 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Trimouns Quarry Luzenac, Ariège, France Freddy Marty Rue de l’Hôpital 11230-Chalabre France In recent...recent decades, the Trimouns quarry has become well known as a source of outstanding crystals of several...The deposit is located in the Ariège Departement of southwestern France, 6 km northeast of the village...reference to the three peaks that overlook the quarry. Langue d’Oc is a regional language of Latin The...today in southern France, in the region known as Languedoc—the equivalent in northern France is langue d’oïl |  | | Report (issue) | | once yielded specimens of transparent, colorless gypsum crystals shot through with forest-green prismatic... copper-rich aragonite collected in 2012 on levels 07-08 of the Lina mine, Alzen, Foix, MidiPyrénées...MidiPyrénées, France. Ranging in size from 7 to 17 cm, these specimens could do a good job of augmenting one’s suite...suite of “odd-looking aragonite” (this could be a major collecting specialty). Jordi also has on hand...Chessy, France. Aragonite (copper-rich), 7 cm, from the Lina mine, Alzen, Foix, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Fabre |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | National G y p s u m C o . quarry (formerly the Huron-Portland Ce ment Co. quarry)—Alpena barite, calcite...marcasite, pyrite, sphalerite, strontianite (r) Paxton quarry—Paxton calcite, chalcopyrite, dolomite, marcasite...celestite, dolomite, gypsum, halite, polyhalite (r), pyrite, quartz Ottawa Silica C o . quarry (c)—Rockwood calcite...sulfur (r) Sibley quarry (c)—Trenton calcite, celestite, epsomite,./7wor/7e, gypsum var. selenite, sulfur... pyrite, sphalerite (r), vivianite (r) Cheney quarry (outcrops in the vicinity)—Imperial Heights (near |  | | Report (issue) | | Silky: having th e appe aran ce of silk (fib ro us gypsum) Earthy: hav ing a dull e arthlik e appearan...pyramids) GYPSUM (Special kind of GARNET (Dodecahedron) I I I I I I I I I I ARAGONITE (Prism) DOLOMITE... It has t he same c h e m ic al fo r mula as aragonite, but its a toms ar e arrange d in a diffe rent...hydrochloric acid and from gypsum by its greater hardness. In Indiana it oc c urs with gypsum. APATITE - Ca5 F(P04)3...igneous and in this form. metamorphic rocks. ARAGONITE - CaC03 (Calcium carbonate) Hardness 3.5 to 4; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | western and Mandeliue-La market until the Napoule (France) Quartz pseudomorph after beta quartz. Near Luesma...in the habit of elongated thin black calcite or gypsum in many localities, are not beta-quartz, crystals...(Russia) in pseudomorphs the form of dark blue after aragonite or blue-green crystals, This pseudomorph sometimes...has been found among the many dozens of Keuper aragonite deposits deposits of cobbles composed of pseudomorphic...kyanite in Spain. In fact, the formation of the aragonite requires after andalusite have been commercially |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu AR AGONI TE PART 1: ARAGONITE FROM WESTERN EUROPE T here are many collecting...of classic localities is aragonite, this column’s featured mineral. Aragonite is an orthorhombic mineral...mineral with point group 2/m 2/m 2/m. Aragonite occurring as untwinned crystals is rare; its normal occurrence...stalactitic. As mentioned, twinned crystals of aragonite are common. Repeated twinning on {110} yields...examples are the most familiar to collectors. Aragonite may display polysynthetic lamellae and striations |  | | Catalog/List | | Mine, Strontian Deep Ecton Mine, Les Malines mine, France Wheal Boys Cornwall FestinioQ, Wales Senahenvdd...£1 £5 £12 £3 75p 75p 50p Colorado, USA Dulcote Quarry, Somerset Pentire, Cornwall A9 A9 A9 50p 75p...Merehead Qy, Somerset Masson Hill, Derbys Heights Quarry, Weardale (Fisher) Asturias, Spain Chile Ball Eye...9C 30 241 1 5B 3C 9B 15J 38A 30S Smithsonite, Gypsum Malachite Araa onite =Rhod ochrosit"' Smithsonite...Calcite Alstonite Calcite Siderite on Sphalerite Aragonite Aurich alcite C alcite on hemi morphite C alcite |  | | Book | | stalactiforme et rubanée sont en Oural et au Katanga. En France, hormis la célèbre mine de Chessy (localité-type...Exemples de pseudomorphoses Cuivre natif d’après aragonite (Bolivie) Grès d’après calcite (Fontainebleau)...sont aussi appelées « semi-précieuses », sauf en France où cette désignation est interdite depuis 2002...manufacture chinoise Perle des joyaux de la Couronne de France Intaille romaine en ambre baltique Ambre (Belgique)...premiers brillants semblent arriver à la Cour de France dans les années 1667, et sont dits « brillantés |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | parked in the road leading to the quarry which stopped the quarry trucks from entering." —Noie dated...veritable paleobotanist's Lucin in Utah; Montebras, France; and "gold mine," consisting of many huge Beryl...KANSAS—Aragonite, as small xls in MASSACHUSETTS — A deep black vugs, is found in the Ross quarry near striated...In the window of the office I noticed some Pugh quarry (Ohio) calcite and mentioned it to the owner. He...inches wide, approx. 