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Goethite from
Altenberg mine, Kelmis, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Goethite
Formula:α-Fe3+O(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Dealer/Collection Label
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Smithsonite1 photo of Goethite associated with Smithsonite at this locality.
Hemimorphite1 photo of Goethite associated with Hemimorphite at this locality.
Hematite1 photo of Goethite associated with Hematite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Goethite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Altenberg mine, Kelmis, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1506830
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1506830:9
GUID (UUID V4):04b56b20-9552-4b22-81c8-79a018234237
Nearest other occurrences of Goethite
1.6km (1.0 miles) Moresnet, Plombières, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
3.7km (2.3 miles) Erlenbach mine, Lontzen, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
3.8km (2.4 miles) Bleyberg zinc and lead smelter slag locality, Plombières, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
4.5km (2.8 miles) Poppelsberg mine, Walhorn, Lontzen, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
5.0km (3.1 miles) Rabotrath mine, Walhorn, Lontzen, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
7.0km (4.4 miles) Cottessen quarry, Cottessen, Vaals, Limburg, Netherlands
7.2km (4.5 miles) Saint-Paul mine, Welkenraedt, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
7.8km (4.9 miles) Vogelsang, Plombières, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
10.7km (6.6 miles) Dolhain quarry, Dolhain, Limbourg, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
11.0km (6.8 miles) Bilstain quarry, Bilstain, Limbourg, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...crystallization. Carbon isotope values, even from the same mine, show a considerable range from −11.6 to −1.6‰....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;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Characterisation of Historic Zn–Pb Mine Waste, Plombières, East Belgium Srećko Bevandić 1, * , Rosie Blannin...Characterisation of Historic Zn–Pb Mine Waste, Plombières, East Belgium. Minerals 2021, 11, 28. Department...Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium; philippe.muchez@kuleuven.be Helmholtz-Zentrum...Department of Geology, University of Liège, Quartier AGORA, B-4000 Liège, Belgium; jvdauwera@uliege.be (J.V.A...Environmental Engineering, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium; David.Caterina@uliege.be (D.C.); F
Report (issue)
du Synclinorium de Verviers, de la Province de Liège et de la Belgique III.l.l. Observations III.1.2...(tous les gisements sont situés dans la Province de Liège), l'âge des roches encaissantes ou encore d'autres...noms: par exemple la célèbre mine de La Calamine est fréquemment appelée mine de Moresnet, de la Vieille-Montagne...Vieille-Montagne, de l' Altenberg et parfois la Grande Montagne (Baillet, 1795). Quelques gisements changèrent...fois dédommagé, n'avait plus aucun contrôle sur la mine. Les Minières concernaient notamment les exploitations
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for the History KriJgslaan 281 S30 B-9000 Gent Belgium F (+32) (0)9 264 49 73 T (+32) (0)9 264 49 30 be...are distributed by: The publications of Academ Belgium: Booksellers J. Story-Scientia Scientific Sint-Kwintensberg...Stoops proposed to work around nerals related to Belgium. They pointed out, that in the past some renowned...0 --4 m 5 6 PREFACE Minerals occurring in Belgium have amply and comprehensively been documented...evolution of mineralogical science and knowledge in Belgium through the last 60 or so years. As most books
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
