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Brochantite from
Gabbro Quarry, Radau valley, Bad Harzburg, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Brochantite
Formula:Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Brochantite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gabbro Quarry, Radau valley, Bad Harzburg, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1363683
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1363683:2
GUID (UUID V4):698158ae-8d29-4d6f-86b1-92d140ae0595
Nearest other occurrences of Brochantite
4.6km (2.9 miles) Große Romke slag locality, Oker valley, Harz (Landkreis Goslar), Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
9.5km (5.9 miles) Rammelsberg Mine, Rammelsberg, Goslar, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
9.8km (6.1 miles) Weißer Hirsch Mine, Goslar, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
10.2km (6.3 miles) Großfürstin Alexandra Mine, Goslar, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
10.5km (6.5 miles) Glücksrad Mine, Oberschulenberg, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
11.6km (7.2 miles) Christine Mine, Hasserode, Wernigerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
11.9km (7.4 miles) St Lorenz Mine, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
12.7km (7.9 miles) St Georg Mine (Goslar'sche Gleie), Hasserode, Wernigerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
13.2km (8.2 miles) Kahlenberg district, Zellerfeld veins, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
13.7km (8.5 miles) Das Aufgeklärte Glück Mine (Aufgeklärtes Glück Mine), Hasserode, Wernigerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
wollastonite, 649; lithian tourmaline, 747 Newhurst quarry, Shepshed, Leicestershire, vesigni6ite, 533 Cornwall...* Confluence of Carneal Water and Clenoe Water Germany (Deutschland) Bramburg, G6ttingen, tacharanite...Breitenbrunn ( ~ Breitenhof), Saxony, helvine, 627 Schwarzenberg, Saxony, belvine, 627 ~gi~ (~l~jquO...glauconite, 753 SCOTLAND France Auchinstarry quarry, Kil~yth, Stirlingshire, julgoldite, 761 Blackcraig...Kirkcudbrightshire, wroewolfeite, langite, posnjakite, brochantite, 893 Loch Ailsh, Assynt, Sutherland, microperthite
Book (edition)
dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from the Rabejac deposit... = = = = = Acanthite, x 16 mm, Freiberg, Germany, H Abernathyite, 12 mm, Ririera/, France, H Abhurite...at the Himmelsftirst mine, Freiberg, both Saxony, Germany. In the subtropical areas acanthite may occur...byssolite. Mono- coast of North America: Kobuk River Valley, Alaska, clinic, C2/m, a,b,c = 9.89, 18.20, 5.31
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
species, including beautiful specimens of calcite, brochantite, and sphalerite. 0 k,,,ama, a state with an...as the Picher district, which is in the Oklahoma portion of the TriState. This district has probably produced...and Schleicher 1961). Watonga, Universal Atlas quarry, 6 mi. NE of Watonga, Nescatunga Gypsum of the...1944). Canadian County Calumet, Scheiter gypsum quarry, 7.5 mi. N of Calumet, SE1/4 sec.2, T. 14N, R.9W...(Gilmore 1963). Fletcher, Texas Gypsum Company quarry, SW1/4 W 1 / 4 sec.11, T.4N, R.lOW, 60-foot gypsum
Journal (issue)
Administratively, the Imeretinsky site is located in the Urup district of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, 60 km SW of...Jurassic Laura dike complex consisting of dolerites, gabbro-dolerites, porphyry dolerites, and ophite olivine-bearing...Beaverite-(Zn)* Pb(Fe!• Zn)(SO,),(OH)~ + Brochantite Cu,(SO.)(OH)~ ++ Linarite PbCu(SOj(_O_fl1...with cerussite, linarite , chlorargyrite, and brochantite. Of all known Cu and Pb hydroxyhalides, the obtained...with cerussite, linarite , pseudoboleite, and brochantite. The chemical composition of the mineral is wt
Catalog/List
