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Aurichalcite from
Missouri, USA


Locality type:State
Classification
Species:Aurichalcite
Formula:(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite1 photo of Aurichalcite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aurichalcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Missouri, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:152624
Long-form Identifier:1:3:152624:0
GUID (UUID V4):4e307bf2-67cc-449d-86cd-be75495fe7c1
Localities for Aurichalcite in this Region
Granby Ore Block 100, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 101, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 102, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 104, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 105, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 107, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 109, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 110, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 111, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 18, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 19, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 29, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 31, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 32, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 37, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 38, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 40, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 41, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 43, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 44, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 47, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 48, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 51-1, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 52-1, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 53-1, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 55, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 56, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 57, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 64, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 70, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 71, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 72, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 73, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 74, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 75, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 76, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 77, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 80, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 81, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 83, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 85, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 86, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 87, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 88, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 89, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 90, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 91, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 92, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 93, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 94, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 95, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 96, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 97, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 98, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 99, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Shinn Mine, Stark City, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Field (Granby Camp; Granby Mining District), Tri-State Mining District, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Granby Ore Block 82, Granby, Granby Field (Granby Camp; Granby Mining District), Tri-State Mining District, Newton County, Missouri, USA
State highway 47 roadcut, Old Mines area, Bliss, Washington County, Missouri, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
5. AURICHALCITE AND HEMIMORPHITE. Tecoma Hill Mine, Lucin District, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA. Beautiful...Beautiful pale blue tufts of aurichalcite intergrown with colourless sparkling hemimorphite xls richly covering...on ironstained matrix. 70x5Ox15mm; £24. 6. AURICHALCITE. Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. A 30x25mm cavity in...CHALCEDONY. Yankee Dog, Hildalgo Co., New Mexico, USA. An interesting pink hollow pear-shaped mass of chalcedony...ELBAITE. Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California, USA. transparent gemmy terminated XI. 45x6x5mm. . £45
