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Aragonite from
Slag dumps, Walchen, Öblarn, Liezen District, Styria, Austria


Locality type:Mine Dump
Classification
Species:Aragonite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aragonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Slag dumps, Walchen, Öblarn, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:23641
Long-form Identifier:1:3:23641:0
GUID (UUID V4):3d43b808-14fe-4db3-90ad-da10bcf717dc
Nearest other occurrences of Aragonite
25.1km (15.6 miles) Gypsum mine, Wienern, Grundlsee, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
27.9km (17.3 miles) Hinterstein Alp gypsum quarry (Pyhrn gypsum quarry), Spital am Pyhrn, Kirchdorf an der Krems District, Upper Austria, Austria
27.9km (17.4 miles) Huttererhöß, Hinterstoder, Kirchdorf an der Krems District, Upper Austria, Austria
28.2km (17.5 miles) Dachstein mammoth cave, Obertraun, Gmunden District, Upper Austria, Austria
29.4km (18.3 miles) Eschach Alp (Eschachboden; Martinlager), Obertalbach valley, Schladming, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
30.9km (19.2 miles) Edlacher Moor slag locality, Bärndorf, Rottenmann, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
31.4km (19.5 miles) Magnesite deposit, Sunk, Hohentauern, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
32.4km (20.2 miles) Brandriedel, Ramsau am Dachstein, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
32.8km (20.4 miles) Zinkwand (Neualpe), Obertalbach valley, Schladming, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
33.7km (21.0 miles) Grießgraben, Pleschberg, Admont, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
Hall Mineral Collection N. Turner. 1 Rammelsberg Slag Minerals 1 W. van den Berg and C. van Loon. Diary...The International Association o f Collectors o f Slag Minerals has sprung from a n association between...Its display includes photographs o f many Lake District mines, especially in Caldbeck, along with mining...and other memorabilia found in the workings and dumps or uncovered during research in old archives. Some...selection of books on mines and mining in the Lake District and the north of England. Ian is hoping to publish
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
migration of potentially toxic elements from a Zn–Pb slag dump in Ruda Śląska in light of mineralogical, geochemical...A B S T R A C T Keywords: Zn-Pb slag Potentially toxic elements Slag weathering Rainfall leaching EM...heavy industry, including mining and smelting. Slag dumps scattered across the region are the sources of...At the slag dump in Ruda Śląska, it is possible to distinguish three types of slag: (i) slag associated...glassy slag composed of glass and single crystals of melilite and wollastonite; and (iii) slag composed
Report (issue)
cm wide 400 Foot Level, Kelly Mine, Magdalena District Socorro County, New Mexico Steve Neely collection...hemimorphite, cerussite, azurite, malachite, calcite, aragonite, galena, greenockite, anglesite, pyromorphite...blue-green reniform masses from the Magdalena (Kelly) District in Socorro County, New Mexico (D). Specimens from...10 Smithsonite The Illinois-Kentucky fluorite district has produced some smithsonite specimens. According...included greenockite from the mines in the Rush District, Marion County, Arkansas (D). The Morning Star
Journal (issue)
substances which came into being during smelting and slag formation are not minerals. Substances which form...stream up one of the spurs of Sowen Dod. The slag dumps have received considerable attention from mineral...building was L shaped having 3 Scotch hearths, a slag hearth, a roasting furnace and desilvering plant...caking mass, slag was raked forward whilst molten metal seeped through the charge. As the slag separated...material on the dumps at Meadowfoot Smelter is not mineralized. it consists of small pieces of slag (pea size
Book
be seen on the slopes of Sowen Dod (Fig 14) The slag dump occupies the relatively flat area below the...village. Before this date there were two conical dumps which were removed for hardcore/road fill and carparks...13. Wanlock Water looking west from the smelter slag dump. 2020. Fig 14. Meadowfoot Lead Smelter site...the loop of the two condenser flues and flat grey slag heap area to the left with building outlines (2019)...view of the remains of the smelter buildings and slag dump area in 2019. © Getmapping 2020. Linarite
Journal (volume)
ide Smelting Mill, County Durham, including a new slag mineral, copper antimonate 54-61 Richard S. W. Braithwaite...the Caldbeck Fells, in the Leadhills-Wanlockhead district, and at Whitwell quarry in Derbyshire. By studying...worked for baryte in the mid-20 th century. The dumps from these mines surround and in some cases cover...Fells, at the northern edge of the English Lake District in Cumbria, host one of the richest 4 and most...but yielded nothing of value (Adams, 1988). The dumps contain a little baryte and vein quartz and an open
Book (volume)
