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Copper from
Copper mine, Wellersbachtal, Monzelfeld, Bernkastel-Kues, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Copper
Formula:Cu
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Copper data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper mine, Wellersbachtal, Monzelfeld, Bernkastel-Kues, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:917333
Long-form Identifier:1:3:917333:0
GUID (UUID V4):d4d1aa0b-e51e-442f-a8f7-4a8068f1b573
Nearest other occurrences of Copper
22.2km (13.8 miles) Neu Glück Mine, Willwerscheid, Traben-Trarbach, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
28.2km (17.5 miles) Bühlskopf U deposit, Ellweiler, Birkenfeld, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
43.0km (26.7 miles) Bergkrone mine, Uersfeld, Kelberg, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
46.5km (28.9 miles) Schartenmühle, Schmelz, Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany
53.3km (33.1 miles) Landsberg, Obermoschel, Nordpfälzer Land, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
53.4km (33.2 miles) Backofen Mine, Landsberg, Obermoschel, Nordpfälzer Land, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
54.7km (34.0 miles) Copper mine, Düppenweiler, Beckingen, Merzig-Wadern, Saarland, Germany
55.0km (34.2 miles) Bendisberg Mine, St Jost, Langenfeld, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
55.9km (34.7 miles) Dr. Geier mine (Amalienhöhe mine; Elisenhöhe mine), Waldalgesheim, Rhein-Nahe, Mainz-Bingen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
61.3km (38.1 miles) Rosenberg Mine, Braubach, Loreley, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Kautenbach Mine Bernkastel-Kues, Rhineland-Palatinate Germany Steffen Jahn c/o Bode Verlag GmbH Am...Am Knickbrink1 12 31020 Salzhemmendorf, Germany jahn@mineralien-welt.de Galena pseudomorphs after pyromorphite—the...ore”)—from the Kautenbach mine near Bernkastel-Kues in the Rhineland-Palatinate are among the most famous...since the best examples emerged from the tiny lead mine only in the mid-19th century. INTRODUCTION Galena...(Blaubleierz, “blue lead ore”) from the Kautenbach mine is, to put it simply, a mineralogical specialty
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
water analyses from the Kautenbach Mine near Bernkastel, Germany (the most famous locality of these specimens)...known BBE occurrences (Zschopau, Ore Mountains, Germany; Huelgoat, Brittany, France; Wheal Hope, Cornwall...The analyzed thermal waters from the Kautenbach mine fulfill these requirements and the formation of...The spongy appearance of galena at the Kautenbach Mine is also observed at the BBE samples from Wheal Hope...specimens from the Dreifaltigkeits Mine near Zschopau in Saxony, Germany, are listed, represents the earliest
Journal (issue)
Classics: Blaubleierz von der Grube Kautenbach bei Bernkastel-Kues/Mosel 22 European Cfassics: Jahrhundert-Highlights...nach neuen Funden und Fundstellen . Die „Grandview Mine" wurde bei mehr als zwölf Besuchen erstmals offiziell...vielen Minen , darunter auch die berühmte Tsumeb-Mine in Namibia. Anfang 2011 wurde von dort ein neues...genannte Blaubleierz aus der Grube Kautenbach bei Bernkastel-Kues. Es ist weltweit wohl in jeder Sammlung von...Traben-Trarbach eingemeindet ist. Der Ort Bernkastel-Kues, dessen Name sich ebenfalls häufig auf Etiketten
Journal (issue)
MINERAL OBSERVER ) 17 7 • 9 't( C S 1 7 /IC • Copper.13 cm.HoughtonCounty,Michigan,USA.Jeff Scovil photo...Saxon minerals in the Terra Mineralia Museum (Germany). A group of Italian mineralogists presents a new...Stefano Dallabona, Ivano Rocchetti Fiemmeite: a New Copper Oxalate from San Lugano (Trentino, Dolomites, Italy)...crystals. 31 x 28 cm. Urals, Russia. GM KFU#6008. 13. Copper. 7.5 x 7.5 cm. Turyinsky mines, Northern Urals...Fluorite (with old labels). 7 x 5 cm. Schwarzwald, Germany. GM KFU #7461. 15-16. (on page 10). 15. Set of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Zn4(SO4)(OH)6 ⋅ 3H2O, a New Mineral from the Friedrichssegen Mine, Germany1 N. V. Chukanova, 2, R. K. Rastsvetaevab...D52249, Eschweiler, Germany f Wittemannstrasse 5, 65527 Niedernhausen, Germany Received October 17,...Friedrichssegen Mine, Bad Ems district, RhinelandPalatinate (RheinlandPfalz), Germany. Lahnsteinite,...pyromorphite, hydrozincite, quartz, and native copper. The Mohs’ hardness is 1.5; the cleavage is perfect...Lahn Valley (currently belonging to Rhineland Palatinate, Germany) has been known since ancient times
