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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Orthoclase
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Orthoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tin mine, Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:77473
Long-form Identifier:1:3:77473:4
GUID (UUID V4):c2f18cb0-4de2-4133-8d8b-a67b3380a3ab
Nearest other occurrences of Orthoclase
9.1km (5.7 miles) Moldava deposit, Moldava, Teplice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
9.4km (5.9 miles) Vrchoslav fluorite deposit, Vrchoslav, Krupka, Teplice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
9.6km (6.0 miles) Starý Martin adit, Steinknochen area, Krupka, Teplice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
10.8km (6.7 miles) Sadisdorf, Dippoldiswalde, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
10.8km (6.7 miles) Barbora adit, Knöttel 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
29.1km (18.1 miles) Monzonite quarries, Plauenscher Grund, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
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
33.4km (20.8 miles) Milířsko, Těchlovice, Děčín District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
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)
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
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...Large the of over agate having feldspar, orthoclase, common instead more in rate of of Pike’s
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and White (1974) suggests their association with tin mineralization. In-situ fractional crystallization...(porphyritic microgranite) of Fláje, Frauenstein and Altenberg Teplice rhyolite 300 m Li-mica granite of the...Schenkenshöhe Hegelshöhe Sachsenhöhe N Schellerhau Altenberg Massif Zinnwald Cínovec H. Krupka Knötl Preiselberk...Krušné hory/ Erzgebirge Batholith (KHEB). The Altenberg–Teplice caldera (ATC; Fig. 1) is a large elliptical...of modal composition with depth. The amount of orthoclase varies between 20 and 40 vol. %. Plagioclase
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)
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)
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)
Book
Netherlands. Back cover The museum ldar-Oberstein. West-Germany. is quaintly situated beneath the Felsenkirche...Copyright 1986 by . Ulrich Burchard, Lalling, West-Germany All rights reserved including the right of reproduction...Printed in Germany Miscellaneous: Design & Lay Out by Rainer Bode, Haltern, West-Germany Type set by...Wurzburg, West-Germany Colour separations by Litho Thungen GmbH, Thungen, West-Germany H. Bari, Musee...Printed by Sellier Druck GmbH, Freising, West-Germany 6 Gasull, Museo de Geologia, Barcelona 249; V
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
Book (volume)
Segregations of Magnetic Iron Ore in Quartz-free Orthoclase Porphyries and Syenites . . "', (a) (6) (c)...Upper Styria 6. Tin-Stone as a Primary Segregation in Granitic Rocks. The Etta Knob Tin Deposit of the...Schluckenau, in Northeastern Bohemia, and at Sohland, in Saxony (e) Arsenious Nickel Ores in the Serpentine of...Spherosiderites Carbonaceous Iron Ores of Upper Silesia and Saxony Carbonaceous Iron Ores of Great Britain The Iron...Oxidic Ores I. Veins of Iron and Manganese Ores II. Tin Veins (fc) Deposits Characterized by Metallic Sulphides
Book
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...the blowpipe. The edges of a fragment of the 5. Orthoclase. standard size are rounded with difficulty before...from barytes, sulphides of copper from oxide of tin, etc. when Similarly, a diamantiferous " "
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Centre for Geoscience GFZ, Telegrafenberg, Potsdam, Germany; thomas@gfz-potsdam.de ARC Centre of Excellence...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...example the Kirchberg granite, West-Erzgebirge, Germany, which for the last 70 years has been viewed as...miarolitic cavities in the Königshain granite, eastern Germany. The approximately 3.5 cm wide aplite zone is separated
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...et al., 1987, 1992). Geochemically, two types of tin-bearing granites were distinguished, namely high-phosphorus...hory Mts. They form the small Bergen pluton in Germany and several intrusions in the Slavkovský les area...with up to 10 cm large perfectly crystallized orthoclase phenocrysts (the original site of the so called
