 | | Book | | cavities in the middle portion of the flow. Given a basalt flow 25 meters thick with an initial molten temperature...Ardeche, France, zeolites are present only where the basalt flowed into a Pliocene lake or river (Fig. 5)(Robert...zeolites. The interior of the flow contains columnar basalt with small vesicles connected by minute veinlets...river) contains highly altered vesicular blocks of basalt (containing phillipsite and tiny rhombohedra of...the heated fluids. Zeolites in the Eocene olivine basalt flows in the Cairns Bay and Little Bird Rock areas | | | Book | | cavities in the middle portion of the flow. Given a basalt flow 25 meters thick with an initial molten temperature...Ardeche, France, zeolites are present only where the basalt flowed into a Pliocene lake or river (Fig. 5)(Robert...zeolites. The interior of the flow contains columnar basalt with small vesicles connected by minute veinlets...river) contains highly altered vesicular blocks of basalt (containing phillipsite and tiny rhombohedra of...the heated fluids. Zeolites in the Eocene olivine basalt flows in the Cairns Bay and Little Bird Rock areas |  | | Book | | A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...collectors and often used as decorative items. Basalt is the most abundant volcanic rock on Earth’s surface...rock, created when hot gases were trapped in the basalt lava as it a specimen. The minerals may have grown...solidify into an extrusive igneous rock such as basalt. Magma may also solidify very slowly beneath Earth’s...such as Porcupine and Hemlo districts; Noranda district, Quebec. USA: Mother Lode belt and others in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ©Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für Kärnten, Austria, download unter www.biologiezentrum.at Carinthia...about new finds of minerals in various parts of Austria are presented to the reader. From C a r i n t h...muscovite near Ottensheim; zeolite findings from Upper Austria e.g. laumontiteas for the first time in this region;...columbite and for the first time in Upper Austria and all Austria, the rare Be-phosphate H e r d e r i t...gismondite-, natrolithe and oligoclase-xx in the basalt zone of Klöch. From Lower A u s t r i a : the recently |  | | Catalog/List | | pure grey slightly crystalline mass, Ratnapura district SriLanka small 2x3 £8 5. MUSCOVITE nice curved...fibrous crystals in large 2x3 quartz Maishofen, Austria £17 15. KOCHSANDORITE three small white areas... Minas Gerais Brazil) £25 . 1'fa Be PO4 . 25. TITANITE variety "Greenovite" (Praborna Mine, St Marcel...and with a band ofBarite (not fluorescent) Crich Quarry Derbyshire £10 3x3 inch 42. FLUORITE cleavages...coverage and interesting location Hingston Down Quarry Cornwall 3x2.5 £8 43 . LEPIDOLITE good small display |  | | Catalog/List | | squares arc new entry for this list ANALCIME Dean Quarry, Lizard ,Cornwall Achmclvich, near Lochinvcr, Scotbnd...Bay, Skye, Scotland AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 17 2 Rich mass of black crystal sections...colourless to white crystals. quite well covering Basalt. Pyroxene lxl £2 lx2 £4 2x2 !8 Zcolitc Ix½£3 lxl...ALBERTITE near Dingwall Scotland ANATASE Cuiba district, Gouveia Minas Gerais. Brazil 28 Quite rich black...ANATASE Lauvland, Frigstad, Evjc Norway 933 Hingston Quarry,Cornwall 16 Rich grey-white cleavages , some with |  | | | | is granite while an extrusive example could be basalt. Sedimentary rocks are derived from the abrasion...around a central silicon atom. kyanite, topaz, titanite, zircon, amphibole, pyroxene, chlorite, talc,...(silver-white), p. 22 silver (silver-white), p. 22 titanite (brown to black), p. 176 | platinum (silver-white)...black), p. 110 rhodonite (red, brown-red), p. 202 titanite (brown black), p. 176 siderite (brown), p. 150...150 topaz (blue, whiteyellow), p. 172 titanite (brown black), p. 176 tourmaline (black, brown, variable) |  | | Book | | should preferably be more detailed, e.g. walls of a quarry, or refuse heap specimen, so that one could find...10H,O (Glauber Salt) Hallstatt, Salzkammergut, Austria colourless, white, yellow, grey, red, brown vitreous...PLUMBOCALCITE (Pb,Ca)COx, Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria WITHERITE BaCO; Alston Moor, Westmorland, England...barytes, coelestine, natrolite Eisenerz, Styria, Austria STRONTIANITE SrCO, Sendenhorst, Germany Table...quartz, magnesite, siderite, barytes, apatite Austria in druses & fissures in basic igneous rocks, in |  | | Report (volume) | | _________--____-_---_-------___-_--------_----_______ Ajo district.-_--_.____---------______--_-_--__---_______ Oatman...____________________________________________________ 11 Austria._____________________________________________________...______--__-__---_____----_____-__-___-___________ Bonanza district._________________________________________ Breckenridge...region___________________________________________ Spanish Peaks district.____________________________________ Summitville...