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Chrysocolla from
Luca Mine, Hwange District, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chrysocolla
Formula:Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Comments:Associated with azurite, malachite and dioptase.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysocolla data
Locality Data:Click here to view Luca Mine, Hwange District, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:827750
Long-form Identifier:1:3:827750:3
GUID (UUID V4):e9e782bc-9ce5-4a66-b7b2-96d85fd9cef4
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2015–089 Verbierite BeCr3+ 2 TiO6 Savoleyres, north of Verbier, Wallis, Switzerland (46°06’11.16”N,...2015-103 Hansblockite (Cu,Hg)(Bi,Pb)Se2 El Dragón mine, Quijarro province, Potosí, Bolivia (19°49’23.90”S...65°55’00.60”W, 4160 m asl) Hans-Jürgen Förster*, Luca Bindi, Christopher J. Stanley and Günter Grundmann...Marcobaldiite Pb12(Sb3As2Bi)Σ6S21 Stanzone tunnel, Pollone mine, Pietrasanta, Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy (43°57’N...Region, Czech Republic (49°32.16’N, 14°13.55’E) Luca Bindi*, Hans-Jürgen Förster, Günter Grundmann, Frank
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
relaxation. Two samples of the “mineraloid” chrysocolla from different copper ore deposits have very...dioptase, shattuckite, cuprorivaite, planchéite, chrysocolla 29 Introduction Since the earliest applications...the common, but problematical Cu2+ silicate chrysocolla, which is often X‑ray “amorphous,” but is considered...removed from the NMR sample by hand picking. Both chrysocolla samples were massive and uniformly blue-green...24 ± 0.007f C ?e (0) –92 ± 5 1.5 0.02 ± 0.01 chrysocolla, SU8461 A Si 1–4? 380 ± 20 37b 0.7 ± 0.1 Katanga
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
synthesized due to the preferred formation of chrysocolla, but a combination of Mg2+ and Cu2+ resulted...Cu-saponite failed. According to XRD measurements chrysocolla [Cu2Si2O5(OH)2] was formed instead, in agreement...which was also observed by Decarreau (1983) and Luca et al. (1992). With Ni-saponite the (020,110) reflections...1:1 was synthesized without the formation of chrysocolla, which is in agreement with the results described...Higher ratios apparently favor the formation of chrysocolla. Because of the “house-of-cards” structure, and
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DeMouthe Famous mineral localities: The Magdalena district, Kelly, New Mexico .................................. 13 by R. B. Gibbs The Stephenson-Bennett mine ..................................................Hammond Famous mineral localities: The Hansonberg district, Bingham, New Mexico ............................................................ 47 by R. M . North & R. S. DeMark Mina Tiro Estrella ................................................ 65 by R. M . North What's new in minerals? ......................