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
Journal (issue)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF TIN BY FRANK L. HESS and EVA HESS (PUBLICATION 1987^)...France 84 French Guiana 89 84 85 Georgia 89 Germany 89 Greenland 96 Honduras 97 Idaho 97 India...work was engaged in looking up authorities upon tin deposits, no list of the papers on even such noted...noted occurrences as those of Great Britain, Germany, or the Malay Peninsula was to be found, while it...publication. Since the work was begun Sydney Fawns' " Tin Deposits of the World " has appeared, but the list
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...al., 2005); (F) Rock ro from the endogranitic tin zone alteration assemblage, Mount Pleasant, New Brunswick...Range, Utah, USA. At Qiguling, in the Qitianling tin district, China, Xie et al. (2013) described topaz...Eibenstock, Germany re 4 Topaz-zinnwaldite-albite granites from 3 Altenberg granite, Saxony, Germany Ditterová...complex, Erzgebirge, Germany 16.09–18.95 T (°C) Jo Zinnwald, Erzgebirge, Germany Breiter and Kronz
Book
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...developed. 14 .inic L kyanite wolframite orthoclase olivine f struvite N hemimorphite | | ...the hardness tests is as follows: 1. talc 6. orthoclase felspar 2. gypsum 7. quartz 3. calcite 8. topaz...interesting minerals can also be found on heaps of mine refuse, but never enter abandoned shafts or caves
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1874. Downloaded on 26/10/2014 08:32:27. Gegentrum Mine at Halsbriicke, consisting of marcasite mixed with...Junge hohe Birke mine there occurs a mineral which is soft and buttery while in the mine, but quickly hardens...sinter is likewise found in the Junge hohe Birke mine. 4. Brittle Silver Ore or Stephamite.-The Freiberg... A variety from the Gesegnete Bergmannshoffnung mine, in elongated prismatic crystals of sp. gr. 6.28...L~~~bachite.-Keroliteis of frequent occurrence in Saxony, being found in the cavities of the melaphyre-conglomerates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Speiskobalt (Smaltite) from the Daniel Mine, near Schneeberg in Saxony, was described by/~aumann in 1834....1874 by Messrs. Bragger and Reuseh in the apatite-mine of KjSrrestad, near Bamle in l~orway. Some of the...crystallography, than among our scientific brethren of Germany ; and nowhere are the results of their assiduous...France ; 2--Chalcedony after Calcite, Schnceberg, Saxony; 3--Hornstone after Calcite, Schneeberg ; 4 and...near Schwarzenberg, Saxony; 6--Scmiopal and Quartz after Calcite, Leisnig, Saxony; 7--Chalcedony aiter
by Franckh’sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, W. Germany. Adapted by Anthony C. Tennissen. Revised Edition...gypsum; (3) calcite; (4) fluorite; (5) apatite; (6) orthoclase; (7) quartz; (8) topaz; (9) corundum; (10) diamond...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, New...New Zealand. In Australia, at Mount Morgan Mine, from Chartres Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill...Luning and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped
Book (edition)
Lieber, © 1969 by Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, W. Germany. Anthony C. Tennissen. der schénen* Franckh’sche...(3) calcite; (4) fluorite; (5) apatite; (6) orthoclase; (7) quartz; (8) topaz; (9) corundum; (10) diamond...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, Mine...and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped...hydrothermal deposits. Occasionally in igneous Germany, Harz Mts.; and contact metasomatic deposits
Book (edition)
and its Compounds Zinc and its Compounds Cadmium, Tin Compounds of Titanium Cobalt and Nickel and their...is very similar in general form to Fig. 4, of orthoclase, which is monoclinic. This 46 CRYSTALLOG R...4. ORTHOCLASE. OLIGOCLASE. with one exception; but there is this difference, that in orthoclase, as...triclinic feldspars it conforms to the directions in orthoclase, with only the exception arising from the obliquity...feldspars, and is a means of distinguishing them from orthoclase. Similar twinning occurs also in calcite, and
 
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