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Smithsonite from
Limestone quarry, Cornaux, Neuchâtel, Switzerland


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Smithsonite
Formula:ZnCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Smithsonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Limestone quarry, Cornaux, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1039862
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1039862:1
GUID (UUID V4):53f38c15-949d-4722-b223-1f82947dadc0
Nearest other occurrences of Smithsonite
86.5km (53.8 miles) Salt mine, Bex, Aigle, Vaud, Switzerland
88.0km (54.7 miles) St Nicolas Mine (Großsilberthal vein), Silberthal, Steinbach, Thann-Guebwiller, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France
96.9km (60.2 miles) Haus Baden Mine, Sehringen, Badenweiler Pb mining district, Badenweiler, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
99.8km (62.0 miles) Upper Collioux Mine, Saint-Luc, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
£24.00 ADULARIA/CHLORITE. St Gothard, Ticino, Switzerland. A matrix-free penetrant association of A/6....ADULARIA/SPHENE/EPIDOTE/CHLORITE/ALBITE. St Gothard. Ticino, Switzerland. Excellent example of alpine assemblage. A vuggy...golden-yellow nodule, A/20. ANALCIME. Enderby Quarry. Leicestershire. This specimen is more interesting...2.5x2x1.25", £4.00 1. ANALCIME/NATROLITE. Dean Quarry, St. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Pearly white to...75x1", £7.50. 2. ANALCIME/NATROLITE/CALCITE. Dean Quarry, St Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Pearly white, large
Book (volume)
sandstone, shale, bituminous slates, thin bands of limestone, and seams of coal usually underlain with clay...crystals); (b) Hamilton Quarry, the lower Warsaw section at the top of the quarry (see map) ⎯geodes (lined...Quartz, Selenite, Smithsonite and Sphalerite in any combination). Hamilton Quarry Location East Branch...Chalcopyrite, Fluorspar, Galena, Pyrite, Silver, Smithsonite, Strontianite, Witherite; e the Minerva No. 1...Chalcopyrite, Fluorspar, Galena, Pyrite, Silver, Smithsonite, Witherite; f N 0.8 mi. on Rte. 1 from Rte. 146
Book (volume)
sandstone, shale, bituminous slates, thin bands of limestone, and seams of coal usually underlain with clay...crystals); (b) Hamilton Quarry, the lower Warsaw section at the top of the quarry (see map) ⎯geodes (lined...Quartz, Selenite, Smithsonite and Sphalerite in any combination). Hamilton Quarry Location East Branch...Chalcopyrite, Fluorspar, Galena, Pyrite, Silver, Smithsonite, Strontianite, Witherite; e the Minerva No. 1...Chalcopyrite, Fluorspar, Galena, Pyrite, Silver, Smithsonite, Witherite; f N 0.8 mi. on Rte. 1 from Rte. 146
Journal (issue)
and advertising. ARSENTSUMEBITE FROM DOLYHIR QUARRY Neil Hubbard • David Green • Tom Cotterell 9 ...Cox • Ron Cleevely 31 PARALSTONITE FROM DOLYI-IIR QUARRY Tom Cotterell CIRCULATION, SALES & FINANCE Jean...FROM CARROCK MINE Mike Rumsey 53 NEW CLIFFE HILL QUARRY Trevor Bridges 55 ROCKBOTTOM PUBLICATIONS LTD...became. The type locality is, of course, High Down Quarry in Devon, and wasn't it named after a local collector...Mineral, No. 28 -~- ARSENTSUMEBITE FROM DOLYHIR QUARRY, OLD RAoNOR, POWYS Neil Hubbard: 30 Thirlmere
Catalog/List
25 26 27 28 92/089 Analcime with calcite. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Analcime pseudomorphs after...calcite crystals. 92/088 Calcite and analcime. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Calcite-analcime pseudomorphs...50mm lon_g. 92/095 Calcite and analcime. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Single crystal of laumontite...by calcite and analcime. 89/039 Calcite. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Large white calcite crystal...crystals on faces. 93/142 Calcite with analcime. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Two white calcite crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
