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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Covellite
Formula:CuS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Covellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tin mine, Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:77446
Long-form Identifier:1:3:77446:0
GUID (UUID V4):052809fc-4611-4491-b29c-c0813f92317e
Nearest other occurrences of Covellite
9.1km (5.7 miles) Moldava deposit, Moldava, Teplice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
10.8km (6.7 miles) Sadisdorf, Dippoldiswalde, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
25.0km (15.5 miles) Altväter samt Eschig Mine, Sayda, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
31.7km (19.7 miles) Junge Hohe Birke Mine, Langenrinne, Zug, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
33.9km (21.0 miles) Reiche Zeche-Schacht, Himmelfahrt Mine, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
44.5km (27.7 miles) Vater Abraham Mine, Lauta, Marienberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
57.1km (35.5 miles) Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
57.4km (35.7 miles) Uranus Mine, Kleinrückerswalde, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
62.7km (39.0 miles) Straßburger Glück Mine, Niederschlag, Bärenstein, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
64.3km (40.0 miles) Klunst Quarry, Ebersbach-Neugersdorf, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
marcasite,cubanite,enargite,tetrahedrite,and covellite, alsooccurlesscommonly.Hematite (specularite)is...areof greatimportance, asfor example, cassiteritein tin ores. Thoughby no meansrigidly limitedto cer- ß 585...(65) .... x x x x x x x x x x x x x Ashley Mine, Ont. (95) ................. Atikokan, Ont. (45)...Beattie Mine, Que. (30) ................ x x x x x Several x Altenberg, Saxony, Germany (58) .......... Alexo Mine, Ont. (97) .................. Anyox, B.C. (II3) .................... Hematite, marcasite
Book (edition)
Polarite Sobolevskite Cherepanovite Millerite Covellite Klockmannite Idaite Valleriite Tochilinite Vyalsovite...Affiliation/Address Luzerner Str. 10-12, D-12205 Berlin, Germany – Freie Universität Berlin, FB Geowissenschaften...Mineralogie, Malteserstr. 74-100, D-12249 Berlin, Germany Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Dr. Frank...Stilleweg 2, D-30655 HanDr. Thomas Oberthür nover, Germany Dr. Thomas Kenkmann Museum für Naturkunde der ... zu Berlin, Invalidenstr. 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany Prof. Dr. Robert Marschik & Ludwig-Maximilians
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)
superb example of the mineral. It was from Saxony, Germany, and was to me at that time a thing of beauty...National University] at 06:43 31 December 2014 mine in Colorado, and they found virtually the entire...there are examples of chalcopyrite, cuprite, covellite, pyrite, bournonite, and sphalerite after tetrahedrite...tetrahedrite and pyrite specimen from the Anchor mine, Park City, Utah. The specimen was in the stock...examples at the present time are from the Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado, where it occurs
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Congress Catalog Card No. 66-17809 Printed in Germany 08 011635 3 PREFACE TO THE T H I R D (GERMAN)...N , Troy, New York, USA G. FRIEDRICH, Aachen, Germany H . FROHBERG, Toronto, Canada R. L A GANZA, North...Pullman, Washington R. A. ZIMMERMANN, Heidelberg, Germany 2 Bamdohr, Theorie Minerals XVÜ ABBREVIATIONS...metals in definite localities (e.g., the geochemical tin provinces of the East Indies or Bolivia) force an...places of extreme differentiation (e.g., at the Frood Mine and at Insizwa) bismuth and tellurium minerals are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(1986): Silver Mineralization of the Karuizawa Mine, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. – Mining Geol., 36(6):...Kitakaze, A. (1982): Silver Minerals from the Sanru mine, Hokkaido (in Japanese with English abstract). –...research of ores in Co and Ro veins in Bratrství mine (In Czech)]. – MS, Úst. nerostných Surovin Kutná...Ni-skutterudite from Bi-paragenesis at Bratrství mine in Jáchymov/Joachimsthal (In Czech)]. – Sbor. geol...Mineral. Deposita, 5: 41–58. 509 Moh, G. H. (1975): Tin- containing mineral systems. Part II: Phase relations
Catalog/List
50x40x30mm. £9. 6) NATIVE BISMUTH. Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. A very good solid mass of silvery granular...4mm. 35x30x20mm. £12. 8) BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. A nice clean specimen showing...60x35x30mm. £875. 9) CASSITERITE. Graupen, Bavaria, Germany. A group of about eight lustrous jet black cassiterite...75x65x30mm. £85. 10) CASSITERITE var "RUBY WOOD TIN". St Agnes, Cornwall. A small piece of matrix showing...attached. 60x20x20mm max. £45. 11) CASSITERITE. Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. Typical very fine grained
Book (volume)
