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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Almandine
Formula:Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Almandine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tin mine, Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:77494
Long-form Identifier:1:3:77494:7
GUID (UUID V4):9f3ccb1b-e44c-4dd5-a770-a2a113f9a704
Nearest other occurrences of Almandine
12.1km (7.5 miles) Oelsener Höhe, Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
18.4km (11.4 miles) Loučná, Lom, Most District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
33.9km (21.1 miles) Eclogite outcrop, Forchheim, Pockau-Lengefeld, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
34.7km (21.6 miles) Glückauf Shaft, Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
37.2km (23.1 miles) Saidenbach reservoir, Forchheim, Pockau-Lengefeld, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
42.8km (26.6 miles) Bräunsdorf, Oberschöna, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
50.0km (31.1 miles) Boden, Großrückerswalde, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
59.8km (37.1 miles) Greifenstein adit, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
60.1km (37.3 miles) Magnetite Mine, Měděnec, Chomutov District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
63.4km (39.4 miles) Milíře, Kovářská, Chomutov District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
References
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granite associated greisen, western Erzgebirge, Germany: two phases of mineralization—two Sn sources Marie...Accepted: 23 July 2018 # Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2018 Abstract The Hämmerlein...before the emplacement of the Eibenstock granite. Tin in the > 330 Ma old skarn silicates possibly was...different sources. Keywords Erzgebirge . Hämmerlein . Tin . Skarn . Greisen . Ore deposits . Eibenstock granite...GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany 2 Department of Geology, TU Bergakademie Freiberg
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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...interesting minerals can also be found on heaps of mine refuse, but never enter abandoned shafts or caves... BISMUTH Bia Krupka, Czechoslovakia very good tin-white, grey silver- white light grey, silverwhite...arsenic-silver ALLEMON- ore veins TITE yellowish grey tin-white to grey g rey No. 1—8 metallic opaque
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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...Skála in Bohemia, Krinitzberg and Waldfischkopf in Germany, Fig. 2a), which occur near the pluton contact
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others containing elements of rare earths, such as tin and tungsten ores. Finally the remainder of the magma...specific ores, such as molybdenum, tungsten and tin orcs, from hot gases and vapour, is called pneumatolysis...interesting minerals can also be found on heaps of mine refuse, but never enter abandoned shafts or caves...trigonal metallic opaque liquid 13.6 greasy tin-white, grey silverwlutc grey metallic opa opaque... metallic opaque 2.5-3 8.6 very good fragile tin-white to grey grey metallic opaque compact, thread­
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Muscovite crystals forming a 10-cm rosette, Jose Pinto mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Table 3. Interlayer-deficient...spectacular recent find of muscovite was at the Jose Pinto mine, where more than a ton of beautifully crystallized...pink (manganoan) varieties are found at the Harding mine, Taos County, New Mexico (Jahns and Ewing 1977)...divergent “books” are found at the Little Three mine near Ramona, California, associated with orange...in Cinovec, Czech Republic (formerly Zinnwald, Germany), would place it within the compositional field
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Polishing, Setting THE PLATES Serpentine Copper Almandine garnet 24 Demantoid garnet 25 Silver Cold...metal bronze was produced by alloying copper and tin. Iron replaced bronze for tools and weapons in most...deposits include diamond, corundum, topaz, gold and tin. 3 Metamorphic rocks are previously-formed rocks...very lucky, the minerals that can be found on old mine dumps, beaches, in quarries, etc. in Britain cannot...on a local theme or even concentrate on a single mine. Others may consist of a single class of mineral
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M•ROSL^V •rv.MrRolc^m) Z•)•.N½.•c gULC•.•C Abstract A tin-tungsten-bearing granitecupolain the Kru•n• hory...elementcontentdownwardwas found. Increased amountsof tin andtungstenare associated with greisens,quartzveinsor...of the Earth's crust not exposedby drilling and mine workings. chain approximately130 km long in a NE-SW...hory Mts. are an anticlinoriumcom- Prospectingfor tin and tungsten in the Kru•n• hory Mts. since the beginning...drill holes(from 100to 500 m) andmineworkingsof a tin-tungstenmine. Thesedatagive an opportunity to ascertainvertical
