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Whewellite from
Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Whewellite
Formula:Ca(C2O4) · H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Whewellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:95156
Long-form Identifier:1:3:95156:4
GUID (UUID V4):2c2cb6d2-d032-4e9e-bede-bae76dd38c2f
Nearest other occurrences of Whewellite
47.0km (29.2 miles) Bílina coal mine, Bílina, Teplice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
47.8km (29.7 miles) VEB Steinkohlenwerk Karl Liebknecht, Oelsnitz, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
54.4km (33.8 miles) Libous quarry, Březno, Chomutov District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
55.8km (34.7 miles) Shaft 371, Hartenstein, Zwickau District, Saxony, Germany
62.0km (38.5 miles) Fröschgeschrei Mine (Shaft 130), Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
76.0km (47.2 miles) Drosen mine, Löbichau, Altenburger Land District, Thuringia, Germany
82.8km (51.4 miles) Lichtenberg open cast, Ronneburg, Greiz District, Thuringia, Germany
98.4km (61.2 miles) Theodor mine (Theodor shaft), Pchery, Kladno District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and microbial degradation. The calcium oxalate whewellite is stable over geological periods of time at...at least 688C Žhighest in situ temperature of whewellite occurrence. and provides easy access to the isotopic...reserved. Keywords: Oxalate; Carbon isotopes; Whewellite; Diagenesis; Organic acids 1. Introduction Since...dissolved organic acids, oxalate minerals such as whewellite CaC 2 O4 P H 2 O and weddellite CaC 2 O4 P 2H...common Ca oxalate mineral in all environments is whewellite Žcalcium oxalate monohydrate. while weddellite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralogical collections of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg Andreas Massanek, Karin Rank & Gerhard Heide Three...centre of the university and mountain town of Freiberg, each complementing the other. Along with the...building block - a mineralogicaljourney through Germany in the 'Kr0ger Haus', also located in the castle...houses the administration of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg in Akademiestrasse. J. F. W. T. v. Charpentier...to supply the collection with new material from Germany and abroad. lts first administrator, C. H. Lommer
Report (issue)
Whewellite CaC2O4∙H2O Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point Group: 2/m. Equant to short prismatic [001] crystals...locality. Well characterized material from: in Germany, in Saxony, at Freital-Burgk, near Dresden, as large...crystals; in the Himmelsfürst mine, Erbisdorf, near Freiberg; Zwickau, and Schlema-Hartenstein; at Paitzdorf...1099-1101. (2) Leavens, P.B. (1968) New data on whewellite. Amer. Mineral., 53, 455-463. (3) Deganello,...crystal structure of calcium oxalate monohydrate (whewellite). Neues Jahrb. Mineral., Monatsh., 81-88. (4)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bergakademie Freiberg Geowissenschaftliche Sammlungen Brennhausgasse 14 09599 Freiberg, Germany andreas.massanek@geosamm...Bergakademie Freiberg Ausstellung terra mineralia Schloss Freudenstein Schlossplatz 4 09599 Freiberg, Germany...KRÜGERHAUS A New Permanent Exhibition in Freiberg, Saxony, Germany 212 ROCKS & MINERALS N ative silver...Bergakademie Freiberg; he is also head of the geoscientific collections of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg. Christina...its origin in the nearby Freudenstein Castle in Freiberg (see Flynn 2011). Terra mineralia, with about
Journal (volume)
Mailing Label Here • July 1986 2 News From East Germany More on Last Month’s News Mrs. Kay Robertson...AFFORDABLE PRICES AFRICA, INDIA, TAIWAN, AUSTRALIA, GERMANY RUSSIA, NORWAY, ITALY, NEW ZEALAND, USA & MEXICO...contact in West Germany offered me specimens from a new and surprising find in Saxony, at Hartenstein...12% Sb. On the other hand, the other mineral, whewellite (CaC20z»H20). occurs in large crystal aggregates...specimens sound quite exciting. Whewellite has been found in other parts of Saxony; the find at Burgk, near
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Universitiit Hamburg, Germany; Dr. M. Hiinisch (pers. Comm. 18.1.80).Guillemin...specimen15426nthe Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Germany (Table l-b2). Ecole National Superieuredes Mines...FersmanMuseum. Academv of Mineralogy, Heidelberg,Germany has a pyritohe- RICKWOOD: LARGEST CRYSTALS In...n. (12.7 x 7.62cm); it is in The Bergakademie,Freiberg, German Democratic Republic. Guillemin (1964,p...crystal, 8 cm X 3 cm, from Nieder Schlemma,Saxony, Germany. x 3.5 cm. (iii) Bournonite (PbCuSbS3),Vibora
