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Calcite from
Limestone quarry, Münchenstein, Arlesheim, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Habit:steep rhombohedra
Colour:milky white
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Limestone quarry, Münchenstein, Arlesheim, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:152366
Long-form Identifier:1:3:152366:9
GUID (UUID V4):36f1de29-a1b1-4c89-979c-0bd5516d8de1
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
6.9km (4.3 miles) Adlerberg Quarry, Pratteln, Liestal, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
8.2km (5.1 miles) Orismühle quarry, Nuglar-St. Pantaleon, Dorneck, Solothurn, Switzerland
18.3km (11.4 miles) Erzmatt, Buus, Sissach, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
21.6km (13.4 miles) Rhine river alluvial deposits, Kembs, Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France
25.2km (15.6 miles) Unter Erlimoos clay pit, Trimbach, Gösgen, Solothurn, Switzerland
26.3km (16.4 miles) Malsburg, Malsburg-Marzell, Lörrach, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
27.6km (17.2 miles) Seider quarry, Lütschenbach quarries, Lütschenbach, Malsburg, Malsburg-Marzell, Lörrach, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
28.1km (17.5 miles) Am Gleichen quarry, Lütschenbach quarries, Lütschenbach, Malsburg, Malsburg-Marzell, Lörrach, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
28.6km (17.8 miles) Born Quarry, Olten, Solothurn, Switzerland
30.1km (18.7 miles) Gruhalden clay pit, Frick, Laufenburg, Aargau, Switzerland
References
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CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland and Mineralogical Institute of the University CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland Probably...excavations in GalloRoman sites in southern Switzerland (Canton Valais, Binn) several crystal treasures...Graeser is head of the mineralogy department at the Basel Natural History Museum and is also head of a mineralogical...the Mineralogical Institute of the University of Basel. Figure 3. Diopside, Cervandone (Italy). Length...particular sulfosalt minerals from the Lengenbach quarry in Binntal-which, at least in part, are still valid
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about a foot wide and 75 to 100 feet long in a limestone bluff along the creek. 498 "Examination showed... milky quartz, fluorescent calcites, dogtooth calcite, chalcedony in many colors, gypsum, dolomite, pyrite...be. KENTUCKY: Nice white masses of cleavable calcite occur at the Delhi-Babb fluorite mine near Salem...O N T A N A : Fine specimens of Iceland spar (calcite) come from Greycliff, Sweetgrass Co., Mont. NEBRASKA...and beryllonite xls have been found at the Smith quarry, Newport, N . H., recently (by yours truly)." N
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Lengenbach Mineral Locality, Binna Valley, Valais, Switzerland................................................Imhof Famous Mineral Localities: Lengenbach, Switzerland 275 by Stefan Graeser Rare Earth Minerals in...Bochum-Querenburg, West Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland photomicrography: Julius Weber Mamaroneck...KELLER-WILDI, W yhlenweg 40 CH 4 1 2 6 Bettingen, Switzerland ★ Cabinet specimens ★ Miniatures ★ Thumbnails...Yearbook of the Natural History Museum Berne, Switzerland 1966-1968. (Translated by Curt G. Segeler, 284
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pocket at the Elmwood mine. Photo Mark Kielbasa Switzerland BY HANS ANTON STALDER best of the AMERICAS ...stone by the ancients, objects made of fluorite, limestone", "calcareous flux", and "fluorspar"; the which...Mineralogie (1747), did not distinguish limestone or calcite from fluorite. He thus described nine varieties...are frequently found in association with quartz, calcite, galena, sphalerite, and barite to form fabulous...only other minerals that rank with fluorite are calcite, sphalerite, fluorapatite, and diamond. This paper
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calcarenites within the transition between micritic limestone and shaledominated Přídolí and Lochkov formations...phishes Institut der Universität Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland I. Rozkošný 2 Department of Petrology...existence of epigenetic dolomite within the marine limestone and shale sequence of the Přídolí and Lochkov...bioclastic limestones and calcareous shales. Limestone beds are typically laminated, slightly graded...indicated by the local abundance of identical limestone clasts in conglomerates found in the uppermost
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Bochum Bochum, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland photomicrography: Julius Weber Mamaroneck...black sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, chlorite, calcite, epidote, fluorite, milky quartz, pale pink rhodochrosite...of a drift which is penetrating into Figure 5. Calcite crystals to 3.8 cm, on quartz, from the 630 Mud...Bergman. Kosnar specimen and photo. Figure 6. Calcite crystal 4 cm long on pyrite and transparent quartz...8. White cubic crystals of fluorite to 2 cm on calcite from the 630 Mud drift, 2100 level, Camp Bird mine
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Decrepitation and Thermally-Induced Cracking of Limestone Used in Quicklime Production Katarzyna Cwik 1...Decrepitation and Thermally-Induced Cracking of Limestone Used in Quicklime Production. Minerals 2022, 12...quicklime, high calcium carbonate rocks, including limestone, are burned in industrial kilns at 1100–1450 ◦...performed on Boda Limestone from the Jutjärn quarry in Dalarna, Sweden. We analyzed 80 limestone samples for...(ambient, 500 ◦ C, 800 ◦ C, and 1150 ◦ C) for two limestone samples with similar chemical compositions but
