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Millerite from
Calcite quarry, Holzen, Arnsberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Millerite
Formula:NiS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Millerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Calcite quarry, Holzen, Arnsberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:296601
Long-form Identifier:1:3:296601:4
GUID (UUID V4):09726c8a-82bb-459a-a8b3-d43def16096a
Nearest other occurrences of Millerite
8.1km (5.0 miles) Becke-Oese quarry, Hemer, Märkischer Kreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
26.2km (16.3 miles) Donnerkuhle Quarry, Hagen, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
32.2km (20.0 miles) Cronenberg quarry, Remblinghausen, Meschede, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
34.2km (21.2 miles) Minister Stein Mine, Dortmund, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
36.5km (22.7 miles) Bastenberg Mine, Ramsbeck, Bestwig, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
37.6km (23.4 miles) Willibald Mine, Ramsbeck, Bestwig, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
38.5km (23.9 miles) Germania coal mine, Marten, Dortmund, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
38.7km (24.1 miles) Minister Achenbach coal mine, Brambauer, Lünen, Unna, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
39.1km (24.3 miles) Dörnberg Mine, Olsberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
42.7km (26.5 miles) Victoria Mine, Littfeld, Kreuztal, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Millerite NiS c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Hexagonal. Point Group:...chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, pentlandite, cubanite, calcite, dolomite, siderite, barite, ankerite. Distribution:...world-wide. In Germany [TL], from Müsen and Wissen, and as large crystals at Ramsbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia;...Ferguson (1974) Crystal structure refinement of millerite (β–NiS). Can. Mineral., 12, 248–252. (3) Zhu Nai-jue...(1991) Experimental electron density analysis of millerite. Scientia Sinica, 35(9), 1047–1055 (in English)
Report (issue)
Cu0.69 Co1.88 Ni0.38 Fe0.12 S4.00 . (3) Siegen, Germany; recalculated to 100% after deduction of quartz...pyrrhotite, pyrite, sphalerite, millerite, gersdorffite, ullmannite, cobaltoan calcite. Distribution: In the USA...throughout the Siegerland district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. From Gladhammar, Kalmar, Sweden. At... about 75 km southeast of Pyongyang, Suan Co., North Korea. From Kambalda, 56 km south of Kalgoorlie...light of new data from the Siegerland district, Germany. Can. Mineral., 37, 545–558. (4) Berry, L.G. and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 Millerite Downloaded by [UQ Library] at 17:14 19 November...GAP, LINCOLN COUNTY, KENTUCKY Figure J. Millerite with calcite. This exceptional 8 x 1Ckm geode was collected...is well known for its 256 ROCKS & MINERALS millerite and associated honessite, hydrohonessite, and...reported from Halls Gap geodes include anatase, calcite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, dolomite, galena, gypsum...number of localities. This is not the case with millerite, with only a handful of important localities having
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in Kentucky has produced some very beautiful Millerite (nickel sul­ fide) for the micromounter. Enough...micromounter will want to check carefully any millerite from this locality as a diligent search may well...which appears to be pseudomorphous after the millerite. It is most commonly referred to as Honessite...consideration of Millerite brings up an interesting problem. Since most crystals of Millerite are acicular...of the crystal in ques­ tion is most useful as millerite is quite distinctly hexagonal or triangular in
Book (volume)
reserved. H., Hofbuchdruckerei, Cothen-Anhalt (Germany). Translation This book has book of but ...Rhodochro- Hauerite 171. 171. 173 Ores 68 Millerite 69 174. 162 168 and 170. Meteoric and ... 371 371. Nitre 373. 374 Fluor-spar 377 Calcite Aragonite 379 Dolomite 393. Barytes 378 Groups...365. Boron the 360. Epidote the 343. 344 Calcite and ol Agalmatolite Ilvaite 250 Rock-crystal...3a. 4. of Double in refraction group of Calcite. 24. of Interference-figures Bismuth-ores and
Catalog/List
PRE-MAILED. In order to increase interest by our non-North American customers, this issue has been pre-mailed... Very nice! ••• $75.00 81B02 URANINITE, Kinkel Quarry, Bedford, N.Y. (a) Excellent micro (to 3 mm) octahedral...masses(3 x 4 cm),.$5.00 81B04 RUTILE, Lengenbach Quarry, Binn, Switzerland.m/m single, black, bipyramid...specimen. Golden (botryoids to 3 mm). (One 2 mm millerite spray) ••• $20.00 81B07 CHALCOCITE, Magma Mine...ACANTHITE, Ag s, Saint Andreasberg, Harz Mts., East Germany. (a) excellent 2 x 2 3 x 2 cm acanthite paramorphic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Fossil Areas In Germany By DR. WERNER LIEBER Dante Str. 50, Heidelberg, Germany In the January-February...to find out if there are any mineral clubs in Germany. Since this number of R&M was sent to the readers...situation here in Germany. The last question of Mr. Carter is very easy to answer. In Germany exists one club...the association is Dante-str. 50, Heidelberg, Germany. The club publishes a monthly magazine for collectors...time 1,600 members. About 90% of them live in Germany, the other 10% live in Holland, Austria, Switzerland