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of pyromorphite come from the United Kingdom, Germany, Zambia, and Australia, but perhaps the most stunning...pyromorphite, largest crystal 4 mm long, Adelaide mine, Tasmania; ROM specimen (M34775), photomicrograph...pseudomorphs after barite, 9 x 7 x 4.5 cm, Les Farges mine, France; ROM specimen (M39857),photo by Brian Boyle...this locality. Tan-colored crystals from Ems, Germany, fluoresce a bright butter-yellow under LW-UV with...chlorine in synthetic pyromorphite. Chromium, silver, copper, and uranium have been reported in pyromorphite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Nebraska, Lincoln] at 23:16 02 June 2016 Bunker Hill Mine, Coeur d’Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho...pyromorphite occurred at the Lubec lead mine, the Gouldsboro mine, and with wulfenite at the upper Colton...Maine (King and Foord 1994). Recently the old lead mine at Loudville, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, once...Connecticut. It is reported from the Sparta copper mine south of Ossining, Westchester County, New York...pyromorphite in Albemarle, Amelia (in the Rutherford No. 2 mine pegmatite), Buckingham, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland
Report (issue)
Pattern: Friedrichssegen mine, near Lahnstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. 9.30 (100), 2.723 (57),...53 (1) Friedrichssegen mine, near Lahnstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; average of 6 electron microprobe...pyromorphite, native copper, goethite. Distribution: From dumps at the Friedrichssegen mine, near Lahnstein...District, RhinelandPalatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz), Germany. Name: For the city nearby the locality from which...new mineral species from the Friederichssegen Mine, Germany. Zap. Ross. Mineral. Obshch., 142(1), 39-46
Report (issue)
b = 9.89 c = 7.67 X-ray Powder Pattern: Copper King mine, Nevada, USA; nearly identical to turquoise...4.78 4.89 19.48 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Copper King mine, Nevada, USA; after deduction of montmorillonite...argillized shales associated with copper mineralization (Copper King mine, Nevada, USA). Association: Montmorillonite...alunite (Copper King mine, Nevada, USA). Distribution: In the USA, from the Copper King mine, about 16...Eureka Co., and the Rain mine, Carlin district, Elko Co., Nevada; at the Bingham mine, Salt Lake Co., Utah
Report (issue)
Copper Cu c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Cubic. Point Group: 4/m 3 2/m...Pale rose on fresh surface, quickly darkens to copper-red, then metallic, shining; in reflected light... 0.8293 (9), 0.8083 (8), 1.0436 (5) Chemistry: Copper, typically with only small amounts of other metals...less commonly in sandstones and shales, where the copper was probably of hydrothermal origin, precipitated...conditions; in the oxidized zone of large, disseminated copper deposits as a result of secondary processes. A
Journal (issue)
with Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...Backcover (above) Stock certificate for the Rowley Copper Mines Company (1914) Dick Morris collection (below)...explore literally thousands of mineral occurrences, mine dumps and abandoned mines in the public domain administered...with the Pacific Railroad Survey, collected native copper crystals and botryoidal malachite in the Big Horn...Heintzelman (1805-1880) shipped ore specimens from his mine to be exhibited at the Cincinnati Merchant's Exchange
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
