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Braunite from
Moresnet, Plombières, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium


Locality type:Sub-municipality
Classification
Species:Braunite
Formula:Mn2+Mn63+(SiO4)O8
Comments:Originally reported by Buttgenbach (1947), identified as hetaerolite by Fransolet & Mélon, 1975.
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Braunite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Moresnet, Plombières, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1343034
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1343034:4
GUID (UUID V4):76645743-b4e3-44c5-b65f-ea0de3412b0f
Nearest other occurrences of Braunite
50.2km (31.2 miles) Thier del Preu quarry, Petit-Sart, Lierneux, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
50.5km (31.4 miles) Le Coreux, Salmchâteau, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
51.0km (31.7 miles) Salmchâteau, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
82.4km (51.2 miles) Niveligsberg, Drees, Kelberg, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
97.0km (60.3 miles) Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
La Reid Lontzen Magnée Membach Montzen Moresnet Neu-Moresnet Olne Pepinster Polleur Stembert Theux Verviers...du Synclinorium de Verviers, de la Province de Liège et de la Belgique III.l.l. Observations III.1.2...rapports miniers. Figure 76.- Priem (commune de Moresnet). a. Vue en plan (sous les terrains de couverture)...(tous les gisements sont situés dans la Province de Liège), l'âge des roches encaissantes ou encore d'autres...bureaux ou installations (Prayon =La Rochette, Moresnet = La Calamine). Exceptionnellement, c'est le nom
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The “calamine” nonsulfide Zn–Pb deposits of Belgium: Petrographical, mineralogical and geochemical...Germany c Geological Survey of Belgium, 13 Rue Jenner, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium d Geologisch-Paläontologisches...4 to − 14.7‰. The metallic deposits of Eastern Belgium have undergone a polyphase history, which started...2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Belgium; Zinc; Nonsulfide; Calamine; Mineralogy; Geochemistry;...Zn ore began in many parts of Europe, including Belgium, during the Roman period and continued through
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in part at least, to manganite, pyrolusite, and braunite. The hydrous zinc silicate, hemimorphite, was...deposits at 2r0 TE E AMEMCA N MIN ERALOGIST Moresnet, Belgium,s and at Granby, Missouri,a are similar types... it has been converted into hemimorphite (and braunite). The most probable source for the silica appears...first or at the same time. The hemimorphite in the Moresnet deposits is in limestone. Some of the silicate...Prussia, (near to and similar to those at Moresnet, Belgium)' PpncnNucns ZnCOa 84.92 b 4n.43 FeCOs 1.58
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
HATERT Université de Liège, Laboratoire de Minéralogie B18, B-4000 Liège, Belgium Encarnación RODA-ROBLES...in Heusy (Belgium) in May of 1947. He took his degree in Geology at the Université de Liège in October...systematic mineralogy of Belgium and published numerous papers on the mineralogy of Belgium (Fransolet 1972,...orosilicate mineral from the Stavelot Massif, Belgium. European Journal of Mineralogy 17, 703–714. Černý...pegmatites granitiques. Thèse de doctorat, Univ. Liège, Liège, Belgium. Fransolet, A.-M. (1977a) Intercroissances
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Belgique 3 Université de Liège, Laboratoire de Minéralogie B18, B-4000 Liège, Belgique 2 Manuscrit reçu... Plus tard, il a été rattaché à la province de Liège et donc au village de GrandSart. A B Figure 11...parfois aussi par la présence de kanonaïte et de braunite, deux espèces rares, toujours associées à un mica...l’Enseignement en Microscopie de l’Université de Liège). Les images ont été obtenues en électrons secondaires...roses (association muscovite/paragonite), à de la braunite et à du rutile fibreux, a été découvert à Arbrefontaine
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willemite-dominated mineralization at La Calamine, Belgium, may be related to paleoweathering or be of possible...historically important “La Calamine” deposit in Belgium, which is hosted by upper Paleozoic carbonates...coating botryoidal smithsonite from La Calamine, Belgium (Museo di Mineralogia, Univ. Napoli). f. and g...massive Zn carbonates/silicates from La Calamine, Belgium (Museo di Mineralogia, Univ. Napoli). h. Smithsonite...Reports of Società Italiana Miniere La Calamine Belgium Ca. 760,000 t Zn total extracted until 1884 Karst-cavity