skeletal faces. Columbia brickyard pit, a former clay quarry, below a coal seam: PYRITE (nodules to 5 cm, incorporating...County Adrlan’s quarry (38-40-23N 092-13-54W), an agricultural and road limestone quarry between Ashland...chalcopy- Butler County Williamsville quarry, a limestone quarry northwest of Poplar Bluff CALCITE as...malachite, MARCASITE, PYRITE, pyrolusite, QUARTZ, smithsonite, siderite, SPHALERITE (Sinotte 1969). Clusters...kaolinite, malachite, pyrite, quartz, sphalerite, smithsonite (Broadhead 1873a; Leonhard 1882; Tarr 1918a)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
represented by fifteen specimens from the old Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Connecticut. They were obtained from...crystals on matrix from Tavetsch, and Val Giuf, Switzerland. One very large crystal of this mineral, about...from the locality at Hiddenite, North Carolina. SMITHSONITE, in fine, blue, botryoidal specimens is present...botryoidal groups of smithsonite are also noted from Laurium, Greece (1885). Other smithsonite localities represented...tourmalines of various colors is noted from the Gillette Quarry at Haddam Neck, Connecticut. They were purchased
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Twinned calcite, 8 cm, Caldwell Stone Company quarry, Danville, Boyle County. Terry Huizing specimen...feet. The lowest point is the floor of the Reed quarry near Grand Rivers (Livingston County) in western...interesting specimens still exists. For instance, smithsonite is one mineral that has not been noted in the...fluorite, barite, and zinc ores (sphalerite and smithsonite) have been removed from numerous mines in five...(and of lesser interest in joint fractures) in limestone quarries throughout Kentucky. State law forbids
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rich mineral collecting heritage. Its numerous limestone quarries, gravel pits, strip mines. and rock outcrops...Unfortunately. with today’s environmental laws and mine and quarry regulations. the prolific collecting of the 1950s...quartz (drusy), smithsonite (Garvin, Ludvigson, and Ripley 1987). Postville, Postville quarry, 1.5 mi. N of...marcasite, pyrite, quartz (drusy), sauconite, smithsonite, sphalerite (Hey1 and West 1982). Appanoose...07:55 30 December 2014 Adcl. Dallas Co. Aplington quarry, Butler Co. Beadle mine, Dubuque Co. Bear Creek
Catalog/List
minor matrix. 2-Jx2x1-J", £5-00. ANALCIME. Dean Quarry,St.Kevern,Lizard.Cornwall. Large(to about 1" in...00. 29. AURICHALCITE/HEMIMORPHITE. Greystones Quarry,Nr.Launceston.Cornwall. Rather nasty,cavernous... Slightly BISMUTH(Native)/MOLYBDENITE. Penleo Quarry,Newlyn,West Cornwall. SxAguix; bronzy-tarnished-granular...irrideacent-blue-metallic crystalline mass. 61. CADMIUM-SMITHSONITE. T-u=corp Tsumcorj Mine ,0tavi ,Namibia. Lustrous...completely encrusting the upper surface of a Limestone matrix. Displays naturally. Specimen carries an
Journal (issue)
Philip P. Betancourt from the Franklin (Farber) Quarry. Hercynite by Fred J. Parker A New Occurrence....places 100 feet or more (Fig. 2). Ultimately a quarry was established over the chamber for fill so that...that year, stripping of earth overburden and the limestone was commenced between the two veins south of the...$40,000, which brought a return of $12,000 for limestone and ore recovered. As the pit grew even deeper...old Taylor mine were consumed and the barren limestone was disposed of as furnace flux or was used as
Book (volume)
colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N of Calloway airport at rd...1½ mi., in Knox dolomite exposed in an abandoned quarry Barite, Calcite, Fluorite (purple cubes), Galena...US 27: (a) along both sides of Hwy.agate; (b) quarry on W side of rd.agate, chalcedony, chert, opal;...W 3 mi. and 2 mi. N: (a) at the Marble Springs Quarrygemmy marble (red and green); (b) E, in Taylor...Garnet, Thulite, Tourmaline, Zeolites;  Rock Chapel Quarry, on N side of Arabia Mt.Calcite, Epidote, Fluorite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