Report (issue)
Smithsonite slice and egg, 5.8 and 2.7 cm tall Masua Mine, Carbonia-lglesias, Sardinia, Italy Cal and Kerith...Smithsonite, 9.2 cm wide 400 Foot Level, Kelly Mine, Magdalena District Socorro County, New Mexico Steve Neely...David Ellis, Robert W. Eveleth Fabrizio Ferrero, Luca Ferrero, Patricia L. Frisch, Michael Gray J. Michael...Callahan Keith Compton, Kevin Dixon, Fabrizio Ferrero, Luca Ferrero, Jesse Fisher Cedrick Gineste, Ben Healley...1867. ·thsonian Smithsonite First Oxide Zone, Tsu Mine, Tsumeb, Nami 10cm tall Brent Lockhart coll Joe
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COPPER IN DRAINAGE WATERS OF THE SCHUYLER COPPER MINE. By 0 . Ivan Lee ............................ WITH...M. A. ................................ DE LUCA EMERY MINE HAS BRIGHT FUTURE ...........................spent in poking around the immedi~te vicinity of a mine dump or quarry wh1ch apparently was barren from...Spring morning a trip was made to an old chromite mine known as Low· s Line Pit. Dana1 locates it as Texas...to, but about 200 yards to the northeast of the mine shaft, on a low grassy knoll the writer stubbed
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chalkophanite in brown-iron ochre, a t the Passaie zinc-mine, Sterling Hill, N. Jersey. Hetserolite is black...d . , 87, 313).-This substance, obtained from a mine at Areskustan, has been analysed under the aut,hor's...indicated. C. A. B. Occurrence of Dioptase on Chrysocolla, from Peru. By C. A. BURGHARDT (Cham. New?, 37...dioptase. The exact locality of the mine is unknown; but the chrysocolla was shipped from the port of Pisco...cells by the intersection of thin portions of chrysocolla substance, and upon these partition walls were
Catalog/List
,.S9• 00" L- .. • 4. ALSTONITE. Fallowfield Mine,Nr,Hexham,Northumberland. Small sharp,white, spiky...numerous ,mall gemmy • 9. ANGLESITE. Bunker Hill Mine,Kellog,Idaho,U"SeA. Choice sparkling group 11 of...3lx2¾x2", tl6.50. 11. ARSENOPYRITE. Pendarves Mine,Camborne,Cornwall. Bright,sharp,small silvery-metallic...implanted over sky-blue to 1 11 green crystalline Chrysocolla covcr8d matrix.2{x1-½,x3/8 ,g15,75. • 14. AURICHALCITE...ex;_n:ple o 1Jx1-½x¾n,.€6. 00. AXIHITE. Colesbrook Mine,Rosebcry,Tasmnnia,Australia. Choice gemmy terminatcd
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tgressman@comcast.net Famous Mineral Localities: The Soudan mine, Vermilion Range, St. Louis County, Minnesota ....Mineral Localities: The Old Gunnislake mine, Callington District, Cornwall, England .....................red hematite inclusions, 4.5 cm, from the Soudan mine, Vermilion Range, St. Louis County, Minnesota. Don...AQUAMARINE ON MUSCOVITE Chumuru Mine, Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 22...replete with notable examples. Born in Wilmington, North Carolina, on January 25, 1925, he began his interest
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..................13 by C. J. Stefano The Cliff Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan...........................25 by C. J. Stefano & P. Persson The Central Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan........................53 by P. Persson & C. J. Stefano The Copper Falls Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan...........................85 by C. J. Stefano & P. Persson The Phoenix Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan........................lode deposits—e.g. the Kearsarge, Pewabic (Quincy mine), Baltic, Calumet & Hecla, and numerous others.
Journal (issue)
