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Selenite from
Potosí Mine, Francisco Portillo, West Camp, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gypsum var: Selenite
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Dealer/Collection Label
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1 photo of Selenite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Rhodochrosite1 photo of Selenite associated with Rhodochrosite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Selenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Potosí Mine, Francisco Portillo, West Camp, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:704807
Long-form Identifier:1:3:704807:4
GUID (UUID V4):1ff7c49a-08c9-4d08-9d30-f475ca7241df
Nearest other occurrences of Selenite
1.6km (1.0 miles) Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
91.5km (56.9 miles) Naica Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
91.6km (56.9 miles) Gibraltar Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
91.6km (56.9 miles) Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
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Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Sunday...52001-52306 LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...directly from the miners at the Elmwood Mine in Tennessee, when the mine was actively producing twenty years...bygone era. • Amethyst from Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico that has exceptional aesthetics, color, and composition... 52002 SZENICSITE with POWELLITE Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region
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Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Session...Collection LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...museum-quality Tourmalines, including the 2nd largest Sapo Mine “shaving brush” and an exceptional Elbaite on Feldspar...Auction 2 53001 CALEDONITE Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Named by the Romans...This example hails from the Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine: a legendary Arizona locality. Unlike the vast majority
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10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Session...5:00 PM ET LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Thursday...grow. 73001 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) Looking almost like...com/6150 73002 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) For those that have...750 73003 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) As if Momeik doesn’t
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Geology—Mexico. 2. Geology, Structural—Mexico. 3. Faults (Geology)—Mexico. 4. Ore deposits—Mexico. I. Alaniz-Álvarez...epithermal deposits of México, examples of which have a mining history going back to pre-Columbian times. The...The evolution of Middle America and the Gulf of Mexico-Caribbean Sea region during Mesozoic time: Geological...Tectonostratigraphic Terranes and Tectonic Evolution of Mexico: Geological Society of America Special Paper 278...Paleozoic ages in the northern part (Sonora and Chihuahua) and Mesozoic ages beneath the rest of the Sierra
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Number Four Articles The El Desierto sulfur mine, Potosí, Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Secondary minerals of the Mazarrón-Águilas mining district, Murcia Province, Spain . . . . . . . . . ...Famous mineral localities: The Pacajake selenium mine, Potosí, Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...for the Romero Mineralogical Museum in Tehuacan, Mexico from 1975–1981. He has traveled widely and occasionally...Associate in Geology, 1953–1954), the University of New Mexico (Assistant Dean and Dean, 1963–1965; Associate
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Mexico ineralogical Record September-October 2003 ❖ Volume 34 Number 5 ❖ $20 Wayne & Dona Leicht,...Van Pelt, Los Angles Mexico Special Issue II The Ojuela Mine Preface to Mexico-II1....................................................... 24 Mapimí District Geology ........................................in the San Judas chimney, Level 6, of the Ojuela mine. Houston Museum of Natural Science collection; Wendell...headframes and processing facilities of the Ojuela mine ca. 1900. The famous suspension bridge designed
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Minerals, Collecting, and Value across the U.S.-Mexico Border TRACKING GLOBALIZATION Robert J. Foster... Minerals, Collecting, and Value across the U.S.-Mexico Border elizabeth emma ferry Indiana University...Minerals, collecting, and value across the U.S.-Mexico border / Elizabeth Emma Ferry. pages cm — (Tracking...States. 2. Minerals—Collection and preservation—Mexico. 3. Rock collectors. 4. Mineral industries—Social...industries—Social aspects. 5. United States—Commerce—Mexico. 6. Mexico—Commerce—United States. I. Title. QE392.5.U5F47
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Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...Director Alissa Ford Managing Director San Francisco Roberta Kramer Managing Director Chicago Kenneth...early 1900’s; a Stephanite from Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico, possibly the worlds inest, according to people...extremely ine, specimens from the Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine of Tiger, Arizona: now a vanished place alive only...‘goodies,’ as Rock would say, as they came out. Mining projects that Rock was a part of, often yielded
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white areas). Sample is from the Buckskin National Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada. Photograph by Peter Vikre...............................................Q26 Mine Waste Characteristics.............................recommended daily allowance Se(II) selenide Se(IV) selenite Se(VI) selenate USGS U.S. Geological Survey...selenium is found as selenide minerals, selenate and selenite salts, and as substitution for sulfur in sulfide...bedrock with high selenium concentrations. Selenium mining, processing, use in industrial and agricultural
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the liberty of forwarding you a specimen of the selenite which lies exposed on the south shore of our Lake...The specimen received was a beautiful colorless selenite, 4 x 7 x 1 y4 inches thick. The locality is the...reaching three localities, of which the Lake Mead selenite is one. Directions for reaching this locality...walk EAST about 1 V2 miles. You cannot miss the selenite as it shines and glistens in the sunshine and...that run for approximately % mile in an east and west direction. A cold chisel or crowbar may come in
