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Labradorite from
Amerika Quarry, Penig, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Anorthite var: Labradorite
Formula:(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Labradorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Amerika Quarry, Penig, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:114933
Long-form Identifier:1:3:114933:3
GUID (UUID V4):cc4531d8-6480-4e1b-8be0-c6f349d58fdf
Nearest other occurrences of Labradorite
7.0km (4.4 miles) Diethensdorf Quarry, Diethensdorf, Claußnitz, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
68.1km (42.3 miles) Monzonite quarries, Plauenscher Grund, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
respectively by Haüy' in France and von Buch" in Germany, to rocks composed essentially of a foliated augite...Gustav Rose' separated the rocks composed of labradorite and hypersthene, with accessory olivine, mica...term gabbro be confined to rocks containing labradorite and diallage. Many rocks were described as hypersthenites...gabbros as characterized by the possession of labradorite or saussurite and platy augite, and divided them...into two varieties-the gabbros, consisting of labradorite or saussurite, diallage and smaragdite, and the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1ROSENBUSCH, 2REISSand STÜBEL, Reisen in Söd Amerika. Geol. Stud. i. d. Rep. Colombia, I., Petrographie...hornblende-andesite whose feldspar is generally labradorite or andesine, and I very much regret that the...dark orange2 1REISSand STÜBEL, Reisen in Siid Amerika. Das Hochgebirge d. Rep. Ecuador I. Petrog. Untersuch...were small, the phenocrysts are referable to labradorite, though in some cases they seem much more basic...however, it seems more probable that this is labradorite, or oligoclase. Hypersthene is not abundant in
Book
mineral content, M, is greater than 90%. 32 labradorite or bytownite. Although this may seem rather unsatisfactory...countries – USA, Italy, Russian Federation, Norway, Germany, UK and France. Similarly, 13% of the terms have...USA Italy Russian Federation from Greek Norway Germany UK France Canada named after people Czech Republic...to rocks which contain alkali feldspar but no labradorite. (Senft, 1857, Table II; Tomkeieff p.11) ALASKITE...1859, p.669; Allgovia, Allgäuer Alps, Bavaria, Germany; Tröger 790; Johannsen v.3, p.299; Tomkeieff p
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Krystallinischen Gesteine von Minnesota in Nord Amerika. Neues Jahrb. f. Min., etc., 1877, pp, 31, 113...carrying as phenocrysts oligoclase and more rarely labradorite and augite. Like the diabases mentioned above
Book (edition)
anorthite, the specific names oligoclase, andesine, labradorite and bytownite have been attached. Some analyses... Aues would be a plagioclase falling in the labradorite section of the series and Or.g AboR An^ is the...or andesine and that of the normal diabase is labradorite, so it is clear that there must have been a supply...showed corroded crvstals of olivine, pyroxene and labradorite derived from the THE MAGMA AND - ITS basalt...and the feldspar feldspar is more sodic labradorite. variety. In addition to these noritic and
Report (issue)
crystals), Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville...Philadelphia: Fairmount Park, Frankford, and Rit- enhouse quarry. SCOLECITE CaAl 2 Si3 Oi .3H 2 O MONOCLINIC ...white radiating tufts; Delaware County: Ward's quarry, mealy white radiations. DESCRIPTIVE MINERALOGY...mines, the corundum mines at Unionville, Brinton's quarry south of West Chester, and the French Creek iron...illustration selected is the symbol of Brinton's quarry, three miles south of West Chester. REFERENCES
Journal (issue)
des deux minéraux liquides 18-21 Le champ de labradorite en centre-Sud de Madagascar 42-47 Acanthite-argentite...8-16 Diamant 24-25 In Peru is oudste goud van Amerika gevonden • MINERAUX ET FOSSILES 34(372), 08.08...Mile Pluton, Wisconsin; Get reading!, Waterloo quarry, S.-Wisconsin; tourmaline from Burma; notebook...oxides from the Rare metals mine, AZ; Cedar Mountain quarry, Virginia; hudsonite = hastingsite; Cicero clay
Book (volume)
Bennets Quarry, Oxtond County, NUE taetat cece eter ee Figure 10. Scene -ateBennett Quarry, Oxtora...County, NC... 229 Figure 48. Map of northern NJ quarry containing natrolite crystals... 236 Figure 49.............. 347 Figure 75. Scott rose quartZ quarry. ih the Black Hillss SD meee i eatcerris Figure.........cececseeeees 408 Figure 83. Poudrette Quarry on Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec .........ccessss...Huge cavity exposed in the wall of the Poudrette Quarry, Quebec............... 416 Figure 86. Drawings
