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Gypsum from
Schmalgraf mine, Kelmis, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Comments:Some schalenblende specimes, found on the dump, have some small gypsum crystals growing on them. The most I found where on light beige schalenblende specimens and where found quite deep in the dump where the rocks where almost dry.
Habit:Usually as grains but sometimes typical crystals occur sticked to schalenblende.
Colour:Transparent to white
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Schmalgraf mine, Kelmis, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:906638
Long-form Identifier:1:3:906638:0
GUID (UUID V4):cfe26399-1cf8-4432-9275-ecbd73f95327
Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum
2.5km (1.5 miles) Altenberg mine, Kelmis, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
2.6km (1.6 miles) Moresnet, Plombières, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
3.8km (2.3 miles) Rabotrath mine, Walhorn, Lontzen, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
4.2km (2.6 miles) Bleyberg mine, Plombières, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
4.5km (2.8 miles) Bleyberg zinc and lead smelter slag locality, Plombières, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
6.7km (4.2 miles) Terbruggen, Sippenaeken, Plombières, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
12.8km (8.0 miles) Val-Dieu, Aubel, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
17.6km (10.9 miles) Willem-Sophia mine, Kerkrade, Limburg, Netherlands
18.3km (11.4 miles) Breinigerberg Mine, Breinig, Stolberg, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
18.4km (11.4 miles) Münsterbusch zinc smelter slag locality, Stolberg, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The “calamine” nonsulfide Zn–Pb deposits of Belgium: Petrographical, mineralogical and geochemical...Germany c Geological Survey of Belgium, 13 Rue Jenner, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium d Geologisch-Paläontologisches...centuries. Nonsulfide ores were also exploited at Schmalgraf, Engis, Dickenbusch, Fossey, Rocheux-Oneux, Welkenraedt...crystallization. Carbon isotope values, even from the same mine, show a considerable range from −11.6 to −1.6‰....4 to − 14.7‰. The metallic deposits of Eastern Belgium have undergone a polyphase history, which started
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulfides in carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb deposits in Belgium and Poland H . K u c h a 1 and W . V i a e n e...Fysico-chemischeGeologic, Celestijnenlaan 200C, B-3030 Heverlee, Belgium Received: July 16, 1991/Accepted: July 10, 1992...banded sphalerite and pyrite from Zn-Pb deposits of Belgium and Poland. It is therefore suggested that the...were found in carbonatehosted Zn-Pb deposits of Belgium and Poland: sulfoxylanes (M2§ $2+), subsulfites...of sulfur, + 6, is found in sulphates of which gypsum CaSO4"2H20 and anhydrite CaSO,L are the most common
Journal (issue)
f copper and iron ores, limestones, dolomites, gypsum, and other rocks. A collection of copper ores,...of this collection were from Transbaikalia), and mine surveyor Yakovlev from the Southern Urals. By the...Izumrudnye Kopi and Mariinskii Rudnik (Mariinsky Mine) are mentioned starting at no earlier than 1840s-1850s...specimens taken by Kanonnikov from the Zyryanovsk Mine in the Altai, by 1Ipli3oltraie I 1 ilpOTOPC.1.1...The latter originated from the Nikolo-Makaievskii Mine in the Urals and from the Vyatka—Ural area (uezd)
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splendid indigo-blue masses from the East Greyrock mine at Butte, Montana, gave results agreeing closely...O), while nearer the shore there are deposits of gypsum on the floor of the gulf. L. J. 8. 0.780 Fibrous...1899, i, 76-77).-1n the old workings of the Schmalgraf mine a t Altenberg near Aachen, is a fibrous efflorescence
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(6) euhedral to anhedral lead-zinc sulfides and gypsum. The metallogenetic mineralization events of the...and conglomerate unit, a gray limestone unit, and gypsum layers, all formed under shallow marine conditions...ore minerals, with minor amounts of calcite and gypsum as gangue minerals (Fig. 12). The sulfides appear...of the sulfides and gypsum The sulfur isotope composition of the galena and gypsum minerals, including...galena samples from the open pits, five gypsum samples from the gypsum veins associated with the carbonaceous
Journal (issue)
foto Paul Bender) MKA-gezelschap in Schmalgraf, Neu-Moresnet, Liège, België (1978, foto Rik Dillen) Geonieuws...faces of fluorescent gypsum 14-15 The interaction between calcite from the Peregrina mine and UV light 17-18...crystalline manganese phyllosilicate from the Woods mine, NSW, Australia 95-102 Minerals in cavities in basalt...Mineralientage 2012  LE REGNE MINERAL # 109, 02.13 6-46 La mine de cuivre et plomb des Rats, Le Crozet, Loire. 47-52...te zeggen. Welke mijnen hebben wij toen bezocht? Mine de l’Etoile, Luwishwishi, Kipushi. Maar hijzelf
