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Limonite from
Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Limonite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Fluorite14 photos of Limonite associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Bariopharmacosiderite12 photos of Limonite associated with Bariopharmacosiderite at this locality.
Quartz8 photos of Limonite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Baryte8 photos of Limonite associated with Baryte at this locality.
Goethite5 photos of Limonite associated with Goethite at this locality.
Scorodite4 photos of Limonite associated with Scorodite at this locality.
Cornwallite4 photos of Limonite associated with Cornwallite at this locality.
Cuprite2 photos of Limonite associated with Cuprite at this locality.
Chalcopyrite1 photo of Limonite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Agardite1 photo of Limonite associated with Agardite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Photo GalleryView Gallery (13 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:69199
Long-form Identifier:1:3:69199:0
GUID (UUID V4):f1993f68-74ec-44a1-9f4f-b28ffae8dacd
Nearest other occurrences of Limonite
3.5km (2.2 miles) Friedrich-Christian Mine, Wildschapbach valley, Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach, Freudenstadt, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
5.7km (3.5 miles) Anna Mine, Oberharmersbach, Harmersbach valley, Zell am Harmersbach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
5.7km (3.6 miles) Riersbach quarry, Oberharmersbach, Harmersbach valley, Zell am Harmersbach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
6.3km (3.9 miles) Laßgrund road cut, Hausach, Hausach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
6.3km (3.9 miles) Erzengel Gabriel Mine (Gabriel Mine), Hausach, Hausach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
8.1km (5.0 miles) St Georg Mine, Greifhalde, Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach, Freudenstadt, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
8.6km (5.3 miles) Güte Gottes Mine, Zundelgraben, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Rottweil, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
8.7km (5.4 miles) Daniel im Dehs Mine, Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach, Freudenstadt, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
8.8km (5.5 miles) Leopold Mine, Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach, Freudenstadt, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
9.0km (5.6 miles) Prosper Mine, Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach, Freudenstadt, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Willstaett-Eckartsweier Germany info@wendel-minerals.com Clara Mine The Figure 1. Dumps of the Clara mine where collecting...a small fee. Near Wolfach in the Black Forest Germany From the Myth of the “Golden Calf ” to Modern Mining...6.4 cm. Museum for Minerals and Mathematics Oberwolfach specimen. Figure 4. Barite, so-called Meisselspat...1977 find. Museum for Minerals and Mathematics Oberwolfach collection. T RADITION holds that the wooded...mountain. According to another legend, two men from Oberwolfach tried to find the “golden calf ” with magic.
Report (issue)
elbaite, amethyst, Tsumeb minerals, and Sweet Home mine minerals. Also scattered on these pages are items...==================================== work as a mine supervisor at Boron) for what turned out, by the...“presence.” Stolzite, 3 cm, from the Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Ex-Minette...Hureaulite, 2.9 cm, from Hagendorf-Süd, Bayern, Germany. ExMinette Collection. Dave Bunk Minerals specimen...quartz from Aouli, Khenifra Province, MeknesTafilalt region, Morocco at the 2014 Munich Show, but Andy Seibel
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
study from the Schwarzwald mining district in SW-Germany Benjamin F. Walter, Philipp Kortenbruck, Manuel...study from the Schwarzwald mining district in SW-Germany. Chemge (2019), https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.chemgeo...study from the Schwarzwald mining district in SW-Germany Benjamin F. Walter*1, Philipp Kortenbruck1, Manuel...Geoscience, Wilhelmstraße 56, 72074 Tübingen, Germany 2 Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador...(CREAIT), St. John's, Canada AC CE D-55128 Mainz, Germany D Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut
Report (issue)
= 3 a = 7.10(3) X-ray Powder Pattern: Clara mine, Germany. 3.02 (10), 5.84 (8), 3.55 (8), 2.30 (6)...53 25.59 10.52 Total [100.0] 100.00 (1) Clara mine, Germany; by electron microprobe, total Fe as FeO...hydrothermal polymetallic barite–fluorite deposit (Clara mine, Germany). Association: Arsenogoyazite, brochantite... olivenite, fluorite, barite, “limonite”, quartz (Clara mine, Germany); mimetite, adamite, beudantite...(Michael mine, Germany). Distribution: Found in the Clara mine, near Oberwolfach, and the Michael mine, Weiler
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2O H EXAGONAL Locality: The Clara mine, central Black Forest, Germany. Occurrence: Associated minerals...& THEYE, T. (2004): Agardit-(Ce) von der Grube Clara im mittleren Schwarzwald. Aufschluss 55, 17-23....pit near the long-abandoned Clear Creek mercury mine, New Idria district, San Benito County, California...Also from (2) the Kali Kafi mine, Anarak, Iran and from (3) the Chah Khouni mine, Anarak, Iran. Occurrence:...opal pseudomorphs and minor dioptase. (2) In “limonite” gossan with wulfenite crystals, hemimorphite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals of the Clara Mines Ober-Wolfach, Baden, West Germany Outstanding crystals of barite and fluorite...at­ tracted mineral collectors to West Germany's Clara mines. Today, the number of visitors has swelled...rare elsewhere can be found fairly easily in the Clara mines' abun­ dant vugs. Thus, American mineral collectors...The Clara mines are in the heart of the Black Forest, which forms the southwest corner o f Germany, bordering...opportunity for many sports. A l ­ though the Clara mine is the mineralogists' chief target, there are
Report (issue)
7.93–7.98 Z=1 X-ray Powder Pattern: Pednandrea mine, Cornwall, England. (ICDD 34-155). 4.61 (100), 8...carminite, arseniosiderite, symplesite, jarosite, “limonite”. Distribution: Many localities, in small amounts...Haute-Vienne, and at the Cap Garonne mine, near le Pradet, Var, France. In Germany, from Dernbach and Horhausen...Horhausen, Rhineland-Palatinate; at the Clara mine, near Oberwolfach, and elsewhere in the Black Forest; from...from Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. From Nova Bana, near Baňská Štiavnica (Schemnitz), Slovakia. In the
Report (issue)
jarosite (Bruguers, Spain). Association: Jarosite, “limonite” (East Tintic district, Utah, USA); montgomeryite...Standard mine, near Dividend, East Tintic district, Utah Co., Utah; in the Gold Quarry mine, near Carlin...Creek district, Eureka Co., Nevada; in the Foote mine, near Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina...Leveäniemi mine, Svappavaara, near Kiruna, Sweden. From Hagendorf, Bavaria, and in the Clara Mine, near Oberwolfach...Oberwolfach, Black Forest, Germany. In an unspecified gold deposit, central Kyzylkum, Uzbekistan. At
Report (issue)
10.14 3.6 – 6.3 Total 99.33 100.00 (1) Akagané mine, Japan; Si and Al are probably impurities; other...pyrrhotite by ferric-sulfate-bearing solutions (Akagané mine, Japan); an important constituent in some soils...(Akagané mine, Japan); hibbingite (Hibbing, Minnesota, USA). Distribution: From the Akagané mine, Iwate...Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Found at the Las Animas mine, La Mur, Trincheras, Sonora, Mexico. In the USA, from... Humboldt Co., Nevada; north of the Santa Niño mine, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona; at Questa, Taos Co., New
Book
and tropical areas, such as the accumulation of limonite, Ni-silicates and iron. In residual deposits kaolinite...particles are separated according to their grain 10 limonite, siderite, psilomelane and pyrolusite have originated...continued weathering, eg ankerite weathers to limonite, becoming brown in the process; pink-rose rhodochrosite...porous, foamy or spongy aggregates are typical of limonite and calcite; crusty, drop-shaped and colloidal...colloidal aggregates occur predominantly in aragonite, limonite, pyrite, marcasite, in various kinds of opals
Book