Elberton and Hartwell in Hart Co. The known mica district includes some 250 sq. mi., with most mining revolving...HillsboroBeryl, Quartz crystals (blue, smoky);  in dumps of 13 area minesAmazonite, Garnet, Mica. JONES...COUNTY AREA:  very many regional old mines and dumpsAzurite, native Copper, Gold, Malachite, etc.; ...the Deer Cr. depositsBarite;  area mines and dumpsGalena, Silver, Sphalerite. KETCHUM:  area Lead... Silver, etc. This Co. has many old mines; the dumps yield Quartz crystals, brilliant Pyrite, etc. in
Book (volume)
of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area mine dumps from sedimentary overburden⎯oval concretions (containing...States EAST BROOKLYN (SE of Gardner), area coal mine dumps⎯Marcasite, Pyrite. HANCOCK COUNTY DALLAS CITY:...town on Crystal Glen Creek⎯geodes (lines with Aragonite, Barite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, pink Dolomite...minerals⎯Alstonite, Barite, Strontianite. ELIZABETHTOWN, area⎯Aragonite (fluorescent) ROSICLARE: c area mines, especially...gravel rd. 2 mi. to the Mahoning Mine No. 3, on dumps⎯Fluorite crystals; g Fairview Landing, area mines⎯Cerussite
Book (volume)
of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area mine dumps from sedimentary overburden⎯oval concretions (containing...States EAST BROOKLYN (SE of Gardner), area coal mine dumps⎯Marcasite, Pyrite. HANCOCK COUNTY DALLAS CITY:...town on Crystal Glen Creek⎯geodes (lines with Aragonite, Barite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, pink Dolomite...minerals⎯Alstonite, Barite, Strontianite. ELIZABETHTOWN, area⎯Aragonite (fluorescent) ROSICLARE: c area mines, especially...gravel rd. 2 mi. to the Mahoning Mine No. 3, on dumps⎯Fluorite crystals; g Fairview Landing, area mines⎯Cerussite
Journal (issue)
.. SHATTERED CRYSTAL CAVITIES OF THE PATERSON DISTRICT. By W1n. C. Casperson ..........................renewed activity at the old mines. The mines in this district have beeu operating for many years but a few years...Northeast of the lake is the Cerro Gordo mining district which was discovered in the 1860' s. In the 70'...The silver was associated with galena and the slag dumps were so rich in lead cha, they ,vere reworked...can still be found in the old drifts and on the dumps. We continue north co Lone Pine, ac the foot of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geochemical Characterization of Iron and Steel Slag and Its Potential to Remove Phosphate and Neutralize...solutions for nearly all slag samples. Air-cooled fine fractions (<10 mm) of modern slag were most effective;...air-cooled coarse fractions (>10 mm), and legacy slag removed phosphate, but to a lesser degree. An additional...treatment application is the use of slag to neutralize acidic waters. Most slag samples are extremely alkaline...acid during hydrolysis. Utilizing locally available slag to treat waste or agricultural waters in this region
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
correlation between sulphide minerals, sulfates and aragonite have been found [2]. The role of iron, from Fe-bearing... 5) Carbonate crystals: Spontaneous fills by aragonite prevail; vaterite is not defined (although rare...are suspect). Subsequently, calcite replacing aragonite along sharp boundaries was observed. Calcite lamellae...orientated oblique to fuzzy growth bands and aragonite twinning, if developed. Inclusions were gradually...studies from the French Guiana [1] and the Vienne district [2], available data of groundwaters in crystalline
Report (issue)
viewed from the air showing surrounding ancient slag piles .....•..••.•.••••..•• 52 16. Central part......... 118 Spectrographic analyses of ancient slag from Oman copper deposits ........................wali's about the occurrence of ancient mines or slag piles. We were assisted by Mr. Salim Makki, Director...their mineral potential. The most important copper district of northern Oman has been called the "Bowling...Activity Gasalt - diab as e Pipe - Go ssan Pits - Slag Pipe - Gossa11 Host Rock Sc·mcl :1 llC t,i
Journal (issue)
Paradise Cave were primarily calcite and some aragonite in myriad fonns. By far, the most unique structures...source of the metal; a sort of Keweenaw or Anaconda district to the ancients " the Arabs as Khibet Nahas, the...characteristics; that of mine shafts or open pits, waste dumps and remnants of buildings or abandoned equipment...Arava; in reality, a portion of an early m ining district. The challenge for Rothenberg and his team was...provided descriptions of seven smelting camps with slag dumps. Dr. Rothenberg was intrigued with the archaeologic
Journal (issue)
jadeite area along the U r u valley in the Myitkyina district of northern Burma. I profited from the last eight...is found in Burma is situated in the Myitkyina District around the draining waters of the U r u river...intrusive into the serpentinised peridotites of the district, either in the form of dykes or rather in the...from the granite m a g m a represented in the district by the types mentioned before. T h e complete...complete assemblage of igneous rocks in the district comprises various ultrabasic rocks of several types (peridotites
Book
American Fork Canyon, the Park City district, and the Tintic district with their near-surface silver deposits...Park City district; the Tintic Standard and Chief Consolidated mines of the Tintic district; the Horn...draining the molten metals and the molten waste (slag) separately from various levels near the furnace...and there is considerable loss of metals in the slag. In the extreme, the whole mass, through improper...the hot slag being discharged from the lead furnace. Some of the cold slag in the old slag dumps is high
