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Albite from
Tin mine, Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tin mine, Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:77429
Long-form Identifier:1:3:77429:3
GUID (UUID V4):edcdcee6-2025-4503-b9ee-8004543f7789
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
9.6km (6.0 miles) Starý Martin adit, Steinknochen area, Krupka, Teplice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
11.0km (6.8 miles) Večerní Hvězda adit, Knöttel area, Krupka, Teplice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
29.8km (18.5 miles) Naundorf Granite quarry, Bobritzsch-Hilbersdorf, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
32.0km (19.9 miles) Roztoky Intrusive Centre, Roztoky, Povrly, Ústí nad Labem District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
34.4km (21.4 miles) Koštál Diatreme, Třebenice, Litoměřice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
37.2km (23.1 miles) Saidenbach reservoir, Forchheim, Pockau-Lengefeld, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
39.9km (24.8 miles) Býčkovice Intrusions, Býčkovice, Litoměřice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
50.0km (31.1 miles) Boden, Großrückerswalde, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
56.7km (35.2 miles) Sulphide deposit (Sohlander Bergsegen), Sohland an der Spree, Bautzen District, Saxony, Germany
57.1km (35.5 miles) Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in a tin granite ± case study from the Schellerhau Granite Complex, Eastern Erzgebirge, Germany Received:...history of tin-bearing granitic magma forming the Schellerhau granites (Eastern Erzgebirge, Germany) is shown...evolved residual melts that enable the formation of tin deposits. This study contributes to a better understanding...of the development and behaviour of fractionated tin-bearing granitic melts, and links quartz cathodoluminescence...GoÈttingen, Goldschmidtstr. 3, D-37077 GoÈttingen, Germany e-mail: amuelle6@gwdg.de R. Seltmann GeoForschungsZentrum
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documented by complex tin mineralization at the Hämmerlein deposit (Erzgebirge, Germany) Marius Kern 1 & Julian...Accepted: 26 July 2018 # Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2018 Abstract A comprehensive...mineralogical study on the Hämmerlein tin deposit in the Erzgebirge, Germany, not only yields insights into...the border between Germany and the Czech Republic, has been a prime source of tin. Most Sn production...Technology, Chemnitzer Straße 40, 09599 Freiberg, Germany 2 Institute of Mineralogy, Technische Universität
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author Variscan lamprophyres occur in the greisen tin-, tungsten- and molybdenum-ore district of Krupka...microgranites and mafic dykes associated with late Variscan tin-bearing granites and include minettes, kersantites...magmatic activity, which produced isolated lah c Altenberg Cze blic Sn u vas, feeding necks or dykes of p...location of the Cínovec/Zinnwald, Krupka and Altenberg Sn–W–Mo deposits (modified from Wasternack et...rhyolites (predominantly ignimbrites) related to the Altenberg–Teplice Caldera (ATC) (Mlčoch and Skáce- lová
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
constraints for the late-Variscan magmatism in the Altenberg–Teplice Caldera (Eastern Erzgebirge/Krušné hory)...peraluminous A-type Sn-bearing Li-mica granites of Altenberg and Zinnwald/Cínovec (Eastern Erzgebirge) intruded...(TR) and the Altenberg microgranite (AM), which forms the eastern branch of the Altenberg-Frauenstein...implies that A-type granitic magmatism of the Altenberg-Teplice area is younger than c. 305–311 Ma. These...the massive hydrothermal overprint related to the tin-bearing granites at the eastern contact of the TR
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