Book (volume)
les faces de l'oc taèdre à base carrée bl . BRAUNITE , Cet oxyde est fort rare ; les échantillons les...Thuringe. BRAUNITE . Manganese oxydé ; Brachytype manganèze ; Hartbraunstein Haus . La braunite correspond...espèces que je décrirai bientôt. La couleur de la braunite est un noir brunàtre foncé; sa poussière est de...à 4,818 . Le premier nombre a été donné par la braunite de Saint -Marcel en Piémont ; le second par celle...beaucoup plus importante existe entre les cristaux de braunite qui proviennent de ces deux localités : les cristaux
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125. Hausmanile ... Mn Nn ou Mn mn . 126. Braunite . 127. Pyrolusite .. Mn ou Mn, M. 128. Acerdése...L'ASPECT MÉTALLIQUE . Anatasc . Hausmannite . Braunite. Newkirchite . Cuivre pyriteux ! Tellure natif...sulfuré blanc. Géokronnile. Graphite. Hausmanite. Braunite . Ilménite . Cuivre arsenical. Manganèse alumineur...très-rares ; Haüy en a décrit à Chaudfontaine près de Liège ; mais ils sont pseudo morphiques, et un examen...ceux qui proviennent de Chaude -fon taine, près Liège , la baryte sulſatée est en petites couches testacées
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Azurite Kyanite Realgar Alunite Cuprite Bornite Braunite Enargite Smaltite Cryolite Goethite Limonite Fluorite...quartz. 2 ' / 2 x 3V2, $5.00. Sphalerite. Moresnet, Belgium. Section of round ball 4 inches diameter showing
Book (edition)
Chlorargyrite Mendipite Stolzite Vanadinite on {112} Braunite Wüstite yes brown medium grey; 17.94 grey...Friedrichroda, Thüringer Wald, Thüringen, Germany Barite, Braunite, Calcite, Cerussite, Hausmannite, Henritermierite...(strong white to blue anisotropy, twin lamellae), braunite (brownish grey anisotropy, some brown internal...description, ▼ denotes mineral from its type locality. Braunite = bra Crednerite = cdn Hausmannite = hsm Henritermierite...Nordmark (Nordmarksberg), Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden Braunite, Coronadite, Galaxite, Hausmannite, Hematite,
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. . Columbite.... Wolframite . . . Lievrite Braunite Tenorite Iron hydroxides Heterogenite . Brannerite...it is quite difficult to see the relationships. Braunite, vredenburgite, sitaparite, and hollandite are...ores of probable Kulm age have been altered to braunite in the immediate vicinity of granite. Viridin...time. A newly discovered impressive deposit of braunite at Otjosondu, South-West-Africa, was perhaps formed...changed to braunite and perhaps hausmannite. HUTTENLOCHER (1936), e.g., described braunite ores of this
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Hill (New Jersey, USA); it was found later in Belgium and named in honour of King W!llem I of the Netherlands...Tiger (Arizona, USA), Tsumeb (Namibia), Altenberg (Belgium), Mont St Hillaire (Quebec, Canada) and Beltana...(Switzerland) and Pregatten (Austria); otrellite at Ottre (Belgium). Colour: dark grey, greenish-grey Lustre; opacity:...orthorhombic 222 SILICATES: NESOSILICATES Braunite raunite, named after K. Braun (1790-1872), Adviser...referred to as braunite-1 to differentiate it from the calcium-bearing variant braunite-Il (Ca(Mn,Fe)l4Si2024)
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Hill (New Jersey, USA); it was found later in Belgium and named in honour of King W!llem I of the Netherlands...Tiger (Arizona, USA), Tsumeb (Namibia), Altenberg (Belgium), Mont St Hillaire (Quebec, Canada) and Beltana...(Switzerland) and Pregatten (Austria); otrellite at Ottre (Belgium). Colour: dark grey, greenish-grey Lustre; opacity:...orthorhombic 222 SILICATES: NESOSILICATES Braunite raunite, named after K. Braun (1790-1872), Adviser...referred to as braunite-1 to differentiate it from the calcium-bearing variant braunite-Il (Ca(Mn,Fe)l4Si2024)
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SITCCESSEUn DE DAUDDY ET U), RUE DES MAISON A LIÈGE, C'® SAIIN'I’S-PÈRES, liUE U) UE LA RÉGENCE...11.769 Salmiac Chaudeau (source de la), près Plombières, Haute-Saône. IV. 93 liarytine Quartz Chàtillon...1.681 Plagioclase 11.60, 61 11.580 Pyrite Plombières-les-Bains, Vosges. Puy-de-Dôme. Plantât puy...111.102 11.349 Saponite I. 478 Savon de Plombières 1.478 Sinegniatite 1.478 III.611 Sidérile...Deslinézite Angleur, près Liège. B Berneau (mine de), Bagatelle, prè.s \4sé, Liège. Binche, Ilainaut.