and the corresponding citation (Hudson Bay 309 mine). in Ref. 4, line Z, for 670 read 676. 310 in...say that this guarantee did much to deterrepaid. mine the award of the grant. To Mr. W. 0. Wiley, Chairman...21-30. Schweigger's J. See J. Chemie u. Phys. Schweiz. min. Mitt. Schweizerische mineralogische und petrographische...Mineralsystem. 8vo, Vienna, 1853. Die Minerale der Schweiz. 460 pp., Leipzig, 1866. (1866). Kirwan (1784-1810)... Tantalum 1110 Zinc Schreibersite Siderazot Tin 12 121 1211 1212 1213 1214 1215 122 1221 1222
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PYRRHOTITE Fer-xS MILLERITE NiS l4 _20 0 COVELLITE CuS thin film STIBNITE Sb,S3 BISMUTHINITE _280...StromeyeriteAgCuS Ontario Saxony Arizona Bornite Cu6FeSl Butte, Mont. Sangerhausen, Germany Silverton, Colo. Bisbee...Butte, Mont. Butte, Mont. (4 specimens) Bornite & Covellite Cornwall Polished Poiished 252 2611 Rickardite...Colo., Argentiferous Gregory Mine, Colo. Hartz, Germany Siebengebirge, Germany Wallace, Idafto, Argentiferous...Kan. and Chalcopyrite Butte, Mont. Galena De Soto Mine, Nev. Franklin, N. J New South Wales Monte Poni
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concentrated, together of rare earths, such as tin and tungsten ores. Finally the remainder of the...specific ores, such as molybdenum, tungsten and tin ores, from hot gases and vapour, is called pneumatolysis...interesting minerals can also be found on heaps of mine refuse, but never enter abandoned shafts or caves... BISMUTH Bia Krupka, Czechoslovakia very good tin-white, grey silver- white light grey, silverwhite...arsenic-silver ALLEMON- ore veins TITE yellowish grey tin-white to grey g rey No. 1—8 metallic opaque
Journal (issue)
Moore Tpmoore1@cox.net The Guatomo (“Hat Yai”) mine near Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province.............731 . by M. P. Sacchi The Santa Rosa mine, Inyo County, California .........................SCORODITE crystal, 1.6 cm wide, from the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia. Unique Minerals...in the area of the No. 1 shaft at the Pyšminskij mine near Berezovsk. Figure 29. Workings along veins...www.budil-minerals.com The Guatomo (“Hat Yai”) mine near Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province
Book
Design: Hansbernd Lindemann, Berlin. Printed in Germany. Preface More than thirty years ago, microprobe...contribution entitled "The tectonic environment and tin metallogeny of granites in South China". The following...synoptical extract is quoted from their work: "Endogenic tin metallogeny of the granites in South China is closely...migration of orogenic granites on the initially tin enriched Proterozoic continental crust, the "reverse...formation of the world's largest granite-endogenic tin metallogenic zone. The ore source zone formed by
Catalog/List
beforehand. NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1995 1. ADAMITE. Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. V-shaped cavity in limonitic...5. APATITE (VAR FRANCOLITE). Simms Lode, Geevor Mine, St Just, Cornwall. Cellular matrix lined with lustrous...60x50x45mm. £22. 7. AURICHALCITE AND HEMIMORPHITE. 79 Mine, Hayden, Arizona, USA. A 50x20nan cavity in veinstone...U.V. 70x60x25mm. £12. 9. AZURITE. West Caradon Mine, St Clear, Cornwall, in veinstone matrix. 30x2Qx20mm... 130x80x40mm. £65. 11, BORNITE. Cooks Kitchen Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Several shallow cavities in
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metals known, and bronze, a hard alloy of copper and tin, has been used since c. 3000 BC. Native copper is...(420 tons); others localities include Mansfeld (Germany), Bisbee (Arizona), Tsumeb (Namibia) and Surra...native sliver include Kongsberg (Norway), Freiberg (Germany), Jachymov (Czech Republic), the Comstock Lode...Moschellandsberg (Germany) and Juan Cavelica (Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world...Is found In Erzgeblrge and the Harz Mountains (Germany), Glkos (Russia), Sterling Hill (New Jersey, USA)
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metals known, and bronze, a hard alloy of copper and tin, has been used since c. 3000 BC. Native copper is...(420 tons); others localities include Mansfeld (Germany), Bisbee (Arizona), Tsumeb (Namibia) and Surra...native sliver include Kongsberg (Norway), Freiberg (Germany), Jachymov (Czech Republic), the Comstock Lode...Moschellandsberg (Germany) and Juan Cavelica (Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world...Is found In Erzgeblrge and the Harz Mountains (Germany), Glkos (Russia), Sterling Hill (New Jersey, USA)
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others containing elements of rare earths, such as tin and tungsten ores. Finally the remainder of the magma...specific ores, such as molybdenum, tungsten and tin orcs, from hot gases and vapour, is called pneumatolysis...interesting minerals can also be found on heaps of mine refuse, but never enter abandoned shafts or caves...trigonal metallic opaque liquid 13.6 greasy tin-white, grey silverwlutc grey metallic opa opaque... metallic opaque 2.5-3 8.6 very good fragile tin-white to grey grey metallic opaque compact, thread­