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crystalline Please Send Them In. calcite from the West End quarry, Inyo Co., Calif., and the other is...extend for many square miles! Connecticut—At the limestone quarries of Canaan, Litchfield Co., Conn., tremolite...dogtooth crystals of calcite occur in vugs in a dark gray fossiliferous limestone. Iowa—A. J. Alessi,...grayish cephalopod from the world's largest limestone quarry, located in Rogers City, Presque Island Co...RRl, Granby, Mo., sent in the following item: "Calcite crystals of various size and different colors are
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Medenbach Bochum, Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland photomicrography Julius Weber Mamaroneck...Franklin/Sterling mines, Franklin, New Jersey Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine Dunton mine, Newry, Maine Las Vigas...Goschenen clefts, Goschenen, Switzerland Lengenbach quarry, Bina Valley, Switzerland Knappenwand, Salzburg,...Greece Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada Jeffrey quarry, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada Arsukfjord, Ivigtut,...mine include wolframite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, calcite, beryl, muscovite, fluorite (which occasionally
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limestonepebble (stained by alicerine)and a pebble of sandy limestone(Nagelfluh,Tertiary, Oligocene, Untere Meeresmolasse...Meeresmolasse,landslide of Rossberg, Switzerland). of the partners as well as a large concentration of solution...as follows: (1) halite and potassium salts; (2) calcite; (3) dolomite; (4) anhydrite; (5) gypsum; (6) amphibole...series which come after calcite may become a part of the solution residue of a calcite pebble along the contact...contact surface (Fig.5) or form the head of limestone stylolites. All minerals which follow after quartz
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Jurassic) in northern Switzerland and adjacent southern Germany BirkhSuser Verlag Basel • Boston • Berlin...1.7 Sections RG 307.458 Petty BE. l.a (haruque quarry Transec Delemonl-Grenchco 3.1.2.1 Section RG 3r*...Himer Cheslel and quarry of Cheste! 3.133 Section R G 398 Liesberg BL. limestone quarry 3.13.4 Section RG...well BUR 2 3.1.1 2 Section RG 14JI Porrentriiy IU quarry • U Banne 'i ••• 31 3.1.3.9 Section RG 356 Grandval... cantonal road and quarry 48 3.1.3.12 SectionRG 433 Obcrdorf SO gorge and quarry north of Wa'berhusli
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Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed...andesites, andesite-basalts and limestones; 14—reef limestone; 15—volcanomictic rocks with tuff horizons of...andesites, andesite-basalts and limestones; 14—reef limestone; 15—volcanomictic rocks with tuff horizons of...thickness of approximately 1 km. Usually, the limestone is metamorphosed to marbles. This sequence is...province [14]. 2.2. Local Geological Setting A quarry in the Vorontsovskoe deposit has exposed a wedge
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present the theory of the possibility of using limestone sorbents containing carbonate minerals with increased...carbonate minerals: low magnesium calcite, high magnesium calcite, dolomite and huntite. These carbonate...are, thus, lower than typical for low magnesium calcite. The process would be easier because the structure...starts earlier and is more effective. Keywords: limestone; carbonate phases; sorbents; desulphurization...Limestones usually consist of calcite mineral (CaCO3 ) known as low-Mg calcite. Some limestones also contain
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extraLapis English No. 4: Calcite To Our Readers: As we established our company, we made a commitment...Connecticut, wrote the text for a photo essay on limestone cave formations that appears in this issue (page...that they bring. - GS/GN Every Man's Mineral Calcite is found the world over. T his 5.8 cm wide specimen...specimen was found at the Crystal River quarry, Lecanto in Citrus County Florida. Collection Francis Benjamin;...Cover Photo Credits Front center: 4:5 cm high calcite twin on {1 OTI} from the Leiping mine, Guiyang
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sand equivalent tests (EN 933-8 [11]) on fine limestone aggregates; these ranged from 58% to 80%. From... [15] reported MB values for eight different limestone aggregates; these varied from 0.3 to 1.3 g/kg...study, the MB values for seven different non-limestone aggregates ranged from 0.3 to 11.3 g/kg. From...these results, it is obvious that for the non-limestone aggregates the values are much higher due to the...tectonic structure Minerals 2019, 9, 86 8 of 22 Reef Limestone L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8, L9, L10, L11,
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Environmental Sciences, ETH Zurich, CHN, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland b Institut de Minéralogie et de Physique des...limestones was mainly present as Zn-containing calcite (at site Dornach), Zn-containing goethite (Gurnigel)... part of the Zn released from the dissolving limestone was subsequently incorporated into pedogenic ...Technology, Ueberlandstrasse 133, 8600 Duebendorf, Switzerland. Fax: +41 44 823 52 10. E-mail address: andreas...Supergene alteration of primary Zn-sulfide deposits in limestone may also result in the formation of Zn-(hydroxy)