nitrocalcite (Barr 1961). 302 ROCKS & MINERALS Taylor quarry, 0.3 mile NE of the junction of Hinds Creek and...Mill: nitrocalcite (Matthews 1971). Shelbyville quarry, SE on U.S. 41A: rectorite (as main clay mineral...pyrite, sulfur (powdery) (Whitlatch 1940). Holladay quarry, 1.3 miles ENE of Holladay: dolomite crystals....chalcopyrite, dolomite, galena, hemimorphite, pyrite, smithsonite, sphalerite (Secrist 1924). Wilder magnetite...Tazewell: cerussite, hemimorphite, galena, pyrite, smithsonite, sphalerite (Brokaw, Dunlap, and Rodgers 1966)
Book (volume)
minesColumbite, Gold, Silver, etc.; and (2) Old Marble Quarry on the Needles Hwy. 5.5 mi. NEScheelite, and deep... E 6 mi., on French Cr., the Scott Rose Quartz QuarryAmblygonite (large yellow crystals), Aquamarine...Fall River Co., all regional side rds., look for limestone outcrops and ridgesFairhill agates;  in Bull...formations are mainly Cambrian and Ordovician limestone, dolomites, sandstones and shales dipping toward...commercial minerals, principally Barite, coal, limestone, clay, Pyrite and Zinc. Another major metal mined
Report (issue)
Mountain at Skytop Skytop area, Centre Co. Canister quarry, 1.4 km south-southeast of U.S. Rte. 220 in Julian...junction of Smith Run and the Juniata River Canister quarry, 825 m north-northeast of Scrub Run, 1.1 km southsoutheast...southsoutheast of the triangle in Mapleton Canister quarry, 60 m northeast of the Scrub Run reservoir, 1.6...Birmingham area, Blair-Huntingdon Cos. Canister quarry, 1.2 km east of the Junction of Smith Run and the...in Gulp 24 New Enterprise Stone and Lime Co. quarry, 1.4 km northwest of the Junction of Pa. Rtes.
Catalog/List
SEPTEl1BER 1974. 1. ADULAR~. Val Nalps, Graubunden, Switzerland. Superb, large, sharp, lustrous white crYstals...£22. 2. ADU1AR~. Val Cristallina, Graubunden, Switzerland. A large, semi-transparent, whitish, lustrous...50. 4. ANATASE. Cavradi, Tavetch, Graubunden, Switzerland. Fine, lustrous, very sharp, blackish blue crystals... spear-shaped crystals thickly intergrown on Limestone, and coated with a fine crust of snow-white Barytes...curved 'saddle shaped' crystals thickly encrusting Limestone. The base of the specimen has been Savffi flat
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quarries that were opened in the Carboniferous Limestone. Mention of a few mineral species has been made...latter seem to have been in the Carboniferous Limestone, and small amounts have been found in calcite...ceased in the eighteenth century: the carbonate, smithsonite, occurs in some quantity in the district, 70...addition, a number of minerals whose occurrence in a limestone district is to be expected, and of which examples... calcite is abundant, as well as in the many limestone quarries in the district; it is usually as massive
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
I \\ T Ta— T A L C Z— S P H A L E R I T E , SMITHSONITE L X L i L _ _ _ l _ 5 NS,Ph,0, i L C* E n...River; fractured Everton Dolomite; shallow cuts; smithsonite, sphalerite (Stroud et al., 1969). Shiras Prospect...Benton County Rogers Limestone Quarry, near Rogers; calcite veins in St. Joseph Limestone; M I L L E R I T...crystal between orthoclase crystals, Diamond Jo quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County; Art Smith specimen...sphalerite, schorlomite, O R ­ THOCLASE. Diamond Jo Quarry, south rim of Magnet Cove, 1 mile south of Magnet
