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Calcite from
Marble quarry, Kras, Treffen am Ossiacher See, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Marble quarry, Kras, Treffen am Ossiacher See, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:199893
Long-form Identifier:1:3:199893:1
GUID (UUID V4):cd098d50-e76f-4a2c-8de2-3ea84b0e4460
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.9km (0.5 miles) Modre quarry, Kras, Treffen am Ossiacher See, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
1.8km (1.1 miles) Einöde, Winklern, Treffen am Ossiacher See, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
2.6km (1.6 miles) Magnetite occurrence, Wollanig, Villach, Carinthia, Austria
3.9km (2.4 miles) Oswaldiberg tunnel (A10 Highway tunnel), Oswaldiberg, Villach, Carinthia, Austria
7.0km (4.4 miles) Weißenstein, Kellerberg, Paternion, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
7.4km (4.6 miles) A10 Highway tunnel, Kroislerwand, Kellerberg, Paternion, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
9.6km (6.0 miles) Umberg, Wernberg, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
12.0km (7.5 miles) Rudolf Mine (Rudolf Shaft), Bad Bleiberg, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
13.3km (8.3 miles) Pöllaner Höhe, Pöllan, Paternion, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
13.8km (8.6 miles) Antoni Mine (Antoni Shaft), Bleiberg-Kreuth, Bad Bleiberg, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gilgen Windows Alps-The Hallein District I . Alps-The Hallein District II . Alps-The Lammertal and Gosau... near Salzburg, the next five on Spittal, in Carinthia, and the last two on Leoben and Vienna respectively...Geologists' Association 1966 Field Meeting in Austria. The form of the orig inal Guide has been retained...Salzburg, five days based on Spittal, in Karnten (Carinthia), one day in Leoben and one in Vienna (Fig. I)...of one of the numerous good tourist guides to Austria. The present Guide is intended for use in conjunction
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OF AUSTRIA By P H I L I P M O R R I L L East Derry, N . H . 0 3 0 4 1 IV S A L Z B U R G (Land Salzburg)...(up to 4 " ) ; Beryl X l s with Epidote X l s : Calcite which contains the city of Salzburg. Many people...H N ) ; Mamble Grossularite Hessonite X l s ; Calcite X l s ; ( H N ) ; Pyrite. Obersalzbachtal. Epidote...penwand, a cliff on the E side near the Leather with Calcite X l s entrance where many of the finest epidote...Pyrrhotite; Galena; Arsenopyrite; Marcasite; Calcite Xls; Clinochlore; Disthene; Hematite; Gold panning
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Articles Famous mineral localities: Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria ...........................................Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria. Photo by Werner Lieber. For a detailed review of this locality see the article...mineral shows with special postmarks for years (see, for example, the Bad Ems show postmarks shown in...1 famous mineral localities: Bleiberg Carinthia, Austria Gerhard Niedermayr* Department of Mineralogy-Petrology...History Museum of Vienna Burgring 7, A-1014 Vienna, Austria leiberg is among the most famous o f European
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exposed extensive sand and gravel banks. You will see inconspicuous boulders lying about, most of them...pale, reddish spots. Break it open, and you will see a tangled mass of fine, blackishgreen needles with... You will be told that these are fragments of calcite crystals. Three minerals will be mentioned to you...minerals, and occasionally of a few more. Limestone or marble are good examples illustrating the first case,...consisting (apart from impurities) only of the mineral calcite. Granite is the bestknown example of a rock consisting
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MONTHLY CONTENTS FOR OCTOBER, 1945 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................···································· 471 BLEIBERG, AUSTRIA .................................................SPECIMEN FROM PENN. ........ 479 BRENNER PASS OF AUSTRIA ··············································...(township) ; and Dexter Lime Quarry, Lincoln township. The latter quarry is not usually ascribed to any...shelf of the quarry lies some 35 feet below the water level, the bottom much more. The quarry was first
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINES AND MINERALS OF AUSTRIA By P H I L I P M O R R I L L EastDerry, N. H. 03041 This data was accumulated...from many These operations are on leased land and trips to Austria. While it may be the most not open to...two or more until a more rounded text results. Austria is defined here as what is localities. presently...mineral museums of torically, within recent times, Austria in­ which the best is the Natural History cluded...collections in the mining duces salt, metals, calcite crystals. The towns and the cities near the mining
