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Calcite from
Torrecillas mine, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Wet Chemical
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Torrecillas mine, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1246662
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1246662:5
GUID (UUID V4):2b3ab37c-029a-46c6-ac45-6bd66633b88d
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
7.5km (4.7 miles) Pabellón de Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile
77.2km (48.0 miles) Santa Rosa Mine, Huantajaya mining district, Alto Hospicio, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile
82.8km (51.5 miles) Lolón Main Mine, Cerro Challacollo, Pozo Almonte, Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile
References
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Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: Torrecillas mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile. 3.269 (100),...48 100.00 (1) Torrecillas mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile; average electron...formation of the secondary minerals. Association: Calcite, cuatrocapaite-(NH4), lavendulan, magnesiokoritnigite...Distribution: From the Torrecillas mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile. Name: Honors...of La Serena, Chile (b. 1968), an Italian amateur mineralogist who has lived in Chile since 1998 and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cuatrocapaite-(K), two new minerals from the Torrecillas mine, Iquique Province, Chile, related to lucabindiite and gajardoite...San Agustin 4045, La Serena, Chile 5 Los Algarrobos 2986, Iquique, Chile 6 Natural History Museum,...H2O. Both minerals were found at the Torrecillas mine, Iquique This is a 'preproof' accepted article...production process. DOI: 10.1180/mgm.2019.26 Province, Chile, where they occur as secondary alteration phases...gajardoite; Torrecillas mine, Chile Introduction The small, long-inactive Torrecillas mine in the northern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hydrogen-arsenate minerals from the Torrecillas mine, Iquique Province, Chile Anthony R. Kampf1*, Barbara P...San Agustin 4045, La Serena, Chile 4 Los Algarrobos 2986, Iquique, Chile *E-mail: akampf@nhm.org Abstract...specimens collected from the Torrecillas mine, Iquique Province, Chile. These minerals occur as This...hydrogen-arsenate; crystal structure; Torrecillas mine, Iquique Province, Chile Introduction Though very limited...extent, the Torrecillas mine, a small, long-inactive mine in the northern Atacama Desert of Chile, has yielded
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pyrochlore, apatite groups and gadolinite-subgroup, calcite, cerianite-(Ce), fluorite, ilmenite, leucophanite...batievaite-(Y) core by cracks filled with aggregates of calcite, albite, natrolite. The new mineral is pale-cream...first discovered from the dump at the Monte Nero mine, Rocchetta Vara, La Spezia, Liguria, Italy, where...dumps of the Valletta mine, near Canosio, Piedmont, Italy. At the Valletta mine, castellaroite is a secondary...orthoclase, and tiragalloite. At the Monte Nero mine, castellaroite occurs in radial aggregates up to
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discovered at the Barika Au-Ag deposit, Azarbaijan Province of Western Iran. The lens-like deposit ~150 m...is a new mineral from the Kapital’naya mine (pyrochlore ore mine operated for Na and Ta) at the Vishnevye...It occurs as a supergene mineral in cavities of calcite-quartz vein with minor pyrite and chalcopyrite...and are typically curved or split, divergent on calcite and quartz surfaces. Crystals are transparent,...Donoso (2013) Leverettite from the Torrecillas mine, Iquique Province, Chile: the Co-analogue of herbertsmithite
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Newsletter $6.00 Fibrous Malachite from the Mindingi Mine Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo Tony Nikischer...Specimens of fibrous malachite from the Mindingi Mine in the Kambove District of Katanga began to appear...ten {I 0) years ago (see figure J ). Although the mine was first worked superficially in the 1930s for...one of the early producers of the pink cobaltoan calcite specimens that have been found in significant numbers...DRC as well (see figure 2). Today, the Mindingi Mine continues to produce wonderful malachite specimens
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l)elamar Gold Mine, Lincoln County, Utah Bob Werner werner@lcturbonet.com The Delamar Gold Mine (fig.I) is...part of Lincoln Co., in southeastem Nevada. The mine is significant for a couple ofreasons. First, it...later, 1892, John Ferguson discovered the Magnolia Mine a short distance to the south. The silver camp of...town of Helene was platted next to the Magnolia Mine and the District was originally named after the...claims were staked that eventually became the Delamar Mine. The first ore found there was located by a group