illustrated Encyclopedi of the World’s Rocks and Mine re L A R E N MI OF THE WORLD Rudolf Duda and...and tropical areas, such as the accumulation of limonite, Ni-silicates and iron. In residual deposits kaolinite...particles are separated according to their grain 10 limonite, siderite, psilomelane and pyrolusite have originated...continued weathering, eg ankerite weathers to limonite, becoming brown in the process; pink-rose rhodochrosite...porous, foamy or spongy aggregates are typical of limonite and calcite; crusty, drop-shaped and colloidal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral species from the Val Cavallizza Pb–Zn–(Ag) mine, Cuasso al Monte, Varese province, Italy PIETRO...group. It occurs at the Val Cavallizza Pb–Zn–Ag mine, Cuasso al Monte, Varese province, Italy. Chukhrovite-(Ca)...aluminofluoride, chukhrovite group, Val Cavallizza mine, Cuasso al Monte, central Southern Alps, Italy.... Its occurrence was also notified in Grube Clara (Germany) by Walenta (1978), and, more recently, at...gearksutite, fluorite, creedite, anglesite, and ‘‘limonite’’ (Ermilova et al., 1960; Pekov, 1998). Chukhrovite-(Ce)
Journal (issue)
ür-.:N. Pete J.: Arse nogorceixit von de r Grube Clara im mittle r e n Schwarzwald . .. 250 LoRE.-.;z...Baumhalde bei Todtna u im Südschwarzwald und ihre Mine r a lie n . . . . . . . . 267 D oERJSG. Thomas &.... . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 G RGSERT. Ma rco: Mine ralie nprospektion in Namibi a . . . . . . . . ...September/Oktober 1993 Arsenogorceixit von der Grube Clara im mittleren Schwarzwald Von Kurt WALENTA und Pete...tritt als Sekundärbildung im Bereich der Grube Clara in Vergesellschaftung mit Arsenogoyazit, Brochantit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mitt. 64, 11. At the Clara mine, nr. Oberwolfach, central Black Forest, W. Germany, as white, yellowish...Hero Town (420 m, 44 ~ west of south), QalaDizeh region, NE Iraq, in melilite skarn in contact with banded...M. 50, 681. At the dumps of the disused Bambolla mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico, as monomineralic crusts...on old mining dumps, northern Black Forest, W. Germany, as white to pale green radial, acicular, aggregates...museum specimens of Te-bearing ore from the Good Hope mine, Vulcan, Colorado, USA, as grey metallic, opaque
Personal Communication
Kostrucha Lichtenrader Damm 25 D - 12305 Berlin Germany Berlin, December 18, 1993 Mr. Jolyon Ralph Almathera...month in SouthGermany digging minerals in the Clara Mine. However, I am back with some mineral specimens...exhibition in Elsace/ France during my visit in the Clara Mine, I bought some minerals for my systematic collection...piece of Mixite from Neubulach, Black Forest, Germany. Neubulach is a small village wherein Silver was...was mined during the Middle Ages. The Neubulach Mine was re-opened in the 80's for geological studies
Catalog/List
clear,tabular MIN,118. 10. ANNABERGITE.Kamareza Mine,Laurium,Greece.Dr HG Weller label. Quartz fragment... 14. APATITE VAR FRANCOLITE. Simms Lode,Geevor Mine,Trewellard,Cornwall. Choice,very rich specimen....Aragonite to 10mm. LC ,.tlO. 17. ARAGONITE.Kamareza Mine,Laurium,Greece. 3 specimens. Specimens A and B.... ARSENOPYRITE/BORNITE/CASSITERITE. South Crofty Mine,Camborne, Cornwall. Grey sulphidic,vuggy matrix...lustre. specimen. SC,.t4. 23. AURICHALCITE.Cha Kouh Mine,Isfahan,Iran. Earthy,limonlte stained vuggy matrix
Report (issue)
iridosmine, gold, pyrite, chromite, magnetite, limonite, diamonds, quartz, rutile, almandite garnet, topaz...and good specimens have come from the Manzanita mine. Imperial County: The mud volcanoes near Volcano...mineral. gypsum have been found in the Defiance mine. Kern County On both sides of the San Joaquin Valley...district. Lake County: At the Sulphur Bank quicksilver mine, situated on Clear Lake, a very interesting deposit... mony mines has also been found in the Buffalo mine and in the anti- San Emidio Mountains, of the
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...and several important mineral mixtures. (e.g. limonite and psilomelane) are included here to provide...abbreviated, e.g. canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and oblast (Russia). The country...by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided...United States or of the Upper Silesian historical region in Poland, where the importance of ore-bearing