Collector's Newsletter Micromineralogy of the Leiser Ray Mine, San Bernardino County, California Paul M. Adams...Avenue #2 Redondo Beach, CA 90277 The Leiser Ray Mine is located in Sections 15 & 22, Tl IN, R 18E, about...County, Cali fornia. It was part of the Camp Signal District and has been known by a number of other names...Main and Louisiana-California. Fred Leiser was the mine manager for the Louisiana-California Mining Company...Company (C!oudman, et al, 19 19). The Leiser Ray Mine was the only deposit worked primarily for vanadium
Book
mother-of-pearl, and shell are that were et on seashore the north coast of Europe, igget is fossil resin from trees...@ PERIDOT © GARNET Amber mine at Russia The world’s.largest amber mine is in _ Kaliningrad Oblast—partofthe...Colombia Miners can be seen searching for emeralds ina mine in Muzo, Colombia. Although emerald deposits have...Open-cast mine | Large deposits of diamonds have been # discovered in Australia. This mine at: Argyleis... Preliminary grading and sorting is done at the mine, and then at each stage before the rough reaches
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
all of the samples studied by S. even asfrom far north as inidentified Norway [26], with theblue mentioned...testify to the use of Egyptian blue, even as far north as in Norway [26], with the mentioned and has thus...silicon Cuprorivaite, quartz, tenorite Quartz, chrysocolla Cuprorivaite, quartz, malayaite Cuprorivaite...by optical microscopy and were identified as chrysocolla (Cu4 H4 [Si4 O10 ](OH)8 ·nH2 O) by Raman spectroscopy...spectroscopy (Figure 18). The formation of chrysocolla is most likely the outcome of insufficient quantities
Book (edition)
Linn .; stalagmites co ralloides, Wall. MOSSOTTITE, Luca . TARNOWITZITE, Haid .: Tarnovicite ; tar novitzite...Aspasiolith . See Fahlunite. Asperolite. See Chrysocolla. Asphalt. See Asphaltum . Asphalt glance. See...calamine, Patrin ; mes singbluthe, Germ.; mine de laiton, Patrin ; mine de laiton de Pise ; ori. chalcite, Glock...copper ; Chessy copper ; ches sylite, B. and M .; chrysocolla bleue, carbonate ; Bucquet ; copper blue, bleu...PbCu ),As See Limonite. Beaumontite . See Chrysocolla. Beaumontite. See Heulandite. BEAUXITE, Dufn
Report (issue)
.; stalagmites co ralloides, Wall. MOSSOTTITE , Luca . H20 ) + KF. Tetragonal. Axotomous Aragonitsinter...Aspasiolith . See Fahlunite. Asperolite. See Chrysocolla. Asphalt. See Asphaltum . Asphalt glance. glance...Germ .; mine de laiton , thumerstone, James . ; thumite ; yano Aurichalcum Patrin ; mine de laiton...crystallisatus albus crystallis Beaumontite. See Chrysocolla. prismaticis. See Nephelite. Beaumontite . ...cuivre. See Chrysocolla. Bleu de montagne. See Azurite. Bleu de montagne. See Chrysocolla. Bleu de prusse
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Pezzottaite Sepiolite Ludwig II’s pocket watch Chrysocolla Petalite Prehnite Phosphophyllite The gem industry...significance for us all” a time, the economy of Whitby in North Yorkshire – the principal, local source of jet –...crystals Blue azurite Celestine cystals Rough chrysocolla with azurite Native elements Halides Carbonates...Examples of carbonates as gemstones include chrysocolla, calcite, smithsonite, and malachite. Sulphate...and more. Phyllosilicates This group includes chrysocolla, soapstone, and clay minerals, among others.
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Sabelli & G. Brizzi Osarizawaite from the Silver Hill mine, Arizona ........................ 311 by C. S. Stolberg...tungsten mine, central Kazakhstan, U.S.S.R. The specimen was collected in 1982. The Aktschatau mine is among...of Golden State Mint, Mira Loma, Cali- RED CLOUD MINE SITE, YU M A COUNTY. ARIZONA WULFENITE, Red Ckud...of the mine. The first in the series is a Red Cloud mine wulfenite backed by a view of the mine site;...Call for Appt. Septem ber 13-16, 1989 Holiday Inn-North Denver THE SATELLITE SHOW! 10 a.m . to 10 p.m .