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(2016) as a new mineral from the Torrecillas mine, Iquique Province, Chile. An unnamed mineral phase “Mg-villyaellenite”...Geschieber vein at the 2nd level of the Svornost mine located in the central part of this ore district...Pavlíček Mn 70 30 80 Jáchymov (this paper) Torrecillas mine (Kampf et al. 2016) 20 90 10 100 Ca 0...spectroscopy of the eight natural carbonate minerals of calcite structure. J Raman Spectrosc 49: 1999–2007 Elliott...the hureaulite group from the Torrecillas mine, Iquique Province, Chile. Mineral Mag 80: 1255–1263 Keller
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indirectly (e.g., alteration of mine tunnel walls; weathering products of mine dumps and slag). A second human...occurrences Number of localities I. Mine-associated (“post-mine”) minerals Formula Type locality; other...Dandy mine, Paradox Valley, Montrose County, Colorado Metadelrioite 2 SrCa(VO3)2(OH)2 Jo Dandy mine, Paradox...Finistère, France Schuetteite 15 Hg3O2(SO4) Ocean mine dump, San Luis Obispo County, California Smrkovecite...Ni5(CO3)4(OH)2·4–5H2O 132 North mine, Widgiemooltha, Australia B. Alteration phases associated with mine tunnel walls Adolfpateraite
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member of the tourmaline supergroup from the Kiura mine, Oita Prefecture, Japan. Journal of Mineralogical...consisting mainly of corundum and hercynite) at the Kiura mine, Oita Prefecture, Japan. Adachiite occurs in association...Arsenicbearing new mineral species from Valletta mine, Maira Valley, Piedmont, Italy: I. Grandaite, Sr2Al(AsO4)2(OH)...the Valletta mine, Valletta Valley, Canosio municipality, Maira Valley, Cuneo province, Piedmont, Italy...is named after the informal appellation of the province of the type locality (“la Granda”). A fragment
Journal (issue)
ornacite, Hemimorphite & Rosasite From the Alice Mine, Goodsprings, Clark Co., Nevada Tony Nikischer Excalibur...offered me a modest lot of material from the Alice Mine, near Goodsprings, Clark Co., Nevada. The deposit...unknownolive greenelongatedneedlesfrom the Alice Mine provedto be molydofomacite, as evidencedby Mo>CrEDSanalysis...years ago I collected at the site of the Big Mike Mine in the mouth of Panther Canyon, Tobin Range, Pershing...occurred under very specific conditions along the mine walls. Fig.1: Ch?lcopyrite, 11x8x6cm, Big MikeMine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2O, is a new mineral occurring at the Giftgrube Mine, St Jacques vein, Rauenthal, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines...Giftgrubeite is mostly associated with Mn-bearing calcite, native arsenic, löllingite, and picropharmacolite...is named after the type locality, the Giftgrube Mine close to Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (Vosges, France)...the German “Gift” = poisonous, and “Grube” = mine; the mine was in operation namely for mining silver,...stope on the St. Jacques vein, in the Giftgrube Mine, the Rauenthal Valley, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Haut-Rhin
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of kimberlites together with iowaite, gypsum, calcite, halite, barite, and celestine. It is trigonal...deposit, and it is located in the Yakutsk diamond province in the central Siberian craton. It has a complex...chemical analyses, Table 1), iowaite, celestine, and calcite were determined in IGM using a JEOL JXA-8100 electron...chloride-carbonate ones consist of chlorides, calcite, and a series of Na-Ca carbonates [shortite Na2Ca2(CO3)3]...2–0.5 mm) (Fig. 4b) in aggregates with iowaite, calcite, as inclusions in halite (Figs. 3 and 4), and also
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of blue-fluorescing fluorite from the Blan­ chard mine in New Mexico. Dave Shannon had a large in­ ventory...powellite with blue-fluorescing scheelite from the Riley mine in Nevada. Thomas Bee of Topaz Mineral E x ­ ploration...orange-fluorescing paralstonite from the Minerva mine, Hardin County, Illinois. A s in past years, T o...greenfluorescing willemite with red-fluorescing calcite—not from Franklin, New Jersey, however. T o m Warren...Amirex Milling and Refin­ ing had willemite with calcite from Moctezuma Canyon, Arizona, a locality not
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
7H2O, was recently discovered from the Centennial mine, Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan, USA (Crichton...natural and synthetic CaCO3 polymorphs (aragonite, calcite and vaterite; Schosseler et al. 1999; Elzinga and...the calcite surface: implications for site-specific metal incorporation preferences during calcite crystal...substituted basic copper chloride mineral from Camerones, Chile. Mineral Mag 77:3113–3123 Kampf AR, Sciberras MJ...(2013b) Leverettite from the Torrecillas mine, Iquique Provence, Chile: the Co-analogue of herbertsmithite