A~GLESITE. 8. ATACAMITE. Copiapo, Atacama District, Chile. Rich, very dark, blackish green, bladed...If.xlt". f.l. 50. 9. AZURITE. Moldawa, Banat District, Hungary. Small, bright, blue sharp sparkling...}~-x2ixli". £l6.5o. NATIVE B~5MUTH. Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Very rich vein section consisting of feathery...2 mm. 2x2xl-t". £13.00. 15. BROCHANTITE. Mammoth Mine, Tintic District, Utah, U.S.A. Bright, deep green...Pearce in 1903. 2-!;-xl~-". £8.00. CALCITE. Machen Quarry, Rudry, Glamorgan. Sharp, composite, translucent
Journal (issue)
micro jeanbandeyite specimens from Kingston Down Quarry. These were collected in November 1994 and recently...Drey found by Martin Gayle and the star shaped brochantite crystals Isobel Geldart found at south Wheal...display from Stoneycroft smelter in the Ncwlands Valley, Cumbria. Mike Leppington once again has come up...found in reasonable quantity recently in the Lake District is the pyromorphite from Force Crag. The buff...Wales and those from the classic locality of Bad Ems in Germany. David Green has shown it to be the pyromorphite
Book
understanding and enthusiastic publisher I have ever bad the pleasure of working with. I know that be joins...Meldonaplitequarry,nrOkehampton, Devon ~.~eldon ap::'te quarry,nrOkehamp:on. 0: ,0,1: roci...Bergemann in 1858 from Johanngcorgenstadt, Saxony, Germany, and named by G. J. Adams in 1869. They were...work (as chief collaborator on Kingsbury's Lake District "discoveries") is most affected by the problem...Cumbria (Ixer & Stanley 1987); a glossary of Lake District minerals (Young 1987a), which referenced many
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
are p r i n t e d in SMALL CAPITALS, Subjects in lower-case r o m a n , a n d localities in italics. The...ATKtN (D.), see LIVINGSTONE(A.), 441 Auchinstarry quarry, Kilsyth, Scotland, julgoldite, 76I Avondale, Auckland...Kirkcudbrightshire, wroewolfeite, langite, posnjakite, brochantite, 893 BORLEY (G. D.), Aenigmatite from an AegirineRiebeckite...layered gabbro, 7o3 Bramburg, Germany, tacharanite, I 13 Breitenbrumm ( - Breitenhof), Germany, helvine...from Brazil, with remarks on schuchardtite, 141 Brochantite, Kirkcudbrightshire, 893 Broken Hill, New South
Book
braunite 81 brazilianite 67, 67 breunnerite 39 brochantite 59, 59 bronzite 98 brookite 34 brucite 36,...found in igneous rocks rich in magnesium and gabbro granules and and poor in silica, such as peridotite...brownish black, at Freiberg and Andreasberg in Germany, and also in the United States (Arizona). Antimony...found at Butte, Montana, and the Copper River district of Alaska. A much rarer mineral is covellite,...Switzerland. Good crystals I occur at Freiberg in Saxony, Cavnic in Romania, Schwaz in the Tyrol (Austria)
braunite 81 brazilianite 67, 67 breunnerite 39 brochantite 59, 59 bronzite 98 brookite 34 brucite 36, 37...rocks rich in magnesium and poor in silica, such as gabbro and peridotite. It is normally found in granules...brownish black, at Freiberg and Andreasberg in Germany, and also in the United States (Arizona). Antimony...found at Butte, Montana, and the Copper River district of Alaska. A much rarer mineral is covellite,...found in crystals if occur at Freiberg in Saxony, Cavnic in Romania, Schwaz in the Tyrol (Austria)
Journal (issue)
Figure 4. Synchysite rosettes to 1.5 mm from Manod Quarry, Blaenau Ffestlniog, Wales. Figure 5. Figure...significant find for the north of England. Hingscon Downs quarry, one of the most diverse mineral localities in...minc's reputation as one of the more important Lake District localities for that mineral. F The best specimens...negotiations curr~ncly underway will allow the lower mine levels w be reopened and secure access for...orefield, the least studied of the British Mississippi Valley-type lead-zinc-baryce-fluorite orefields, consists
Catalog/List
