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


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Chalcedony
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcedony data
Locality Data:Click here to view Basalt quarry, Racoş (Racoşul de Jos), Brașov County, Romania
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:752029
Long-form Identifier:1:3:752029:7
GUID (UUID V4):9fe209d7-5bee-4b3f-99ff-e643cb5a970e
References
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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)
PRESENT Feliks M. Ibragimov KAZAKHSTAN LANDSCAPE CHALCEDONY Boris K. Kazurov THE HISTORY OF GEMMOLOGIC EXAMINATION...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...Karslve!! 5. Khyr-Ptlуаki б. Nauchпyi 7. Pervamarskil Quarry 8. Baklа Mountain 9. Klzilovka (former Karagºch)
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general acceptance of the mineral names used in Traite de Mineralogie by HaUy (1801) formed a basis for more...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
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general acceptance of the mineral names used in Traite de Mineralogie by HaUy (1801) formed a basis for more...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
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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
MUSEUM Ag ates Treasures of the Earth Essex County Council Many libraries in Essex have compact discs...significance to chemists studying the formation of chalcedony within water pipes in geothermal areas. This...use today are also as ancient. Names such as chalcedony, agate and sard were used in the early years...popular literature to describe the many types of chalcedony, and some of these have become established among...established physical and chemical characteristics, chalcedony is not defined but is accepted by common usage
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
Catalog/List
262 232) I. CLiNOCLASE. Matuba Hill. Pershing County. Nevada. USA Flattish druse of dark blue clinoclase...TA E N I T E METEORITE,Canyon Diabolo.Coconino County,Arizona,USA Dense brown black slightly weathered...epistilbite xtls to 12mm covering dark grey amygdaloidal basalt matrix Good RF SPC C £12 9. EPIDOTE,St Gothard...or D SPC. C. £10 41 WOLLASTONITE-2NI,Crestmore Quarry,CalifomialISA. Greenish vitreous rather massive... BROCI IANTITE/TENORITE,Silver Hill Nline,Pima County,Arizona,USA Massive reddy brown tenorite riddled
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volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible...for the county in which it is located. This site number also appears under the given county in the text...(in soil, matrix, road cut, pegmatite, shoreline, quarry, gravel pit, prospect, mine, etc.). Let’s take...under the heading of Nebraska, on the map of Sioux County, the site x How to Use This Book indicated...Crawford in adjoining Dawes County and 5 miles south of Ardmore in Fall River County, South Dakota): 0.5 mile
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Collection. Photo: Chip Clark. Sylvanite from Romania Silver‒gold telluride (Ag,Au)2Te4 Mineral of...detected in ore from the Transylvania region of Romania. Although sylvanium fell out of favor as a name...Society show will be on March 5–6 in Wilmington, DE. Steve’s wife told him he needed a hobby, so he...Columnar basalt (now greenstone) below Little Stony Man Cliffs, Shenandoah National Park, VA. Basalt flows...Rasmussen and students at the Luck Stone diabase quarry near Bull Run, VA. The diabase intrusion followed
Journal (issue)
fluorapophyllite crystal, 4.6 cm, from Pashan Hills quarry no. 2 near Poona, Maharashtra state, India. Steve...Shiva Temple in Elephanta Cave, carved from Deccan basalt in the sixth century on an island off the entrance...cavansite from Wagholi are the paragons of Indian basalt minerals. These and other fine minerals have been...Buddhist temple of Karli was carved into the flow basalt of the Western Ghats during the second century...Kailasa Temple near Ellora, hand-cut from Deccan basalt. large amounts of pegmatitic monazite, without
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Treasures of the Earth ~ ~ ~ Essex County Council Many libraries in Essex have compact discs and cassettes...BY THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM , LONDON Essex County Council Libraries First published by the Natural...significance to chemists studying t he formation of chalcedony within water pipes in geotherma l areas. This...use today are also as ancient. Names such as chalcedony, agate and sard were used in the early years...popular literature to describe the many types of chalcedony, and some of these have become established among
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of some of the principal localities in the same county, was given by Messrs . Greg and Lettsom in their...locality by some independent authority, such as maps, county directories, local guide books, &c. The geological...LONDONDERRY LONGFORD LOUTH MAYO MEATH MONAGHAN . QUEEN'S COUNTY . . . SLIGO TIPPERARY TYRONE . WATERFORD...possible, the various mineral- localities in the same county around their respective post-towns. A few cases...rule, where a parish or village is situated in one county, and its post-town in another. Chains of hills
