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Greenockite from
Altenberg mine, Kelmis, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Greenockite
Formula:CdS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Greenockite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Altenberg mine, Kelmis, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:551672
Long-form Identifier:1:3:551672:8
GUID (UUID V4):41750d17-00b5-42de-9002-01f319c39a7d
Nearest other occurrences of Greenockite
15.8km (9.8 miles) Stembert, Verviers, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
16.4km (10.2 miles) Breinigerberg Mine, Breinig, Stolberg, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
18.4km (11.4 miles) Henriette Shaft, Diepenlinchen Mine, Mausbach, Stolberg, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
19.3km (12.0 miles) Zufriedenheit Mine, Mausbach, Stolberg, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
19.5km (12.1 miles) Diepenlinchen Mine, Mausbach, Stolberg, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
20.3km (12.6 miles) Meyer Quarry, Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
20.5km (12.7 miles) Albert Mine, Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
22.4km (13.9 miles) Oneux, Theux, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
56.3km (35.0 miles) Corphalie, Wanze, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
70.3km (43.7 miles) Landenne, Andenne, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The “calamine” nonsulfide Zn–Pb deposits of Belgium: Petrographical, mineralogical and geochemical...Germany c Geological Survey of Belgium, 13 Rue Jenner, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium d Geologisch-Paläontologisches...crystallization. Carbon isotope values, even from the same mine, show a considerable range from −11.6 to −1.6‰....4 to − 14.7‰. The metallic deposits of Eastern Belgium have undergone a polyphase history, which started...2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Belgium; Zinc; Nonsulfide; Calamine; Mineralogy; Geochemistry;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
border of Holland and Belgium, the most known are lead-zinc deposits Altenberg and Stolberg, very good...stephanite, wurzite, jamesstonite, pyromorphite, greenockite, freibergite, berthierite, uranium minerals and...tarnowitzite. In SzarIey, near Bytom, occurs greenockite (cadmium mineral), here has been found jordanite...name. WIELICZKA, near Krakow, Poland, oldest salt mine in Europe, beautiful large halite xls, anhydrate...large xIs, wulfenite, vanadinite, hydrozincite, greenockite, stolzite and srnithsonite. Near Salzburg Austria
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inclusions of greenockite. The specimen was found in a Joplin, Missouri, district mine in the late 1800s...crystal morphology and color were recovered from a mine in the Joplin area. The best known of these specimens...hemimorphite crystals were once found at the old lead mine southeast of Brookfeld, Connecticut (Schairer 193l)...aggregates have been reported from the Loudville mine, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. The zinc deposits...Pennsylvania hemimorphite occurrences include the Keystone mine, Blair County; the Wheatley mines, Chester County;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
; Sphalerite X l s (and mas­ sive) (black) ; Greenockite coating sphalerite (yellow); Gypsum; Hydrozincite.... Rudnick-Wulfenite Mies-Wulfenite. Forolad-Greenockite. Petzin-Cerrusite X l s . Iselberg-Tremolite...(radiated xls in magnesite). ROCKS AND MINERALS Altenberg-Hematite. Wochein-Limonite (Geodes). General-Tourmaline...to enter is difficult to se­ cure. Mountain and mine can be seen to the S of the village. Siderite X...Oberdorf. Swimming pool in old caved-in lignite mine. Limberg. Limestone Q. (large). Vordersdorf. Glass