year as his early journey to the Lake Superior copper district. The back of the photo indicates it was...Christopher J. Stefano (1849–1933) One of the Copper Country’s Greatest Mineral Collectors A TRUE “RENAISSANCE...and then working as an exploration geologist and mine manager at various mines in Michigan’s Keweenaw...Michigan’s last major native copper deposit, which became the Champion mine. His academic interests ranged...the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, 10 cm tall, Cliff mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan. It is also a very unusual
Book
immensely popular handbook of minerals appeared in Germany I obtained a copy fo! my personal library and was...times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...production clearly ranked with that of food supplies. Copper and gold were the first known metals. Gold occurs...metal tools were made of copper, occasionally found native, but pure copper is also too soft. Only by...pure metal. In order to obtain copper in sufficient quantities copper ores had to be found and smelted
Report (issue)
678(4) Z = 1.5 X-ray Powder Pattern: El Teniente mine, Chile. 9.47 (100), 2.58 (48), 2.34 (32), 4.71 (31)... 100.00 (1) Cornwall, England. (2) El Teniente mine, Chile. (3) Cu18 Al2 (AsO4 )4 (SO4 )3 (OH)24 • 36H2...mansfieldite. Distribution: In Germany, from [the Altväter samt Eschig mine, Mordelgrund,] near Sayda, and...in the Virneberg mine, near Rheinbreitbach, Rhineland-Palatinate; at the Clara mine, near Oberwolfach...Ting-Tang mine, Gwennap, and a number of other places in Cornwall; in the Old Potts Gill mine, Caldbeck
Report (issue)
961 b = 5.13 X-ray Powder Pattern: Landsberg, Germany. 2.267 (10), 2.404 (6), 1.263 (6), 1.361 (5), 1...(2) 44.65 55.35 100.0 100.00 (1) Landsberg, Germany; by electron microprobe. (2) Ag3 Hg2 . Occurrence:...alteration of moschellandsbergite (Landsberg, Germany); thought to be a primary mineral (Kremikovci deposit...ankerite (Landsberg, Germany); mercurian silver, cinnabar, many secondary copper minerals (Kremikovci...auf Gott mercury mine, at Landsberg, near Obermoschel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany [TL]. In the Kremikovci
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: Ehl and Rheinbreitbach, Germany. 4.48 (10), 2.39 (8), 2.42 (6), 3.46 (5), 2.32...6.26 Total 100.06 100.00 (1) Rheinbreitbach, Germany; corresponds to (Cu4.98 Fe0.02 )Σ=5.00 (PO4 )1...secondary mineral in the oxidized zone of hydrothermal copper deposits. Association: Libethenite, malachite...In Germany, at Ehl, near Linz, and rich specimens from Virneberg, near Rheinbreitbach, Rhineland-Palatinate...in the Empire-Nevada mine, Yerington district, Lyon Co., Nevada; at Lone Star mine, near Safford, Graham
Report (issue)
= 8.629 Optical Properties: Opaque. Color: Pale copper-red, may be with violet tint. Streak: Reddish brown...(1) Hudson Bay mine, Cobalt, Canada; in part due to nickeline. (2) St. Andreasberg, Germany; by electron...Distribution: In Germany, from St. Andreasberg, Harz Mountains [TL??], and in the Merkur mine, Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate...Rhineland-Palatinate. In France, at Ar, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, and Pierrefitte, Hautes-Pyrénées. On...region, western Siberia, Russia. In the Natsume mine, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. At the Kolar Gold Fields
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
20013 pohwatp@si.edu Ettringite N’Chwaning II Mine, Northern Cape Province Republic of South Africa...3-cm ettringite with calcite from the N’Chwaning II mine, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province...locality of Ettringen, near Mayen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Dan Behnke specimen and photo. ter...volcanic rock) from Ettringen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, where the clear to white crystals reach...also come from quarries around Bellerberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, where it occurs as colorless to white sprays
Catalog/List
