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Limonite from
Limestone quarry, Forstel, Höchst im Odenwald, Odenwaldkreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Limonite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Limestone quarry, Forstel, Höchst im Odenwald, Odenwaldkreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:740161
Long-form Identifier:1:3:740161:9
GUID (UUID V4):423206d4-9890-497d-a2bd-447696f31d2f
Nearest other occurrences of Limonite
6.8km (4.2 miles) Berggeist Mine, Weiße Mauer, Ober-Kainsbach, Reichelsheim, Odenwaldkreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
8.1km (5.0 miles) Clay pit, Vierstöck, Reichelsheim, Odenwaldkreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
10.5km (6.5 miles) Knosberg Quarry, Groß-Umstadt, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
12.6km (7.9 miles) Klein-Umstadt, Groß-Umstadt, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
12.8km (8.0 miles) Dunkle Platte Quarry, Wembach, Ober-Ramstadt, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
12.8km (8.0 miles) Sauruh Mine, Klein-Umstadt, Groß-Umstadt, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
13.6km (8.5 miles) Ranzenberg (Fischershöhe), Ober-Ostern, Reichelsheim, Odenwaldkreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
14.3km (8.9 miles) Alme Mine, Ober-Ostern, Reichelsheim, Odenwaldkreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
17.9km (11.1 miles) Emmertsberg quarry, Waschenbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
18.0km (11.2 miles) Hohenstein, Reichenbach, Lautertal (Odenwald), Bergstraße, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
References
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gypsum, halite, calcite. Found in : Lower Saxony/Germany; Czechoslovakia; Yugoslavia; Surrey/England; Colorado/USA;...by: ordinary coal. Found in: Thuringia, Saxony/Germany; Czechoslovakia; Seine/France, Tula/ USSR. Similar...: Lower Saxony, Baden, eastern Harz mountains/Germany; Galicia/Poland; Urals/USSR; Alsace-Lorraine/France;...Hattor[, Philippsthal, Hesse/Germany KMgCl3 · 6 H2O Q) Robling, Halle/Germany 1: ½ 3◄ Streak white...Found in: Lower Saxony, Hesse, near the towns of Magdeburg, Halle, Erfurt/Germany; Galicia and Catalonia/Spain:
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gypsum, halite, calcite. Found in: Lower Saxony/Germany; Czechoslovakia; Yugoslavia ; Surrey/England; Colorado/USA;...by: ordinary coal. Found in: Thuringia, Saxony/Germany; Czechoslovakia; Seine/France, Tula/ USSR. Similar...in: Lower Saxony, Baden, eastern Harz mountains/Germany; Galicia/Poland ; Urals/USSR; Alsace-Lorraine/France;...Hattorf, Philippsthal, Hesse/Germany KMgCl3 • 6 H2O Q) Robling, Halle/Germany 1:½ 3◄ Streak white...sylvite, boracite, polyhalite Found in: Lower Saxony, Hesse, near the towns of Magdeburg, Halle, ErfurtiGermany;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
J. R. Kilroe—Laterite and Bauxite in Germany. hard limestone, but in chalk will tend to produce by...difficulty in accounting for the dry valleys of limestone districts, or any reason for inventing a special...Survey of Ireland. A RECENT visit to Central Germany afforded the writer an opportunity of studying...1017/S001675680013239X J. R. Kilroe—Laterite and Bauxite in Germany. 535 •which a sufficiently comprehensive view...post-basalt dislocation. («) The best iron-oi'e (limonite and non-pisolitic earthy ore) has accumulated
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gypsum, halite, calcite. Found in: Lower Saxony/Germany; Czechoslovakia; Yugoslavia; Surrey/England; 6*...by: ordinary coal. Found in: Thuringia, Saxony/Germany; Czechoslovakia; Seine/France, Tula/ USSR. Similar...in: Lower Saxony, Baden, eastern Harz mountains/Germany; Galicia/Poland; Urals/USSR; Alsace-Lorraine/France;...colorless © Hattorf, Philippsthal, Hesse/Germany © Robling, Halle/Germany \:Vi Streak white. Mohs’ hardness...Found in: Lower Saxony, Hesse, near the towns of Magdeburg, Halle, Erfurt/Germany; Galicia and Cataloma/Spain;