10 feet long—in a granite quarry at Coopersburg, Northampton Co., Penn. RHODE ISLAND |  | | Report (edition) | | limestone from Shelly Materia ls, Inc., Auglaize quarry (formerly Stoneco, Inc.}, near Junction, Pau lding...resulting from a sha le fire on Stoneco, Inc.) Auglaize quarry near Junction, Paulding the Huron River, resulting...sed in1ents .................................... Gypsum crysta ls .. ..... .. .. .. . .. .. ..... ... ........................................... 136 Aragonite ................ ........... .......... .. .....ith curved faces .............. 28. Photo of aragonite crysta ls from a conc retion ..... 6 29. Photo |  | | Report (issue) | | ......................................... 15 Aragonite ........................................................................................... 32 Gypsum .................................................clay minerals, dolomite, glauconite, goethite, gypsum, hematite, limonite (hydrous iron oxides), quartz...Found less abundantly are anhydrite, apatite, aragonite, barite, celestite, copiapite, epsomite, fluorite...from Big Walnut Creek, Putnam County; and many quarry operators for granting us permission to examine |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | clay minerals, dolomite, glauconite, goethite, gypsum, hema tite, limonite, quartz, and siderite ( E...r d , 1960). Other com mon minerals such as aragonite, barite, celestite, fluorite, marcasite, pyrite...on {0221}, 4 cm across; Meshberger Stone, Inc. quarry, Bartholomew County. Richard Russell specimen and...largest crystal 3.5 cm across; Berry Materials quarry, Jenn ings C o . J . Kielbaso specimen; R . Russell...right): Pyrite, 1.5 cm high; Rensselaer Stone C o . quarry, Jasper County. Vernon Swanson speci men; Richard |  | | Journal (issue) | | after Diopside. Vask6, Hungary Gypsum after Aragonite. Bastennes, France Magnetite after Brookite. Magnet...Pierrepont, New York Quartz after Prehnite. Auvergne, France Malachite after Brochanthite. Tintic, Utah A considerable...or azurite, (b) the gain of a constituent-e.g., gypsum after anhydrite and malachite after cuprite, and...rhodochrosite after calcite, albite after adularia, aragonite after witherite, chalcopyrite after sphalerite...sodium nitrate on calcite and potassium nitrate on aragonite. Pseudomorphs of the dolomite after calcite type |  | | Journal (issue) | | V. (1996) The minerals of Cornwall Countybridge quarry, Goonhilly downs, the Lizard 17:25-28 INGRAM, S...from Ardownie quarry 14:17-20 __ TODD, J.G. & ANDERSON, D. (1992) Pyrite from Goat Quarry 11:8-10 IXER...18:15 GRIGG, M. (1996) Wulfenite from Greystones quarry, Cornwall 16:13 HACKER, C.M. (1997) Rutile from...Mine, Nyngan azurite 17:15 copper 17:15 Prospect Quarry prehnite 19:10 NORTHERN TERRITORY Harts Range,...Mine augite 19:28 calcite 19:28 goethite 19:28 gypsum 19:28 quartz 19:28 Mount Glorious Mine, Cloncurry |  | | Book | | .) Coralloidal Aragonite is called Flos Ferri. : ( Transparency.) Transparent Gypsum is called Selenite...Barytocalcite when oblique. Ca Ö. Calcite, rhombohedral. Aragonite, prismatic. Pb 8 + 3 Pb. Ö. Leadhillite, prismatic... : : Peroxide of Iron Water ALABASTER . See Gypsum . : Silica Alumina Soda ALBITE : 69.20 19.20... .. 5:36 16:35 44.00 56.00 Carbonic acid ARAGONITE { { ARGENTITE Lime .. Silver .. .. Sulphur...acid Water 46:51 32:56 : Lime : { .. : GYPSUM : { 77070 22:30 20.93 .. : Sub -species |  | | Book | | ohne Abgabe oder Aufnahme von Stoffen); e.g., aragonite altered to calcite. b. Alteration with the loss...von Bestandteilen); e.g., anhydrite altered to gypsum. d. Alteration with exchange of components (Umwandlung...and temperature, with precipitation of gypsum. Most of the gypsum would be taken into solution and redeposited...of all components; e.g., native copper after aragonite 4. Perimorphs; e.g., quartz after calcite. What...(dimorphous) state to another; e.g., change of aragonite to calcite or beta quartz to alpha quartz. 5. |  | | Book | | formed in coastal, fIlling up, lagoons ofN .W. France; the first grew on mud flats, the second on sand...features abounding in Cretaceous mound from S.E. France supposedly built by corals and/or rudistids. These...algal laminites formed in association with thick gypsum deposits in Cyprus; the fossil record (fauna and...describe in great detail the precipitation of aragonite in recent Rivularia microstromatolites. They show...Eodevonian Stromatolites, Northeastern Armorican Massif, France J. PONCET (With 8 Figures) . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Report (issue) | | and was fringed by an extensive belt of limestone-gypsum sediments. The arenaceous lime-mudstone sediments...primarily from an aragonite-mud precursor and were subjected to extensive neomorphism. The aragonite-to-calcite...CurtisSummerville Sea. The overlying 0-110 ft (0-33.5 m) thick gypsum unit found to the east of the study area was deposited...associated with calcite pseudo-morphs of anhydrite-gypsum and anhydrite ptygmatic-enterolithic layers. The...Kirkland (1988) found that "The sulfur isotopes of the Gypsum Member indicate that the sulfate anions had a marine |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Locality Index Although perhaps best known for its gypsum crystals and barite roses, Oklahoma also boasts...from Oklahoma and think primarily of the prolific gypsum crystals that are easily collected from the Great...Formation, which comprises shales and sandstones; gypsum (alabaster and satin spar) (Johnson 1972). Great...National Wildlife Refuge, sec.22, T.26N, R. 1OW: gypsum* (Crystals form singly or in clusters in sand,...1970; Scott and Ham 19.57). Figure 2. Collecting gypsum crystals at Great Salt Plains, Alfalfa County. |  | | Journal (issue) | | from left: Fluorapatite, 2.2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Androscoggin County, Maine. Kyle Kevorkian collection;...Scovil photo. Sulfur, 11.1 cm, from the Scofield quarry, Maybee, Monroe County, Michigan. Robert Mosley...November–December, 2020 The Carabas Collection Gypsum, 13 cm, from Salinas de Otuma, Paracas, Pisco,...transparent fishtail twins growing from a base of smaller gypsum crystals. Ex Luis Miguel Burillo collection; James...crystals with diopside, 11.4 cm, from the Jeffrey quarry, Asbestos, Québec. No repairs or restorations. |  | Folk, Robert L., Tiezzi, Pamela A., Pursell, Victoria J., Graber, Ellen R., Greenberg, Joseph G., Miller, James (1993) Overturned geopetal structures formed by solution of sulfates, Triassic (Rhaetian) Portoro limestone, Portovenere area (la Spezia), Liguria, Italy. Carbonates and Evaporites, 8 (1) 39-49 doi:10.1007/bf03175161 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pintus (1985) give detail on the stratigraphy of the quarry able units. Structurally, the beds are a part of...2000-7500 ppm Sr, it formed originally as a largely aragonite mud in a semi-restricted lagoon with a marked...of transformation from micronsized, pelleted, aragonite mud into 5-20 micron calcite polyhedra (microspar)...well under 40°C, judging by conversion rates of aragonite mud to calcite as a function of time and temperature...cheese-like consistency while the surrounding aragonite mud was still soupy. RELICT SULPHATE FEATURES |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DOLOMITE PSEUDOMORPHOUS AFTER CRYSTALS OF ARAGONITE# D. A. ANnnEws AND W. T. ScnRr,r,on, GeologicalSuraey...of dolomite pseudomorphous after crystals of aragonite. INrnopucrror.r Dolomitization of rock calcite...calcite. Pseudomorphsof other minerals after aragonite likewise are rare. Hintze3 lists only calcite...silica pseudomorphsof quartz or chalcedony after aragonite, found along the Canadian River in Oklahoma, have...long been known. Pseudomorphsof dolomite after aragonite, though not listed by llintze, were describedby |  | | Book (volume) | | colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N of Calloway airport at rd...1½ mi., in Knox dolomite exposed in an abandoned quarry Barite, Calcite, Fluorite (purple cubes), Galena...US 27: (a) along both sides of Hwy.agate; (b) quarry on W side of rd.agate, chalcedony, chert, opal;...W 3 mi. and 2 mi. N: (a) at the Marble Springs Quarrygemmy marble (red and green); (b) E, in Taylor...Garnet, Thulite, Tourmaline, Zeolites; Rock Chapel Quarry, on N side of Arabia Mt.Calcite, Epidote, Fluorite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | information, see Kyte (1959) and Zeitner (1972). Although gypsum crystals should be common at many shale exposures...S of Arcadia, an abandoned Cretaceous limestone quarry on a piercement salt dome; barite, celestine (Spooner...brine produced; from cores: anhydrite, aragonite, calcite, gypsum, halite (Hanna and Wolf 1936, 1938)....dome with oil production; from cores: anhydrite, aragonite (skeletal crystals), calcite, celestine (bluish...dolomite (microcrystals), fluorite (microcrystals), gypsum (subhedral crystals), halite, sulfur* (crystals) |  | | Journal (issue) | | J. L. Garrido coll. Aragonite and theisite (balls). X. Ortiz coll. Aragonite and rosasite. Level 1...acicular and globular aggregates can be covered with gypsum. The association of connellite with acicular devilline...or near other minerals like azurite, baryte, aragonite and dolomite, whose crystals or aggregates can...azurite (which sometimes grows over the claraite ), aragonite and tyrolite. Claraite from the Les Ferreras mine...the green and blue shades to some aggregates of aragonite. It is also associated with azurite, adamite-olivenite |
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Gypsum Quarry, Arignac, Foix, Ariège, Occitanie, France