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Calcite from
Freiberg Mining District, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Acanthite9 photos of Calcite associated with Acanthite at this locality.
Silver6 photos of Calcite associated with Silver at this locality.
Galena1 photo of Calcite associated with Galena at this locality.
Dolomite1 photo of Calcite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Freiberg Mining District, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1264145
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1264145:7
GUID (UUID V4):eee5bad4-8b1b-4023-b1db-2445cdfbdcbb
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
11.7 cm tall, from the Ground Hog mine, Gillman district, Eagle County, Colorado. Harvard Mineralogical...of any metal but is Figure 5. Wire silver with calcite, 7 cm tall, from Kongsberg, Norway. Dave Bunk Minerals...significant that “silver only occurs where the [calcite-bearing] veins cut the fahlbands . . . the two...(fig. 5), along with crystalline silver, abundant calcite, and other gangue minerals including acanthite...gangue minerals including pyrite, galena, and calcite (Neumann 1944). Although the Kongsberg mines may
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BARITE–FLUORITE VEINS OF THE ERZGEBIRGE, EASTERN GERMANY: EVIDENCE FROM OPTICAL ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY...Talstraße 31, 09627 Bobritzsch, OT Niederbobritzsch, Germany THOMAS MONECKE§ Geological Survey of Canada, Natural...Potsdam, Telegrafenberg B120, D–14473 Potsdam, Germany ABSTRACT The optical absorption spectra of yellow...barite–fluorite veins of the Erzgebirge, eastern Germany, are characterized by a broad absorption band with...fluorite, hydrothermal vein deposits, Erzgebirge, Germany. SOMMAIRE Les spectres dʼabsorption optique de
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
genesis of polymetallic veins in the Freiberg district, Erzgebirge, Germany: constraints from radiogenic isotopes...Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2018 Abstract The Freiberg mining district in the Erzgebirge...the long-held hypothesis that veins in the Freiberg district formed during two hydrothermal events. The...dating . Pb isotopes . Vein-type deposit . Freiberg district . Erzgebirge Introduction Editorial handling:...Mineralogy, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Brennhausgasse 14, 09599 Freiberg, Germany 2 Federal Institute for
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Siderite Siete Suyos Mine, Atocha-Quechisla District Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia...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...siderite from Siete Suyos mine, Atocha-Quechisla district, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia...include hematite, magnetite, quartz, cacoxenite, calcite, barite, and various chlorite minerals, but these
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
slags from the historical smelting in Freiberg, Erzgebirge (Germany) Madlen Scheinerta,, Hermann Kupscha...Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany Ringstraße 36, 67551 Worms, Germany b Received 2 July 2006; accepted...Abstract The Freiberg area in the Saxon Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains) represents one of the oldest mining districts...districts in Germany. Argentiferous ore mineralizations with lead, zinc and copper are dominating in this...region. Various waste products of mining can be found around Freiberg. In particular, the slags from ore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
contrasting hydrothermal fluid systems of the Freiberg district, Germany: insights from LA-ICP-MS analysis, near-infrared...Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2018 Abstract The historic silver mining district of Freiberg...Freiberg (Germany) comprises hydrothermal vein-style mineralization of Permian and Cretaceous age. We compare...Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Brennhausgasse 14, 09599 Freiberg, Germany 2 Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf...Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology, Chemnitzer Str. 40, 09599 Freiberg, Germany Introduction
Journal (issue)
determine what they actually are. Galena, quartz, calcite and pyrrhotite are all found in various amounts...all the original material is gone. Late stage calcite accompanies the cluster where the shape of the...theoretically yield hisingerite, calcite and quartz. Late stage quartz and calcite are both widely documented...Mineral News and beat next year's price increase! Freiberg, a Silver Tow November 2007 The y Karl Russ...trip to Germany I had the good fortune isiting the old and famous mining town of Freiberg, Saxony, thanks
Journal (issue)
Ctontento The Schneeberg Mining District, Western Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany ..........................(1716). The engraving depicts various historical mining scenes at Schneeberg including the famous 1477...P. Moore7 The Schneeberg District in the famous Saxon Erzgebirge of Germany has been a source of mineral...copper and uranium have sustained centuries of mining and mining culture while supplying countless mineral...minerals that have been found in the Schneeberg District, a remarkable 39 were new to science (see Table