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...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...Minc,lvrca.ltaly lxl £5 Boghill Road Quarry, Glengonnley, County Antrim, Yaknl Mine,Bigndic, Turkey 1/
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A CATALOGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS GEMSTONES FRANKLIN COUNTY (PART SIX) By RALPH GOSSE P.O. Box 5351, Albany...as 1 mile east of Deerfield Academy?) Franklin County 516 Desc:ription and Occurrence Waterworn masses...rock are occasionally found in river gravels. In basalt, rarely in masses over 3 inches across. A beautiful...with yellow and brown jasper and occasionally chalcedony. Found as a part of a thick vein of quartz (6...schist. Loose nodular masses eroded from underlying basalt. Numerous references to this locality in early
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...metallic mass in ■ matrix. (Mohawk Mine,Keenaw County Michigan USA) 1x1 £3 095 CALCIOVOLBORTHITE Ca Cu...matrix.(some + Micros> Monument 1 Mine, Navajo County,Arizona,USA) lxl £3.50 1x2 £7.00 118 CONICHALCITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
silica phases (i.e., opaline silica or massive chalcedony). The presence of lattice-bladed (after barite...and intergrowth of length-slow and length-fast chalcedony are linked to the variations of physico-chemical...Introduction Agates are defined as banded and colorful chalcedony with admixture of other silica polymorph varieties...textural point of view, agate represents a banded chalcedony, which incorporates other SiO2 polymorphs and...km east of Aït Ourir, which became known from a quarry of basalts with agate mineralization. Triassic
Report (issue)
...............11 The Ledge (Charlotte County Granite) quarry................................................................15 Bayside Black Granite quarry..............................................................................17 Digdeguash Lake quarry.......................................................................................20 Letang quarry...................................................................................68 Brookville quarry...............................................
Catalog/List
DOMEYKITE pure metallic mass about Ix1 Keweenaw County. Michigan USA £ 14 11. BARYTES and QUARTZ translucent...attractive small group about l x2 inches ( Coldstones Quarry, Yorkshire) £7 19. ANAPAITE pale green micro...over 3x2 surface. Location interest. Coatsgate quarry Dumfries Scotland £ 12 32. STILBITE good small...a crystalline dolomite surface 3xl inch Cavnic Romania £15 35. APATITE single gemmy greenish-yellow crystals...botryoidal area about Ix 2 on 2x3 su1face Shesodonnel County Clare, Ireland, £ 15 37. NATIVE ANTIMONY quite
Report (volume)
Quicksilver Deposits Near Weiser, Washington County, Idaho GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN Prepared in...GEOLOGY QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS NEAR WEISER, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IDAHO By CLYDE P. Eoss ABSTRACT The quicksilver...deposits in the general vicinity of Weiser, Washington County, Idaho, were first recognized about 1936. They...The quicksilver deposits near Weiser, Washington County, Idaho, (fig. 7) appear to have been first discovered...deposits near Weiser, -L... . .' . .. . Washington County, Idaho. " . ; 81 have expected to find ore deposits
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N of Calloway
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rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy...gemstones; d N 5 mi. on Rte. 5: (a) chert quarry⎯Barite crystals, chalcedony, chert, siliceous oolites; (b) extending
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rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy...gemstones; d N 5 mi. on Rte. 5: (a) chert quarry⎯Barite crystals, chalcedony, chert, siliceous oolites; (b) extending
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization at the MILLINGTON QUARRY, NEW JERSEY W A R R E N CUMMINGS 225 Beech wood Avenue Trenton...O N Q U A R R Y in Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, resumed operation in 1979 after several...the new operators, the Millington Quarry Company, have made this quarry an important producer of mineral...The Millington quarry exposes the two lava flows (Figure 3) of the Third Watchung basalt, the youngest...Rift Basin (Figure 4). The general geology of the quarry is similar to that of the famous zeolite localities
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CATALOGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS GEMSTONES HA,MPDEN 'COUNTY (PART FOUR) By RALPH GOSSE P.O. Box 5351, Albany...will be amended in a later issue. NOTE: (ESSEX COUNTY, was erroneously listed as part three in caption...Gemstones." Readers please note the correct County to be BERKSHIRE COUNTY.) AGATE Locality Descr,ption and Occurrence...result of weathering of nearby outcrops of basalt. Hampden County The chief occurrence of agate in Massachusetts...Massachusetts is a number of ancient lava flows (basalt or traprock) ejected in a molten state through a series
 
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