20013 pohwatp@si.edu FLUORITE Part 2 Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China T he first part of this...northern England, particularly from the Rogerley mine, has made these classic specimens available once...localities. The mines of Cornwall have been mined for tin at least since the time of the Roman Empire. Later...copper. Besides providing excellent examples of tin and copper minerals, Cornwall has provided a wealth...made of the complex crystals from the Trevaunce mine, St. Agnes. The crystals on the Smithsonian specimens
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
wt.% GeO2 was found in topaz from the Silver Leaf Mine, Manitoba, (Papish, 1929). Seim and Schweder (1962)...topaz in some tin deposits in the eastern Erzgebirge) from Zinnwald, Sadisdorf and Altenberg (9 individual...et al., 2010). Krieselite from the Tsumeb copper mine, Namibia, contains up to 0.102 a.p.f.u. Ga substituting...Locality and rock description Podlesı́, coarse-grained albite-biotite granite of the younger intrusive complex...e-topaz granite Podlesı́ stock, medium-grained albite-zinnwalditetopaz granite Podlesı́ stock, quartz-topaz-zinnwaldite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
granite systems: The classic Erzgebirge tin province (Saxony and Bohemia) Rongqing Zhang1*, Bernd Lehmann2*...Adolph-Roemer-Strasse 2a, 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany 3 Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History...central European Erzgebirge-Krušné hory tin province of eastern Germany and the western Czech Republic. Cassiterite...Sadisdorf, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Altenberg, Cinovec-Zinnwald, and Krupka tin deposits have U-Pb ages that...rare-metal granite magmatism and associated hydrothermal tin mineralization in the Erzgebirge as a result of extensional
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
locality); 8. tin granites and greisens of Cornwall, England, and France; 9. Erzgebirge district, Saxony, Germany;...Gilgit pegmatite district and Katlang, Pakistan; 13. Tin granites of Jos plateau district, Nigeria; 14. Namibia... gem gravels of Sri Lanka; 18. Myanmar-Thailand tin pegmatite belt; 19. Transbaikal area (includes pegmatites...May 2015 Figure 3 (above). Topaz, Little Three mine, Ramona, San Diego County, California. NMNH specimen...131821. figure 9 (left). Topaz, 10.5 em long, Dassu mine, BaItNan, Pakistan. NMNH specimen 165994. figure
Journal (issue)
Länttä 1 Sakatti Juomasuo Suhanko STATUS Active mine R-R o Kylylahti Hautalampi J tC Länttä H...Advanced exploration project SAP 0.1 1 Sotkamo Mine project Kylylahti Talvivaara / Sotkamo Rompas-Rajapalot...only c Mineral reserves only as Boliden planned the mine closure for autumn 2020. Previous estimate (2018):...plant in Finland 7 PROJECTS & MINES Ac�ve mine Mine project Advanced explora�on project BOLIDEN Kevitsa...applied to conflict minerals in Africa (coltan, tin) but limited to ores and concentrates, i.e., upstream
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Topaz-zinnwaldite alkali-fedspar granite of Eibenstock, Germany re (Ditterová, 2014), which contains euhedral...Czech Republic (Jarchovský, 2006). K-feldspar and albite are enclosed by topaz; (K) Topaz from the Podlesí...abbreviations (after Whitney and Evans, 2010): Ab, albite; Kfs, K-feldspar; Ms, muscovite; Pl, plagioclase;...and Foldessy, 2003); (C) Partly greisenized topaz-albite granite from the Hub stock, Horní Slavkov-Krásno...Republic, with aggregates of polysynthetic twinned albite, partly argillized K-feldspar, topaz, and altered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with the exception of the Grossschirma stratiform tin deposit in the Freiberg polymetallic ore district...coincide with the Eastern Volcano-Plutonic Complex (Altenberg minimum), which encloses large volumes of felsic...Popov et al., 1981; Pirajno, 2009). Late Variscan tin– tungsten–molybdenum deposits of Central Europe belong...greisens or vein fillings, or rare chloritetype of tin assemblages in ore veins and altered wall rocks....Stockwork Qtz–molybdenite Small Musc −45 6 Tin and tungsten vein and greisen deposits Tannenberg–Mühlleithen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Oregon; argyrodite (a silver sulphide germanate), Germany, Bolivia. On the other hand, there are many well...in Colyn region W. of r. Dniepr. ANDREASBERG, Germany, S E Oberharz mountain range, lead-zinc deposit...arsen, hormotone, analcime, desmin. FREIBERG, Saxony, Germany, old famous mineral, classic locality. Native...Annaberg, Johanngeorgenstadt, Schneeberg, all in Saxony. Here have been discovered minerals: annabergite...Belgium, the most known are lead-zinc deposits Altenberg and Stolberg, very good specimens so called Schalenblende