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
system albite-anorLhite-diopside. AURICHALCITEIN MISSOURI W. D. Knllnn, II ni'versity of M issouri, Columbi...issouri. The occurrence of aurichalcite, 2(Zn,Cu)CO3 3(Zn,Cu)(OH)2, in Missouri is unreported hitherto,...City, Newton County, Missouri, (near the Joplin area), which contain aurichalcite and associatedsphalerite...also be present cementing the fragments. The aurichalcite, an oxidation product of the copper and zinc...bunches up ro 3 or 4 millimeters in diameter. Aurichalcite has formed on top of the hemimorphite, or is
Report (issue)
Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Goodsprings, Nevada, USA. 6.77 (10), 2.480 (7), 2.72 (6), 3.14 (5), 1.688... Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Goodsprings, Nevada, USA; CO2 by difference. (2) Zn5 (CO3 )2 (OH)6 . Occurrence:...Smithsonite, hemimorphite, willemite, cerussite, aurichalcite, calcite, “limonite”. Distribution: Widespread...and at Udias, Cantabria Province, Spain. In the USA, from Friedensville, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania; Linden...Linden, Iowa Co., Wisconsin; at Joplin, Jasper Co., Missouri; around Galena, Cherokee Co., Kansas; abundant
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
system albite-anorLhite-diopside. AURICHALCITEIN MISSOURI W. D. Knllnn, II ni'versity of M issouri, Columbi...issouri. The occurrence of aurichalcite, 2(Zn,Cu)CO3 3(Zn,Cu)(OH)2, in Missouri is unreported hitherto,...City, Newton County, Missouri, (near the Joplin area), which contain aurichalcite and associatedsphalerite
Journal (issue)
NUMBER 2 • $25 The Tri-State Mining District Missouri-Kansas-Oklahoma by Denise Bicknell Wendell E...on GALENA and dolomite, 19 cm, from Webb City, Missouri. Mark Pospisil collection, Joe Budd photo. Associate...Tucson USA Visit us at these international shows: Houston Ste. Marie Denver Munich USA France USA Germany...and Riverpark Inn Rhodochrosite, Sweet Home Mine, USA, 10 cm Photo: Malte Sickinger MARCUS BUDIL Monaco...Shenandoah, TX 77385 The Tri-State Mining District Missouri-Kansas-Oklahoma Denise Bicknell 16711 East Whimbrel
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 cookrob@auburn.edu Aurichalcite Downloaded by [George Mason University] at...tentatively identified on sight. One such mineral, aurichalcite, is traditionally available from a number of...recommended as a Connoisseur’s Choice topic. Aurichalcite varies from pale green to sky-blue; some specimens...1 and 2, and has a measured density of 3.96. Aurichalcite is monoclinic (2/m) and is pseudo-orthorhombic...crystals to 3 cm long have been reported. Many aurichalcite crystals occur in tufted divergent sprays or
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
men were brought from the Tri-State district of Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma in late 1886 to erect a...district (Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri), Viburnum Trend of Missouri, southern Illinois fluorspar district...cipally smithsonite, with minor occurrences of aurichalcite, malachite, greenockite, gypsum, aragonite,...sphalerite crystals may contain both malachite and aurichalcite staining along cleavage fractures or coatings...drusy quartz. Hernimorphite may be stained by aurichalcite or malachite. Gypsum, C a S 0 » 2 H 0 , as the
Report (issue)
hydrozincite, cerussite, malachite, azurite, aurichalcite, Distribution: Many localities, even for fine...the USA, at Friedensville, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania; in the Joplin district, Jasper Co., Missouri; from...founded the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA. References: (1) Palache, C., H. Berman, and C. Frondel
Journal (issue)
Mineralogical Record 1223 PORT ROY AL, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 63141 NEW LISTINGS - M-6: In lieu of quarterly...432-2882. (Showroom: 149 N. Meramec, Clayton, Missouri). Shop ph. (314) 726-2236. Mon.-Fri. 9:00-5:00...captured the attention of many mineral collectors. Aurichalcite, wulfenite, mimetite, chrysocolla, hemimorphite...rests with its secondary minerals. Of these , aurichalcite is perhaps the most noteworthy, providing the...repeatedly, and, henceforth shall be called the ·•aurichalcite area" and '\vu!- The MineraloRical Record
