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Calcite from
Dolomite outcrops, Ofenhorn, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland


Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dolomite outcrops, Ofenhorn, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:153070
Long-form Identifier:1:3:153070:4
GUID (UUID V4):fd0e85e0-4a99-422f-ac57-afda9a15a894
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.4km (0.3 miles) Oxefeld, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
0.9km (0.6 miles) Albrun pass, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
1.1km (0.7 miles) Balmen dolomite outcrops, Bochtehorn, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
2.0km (1.2 miles) Halsen, Freichi area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
2.3km (1.4 miles) Bocchetta d'Arbola (Albrun Pass), Devero Alp, Baceno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
2.3km (1.4 miles) Turbe, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
2.6km (1.6 miles) Arbola Glacier (Punta d'Arbola N and E slopes; Ofenhorn N and E slopes), Sabbione Glacier area, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
2.7km (1.7 miles) Hohsandjoch (Passo del Sabbione), Sabbione Glacier area, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
2.7km (1.7 miles) Freichi, Freichi area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
3.0km (1.8 miles) Furggulti (Furggelti), Fäldbach valley, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
References
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Journal (issue)
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, New...g e n b a c h q u a rry , B in n a V a lle y , Valais, S w itz e rla n d (see a rtic le s in th is issue...have been formed in the last few years. The Oslo Area club (Oslo og Omegn Geologiforening) has its own
Report (chapter)
AMPHIPOLE; University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland 2 Alberta Geological Survey/Energy Resources...to the different deformation phases affecting the area, the potential origin of the detected fractures...in rock mass quality approaching the fold hinge area due to higher fracture persistence and higher weathering...approximately 5 km south of Blairmore (Fig. 1). This area became famous in 1903 after the destruction of the...has recently been re-emphasized in the South Peak area (Read et al. 2005; Froese et al. 2009a). The structural
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synclinorium where Pb-Zn mineralizations occur. In this area a relation may exist with the metallogenetic district...in prospecting for Pb-Zn mineralizations in this area. The aim of this paper is to document lithogeochemical...and Swennen (1986). The Dinantian sequence in this area can be subdivided into four lithological units (from...reflect subtidal sedimentation conditions; 2. a dolomite sequence (locally up to 300 m thick). These dolomites...tons Zn and 130 000 tons Pb were produced in this area. Mining was most important at and around the "La
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metamorphism of siliceous dolomites, I Ntremolite and calcite are usually considered the earliest of the new...phases formed by reaction of the primary materials, dolomite and quartz. An early formation of forsterite has...dolomites, a first formation of forsterite from dolomite and quartz could not rank as an equilibrium reaction...at any given pressure. In the BroadfordKilchrist area of Skye, the Cambrian dolomites belong particularly...detailed by Harker 2 in the Skye memoir. Outcrops of dolomite in the outer aureole of this intrusion providing
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diversity and accumulation of vertebrate debris in the dolomite are similar to other “bone beds” from the Muschelkalk...© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed...about 10 km south of town Kalety (Figure 1). In this area four lithostratigraphic units of the Triassic occur...2022, 12, x FOR PEER REVIEW 3 of 16 from the Kalety area shows that the thickness of the Wilkowice Beds does...deposits of central-southern Poland, the research area is marked with asterisk the afterCenozoic [17];
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were later filled with clay, silt, sand, dolomite, calcite, gypsum and organic matter. Carbon-14 age...supratidal and lacustrine environments where Recent dolomite has been identified, e.g. Bonair Island, Netherlands...the Coorong area of South Australia (VON DER BORCH, 1965). Recent and ancient calcite-dolomite pairs have...and laboratory work show that dolomite in isotopic equilibrium with calcite should 826 626 Notes be...EPSTEIN, 1966). The occurrence of coexisting calcite and dolomite with similar isotopic composition is apparently
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mg-calcite and calcite. These constituted 37% of the 1652 mineral particles examined. Mg-calcite predominated...transformation to calcite; (2) precipitation of Mg-ACC, followed by its transformation to Mg-calcite; (3) precipitation...heterogeneous nucleation and crystal growth of Mg-calcite. The actual number of inhaled dust particles may...pollution; lung mineralization; magnesian calcite; calcite; amorphous calcium carbonate Academic Editor:...© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed
Journal (issue)
1951 CONTENTS Page Introduction Location and Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Hyolithes Creek Dolomite.................................. The Dolomite Point Dolomite . . . . . . . ...accessible; accordingly this Island was chosen as a type area and base for further geological mapping within the...Unpublished notes on the geology of the Kap Oswa)d area. GEODÆTISK INSTITUT: Grønland 1:250000, 72 0, 2...1936-----37, p. 9. SchauIThausen 1937. LOCATION AND AREA Ella 0 is situated between the meridians 24°45'50"
Report (issue)
1969. Industrial Mineral Resources of the Bolton Area; Ontario Department of Mines IMR30, 54p. Use and...MINES INDUSTRIAL MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BOLTON AREA By D.F.HEWITT AND O.L.WHITE INDUSTRIAL MINERAL...MINES INDUSTRIAL MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BOLTON AREA By D.F.HEWITT AND O.L.WHITE INDUSTRIAL MINERAL...Shale Clinton Group Fossil Hill Dolomite Albemarle Group Amabel Dolomite Bedrock Topography Pleistocene...Shale Queenston Shale Whirlpool Sandstone Amabel Dolomite Sand and Gravel - Ill - • v 1 6 6 7 8 8 9 9
Report (volume)
.. Granular calcitic limestone and associated dolomite ........................ 1 2 4 4 4 5 6 7 8 9...Relations of dolomite and calcite in the Stockbridge limestone as bearing upon the origin of dolomite ........Interbedding of twinned calcite (marble) with granular dolomite.... Interbedding of twinned calcite and twinned dolomite...dolomite rock......... Conclusions...................................................... Westward change...change from calcite marble to granular limestone in beds of the same formation........................