up a good deal of the matrix. 5x5x2.5cm Molinello Mine, Vai Graveglia, Italy £35 2 AWARUITE about 10 individual...plastic box. Friedrichsegen Mine, bad Ems , Lahn .Rhineland-Palatinate Germany £18 7 SULPHUR small crystals...Basalt 5x6 cm Limberg No 1 quarry, Kaisersthul, Germany £4 11 LAVOISIERITE rich brown fibrous about 3x2cm...rich grey masses with large cleavage face 5x4 Fuka Mine ,Okayama Japan £45 B) smaller piece 2.5 x 3cm £20...35 EDENITE very pale mauve fibrous mass . Praboma mine, St Marcel |, Piedmont Italy 5x2.5 £12 Sample b)
Report (issue)
789(4) Z = 3 X-ray Powder Pattern: Golden Fleece mine, Colorado, USA. 2.78 (100), 2.96 (80), 5.59 (65)...29.33 21.40 9.94 10.36 100.00 (1) Golden Fleece mine, Colorado, USA. (2) (Pb, Sr)Al3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 with...(Golden Fleece mine, USA). Distribution: In the USA, large crystals from the Golden Fleece mine, near Lake...City, Hinsdale Co., Colorado; in the Mineral Park mine, Mohave Co., Arizona; and at the Daisy Creek prospect...Sanders Co., Montana. In the Sylvester mine, Zeehan, and the Comet mine, Dundas, Tasmania; from Broken Hill
Report (issue)
the Majuba Hill mine, Antelope district, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA. In the Virneberg mine, near Rheinbreitbach...Rheinbreitbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. At Chessy, near Lyon, Rhône, France. Large crystals from Tsumeb...Parnauite and goudeyite, two new copper arsenate minerals from the Majuba Hill mine, Pershing County, Nevada... dans des échantillons provenant de l’ancienne mine de Chessy (Rhône, France). Schweiz. Mineral. Petrog
Report (issue)
uncommon secondary mineral in the oxidized portions of copper sulfide deposits; may be of post-mining origin...(Herrengrund) and Piesky, Slovakia. In Germany, from Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate, and at Sailauf, northeast of...the Monte Rosso gypsum cave; from the Baccu Locci mine, near Villaputzu, Sarrabus district, Sardinia. At...Japan. At the Tui mine, Mt. Te Aroha, New Zealand. In the USA, from the Ecton mine, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania;...in the Trixie mine, Tintic district, Juab Co., Utah; in Arizona, from the Grandview mine, Grand Canyon
Report (issue)
months” in the Big Bear orebody in the Fletcher mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri; these...twin, 6 cm, from the Big Bear orebody, Fletcher mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri. Weinrich...Galena, 4 cm, from the Big Bear orebody, Fletcher mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri. Weinrich...attractive specimens has been given as the Ortega mine in the Mundo-Tamboras district, Sanchez Carrion...occurrence was actually in a previously unnamed mine that the Ortega brothers, who developed it for the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 05:52 29 January 2015 FRENCH CREEK IRON MINE, CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA M any minerals described...examples include the numerous and diverse secondary copper minerals such as azurite, malachite, aurichalcite...cuprite, and native copper, to name only a few. Although the list of such copper minerals is long indeed...chalcopyrite, the dominant primary ore mineral of copper. Fortunately for both the mining industry and the...other types of copper deposits, each the historical source of spectacular suites of copper mineral specimens
Report (issue)
zone of hydrothermal copper deposits; a volcanic Association: Cuprite, copper, chrysocolla, malachite...malachite, azurite, Fe–Mn oxides (hydrothermal); copper chlorides, alkali chlorides, cotunnite (volcanic). Distribution:...Province, Spain. In Germany, at Siegen, Westphalia; from Daaden, Rhineland-Palatinate; and at Neubulach...volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula. In the USA, from Copper Harbor, Keweenaw Co., Michigan; at Darwin, Inyo...(1970) A refinement of the crystal structure of copper(II) oxide with a discussion of some exceptional
 
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