willemite-dominated mineralization at La Calamine, Belgium, may be related to paleoweathering or be of possible...Furthermore, there are additional nongeologic resources in mine dumps, flotation tailings, and smelter residues...historically important “La Calamine” deposit in Belgium, which is hosted by upper Paleozoic carbonates...nonsulfide Zn open-pit mine of Boleslaw, Poland. c. “Calamina” sample from the old Czerna mine, Poland. The sample...coating botryoidal smithsonite from La Calamine, Belgium (Museo di Mineralogia, Univ. Napoli). f. and g
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
situated between Prussia and Belgium (though the present kingdom of Belgium was not founded until that...Under the Treaty of Versailles (1919) it is now in Belgium. I n this connexion it is interesting to recall...fact that the locality was not, at that time, in Belgium, L. J. SPENCER ON SOUTH AFRICAN OCCURRENCES OF...OF WILLEMITE. 389 Localities of Wiltemite. Mine Hill, F r a n k l i n Furnace, 1 ~Iardyston township...1824, vol. 4, p. 8.) Altenberg ( = Vieille-Montagne), s Moresnet, Lidge, Belgium. 8 km. SW. of Aachen
Report (issue)
= 6.256(5) X-ray Powder Pattern: Brownley Hill mine, England. 15.44 (100), 7.88 (100), 2.714 (40), 1...27 10.81 Total 98.69 100.00 (1) Brownley Hill mine, England; ZnO by ICP/OES and XRF, SO3 by ICP/OES...secondary post-mine mineral in limestone-hosted oxidized Pb–Zn ores (Brownley Hill mine, England). Association:...pyrite, goethite (Brownley Hill mine, England). Distribution: From England, at the Brownley Hill mine, near...Alston, and the Smallcleugh mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. In Belgium, at Altenberg, near Aachen. In Germany,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits: Mumbwa area (Zambia), and Altenberg-Vieille Montagne (Belgium). 32 Textures and structures of...58 9‰ V-SMOW). 59 The supposedly supergene Altenberg-Vieille Montaigne willemite, having low Mn+Mg...description of the mineral from the Altenberg mine (Moresnet, 69 Belgium) and he named the new mineral after...described in the nonsulfide Zn 95 deposits of Belgium (Coppola et al., 2008; Choulet, 2019), Namibia...Zambia, Mondillo et al., 2018; Altenberg- 101 Vieille Montagne, Belgium, Choulet et al., 2019). In the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimen was found in a Joplin, Missouri, district mine in the late 1800s and was donated to the Carnegie...crystal morphology and color were recovered from a mine in the Joplin area. The best known of these specimens...hemimorphite crystals were once found at the old lead mine southeast of Brookfeld, Connecticut (Schairer 193l)...aggregates have been reported from the Loudville mine, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. The zinc deposits...Pennsylvania hemimorphite occurrences include the Keystone mine, Blair County; the Wheatley mines, Chester County;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals of the KABWE MINE (“Broken Hill”) Central Province, Zambia MALCOLM SOUTHWOOD 7 Campbell Court...William Besse. Figure 2. Satellite image of the Kabwe mine site, showing its proximity to urban development...scale. 114 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 3. The Kabwe mine site, partially derelict. Michael Brook photo, 2004...found. During a 1929 field excursion to the Kabwe mine, Pelletier (1929, p. 15) made the following remarks:...Zambian independence, in 1964, the name of both the mine and the town that had grown up around it was changed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(radiated xls in magnesite). ROCKS AND MINERALS Altenberg-Hematite. Wochein-Limonite (Geodes). General-Tourmaline...to enter is difficult to se­ cure. Mountain and mine can be seen to the S of the village. Siderite X...Orpiment and Realgar. Leoben. Iron Ms. Pyrrhotite; Goethite; Halloysite; Variscite; Wad; Borickite; Lignite...Oberdorf. Swimming pool in old caved-in lignite mine. Limberg. Limestone Q. (large). Vordersdorf. Glass...Mautern-Steatite; Talc (rose - pink masses). Freinstein-Goethite; Wad; Evansite. Murschauer b Graz-"Nephrite" (may