________________________________________ Edwardsburg district._____________________________________ 11 11 12 |  | Lenz, Christoph, Nasdala, Lutz, Talla, Dominik, Hauzenberger, Christoph, Seitz, Roland, Kolitsch, Uwe (2015) Laser-induced REE3+ photoluminescence of selected accessory minerals — An “advantageous artefact” in Raman spectroscopy. Chemical Geology, 415. 1-16 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.09.001 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | und Kristallographie, Universität Wien, Wien, Austria Institute of Geological Sciences, Masaryk University...Erdwissenschaften, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Graz, Austria d Horiba Jobin Yvon GmbH, Unterhaching, Germany...Germany e Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Wien, Austria b c a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...September 2015 Keywords: Zircon Xenotime Monazite Titanite Laser-induced REE photoluminescence Raman artefact...accessory minerals, was studied. Spectra of natural titanite, monazite—(Ce), xenotime—(Y), and zircon samples |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | POULTIDIS Steyrerstrasse 14, A-4531, Kematen, Austria Abstract The Transdanubian Volcanic Region (TVR)...Badacsony. 7-9: other young alkali basalt occurrences: 7 - Nogrfid district, 8 = Bfinfit region, 9 = Rfikos...extends from the Graz Basin and Burgenland (E Austria) to Lake Balaton (W Hungary) (Fig. 1). This arcuate...Basin are younger. The basanites of the Ndgr~id district, N Hungary (Fig. 1) are also younger (2-2.5 m...described from the following localities of the TVR: 1. Austria: the tuff of Kapfenstein near Graz (Schadler, 1913; |  | Hoinkes, G., Faryad, S. W., Puhl, J., Frank, W., Melcher, F., Meisel, T. (2002) Relics of eclogite facies metamorphism in the Austroalpine basement, Hochgr�ssen (Speik complex), Austria. Mineralogy and Petrology, 74 (1) 49-73 doi:10.1007/s710-002-8215-9 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Austroalpine basement, HochgroÈssen (Speik complex), Austria S. W. Faryad1 , F. Melcher2;, G. Hoinkes3 , J...Leoben, Austria 3 Institute of Crystallography, Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Graz, Austria 4 General...University of Leoben, Austria 5 Institute of Geology, University of Vienna, Austria 2 With 9 Figures Received...and serpentinites from the HochgroÈssen massif, Styria, are parts of the Speik complex in the Austroalpine...setting The HochgroÈssen massif south of Liezen, Styria, is part of the Middle Austroalpine units of the |  | | Book (edition) | | dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from...Grossgreiner Mt., overlooking Zillertal Valley, Tirol, Austria, and at Passo di Vizze, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy...metamorphic hornfelses, with epidote, chlorite, albite, titanite, etc. In rich masses at Pelham, Hampshire co....to Hot Springco., Arkansas, in the Point of Rock quarry, pearly. Clea,·age {001} perfect. {100} and {010} |  | | Book | | MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...and Edenville, large, fine crystals of spine!, titanite, amphibole and pyroxene have been found since...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...combinations of rutile, anatase, brookite, hematite and titanite (Philippe Beiley, personal communication, 2010) |  | | Book | | granites have magnetite, zircon, apatite, ilmenite, titanite, and many others. Major Rock Classes Nearly all...metamorphic rock with accessory epidote, actinolite, titanite, and others, formed by low-grade contact metasomatism...related to skarn and composed of aegirine-augite, titanite, and magnetite, [aegirine] (Kretschmer in 1917)...which rounded pyroclasts predominate. agglomerate, basalt ig. extru. Cemented coarse pyroclastics consisting...quartz and biotite altered to chlorite. [ Akenobe district, Tajima, Japan] (Kato in 1920) akerite ig. pluton |  | | Catalog/List | | mass nearly lxl inch with Hydrocerussite. Merehead Quarry Mendips £35 9. SIMPSONITE Orange cleavage mass...across on lxl with small quartz crystals Francon Quarry Montreal Quebec £25 14. VESUVIANITE lxl inch area...Linopolis, Minas Gerais Brazil) £25 Na Be PO4 19. TITANITE variety "Greenovite" (Praboma Mine, St Marcel...salmon-pink Barite in the matrix (not fluorescent) Crich Quarry Derbyshire £10 41. ALLOPHANE good creamy- pale...pink Barite in the matrix (not fluorescent) Crich Quarry Derbyshire £10 some attractive salmon- 43. HYDROZINCITE |  | | Journal (issue) | | learned that Marriot and Son had bought the Oneco quarry and were working it (the one which we had first...had been abandoned. Here is an example of how a quarry might receive a wrong name by a careless collector...Another source of confusion arises when a mine or quarry is situated near a county or state line and its...adjacent county or state. Or worse still, the mine or quarry could be right on the line. These are but a few...Mineralogy-Petrology Burgring 7, A-1014 Vienna, Austria ustria has many small occurrences which are mineralogically |  | | Catalog/List | | mass of black crystals, some Mount Malosa, Zomba District, lxl ins £5 lx2ins _lyro?'