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museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...look for. Michael O’Donoghue Proustite (East Germany) 7 Rocks We can define a rock as a large mineral...over its beer: to go underground in a non-working mine is sheer folly unless you are accompanied by someone...(preferably several people) who really knows the mine. Before venturing into the field serious collectors...really is a matter of life or death when you are in a mine - only a plan will show where water on the floor
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317. Hasvik, SOrOy, gabbro, 815. Sulitjehna, almandine, biotite, hornblende, muscovite, paragonite, 693...Viisterbotten, montcbrasite, 414. Germany (Deutschland) Chursdorf, Penig, Saxony, amblygonite, 414. Drachenfels...Cumberland, gilbertitc, 6o6. George and Charlotte mine, Tavistock, Devon, 'tavistockite', [ 23. Grassington... INDEX Drakewalls mine, Gunnislake, posnjakite, 740. Hingston Down Consols" mine, arthurite, 52o. Lee...(Espafia) Cabo Ortegal, Galicia, omphacite, 6L CarmeBta mine, Caceres, montcbrasite, 4t4. Santander, blende,
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VIII/A.01-20 Olivine VIII/A.04-00 VIII/A.08-20 Almandine VIII/A.08-160 Henritermierite VIII/A.09-40 Coffinite...Affiliation/Address Luzerner Str. 10-12, D-12205 Berlin, Germany – Freie Universität Berlin, FB Geowissenschaften...Mineralogie, Malteserstr. 74-100, D-12249 Berlin, Germany Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Dr. Frank...Stilleweg 2, D-30655 HanDr. Thomas Oberthür nover, Germany Dr. Thomas Kenkmann Museum für Naturkunde der ... zu Berlin, Invalidenstr. 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany Prof. Dr. Robert Marschik & Ludwig-Maximilians
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mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22...Namibia * 20 x 18 x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1 x 1 om Acicular...manganese oxide on limestone, Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany * 11.5 x 24 x 0.5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A...Brazil * 5 x 3 x 0.6 cm Platy muscovite, José Pinto Mine, Jaguaracu, Minas Gerais, Brazil * 12 x 19 x 6 cm...Malawi * 10 x 10 x 7 cm Calcite, San Sebastian Mine, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico * 10 x 8 x 6.5
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Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO...Harding Co .. South Dakota. and at the Fuemrole No2 mine, Emery co .. Utah. Also at Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald...the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from the Rabejac deposit, Herault dept.. France... = = = = = Acanthite, x 16 mm, Freiberg, Germany, H Abernathyite, 12 mm, Ririera/, France, H Abhurite
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510163, Germany e-mail: dill@bgr.de G. Steyer Raubersrieder Weg 14, 90530 Wendelstein, Germany environs...Donau (Danube) between Regensburg and Passau, Germany (Dill et al. 2007a, Fig. 1). Mineralogical or sedimentological...the study area, a Location of the study area in Germany indicated by the framed area b Location of the...from any of these extraterrestrial features in Germany but are known to occur in many meteorites and the...dominated by almandine (almandine, almandine-grossularite-spessartite s.s.s., almandine-grossularite
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Aerugite, synthesis, 72; Cornwall, anal., X-ray, 72; Saxony, anal., X-ray, 72. Aeschynite-priorite series,...FLINTER (B. H.), Varlamoffite from Malaya, 622. Almandine, Israel, anal., opt., cell-size, 385; New South...topotactic formation from y-CaSiOa, 347. Ankerite, Germany, topotactic decomposition of, 634. Anthoinite,...Arsenobismite, Brazil, 785. Artern, Sachseu-Anhalt, Germany, mellite, 542. ASWATHA~ARAYA~A(U.), Isotopic ages...Bearpaw Mtns., Montana, pseudoleucite, 596. Benallt mine, Rhiw, Caernarvonshire, celsian, 508. Berek compensator
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high-grade peraluminous metamorphites in the Benson Mine District, Adirondack Mountains, New York and the...aluruinous rocks than previously recognized. At Benson Mine, an iron-rich h6gbomite (H6g) occurs with K-feldspar-magnetite...K-feldspar-magnetite (Mt)-ilmenite (Ilm)-biotite-almandine (Alm)-sillimanite (Sil)-quartz (Qz)-hercynite (Hc)-corundum...utilized in specific reactions. H6gbomite from Benson Mine has an 8H structure type, while that at Manitouwadge...Africa Kornerupine-sillimanite gneisses, India Benson Mine, New York Manitouwadge, Ontario Beukes et al. (1986)
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168) proves it to be triclinic. From the Animas mine of the Compagnie Aramayo de Mines en Bolivie. Named...(Bolivianit). Incompletely described as a sulphide of tin, copper, and iron forming black trigonal crystals...crystals formed by the burning of pyritic ore in a mine in ArizoDa. Named after Prof. Gurdon Montague Butler...containing up to 7 X (Ce, La, Di)CO s ; from the emerald mine of Muzo, Colombia. Named after the Italian geographer...crystals formed by the burning of pyritic ore in a mine in Arizona. Named after Prof. Frank Nelson Guild