Book
:hange into oxygen salts (eg malachite, azurite, goethite, cerru site and smithsonite). In these deposits...- autunite; Cr-orange - crocoite; Fe-yellow - goethite; Co-pink - erythrite. 3. Allochromatic - of variable...Caucasus - crystals up to 1.5 cm (USSR), Getchell Mine - Nevada (USA) •Application: ore (extraction of...Molybdenite - platycrystal (18 mm) em bayed in qua rtz; Altenberg (GDR) 2. Polybasite- black-grey plates (8 mm)...- aggregation of crysta ls from pil e of a coal mine; Kladn o (Czechoslovakia - width of field 15 mm)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
was recognized for the first time in the Uberroth Mine, near Friendensville, in the Saucon Valley of Pennsylvania... e.g., in the Moresnet-Altenberg nonsulfide deposit (La Calamine) in Belgium (Coppola et al. 2008; Frondel...d’aluminum hydrate” in the Vieille-Montagne Mine (Belgium). The mineral was definitely validated by Fransolet...low-temperature hydrothermal fluids, as in Preguiça mine, Southern Portugal (Will et al. 2014). Baileychlore...recognized in association with willemite in the Franklin mine, New Jersey (U.S.A.). Up to date, in clearly hy
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illustrated Encyclopedi of the World’s Rocks and Mine re L A R E N MI OF THE WORLD Rudolf Duda and...change into oxygen salts (eg malachite, azurite, goethite, cerrusite and smithsonite). In these deposits...— autunite; Cr—orange — crocoite; Fe—yellow — goethite; Co—pink — erythrite. 3. Allochromatic — of variable...Caucasus — crystals up to 1.5 cm (USSR), Getchell Mine — Nevada (USA) e Application: ore (extraction of...Molybdenite — platy crystal (18 mm) embayed in quartz; Altenberg (GDR) 2. Polybasite — black-grey plates (8 mm)
Catalog/List
to translucent crystal group 2x2 inches (Hilton Mine Cumbria) £15 BARYTES small platy white-creamy crystals...(Witherite is a poisonous mineral) 5x3 £15 Settlingstones Mine , near Hexham Northumberland CACOXENITE golden micros...cacoxenite rich area on magnetite lxlxl .5 Levaeniemi Mine, Norbotten Sweden £6 CALCITE good covering of white...massive with a hint of crystalline structure Geevor Mine Cornwall 4x2 £15 lx2 £5 --- CERULEITE small blue...minor white Alumopharmacosiderite. (Emma Louisa- Mine, Guanco, Taltal Province, Chile) 2xl .5 £10 CERUSSITE
Catalog/List
----·-·- ---- ·- -- 1129 ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway 87 ■ BERYL Evje area . South...---·-··----·------ ·- - ---27 ANTHOPHYLLITE Kaveltorp Mine Sweden 1008 CHRYSOBERYL Kolsva. Vastmanland Sweden...--~----· ·---·-------- -- -62 COBAL TITE Bolidcn Mine, North Sweden 1003 ARSENIOPLEITE Sjogruvan,Ridd...2x3 £25 Ampibole 1140 ERYTHRITE Sl-a1tterud Cobalt Mine. Vikersund Norway 970 MAGNESIOHASTINGSITE Langban...________ __ _!LU9! .~~~ -E N1 163 GALENA Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthcad. Cumbria Cube-octahedral grey crystals
Catalog/List
Nice. 75x50x31 010 ALUMINOCOPIAPITE - Champion Mine, California, USA. A pure yellow botryodal mass....matrix. 6lx47xl8 22,00 017 APACHEITE - Christmas Mine, Gila Co., USA. Pale blue patches in matrix. Moderately...xl 13xl0x8 8,00 )!. .. 022 AXINITE xx - Obira Mine, Japan. A large terminated xl, 47x27, forming the...matrix. Unusual nice. 72x42x40 35,00 026 BISMUTH - Altenberg, Saxony, East-Germany. Rich bronze platy xl to...BRUSHITE - CALCIOFERRITE - ARAGONITE - Rocabruna Mine, Brugues Gaba, Barcelona, Spain. Very rich whitish
Catalog/List
massive with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2...£15 £6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless...x2 £ 1.50 2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting...Nandan Co, China brown chips, probably mixed with Goethite and Lepidocrocite. 3mm £3 FeO"OH Cl 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE...~-------·-·-- ·· -·· 1077 ■■ ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Cornwall Black