~~e . __ __ _ ___ ___...- - - AMAZONITE Pure green cleavage Landsverlc quarry, Evje, Norway lxl S0p ALAMOSITE fcLp 10 g:...P0/4 £1.20 ANALCITE White crystals well covering Basalt Talisker Bay, Skye, Scotland lxl 70p lx2 -=Zeo=l:...with Chrysotile, pale grey-green County Bridge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall MgFeSiO massive. Minas Gerias...MITE Creamy white micro crystals in cavirties Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Ix½ £3 Al O OH in Natrolite _ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | zircon crystals have been found at the Songo Pond quarry, Albany, and well-developed crystals to about 1...1 cm have been collected at the Dunton quarry, Newry, and on Rattlesnake Mountain, Stoneham, Maine. The...Neck, Salem, Massachusetts; the Beryl Mountain quarry at Acworth, the famous Ruggles mine at Grafton...overgrowths are found in the marble at the Limecrest quarry, Sparta, New Jersey. Fine crystals to 4 cm have...have been found in serpentinite at the Williams quarry, Easton, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Zircon | | | Book | | should preferably be more detailed, e.g. walls of a quarry, or refuse heap specimen, so that one could find...10H-O (Glauber Salt) Hallstatt, Salzkammergut, Austria very good soft, inelastic, flexible columnar...PLUMBO CALCITE (Pb,Ca)CO.t Blciberg, Carinthia, Austria WITHERITE BaCO3 Alston Moor, Westmorland, England...485 ARAGONITE CaCOj (Flos Ferri) Eisenerz, Styria, Austria f II Occurrence Assoc. Minerals Similar...apatite WAGNERITE Mg,lFPO,l Werfen, Salzburg, Austria thick-tabular, shortcolumnar crystals, compact |  | | Book | | garnet, epidote, vesuvianite, kyanite, topaz, titanite, zircon, amphibole, pyroxene, rhodonite, beryl...(silver-white), p. 22 platinum (silver-white), p. 26 titanite (brown to black), p. 176 Red-Brown copper (reddish...(red, brown-red), p. 202 siderite (brown), p. 150 titanite (brown black), p. 176 zeolite(colourless, white...variable), p. 218 spinel (red, brown, black), p. 110 titanite (brown black), p. 176 topaz (blue, whiteye!low)...250) andesite (p. 260} Dark gabbro (p. 252) basalt (p. 262) obsidian (p. 266) Sedimentary Rocks Colour |  | Janoušek, V., Vrána, S., Erban, V., Vokurka, K., Drábek, M. (2008) Metabasic rocks in the Varied Group of the Moldanubian Zone, southern Bohemia - their petrology, geochemical character and possible petrogenesis. Journal of GEOsciences, 53 (1) 31-64 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | is of a clear OIB affinity, with parental alkali basalt (Nb/Y = 0.7–1.6) generated by a low 0 DM degree...and the Mesoproterozoic Dobra gneiss in Lower Austria (Gebauer and Friedl 1994; Friedl et al. 2004)....Gföhl Unit, with its typical occurrence in Lower Austria, contains mainly nebulitic biotite migmatites,...the Czech Republic and adjacent areas of Lower Austria, especially in the socalled Raabs Unit, sandwiched...dolomite Gmbt Šimpach A A A gf gf gf Gmbt Quarry working, disused Gmbt Gmbt Černovice 0 1 2 |  | | Book | | derives its name from the saltmining district of Hallstatt in Upper Austria, where many prehistoric finds have...+J gran,tic ' •,.:,,,.'·· . v,.~ . ,.v •, •- basalt magma b+., \I I dioritic magma magma +¥ ...(Ca) hornblende, augite 1ron ores gab?ro norne basalt gabbro*dolerite (diabase) porphyry *melsphyre dolerite...quartz m11:a m;ca marl clay minerals calcite basalt, dolerite augite feldspar hornblende peridotite...striations (cp. Fig. 16, p. 93). Habachtal, Salzburg, Austria. Center left Iron cross twin of pyrite. Below left |  | | Catalog/List | | crystals. Good display piece. Vambori, Ahmedhagar District, Maharashtra State, lndia about 5x2.5 inches £70...the grains and a few more scattered about. Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg bei Mayen, Yulkaneifel, Rheinland Pfalz...about 12x5mm in the middle of the vein. Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California USA £17 35. SODALITE...crystals in cavity in quartz. (Harz Germany) £7 56. TITANITE variety "Greenovite" (Praborna Mine, St Marcel...short wave, UV large Ix2 inch Bleiberg Carinthia, Austria £7 70. HYDROXYL-HERDERJTE two or three pale brown |  | | Report (issue) | | are his specialty, and among these are just two titanite specimens so outrageously gorgeous that I must...Kristallwand (“crystal wall”), Frosnitztal, East Tyrol, Austria. In the 4-cm matrix piece shown here—the one of...interested you’d better hurry—a 2.1-cm “fishtail” titanite twin, brown but with a greenish core, rests at...just over $3000). Titanite, 4 cm, from Kristallwand, Frosnitztal, East Tyrol, Austria. Saphira Minerals...active mining for metals had ceased in the Annaberg district—thanks to ongoing collecting by locals. I always |
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Basalt quarry, Klöch, Südoststeiermark District, Styria, Austria