Journal (issue)
Sevillano The geosc_ience collections of the Freiberg Mining Academy .....................................substantial quantities of candy for the children in the mining camps he would visit. He would typically stop in...won and lost, when boom times came and went; but mining still takes place today at many of the early-found...surface, employ unique mining techniques which were developed for these particular mining conditions. Income...capital and formed the Transvaal Gold Mining Company Limited. Mining conditions were initially primitive
Report (issue)
notable geologic structure in the area is the Freiberg thrust fault, along which are juxtaposed an allochthonous... and younger, upper Paleozoic dolomitic rocks. Mining in the Worthington Mountains Wilderness Study Area...274 oz of gold were produced from the Freiberg mining district within and just northeast of the wilderness...shaft workings. Additional mining has occurred in the Freiberg mining district (Kathleen shaft, Roadside...made a literature search in which mining, mineral-lease, and mining-claim information were compiled. Field
Journal (issue)
Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Harold and...Sevillano The geoscience collections of the Freiberg Mining Academy .....................................substantial quantities of candy for the children in the mining camps he would visit. He would typically stop in...won and lost, when boom times came and went; but mining still takes place today at many of the early-found...surface, employ unique mining techniques which were developed for these particular mining conditions. Income
Book (volume)
Professor of Geology and Economic Geology Freiberg Mining Academy Translated and Revised by WALTER...Institution of Mining Engineers (England) Member American ; Member Institute of Mining Member of the...the Washington Institute of Mining Engineers; and Metallurgy; Academy WITH 272 of Science, etc., etc...ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL 1905 Copyright, 1905, by .THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL TRANSLATOR'S...Lagerstattenlehre an der Kb'niglichen Bergakademie zu Freiberg mir iibertragen worden waren, wurde ich gar bald
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Technology, Kerman 7631818356, Iran Department of Mining Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Vali-e-Asr...perspective in aerial surveying for geology and mining purposes. The literature review indicates rapid...rapid progress in the use of drones in the mining industry, from mineral exploration to mine exploitation...demonstrated the application of inexpensive drones in mining and mineral exploration. Unmanned aerial systems...and easy-to-use method for supporting open-pit mining and restoration monitoring [18,19]. UAS imagery
Book (edition)
^Ingenierfa Internacional ^ Power Engineering 8 Mining Journal Chemical & Metallurgical Engineering Electrical...divisions of human activ- namely, agriculture, mining, and commerce and industry. As is known, agriculture...that in mining a most comprehensive knowledge of mineralogy is necessary. In many localities, mining is by...near Kimberley in 1867 and of gold in the Rand district in 1885 led to the subsequent settlement of Alaska...and other valuable minerals late in the nineties. Mining is often the fore-runner of agriculture. It is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(established in 1805), consisting of underground mining corridors and natural cave developed in the Upper...Upper Devonian limestones, partially transformed by mining works. Samples of copper- and rock-forming minerals...(cuprite and hematite), (c) Ca and Cu carbonates (calcite, azurite, and malachite), (d) clay minerals (Fe-Mg...Two generations of calcite veins (older—red calcite and younger—crème-pinkish calcite) were also detected...village. Keywords: Miedzianka Mountain deposit; mining heritage; copper minerals; azurite; malachite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
immersion, x 200. Fro. 28. Fluorite (black) replaces calcite, partly following the cleavage. Rooiberg A 6 Mine...investigatedhydrothermalcarbonates from the Freiberg mining district, Saxony: lie found Sr-values of about 3 ppm...containscassiteriteand largepyrite crystalsin a calcite gangue. It hasfurnishedrich valuessincemining startedon...hydrothermalfluorite depositsin the Thiiringer Wald (Germany) made it possibleto distinguishtwo generations...RooibergMineralsDevelopment Companyand the VellefonteinTin Mining Company. We thank Prof. S. E. Hollingworthfor