Book (volume)
to try to list all of the mining geologists and mine managers who made these visits possible and who...considered here, are: Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium-the Netherlands-Extreme Western Germany, Switzerland...crude ore averages about 0.3 per cent of WO3. The mine can produce 2000 to 2500 tons per day of tungsten...content of these two metals in the sections of the mine that were being mined. The tin (cassiterite) concentrates...Kelly and Rye (1979) point out, the Panasqueira mine is composed of several more or less localized deposits
Book (volume)
Lead 101. Copper-pyrites Copper-vitriol Mercury mine 46 crystals 101, nite Cuprite 107. 100. Copper-glance...395 Group Barytes 395. Celestite 398. 400 Gypsum and Anhydrite Hydrous 412. allied Minerals. ...77. Barytes II. 78. Celestite, 79. Gypsum I. Gypsum II. Crystallites enclosures spar; Felspar...the a with eye special The piece all the gypsum positions, differ alone, in the but never...all being well as minerals the of face to gypsum the acute In form true view on kind of mineral
Journal (issue)
and their environmental behavior at Plombiéres, Belgium Received: 11 February 1995/ Accepted: 27 June...material) originating from weathering of both slags and mine waste, and often coated on the surface by such...Leuven, Belgium W. De Vos Geological Survey of Belgium, Jennerstraat 13, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium 1983;...others 1991). This activity left huge a white gypsum cover (Fig. 3); (2) coal-rich black material (about...groups: primary, including all the mineral load from mine wastes, mineral dressing wastes, and blast furnace
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
evaporates, but rather, textural evidence shows that gypsum formed in evaporative flats. In this model, seawater...abundant evidence for evaporative conditions, such as gypsum casts. In the vicinity of the Sullivan deposit...deposits. Abundant evidence, including pseudomorphs of gypsum and halite (Walker et al., 1983; Page et al., 2000)...Pavlovskoye, PP = Pine Point, R = Reocin, S = Schmalgraf, TS = Tri-State, UMV = Upper Mississippi Valley...of MVT deposits (dated) and volume of halite and gypsum evaporites. Note that data for Upper Silesia, East
Book (volume)
have been mined to a Down to 52 m. (170 ft.) the mine was dry. depth of 56 m. (183 ft.) Chrysoprase,...frequently also various forms of bitumen. fluorspar and gypsum are less frequent. Barite, Besides true veins...Joseph shaft. At a southeastern. the southeast mine, this place the tuffs and marly slates Wengen...impregnated with Ore is also extracted in this part of the mine from a zone of cinnabar. impregnated rock lying...dolomite and the Wengen marly shales. In the Northwest mine, on the contrary, the succession of rocks the ent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
countries are: the U. S. A., Canada, Germany, Belgium and France. The world production of metallic thallium...zinc skimmings containing 4% thallium. , In Belgium thallium is obtained frOm pyrite in the cities...(Yugoslavia) after Dana and V.M. Goldschmidt 4, 5 - Rambler Mine, Wyoming, U.S.A. after Rogers Crystal system and...stibnite, orpiment and colloform pyrite. In the Rambler mine near Encampment, Wyoming, U. S. A. (Rogers, 1912)...30.86 32. 10 99.08 99.57 Found in the Skrikerum mine, Sweden, where it is intimately associated with
Book (volume)
Deposits of Pitkaranta in Finland 4. Kallmora Silver Mine at Norberg, in Sweden 5. The Deposit of Schneeberg...course of time. materials which were thrown upon mine dumps as useless, sidered as a mere nuisance in...mountain of magnetic iron ore is the famous copper mine of Mednorudiansk. The characteristic analysis...to A. Tamm, the fol- Such an ore from the Tryg mine had, according lowing composition : SiO 2 3.10...tin-stone in a granitic rock which is rich enough to mine. A supposed example of this kind which proved an
Book
places of extreme differentiation (e.g., at the Frood Mine and at Insizwa) bismuth and tellurium minerals are...(1940). 12 T H E ORE MINERALS FIG. 4 80 X Mouat Mine, Stillwater Valley, Montana RAMDOHR From a border...hematite (cf. figs. 144a, b) F I G . 13 80 x Pronto mine, Blind River, Ontario RAMDOHB Grains of uraninite...parts of the saltpeter deposits of Chile, and many gypsum occurrences, etc. IV. P R E C I P I T A T I O N...ore minerals, strontianite, and barite, and some gypsum deposits, may be mentioned as examples. c) The
 
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