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a long idle mercury mine in California, fine aurichalcite from a prospect hole in Nevada, and jamesonite...geology Col. Clarence M. Jenni (USA Retired), at the University of Missouri, said. director of the Geology...University Museum is specifically University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo., interested — as are the Russians...majoring in from the Missouri Lead-Zinc District and geology at the University of Missouri, from the California
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SHERWOOD 106A East 25th, P. 0. Box 436 Oak Grove, Missouri 64075-0436 Downloaded by [Brown University Library]...Louis, Missouri 63129-2704 Figure 1. Counties in Missouri. N o comprehensive list of Missouri mineral...found in Missouri; two of these, fletcherite and starkeyite, were first described from Missouri mines....Swartzlow 1935). Figure 2. Mineral districts in Missouri. Robinson Branch coal, in the Rich Hill, Hurne...possible relict of a meteorite impact), just west of Missouri Highway 5 on the Camden-Laclede county line. The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral is compared to the lighter shades of aurichalcite, in which zinc predominates over copper. Pure...rosasite, which is nearly always associated with aurichalcite, invari­ ably occurs in lesser amounts. In a...Tri-State or Joplin district of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri have a ratio of around 5/1. This is somewhat larger...twice as abundant as mottramite. The case of aurichalcite and rosasite is more complicated than the above...half as abundant in the earth's crust as is aurichalcite, prob­ ably not exceeding 5% to 10% of the amount
Catalog/List
minor dolomite micros and chalcopyrite-pyrite. (Missouri USA ) Seager collection £8 SPHALERITE black octahedral...small 2 x ½" area on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Nevada ,USA) £10 ALBITE very nice coverage of small white crystals...Down Mine, Cornwall b) lx2.5 £6 2x2.5 £15 AURICHALCITE blue micros and small masses on 2x2 matrix Ochr
Journal (issue)
S M IN E R A L S 1223 PORT ROYAL, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 63141 N EW LISTINGS - M -6 : In lieu of quarterly...432-2882. (Showroom: 149 N. Meramec, Clayton, Missouri). Shop ph. (314) 726-2236. Mon.-Fri. 9:00-5:00...captured the attention of many mineral collectors. Aurichalcite, wulfenite, mimetite, chrysocolla, hemimorphite...rests with its secondary minerals. Of these, aurichalcite is perhaps the most noteworthy, providing the...repeatedly, and, henceforth shall be called the “aurichalcite area” and “wulThe Mineralogical Record TABLE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
t i t a n i f e r o u s... . . . . . . . lLz Aurichalcite from Big Cottonwood Canvon. Salt La,ke County...lRea.l.. of smith's Flat (Evans) Diasporitein Missouri (Wherry) Diootase. Dip.vre. Discovery of celestite...Royale Copper Mine, Eoughton, Mich. (Peck). 62 Missouri, calcite, 96; diasporite 144 Mizzonite. 70 Mohawkite...States (Schrader, Stone, and Sanford). Utah: aurichalcite, 130; crandallite, 42; ferroludwigite, 68; luiiwieite
Catalog/List
ofchalcopyrite with se lenite, baryte, calcite and minor aurichalcite. Calcite with chalcopyrite. Clayton Adit, Ecton...limestone containing a mouse? jaw. Collected 1972. Aurichalcite with calcite. Clayton Adit, Ecton, Staffordshire...Staffordshire. Pearly pale green coating of aurichalcite coating a matrix ofcrude calcite scalenhedra. Collected...epimorphs on the underside. Hemimorphite and aurichalcite. Golconda Mine, nr. Brassington, Derbyshire...green aurichalcite lining large cavities in a baryte matrix. 87/055 Hemimorphite and aurichalcite. Golconda
Report (issue)
oxidized zinc deposits_ 41 9. Known occurrences of aurichalcite and rosasite(?) in oxidized zinc deposits__...supergene deposits; hydrozincite, willemite, aurichalcite, descloizite, chalcophanite, and sauconite are...(calamine) Hydrozincite Willemite Franklinite Zincite Aurichalcite Sauconite Descloizite and mottramite Chalcophanite...crystals, commonly not more than 5 mm long. Aurichalcite, the blue basic carbonate of zinc and copper...Leadville, Colo., Tintic, Utah, and Pioche, Nev. Aurichalcite ores have been mined in Utah and Nevada for
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
