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Pyrite from
Basalt quarry, Racoş (Racoşul de Jos), Brașov County, Romania


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Basalt quarry, Racoş (Racoşul de Jos), Brașov County, Romania
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:752005
Long-form Identifier:1:3:752005:1
GUID (UUID V4):dbb3c5e3-261e-47c7-9174-3772cb2be42f
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
Udubaşa (1938, Ocnele Mari, Romania) Director of the Geological Institute of Romania, Bucharest; President...President of the Mineralogical Society of Romania; Member of the Commission for New Minerals and Mineral Names...and about 100 articles - one-third outside of Romania. Rudolf Duda (1944, Vojany, Slovakia) Head of the...Hungary (Sándor Szakáll) Poland (Ewa Kos/.owska) Romania (Gheorghe Udubasa) Slovakia (Rudolf Duda) Ukraine...Hungary (Sándor Szakáll), Poland (Ewa Kos/.owska). Romania (Gheorghe Udubasa), Slovakia (Rudolf Duda). Ukraine
Journal (issue)
DARI DE SEAMA ALE SEDINTELOR INSTITUTULUI DE GEOLOGIE SI GEOFIZICA COMPTES RENDUS DES SÉANCES DE L’INSTITUT...L’INSTITUT DE GÉOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE (2. Zacaminte) Founded 1910 by the Geological Institute of Romania VOL...some Neogene magmatites of |Metaliferi Mts. – Romania ………………………… 1 Gheorghe C. POPESCU, Antonela NEACŞU...Metaliferi Mountains (Romania) …..…………….……. 7 Essaid BILAL, Fernando Machado de MELLO, François SOUBIÈS...Cireşata porphyry deposit, Metaliferi Mountains, Romania ….……………… 19 S. MIHAI, M. ZLĂGNEAN, S. HALGA Mining
Journal (issue)
Institute of Romania Prof. Dr. Gheorghe Damian, President of the Society of Economic Geology of Romania Editor...University, Iaşi Anne-Sylvie Andre-Mayer, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France Ferenc Molnar, Geological...Geological Institute of Romania, Bucharest Ioan Pintea, Geological Institute of Romania Mircea Ţicleanu, Geological...Geological Institute of Romania, Bucharest Nicolae Buzgar, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University, Iaşi Marian...Marian Munteanu, Geological Institute of Romania Ioan Seghedi, Institute of Geodynamics of the Romanian
Book
Debrece n. HUN; CG= Constantin Gruescu Collection, Ocna de Fier. ROM : CHTU = ChemistryTechnology Univer ity...eum. Kosice. SLK; GIR = Geological Institute of Romania, Bucharest, ROM; GM= Gold Museum, Brad, ROM : GYV...Unfortunatel y, mo t of the old collections have been de troyed and/or dispersed during the "sto rmy'' centuries...Marinescu (Geological lnstilllte of Romania): Necolai Terteleac (De. ign-Art-Foto. Bucharest): Victor Gorduza...State University. [viv). for advice concerning the de criptions of 1he minerals and for help in the preparation
Catalog/List
5mm£3 Hannover Cove.St Agncs, Comwall Wagholi Quarry,Poona,India lxl £3 Funauchi Mine, Aikta Prefecture...Mongolia. P.D.WellNo I , near Ajo, Pima lxl £4 County, Arizona , U.S.A Ribane Mine, Mozambique £8 Mt...Colrcalh, Roche, Comwall Good pieces PSEUDOMORPH after PYRITE crystals. Blaengwylais QuarrySouth Well covered...HYDROXVAPOPHYLLITE rich crcmny crystalline masses on basalt. K Ca SiO (OH,F) H/2 0 Pure while tabular plnly...Close, Cobham.Surrey England KT! I 2NL Boron, Kem County,Califomia U.S.A Madagascar Ix! £2 lxl £7. S0
Fitzhenry & Whiteside Canadian Museum of Musée canadien de la Saad @./ NATURE Beginner’s Guide to Rocks and...Canada vw ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL CONSEIL DES ARTS DE L'ONTARIO Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing...is granite while an extrusive example could be basalt. Sedimentary rocks are derived from the abrasion... Chalcocite, bornite, chalcopyrite, covellite, pyrite, marcasite, pyrrhotite, pentlandite, stibnite,...(Mohs more than 514) magnetite (black), p. 74 pyrite (pale brass yellow), p. 46 arsenopyrite (silver-grey)
Book (edition)
"Dana's System of Mineralogy•· ( 1944, I 951, 1962). de Fourestier (1999) and Strunz and Nickel (2001). Mi11eral...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...ASG -Archives de Science Geneve BM - Bulletin de la Societe fram;aise de mineralogie et de cristallographie...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from
Catalog/List
in about a half inch area on matrix Lazaresti, Romania £15 5. TEINITE one small blue spot on quartz...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...about 1cm £10 £7 (Gold Bluff Prospect Maquette County Michigan, USA) 26. NATNE GOLD seven or eight micro...crystals, possibly some with faces. lxl Mine, Washoe County Nevada USA £30 Olinghouse 27. QUARTZ small display
Catalog/List
