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


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:'Limonite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Altenberg mine, Kelmis, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:962879
Long-form Identifier:1:3:962879:3
GUID (UUID V4):89c42be5-9d3f-4c36-acb8-026b888f6994
Nearest other occurrences of Limonite
1.6km (1.0 miles) Moresnet, Plombières, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
2.5km (1.5 miles) Schmalgraf mine, Kelmis, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
2.9km (1.8 miles) Eschbroich mine, Lontzen, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
3.8km (2.4 miles) Bleyberg zinc and lead smelter slag locality, Plombières, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
4.5km (2.8 miles) Poppelsberg mine, Walhorn, Lontzen, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
4.9km (3.1 miles) Mützhagen mine, Lontzen, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
5.0km (3.1 miles) Rabotrath mine, Walhorn, Lontzen, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
5.2km (3.2 miles) Roer-Stöck mine, Lontzen, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
5.9km (3.7 miles) Dickenbusch mine, Welkenraedt, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
7.0km (4.3 miles) Wilcour mine, Welkenraedt, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
du Synclinorium de Verviers, de la Province de Liège et de la Belgique III.l.l. Observations III.1.2...Concentrés de pyrite III.2.2.4. Concentrés de limonite III.2.2.5. Tonnage total des concentrés de Pb+Zn...d'Oneux. Tableau 41.- Rocheux-Oneux. Production de limonite lavée de 1859 à 1880. Source: Delmer (1913). Tableau...Verviers, le second contient les gisements de limonite, les indices Pb-Zn et les points de recherches...(tous les gisements sont situés dans la Province de Liège), l'âge des roches encaissantes ou encore d'autres
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
situated between Prussia and Belgium (though the present kingdom of Belgium was not founded until that...Under the Treaty of Versailles (1919) it is now in Belgium. I n this connexion it is interesting to recall...fact that the locality was not, at that time, in Belgium, L. J. SPENCER ON SOUTH AFRICAN OCCURRENCES OF...OF WILLEMITE. 389 Localities of Wiltemite. Mine Hill, F r a n k l i n Furnace, 1 ~Iardyston township...1824, vol. 4, p. 8.) Altenberg ( = Vieille-Montagne), s Moresnet, Lidge, Belgium. 8 km. SW. of Aachen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Characterisation of Historic Zn–Pb Mine Waste, Plombières, East Belgium Srećko Bevandić 1, * , Rosie Blannin...Characterisation of Historic Zn–Pb Mine Waste, Plombières, East Belgium. Minerals 2021, 11, 28. Department...Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium; philippe.muchez@kuleuven.be Helmholtz-Zentrum...Department of Geology, University of Liège, Quartier AGORA, B-4000 Liège, Belgium; jvdauwera@uliege.be (J.V.A...Environmental Engineering, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium; David.Caterina@uliege.be (D.C.); F
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
Catalog/List
mineral, "At were of large, prisms, of this mine have been obtained, more Note. - Galena offer...in the specimens Dundasite, bunches samples Mine, of occurs lode. beautiful white large more...originally Cornish mining ceeding by colour, Mine fractures of great the mineral often Mount ...extremely some rarely Anglesite. Embolite, back Mine. with minute of small of capping gossan the... poorer of at A continuous Orange, once limonite, but subsequent investigation tends be accidental
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Calcite Xls (very fine); Plombocalcite X l s ; Limonite; Marcasite Xls; Ilsemannite (Xline blue-black...magnesite). ROCKS AND MINERALS Altenberg-Hematite. Wochein-Limonite (Geodes). General-Tourmaline (yellow...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...Geralle a d Ybbs-Limonite. Melcher Schrofen-Calcite Xls. IX BURGE N LAND Bab Tatsmannsdorf-Mine. Oberhoflein
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals of the KABWE MINE (“Broken Hill”) Central Province, Zambia MALCOLM SOUTHWOOD 7 Campbell Court...William Besse. Figure 2. Satellite image of the Kabwe mine site, showing its proximity to urban development...scale. 114 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 3. The Kabwe mine site, partially derelict. Michael Brook photo, 2004...found. During a 1929 field excursion to the Kabwe mine, Pelletier (1929, p. 15) made the following remarks:...Zambian independence, in 1964, the name of both the mine and the town that had grown up around it was changed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