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The Trimouns Quarry Luzenac, Ariège, France Freddy Marty Rue de l’Hôpital 11230-Chalabre France In recent...recent decades, the Trimouns quarry has become well known as a source of outstanding crystals of several...reference to the three peaks that overlook the quarry. Langue d’Oc is a regional language of Latin The...Littéraires et Industrielles de l’Ariège. In 1905 the quarry was acquired by the Société des Talcs de Luzenac...producer of talc at 1.3 million tonnes per year. The quarry employed some 100 workers at the beginning of the
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Alpen (Salzburg Alps): Road to the Trattberg, and quarry south of Reiterndorf, Salzburg Alps, western Austria;...coliections of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (NHMB), Switzerland, catalogue numbers J 31242-31282. 3. Palaeoenvironment...Atlantic Ocean, to Spain (GEYSSANT& GEYER, 1972), Switzerland, Italy, Austria (HUCKRIEDE, 1971), the Carpathians...the carbonaceous material; ~eplacement of the calcite by silica or pyrite). Most likely, the poor preservation...marlstone; 3: marlstone, marly limestone; 4: limestone; 5: nodular limestone; 6: carbonaceous concretions;
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including isopachous fine-textured calcite, radiaxial calcite, and bladed calcite, all of which were interpreted...Fortunately, due to the recent activities of the quarry, the complete reef complex was slabbed and exposed...on the excellent exposure of the reef complex in quarry profile, (2) explain the characteristic of lithofacies...based on observation from an excellent-exposing quarry with 120 m long and 50 m high. The microscopic...lithofacies. Evaluating biological components, limestone content, cementation forms, and the role that
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Olaf Medenbach Ruhr Univ. Bochum Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switz. photomicrography Julius Weber Mamaroneck...40502 he Hoosier Stone and Concrete Corporation quarry near Salem, Indiana, has yielded extremely well-formed...Mississippian Harrodsburg limestone. Other minerals found in the geodes include calcite, dolomite, sphalerite...marcasite and pyrite. T HISTORY Quarrying of limestone has gone on in south-central Indiana since the...“Indiana Limestone” or “Bedford Limestone.” It still dominates the domestic dimension limestone market
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The nature of the transformations of certain limestone varieties composing the surfaces of rock massifs...dolomitisation, and baritisation, as well as zones of calcite and dolomite junction, were found to be least resistant...freezing and thawing. The mineral proportion of limestone on the surface of soil massifs chemically processed...in detail. Received: 17 June 2021 Keywords: limestone; cryogenesis; matter alteration; South Yakutia...Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed
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reactant of humberstonite. Chemical dissolution of limestone is driven mainly by the presence of acidic water...Copyright: © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed...acidic composition [34], enhancing the decay of limestone through chemical weathering processes. In this...and chemical effects of salt weathering impact limestone deterioration. Moreover, weathering patterns present...(Figure 1). These limestones were extracted from the quarry in the Sierra de la Madera (38◦ 170 1200 N, 0◦
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Bochum Bochum, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Harold and Erica Van Pelt Los Angeles,...307 by ]. P. Cassedanne Mineralogy of the Kalkar quarry, Santa Cruz, California..........................Minerals Mineral & Needle Craft Creations, Inc. Quarry Enterprises Wallingford, CT Oceanside, NY John...with special emphasis on Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Articles on the fundamentals and methods of...Watsonville, California 95076 he Kalkar quarry produced commercial limestone for nearly a century. It has also
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Bochum Bochum, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Harold and Erica Van Pelt Los Angeles,...by W. E. Wilson & S. C. Chamberlain The Miller calcite collection ......................................come. In fact, the article in this issue on D uff quarry pyrite would probably not otherwise have been pub­...complex habits have been col­ lected at the Duff quarry in Logan County, Ohio, for more than ten years...collectors alike. Pyrite crystals from the D uff quarry rarely exceed 5 mm across, and the larger ones
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GeologischesInstitut, E.T.H. Zentrum, 8092 Zarich, Switzerland. Manuscript received: 19. 01. 90; accepted: 10...sediments exposed in the Breggia valley in southern Switzerland, the clay fraction is dominated by illite and...area. However, the high amounts of chlorite in limestone turbidites in the lower part of the flysch sequence...ceous boundary when a drastic lowering of the calcite compensation depth occurred. In the Middle Cretaceous... ~re / (, i. / ":.~% ._A I LUGANO - SWITZERLAND LECCO COMO ["-']QUATERNARY PONTEGANA CONGL
 
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