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Opal from
Fuchs Quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Aschaffenburg District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sailaufite1 photo of Opal associated with Sailaufite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fuchs Quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Aschaffenburg District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:163704
Long-form Identifier:1:3:163704:5
GUID (UUID V4):cb1f2ee4-cb7b-4995-86d8-56553b73647b
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
27.4km (17.0 miles) Rüdigheim, Neuberg, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
29.8km (18.5 miles) Basalt quarries, Dietesheim, Mühlheim am Main, Offenbach, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
34.9km (21.7 miles) Hering, Otzberg, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
41.1km (25.5 miles) Roßberg Quarry, Roßdorf, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
44.0km (27.3 miles) Basalt quarry, Blofeld, Reichelsheim, Wetteraukreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
45.3km (28.2 miles) Hohenstein quarry, Nidda, Wetteraukreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
45.5km (28.3 miles) Basalt quarry, Bingenheim, Echzell, Wetteraukreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
49.9km (31.0 miles) Ober-Widdersheim quarry, Ober-Widdersheim, Nidda, Wetteraukreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
50.5km (31.4 miles) Ober-Ostern, Reichelsheim, Odenwaldkreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
53.3km (33.1 miles) Maykranz Quarry, Langd, Hungen, Giessen, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
References
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zeolite mineralogy was done, at that time, in Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain. Because of differences...Haiiy Haiiy Haiiy Klaproth Haiiy Gehlen and Fuchs Fuchs and Gehlen Leonhard Brooke Brooke Brooke Haidinger...composition), 600 to 900 meters thick, in the Oligocene to Lower Miocene John Day Formation in central Oregon (Hay...containing fresh glass, montmorillonite clay, and opal; a transition zone (up to 20 mOl thick) composed...(up to 12 meters thick) that contains fresh glass, opal, and montmorillonite; a middle zone (up to 10 meters
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zeolite mineralogy was done, at that time, in Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain. Because of differences...Haiiy Haiiy Haiiy Klaproth Haiiy Gehlen and Fuchs Fuchs and Gehlen Leonhard Brooke Brooke Brooke Haidinger...composition), 600 to 900 meters thick, in the Oligocene to Lower Miocene John Day Formation in central Oregon (Hay...containing fresh glass, montmorillonite clay, and opal; a transition zone (up to 20 mOl thick) composed...(up to 12 meters thick) that contains fresh glass, opal, and montmorillonite; a middle zone (up to 10 meters
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Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany 2 Department of Mineralogy, TU Bergacademy Freiberg, Germany Received March 6...Fig. 1. Results of point counting of samples of a Lower Cretaceous quartz sand from Ottenstein (north-western...irradiation. In the Lower Cretaceous sands of the Kuhfeld-Formation in W Germany, digital images of initial...(b) CL-colours of quartz grains in a sample of Lower Cretaceous quartz sands from W€ulfrath=NRW (grain...kaolinite-cement (K) in a Rotliegend-sandstone of NW Germany; f CL-images of the four types of zircons recognized
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Saxon minerals in the Terra Mineralia Museum (Germany). A group of Italian mineralogists presents a new...Fluorite (with old labels). 7 x 5 cm. Schwarzwald, Germany. GM KFU #7461. 15-16. (on page 10). 15. Set of...Russian statesman, Prince, donator. 22. Carl F. Fuchs (1776-1846), Kazan University Rector in 1823-1827...1805, the office was assumed by Karl Fedorovich Fuchs (Figure 22), who was a well-known Kazan professor...also was the actual founder of the Cabinet. K.F. Fuchs was the first to lecture (from September 1805 through
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kind of specimens?) The Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, makes it hard to select...devoted to the minerals of the Conklin Limestone Quarry where the Club will make one of its summer field...field trips..._.._.. Valerie Pilner and Audrey Fuchs treated the Danbury Mineralogical Society to a showing...materials used in smelting. ROCKS AND MINERALS DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Downloaded by [University of Arizona]...mystery trip The Mineralogical Society of the District of Columbia, Wash· ington, D. C, heard Dr. A.