ALLEMONTITE An intergrowth of arsenic and antimony Germany Harz Mountains, Andreasberg Rich gray botryoidal...marble ..... . Connecticut Canaan, New England Lime quarry Silky white xl prisms in dolomitic marble .......material ........... Arizona Cochise Co. , Swisshelm district Rich brown to gray massive, some with minor cerussite...aluminum silicate Calilornia Placer County, Grass Valley Hornblende Norite Broad white crystal sections...chloro-phosphate :\'ew Hampshire Grafton Center, Ruggles quarry Olive green masses in pegmatite ....... Fl. APOPHYLLITE
Book
braunite 81 brazilianite 67, 67 breunnerite 39 brochantite 59, 59 bronzite 98 brookite 34 brucite 36, 37...brownish black, at Freiberg and Andreasberg in Germany, and also in the United States (Arizona). Antimony...found at Butte, Montana, and the Copper Rjver district of Alaska. A much rarer mineral is covellite,...Switzerland. Good crystals ll occur at Freiberg in Saxony, Cavnic in Romania, Schwaz in the Tyrol (Austria)...with a metallic lustre, mainly at SiegerJand in Germany and in Bohemia (Czechoslovakia). It is found at
Book
A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...manganese oxide on limestone, Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany * 11.5 x 24 x 0.5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A...such as Porcupine and Hemlo districts; Noranda district, Quebec. USA: Mother Lode belt and others in...Localities Canada: Cobalt mining district and Thunder Bay District, Ontario. USA: several localities... Wire silver, Silver Islet Mine, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada * 11.5 x 14x 11 om Silver has
Book
specific gravity are again defined as groups for the lower section of the multicolored margin bar. As man y...minerals as possible are included in each group. The lower section of the margin bar is fitted with a scale...crystals, and weathered surfaces can give a false lower hardness. After the test scratch, a powder-like...zircon and sphene, where double refraction at the lower edge of the crystal can be observed with the naked... 3◄ 4 ◄ 5 ◄ Sassolite boric acid G) Death Valley, California/ USA B(OHb Streak white. Mohs' hardness
Report (volume)
........................................... Brochantite..._.........-...-.-1 ..........................ARSENIDES. BISMUTHINITB. From the Rosario Mining District, Sinaloa, Mexico. W. I-I. Melville. Described...mine of the Canadian Copper Company, Sudbury, district of Algoma, Ontario. Specific gravity, 4.541 ~...corrected for impurities. From the Missouri mine, Halls Valley, Park County, Colo. Analyses, by Hillebrand, of...82 CRYOLITE. From St. Peters Dome, Pikes Peak district, Colorado. Described by Cross and Hillebrand in
Book
Council Glossary of the minerals of the Lake District and adjoining areas B. Young NEWCASTLE UPON...booksellers A Glossary of the Minerals of the Lake District and Adjoining Areas B. Young Introduction The...covered by this glossary includes the central Lake District , the adjoining west Cumbrian coal and iron ore...Ennerdale, Shap and Skiddaw form part. Sediments of Lower Carboniferous age, locally with some contemporaneous...wide area on the Wand N flanks of the Lake District. These Lower Palaeozoic rocks are succeeded unconformably
Book
v:iriety of gabbro types. 10 MINERAL OCCURRENCES largest sill . compo.ed of gabbro. an: exposed...Thin section of fox-red titanium-rich bio1i1ein gabbro from the St. David" Head Intrusion. Dyfed. Plane...garnet in Ordovician lavas in t.he Capel Curig district. However. an interesting suite of acce ory primary...contact rocks are no longer expo eel. The majority of Lower Palaeozoic n in Wale have been affected by low grade...Following cooling and crystallization. tr ·cambrian and Lower Palaeozoic basic rocks or\ suffered alteration and
Book