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engineer there. We arrived there about noon and met the mine foreman as the fellow I had written to was at a...anyone caught selling them would be fired at the mine. I did obtain two pieces of bornite from him. So...and his Dad owns the mine at Rodeo where the angel wing calcite and optical calcite is mined. His name...name is Henry Torrecillas and lives at Baca Ortez, No. 102. He also has a business where he sells only hats...several types of agate and tons of angel wing calcite, some pieces that weigh 100 pounds each. Some of
Journal (issue)
diese Region bisher für die relativ große Kaiwu Mine, die sehr attraktive Chalkopyrit-Gruppen auf kleineren...Arsenolith-Oktaeder auf tiefrotem Pararea/gar. Wuyu Mine, Provinz Guangxi. BB= 1,5 cm Alle drei Stücke und...wwvv.tron-xx. eu Fluol'it Die Dachang Mine (auch Quinglong Mine) in der Provinz Guizhou ist bekannt für...Aust ralien mit 55 .000 t (2021 ). gefolgt von Chile. China und Argentinien . Größter Produzen t in Europa...trum . 6358 4 Gründa u-Lieblos. V. : K inzigta ler Mine rali e nclub e.V.. G elnhäuser Str. 2. 63584 Gründau-Liebl
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
R A R E YUKON PHOSPHATES-Franklin Minerals, 79 Mine Aurichalcite and other fine crystal specimens. By...received-outstanding azurite specimens from the Torrecillas Mine, Durgango, Mexico. W I L D L I F E LIMITED...your orders you crystals are not etched. Fine calcite and pay only half of the postage. Send your or­
Report (issue)
McDowell Relation of the Puertecitos Volcanic Province, Baja California, Mexico, to development of the...associated with extension in the Basin and Range province. By 15 Ma, the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt started...BCVP = Baja California Volcanic Province. PVO = Eastern Volcanic Province. EPR = East Pacific Rise. Triangles...western margin of the Gulf of California extensional province, in northeast Baja California, to changes in the...Simoneit, B. R. T., eds., The gulf and peninsular province of the California’s: Tulsa, Oklahoma, American
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79935 or Phone 915-593-1800 Specials: Fluorite, Calcite, Sphalerite. Downloaded by [JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY]...received-outstanding azurite specimens from the Torrecillas Mine, Durgango, Mexico. W I L D L I F E LIMITED
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
R A R E YUKON PHOSPHATES-Franklin Minerals, 79 Mine Aurichalcite and other fine crystal specimens. By...received-outstanding azurite specimens from the Torrecillas Mine, Durgango, Mexico. W I L D L I F E LIMITED...AGMSA Member. NEW SPAULDING POCKET, Little Three Mine, Ramona, California. Biggest find and best kept...your orders you crystals are not etched. Fine calcite and pay only half of the postage. Send your or­
Book (edition)
MINE andtheir LOCALITIES JAN H. BERNARD AND JAROSLAV HYRSL INERALS DESCRIBED SINCE 2004 MINERALS...dist., China Fluomatromicrolite, x 25111111, Naipa mine, Mozambique Daliranite, 5111111, Zarshouran Au-As...Czech Rep. Juangodoyite, 60111111, Santa Rosa mine, Chile Back cover photo: Ho/fertile on hematite, 5 111111...Veta Negra, Chile Page 2: Anorpiment on D!piment pseudomo,phs after realga,; 75 mm, Palomo mine, Pen, Page...CCM CM DANR EJM JMPS MM MP NJMA ZRMO Republic province prefecture county departement departamento
Report (issue)
...................................... :124 Torrecillas uplift................. . . . . . . . . . . ....Beamnont, the Alice, the Realitos, and the Torrecillas. The Alice terrace is probably cmnposed .of several...MEXICAN RAILWAY Feet 5"] 1 5] Feet ~ . Torrecillas terrace I : k I --.1.......__ ~ •r 11 {...ALONG SAN ANTONIO & ARANSAS PASS RAILWAY ~---- Torrecillas ~terraee--------~ c5 ~ , ~ ~ f~ ,--------Realitos...and it has shared in the Torrecillas uplift. TORRECILLAs PLAIN. The Torrecillas Plain is an eroded, seawardtilted
Book
41)(Si3.86Al0.10 Fe0.04O10)(OH)2 from Mikhailovskii mine, Zheleznogorsk, Russia (Chukanov 2014a). IR spectra...In Fe3+-bearing Mg-poor schorl from the Limoeiro mine, Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil, the band of OH groups...area), olmiite CaMn(HSiO4)(OH) from N’Chwaning II mine, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa (c), and...brandtite Ca2Mn(AsO4)2·2H2O from skarn (Harstigen mine, Sweden) (b), and roselite Ca2Co(AsO4)2·2H2O from...from Cigana mine, Brazil (a), landesite [nominally, Fe3+Mn2+2 (PO4)2(OH)·] from Bull Moose mine, South Dakota
Report (issue)
E. Wrather, Director Bulletin 954-D OPTICAL CALCITE DEPOSITS OF THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO BY . CARL FRIES..._ 117 Varieties and properties of the mineral calcite- -_______________________ 119 Common varieties...crystallization ._-._____.____.______ 119 Properties of calcite crystals____--------_--_^____-_-_-----_____.. 120...calcite___---________._ 140 Factors affecting quality of calcite-----------_-_---__.-_-.-.._.-141 - Origin_______...Methods of mining, cleaving, and selecting usable calcite-___.___..__ 145Suggestions for prospecting.___
 
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