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answer the purpose extremely well, and are sold in Germany at a — — — — very cheap rate. Besides occurring...the Diamond, and in a less degree by the Precious Opal. Change of Colours is of a somewhat similar nature...is displayed from the inthe case in some kinds of Opal and Cat's-Eye. Tarnish signifies that the colour...Resinous, or the lustre of common rosin ; of which Opal, and some kinds of Blende are examples. 4. Pearly...abstract oxygen from it and thus to reduce it. In the lower part of the flame a narrow stripe of deep blue may
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Mohr-Westheide Occurrence and Distribution of Moganite and Opal-CT in Agates from Paleocene/Eocene Tuffs, El Picado...of Cuba). The agates consist of high amounts of opal and moganite. Surficial alteration of basic volcanic... T. Occurrence and Distribution of Moganite and Opal-CT in Agates from Paleocene/Eocene Tuffs, El Picado...Bergakademie Freiberg, Brennhausgasse 14, 09599 Freiberg, Germany Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Hemholtz...Technology, Chemnitzer Str. 40, 09599 Freiberg, Germany; r.moeckel@hzdr.de Department of Geological Sciences
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desirable to bend the top triangle down a bit to lower the center of gravity. Barite. Knoch, Westmoorland...copper-uranium phosphate, is found elsewhere in the district (Peterson, 1962), whereas the uranium-vanadium...rooms through the wall to the right and in the lower section of the “chimney”, which is behind the photographer...been able to visit and collect at the Lengenbach quarry at Binnental, Switzerland. He’d mounted dozens...of the sugary, friable dolomite from this famous quarry, acquire it. The dolomite can be scratched away
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UPHAM SHEPARD, in the Clerk's office, of the District Court of Connecticut. CONTENTS . PART I , Page...21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. . 109 110 Wagnerite , Fuchs, . Calamine, Electric Calamine , Willemite , Levy...Hausmann , 158 Phlogopite, Breit. 15. Margarite, Fuchs, 159 Section c, brittle. 16. Lepidomelane, Soltmann...179 66 3. Mellilite, Carpi, 66 4. Gehlenite, Fuchs, 5. Eudialyte, Stromeyer, 180 66 6. Lazulite...Appendix to Order Spar, ORDER IX . GEM . 201 Sp. 1. Opal, 202 203 204 2. Pitchstone, 3. Isopyre, 4. Helvin
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Bergakademie Freiberg, Brennhausgasse 14, 09599 Freiberg, Germany Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Hemholtz...Technology, Chemnitzer Str. 40, 09599 Freiberg, Germany; r.moeckel@hzdr.de Department of Geological Sciences...intercalated with macrocrystalline quartz, quartzine, opal-A, opal-CT, cristobalite and/or moganite. In addition...(Seifert/Freiberger Präzisionsmechanik, Freiberg, Germany) with Co Kα-radiation in the range 5–80◦ (2θ)....Sensing & Inspection Technologies GmbH, Ahrensburg, Germany) and subsequent Rietveld refinement with Autoquan
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Minerals 2020, 10, 198 2 of 15 such as moganite, opal C, and coloring agents including hematite, goethite...unfolded Jurassic and Cretaceous limestones as well as lower Paleogene series of limestone-sandstones. Agate...km east of Aït Ourir, which became known from a quarry of basalts with agate mineralization. Triassic...km east of Aït Ourir, which became known from a quarry That area is situated in the Khénifra province... Minerals 2020, 10, 198 4 of 15 the Triassic or lower Jurassic basaltoids or their weathered cover. The
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the Supergene Origin of Alunite Deposits, Tol[a District, Italy C. FIELD* Corvallis, Oregon, USA G. LOMBARDI**...historically important a/unite deposits of the Tolfa district indicate (1) compositional similarity between...hypothesis for the genesis of Tolfa a/unites proposed by FucHs and DE LAUNAY(1893) and DE LAUNAY(1906; 1913). Die...volcanic and thermal spring areas. The Tolfa district, approximately 60 kilometers northwest of Rome...In early comprehensive studies of these deposits FucHs and DE Lau~a¥ (1893) and DE LAuNa¥ (1906, 1913)