intimately associatedwith the development of the mine during the last 16 years. Some porphyry mines may...maximum width of 3300 feet. Chuquicamata is an old mine and even its name is of uncertain origin. A fewlndians...complicated the picture. rron must be combined as limonite or jarosite before the copper minerals are free...specimen of pale bluishgreen aragonite from Lunehead mine, Yorkshire, is identified as the variety mossottite...variety of ores. Annaberg, Schneeberg,Freiberg, Altenberg, m.inerallocalities known to Johanngeorgenstadtand
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
near the border of Belgium and Holland. The most important places are Altenberg and Stolberg. Lead-zinc...not far from the Rhine River, with the abandoned mine "Friedrichssegen", which brought out beautiful specimens...another mine of the same type, called "Rosenberg" near Braubach, hydrothermal lead-zinc mine. Excellent...village a few miles south of Heidelberg. Lead-zinc mine of metasomatic type. Was more than 1,000 years in...erythrite are still found. Wolfach: abandoned galena mine, excellent pieces of dyscrasite have been found
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
controlled gold and sulfosalt mineralization: the Altenberg example, Salzburg Province, Austria H. Putz1 ...between orogenic processes and ore formation. The Altenberg mining region (southeastern Altenbergkar–Silbereck...(prospects at 2640 m, 2650 m and 2660 m, Schneeloch mine; Fig. 1). The ancient workings follow the veins...controlled gold and sulfosalt mineralization 117 mine (Fig. 1) where pyrite and chalcopyrite occur as...Examples are observed in almost every marble-hosted mine in the Altenbergkar (Fensterstollen, Wasserstollen
Book
Colorado. F. PEROXYDÉ TRIHYDRATÉ. (Hématite Brune-Limonite), France 31, Allemagne 1, Bohême. terre. • ... 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...Smithsonite, Altenberg. 2. Epistil- Barytine, Cumberland. Noir, Pyrénées. lite, Islande. Limonite Orthose
Book (volume)
Veins I. General Remarks II. The Tin Deposits of Altenberg, Zinnwald and Graupen III. The Deposits of Geyer...Deposits of Pitkaranta in Finland 4. Kallmora Silver Mine at Norberg, in Sweden 5. The Deposit of Schneeberg...Detrital Deposits of Iron Ore Detrital Deposits of Limonite in the Cretaceous Formation (a) In the Lower Cretaceous...course of time. materials which were thrown upon mine dumps as useless, sidered as a mere nuisance in...mountain of magnetic iron ore is the famous copper mine of Mednorudiansk. The characteristic analysis
Catalog/List
to translucent crystal group 2x2 inches (Hilton Mine Cumbria) £15 BARYTES small platy white-creamy crystals...(Witherite is a poisonous mineral) 5x3 £15 Settlingstones Mine , near Hexham Northumberland CACOXENITE golden micros...cacoxenite rich area on magnetite lxlxl .5 Levaeniemi Mine, Norbotten Sweden £6 CALCITE good covering of white...massive with a hint of crystalline structure Geevor Mine Cornwall 4x2 £15 lx2 £5 --- CERULEITE small blue...minor white Alumopharmacosiderite. (Emma Louisa- Mine, Guanco, Taltal Province, Chile) 2xl .5 £10 CERUSSITE
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in nature; examples include the pseudomorphs of limonite after pyrite or siderite, of malachite after native...normally white but which is coloured brown by limonite when decomposed; the whitish dehydrated encrustations... and besides iron sulphates, pure sulphur and limonite, it also produces sulphuric acid. This dissolves...‘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
Book
in nature; exampies include the pseudomorphs of limonite after pyrite or siderite, of malachite after native...normally white but which is coloured brown by limonite when decomposed; the whitish dehydrated encrustations... and besides iron sulphates, pure sulphur and limonite, it also produces sulphuric acid. This dissolves...'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
Book
in nature\ examples include the pseudomorphs of limonite after pyrite or siderite, of malachite after native...normally white but which is coloured brown by limonite when decomposed; the whitish dehydrated encrustations... and besides iron sulphates, pure sulphur and limonite, it also produces sulphuric acid. This dissolves...'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