Journal (issue)
mine, Cleveland 14:4-8 __& McCALLUM, D. (1993) Millerite from Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. 12:22-24...Orefield, North Wales 15:5-10 HOLYER, Rev. V. (1996) The minerals of Cornwall Countybridge quarry, Goonhilly...from Ardownie quarry 14:17-20 __ TODD, J.G. & ANDERSON, D. (1992) Pyrite from Goat Quarry 11:8-10 IXER...Mineralization at the Great Orme copper mines, Llandudno, North Wales 17:7-14 MASON, J.S. (1998) Tucekite, a mineral...(1992) Microminerals from Ireland. Part 2: The North-West 11:42-47 __(1993) Microminerals from Ireland
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
include azurite, pyromorphite, fluorite, quartz, and calcite. Then there are the minerals that collectors have...carbonate, or Fe2+CO3, and is a member of the calcite _ group, crystallizing within the trigonal system...include hematite, magnetite, quartz, cacoxenite, calcite, barite, and various chlorite minerals, but these...encrustation type. Siderite has been known to pseudomorph calcite, dolomite, fluorite, barite, gypsum, galena, and... a rare igneous rock type composed chiefly of calcite but other carbonate minerals as well. Fibrous or
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The most abundant minerals in these rocks are calcite, clay minerals, dolomite, glauconite, goethite...currence include anhydrite, galena, honessite, millerite, pyrrhotite, smithsonite, smythite, and sulfur...inclusions with pyrrhotite and other iron sulfides in calcite, barite, dolomite, and quartz in geodes. Other...1 (above left): Calcite, twinned on {0221}, 4 cm across; Meshberger Stone, Inc. quarry, Bartholomew County...center): Calcite with marcasite inclusions; largest crystal 3.5 cm across; Berry Materials quarry, Jenn­
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
March Micromounters are averse to snow, so when the north winds blow in January, the action flies south. In...Redlands, some 75 kilometers north of Fallbrook, which is itself 83 kilometers north of San Diego. Selected...leave for home. For some, the impulse was to look north to see what both the snow and the new folks in charge...something in the community. Two weeks later, back in North America, the afternoon of 19 April saw the opening...participants. I gave a presentation on the Aris quarry, Namibia; Steve Stuart spoke on the micromount
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Unfortunately. with today’s environmental laws and mine and quarry regulations. the prolific collecting of the 1950s...after 1900, adit, cuts, and shafts: anglesite, calcite, cerussite (crystals), dolomite, galena, goethite...Ludvigson, and Ripley 1987). Postville, Postville quarry, 1.5 mi. N of Postville on State 51, sec. 16, T...Maquoketa Formations: barite (crystals), bitumen, calcite (crystals, some fluorescent), fluorite (small...open cut: anglesite* (pseudomorphs after galena), calcite (crystals), cerussite (coatings), galena, goethite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
septarian concretions about 2 miles north of the Macon county line. CALCITE crystals enclosing bundles of acicular...coal deposits: CALCITE as both brown and white crystals (Broadhead 1894). rite, MILLERITE crystals to 50...skeletal faces. Columbia brickyard pit, a former clay quarry, below a coal seam: PYRITE (nodules to 5 cm, incorporating...09219-27W), a former strip mine in Excello Coal north of Columbia on U.S. Highway 63: ARAGONITE, COPIAPITE...Platte County and throughout the county: ARAGONITE,CALCITE, CELESTITE. PYRITE, SPHALERITE (Broadhead 1873b:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Becnowsrr, (Jniztersityof Kansas, Lanarence,Kansas. Millerite, NiS, belongs to the rhombohedral class of the...any appreciable amount of millerite. Hrsronv oF LocAurY Specimensof millerite from Milwaukee are included...world. They are labelled as coming from Berthelet, North Milwaukee, Cementville, or Lindwurm (Lindwerm)....also labelled as coming from the Milwaukee Cement Quarry, Milwaukee River, Lincoln Park, Capitol Drive,...1895, stated that specimensof millerite from the Milwaukee Cement Quarry were in the possessionof a Mr
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
17,64-70 Ni,Co-mineralizations in the Valberg quarry, Kragerpr, South Norway: a progress report Fred...Larsen & H8kon Austrheim Introduction The Valberg quarry in Kragerer, Telemark, has been known for decades...crystallized species of prehnite, albite, scapolite, calcite, quartz, epidote, among others. These minerals...detailed geological mapping within and around the quarry on the instructions of Franzefoss Bruk NS. However...Ni-Comineralizations. The history of the Valberg quarry A test production of 200 tons of hyperite from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
his personal mineral collecting activities on calcite, pseudomorphs, and minerals from the American Midwest...An 8.5-cm-tall cluster of manganese-rich, pink calcite scalenohedra with rhombohedral terminations, on... Figure 4 (left). Scalenohedra of manganese-rich calcite occur on botryoidal chalcedony lining a 7.5-cm...photo. Figure 5 (right). A stout crystal of white calcite, consisting of pyramidal faces terminated by the...colors including a rather pleasing blue-gray. Calcite is the most dramatic species because of its variety