Catalog/List
mineral, "At were of large, prisms, of this mine have been obtained, more Note. - Galena offer...in the specimens Dundasite, bunches samples Mine, of occurs lode. beautiful white large more...originally Cornish mining ceeding by colour, Mine fractures of great the mineral often Mount ...extremely some rarely Anglesite. Embolite, back Mine. with minute of small of capping gossan the...Feldspar, bright blue-green, 39. Amazonite 40. Albite 41. Hornblende, jet black, 42. Beryl, Soda
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sn-mineralized granites—examples from the Erzgebirge, Germany Rolf L. Romer & Rainer Thomas & Holly J. Stein...Springer-Verlag 2006 Abstract Granites and primary tin mineralization in the Erzgebirge were dated using...and 320.6±1.9 and 319.7± 3.4 Ma (2σ, both Sauberg mine), in agreement with U–Pb apatite ages of 323.9±2...9±2.9 and 317.3±1.6 Ms (2σ, both Sauberg mine). Rb–Sr analysis of melt inclusions from Zinnwald gives highly...Re–Os dating of two molybdenite samples from Altenberg provides ages of 323.9±2.5 and 317.9±2.4 Ma (2σ)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the eastern Erzgebirge volcano-plutonic complex (Germany, Czech Republic): evidence of multiple magma mixing...Teplice rhyolites triggered the formation of the Altenberg-Teplice caldera above the eastern Erzgebirge volcano-plutonic...Erzgebirge/Krušne Hory granite batholith astride the border of Germany and Czech Republic (Fig. 1), can be used to track...Erzgebirge. Caldera complexes developed in the Altenberg block (Altenberg-Teplice caldera) and in Tharandter Wald...Wald (Fig. 1). The 650-km2 Altenberg-Teplice caldera forms the main part of the eastern Erzgebirge volcano-plutonic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 236, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany 5 Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences...alluvial tin deposits near Steinberg, Zschorlau, Erzgebirge (Saxonian Ore Mountains), Saxony, Germany, and...from cotype localities for schorl (alluvial tin deposits and tin mines in the Erzgebirge, including Zschorlau)...localities in the Erzgebirge (former tin mines in Saxony, Germany, and Krušné Hory Mts., Bohemia, Czech...because a village known today as Zschorlau (in Saxony, Germany) was then named ‘‘Schorl’’ (or minor variants
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and rhyolites of A-type form the fill of the Altenberg-Teplice Caldera (ATC), thus demonstrating the...Mts. have been, for their obvious association with tin mineralization, investigated in detail petrographically...hydrothermal fluids. Namely plagioclase should give rise to albite, and topaz was also formed during the hydrothermal...et al., 1987, 1992). Geochemically, two types of tin-bearing granites were distinguished, namely high-phosphorus...parentheses. K. Breiter / Lithos 151 (2012) 105–121 albite–zinnwaldite–topaz alkali feldspar leucogranites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Centre for Geoscience GFZ, Telegrafenberg, Potsdam, Germany; thomas@gfz-potsdam.de ARC Centre of Excellence...for example the highly evolved porphyritic topaz–albite–zinnwaldite microgranite dike at Zinnwald (see...Greifenstein granite (both in the Erzgebirge, Germany), or in the Pliocene Eldzhurtinskiy I-type biotite...– Grei­ fenstein granite, Central Erzgebirge, Germany – re-homogenized at 650 °C and 1 kbar; b – in the...there are granites such as the porphyritic topaz–albite–zinnwaldite microgranite dikes from Zinnwald, in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