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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...fuses rather slowly in the gas flame. 3. A Almandine Garnet. fragment of the standard size fuses...from barytes, sulphides of copper from oxide of tin, etc. when Similarly, a diamantiferous " "
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study of calc–silicate reaction zones (Erzgebirge, Germany) Juliane GROSS1, *, Michael BURCHARD2, Hans-Peter...Geophysik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany *Corresponding author, e-mail: Juliane.Gross@rub...Institut, Universität Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany Abstract: The Erzgebirge dome in the Central European...first description of a F-bearing member of an almandine–grossular solid solution poor in andradite component...represented by the Erzgebirge Mountains in eastern Germany (Fig. 1). There the geodynamic processes operating
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on quartz, from Neudorf in the Harz Mountains (Germany). The large crystal measures almost 2 1/2 inches...crystals on quartz, Braunsdorf near Freiberg (Saxony, Germany); crystals up to 2 1/2 inches (6 cm) long....with the NO 3group. Apatite, Fichtelgebirge (Germany), 2x 12 Scheelite, Tae-Wha (Korea), 1x The...Classification Siderite, 8ri.iderbund Mine, near Eiserfeld (Siegerland, Germany), 3x almost identical in size...specimen shown here comes from the Eagle's Nest Mine in California, and its actual size is about 2 inches
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metals known, and bronze, a hard alloy of copper and tin, has been used since c. 3000 BC. Native copper is...(420 tons); others localities include Mansfeld (Germany), Bisbee (Arizona), Tsumeb (Namibia) and Surra...native sliver include Kongsberg (Norway), Freiberg (Germany), Jachymov (Czech Republic), the Comstock Lode...Moschellandsberg (Germany) and Juan Cavelica (Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world...Is found In Erzgeblrge and the Harz Mountains (Germany), Glkos (Russia), Sterling Hill (New Jersey, USA)
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metals known, and bronze, a hard alloy of copper and tin, has been used since c. 3000 BC. Native copper is...(420 tons); others localities include Mansfeld (Germany), Bisbee (Arizona), Tsumeb (Namibia) and Surra...native sliver include Kongsberg (Norway), Freiberg (Germany), Jachymov (Czech Republic), the Comstock Lode...Moschellandsberg (Germany) and Juan Cavelica (Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world...Is found In Erzgeblrge and the Harz Mountains (Germany), Glkos (Russia), Sterling Hill (New Jersey, USA)
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found in a wide range of colours. Red pyrope and almandine are probably the most common and most widely used...16°S Barra doCuieté -0~ Beio Horizonte ü Romaria Mine Minas Gerais Figure 1: Maps of parts of Brazil...pyrope, almandinepyrope, almandine-spessartine, spessartine, spessartine-almandine, grossular and the gem-varieties...29, 4, 205-214 been recovered from the Romaria mine (originally called Âgua Suja) which is now defunct...the Romaria mine has been described by Svisero et al. (1981). Almandine-pyrope The almandine-pyrope garnets
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by Gloucester Typesetting Co. Ltd. Printed in Germany Contents Translator's Foreword 4 Foreword ...forms. The word derives from the Latin ‘minera’ = 'mine’. Mineralogy is the science dealing with minerals...known in some parts of the Continent, including Germany. Ore: Ores are deposits of minerals, which contain...Antimony (Stibium) Scandium Selenium Silicon Samarium Tin (Stannium) Strontium Tantalum Terbium Technetium...prisms and pyramids. Occurrence: England, Scotland, Germany, Alps, Urals, Brazil, Madagascar. Quartz is important
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vaspian Sea, hina, ndia, etc. ‘ornwall, farz Mts. Germany), ‘io Tinto Spain), Chile chalcopyrite (copper...fibrous, encrusting aggregates, radiating Javaria Germany), -rimea, 3olivia prismatic crystals (monoclinic)...irzgebirge, pyrargyrite Proustite slack Forest Germany), (dark red silver ore) (Light Red Silver Ore)...fuses easily “ornwall, tiesengebirge Saxony), Thuringia, smaltite (tin white cobalt), cobaltite “rench...all potassium Polyhalite —_—_—————— Stassfurt (Germany), salts K2Ca2Mg[SO4]q4. 2H20 Alps, Texas Common
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answer the purpose extremely well, and are sold in Germany at a — — — — very cheap rate. Besides occurring...reflects with sufficient is the case with Oxide of Tin and brilliancy to give well-defined images, as Specular...which may be rounded by the candle-flame. " 3. Almandine or Precious Garnet, which fuses in large pieces...chlorine when heated with muriatic acid. Compounds of Tin form chlorides when dissolved in muriatic acid, which...precipitate on the addition of protochloride of tin, and metallic gold with protosulphate of Iron. Platinum
 
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