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fabulous New Mineral Exhibit Opens in Freiberg, Saxony, Germany, 128–34 Francis, C. A., see Collector’s...L. Leicht, 183 Georgia, Tellus Museum, 122–27 Germany, Schloss Freudenstein terra mineralia Museum, 128–34...Fabulous New Mineral Exhibit Opens in Freiberg, Saxony, Germany, S. Flynn, 128–34 School of Mines of Paris...Artist Lew Landers (b.1940), S. Robinson, 46–47 Whewellite, Ohio, 158 White, J. S., Odd Fluorite Crystal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1845. In 1852, he described a new mineral named whewellite in honour of his teacher. W. H. Miller was a...later at Wolfenbütell and Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany. He developed wide interest in science and...subjects. He visited various mining districts in Germany and in the Habsburg Monarchy. In 1724, he visited...Romania) in a family of Catholic immigrants from Saxony (he did not belong to descendants of Saxon colonists...academic societies in many countries (France, Italy, Germany, Russia, Sweden, a.o.) as well as the Royal Society
Book
Abundant deposits of this type may be found in Freiberg and Schneeberg, GDR; Wittichen, FRG: Kutna Hora...silver). In the Middle Ages rich silver deposits in Germany and Bohemia were responsible for two-thirds of...nickel ores. The most important deposits are in Freiberg, Schneeberg, and Marienberg, GDR; Andreasberg...important deposits are Redruth, Great Britain; Freiberg, GDR (up to 11 per cent silver); Siegerland, FRG;...found all over the world. In Europe it is found in Freiberg, Schneeberg, Annaberg, and Johanngeorgenstadt
Book
Abundant deposits of this type may be found in Freiberg and Schneeberg, GDR; Wittichen, FRG: Kutna Hora...silver). In the Middle Ages rich silver deposits in Germany and Bohemia were responsible for two-thirds of...nickel ores. The most important deposits are in Freiberg, Schneeberg, and Marienberg, GDR; Andreasberg...important deposits are Redruth, Great Britain; Freiberg, GDR (up to 11 per cent silver); Siegerland, FRG;...found all over the world. In Europe it is found in Freiberg, Schneeberg, Annaberg, and Johanngeorgenstadt
Book
Abundant deposits of this type may be found in Freiberg and Schneeberg, GDR; Wittichen, FRG: Kutna Hora...silver). In the Middle Ages rich silver deposits in Germany and Bohemia were responsible for two-thirds of...nickel ores. The most important deposits are in Freiberg, Schneeberg, and Marienberg, GDR; Andreasberg...important deposits are Redruth, Great Britain; Freiberg, GDR (up to 11 per cent silver); Siegerland, FRG;...found all over the world. In Europe it is found in Freiberg, Schneeberg, Annaberg, and Johanngeorgenstadt
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)
specimens, including a subcollection of minerals from Germany which is among the best such assemblages in private...the State Mineralogy Institute in Regensburg, Germany. dentally, Kay’s life resembles that of the great...Canal. When World War I came, Adolf returned to Germany and enlisted in a Bavarian regiment which fought...Erythrite, 4.7 cm, from Schneeberg, Obersachsen, Germany. Acquired from the collection of Erich Lindemann...German ones, Lindemann began pressing Kay to visit Germany, and so, in 1964, she undertook a four-week mineralogical
Journal (issue)
Mineralienfreunde e.V., Wasserturmstr. 3, D-09599 Freiberg/Sa. Tel. 03731-766 395. Fax 03731-356 983 2 ...neben historischen Exponaten der TU Bergakademie Freiberg auch die schönsten und attraktivsten Stufen aus...Veranstaltung, dem Oberbürgermeister der Bergstadt Freiberg. Die Gedenkmedaille mit einem Durchmesser von...Silberstufe aus der HimmelsfürstFundgrube bei Freiberg, die Rückseite das Stadtwappen der Universitätsstadt... Reservierungen für die 50. Jubiläumsbörse in Freiberg vom 19. bis 20. Juni 1999 sind möglich über: Freiberger
Book
look for. Michael O’Donoghue Proustite (East Germany) 7 Rocks We can define a rock as a large mineral...Also found in Canada, Mexico, Czechoslovakia, and Germany. Old specimens from Wheal Newton, Harrowbarrow...(Austria), St Andreasberg, Harz Mountains (West Germany), Antronapiana, Ossola, Novara (Italy), from the...been found. Also from the Fichtelgebirge (West Germany), Liisens, Tirol (Austria), Mursinka (USSR), Mt...well-formed brown specimens from Emmelberg, Eifel (West Germany). Andradite is also found at Banat (Romania), Italian
Book
au moins 3,8 milliards d’années. De même, la whewellite, un oxalate cristallisé naturel récolté au plus...cinabre (Moschell, Rhénanie) ‡‡ Cristaux de whewellite (Saxe) Cristaux de sucre candi industriel Une...Argentite (Freiberg, Allemagne) Acanthite (Guanajuato, Mexique) argentite calcite Argentite (Freiberg, Allemagne)...Mexique (Guanajuato), Allemagne (Saint-Andréasberg, Freiberg), Italie (Cagliari), Norvège (Kongsberg), Maroc...(Batopilas), en Tchéquie (Jachymov) et en Allemagne (Freiberg) pour n’en citer que quelques-uns. En France,
Book (edition)