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gypsum, halite, calcite. Found in: Lower Saxony/Germany; Czechoslovakia; Yugoslavia; Surrey/England ; Colorado/USA...by: ordinary coal. Found in: Thuringia, Saxony/Germany; Czechoslovakia; Seine/France, Tula/ USSR. Similar...in: Lower Saxony, Baden, eastern Harz mountains/Germany; Galicia/Poland; Urals/USSR; Alsacc-Lorraine/ f-rance;...H2O Q) Hattorf, Philippsthal , Hesse/Germany ~ Robling, Halle/Germany l :½ white and colorless 3 ◄...Found in: Lower Saxony, Hesse, near the towns ofMagdeburg, Halle, Erfurt/Germany; Galicia and Catalonia/Spain;
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Martin Meschede Laurence N. Warr The Geology of Germany A Process-Oriented Approach Regional Geology...Reviews Series editors Roland Oberhänsli, Potsdam, Germany Maarten J. de Wit, Nelson Mandela University, Port... Martin Meschede • Laurence N. Warr The Geology of Germany A Process-Oriented Approach 123 Martin Meschede...and Geology University of Greifswald Greifswald, Germany Laurence N. Warr Institute of Geography and Geology...Geology University of Greifswald Greifswald, Germany ISSN 2364-6438 ISSN 2364-6446 (electronic) Regional
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~OPHYLLITE. 9. JillGENTITE. Freiburg, Saxony, Germany. Bright, metallic grey cubic crystals to t" in...2x2". £4. 13.BERTHIERITE. Braunsdorf, saxony, Germany. Rich metallic grey radiated mass with minor uartz...C~ZITE. 30. CHllLCOPYRITE. Dreislar, Sauerland, Germany. Sharp, bright, sphenoidal crystals, some attractively...elongated crystals richly intergrown with minor Limonite, l~xlt"xlt", £15; Specimen B - 1>. superb intergrown...thick elongated crystals, "lith only very minor Limonite. Ibltxl~ll. £16; Specimen C - Excellent bright
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look for. Michael O’Donoghue Proustite (East Germany) 7 Rocks We can define a rock as a large mineral...of the original deposition. Dolomite resembles limestone but contains magnesium. Salt, coal and oil are...rock. Marble forms from the metamorphosis of limestone and may contain fossils from the original rock...Lava on its journey to the surface saturates limestone with volcanic solutions and gases, thus forming...rubbish which may harm animals. If the site is a quarry careful arrangements with respect to equipment
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and several important mineral mixtures. (e.g. limonite and psilomelane) are included here to provide...Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from the Rabejac deposit... = = = = = Acanthite, x 16 mm, Freiberg, Germany, H Abernathyite, 12 mm, Ririera/, France, H Abhurite...the Himmelsftirst mine, Freiberg, both Saxony, Germany. In the subtropical areas acanthite may occur on...Sankt Christoph mine, near Breitenbrunn, Saxony, Germany, and many localities in the Alps, e.g. on Grossgreiner
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very pale yellow sheave-like crystal groups on limonite .................. . Mexico Durango, Mapimi, Mina...prismatic orthorhombic crystals in radial groups on limonite ....... . Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold...Gold Hill mine --=.rransparent micro crystals on limonite gossen L with austinite .........................ALLEMONTITE An intergrowth of arsenic and antimony Germany Harz Mountains, Andreasberg Rich gray botryoidal...with minor . ARSENOPYRITE Iron sulfarsenide East Germany Saxony, Freiberg, Davidschacht Brilliant small