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lead and zinc ore, glass-sand, and dolostone and limestone that produce lime and rock aggregate. To complicate...suite of minerals. Quarries and a few outcrops in limestone may have vugs or cavities with crystals of calcite...or other minerals. An added bonus are vugs in limestone that contain sprays of millerite associated with...Lower Silurian-age Girardeau Limestone) (McClure 1946). )VVUL*V\U[` Irene quarry, Rockford Sand and Gravel...at 19:53 09 October 2014 Mount Carroll quarry = Wendling quarry, 3 mi SW of Mount Carroll: calcite (colorless
Journal (issue)
Spann collection, page 253. (right colurnn) Smithsonite-Mark Hughston collection, page 144; Variscite-Gus...groups found at various sites in the Gien Rose Limestone formation of Lampasas County. Lampasas celestine...celestine crystals to 10 cm occur in cavities in the limestone of the creek bed. Topaz In 1904, between the small...stilbite with heulandite, 15 cm, from the Wagholi quarry complex, Pune District, Maharashtra, India. Don...pseudomorph after calcite, 6 cm, from the Convict Hili quarry, Oak Hili, Travis County, Texas. Ex Art Smith collection
Report (volume)
carbonate rocks __________________ Conestoga Limestone ______________________.-_ Soils _____________...solution breccia vein ___ _ 5. Sphalerite and smithsonite __________-__ 6. Stunted corn in anomalous zinc...small amounts of galena have been oxidized to smithsonite, hemimorphite, cerussite, anglesite, and aurichalcite(...black carbonaceous phyllite of the Conestoga Limestone. Near the surface, the primary ore minerals are...Safe Harbor quarry where the whole sequence from the lower Antietam into the Conestoga limestone is excellently
Journal (issue)
Bochum, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Harold and Erica Van Pelt Los Angeles, CA Julius...on a single mineral from a single locality: smithsonite from the Kelly mine. Probably ever since the...Kelly, pieces of beautiful, sky-blue, botryoidal smithsonite with a strangely ap­ pealing silken luster have...Cloud mine), and another on the Point-of-Rocks quarry (15, 149156), an occurrence remarkably similar...vanadinite = serpentine (antigorite?) valid = smithsonite = bassetite valid valid valid = lead telluride
Report (volume)
Pecatonica Dolomite Member. _____ ________ McGregor Limestone Member________ _.__ __ Quimbys Mill Member.._...Spechts Ferry Shale Member.... .. _ Guttenberg Limestone Member_________________________ Ion Dolomite Member...overlies the St. Peter Sandstone and consists of limestone, dolomite, and shale and ranges in thickness from...Glenwood Shale, Pecatonica Dolomite, McGregor Limestone, and Quimbys Mill. The Decorah Formation apparently...Shale, Guttenberg Limestone, and Ion Dolomite. Locally the formation is limestone and shale. Normal thickness
Report (issue)
evolving as man digs and probes the earth. Whenever a quarry is opened or an old one deepened, a ledge of stone...express my gratitude. I also wish to thank the many quarry, gravel pit and mine operators in Iowa, and many.............................................. Smithsonite ...............................................calcite crystals on brown calcite in vugs in dark limestone .... B. Yellow dolomite crystals intergrown with...calcite and kaolin. D. Mineralized vug from Pint's quarry showing clear calcite, brown fluorite and pyrite
Journal (issue)
made in early May at the Hastie ' s Mining Co. quarry near Cave in Rock. I have vis ited this site more...center was largely devoid of good crystals. The smithsonite pocket was below the wedged-shape rock to the...has drusy quartz pseudomorphs (epimorphs) of smithsonite crystals and crusts. These included single crystals...mine-including cerussite, hemimorphite, descloizite, and smithsonite. Glacier Peak (Joseph and Susan Dorris. PO Box...Crusher plant is to the left and the quarry is to the right. Smithsonite Continued from page 1 and friend
 
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