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the structural trend where an ancient underground mine is still accessible (Figs. 2, 3). A detailed structural...porphyroblasts overgrew earlier fabrics. RotguÈlden mine. Scale bar division: 1 cm 559 ments in the rock...at all ancient mining sites (e.g., RotguÈlden Altenberg, Schurfspitze). The subvertical gashes occur preferentially... + minor, ) trace constituent Phase RotguÈlden mine Schurfspitze Schurfspitze Silbereck Lieserkar...) + + Stannite, Cu2FeSnS4 Sphalerite, ZnS Greenockite, CdS Galena, PbS Tetrahedrite-Freibergite Bournonite
Report (issue)
du Synclinorium de Verviers, de la Province de Liège et de la Belgique III.l.l. Observations III.1.2...(tous les gisements sont situés dans la Province de Liège), l'âge des roches encaissantes ou encore d'autres...noms: par exemple la célèbre mine de La Calamine est fréquemment appelée mine de Moresnet, de la Vieille-Montagne...Vieille-Montagne, de l' Altenberg et parfois la Grande Montagne (Baillet, 1795). Quelques gisements changèrent...fois dédommagé, n'avait plus aucun contrôle sur la mine. Les Minières concernaient notamment les exploitations
Report (issue)
Smithsonite slice and egg, 5.8 and 2.7 cm tall Masua Mine, Carbonia-lglesias, Sardinia, Italy Cal and Kerith...page Smithsonite, 9.2 cm wide 400 Foot Level, Kelly Mine, Magdalena District Socorro County, New Mexico Steve...1867. ·thsonian Smithsonite First Oxide Zone, Tsu Mine, Tsumeb, Nami 10cm tall Brent Lockhart coll Joe...smithsonite colored yellow by inclusions of greenockite (Dana, 1892). Mixtures of smithsonite and other...reasons for this palette. Beginning on page Antler Mine Smithsonite? Many comprehensive smithsonite collections
Book
minerals: in powder form - copiapite (123), greenockite (199) and orpiment (4) • Distinguishing features:...deadly poisonous • Similar minerals: sulphur (1), greenockite (199) • Distinguishing features: perfect cleavage...Caucasus - crystals up to 1.5 cm (USSR), Getchell Mine - Nevada (USA) •Application: ore (extraction of...Molybdenite - platycrystal (18 mm) em bayed in qua rtz; Altenberg (GDR) 2. Polybasite- black-grey plates (8 mm)...- aggregation of crysta ls from pil e of a coal mine; Kladn o (Czechoslovakia - width of field 15 mm)
Report (volume)
causes the universal luminescence of its sulfide, greenockite. The rare earths are responsible for the long-wavelength...uranyl (U02+2 ) and tungstate (WO4~2) ions. Greenockite is the only infrared luminescent mineral that...Diamond Sulfur Selensulfur Sulfides Sphalerite Greenockite Wurtzite Oxides Cuprite Montroydite Oxides Continued...reported for sphalerite is actually caused by greenockite, which always shows infrared luminescence, and...than visible emission. Thus, all specimens of greenockite show a strong infrared emission, but only about
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
granite outcrops and ca. 0.5–1 km from the abandoned mine at Czarnów (Fig. 1). The exploited dolomite lens... ZnSe: Se (La, TAP), pure Ag: Ag (La, PET), greenockite: Cd (La, PET), cassiterite: Sn (La, PET), InSb:...district, Portugal (Oen & Kieft 1976), in the Amalie mine, Schwarzwald ore district, Germany, where it contains...0.97 Bi apfu) (Förster & Rhede 2004), and the Altenberg W–Sn deposits, Germany (17.0 wt.% Bi, 1.36 Bi...Additional symbols: A: tetrahedrite from the Amalie mine, Schwarzwald ore district (Staude et al. 2010a);
Book
illustrated Encyclopedi of the World’s Rocks and Mine re L A R E N MI OF THE WORLD Rudolf Duda and...minerals: in powder form — copiapite (123), greenockite (199) and orpiment (4) e Distinguishing features:...deadly poisonous e Similar minerals: sulphur (1), greenockite (199) e Distinguishing features: perfect cleavage...Caucasus — crystals up to 1.5 cm (USSR), Getchell Mine — Nevada (USA) e Application: ore (extraction of...Molybdenite — platy crystal (18 mm) embayed in quartz; Altenberg (GDR) 2. Polybasite — black-grey plates (8 mm)