Mineralogy, Brennhausgasse 14, D-09596 Freiberg, Germany A.P. Karpinsky All Russian Geological Research...July 2009] ABSTR ACT Agates from the Bighorn district in Montana (USA), the so-called Dryhead area,...1984; Heaney, 1993). In addition, quartzine, opal-A, opal-CT and/or moganite can be intergrown or intercalated...Mendips agates from the Triassic of the Bristol district, UK (Tucker, 1976), agates and chalcedony from...1987) and the Triassic limestones of Thuringia, Germany (Blankenburg, 1988). Another agate occurrence,
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Silicates. Genus 1. SILICA, 43. Quartz, &c. 44. Opal, &c. 77. Mesolite, &c. 78. Faröelite (Mesole)....Cornwall ; near Tuckingmill, Cam borse, and is a gre quarry on Kergiliack estate near Pen a. Coberard ; at...Silicates. Genus 1, SILICA. 43. Quartz, &c. 44. Opal, &c. Genus 2. ANHYDROUSSILICATES. Group 1, ALUMINOUS...Cornwall; near Tuckingmill, Cam borne, and in a granite quarry on Kergiliack estate near Pen ryn . Cumberland...the Orkneys. Note. - Wilson says of the Binney quarry freestone, - " It has been for many years used
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Fritz: Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. Donald B. Hoover: U.S.G.S., Federal Center, Lakewood...Institut fur Mineralogie, Ruhr Universitat Bochum, Germany. Duane Mellor: Geology Library, Yale University...Berlin, Germany. Peter Susse: MINABS, Inst. of Mineralogy, Univ. of Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany. C. Sheldon...Pennsylvania. Hans J. Wilke: Eppertshausen/Hessen, Germany. Wendell E. Wilson: The Mineralogical Record, Tuscon...extent of producing diffraction patterns (e.g., opal), (2) metamict materials that were crystalline at
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Monteiro, Count Bournon, Soret, Weiss, Bernhardi, Fuchs, Dr Brewster, Phillips, Brooke, Le'vy, and others...variable ; being sometimes higher, some- times lower than that mentioned above. Air filled in bottles...solution will produce the hemi-prismatic species at a lower temperature, or if cooled more rapidly. 2. The relative...Moldavia, and Upper Austria, Salzburg, the Tyrol, Bavaria, Wurtemberg, and Switzerland ; also in England...saturated solution of this salt be brought into a lower temperatiire, its surface will very soon be covered
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ROBINSON, PRATT, & CO. In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut. STEREOTYPED BY F. F. RIPLEY...137 223 New Haven , Parian, common; Labrador opal, Lapis Lazuli, Laumonite, Lava, Lazulite, Lead,...avanturine, Obsidian , Olivine, Onyx, Oolite, Opal, 16 , 68 17, 104 common, ferruginous, fire,...These species, or varieties, are flint, chalcedony, opal, and carnelian . Flint is of a gray, or blackish...employed for the tops of snuff-boxes, seals, & c. Opal. There are several varieties of this mineral, which
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
--Igneous rocks exposed in the the AmbrosiaLake District (Granger et al., 1961) along the faults. Jackpilemine...petrologyand period the fracture systemof the Laguna district sedimentology of the Jackpile. The sandstones...from granitic, 1963). Thesefaultscut ore in the district,but unlike volcanic,sedimentary,and possiblymetamorphic...feldspar and more kaolinitc near the unconformitythan lower in the section(Moench and Schlee,1967; Nash, 1967)...Clay, terrigenous Opal Opaque organic ore 46.5 5.0 1.0 7.0 0 40.5 Low Ore Lower Ore 60.0 6.0 2.0
