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Cerussite from
Altenberg Mine, Möllmicke, Wenden, Olpe, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cerussite
Formula:PbCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cerussite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Altenberg Mine, Möllmicke, Wenden, Olpe, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:90704
Long-form Identifier:1:3:90704:0
GUID (UUID V4):c816efb0-24c2-4854-82eb-4b1a569d8830
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
35.10 64.90 Total 100.26 (1) Aachen district, Germany. (2) ZnCO3 . 100.00 CO2 ZnO MgO CaO insol. Polymorphism...anglesite. Hemimorphite, willemite, hydrozincite, cerussite, malachite, azurite, aurichalcite, Distribution:...Moresnet, Belgium. At Altenberg, near Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Good crystals from Chessy...Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona; fine examples from the Kelly mine, Magdalena, Socorro... and from Choix, Sinaloa. At Trang da, Tonkin, North Vietnam. From Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Universität München, Arcisstr. 21, 80333 München, Germany c Geological Survey of Belgium, 13 Rue Jenner,...Universität, Im Neuenheimer Feld 234, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany Received 30 October 2005; accepted 7 March 2006...crystallization. Carbon isotope values, even from the same mine, show a considerable range from −11.6 to −1.6‰....Calamine (“Kelmis” in German), also named Moresnet, Altenberg, Grande Montagne and Vieille Montagne (Timmerhans...lack of production statistics before 1825. When the mine was still in operation, the concentrates were essentially
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
supergene deposits: Mumbwa area (Zambia), and Altenberg-Vieille Montagne (Belgium). 32 Textures and...58 9‰ V-SMOW). 59 The supposedly supergene Altenberg-Vieille Montaigne willemite, having low Mn+Mg...formal description of the mineral from the Altenberg mine (Moresnet, 69 Belgium) and he named the new... 2017; Kabwe, Zambia, Mondillo et al., 2018; Altenberg- 101 Vieille Montagne, Belgium, Choulet et al...al., 2019). In the Bou Arhous and Altenberg- 102 Vieille Montagne cases (Choulet et al., 2017, 2019)
Book (volume)
reserved. H., Hofbuchdruckerei, Cothen-Anhalt (Germany). Translation This book has book of but ...122. Pyromorphite 130. Sulphur of 120. Cerussite 126 52 Use 115. Amalgam, Cinnabar Ores ...Lead 101. Copper-pyrites Copper-vitriol Mercury mine 46 crystals 101, nite Cuprite 107. 100. Copper-glance...Mimetite, 19. Various Native I. II. Galena, Cerussite, III. Phos- dorffite, Tungsten, Millerite...Co. prism faces Germany. Cube crystal-form. Weardale, 5. of Harz, The Germany. (bright crystals
Catalog/List
micros in one area (Sonnblick, Rauris, Salzburg,Germany) £15 ALMANDINE, quite sharp dark red single crystal...mass, an unusual form . (Kinzigtal,Black Forest, Germany) lx2cm £6 2x2cm £8 ARAGONITE white crystalline...to translucent crystal group 2x2 inches (Hilton Mine Cumbria) £15 BARYTES small platy white-creamy crystals...(Witherite is a poisonous mineral) 5x3 £15 Settlingstones Mine , near Hexham Northumberland CACOXENITE golden micros...cacoxenite rich area on magnetite lxlxl .5 Levaeniemi Mine, Norbotten Sweden £6 CALCITE good covering of white
Book
interesting minerals can also be found on heaps of mine refuse, but never enter abandoned shafts or caves...Nickel Pyrites, Nickel Glance) Harzgerode, Harz, Germany tin-white to light steel-grey metallic opaque...Mountains, Germany ARSENOPYRITE FeAsS (Arsenical Py- rite, Mispickel) Freiberg, Ore Mountains, Germany tin-white...clays PYROPHYLLITE Al, [(OH)2S8i40;0)] Badin, North Carolina, USA talc, kaolinite white, white-grey... Gerinany CARNALLITE KMgCl; .6H,O Stassfurt, Germany INYOITE Ca[B;03(OH)s] . 4H Mount Blanco on Furnace
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pollution. In September 2003, the Skorpion nonsulfide Zn mine in southern Namibia started its production with...mineral–water fractionation equations for smithsonite, cerussite and phosgenite. Their new oxygen isotope geothermometry...orebody at Kelmis (also known as La Calamine or Altenberg) is clearly distinct from other hydrothermal willemite...low temperature oxygen isotope thermometer for cerussite, with application at Broken Hill, New South Wales...Technische Universität München, 80333 München, Germany E-mail address: agilg@tum.de. Corresponding author