Journal (issue)
& G. Schnorrer-Kohler Arizona's Silver mining district ................................................Keilmann. Goldschmidt died in 1933, in Salzburg, Austria. Alexander Fersman, who studied with Goldschmidt...Dragon is located in the classic silver-tin mining district of Potosi in Bolivia, 30 km south­ west of the...analyses. Ahlfeldite Allophane Alunite Anglesite Aragonite Barite Basaluminite Bellidoite (?) Berzelianite... and has been observed on goethite. Aragonite C aC 03 Aragonite occurs in thin needles up to 0.1 mm in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crusts, nodules and chimneys, and the other of aragonite pavements, slabs, crusts and buildups. The widespread...lord@tees.ac.uk) 3 Univ. of Leoben, Leoben 8700, Austria (thomas.meisel@unileoben.ac.at) 4 Univ. of Cardiff...constants for natural organic matter Study on district level emission of carbonaceous aerosol from biofuels...used by rural sector for energy, are presented at district level in all states (Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh...carbon in this region. Samples were collected at district level from different rural areas of all states
Book
. . 130 Three views of the Venus Willendorf (Austria), carved from a non-local oolitic limestone about...been mistaken for slag. Scoria has an intermediate density, appreciably less than slag. Melted kiln lining...iron-making site at Les Martys, France, have been found in slag piles dated to the first century BCE. They are of...and Blanco-Freijeiro 1980), the Mitterberg in Austria (Pittioni 1951), Chuquicamata, Chile (Weisgerber...evidence of ancient mining is limited to waste dumps. The surrounding (waste) rock in metal mining is
Book (edition)
stephanite, for the man Archduke Stephan of Austria; uvarovite, for Count Uvarov, a Russian statesman;...Cuba, kernite from Kern County in California, aragonite from a former kingdom in Spain these are only...crystal systems their structures are not the aragonite are both calcium carbonate, CaCo 3 same. Calcite...cleavage. The aragonite group crystallizes in the orthorhombic system and includes aragonite, strontianite...Latin; this variety Austria, where the mines have been 39. CRYSTALS Aragonite that looks like Which
Catalog/List
Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Session...Collection LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...Mine (Apex-Dixie Mine), Jarvis Peak, Tutsagubet District, Beaver Dam Mountains, Washington County, Utah...Quarry, Jalgaon, Dindori (Dhindori), Nashik District (Nasik District), Maharashtra, India As straightforward... 53007 WULFENITE Shaft 11, Touissit, Touissit District, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Book
deposits include mineral mining dumps, concentrator tailings dumps, ash and slag disposal areas of power­and­heat...than 30 % in the USA) from oxidized copper ore dumps and concentration tailings by bacterial and acid...metal, sand and gravel from concentrator tailings, slag wool, phosphate fertilizers from blast furnace slags...broken ore residence in stopes, ore­ chutes and dumps Development of comprehensive processing schedule...burden ­ Mine rock Mine water Tailings Tailings Slag Wash water, slime Dust Methane in coal mining
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6,000 years ago s the Egyptians. Ancient slag piles or dumps, wall inscriptions, museum pieces, etc.,...were exploited by the Ancient Egyptians. Ancient slag dumps estimated at 50,000-100,000 tonnes are stil...under consideration at Aswan. About 40,000 t/a of slag from the steel industry which is mainly Table 3...phosphate containing 18% P,O, and known as Thomas slag, is also used as a fertilizer. In 1957, the industry...occupying the spaces between individual clusters of aragonite crystals. The various sulphur-bearing horizons
Journal (issue)
mineralization within the Cripple Creek mining district. A fault along the west wall of the open pit shows...of minerals includes aurichalcite, red barite, aragonite, conichalcite, and smithsonite. November 2014...collec- barite, aurichalcite, aragonite, wulfenite and ed the low-grade ore in slag piles, which tion on display...scene. The Kotsiomitis Museum The Lavrion mining district is known for producing more An additional proof...Many of the specimens are lead, phosphate and slag dumps produced by some of the ear- evolution of our
Report (issue)
OF ILLISTHATIONS. Pace. Low Dividi' Miiiiiiu: District. Del Mountain Croppiiifis at Islaud liowldt'i-s...Kern County Coi)i)er croppings Ubehebe at District. Copper King Mine and Invo Countv l".i."> at...a curved belt nearly 30 miles and a co|)pei' district which must soon rank with the few great individual...condition of the slag. Because the metal represents a snuUl portion of the ore. the making of a slag free from...easily removed is the main The material forming the slag consists of two groups, the acid silica (quartz)
 
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