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MILLS1,*, ANTHONY R. KAMPF2, ANDREW M. MCDONALD3, LUCA BINDI4, ANDREW G. CHRISTY5, UWE KOLITSCH6,7 and...from Cap Garonne, Var, France (CG), and the Clara Mine, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, are presented. The...(AsO4)2 (SO4) (OH)107H2O, from the Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing County, Nevada, USA (Sec 8, T32N R32E)...8090) and a Cl-rich specimen from the Cap Garonne mine, Var, France [designated as CG henceforth] (Natural...the crystal structure of a sample from the Clara mine, Black Forest, Germany, was studied by single-crystal
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iron-rich ore to laterite formation, Salobo IOCG mine, Brazil A. Henne, D. Craw, E.J. Gagen, G. Southam...iron-rich ore to laterite formation, Salobo IOCG mine, Brazil, Chemical Geology (2020), https://doi.org/10...iron-rich ore to laterite formation, Salobo IOCG mine, Brazil A. Henne, D. Craw, E. J. Gagen, G. Southam...laterites. The of Salobo iron-oxide copper gold (IOCG) mine in Brazil is an ideal environment to examine the...ferrooxidans ssp. previously cultured from the Salobo mine. There were strong similarities between field samples
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Pezzottaite Sepiolite Ludwig II’s pocket watch Chrysocolla Petalite Prehnite Phosphophyllite The gem industry...crystals Blue azurite Celestine cystals Rough chrysocolla with azurite Native elements Halides Carbonates...Examples of carbonates as gemstones include chrysocolla, calcite, smithsonite, and malachite. These...and more. Phyllosilicates This group includes chrysocolla, soapstone, and clay minerals, among others....Opal Precious beryl Argentina Rhodochrosite Zimbabwe Peridot Chrysoberyl Precious beryl Emerald
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and (2) that the precipitation rate must be slow. Luca et al. (1991) described synthesis of fluorhectorite...the octahedra was <0.5. At higher Cu contents, chrysocolla crystallized. Differences in ionic radii were...(1997) 95°C, 15-d redox cydes, 10-13 wk 20°C, 1 Y Luca et al. (1991) reflux, 12 h TEOS, CuCI 2, MgCl2...were reported as favorable for sauconite formation. Luca et al. (1992) synthesized Zn-fluorhectorites from...measured by pyridine adsorption. In later work, Luca et al. (199S) prepared (Zn,Ti)-substituted fluorhectorites
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.............................................. North ~st 31 ....................................................................... Ban on Collecting North ~st Branch 47 ....................................Central Branch; Northern Branch: and, rejoining, North West Branch: Southern Branch: South East Branch:...Edwards; Morag Hewitt; Julie Roydhouse Edoardo De Luca and Claudia Moravi; John and Marie Land; Stephen...impurities. Thus elsewhere in this Newsletter Groverake Mine is described as a commercial producer of fluorspar
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arrangement produces scalloped appearance in diamond • Chrysocolla chalcedony from Peru • Recent finds of kunzite...the proximity to San Diego’s historic pegmatite district, we will offer field trips to working gem mines...purchased the diamond in India, possibly at the Kollur mine, but its exact source is not known. Louis XIV had...exact source in India is unknown, though the Kollur mine has been mentioned (e.g., Balfour, 2009). The stone...Gray-Blue-Violet Hydrogen-Rich Diamonds from the Argyle Mine Hackmanite/Sodalite from Myanmar and Afghanistan
Book (edition)
Nephrite or Jade: Agate Bomare; amazonenstein mine, verdStre, CondaHochaxe-stone, Lenz; barkk5, Lem;...; ; ; ; ; ; ralloides, Wall. MOSSOTTITE, Luca. Tarnowitzite, Haid. Pb)C03. (Ca, Tarnovicite;...Aspasiolith. See Fahlunite. Asperolite. See Chrysocolla. Asphalt. See Asphaltum. Asphalt glance. See...calamine, Patrin; meseingbluthe, Germ.; mine de laiton, ; Patrin ; mine de laiton de Pise chalcite, Gloek...copper; Cliessy copper; chessylite, B. and M.; chrysocolla bleue, Bucquet; copper blue; copper carbonate;
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group moved southwards into the plain from the North Pontic area, interacting with the sedentary groups...Yamnaya groups across the West Pontic region from north to south [2,8], including the possibilities of the...paleoseismological trench “Cherna Gora”, Chirpan district. C. R. Acad. Bulg. Sci. 2004, 57, 71–76. Yaneva...the clay fractions from sediments of Troianovo-North mine, East Maritza Basin (Bulgaria). In Proceedings...production on the island is concentrated in the north-western part of Sicily (Figure 2). A recent diachronic
 
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