Book
mineralogical museums in Western Europe Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany (Federal Republic...Madrid -,,.J ( Lisbon \ ~ Spain I 12 l I Belgium Tervuren •• 13 Brussels (Bruxelles) Name...particularly interesting collection of miners' lamps and mine surveying instruments. Ancient and mediaeval mining...worn by mine officials of Saxony on ceremonial occasions. A special attraction is a model mine, 20m below...N. from the main railway station, landmark is a mine headframe. Tues.- Fri. 8.30-17.30 hrs.; Sat.- Sun
Book
Herrerite, 2. Kapnicitë, Altenberg Mon- 2. Belgique 2, Altenberg. CARBONATÉ HYDRATÉ. Zinconise...SILICATÉ ANHYDRE. NonéDRiTE, — Montana, Ecosse, Altenberg Grèce, Cumberland 2, France (Swansea), New-Jersey...Mores- New-Jersey, 2. 2, Cli- Moresnetite, Altenberg. Va- New-Jersey. SULFATÉ. Goslarite, Harz...Bolonais. Texas. CADMIUM CADMIUM SULFURÉ. Greenockite, Ecosse, Bohême, Pensylvanie. URANE URANE...Gédrite, Pyrénées maline Tour- Smithsonite, Altenberg. 2. Epistil- Barytine, Cumberland. Noir, Pyrénées
Book
(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...stannite when zinc-rich. Stannite is found at Etna Mine (South Dakota, USA), Seward Peninsula (Alaska, USA)...Crystal system: hexagonal 34 SULPHIDES Greenockite I ,.,. . ' ;f ,J-:.t-' .,:;a,,,, - ,1, r...named after Lord Greenock, on whose land near Greenockite Glasgow was first found. Other cadmium ore minerals...rechargeable batteries, alloys and pigments. Greenockite is a secondary mineral formed on the surface
Book
(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...stannite when zinc-rich. Stannite is found at Etna Mine (South Dakota, USA), Seward Peninsula (Alaska, USA)...Crystal system: hexagonal 34 SULPHIDES Greenockite ,.,. . ' ;f ,J-:.t-' I .,:;a,,,, - ,1,...named after Lord Greenock, on whose land near Greenockite Glasgow was first found. Other cadmium ore minerals...rechargeable batteries, alloys and pigments. Greenockite is a secondary mineral formed on the surface
Book (edition)
Goldfieldite II/C.11-60 Wurtzite II/C.13-10 Greenockite II/C.13-30 Enargite II/C.14-10 II/C.14-20 Cubanite...(yellowish white), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum...(greenish grey), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum...(bluish grey shades), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // 8 Gold A ...sample - photo A), dolomite (dark grey); Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden [j]; Nic
Book
REFERENCESAND BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX 205 TheGlenaieff Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, whichproduced many...publication costs. Ala Lit-i11gsto11e ix Glencrieff Mine, Wanlockhead, withtheDaisy Bellengine housein theforeground...caledonite, lanarkite, leadhillite, susannite, greenockite, brewsterite and strontianite), for which Scotland...rare piece of yellow crystallised sulphur from a mine, now lost near Cadiz in Spain', was bought from...Forster for eight guineas. Forster collected from the mine upon grant of a special licence from the King of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
only a single locality, namely the zinc-mlne of Altenberg or Vieille Montagne in the neutral territory of...Description of hopeit% a n e w mineral~ from Altenberg, n e a r Aix-la-Chapelle.' Trans. R. Soc. E d...This suggests that the original hopeite from Altenberg also presents the same lamellar intergrowth as...hemimorphite at first suggested cadmium-ochre (greenockite), but on examination it proved to he only limonlte
Journal (issue)