Book (edition)
1993. Abswurmbachite Cu2+M~Hro~l(SiO4J] (9.A, braunite group). Tetragonal, /4/acd, a,c 9.41, 18.55, Z...with wiistite, majorite, Richelle. near Liege. Belgium. in tiny twins at the troilite. AM 84, 267-271...Nordrhein-Westfalen, all Germany, at Vise, near Liege, Belgium, at Nowa Ruda, Lower Silesia, Poland, etc. Aufschluss...orangebrown, dark red-brown. With rhodochrosite, braunite, etc., in metamorphic Mn-rich rocks on Andros...argentite forms sometimes good An.lennes Mts .. Belgium. Other localities are Haute crystals as at Sankt
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instruments, as well as for lasers. OXIDES 75 Braunite Formula Mn**Mn>+,O,SiO, — Cleavage {112} perfect...Londonderry Mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. & Braunite, S.A. Minerals manganese mine, Otjiwarongo district...Europe: Chessy, near Lyon, Rhone, France; Moresnet, Belgium; Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy; Bleiberg, Carinthia...localities in Cornwall, England; Ottré, near Vielsalm, Belgium. Asia: Madan, Iran. Australia: Narooma, New South...Alston Moor, Cumberland, England; Aachen area, Belgium and Germany; Almeria and Santander provinces, Spain
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cm as well as for lasers. OXIDES | 75 Braunite Formula Mn?*Mn**+,O,SiO, — Cleavage {112} perfect...Londonderry Mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. Braunite, S.A. Minerals manganese mine, Otjiwarongo district...Europe: Chessy, near Lyon, Rhéne, France; Moresnet, Belgium; Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy; Bleiberg, Carinthia...localities in Cornwall, England; Ottré, near Vielsalm, Belgium. Asia: Madan, Iran. Australia: Narooma, New South...Alston Moor, Cumberland, England; Aachen area, Belgium and Germany; Almeria and Santander provinces, Spain
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there are important deposits in western Germany, Belgium, Northern France, and Great Britain. They are mostly...from Skyros, Greece, and a number from France and Belgium. Most of these are used for interior decoration...equipment. Some buhrstones are imported from France, Belgium, and Germany. Grindstones.*—These are made from...occurrence. occur in Carboniferous limestone in Belgium. Bedded Deposits.—The outstanding occurrence of...XVIII. 44 eS eae ER Fic. 1.—Specimen from Moresnet, Belgium, showing crustified structure. Light bands
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Finland, Espoo, Finland. Joseph Lhoest: Liege, Belgium. John C. Lucking: Phoenix, Arizona. Emil Makovicky...Snohomish, Washington. Lourens Wals: Turnhout, Belgium. Terry C. Wallace: Dept. of Geosciences, University...Sénarmontite 231 Sitapar, Central Provs., India, with braunite and hollandite (manganbixbyite). Postmasburg,...oxides and hydrated oxides, including hausmannite, braunite, manganite, psilomelane, nsutite, marokite, hematite... vein mineral with barite, calcite, siderite, braunite, and hausmannite. As replacement deposits formed