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beautiful specimens of calcite, brochantite, and sphalerite. 0 k,,,ama, a state with an area of almost 70,000...counties. In addition, the TriState zinchead mining area, active for more than one hundred years, extends...southeastern Oklahoma. Only relatively recently has this area been seriously exploited by recreational and commercial...of this type of locality is the copper mineral outcrops in the Permian red beds. Joe Lobell’s (1986) article...Bunch, near Bunch, secs.l.5, 16, T.14N, R.24E: calcite (gray, massive, fluorescent and phosphorescent)
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Shale Member...________________________ Pecatonica Dolomite Member. _____ ________ McGregor Limestone Member________...Member_________________________ Ion Dolomite Member..____________________. Galena Dolomite._______________________________...Wisconsin-Illinois-Iowa zinc-lead district, is an area of about 37 square miles in Iowa, 17 square miles...St. Peter Sandstone and consists of limestone, dolomite, and shale and ranges in thickness from 52 to...in ascending order: Glenwood Shale, Pecatonica Dolomite, McGregor Limestone, and Quimbys Mill. The Decorah
Report (volume)
Magnesite________________________________________________ 105 Dolomite and calcite_______________________________________...map of the Coite magnesite deposit, south outcrop area. Page FIGURE 8. Index map of south-central Bahia...of magnesite and dolomite, Cabeceiras deposit_______ Analyses of magnesite and dolomite, Coite deposit____________...of magnesite and dolomite, Cordeiro deposit_________ Analyses of magnesite and dolomite, other localities__________...BRAZIL BY ALFRED J. BoDE.NLOS ABSTRAC'I.' Many outcrops of crystalline magnesite occur in the Serra clas
Report (Issue volume)
ascertain whether large quantities of high-grade dolomite are available without undue local difficulties...vrith very little dolomite. Groups VI anc VII o.re composed of limestone and dolomite in about equal runounts...105 ° 0 105 ° 0 H20 at MnO 002 P2 05 L , Pure Dolomite . 2-. 87 - • - e 2.85 0.28 • - 21.19...29 f - Totals a 1 • 8.3 2.1+2 0.16 0.11 , Dolomite in Fucoic Beds • d 2.85 , • ' ., • T •... (f '625 yds. N.W. ofLoch Lonaohan, Skye. (g) Dolomite from Fucoid Shales (which lie below the base of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
thesis, Unirers'ity of British Columb,ia,1952). This area lies in the southeastern Yukon Territory between...settlement in the area. A magnetite-pyrrhotite deposit in limestone and dolomite outcrops on the east bank...noted in a gangueof serpentine,diopside, calcite, dolomite, chlorite, and clinohumite. Ludwigite needlesabout
Report (volume)
SMITH, DIRECTOR BULLETIN 589 THE CALCITE MARBLE AND DOLOMITE OF EASTERN VERMONT BY T. NELSON DALE...the marble and dolomite localities described. II. A, Polished slab of granular dolomite breccia from Plymouth... such as coal, iron, oil, or copper, in a given area, but others treat of all the economically important...at present not only impossible to determine the area and general attitude of many of the beds but also...formations which are but partly exposed. The eastern area appears to be .one of greater metamorphism than
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ordovician meteorite impact into water-saturated dolomite Vicki DARLINGTON1*, Tom BLENKINSOP1,2, Paul DIRKS1...Australia, and is marked by a highly deformed dolomite annulus with an outer diameter of ~18 km, overlying...demonstrate a clear link between the deformation of the dolomite and the Lawn Hill impact. 40Ar-39Ar dating of...The timing and stratigraphic thickness of the dolomite sequence in the annulus suggest that there was...(Fig. 1) and is defined by an annulus of deformed dolomite surrounding a core, the Gum Hole Plain. The annulus
Report (edition)
Stnm.RLA:-.DSHlRE. PLATE Thrust mass of Durness dolomite and limestone. DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND...p. 15. Chemical and Allied Industries, p. 17. Dolomite, p. 17. Iron and Steel Manufacture, p.18. Marble...23. Sedimentary Dolomite, p. 23. Metamorphic Limestone, p. 25. Metamorphic Dolomite, p. 25. Contact-altered...Contact-altered Limestone and Dolomite, p. 25. Calcite and Dolomite Veins, p. 26. Specific Gravity of Limestones...Recent, p. 43. Dolomitic Fault-Breccia, p. 44. Calcite Veins, p. 44. CHAPTER CHAPTER ... VI. ...