........................... ... 467 BLEYBERG, BELGIUM ··············································................................ 472 CHOATE CHROME MINE. By Peter Z odac ....................................................... 474 PERU'S GREATEST LEAD MINE ···············································...black P-odular masses. It is found at an old cobalt mine, SO miles due north of Middlebury, in central Transvaal...Transvaal, in South Africa. The vein at the mine consists of much decomposed feldspar, green amphibole
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CuoAs. (See No. 163) *Cu-Ni 5. Altaite, PbTe. Burney Mine, Sonora, California. M-6 o z 1 3.2 2.27 1.93...Cu-Ni 10. Argyrodite,4AgzS.GeSz. Liza,Pio de Gallo Mine, Porco, Bolivia. M-10B 1 2 3 3.2 3.05 2.82 2.68...Cu-Ni 15.Benjaminite,(Cu,Ag)zS'2PbS2BirSs.Outlaw Mine, Nye Co., Nevada.M-222 odI odI odI 3.60 3.48...PATTERNS OF ORE MINERALS *Cu-Ni 18. Bismuth, Bi. Altenberg, near Zinnwald, Saxony, Germany. H-87945 odlodlodl...1.688 1.0 *Cu-Ni 39. Coloradoite, HgTe. Vulcan Mine, Gunnison Co., Colorado. M-136 od 1 2 odI 3.23
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‘Copper Belt’ in Zaire and Zambia; and in Bura-Bura Mine, Australia. Sedimentary copper is found in schists...type are found Cinovec, Czechoslovakia; in Altenberg, GDR; Botallack, Cornwall, Great Krupka and...also found there on 26 January 1905 in the Premier Mine. For several decades these South African diamond...Bleiberg, Austria; Westphalia, FRG; Santander, Spain; Belgium; Cumberland and elsewhere in Great Britain; Tri... Riechelsdorf, Bieber and Dillenburg, FRG; Cap Mine, Pennsylvania, USA; and Brompton Lake, Canada. Large
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'Copper Belt' in Zaire and Zambia; and in Bura-Bura Mine, Australia. Sedimentary copper is found in schists...minerals. Deposits of this type are found in Altenberg, GDR; Krupka and Cinovec, Czechoslovakia; Botallack...also found there on 26 January 1905 in the Premier Mine. For several decades these South African diamond...Bleiberg, Austria; Westphalia, FRG; Santander, Spain; Belgium; Cumberland and elsewhere in Great Britain; Tri...Kamsdorf, Riechelsdorf, Bieber and Dillenburg, FRO; Cap Mine, Pennsylvania, USA; and Brompton Lake, Canada. Large
Book
'Copper Belt' in Zaire and Zambia; and in Bura-Bura Mine, Australia. Sedimentary copper is found in schists...minerals. Deposits of this type are found in Altenberg, GDR; Krupka and Cinovec, Czechoslovakia; Botallack...also found there on 26 January 1905 in the Premier Mine. For several decades these South African diamond...Bleiberg, Austria; Westphalia, FRG; Santander, Spain; Belgium; Cumberland and elsewhere in Great Britain; Tri...Kamsdorf, Riechelsdorf, Bieber and Dillenburg, FRG; Cap Mine, Pennsylvania, USA; and Brompton Lake, Canada. Large
Book
interest themselves in the minerals of a single mine or mineral district, one or several particular mineral...to explore for fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in its...produced under ultraviolet light. Deserts were combed, mine dumps searched, and shelves filled with showy fluorescent...beautiful specimens from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine in Mammoth, Arizona, consisting of small, glassy...Especially 13 FLUORESCENCE noted are the Ruggles mine at Grafton, New Hampshire, and the Strickland quarry
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interest themselves in the minerals of a single mine or mineral district, one or several particular mineral...explore for fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in ...produced under ultraviolet light. Deserts were combed, mine dumps searched, and shelves filled with showy fluorescent...beautiful specimens from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine in Mammoth, Arizona, consisting of small, glassy...Especially 13 FLUORESCENCE noted are the Ruggles mine at Grafton, New Hampshire, and the Strickland quarry
 
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