quartz about Icm £7 (Gold Bluff Prospect Maquette County Michigan, USA) 42. KAMMERERITE pale pinkish mauve...scattered over flat lxl.5 inch matrix Eibenthal Banat Romania £15 45. NATIVE BISMUTH two water-worn pebbles about...calcite, about half and half. Canaan, Lichfield County Connecticut USA large 3x4 inch £25 48. HYDROZINClTE...small 2x3 matrix. I mile east of Camp Verde Yavapai County Arizona USA £10 lx2 £5 lxl £3 SO. STIBNITE rich...52. CHABAZITE sharp micro crystals in vughs. in basalt Ix½ £6 b) ½" £3 La Reunion Island, Indian Ocean
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
available for several decades from the famous Deccan basalt quarries of India, and, in keeping with the zeolite...Falls, Windham, Maine, and at the Dexter quarry, Lincoln County, Rhode Island. A historical occurrence...occurrence is with prehnite in gneiss at Ward’s quarry, Pelham, Massachusetts. It has been reported from the traprock...including those at Edgewater, Bergen County; Bergen Hill, Hudson County; and Great Notch, Upper Montclair...Passaic County. Scolecite has been collected in the diabase quarry at Manassas, Prince William County, and
Catalog/List
the grains and a few more scattered about. Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg bei Mayen, Yulkaneifel, Rheinland Pfalz...numerous orange micro spots on Ix.I matrix Colle de! Pero Quany, Laghetto di Montecompatri , Rome Italy...12x5mm in the middle of the vein. Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California USA £17 35. SODALITE good...quartz. FLUORESCENT green short wave, (Shanagolden. County Limerick Ireland) I x2 inches £7 2x2 £12 46. SPODUMENE...8 mm on half inch matrix Inspiration mine, Gila County, Arizona 52. STURMANITE rich coverage of 2 mm brown
Catalog/List
S/3 visible dark grey-red areas in matrix with pyrite. (Peru) lxl £3.50 1x2 £6.00 1 238 BISMUTITE Bi...matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) lx)4ins £4 063 CAVANSITE Ca (V 0 ) SiO...matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) lxl £4 1x2 £7.50 497 TELLURITE Te...pure dark brown metallic (Herbb £2 Mine, Powhatton County Virginia USA) lcm £6 314 PYRARGYRITE Ag/3 SbS/3...masses, well coating matrix. (Dooneen Mine Allihies, County Cork, S.Ireland) . lxl £3.50. 1x2 £6.50 2xl.5ins
Journal (issue)
Front cover Quartz scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection;...row, from left) Mesolite, 5.1 cm, from the F-Line quarry, Washington; John Cornish collection. Elbaite,...beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the coastal...Fair illustrating the mineral occurrences in the Basalt around Spokane, Washington. Conspicuous among these...naturalized citizen while living in Mass, Ontonogan County, Michigan; by the time his petition was granted
Catalog/List
grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x H £2.50 1x1 £4 040 BITYITE Li...white cleavages in Muscovite. (Harding Mine,Taos County, New Mexico) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £7 097 CHLOANTHITE (variety... About 7mm mass (Bulldog Mine, Creede, Mineral County,Colorado U.S.A) £4 439 STRACZEKITE Ca K Ba V 0...matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1 £4 1x2 £7.50 396 TORBERNITE...S/3 visible dark grey-red areas in matrix with pyrite. (Peru) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £6.00 1 298 BISMUTITE Bi
Journal (issue)
Tucson Show, held in a quonset hut at the old Pima County Fair and Rodeo Grounds. I’ve known all of the great...later, found a crystal-bearing horizon in the hard basalt, and filed a claim. Forever Collection; Tom Spann...with feldspar, 7.5 cm, collected by José Menezes de Oliveira from his famous 1967 pocket at the Golconda...January–February, 2023 Figure 114. Emerald beryl with pyrite, 1.9 cm, from the Muzo mine, Muzo Municipality...Fluorite, 7 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Yizhang County, Chenzhou, Hunan, China. Illustrated on the cover
Catalog/List
crystals, possibly some with faces. lxl Mine, Washoe County Nevada USA £30 Olinghouse .... 18. BUKOVSKYITE...matrix Arizona USA £18 · Inspiration mine, Gila County, 21. HAMBERGITE chalky-white crystalline mass...mass, Zapot pegmatite, Gillis Range, Mineral County Nevada lx ½ inch £18 Be BO3(OH) 22. KOVDORSKITE rich...quartz about 1cm £7 (Gold Bluff Prospect Maquette County Michigan, USA) 30. HEMATITE small sharp black lustrous...nearly an inch long in quartz and with massive pyrite (Carrock Mine Caldbeck fells Cumbria) small 2x2
Report (issue)
for Sulfides, Pyrite, and Mexico, there are matrix specimens of bornite-coated pyrite from the Milpillas...rounded, with many visible forms; a minority are pyrite-colored but a greater number have dull black coatings...crystals resting lightly on pieces of white matrix—pyrite collectors take note. 6 =====================...============================= Bornite-coated pyrite, 6 cm, from the Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Sonora...2016” in an unnamed mine at Băiuţ, Maramures, Romania. The site calls this calcite “manganoan” although