Report (volume)
.......................................... 15 Limonite.................................................inclosing finely brecciated pegmatite, from the Conger mine, Nederland, Colo.... II. Brecciated granite and...and pegmatite cemented by ferberite, from Town Lot mine, Nederland, Colo..................................showing crystals formed since brecciation, from Conger mine, Nederland, Colo............................. IV...Colo.; B, Brecciated ferberite vein from the Conger mine, Nederland, Colo.............................. V
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pyrargyrite, 2.8 cm high, Churprinz Friedrich August mine, Großschirma, near Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. Jeff...Figure 6. Erythrite, 2.1 cm high, Siebenschlehen mine, Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Jeff Scovil photo...and walpurgite—that came from the Weisser Hirsch mine in Schneeberg in 1871. However, even more important...spectacular azurite specimen from the Schönbrunn fluorite mine document his collecting activities. Volume 88, May/June...calcite, and pyrite specimen, 11 × 9 cm, Segen Gottes mine, Gersdorf near Rosswein, Saxony, Germany. Susanne
Catalog/List
Nice. 75x50x31 010 ALUMINOCOPIAPITE - Champion Mine, California, USA. A pure yellow botryodal mass....matrix. 6lx47xl8 22,00 017 APACHEITE - Christmas Mine, Gila Co., USA. Pale blue patches in matrix. Moderately...xl 13xl0x8 8,00 )!. .. 022 AXINITE xx - Obira Mine, Japan. A large terminated xl, 47x27, forming the...matrix. Unusual nice. 72x42x40 35,00 026 BISMUTH - Altenberg, Saxony, East-Germany. Rich bronze platy xl to...BRUSHITE - CALCIOFERRITE - ARAGONITE - Rocabruna Mine, Brugues Gaba, Barcelona, Spain. Very rich whitish
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
descloizite, pyromorphite, &e.) occur in cellular limonite in Kopje No. 2, which is the largest hill of the... 35). Parahopeite (p. 18). Cerussite (p. 36). Limonite (p. 37). Tarbuttite (p. 22). Descloizite (p. 81)...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
Catalog/List
PHONE (406) 363 3601 A.JOITE CRYSTALS New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona. Hydrated copper aluminum...and S7. 50. BOURNONITE COGWHEEL CRYSTALS Keystone mine, Crested Butte, Colorado. A lead copper antimony...xls on matrix, T/N $. 50, $1. 00 AMOSITE Penge mine, Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. A basic...$7.50 and $9. 50. ARSENOLITE CRYSTALS White Caps mine, Manhattan, Nevada. Arsenic trioxide. Very sharp...50. 2x2" $ 5.00 and $7. 50. ALLEMONTITE Samson mine, Andreasberg, Harz Mountains, Germany. An intergrowth
Journal (issue)
the bed rock with small amounts of magnetite, limonite, pyrite, fluorite, garnet, and gold. 9. Tin mining...Determination cent, other magnetite, ilmenite, of limonite, pyrite, tinstone 90 percentage by weight: minerals...26, 1907, notice of the re-opening of an old tin mine in Bohemia, about 15 miles from Carlsbad. The lodes...1372. General." BOLIVIA. 137. ANONYMOUS. Tin mine in South America. M*. Mag. No. 1, Vol. 1, 1853...non-technical and rather careless description of a tin mine at Onero (Oruro ?) probably in Bolivia. Output said
Book
serpentine, and the golden-yellow pyrite into brown limonite. As a result of the weathering of pyrite sulphuric...from one mineral, e.g. malachite, azurite, or limonite from chalcopyrite. Dripstone caves are another...crystal yet their composition corresponds to that of limonite. This is the result of a partial or complete exchange...interesting minerals can also be found on heaps of mine refuse, but never enter abandoned shafts or caves...silver veins silver, cerussite, calcite, barytes, limonite bromargyrite KERARGYRITE AgCl (Chlorargyrite
Book
: Mossy The haematite. calcite, aragonite, limonite. : Dendritic (branched) : is designated by...magnetite, 5*17 ; pyrites, ; blende, 4*06 ; ; limonite, 3*8. ; minerals that are not compounds of the...hydrated sesquioxide of iron, 2Fe 2 O 3 .H 2 O. Limonite hydrated sesquioxide of Manganite Gibbsite...Infusible. Density, 10*6. in Canada Ontario, Mine), (Vermilion and North Carolina (Cowee Valley)...Enargite occurs, as an ore of copper in the United mine at Butte in Montana, Tintic States (Anaconda mines
 
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