Book (edition)
jade-producing shoreline, California 56. Rhodonite quarry, Salt Spring Island, Vancouver Island 57. Drawing...of Prospect Park quarry, Paterson, New Jersey V ugs in basalt in Prospect Park quarry Drawing of natrolite...opal, Virgin Valley, Nevada Polished slab of labradorite, Labrador Kunzite _crystal, Pala, California...rough emerald. A1ai11e. Recent mining in the Emmons Quarry for feldspar uncovered some exceptional morganite...gems. Stevens (1972) estimated that the Emmons Quarry morganite find yielded about 5,000 carats of cuttable
Report (volume)
1855. Ueber die Geologie vou Nord States, Conrad. Amerika, Marcou, J. Organic remains of Cretaceous of Eocene...geologie von Nord Hitchcock, E., Hitchcock, E. Amerika, Marcon, J. jr., Hager, and Hitchcock, Arcadian...Hunt, T. S. Geology of Salem region, Packard. Labradorite rocks at Marblehead, Mass., Hunt, T. S. Second...on New Hampshire, Hitchcock, C. H. Norite or labradorite rock, Hunt, T. S. Laurentian of eastern Massachusetts...Hyatt. Survey of Essex County, Mass., Hyatt. Labradorite rocks, Hunt, T. S. Nature of rocks from Waterville
Book
Konstanz Schrift: Borgis Garamond — Printed in Germany ISBN 3 443 11010 X Preface The volume herewith...follows. Feldspars obey the general order, with labradorite the most basic present, andesine the most sialic...Calcite Chlorite 5.0 Chrysolite Hornblende Labradorite Magnetite Nepheline 3.7 Orthoclase Sanidine...Augite Calcite Chlorite Chrysolite Hornblende Labradorite Magnetite Nepheline Olivine 2.4 0.7 27.4 ... Chlorite x 10.8 Chrysolite Hornblende Labradorite $4 17.2 Magnetite Nepheline 20.5 Olivine
Journal (issue)
vann. Av de virveldyrene som lever i havet i Nord-Amerika er det bare haiene som se r ut til a ha hatt store...disse store , grunne havene. Hudsonbukta i Nord-Amerika er et av de f1i eksemplene vi har i dag. Sent i...av disse fra NordAmerika . Er det vi ser i Nord-Amerika ege ntlig bare en liten oase me d dinosaur er som...er det bedste der fin des nar man skal finde Labradorite - og de t var lige hvad de t var denne se ndag...ndag for mid dag . Det blev fundet Labradorite af aile i Klint ste nbrud . Yore madp akk er og var m ka
Book
Ordines Naturales Digestorum Synopsis. Halle, Germany. HAbvY, R.-J. (1801): Traité de Minéralogie. Paris...Historie (J. Sillig, trans., 1851, Hamburg and Gotha, Germany). ROME DE LISLE, J.B.L. (1772): Essai de Cristallographie...aiisserlichen Kennzeichen der Fossilien. Leipzig, Germany (A. Carozzi, trans., 1962, Univ. Illinois Press...Institut ftir Mineralogie, Ruhr Universitat, Bochum, Germany, in recognition of her contributions to the mineralogy...indigenous people of the discovery area. Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada
Book (volume)
............... 30 Figure 9. Map of Bennett Quarry, Oxford County, ME .. ... ....... ... .. ... ...... .. ... .. 33 Figure 10. Scene at Bennett Quarry, Oxford County, ME...................................... 13 0 Figure 28. De Kalb, NY diopside quarry......................................................... 229 ,. Figure 48. Map of northern NJ quarry containing natrolite crystals............................... 347 Figure 75. Scott rose quartz quarry in the Black Hills, SD .................. .. .
Book (edition)
Fritz, Fritz: Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. Donald B. Hoover: U.S.G.S., Federal Center...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...France; Andreasberg, Freiberg(*), and Schneeberg(*), Germany; Pribram(*), Jachymov, and Schemnitz, Czech Republic;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Continent Region der Vereinig{en St.aa~en vort Amerika vor; denn dort reieht die gesehlossene 8erie his...Vergleich zu den Pseudoschwagerinen selden. In Amerika sterben die Sehwagerinen vor dem Auftreten der...verloek~ zum Vergleieh mit den Ver. Staaten yon Amerika und mit dem Ural. HEI/ITSCH (1933 b) und KAHLER...bemerkenswerte Fusulinidengesellschaft: Triticites (wie in Amerika!), Pseudofusu~ina (= Schwagerina DU~XBAR und SKI~ER)...Gesteine, Sehiefer, marmorisierte Xalke, Tuffe, Labradorite and Diabase zeigem In der sedimentaren Serie
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
banding. The extinction-angles indicate an acid labradorite. Green hornblende is abundant in large idiomorphic...there has not been much change from the acid labradorite of the original rock. In this connexion it should...epidote, and chlorite. The plagioclase (medium labradorite) is clear and fresh, showing twinning on the...than the unaltered crystals, which are acid labradorite. The general appearance of the section, however...idiomorphic crystals of plagioclase (andesine-acid labradorite), showing albite-twinning and zonary structure