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
prominent dealer whose adversity to pyrite extends to his not offering any pyrite specimens for sale, and the...the reason is that he just does not like pyrite. I admit to a bias against most borates, but, in all fairness...Fibrous or euhedral rhombohedra have been found in basalt, andesite, and diabase. It is a rare constituent...hematite, calcite, ankerite, dolomite, fluorapatite, pyrite, fluorite, barite, cassiterite, and ferberite (Phillips...with quartz, from Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut. The composite crystals of siderite
Catalog/List
grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4 1x2 £10 156 NATIVE...matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1 £4 1x2 £7.50 360 PARATELLURITE...matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins £4 107 CHLORARGYRITE Ag Cl good...S/3 visible dark grey-red areas in matrix with pyrite. (Peru) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £6.00 COPPER M I NERALS...metallic mass in ■ matrix. (Mohawk Mine,Keenaw County Michigan USA) 1x1 £3 095 CALCIOVOLBORTHITE Ca Cu
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mistakenly assumed this was the province in which Molina de Aragón was located. Interestingly, when first presented...mineral in altered ultramafic rocks, in amygdules in basalt, in the oxidized zone of some ore deposits, in...crystals on calcite, 5.8 cm high, from the Artenberg quarry, Steinach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Gregor Markl...crystals, 1.7 cm across, from the Diettersweiler quarry, Freudenstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Gregor...stocks. As already mentioned, specimens from Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara (D; mistakenly attributed to
Journal (issue)
1996 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Michel SCHWAB, 32 rue de Baldershelm F-68110 ILLZACH Tel: 33.89.57.44.33 Fax:...Contact with me in St. Marie, Munchen or by post: ARC DE SANT Mаr1i 79 Local, 08032 Barselona, Spain • KUSTOS-...K. 34 MINERAUX & FOSSILES, Editions CEDIM 10 rue de Marignan 75008 PARIS. Теl.: 16(1) 42 25 91 85 Free...millerite, molybdenite, orpiment, pentlandite, pyrite (!xl), pyrrhotite (х1), realgar (x1), smythite...Karslve!! 5. Khyr-Ptlуаki б. Nauchпyi 7. Pervamarskil Quarry 8. Baklа Mountain 9. Klzilovka (former Karagºch)
Book
.,a~ ,:::- • Canadian Museum of Musee canadien de la \..,~ NATURE Fitzhenry & Whiteside •"""'liir... •"""'liir. ,::- • Canadian Museu m of Mu see canadien de ta (...,~ NATURE Beginner's Guide to Rocks and...Canada PA ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL JI-I\ CONSEIL DES ARTS DE L'ONTARIO Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing...chalcocite (dark grey), p. 34 magnetite (black), p. 74 pyrite(pale brass yellow), p. 46 arsenopyrite (silver-grey)...250) andesite (p. 260} Dark gabbro (p. 252) basalt (p. 262) obsidian (p. 266) Sedimentary Rocks Colour
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
growth and symmetry of, 299 ArrE, A., 501 ARAOJO, D.P. DE, 409 Arid environment, mineralogy of the near-surface...ARRHENIUS, G., 425 Arsenic, -rich nagyagite from Romania, 473 ARaTOLI, G., 615 ASHLEY, P.M., 671 Atomic...preservation of pre-metamorphic colloform banding in pyrite from the Broken Hill-type Pinnacles deposits, 461;...copper silicate, effenbergerite, a new mineral, 663 Basalt, from west-Central Skye, Scotland, 347 BAUER, G...Thailand, 247 Colloform banding, preservation of, in pyrite, 461 Colour, of sugilite, 681 Combustion of coal
Catalog/List
--··---- - - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker Bay, Skye, Scotland...colourless to white crystals , quite well covering Basalt. ½" £4 ____ lx! _£_6_. __________ ____ 5_Na 5=u~~<...------------6 ALBITE Kragero Norway 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Comwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...- -- ·- -37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine.Ravalli County. Montana U.S.A 963 ALBITE Maine USA Rich pinkish...rich variety) ½ x ½ £5 Ni AsO H/20 7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larvik, Norway Pure black mica plate
Catalog/List
Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV•t- tor cr11•t•J lJaed gold... Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will be satisfactory...at the pristine source underground ar an fresh quarry faces and the like. Very aften though, such source...feldspar. 784 ADAMITE, Moha\'.1k Mine, San Bernardino County, r.alifornia. Group o f colorless to light green...785 ADAMITE (CUPRIAN),MohawkMine, San Bernardino County, California. Nicely spaced transparent jade green
 
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