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(Česká republika) Nordstrandite from the Mokrá quarry near Žlutice (Czech Republic) Jiří Svejkovský1)...1, 30-33. ISSN 1211-0329. Abstract The active quarry Mokrá near Žlutice is a very interesting locality...with conchoidal fracture and dull lustre similar to opal. The unit-cell parameters of nordstrandite, refined...phillipsitem-K a kalcitem; šířka záběru 10 mm. Foto P. Fuchs. 32 Bull. mineral.-petrolog. Odd. Nár. Muz. (Praha)...povlakem chloritu; šířka záběru 10 mm. Foto P. Fuchs. Obr. 6 Celistvý nordstrandit z Mokré, velikost
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ROBINSON, PRATT, & CO. In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut 3 STEREOTYPED BY F. F. RIPLEY...Kaolin, Karpholite, Kupaphrite, Kyanite, Labrador opal Lapis Lazuli, Laumonite, Lava , Lazulite, Lead...206 Pyroxene , 131 Quartz, Onyx, 110 Dolite, Opal, 16, 68 17, 104 common , ferruginous, fire, precious...These species, or varieties, are flint, chalcedony, opal, and carnelian. Flint is of a gray, or blackish...employed for the tops of snuff-boxes, seals, &c. Opal. There are several varieties of this mineral, which
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ROBINSON , PRATT, & CO. In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut STEREOTYPED BY P. F. RIPLEY...Kaolin, Karpholite, Kupaphrite, Kyanite, Labrador opal, Lapis Lazuli, Laumonite, Lava, Lazulite, Lead...Peliom , 29 130 Pumice, 227 Purple copper, Oolite, Opal, common, ferruginous, of chrome, of columbium ...These species, or varieties, are flint, chalcedony, opal, and carnelian. Flint is of a gray, or blackish...employed for the tops of snuff-boxes, seals , &c . Opal. There are several varieties of this mineral, which
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ROBINSON , PRATT, & CO. In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut. STEREOTYPED BY F. F. RIPLEY...Jet, Kaolin, Karpholite, Kupaphrite, Labrador opal Kyanite, Lapis Lazuli, Laumonite, Lava, Lazulite... Novaculite, Obsidian , Olivine, Onyx, Oolite Opal, Page 236 Prennitt, 325 Primitive forms, 130 Pumice...These species, or varieties, are flint, chalcedony, opal, and carnelian. Flint is of a gray, or blackish...These species, or varieties, are flint, chalcedony, opal, and carnelian . Flint is of a gray, or blackish
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been observed on the surfaces of the coexisting opal nanospheres in kerogen-bearing shales from the Marcellus...nanoparticles. Additionally, the opal nanospheres are a new kind of natural opal-A that is characteristic of...associated with mesoporous opal nanospheres. Our newly found textures indicate that opal nanospheres may have...such as Marcellus (which contains 0.6−4.1 wt % gold/opal) suggests a potential for co-production of both...valuable commodities. KEYWORDS: Gold nanoparticles, opal, colloid, shale, Marcellus Formation, and TEM 1
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ROBINSON, PRATT, & CO. In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut. 3 STEREOTYPED BY F. F...Kaolin , Karpholite, Kupaphrite, Kyanite, Labrador opal, Lapis Lazuli, Laumonite, Page. 260 Manganese...Obsidian, Olivine, 206 Pyroxene, Onyx, Oolite, Opal, common , ferruginous, fire, precious, semi, Opalized... or varieties, are flint, chalcedony, quartz. opal, and carnelian. Flint is of a gray, or blackish...employed for the tops of snuff-boxes, seals, &c. Opal. There are several varieties of this mineral, which
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Mineralogy, Brennhausgasse 14, 09596 Freiberg, Germany The Open University of Israel, Department of Natural...Technology, Halsbrücker Str. 34, 09599 Freiberg, Germany [Received 7 October 2014; Accepted 2 March 2015;...Mineralogy, Brennhausgasse 14, D-09596 Freiberg, Germany DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2015.079.4.08 # 2015 The Mineralogical...few studies of UV-excited green luminescence in opal and chert that have elevated uranium concentrations...Chemnitz-Furth Saxony, Germany Chemnitz-Altendorf Saxony, Germany Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf Saxony, Germany Hohenstein-Ernstthal
 
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