAGNETISM IN SW SWITZERLAND 2002), where P, B and T represent the principal
Book
reader with an insight to the wealth of caves and limestone regions around the 12 The Underground Atlas...yield water supplies for people living in some limestone areas, and they provide sport for the growing...paragraphs outline the broad distribution of limestone, karst and caves across the continents of the...second largest continent is poorly endowed with limestone and even less so with karst. Major regions, often...the exception of reasonably extensive areas of limestone in Namibia, most of the other karst is found in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Flysch sequences of central Switzerland 877 Wildflysch of central Switzerland 878 Flysch of the northern...formations of the Meclianes nappe in western Switzerland 3. Section at Mount Gondran, east of Briancon...formations in the Helvetic belt of eastern ^Switzerland. 9. "Embryonic geanticlines" in Mesozoic time...massif of the Berne and Uri Alps, in central Switzerland. The small, cylindrical Gastern massif to the...porous and brecciated rocks consisting mainly of calcite, instead of the original anhydrite dolomites. Regarding
Report (chapter)
London, Special Publications Drenov Grič black limestone: A heritage stone from Slovenia Sabina Kramar...by guest on August 4, 2019 Drenov Grič black limestone: A heritage stone from Slovenia Sabina Kramar1*...EP T ED M A N Abstract Drenov Grič black limestone is considered one of the most beautiful Slovenian...micritic limestone occurs in 10- to 80-cm– thick beds with thin marl interlayers. The limestone occasionally...architectural elements have been constructed using this limestone, particularly during the baroque period, which
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
about a foot wide and 75 to 100 feet long in a limestone bluff along the creek. 498 "Examination showed... milky quartz, fluorescent calcites, dogtooth calcite, chalcedony in many colors, gypsum, dolomite, pyrite...be. KENTUCKY: Nice white masses of cleavable calcite occur at the Delhi-Babb fluorite mine near Salem...O N T A N A : Fine specimens of Iceland spar (calcite) come from Greycliff, Sweetgrass Co., Mont. NEBRASKA...and beryllonite xls have been found at the Smith quarry, Newport, N . H., recently (by yours truly)." N
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Republic of Germany, Treland, The Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom MER 1. de la Gj DE BARENTS...Republic of Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom @® Denmark, Finland, Iceland...Republic of Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom Published in cooperation with...salt ioc the cccd cc nadsadeae dura el RD UR 6 Limestone’... 5s... St AS SD Sa cays Diet 1 esha Ph ah Ae)...of Western Switzerland . .: 3.5 25. oo aa oe ee ee ; Helvetic-Zone.of Central Switzerland: ).6) 000 oooh
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Decrepitation and Thermally-Induced Cracking of Limestone Used in Quicklime Production Katarzyna Cwik 1...Decrepitation and Thermally-Induced Cracking of Limestone Used in Quicklime Production. Minerals 2022, 12...quicklime, high calcium carbonate rocks, including limestone, are burned in industrial kilns at 1100–1450 ◦...performed on Boda Limestone from the Jutjärn quarry in Dalarna, Sweden. We analyzed 80 limestone samples for...(ambient, 500 ◦ C, 800 ◦ C, and 1150 ◦ C) for two limestone samples with similar chemical compositions but
Catalog/List
A/l. xtls, plus a little interdeveloped gemmy Calcite, richly encrusting an open, geode-like matrix....£24.00 ADULARIA/CHLORITE. St Gothard, Ticino, Switzerland. A matrix-free penetrant association of A/6....ADULARIA/SPHENE/EPIDOTE/CHLORITE/ALBITE. St Gothard. Ticino, Switzerland. Excellent example of alpine assemblage. A vuggy...golden-yellow nodule, A/20. ANALCIME. Enderby Quarry. Leicestershire. This specimen is more interesting...2.5x2x1.25", £4.00 1. ANALCIME/NATROLITE. Dean Quarry, St. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Pearly white to
Report (issue)
.......................................... 18 Calcite .................................................The most common minerals in these sediments are calcite, clay minerals, dolomite, glauconite, goethite...Most of the active and many abandoned crushed limestone quarries, a few coal strip mines, and road and...from Big Walnut Creek, Putnam County; and many quarry operators for granting us permission to examine...From the lenses of flint protruding from the limestone walls they hacked flint flakes, with granite hammers
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Republic of Germany, . Ireland, The Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom • 1 DF • IV 0 I ' '~ \,...Republic of Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom • Denmark, Finland, Iceland...Republic of Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom Published in cooperation with..............· ............... . The Dachstein Limestone Facies ............................................................ . .................... . Limestone ................................ ...... .. ..