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reserved. H., Hofbuchdruckerei, Cothen-Anhalt (Germany). Translation This book has book of but ...Haematite Meteoric Irons Nickel Chromite 159. Limonite 158. Polianite 169. Wad 170. Stones . ....Pyrolusite, II. Hausmannite, ores. Crocoite. Limonite. Wad. Manganese-ores Zinokenite. I. ores...more slab a of shows object limestone markings Calcite in Hesse. stone with on which has been... action of of lime notice in however, by Hesse. 1. been sharp original that edges represented
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immensely popular handbook of minerals appeared in Germany I obtained a copy fo! my personal library and was...that the uninteresting-looking grey piece is limestone. There is nothing to be seen on it, is there?...feldspar. The whole specimen is called granite. Limestone and granite you will already have heard about...three minerals, and occasionally of a few more. Limestone or marble are good examples illustrating the first...times, some 100,000 years ago, beads made of limestone and quartz were found, and when man began to decorate
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Ojuela. Green-gray to red-brown crystalled on limonite, rich ................. 1.50 . 25 Mexico Durango...yellow sheave-like crystal FI. 1. 00 groups on limonite ................ Mexico Durango, Mapimi, mina...Hill, Gold Hill mine. .50 2.50 Transparent xls on limonite with austinite CUPROADAMITE Mexico Durango, Mapimi...steel-blue ctrusy crystals on .50 .... . ..... . limonite ...... ADAMlTE from mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango...inclusions. 1/2" to lxl'' $3.50, $5.00and $7.50 ...... Germany East Prussia, Palmni.cken, Baltic Sea. Fossil resin
Catalog/List
crystals thickly lining large cavities in cellular Limonite. 4tx2tx2". £13. 2. ANGLESITE. Broken Hill, N.S...intergrown and scattered in cavities in cellular Limonite. 2x2". £).)0. 8. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine...Specimen B - ltxl+". £2.25. BERThANDITE. Cheesewring Quarry, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. Small, colourless, well...£5.50. CACOXENITE. Eleonore Mine, Dunsberg, Hesse, Germany. Light, yelloViish, fibr')us, radiated masses...masses ri~hly intergrown \vith brOl'inish Limonite. 2x2,}". £2.25. CALCITE. Ballard Mine, Cherokee GO.,
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APRIL 1974 1. NATIVE ARSENIC. Burraton Combe Quarry, St. Stephens-bySaltaoh, Cornwall. Specimen A -...bright emerald green crystal aggregates with minor Limonite and fragments of Quartz. 3x3x2~". £12. 3. AURICK~LCITE...and thickly aggregated in cavities in cellular Limonite. 3x2". £3. -2- BISMUTHINITE. Fowey ~onsols... in size, scattered on botryoidal liver brown Limonite on a dense Ironstone m3trix. 3x2t". £4. 28. ...EMPLECTITE. Tannenbaum, Nr. Schwarzenberg, Saxony, Germany. Rich, metallic, tarnished bladed maSS8S thickly
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mina O juela. �en-gray to red-brown crystalled on limonite, rich . . .. .... . . ..... . . Mexico Durango...White-to-pale yellow sheave-like crystal groups on limonite . .. . .. ... .. ... . lVlexico Durango, Mapimi...Ojuela. 1, �e blue to steel-blue drusy crystals on limonite . .. . .. . .. . . . ....... . . /�I ✓ \: ::...nodules ........ AMBER An oxygenated hydrocarbon. Germany East Prussia, Palmnicken, Baltic Sea. Fossil resin...silicate. Connecticut Canaan, New England Lime quarry. White crystal prisms in dolomitic marble .. Connecticut
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Justus-Liebig-Universität Senckenbergstrasse 3 35390 Giessen Germany K. WEBER Institut für Geologie und Dynamik der...Göttingen Goldschmidtstrasse 3 37077 Göttingen Germany Cataloging-in-Publication D a t a applied for...international conference in G6ttingen/Giessen, Germany. Discussions were focused on the Tectonothermal.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 The Odenwald Crystalline Complex A. KROHE and A.P. WILLNER...Structural Relationship Between Saar-Nahe Basin, Odenwald, and Spessart Mts. K. WEBER . . . . . . . . .