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Thirty-one Bpure^ selenites, which contain only selenite anionic groups, are known to occur naturally....each contain two anionic groups: selenate and selenite (schmiederite), selenate and sulphate (olsacherite)...selenide (Se(−II)), elemental selenium (Se(0)), selenite (Se(IV)) and selenate (Se(VI)). The selenium oxysalts...Thirty-one Bpure^ selenites, which contain only selenite anionic groups, are known. The other three minerals...each contain two anionic groups: selenate and selenite (schmiederite), selenate and sulphate (olsacherite)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hg)(Bi,Pb)Se2, is a new selenide from the El Dragόn mine, Bolivia. It typically occurs in thin subparallel...of his important role in boosting Bolivian ore mining. K E Y WO R D S : hansblockite, new mineral species...mineralogically important selenide occurrences: Pacajake, district of Hiaco de Charcas, and El Dragόn, Province of...Society Department of Potosí. The geology and ore mineralization of the El Dragόn mine was first explored...have been discovered in samples from the El Dragón mine, labelled phases ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ (cf. Paar et al
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LONDON NEW YORK • OXFORD • PARIS • SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO Elsevier Radarweg... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...of cuprite (bluish grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co.,...vein in jasper (red internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey...argentite reaction rim (greenish grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: El Dragόn mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia. 3.404 (100)...31 19.91 100.00 (1) El Dragόn mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia; normalized...Distribution: From the El Dragόn mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia. Name: Honors...(2016) Alfredopetrovite, a new selenite mineral from the El Dragόn mine, Bolivia. Eur. J. Mineral., 28(2)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
was found on a specimen from the El Dragón mine, Potosí Department, Bolivia, and was described by an...Kampf (Kampf et al. 2015). El Dragón is a small mine with a unique mineralization, comprising a single...studies he commuted across the border from Tijuana, Mexico, where he learned Spanish. After graduation he...view 1.5 mm. Brent Thorne specimen and photo. mining of danburite and boracite crystals in Alto Chapare...us in their spare time), but probably our best mining success consisted of hundreds of nice Japan-law
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X-ray Powder Pattern: El Dragón mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia. 5.67 (100)...60 1.92 100.00 (1) El Dragón mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia; average of...Distribution: From the El Dragón mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia. Name: Honors...Steele (2014) Favreauite, a new selenite mineral from the El Dragón mine, Bolivia. Eur. J. Mineral., 26(6)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
selenium mineralization in the Sierra de Cacheuta district, also known as el Cerro de Cacheuta, Minerals...almost zero at only 12 m depth—the reason why the mining activity had been terminated. Geographically, the...where it came from the Sierra de Cacheuta in the West [9,10]. The mines were on the southern slope of...the phases yet unknown from Cacheuta is a Cu–Fe selenite, representing an alteration One of the phases...phases yet unknown from Cacheuta is a Cu–Fe selenite, representing an alteration product of eskebornite (Figure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
structure of molybdomenite (PbSeO 3) from El Dragón mine (Bolivia) was refined in the space group P21/m,...Å, b = 106.547(7)ƒ. Molybdomenite is the lead selenite and is isostructural with scotlandite, the lead...structure, lead selenite, El Dragón mine (Bolivia). Introduction Molybdomenite, the lead selenite with formula...Kerstenite was originally described as a lead selenite (Kersten 1839), and later listed as a lead selenate...re-validated after a new occurrence, the Ranwick mine, north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada (Mandarino
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represents a new selenide from the El Dragón mine, Department of Potosí, Bolivia. It either occurs as minute...the highest mountain peak closest to the El Dragón mine. Keywords: cerromojonite; selenium; copper; lead;...mineralogically important selenide occurrences: Pacajake, district of Hiaco de Charcas; and El Dragón, Province of...of Antonio Quijarro; both in the Department of Potosí. The El Dragón mineralization represents a multi-phase...sea level), located about 800 m northeast of the mine. Unnamed phase “C”, described at El Dragón already
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Dragón Selenium Mineralization, Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia Günter Grundmann 1 and Hans-Jürgen Förster...de Surumi (also known as “Pacajake”) [12,13], district of Hiaco de Charcas, Chayanta Province, and El...Antonio Quijarro Province, both in the Department of Potosí [14]. Virgen de Surumi is the type locality of...occurrence. 2. Regional Geology The abandoned El Dragón mine (entrance and dump) is located at ~19◦ 490 23.90”...m above sea level, about 5 km east of the Porco mine, which is currently Bolivia’s most productive zinc
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M ontreal Mine! L L The Mineralogical Record MAY–JUNE 2020 • VOLUME 51 • NUMBER 3 • $25 & Wayne...gemgypsy@bellsouth.net MAY–JUNE 2020 Articles The Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin ........................... 487 COVER: BARITE, 6.5 cm, from the Montreal mine. David and Karen DeBruin collection, ex Muscatine...cm on vesuvianite from the Crazy Sphinx mine, Helena District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. Collected...world-class realgar specimens from the Royal Reward mine, Green River Gorge, King County, Washington. The
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Selenium-rich secondary minerals from the Baccu Locci mine (Sardinia, Italy) Italo Campostrini and Carlo M...Selenium-rich secondary minerals from the Baccu Locci mine (Sardinia, Italy). – N. Jb. Miner. Abh. (177): 37–... orlandiite and another unnamed lead – copper selenite, a number of additional selenium oxysalts, such...sulfur have been observed in the old lead – arsenic mine at Baccu Locci, near Villaputzu, Sardinia (Italy)...chemistry. Introduction In the last years, the old mine at Baccu Locci near Villaputzu, Sardinia, has attained
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Abstract: In a section of the abandoned Pb –As mine of Baccu Locci (SE Sardinia), where several Se-bearing...Pacajake and El Dragón, occur in the Ag – Sn mining district of Potosí, Bolivia (Southern part of the polymetallic...Locally, in the case of the stratiform bodies of Santa, a positive correlation exists between the Se and...selenides are rapidly altered and the resulting selenite ion, unlike sulfite, is very stable and can migrate...syngenetic group” of the Sarrabus – Gerrei metal District (Schneider 1972). Acknowledgements The most dedicated
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