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gadsden. The mineral occurs in Lower Cambrian limestone, referred to as the Conasauga, which has been...30 to 40 feet thick and is a replacement for limestone with the less soluble shale, flint and chert mingled...Florida—Colorless drusy crystals of calcite in cavities of brownish compact limestone, have been found at Dunnellon...Illinois—A nice specimen of galena, associated with calcite, marcasite, and sphalerite, all crystallized, and...specimens of grayish, compact chert nodules, with calcite centers, occur in a small cave located about 4
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The main Triassic exposures of this area are of limestone breccias derived mainly from the sub-aerial erosion...erosion of the underlying Carboniferous Limestone under dry savannah conditions. An outlier of exceedingly...cavern. Large-scale quarrying of the Carboniferous Limestone in the Ewenny and St. Brides areas has exposed...for large-scale quarrying of the Carboniferous Limestone. 429 430 TREVOR M. THOMAS Structurally, the...261). About 1100 f1. (335 m.) of Carboniferous Limestone beds are exposed, ranging from the lower part
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Géopolis, Université de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland 2. Association Dolomieu, 8 Chemin des Grenouilles...Terrestre, Université de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland 4. Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg...in a panorama across the Churfirsten (eastern Switzerland), we propose a sequence-stratigraphic framework...Arnaud (2005; Fig. 6) established in the Urgonian limestone of the Chartreuse and Vercors areas was used for...monitored by replicate analyses of the international calcite standard NBS-19 and the laboratory standards Carrara
Catalog/List
- - - AMAZONITE Pure green cleavage Landsverlc quarry, Evje, Norway lxl S0p ALAMOSITE fcLp 10 g:...ANCYLITECe CeSrCO/3 Rich pinkish fine grained mass in calcite Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Ix½ £2.50 lxl £4...with Chrysotile, pale grey-green County Bridge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall MgFeSiO massive. Minas Gerias...½ £4 IX½ lxl £10 Ca Fe Mn Fe SiO with possible Calcite crystals Connecticut U.S.A £6 BARYTES Pure fawn...quartz. Most BINDHEIMITE ½x½ £3 lxl £5 Zermatt,Switzerland unusual location. PbSbO Les Anglais Mine, Masiac
Catalog/List
minor matrix. 2-Jx2x1-J", £5-00. ANALCIME. Dean Quarry,St.Kevern,Lizard.Cornwall. Large(to about 1" in...dodecahedral crystals infilling a crystalline Calcite coated matrix 81ice(crystallised vein section)Ex...Mexico. F J ----Rich,bright-yellow to appleA — Calcite-coated n- 1 « -i *• A- « — _ «green coloured,encrustations...of rare Phosphate. 2x2x£", £26.00. 28. AUGITE/CALCITE. Huddersfield --lexa.uanaaa. ,Canada, Well formed...00. 29. AURICHALCITE/HEMIMORPHITE. Greystones Quarry,Nr.Launceston.Cornwall. Rather nasty,cavernous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Daytona Beach, Fla. The locality is a limestone quarry near south of Bradenton, Manatee County Fla...Idaho—Good specimens of crystallized malachite, with calcite, occur in the Valley View copper mine, So. Skull...Various fossils are found locally in the Silurian limestone (Niagaran formation). All sorts of rocks are found...crystals of selenite are found in the Floyd Knobs quarry near New Albany, Floyd County, Ind. Iowa—Nice waterworn...County, Kansas. Kentucky—White cleavable masses of calcite, white to purple masses of fluorite, lustrous cleavable
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
present the theory of the possibility of using limestone sorbents containing carbonate minerals with increased...carbonate minerals: low magnesium calcite, high magnesium calcite, dolomite and huntite. These carbonate...are, thus, lower than typical for low magnesium calcite. The process would be easier because the structure...starts earlier and is more effective. Keywords: limestone; carbonate phases; sorbents; desulphurization...Limestones usually consist of calcite mineral (CaCO3 ) known as low-Mg calcite. Some limestones also contain
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
that are partially filled with radiaxial fibrous calcite (RFC) and locally by internal sediments. At Slavnické...parts, RFC initial fillings and eventual blocky calcite later filling). Almost no original sponge structures...Podhorie. (D) Polished slab of the pink micritic limestone with stromatactis cavities. at the Cretaceous/Paleogene...rocks (so called klippen structure), where the limestone members (mostly Jurassic to Early Cretaceous)...non-nodular mudstone equivalents known as Bohunice Limestone Formation (Mišík et al., 1994). Stromatactis occur
 
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