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droits de L'ÉCOLE CENTRALE DANS LE TEXTE LIÈGE et LIBRAIRIE POLYTECHNIQUE DE Paris, A MANUFACTURES...sulfuré. MoS Molybdène sulfuré Hausmanite. Braunite. Mn Pyrolusite. Mn + Aq Psilomélane. Manganèse...indiquer terre, dans lesquelles en stalactites à Liège, été versement nuancées, employées dans l’ornement...l’industrie du ont la vallée de la privilégiées sont, Liège, APPLIQUÉE. contrées, basée non-seulement zinc...forme de zinc Acide carbonique le exploite Moresnet, couleurs desquelles ces plus à OXYGENE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
countries are: the U. S. A., Canada, Germany, Belgium and France. The world production of metallic thallium...zinc skimmings containing 4% thallium. , In Belgium thallium is obtained frOm pyrite in the cities...in pyrolusite," manganite, 18 cryptomelane" and braunite.' • Gmelin (1939), Shaw (1952). • is quite possible...(the deposits of Upper Silesia, Westphalia and Belgium, from which most of Europe's thallium is obtained)...of disseminated, layered ore in Western Europe (Belgium, Westphalia, Upper Silesia), thallium occurs widely
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Translucent yellow, yellowish-brown. Ottrez, Ardennes, Belgium. H= 6-7, Djj4= 3.7, D(.= 3.74, VIIIB 19. Lasaulx...60(1975), 945 (Abst.). Acta Cryst. B32 (1976), 1460. Braunite, Mn7Si042, Tet. Sub-metallic black, grey. H=... 61 (1976), 1226. See also Neltnerite, Braunite H. Braunite II, Ca(Mn, Fe)j4Si024, 0 Tet. Submetallic...1543 (Abst.). Am. Min. 65 (1980), 756. See also Braunite. Bravoite, 01 A varietal name for nickeloan...MoTranslucent creamy-white, pale rose. Ottrez, Ardennes, Belgium. H=?, Djjj= 3.3, D(,= 3.364, VIIIB 21. De Koninck
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des depots ophiolitiques tertiaires Geol. Sor. Belgium, Vol. Ill, 1899. THE NATURE OF ORE DEPOSITS.... a smaller extent, of magnetic iron ores. The braunite and hausmannite in dolomitic matrix. manganese...skarn. Hausmannite in dolomite (to 3 meters). Braunite and hausmannite (up to 20 meters). 7. Thin layer...important layer is the manganese deposit, mainly braunite, 5. 6. forming the lower part of the iron bed...distance of 65 m. (213 ft.) along the strike. The braunite was not recognized until 1 Wermlandska Bijgmannaforen
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Coalbrooks Dale in ironstone nodules. France. Belgium . Germany. United States, at Clarke's Hill in St...Saalfield in Thuringia . Beauvais in France. Visé in Belgium . Richmond in Massachusetts, U .S ., etc. 4. HYDROUS...Alsace, Pennsylvania , United States, etc. 113 Braunite.* Cryst. Syst.: Tetragonal. Also occurs massive...become converted into pyrolusite, hausmannite, or braunite, by loss of water. All these minerals give the...the Harz, Saxony, Bohemia , Sahla in Sweden, Belgium . Many places in the United States, especially
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Stones . . . 168. Psilome- Manganite 169. Braunite Rhodonite 170. 107. Haus- Rhodochro- Hauerite...place the along three directions at cube. Belgium. take depressions the place of the Italy...representing The parallel encrusted in 2, Belgium. three directions crystals shown 7 fig. Welkenraedt...represented several at sandstone Mechernich Belgium. localities Other finely crystallized Przibram...Italy Spain 154600 Franee Germany 121500 Belgium 90500 Canada 66000 Greece 16100 35000 Austria-Hungary
 
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