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Resources, D-3000 Hannover 51, P.O. Box 510153, FR Germany. Rolle bei der Freisetzung des Antimons aus den... Abstract In the North Bavarian Basement (FR Germany) as well as in the Thuringian Forest (GDR) both...core of the anticline towards reduced values in mining sites more peripheral to this fold structure. Pb...metallogenesis from the thermometric point of view. In Germany no antimony occurrences are still in production...Frankenwald and Thueringet Wald - Fig. la), where mining activity persisted up to the fifties (BAcHMANN
Book (edition)
divisions of human activ- ity, namely, agriculture, mining, and commerce and industry. As is well known, agriculture...preponderance of mineral matter. It is obvious that in mining a most comprehensive knowledge of mineralogy is...near Kimberley in 1867 and of gold in the Rand district in 1885 led to the subsequent settlement of large...paid to Russia in 1867 for the entire territory. Mining has often been the forerunner of agriculture. It...said to rest, in general, upon agriculture and mining. In the exploitation of valuable mineral deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Accepted: 25 September 2017 # Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany 2017 Abstract The Obří důl Fe–Cu–As polymetallic...at the contact with the KJPC. Lenses of marble (calcite and dolomite) forming the center of the body are...commonly within or in the proximity to marble (calcite-dominated) and calc–silicate rocks. Arsenopyrite...section through the Gustav orebody in the Kovárna mining area, Obří důl polymetallic skarn deposit, with...OD-8 Diopside Quartz Quartz Garnet Calcite Calcite 13-OBR-8 Calcite 13-OBR-8 Garnet Primary Secondary
Journal (issue)
Albite, 11.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Muzo District, Boyaca Department, Colombia. See the article...distance. The earliest recorded use of gunpowder for mining was in Hungary in 1627. 254 The Mineralogical...silver, acanthite, pyrargyrite, stephanite, barite, calcite, aragonite, diaspore, galena, sphalerite, inesite...species. Hodrusa-Hamre (in the Banska Stiavnica mining district) is also the type locality for hodrusite. V...1920, is one of the most historically important mining *Locality name changes like these can be confusing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
granite–pegmatite–hydrothermal system at Ehrenfriedersdorf, Germany: a SXRF study of melt and fluid inclusions Received:...inclusions . Ehrenfriedersdorf . Sn–W deposit . Germany Editorial handling: R. Moritz K. Rickers Hamburger...Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Germany K. Rickers (*) . R. Thomas . W. Heinrich GeoForschungsZentrum...Potsdam, Division 4, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany e-mail: karen.rickers@desy.de Tel.: +49-40-89982930...Ehrenfriedersdorf and Zinnwald Complexes (Erzgebirge, Germany) revealed in both cases a direct genetic relationship
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
niversity Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, Becherweg 21, Germany a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...present of mining and metallurgy of lead . . . . . . . . . . . 18.7.2. Past and present of mining and metallurgy...hampering our access to mineral deposits, such as mining depth controlled among others by the geothermal...Hewett in 1927 who was able to demonstrate that in mining countries exploitation, export and import of metals...passed its climax. At the very end the domestic mining industry can no longer cater for the needs and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
niversity Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, Becherweg 21, Germany a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...present of mining and metallurgy of lead . . . . . . . . . . . 18.7.2. Past and present of mining and metallurgy...hampering our access to mineral deposits, such as mining depth controlled among others by the geothermal...Hewett in 1927 who was able to demonstrate that in mining countries exploitation, export and import of metals...passed its climax. At the very end the domestic mining industry can no longer cater for the needs and
Book
Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...excellent loose ilmenite crystal clusters from a calcite vein-dike digging site which they called the Bentley...finest ilmenite specimens have come from an unusual calcite vein-dike occurrence with an exposure very near...ilmenite crystals are found embedded in massive calcite. or, rarely, still attached to the feldspar/mica...showing sharp black crystals to 4 cm in pinkish calcite were collected in 2005 and marketed at the Tucson
Book (edition)
rock. In places we but one mineral, as, for is calcite. which examination shows are made entirely of...particularly, magnesium erals quartz, feldspar, and calcite compared instinctively with apparently similar...collect crystals of a mineral such as quartz or calcite that has a large variety of forms, or to collect...Trigonal-Scalenohedral Class. The trigonal- scalenohedral or calcite class (32/m) is the class in the trigonal division...being The number of scalenohedral class them, calcite as, for more obtuse than those of the species
 
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