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu WILLEMITE Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto, Namibia M ineral nomenclature...20 June 2015 Figure 1. Willemite from the Tsumeb mine, Otijikoto region, Namibia. The specimen displays...willemite came from Altenberg, near Moresnet, Liege, Belgium. The specimens from Altenberg in the Smithsonian...Black willemite is common from the Sterling Hill mine, with the color due to inclusions of franklinite...major willemite specimen producer is the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto region, Namibia. Willemite specimens
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
HEMIMO RPHITE CALCITE :;:domorphs Downloaded by [North Dakota State University] at 08:53 09 December 2014...specimen was found in a Joplin, Missouri, district mine in the late 1800s and was donated to the Carnegie...by Harold and Erica Van Pelt. Downloaded by [North Dakota State University] at 08:53 09 December 2014...these metals, such as smithsonite, hemimorphite, cerussite, and anglesite. However, late in the nineteenth...crystal morphology and color were recovered from a mine in the Joplin area. The best known of these specimens
Report (issue)
Association: Smithsonite, sphalerite, galena, cerussite, anglesite, calcite, aurichalcite, rosasite, hydrozincite...Moresnet, Belgium. In Germany, at Freiberg and Altenberg, Saxony. In the Sa Duchessa mine, Oridda district...Bisbee, Cochise Co., and in the 79 mine, Gila Co.; in Utah, at the Emma mine, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Salt...mines, Leadville, Lake Co., Colorado; in the Elkhorn mine, Elkhorn district, Je®erson Co., Montana. In Mexico...from Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, and in the Ojuela mine, Mapim¶³, Durango. Name: In allusion to the mineral's
Book (volume)
at an acute strikes northwest to north-south, the other west-north- In both systems the dip is steep...veins is the so-called Eothe Kamm, which, striking north-northwest, cuts off sharply the granite bodies of...locality of great scientific interest is Webster, North Carolina. volume of the original In recent years...have been mined to a Down to 52 m. (170 ft.) the mine was dry. depth of 56 m. (183 ft.) Chrysoprase,...globe. Andalusia and La Mancha, Spain, on the north slope of the Sierra -Morena. The rocks consist of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogical Characterisation of Historic Zn–Pb Mine Waste, Plombières, East Belgium Srećko Bevandić...Mineralogical Characterisation of Historic Zn–Pb Mine Waste, Plombières, East Belgium. Minerals 2021,...Freiberg for Resource Technology, 09599 Freiberg, Germany; blanni70@hzdr.de Department of Geology, University...bevandi@kuleuven.be; Tel.: +32-16-19-42-16 Abstract: Mine wastes and tailings derived from historical processing...and geochemical characteristics of the different mine waste materials found at the site. Four types of
Book
3 Distributed in Australia by Rigby Limited 30 North Terrace, Kent Town Adelaide, South Australia 5067...interesting minerals can also be found on heaps of mine refuse, but never enter abandoned shafts or caves...Nickel Pyrites, Nickel Glance) I Lu erode, Harz, Germany tin-white to light steel-grey greyish black metallic...Py­ rite, Mispickel; Freiberg, Ore Mountains, Germany tin-white to grey greyishblack metallic opaque...NiAs, (White Nickel) Schneeberg, Orc Mountains, Germany Table 2 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 & ?-T
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals of the KABWE MINE (“Broken Hill”) Central Province, Zambia MALCOLM SOUTHWOOD 7 Campbell Court...William Besse. Figure 2. Satellite image of the Kabwe mine site, showing its proximity to urban development...scale. 114 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 3. The Kabwe mine site, partially derelict. Michael Brook photo, 2004...SECOND LARGEST, is located some 120 kilometers north of Lusaka, the capital (fig. 1). The name Kabwe...found. During a 1929 field excursion to the Kabwe mine, Pelletier (1929, p. 15) made the following remarks:
Book
because of the total reflection of light, such as cerussite, zircon and diamond. Vitreous or glassy lustre...b a orthorhombic (3) o = B=y= soo sulphur cerussite olivine enstatite baryte chalcopyrite scapolite...Caucasus - crystals up to 1.5 cm (USSR), Getchell Mine - Nevada (USA) •Application: ore (extraction of...Molybdenite - platycrystal (18 mm) em bayed in qua rtz; Altenberg (GDR) 2. Polybasite- black-grey plates (8 mm)...- aggregation of crysta ls from pil e of a coal mine; Kladn o (Czechoslovakia - width of field 15 mm)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rhornboheclrons, and Iong columnar crystals of cerussite rvith a yellor,vto greenish coating. The rvillemite...Penfield on some willemite cryqtals from the Merritt Mine in SocorroCounty, New Mexico.r The unit prism of...from two other localities, Sedalia Mine, Colorado, and Altenberg, Germany, have identically the same indices