Catalog/List
with admixed Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Wales. Chocolate brown massive, with minor rock...smaller central crystal crossing in the middle Kayes Region , Mai i £ 18 6. ZOISITE variety TANZANITE terminated...rich greenish yellow with white Barytes Whitesmith Mine Strontian Scotland lx2 £10 17. SCAPOLITE translucent...sparse red-brown coating on 2x2 matrix Christmas Mine, Gila County Arizona USA £12 26. SPHALERITE lustrous...thin matrix, with vein of Psilomelane.(Manganese mine, Socorro County, New Mexico USA) ,Fluorescent green
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tiny, yellow grains of native gold in dark brown limonite—small, greenish, radiating masses of malachite...malachite also present. "Specimen comes from a mine somewhere in Yuma County, Arizona."—on label. ARKANSAS—In...of Diamonds is an abandoned diamond mine (the only diamond mine in the U.S.) that has been opened up...xls on dark gray limestone. "Found at a coal strip mine about 5 miles southwest of Monroe, Iowa, in Marshall...County."—on label. KANSAS—"I am mailing you a limonite nodule I picked up about 4 miles south of Coyville
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
........................................ Santa Clara Canyon area........................................................ Supergene minerals of Arizona mine...................................................Santa Clara Canyon........................................................ Plan of Arizona mine........................ Plan and section of the Wheeler mine................................................................. Plan and section, American Basin mine................................................
Report (issue)
Sonoma wines. C. H. Le Franc, of New Almaden, Santa Clara County, red and white wines. M. Keller, Rising Sun...of arts and manufactures and products of soil and mine, in the year 1876, in commemoration of the anniversary...Redway, Los Angeles County; J. B. Randol, Santa Clara County; Charles Nickerman, Santa Cruz County; H...arts, manufactures, and products of the soil and mine; and whereas, such an exhibition should be national...the right of Music Hall were Russia, Belgium, Germany, Japan, Siam, China, Turkey, and Asia Minor, and
Report (issue)
discovered in California came from the gold mining region of the Sierra Nevada, beginning with the nickel...pseiidomorph. It is instance, be completely changed to limonite, exactly filling the space originally occupied...occupied bj^ the pyrite. ciystal For form of The limonite will then show the pyrite. In this bulletin...W. Bradley (28). pyrite, chromite, magnetite, limonite, at Thompson Flat, 2 miles north of Oroville...considerable amounts in the wall rock at the Argonaut mine, Josephson (32). County: It is found in the copper-bearing
Catalog/List
terminated ¼11 to ½" radiating sprays on brown limonite. 1¼x211 $ 15.00. MINERALS For Co. ,Colorado...·minated modified (B) 3/4x1 11 $4.50. ANDORITE ltos mine, Oruro, Bolivia Superb silvery-gray metallic modified... $15.00. APAT ITE Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony, Germany Choic€: pale lc:1vende1· inlergrnwn 3 lo 5 mm te1·minated...Select quartz on dense Himmelsfu,·st mine, F1·eiberg, Saxony, Germany irregular gray metal I ic 1 to 3 mm...mm fragments. 3/ 4 11 capsule New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona bright blue crystallized botryoidal
Catalog/List
terminated ¼11 to ½" radiating sprays on brown limonite. 1¼x211 $ 15.00. MINERALS For Co. ,Colorado...·minated modified (B) 3/4x1 11 $4.50. ANDORITE ltos mine, Oruro, Bolivia Superb silvery-gray metallic modified... $15.00. APAT ITE Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony, Germany Choic€: pale lc:1vende1· inlergrnwn 3 lo 5 mm te1·minated...Select quartz on dense Himmelsfu,·st mine, F1·eiberg, Saxony, Germany irregular gray metal I ic 1 to 3 mm...mm fragments. 3/ 4 11 capsule New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona bright blue crystallized botryoidal
 
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