Catalog/List
___ 2x2£3 ___ - -----~ - ~014_ _ 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South Bay,...- - --··---- - - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker...North Sweden 501 ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety)...217 ANDORITE San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia 1129 ■ ALMANDINE Brnstad iron Mine near Arendnl ,Norway Pure...Bcnallt Minc,Llcyn. Wales 1036 ALSTONITE Fnllowlielcl Mine, Northumberland White masses in malrix wilh micro
Catalog/List
£10 2x2 £15 Ix! £3 lx2 £6 I · 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico Colourless to yellow small crystals...£10 2x3 £15 Na Ca SiO F 7fJ 7 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix...Nandan Co, China brown chips, probably mixed with Goethite and Lepidocrocite. 3mm £3 FcO OH Cl -10 -• • ALBERTITE...5cm £4 no/2 feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U.S.A Rich pinkish fine...£7.50 Ag Sb 501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
century-long history in the Alps. Dozens of historic mine sites and hundreds of showings in Austria (e.g....the main gangue minerals. The upper mine levels and the southern mine districts are reported to be enriched...inaccessibility of most of the historic underground mine workings and poor exposures, hydrothermal alteration...supergene weathering. These are hematite, cuprite, goethite, malachite and azurite. The Cu sulfides anilite...during supergene weathering processes. Hematite, goethite, cuprite and malachite are the more commonly identified
Catalog/List
thick. £13.00. BISMUTHINITE. George & Charlotte Mine, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon. Rich, silvery grey, bladed...veinstuff. IpHxl" , £1.50. BISMUTHINITE. Patino Mine, Uncia, Potosi Dist., Bolivia. Choice, very rich...cavities. lixl-!;-". £4.50. 14.'/ BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Clusters of tarnished Bornite...mm. 2x2xl-t". £13.00. 15. BROCHANTITE. Mammoth Mine, Tintic District, Utah, U.S.A. Bright, deep green...3>}x3x2". £4.50. 16. 17. CALCITE. Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, Cumberland. Translucent, milky coloured
Journal (issue)
Grandjean Faden quartz from Bierghes, Brabant, Belgium ...................................... 441 by H...involvement in collecting the great Bunker Hill mine pyromorphite bonanza, was born in Spokane, Washington...mined by a Phelps Dodge subsidiary as the Sherwood mine. His career was interrupted by the draft in November...Black Pine mine in Phillipsburg, Montana (the type locality for phillipsburgite), but the mine quickly ran...Norm was hired as a geologist at the Bunker Hill mine, where he worked for more than 16 years. He continued
Catalog/List
cleavage Yakutia.Russia MnS lxl £9 ½x½ £3 IX½ Rawhide Mine. Mohave 255 ALA!\IOSITE Rich white cruslS on matrix...botryoidal with possible New East Wheat Russell mine, ½x½ 501 ALLOPHANE £4 -·-· . . ALSiO £2.SO B~~.~~~~t~...grey masses '1.\ith possible Alstonite Fallowfield mine, Ix½ £4 13 ALSTONITE BaCaCO/3 micros. Hexham,Northumberland...- - · - --·· -·Pure grey metallic mass San Jose Mine, Oruro. Bolivia 6x6mm £3 217 A1'DORITE . PbAgSb_S...£1.JQ .. .. F~ls~ar_G!_?~P 2x2 £2 lx2£1 Kaveltorp Mine Sweden Rich fawn sheaves in silvery schist 27 ANTHOPHYLLITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
National University] at 06:43 31 December 2014 mine in Colorado, and they found virtually the entire...azurite, bindheimite, chrysocolla, cuprite, and goethite. For the pseudomorph collector there are examples...tetrahedrite and pyrite specimen from the Anchor mine, Park City, Utah. The specimen was in the stock...examples at the present time are from the Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado, where it occurs...with enargite and fluorite come from the Longfellow mine, Red Mountain district, San Juan County (D. Bunk
 
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