Catalog/List
cellular Quartz veinstuff with minor brovmish Limonite. 3x2~-". £6.50, liZU!i.ITE. Crov/l Creek, N.S...size, thickly intergro1'~ on :. lx2.{-': area on LimEstone matrix~ 2txlt". £1.25". "TIVE BISMUTH. Ca::-roch...length thickly encrusting both sides of light brown Limonite matrix v!ith much bright V1hite sharp rhombic...cavities in massive ~ibethenite. lxl". £3.50. LIMONITE. ":arnyorth ~1ine, SL Just, Corm"all. Lustrous...Lustrous black thick botryoidal ass covering massive Limonite and showing a f i brolJs radiating structure a
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Psilomelane. Itxltxl". £5.40. 22. CHABAZITE. Dean Quarry, St. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Unusual hollow...2txl·~xl". £2.16, 28. COBALTITE. Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Sharp, SLIvery grey, cubic crystals to 5 mm, in...curved s,ddle shaped crystals thickly encrusting a Limestone matriX with minor brownish Siderite in association... 50. HALITE. Wintershall Mine, Heringen, Hesse, Germany. Lustrous, sharp, cubic crystals to t'l in...scattered and implanted in cavities in Quartz/Limonite/Granite matrix. 2txltxH·". £1.08. OLIV~~ITE.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
galena in a deposit'lying between lacustrine limestone and brown marl. I n the present notes I am able...cavities in the jamesonite, some chalybite, and much limonite and quartz. Specimen no. 1 collected by myself...age. The vein-filling consists principally of limonite and shattered quartz, much of the former being...walls of pitchy black limonite and meeting in the centre, a certain amount of limonite being also present...beraunlte from the Rothl~iufchen mine, Waldgirmes, Hesse, Germany, to which the name eleonorite has been given
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ALLEMONTITE An intergrowth of arsenic and antimony Germany Harz Mountains, Andreasberg Rich gray botryoidal...marble ..... . Connecticut Canaan, New England Lime quarry Silky white xl prisms in dolomitic marble .......chloro-phosphate :\'ew Hampshire Grafton Center, Ruggles quarry Olive green masses in pegmatite ....... Fl. APOPHYLLITE...minor calcite Germany Saxony, Braunsdorf Rich black vein mass with calcite ........... Germany Schneeberg...specimens from one of the few active mines in East Germany ................. . Mexico Sonora, San Bernardo
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Figures) 418 Uranium Occurrences of Bavaria, Germany (With Emphasis on the Bavarian Pfahl of the Altrandsberg...and Associated Minerals in the Northwestern Odenwald, Germany M. Fettel (With 1 Figure) . . . . . . . ....Disequilibrium Studies in Uranium Occurrences of the Odenwald, West Germany S. Meisl and W. Posch! (With 7 Figures)..."copper slate" is replaced laterally by bituminous limestone or variegated marl. The "copper slate" is not...concentrations are recorded from the mineralized limestone and dolomite in the upper parts of the mineralized
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and four exposures at South Main-road quarry, Rackledown quarry, Barns Batch Spinney and Grove Farm are...on the earlier work. Thus, the South Main-road quarry, perhaps the most famous Dundry section has been...with the prevalence of limonite ooliths, 'snuff-boxes' (complex, laminated limonite concretions, q. v. GatralI...Leioceras opalinum Leioceras opalinum et al., 1972), limonite-incrustation, thick shelled bivalves and abundant...'hard-ground' is usually a conglomerate, consisting of limonite coated Iithoclasts, derived from subjacent beds
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Reptilian remains ; the Gilbertson ferous Limestone Fossils, figured of Yorkshire the ; Bowerbank...instance, is the of the layers of chalk and limestone, .coal, sandstone, clay, or slate, which occur...Magnesian Limestone, &c. ' ft.) Carboniferous. (12,000 Coal Measures. Carboniferous Limestone. ft.)...remains are met with in caves and fissures in limestone rocks, old lake and river valley- basins, filled...All over the world caves are to be met with in limestone rocks. of the animal remains found in some of
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which was 15" long), pyrite xls up to 2", good limonite pseudos, massive anglesite rich in silver, showy...of Mines, I heard of an active uranium mine or quarry a couple of miles from town. Following the highway...pollucite which I discovered at the Strickland Quarry, in Portland, during 1954. "Several institutions...proved to be fairly abundant in one section of the quarry wall, intergrown with lepidolite, spodumene, pink...known from the Bolton Schist at the Strickland quarry, should also have appeared in the .list In my map
 
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