the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from the Rabejac deposit, Herault dept.. France...1964. = = = = = = Acanthite, x 16 mm, Freiberg, Germany, H Abernathyite, 12 mm, Ririera/, France...to 5 cm at the Himmelsftirst mine, Freiberg, both Saxony, Germany. In the subtropical areas acanthite...the Sankt Christoph mine, near Breitenbrunn, Saxony, Germany, and many localities in the Alps, e.g. on Grossgreiner...89°59',Z =4. d: 12.8(10)-65(7)- hills, Baden, Germany. Most common occurrences in 4.4 6) - 43(6) - 257(6)
Catalog/List
Manganite from Ilfeld in the Harz Mountains of Germany, with crystals up to 1.88 inches (4.74 cm) long...namesake for Heulandite - who was born in Bayreuth, Germany in 1778. Since he died in 1856, it is clear that...Wolkenstein, Marienberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Although this particular specimen’s locality...500-$5,500 52024 PROUSTITE Freiberg, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany The “Ruby Silvers” Proustite...of old-line European mining districts like Freiberg in Saxony. This “thumbnail” specimen was carefully
Book
constituents are found, such as amber (fossil resin), or whewellite (calcium oxalate). There are some 3,000 different...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... Gerinany CARNALLITE KMgCl; .6H,O Stassfurt, Germany INYOITE Ca[B;03(OH)s] . 4H Mount Blanco on Furnace...Na»Ca(COs3)o . 5H,O (Natrocalcite) Sangerhausen, Germany columnar, flattabular crystals, with dull crust;
Journal (issue)
potassicleakite. nalipoite, sacrofanite, wavellite, whewellite, yakhontovite zinc and zincsilite have been found...prismatic wavellite crystals up to 8 mm long. Whewellite, CaN 2 O4 ·H 2 O, occurs in cav1t1es of the Shomiokitovoye...Mountain. Fine-grained snow-white aggregates of whewellite form pseudomorphs after prismatic natroxalate...museums and collectors. Bancroft (1973) mentions Freiberg and St. Andreasberg with illustrations of superb...not for exhibition. The stones were cut in Idar (Germany) and are unusual in that they are cabochons that
Book (edition)
Lettsom may be noted the nearly unique specimen of Whewellite (Case 39h), the Epidotes from Traversella (Case... but quite independently, Mohs,* the suc- at Freiberg, arrived same by a different process division...before, on geometrical grounds, been suggested in Germany by Weiss and Mohs, and of which Brewster had not...system of classification was adopted, more upon. Germany, for many years, and has had great on the progress...we may remark: dendritic growths from Potosi, Freiberg and Peru bundles of ; groups of fine curved fibres
Book
constituents are found, such as amber (fossil resin), or whewellite (calcium oxalate). There are some 3,000 different...Nickel Pyrites, Nickel Glance) I Lu erode, Harz, Germany tin-white to light steel-grey greyish black metallic...FcAsS .'Arsenical Py­ rite, Mispickel; Freiberg, Ore Mountains, Germany tin-white to grey greyishblack metallic...NiAs, (White Nickel) Schneeberg, Orc Mountains, Germany Table 2 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 & ?-T...kainite & o. rock salt SYLVITE KC1 Stassfurt, Germany thick-tabular crystals, coarsclygranular masses
Journal (issue)
Sevillano The geosc_ience collections of the Freiberg Mining Academy .................................other collectibles. '\ < you're traveling in Germany, visit us for some German hospitality & see some...Jeffrey mine (Quebec), Alpine Rodingites. Fluorite (Germany) $5 v.10/#3 Taewha mine (Korea) Japan Twins (Quartz)...THE FREIBERG MINING ACADEMY Wolfgang Weber Head of Geoscience Collections Bergakademie Freiberg Sektion...Geowissenschaften Gustav-Zeuner-Strasse 12 9200 Freiberg, Germany The Freiberg Mining Academy, founded in 1765, is
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Eastern Europe regional names as Bavaria, Bohemia, Saxony, Tyrol, and many others, are generally used without...dependent on the generosity of aristo¬ crats, as in Germany or Russia. Povarennykh would like to see a rational...Scotland, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Austria...including Treatise on Mineralogy (1847, 4 vols.) whewellite, William Whewell (1794-1866), English natural...and chemist; assisted R. W. Bun¬ sen in Marburg, Germany; opened chemical laboratory in Philadelphia (1848);
Book
photographs of thenardite (95B), pearl (135T) and whewellite (1 35B). UK distributor: Grantham Book Services...Norway; Sanlct Andreasberg (Harz Mts), Fre1burg (Saxony), Germany, Jachymov, Czech Republic; Chihuahua, Mexico;...Black Forest, Germany Cornwall, England Cumbria, England Durham, England Harz Mountains, Germany llmaussaq...Norway; Sankt Andreasberg (Harz Mts), Freiburg (Saxony), Germany; Jachymov, Czech Republic; Chihuahua, Mexico;...Notable locations: Chessy, France: Siegerland, Germany; Turinsk. Russia; Namibia; Broken Hill {NSW), Australia;
 
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