Report (issue)
(Si1:37 Al0:63 )§=2:00 O5 (OH)4:01 : (2) Silver Bill mine, Arizona, USA; by electron microprobe, H2 O by loss...)§=2:85 (Si1:51 Al0:49 )§=2:00 O5 (OH)4 : (3) Mohawk mine, California, USA; H2 O by di®erence, corresponds...gebhardite, willemite, cerussite (Tsumeb, Namibia); sauconite (Silver Bill mine, Arizona, USA). Distribution:...thought to be one of the mines of Vieille-Montagne (Altenberg), near Moresnet, Belgium. From Tsumeb, Namibia...Copperthwaite vein, Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England. In the USA, in the Silver Bill mine, Gleeson, Cochise Co
Report (issue)
Smithsonite slice and egg, 5.8 and 2.7 cm tall Masua Mine, Carbonia-lglesias, Sardinia, Italy Cal and Kerith...page Smithsonite, 9.2 cm wide 400 Foot Level, Kelly Mine, Magdalena District Socorro County, New Mexico Steve...1867. ·thsonian Smithsonite First Oxide Zone, Tsu Mine, Tsumeb, Nami 10cm tall Brent Lockhart coll Joe...reasons for this palette. Beginning on page Antler Mine Smithsonite? Many comprehensive smithsonite collections..."smithsonite" from Mohave County, Arizona's Antler Mine, while the mineral is not noted from the locality
Book
illustrated Encyclopedi of the World’s Rocks and Mine re L A R E N MI OF THE WORLD Rudolf Duda and...because of the total reflection of light, such as cerussite, zircon and diamond. Vitreous or glassy lustre...(3) ie i ea a Ls gypsum sulphur realgar cerussite melanterite augite olivine enstatite chalcopyrite...Caucasus — crystals up to 1.5 cm (USSR), Getchell Mine — Nevada (USA) e Application: ore (extraction of...Molybdenite — platy crystal (18 mm) embayed in quartz; Altenberg (GDR) 2. Polybasite — black-grey plates (8 mm)
Catalog/List
.... . Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine --=.rransparent micro crystals on limonite gossen...silicate' Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on monzonite . ...silicate CLEAVELANDITE Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine #2 Lustrous white twin xl groups, minor muscovite...ALLEMONTITE An intergrowth of arsenic and antimony Germany Harz Mountains, Andreasberg Rich gray botryoidal...Lead telluride • Colorado Saguache County, Klondike mine Brilliant metallic tin white cleavable mass in quartz
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
no stolzite equivalent of wulfenite’s Red Cloud mine, yet attractive, somewhat wulfenite-like stolzite...from Chillagoe, Queensland, Australia; the Fat Jack mine, Arizona; and Santa Rosa, Argentina. Stolzite is...with a wide variety of other minerals including cerussite, anglesite, raspite, pyromorphite, mimetite, and... These include the well-known Loudville (Mahan) mine at Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts...County, Pennsylvania, and the Silver Hill mine, Davidson County, North Carolina. It has been found sparingly
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...hormotone, analcime, desmin. FREIBERG, Saxony, Germany, old famous mineral, classic locality. Native silver...Belgium, the most known are lead-zinc deposits Altenberg and Stolberg, very good specimens so called Schalenblende...name. WIELICZKA, near Krakow, Poland, oldest salt mine in Europe, beautiful large halite xls, anhydrate
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
Book
immensely popular handbook of minerals appeared in Germany I obtained a copy fo! my personal library and was...far from a simple task because the "'Gewstones of North America. 8 artist must know minerals in order...times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...fibrous sphalerite from Diepenlinchen, near Aachen, Germany. PLATE Vo I~ .·• / ~1 rhyolite 37 r . ...chalcopyrite from Herdorf, Siegerland, Germany. Center. Pyrrhotite. Harzburg, Germany. Below Massive chakopyrite
Report (issue)
rosasite, duftite, cerussite (Tsumeb, Namibia). Distribution: In Belgium, from Altenberg, near Moresnet....from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., at the Red Cloud mine, La Paz Co., and other minor... Canada. In a large deposit at the Puttapa zinc mine, near Beltana, South Australia. There are many other
 
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