MLP. (Michael P. Minerals of the English Lake District Caldbeck Fells Cumbria. Caldbeck. Mineral deposts...Printed by Craft Print Pre Ltd Frontispiece DALE BECK VALLEY:; a wide—angle photograph locking south towards...renowned. CALDBECK FELLS MINING DISTRICT The Caldbeck Fells mining district oceupies approxi— mately 25sqkm...25sqkm in the north—east of the English Lake District, some 12 km north—north—east of Keswick. Before 1974...Fells famous. Now that the miners are gone the district relies almost wholly on farming and the fells
Journal (volume)
G. Tindle 23-25 PAPERS Danburite from Meldon Quarry, Okehampton and other UK localities Michael S....head of the Dale Beck Valley in the Caldbeck Fells of the northern Lake District and include workings...the workings in Iron Crag (which terminates the valley). As part of an ongoing survey of the mines of...Roughton Gill is the largest mine in the Dale Beck valley and one of the largest in the whole of the Caldbeck...workings and trials at the head of the Dale Beck Valley. The need to address these problems, combined with
Catalog/List
two sides of lx2 inch Boa Vista Pegmatite, Doce Valley Minas Gerais Brazil £35 2. SCHOLZITE rich white...5 to !cm stilbite crystals. Vambor Ahmedhafar district, Maharashtra India 4x2.5 inch £40 Also one smaller...this location closed many years ago. Boyleston quarry Barrhead Scotland £6 54. ANALCIME good coverage...FREIBERGITE silvery mass about half inch Coeur d' Alene district Idaho USA £3 1 0 7. MONTMORILLONITE rich creamy...covered all over but clearly visible, Union carbide Quarry, San Benito Co california £5 11 2. TYROLITE blue-green
Report (volume)
Serpentinite and Rodingite in the Hunting Hill Quarry, Montgomery County, Maryland By DAVID M. LARRABEE...BULLETIN 1283 Description of rocks exposed in the quarry near the center of the Hunting Hill ultramafite... Geologic map of the Hunting Hill serpentinite quarry __ In pocket 1. Index map showing location of the...Md______________ 3 2. Photograph of the Hunting Hill quarry, 1966___________ .5 3. Photograph of serpentinite...Hunting Hill quarry--------------4. List of minerals identified from the Hunting Hill quarry __ 5. Structuraltrends
Report (issue)
Boss mine is situated in the Yellow Pine mining district, Clark County, Nov., near the extreme southern...part of the State. The main settlement of the district is Good Springs, distant 8 miles from Jean, a...GEOLOGY OF THE DISTRICT. 1 SEDIMENTARY AND IGNEOUS BOCKS. The prevailing rocks of the district are stratified...the most important assemblage of rocks in the district, as all of the ore deposits occur in it or in...probable Mesozoic age are also present in the district, but they are of no special concern here, as they
Journal (issue)
Minerals Higher Bal-Levant Trewellard Cottage, Lower Trewellard, Penzance, Cornwall. TR19 7SU Tel: (0736)...Mineral & Gem Show 26 The Minerals of Vale Road Quarry Nottinghamshire D.I. Green,J.C. Spencer 28 For...prospecting was undertaken mainly in the Llechfraith or lower adit level. underground. The workings proved to...Reserves are estimated ~t 18 million tonnes. The quarry can only be worked for 6 months of the year, due...personal observations. LOCATION TOULOUSE Timouns quarry can be reached from the route nationale number
Journal (issue)
Ueber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf Medenbach Ruhr Universitat Bochum Bochum, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim...DeMouthe Famous mineral localities: The Magdalena district, Kelly, New Mexico .............................Hammond Famous mineral localities: The Hansonberg district, Bingham, New Mexico ...........................covers not just the Kelly mine but the Mag­ dalena district as a whole. This is not to say, of course, that...Cloud mine), and another on the Point-of-Rocks quarry (15, 149156), an occurrence remarkably similar
 
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