Book (edition)
Mexico (#2, column 1) and TENNANTITE, Dresser quarry, Walton, Nova Scotia, Canada (13, column 2). ...Prof. of Mineralogy, University of Cologne, West Germany; Curator of The Mineralogical Museun1. A dear friend... Mineralogical Museum, University of Cologne, Germany Mineralogical Museum , University of Berne, Switzerland...also found in Canada, Mexico, Czechoslovakia, and Germany. Acanthite is stable below 179°C. (Argentite is...occurrences are found in Chile, Italy , France, Germany, Turkey , and Algeria. BEST REF. IN ENGLISH: Palache
Report (volume)
Gobildo der obereii Halbinsel vou Miebigau iu Nord-Amerika. Zeitscbr. Deutscb. geol. Gesell., Berlin, 1869...compact, green, and pleochroic hornblende.5 The labradorite of these diabases has been saussuritized; their...recognizable so long as any of the augite or labradorite substance remains. If the results described by...actinolite, or so-called greenschists near Hainichen, in Saxony, had been brecciated by pressure and the fragments...collected an immense number of observations from Saxony, Bavaria, and Bohemia especially in the "Granuiite"
Book (edition)
Canada; Mexico; Bolivia; Czechoslovakia; Norway; Germany; Tsumeb; Namibia; Chaiiarcillo, Chile; and Broken...occurrences are found in Chile, Italy, France, Germany, Turkey, and Algeria. SELECTED REFERENCES: Palache...England; also found at Johanngeorgenstadt, Saxony, East Germany. SELECTED REFERENCE: Davis, R. J., Hey,...the floor of the 910 foot level of the Commercial Quarry, Crestn1ore, California, associated with quartz...Ireland; and in the Laacher See District, West Germany. SELECTED REFERENCE: Switzer, G., and Bailey, E
Journal (issue)
Idar-Oberstein, Germany German Foundation for Gemstone Research, 6580 Idar-Oberstein, Germany Introduction...2Marbacher Str. 22b, 22b, D-8067 Petershausen, Germany Marbacher Str. Abstract which are similar to those...Plattentektonik. Immer Immer weiter weiler bis Amerika. Geoskop, 1984. Plattentektonik. Geo. 11, 11,238-240...colour). Green transparent olivine from the Giuel quarry in the Val Malenco, Sondrio, Italy, has SG 3.39...(Gemstones of Saxony.) Lapis, 16,1, 24-35, 8 figs in colour. Gem and ornamental minerals from Saxony, Germany
Book (edition)
Canada; Mexico; Bolivia; Czechoslovakia; Norway; Germany; Tsumeb; Namibia; Chanarcillo, Chile; and Broken...occurrences are found in Chile, Italy, France, Germany, Turkey, and Algeria. SELECTED REFERENCES: Palache...England; also found at Johanngeorgenstadt, Saxony, East Germany. SELECTED REFERENCE: Davis, R. J., Hey,...the floor of the 910 foot level of the Commercial Quarry, Crestmore, California, associated with quartz...Ireland; and in the Laacher See District, West Germany. SELECTED REFERENCE: Switzer, G., and Bailey, E
Book
Eastern Desert . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 3.2 Slate quarry, eastern United States . . . . . . . . . . . ....Agricola (1494–1555) Agricola was a German, born in Saxony, with the given name of George Bauer. He was one...observed in some varieties of opal, SiO2·nH2O, and labradorite, (Ca, Na)(Al, Si)AlSi2O8. Color Centers. Another...Rhine and Meuse valleys, in the Netherlands and Germany. In Hawaii basalt was the main raw material, and...(Paunovic 2001). The Romans maintained a major gabbro quarry in Wadi Umm Wikala early in the first millennium
Report (issue)
Eiver, Minn. N. E. i, Sec. 29, T. 51, E. 13 W. Labradorite; orthoclase; augite in Iwinned blades; diallage...polarized light, much enlarged. Orthoclase; labradorite; twinned augite; network of secondary quartz...Eiver, Wis. S. E. J, See. 16, T. 45, E. 4 W. Labradorite ; orthoclase ; titaniferous magnetite augite...County, Wis. N. W. cor. Sec. 35, T. 45, E. 4 W. Labradorite ; orthoclase augite partly altered to viridite...into augite Scale, netite. Fig 4. W., Wis. labradorite ; mag- diameters. —Anorthite-rock from north
Journal (volume)
BARROIS France Smithsonian ALBRECHT PENCK J. C. Germany Stanford, HANS REUSCH B. CLARK A. DERBY ...feldspar phenocrysts are seen to be wholly of labradorite, almost invariably twinned both according to...norm upper north be approximately as follows Labradorite (x^biArii) Augite Olivine 57 26 6 Magnetite...(titaniferous) 10 . Apatite i 100 The abundance of labradorite, and the relatively much greater amount of augite... Small tabular, highly euhedral crystals of labradorite are abundant, but they are usually shorter and
 
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