granite zone of the cupola consists of lepidolite–albite granite grading continuously into zinnwaldite granite...witnessed by the coexistence of lamprophyres and albite-rich granites in several ore districts of the Krušné...and White (1974) suggests their association with tin mineralization. In-situ fractional crystallization...which eventually exsolve. The dyke equivalents of albite-rich granitic rocks known locally as “ongonite”...(porphyritic microgranite) of Fláje, Frauenstein and Altenberg Teplice rhyolite 300 m Li-mica granite of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralisation in the Eibenstock granite, Erzgebirge, Germany: Considering effects of zircon alteration Received:...September 2004  Springer-Verlag 2004 Abstract Tin mineralisation is closely related to rhyolite stocks...exocontact of the Eibenstock granite, Erzgebirge, Germany. The same structures which cut the granite control...bodies. Albitisation and greisenisation related to tin mineralisation as well as sericitisation and argillic...Eibenstock granite cannot be regarded as a source for tin-ore forming fluids as previously assumed. U. Kempe
Catalog/List
}~-x2ixli". £l6.5o. NATIVE B~5MUTH. Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Very rich vein section consisting of feathery...thick. £13.00. BISMUTHINITE. George & Charlotte Mine, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon. Rich, silvery grey, bladed...veinstuff. IpHxl" , £1.50. BISMUTHINITE. Patino Mine, Uncia, Potosi Dist., Bolivia. Choice, very rich...cavities. lixl-!;-". £4.50. 14.'/ BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Clusters of tarnished Bornite...mm. 2x2xl-t". £13.00. 15. BROCHANTITE. Mammoth Mine, Tintic District, Utah, U.S.A. Bright, deep green
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Republic, Prague, Czech Republic 3 GZG, G€ottingen, Germany 2 Received November 6, 2001; revised version accepted...granite bodies in the Bohemian Massif (Fig. 1). Topaz-albite granites that usually form granite stocks are traditionally...topaz-albite granites of the Hub Stock form part of a complicated stock structure of topaz-albite granites...(Jarchovsky et al., 1994; Rene, 1998). Topaz-albite granites in this part of the Slavkovsky Les Mts...the Hub stock. The breccias are cemented by topaz-albite microgranites (Fig. 2), which form dykes penetrating
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FROM THE NIEDERBOBRITZSCH GRANITE, ERZGEBIRGE, GERMANY: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY OF...GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Telegrafenberg, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany ABSTRACT A detailed survey of accessory minerals...biotite granites from Niederbobritzsch, Erzgebirge, Germany, reveals the presence of various, late magmatic...granite, Niederbobritzsch pluton, Erzgebirge, Germany. SOMMAIRE Un examen détaillé des minéraux accessoires...Niederbobritzsch granite, eastern Erzgebirge, Germany. I report the first electron-microprobe data on
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Silicate Melt Inclusions in Variscan Granites from SE Germany: Volatile Contents and Entrapment Conditions R...POTSDAM, GERMANY 2 TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG, BRENNHAUSGASSE 14, D-09596 FREIBERG, GERMANY RECEIVED...the Erzgebirge, Fichtelgebirge and Oberpfalz, Germany. The volatile concentrations range from 3 to 10...biotite and two-mica granites, and ended with topaz–albite granite (~650°C) and pegmatitic phases down to...highly evolved geochemically and famous for the tin and uranium mineralization associated with them.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
granite associated greisen, western Erzgebirge, Germany: two phases of mineralization—two Sn sources Marie...Accepted: 23 July 2018 # Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2018 Abstract The Hämmerlein...before the emplacement of the Eibenstock granite. Tin in the > 330 Ma old skarn silicates possibly was...different sources. Keywords Erzgebirge . Hämmerlein . Tin . Skarn . Greisen . Ore deposits . Eibenstock granite...GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany 2 Department of Geology, TU Bergakademie Freiberg
 
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