Journal (issue)
m A I C][ I IA J ' Wayne Q Dona Leicht, 875 North Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna leach, CA 92 l\ LyKM...Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A...the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineral Soci­ ety, the North Jersey M ineral Society, and the Newark Mineral...Jeffrey mine (Quebec), Alpine Rodingites, Fluorite (Germany) $10 v.l0/#3 Taewha mine (Korea) Japan Twins (Quartz)...(Brazil), Jensen quarry (CA), Cunha Baixa mine, Paulkerrite $10 v.l5/#6 Bad Ems (Germany), Touissit Vanadinite
Journal (issue)
Strontianite from near Yate (Avon) J. Faithfull Millerite from the Cumbrian Coalfield B. Young and P.H.A...Nancarrow Alumohydrocaicite from Scarborough , North Yorkshire , and Weston Favell, Northamptonshire...Pedrosa de Jesus and P.A. Williams Rosasite from Bute Quarry, Mid Glamorgan. The First Reported Occurrence in...is probably non-ideal (Church . 1979) . Whe re calcite i the late carbonate it is likel y that lower SrlCa... and Mosley , P.N. , 1976. Celestite resources north east of Bristol. .\1ineral Asst!ssment Report, 25
Journal (issue)
Llanelwedd Quarry, Builth Wells, Wales, occurring in thin, 2-3cm veins in association with calcite. The presence...Introduction Occurrence of laumontite at Llanelwedd Quarry Laumontite, CaA12Si40l2.4H20, a member of the...first occurrence of laumontite from Llanelwedd Quarry, Builth Wells, Powys (Nat. grid ref. SO 051 521)...association with calcite in veins cutting altered Ordovician basic lavas at Llanelwedd Quarry, Builth Wells...of both prehnite and pumpellyite from Llanelwedd Quarry and suggested that metamorphic grade in the area
Journal (issue)
VOLUME 36 NUMBER 5 $15 Wayne & Dona Leicht, 875 North Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 (949)...Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A...Garvin & G. Tribbey The minerals of the Hunting Hill quarry, Rockville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . ....excellent specimens of Illinois galena, sphalerite, calcite and iron sulfide minerals have been produced from...District in and around the town of Galena in the north. Less well known, however, are the minerals that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
-%2#%2 054.!- Figure 1 (above). Sphalerite and calcite, 5 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross...limestone may have vugs or cavities with crystals of calcite, pyrite, or other minerals. An added bonus are...limestone that contain sprays of millerite associated with calcite. The coal mine dumps and waste piles...the state also have collectible septaria with calcite, pyrite, and marcasite. The coal mines in the Sparta...October 2014 Figure 7 (above). Benstonite on calcite and fluorite, 7 cm, Minerva No. 1 mine, Hardin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ladysmith (Rosemeyer 1999, the Vulcan Materials quarry in Racine (Scovil 1994), the pegmatites of Florence...such attractive but common minerals as quartz. calcite, pyrite, and marcasite. A major mining district...Counties, where coarse galena, sphalerite, marcasite, calcite, barite, and copper minerals were found. Mining...krennerite, dzahlindite, and kolbeckite. To the north a different early Proterozoic metasedimentary sequence...may have omitted. Adams County Hamilton Mound. A quarry is located in the NE 1/4 sec. 36 T*20N*R.6E.: potassium
Book
each fine mineral specimen recovered from a mine, quarry, or canyon wall there must be millions lying hidden...and limestone are composed of the single mineral calcite. Quartzite is a rock made up of cemented grains...isometric * lead sulfide Neudorf, Harz Mountains, Germany One of the obvious properties used in characterizing...crystals are perched is calcite, which was deposited in much the same way as the calcite making up stalactites...covering the surface of the limestone fragments are calcite. The luster of the barite is vitreous (glassy)
Journal (issue)
all cases through the appropriate channels. 2 MILLERITE from BROWNLEY H I L L M I N E DI Gmen • D McCаlluт...Argyll, and is bounded by Beinn Sgulaird to the north and by Meall Garbh to the south (fig. 000). Exposure...form on chalcopyrite. MALACHITE Сц2(СО3)(ОН)2 CALCITE СаСО3 Malachite occurs as bright green tufts and...and balls up to 3тт, on chalcopyrite. Calcite is the principal constituent of the limestones in this...associated with epidote and quartz. No terminated calcite crystals have been found by the authors. MICRОCLINE
Book
Sorbonne, man Mineralogical Museum, Moscow, U.S.S.R. GERMANY j}& BONA POTENZA BIANCHI, Curator, % «G. P....HOFMANN, Professor, School of Mines, Freiberg, EAST GERMANY }& GEORGE HOLLOWAY, collector, Northridge, California...Professor, Mineralogical Institute, Bonn, WEST GERMANY ¥& H. J. SCHUBNEL, Professor and author, School...occurred with a white mineral such as quartz or calcite. 5. Color. The shade, hue, and intensity of a...owner, H. Rudolf Becker in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany, this specimen helped convince an unbelieving mineral
 
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