haveneverbeenreportedfrom the zincdeposits of Missouri and Wisconsin, which are far removed from outcropsof... Atacamite.............. Kemp. 6 Rogers. Aurichalcite ............ Azurite .................. Barite...composition of such ores as the zinc ores of southwest Missouri and south- westWisconsin, whichare remotefrom...anglesite,antimony,apophyllite,arsenic,atacamite, aurichalcite,azurite, bismuth,bromyerite,calamine,caledonire...igneousrocks,are: Alum, anglesite,aragonite,aurichalcite,azurire, calamine,caledonire,cerussite,chalcanthite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
No. 1, Mid-Continent Region — Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma. The objective of the Geological Highway...cementing " ' " 2 - Z ^ ^ H » kansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma in an interesting and colorful manner...Augite ! 4 " xl. Jasper Cuprite Ort hoc lase Aurichalcite Jefferesite Talc Azurite Deweylite Tephroite
Catalog/List
rich blue mass on lx2 matrix (Majuba Mine, Nevada USA) £6 STRONTIANITE yellowish. strongely fibrous mass...surface hardshell Mine, Santa Cruz County Arizona USA £ I 2 GYPSUM variety SELENITE small 2x2 clear plate...minor dolomite micros and Chalcopyrite-pyrite. (Missouri USA ) Seager collection £8 ..,,.. r MILLERITE...by micro-probe (Hill top Mine Dona Ana County, NM USA) £7 ANTIMONY native. quite rich silvery cleavages...granite Hingston Down Mine, Cornwall lx2.5 £6 AURICHALCITE blue micros and small masses on 2x2 matrix Ochr
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chalcopyrite, Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Marvin Rausch specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Adularia...from Uruguay, R. H. Currier, 94-105 Ankerite, Missouri, 421; Wisconsin, 346 Annite, Mont Saint-Hilaire...Apatite, Maine, 44 Aracamite, Arizona, 23 Aragonite, Missouri, 421; Wisconsin, 346 Archibald, D. D., see Twenty-third...Mineralogical Symposium Atacamite, Arizona, 22 Aurichalcite, Wisconsin, 346 Autunite, Maine, 46 Azurite...Mineralogical Symposium Baldwin, D., 245 Barite, 123; Missouri, 375,421 Bartsch, J. A., Flashback!, 152-53 Barwood
Catalog/List
November 1999________ 1 ULEXITE, Boron, California, USA. Matrix free pure mass of tight silky unidirectional...limonite. RF. Ml. £4.00 3 AZURITE, Morenci, Arizona, USA. Pretty pocket of sparkling tiny blue xtls. GRF....00 4 MALACHITE, Killie Mine, Elko Co., Nevada, USA. Very rich with fibrous edges or cross section. GRF...Pit, Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA. Pastel apple green radiate fibrous xtls. GRF. Ml...COPPER, White Pine Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA. Heavy pure copper vein slab. GRF. C. £6.00 19
Catalog/List
infrequently occurring mineral priced at $3.00 each. AURICHALCITE - BISBEE: Southwest Mine, Cochise County, Bisbee...each, and 4 to 6 inch specimens: $30.00 each AURICHALCITE - MEXICAN: Mapimi, Durango, Mexico: Bright blue...limonite: 1X1 to 2X2 inch specimens: $2.00 each AURICHALCITE - 79 MINE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County...GALENA-MARCASITE-CALCITE-PYRITE-DOLOMITE-DRUSY QUARTZ: Bixby, Missouri: Old material from a classic location. Very nice...each LIMONITE PSEUDOMORPHS AFTER MARCASITE: Tiff, Missouri: Excellent crystalline replacement of marcasite
Catalog/List
on Hidalgoite (Gold Hill Mine Tooele County Utah USA) lxl f2.5O lx2 f5.OO 2x2 flO C263 AXINITE rich...masses 1 X 1/2 (Betroka f6 spots mass on other USA) rich piece f.3.50 Madagascar-) scattered lxl 1/2...C284 MANSFIELDITE rich grey masses County, Oregon USA) lxl f.3.00 lx2 f5 grey crystal 2x2 (Hobart ...C296 THAUMASITE pur2 white mass of acicular Jersey USA) 1/2 x 1/2 f.3.20 lxl C297 TOBERMORITE white (Crestmore...rebrowne and black Wave. The New Jersey) Sussex Very USA) New f.8 C306 CHALCOCITE very minor Mine, ShaEt
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 08:53 09 December 2014 JOPLIN, MISSOURI This unusual specimen consists of a 54 by 34...greenockite. The specimen was found in a Joplin, Missouri, district mine in the late 1800s and was donated...enormous tonnage of lead and zinc produced from Missouri, the state is not well known for fine specimens...these specimens was appropriately nominated as the Missouri state issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice. Hemimorphite...Commonly associated minerals include smithsonite, aurichalcite, rosasite, hydrozincite, and a wide assortment
 
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