Report (volume)
Stnm.RLA:-.DSHlRE. PLATE Thrust mass of Durness dolomite and limestone. DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND...p. 15. Chemical and Allied Industries, p. 17. Dolomite, p. 17. Iron and Steel Manufacture, p.18. Marble...23. Sedimentary Dolomite, p. 23. Metamorphic Limestone, p. 25. Metamorphic Dolomite, p. 25. Contact-altered...Contact-altered Limestone and Dolomite, p. 25. Calcite and Dolomite Veins, p. 26. Specific Gravity of Limestones...Recent, p. 43. Dolomitic Fault-Breccia, p. 44. Calcite Veins, p. 44. CHAPTER CHAPTER ... VI. ...
Report (volume)
5. 6. Geologic map of the Cougar Spar-Blue Bell area, Beaver County, Utah. . ..,. <-. Geologic plans...sizeable tonnages of fluorspar from pipes in faulted dolomite and rhyolite porphyry. From 1918 to 1924 the Silver...Star district near Milford, in the Monarch (Staats) area 47 miles west of Milford, and in the Indian Peak...Utah-Nevada State line. In Juab County the fluorspar area is in the Thomas Bange in, the center of the county...fragments. An intergrowth of lamellar quartz and calcite with orthoclase was found at the JB mine. Chalcedony
Report (chapter)
spectacularly exposed fracturecontrolled dolomitization. Dolomite bodies are 100 m to several km in width, have...undolomitized country rock. Sheets of dolomite extend away from dolomite bodies along steeply dipping fault/...resulting in the development of regional scale dolomite bodies? (c) From a reservoir perspective: what...vertical-horizontal length scale distribution of the dolomite bodies, when is porosity created and preserved;...spatially distributed within the dolomite bodies; how does dolomite distribution and porosity relate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
grouped as the Oslobreen Series, are dominantly of dolomite and limestone often with evidence of discontinuous...belt, lies in the north of Spitsbergen. Much of the area is ice-covered and the rock exposures are restricted...general structure of the Hecla Hoek rocks of this area has been described by Harland (1959). The rocks...post-Permian faulting. An east-west section across the area is shown in Text-fig. 3B. Our present knowledge...the field-work of C. B. Wilson. Wilson visited the area in the summers of 1953, 1955, and 1956, and Gobbett
Book
GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS DOLOMITE FORMATION, CHARACTERISTICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT... GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS DOLOMITE FORMATION, CHARACTERISTICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT...Data Names: Pokrovsky, Oleg S., editor. Title: Dolomite : formation, characteristics, and environmental...(hardcover) | ISBN 9781536107807 Subjects: LCSH: Dolomite. | Carbonate rocks. Classification: LCC QE391...1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Dolomite as Enigmatic Sedimentary Mineral and Important
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composition comprises carbonates (mainly calcite and Mg-calcite), quartz, feldspars, serpentine, amphibole...selected because of its excellent location in the area where the south-east Mediterranean Sea meets the...masses occupy the intermediate and deep waters of the area: the Cretan Intermediate Water formed locally; the...contribute to the composition of sediments in the area, as has been proposed in the past (Ehrmann et al...proposed in previous studies in the south-east Aegean area, discusses sediment provenance and interprets the
Report (issue)
minerals Chlorite Amphibole Pyroxene Olivine Calcite & dolomite Iron oxides & sulphides Other minerals Granite...that are not attached to the underlying bedrock . Outcrops are visible showings of bedrock that project ...overburden . In many parts of Manitoba , the best outcrops are found around lakeshores where over burden...water . Geologists are constant ly searching for outcrops , which they record on geological maps to show...marble , a metamorphic rock composed of crystals of calcite (calcium carbonate) which have been formed from
 
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