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 05:52 29 January 2015 FRENCH CREEK IRON MINE, CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA M any minerals described...specimens. One such locality is the French Creek iron mine, Chester County, Pennsylvania, an occurrence worthy...variety of minor associated elements such as zinc and tin, mainly due to the presence of microscopic exsolution...chalcopyrite crystals from the Old Lurzenbach mine, Gosenbach, Siegen, Germany. Jack Halpern specimen, Jeff Scovil...at Rossie, St. Lawrence County, at the Sterling mine, Jefferson County, and in very large crystals associated
Book (edition)
Mineralogie, Malteserstr. 74-100, D-12249 Berlin, Germany Earth Science Department / College of Science,...Feld 236, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany Sodenstr. 19, D-12309 Berlin, Germany Graslitzer Str. 5, D-63791 Karlstein...Karlstein am Main, Germany Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Department für Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften...Ressourcengeologie, Luisenstr. 37, D80333 München, Germany Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe...Rohstoffe (BGR), Stilleweg 2, D-30655 Hannover, Germany Dr. Salah Al-Khirbash Prof. Dr. Rainer Altherr &
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mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26x 16 cm 22...* 20 x 18 x 14. cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1x 1 om Acicular...manganese oxide on limestone, Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany * 11.5 x 24x 0.5 cm Murcia, Spain * 14x 11x 5...hematite with iridescent limonite coating, Parcocha Mine, Bilbao, Spain * 19 x 19 x 16 cm Goethite, Tintic...Brazil + 5 x 3 x 0.6 cm Platy muscovite, José Pinto Mine, Jaguaragu, Minas Gerais, Brazil + 12 x 19 x 6 em
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and Technology Brennhausgasse 14 09596 Freiberg Germany Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication...for Geosciences and Natural Resources Hannover, Germany Preface The extraordinary growth of the computer.......... 33 3.1 Vein-Stockwork Tin and Tungsten Deposits, Porphyry Tin Deposits ....... 33 3.1.1 Mount...Deposits .............. 74 3.3.1 Rammelsberg, Germany ................................................................ 100 3.5.3 Kirki (St. Phillippe) Mine, Thrace, Greece ...............................
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immensely popular handbook of minerals appeared in Germany I obtained a copy fo! my personal library and was...times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...soft. Only by the addition of tin did man obtain a usable alloy, bronze. Tin only occurs in important quantity...quantity in cassiterite (tin and oxygen), and never as the pure metal. In order to obtain copper in sufficient...various parts of the Austrian Tirol and Salzburg. Much tin ore came from Britain so that brisk trading in minerals
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by Gloucester Typesetting Co. Ltd. Printed in Germany Contents Translator's Foreword 4 Foreword ...forms. The word derives from the Latin ‘minera’ = 'mine’. Mineralogy is the science dealing with minerals...known in some parts of the Continent, including Germany. Ore: Ores are deposits of minerals, which contain...Antimony (Stibium) Scandium Selenium Silicon Samarium Tin (Stannium) Strontium Tantalum Terbium Technetium...arsenopyrite, orpiment, galena, bornite, bournonite, covellite, tetrahedrite, cobaltite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite
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mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22...Namibia * 20 x 18 x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1 x 1 om Acicular...manganese oxide on limestone, Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany * 11.5 x 24 x 0.5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A...Brazil * 5 x 3 x 0.6 cm Platy muscovite, José Pinto Mine, Jaguaracu, Minas Gerais, Brazil * 12 x 19 x 6 cm...Malawi * 10 x 10 x 7 cm Calcite, San Sebastian Mine, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico * 10 x 8 x 6.5
Book (volume)
reserved. H., Hofbuchdruckerei, Cothen-Anhalt (Germany). Translation This book has book of but ...Lead 101. Copper-pyrites Copper-vitriol Mercury mine 46 crystals 101, nite Cuprite 107. 100. Copper-glance...Hypersthene Amphibole Group Uranium Compounds Tin 311 Bronzite, Spodumene 179. Wolframite 310...11. Copper-ores Copper. I. Copper-glance, Covellite, Copper-pyrites, Copper-ores II. Bornite. Tetrahedrite... Glauco- Erythrite. compounds. Wolframite, Tin-ore. Rho- Gers- Garnierite. Molybdenum Cuprouranite
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and arsenic, 188 ores of vanadium, ; ores of tin, 193 ; ores of molybdenum, 199 193 ores of tungsten...elastic, sectile. : platinum, iron, copper, zinc, tin, lead gold, silver, ; and shown by the ease with...as could be flattened : gold, silver, copper, tin, platinum, lead, zinc, iron. A mineral to its...from barytes, sulphides of copper from oxide of tin, etc. when Similarly, a diamantiferous " "... ways and shaking tables, and alluvial gold and tin-ore percussion the hydraulic sluicing of while the
 
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