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Mandarino Famous mineral localities: The Annaberg District, Lower A u stria ............................................. 233 by J. A. Mandarino COVER: CALCITE, 13.9 cm, from Cumbria, England. William Larson...(1972) gives a detailed description of this unique quarry and its yttrium-niobiumbismuth-vanadium mineral...GERMANY 2 Am Hechtsberg quarry, Hausach NAMIBIA 10Khorixas UNITED STATES 3Stewart mine, Pala district, California...or pneumatolytic origin Mica Lode-Meyers Ranch quarry, 8-Mile Park, Colorado Beyerite, schumacherite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
38 Excursions through Tyrol, Carinthia, Carniola, and Friuli, in 1861-3. By JOSIAH GILBERT and G. C...rock was older than the Lias. The geology of the district has now been more completely explored, and is...lead-mines of Bleiberg, near Villach, are the most extensive in Austria, yielding annually 1,600 or 1...roof of the workings is formed of a dark brown marble, full of Ammonites, polished sections of which...called ' Rhaetic,' after the Alps that divide Carinthia from the valley of the Inn. In the last pages
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163–172 Ranciéite crystals from Friesach, Carinthia, Austria ANDREAS ERTL1*, FRANZ PERTLIK1, MARKUS PREM1...Universität Wien, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Wien, Austria * Corresponding author, e-mail: andreas.ertl@a1...A-1014 Wien, Austria 5 Geologische Bundesanstalt, Rasumovskigasse 23, A-1030 Wien, Austria Abstract: Ranciéite...Ranciéite from Friesach, Carinthia, Austria, is described from an oxidation zone of a small (Mn-bearing)...manganite, nsutite, goethite, lepidocrocite, and calcite. Ranciéite rarely forms small purple-silver grey
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MINES AND MINERALS OF AUSTRIA By P H I L I P M O R R I L L East Derby, N . H., 0 3 0 4 1 ( P A R T III)...Scolzite with wulfenite; Q X l s ; Smithsonite; Calcite Xls (very fine); Plombocalcite X l s ; Limonite;...Vivianite as powder. Krasta Valley. Marble Qs six Mi. W of Villach nr Drautal. Raibl-Galena; Calamine;...Adularia Xls; Magne­ tite X l s ; Sphene X l s ; Black Marble Q. Mallnitz-Pericline X l s . Unterschaferalpe...Goldzeche-Gold (xlized). Wacshganz-Gold (xlized). Zern See, N E / from Heiligenblut-Thurningite. Dobrova-Tourmaline
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metamorphosed sandstone and forms a hard rock. Marble forms from the metamorphosis of limestone and may...16 Phyllite Gneiss Homfels 17 Quartzite Marble Skam 18 Sedimentary Rocks Sandstone Travertine...organic origin; the most prominent example is CaC03, calcite. The triangular C03 group gives threefold symmetry...for the study of crystals; if we take a cube we see that there can be straight lines drawn through the...as coming out of the equatorial edges. We can now see that crystals can be quite precisely classified even
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crystal about 2cm tall and one cm across. Francon Quarry, Quebec Canada £50 2. BERYLLONITE translucent...so 4mm dark blue-grey crystals scattered over calcite phlogopite matrix, Betroka Madagascar 2x3 inch...salmon-pink Barite in the matrix (not fluorescent) Crich Quarry Derbyshire £ I 0 21. HYDROZINCITE visible with...fluorescent coating, large I x2 inch Bleiberg Carinthia, Austria £7 22. HYDROXYL-HERDERITE good pale pinkish...size (Linopolis district, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil) .£ 18 23. CALCITE pseudomorph after
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
realgar mineralization in marbles from Saualpe, Carinthia, Austria R. GoÈd1 and J. Zemann2 1 2 È sterreichisches...Vienna, Austria O Institut fuÈr Mineralogie und Kristallographie, UniversitaÈt Wien, Vienna, Austria With...December 30, 1999 Summary The ``Geochemical Atlas of Austria'' shows a notable positive geochemical arsenic...stream sediments of the Saualpe, eastern Carinthia, Austria. Detailed investigation has shown that it...Dellach, Austria is free of other elements (Czermak and Schadler, 1933; Weber et al., 1997; see also footnote4
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Graz, Universitaetsplatz 2, A-8010 Graz, Austria 2 OREA, Institute for Oriental and European Archaeology...of Sciences, Hollandstrasse 11-13, A-1020Wien, Austria e-mail: christian.ademeit@student.tugraz.at The...of Vienna, Althanstraße 14 (UZA II), 1090 Wien, Austria Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography...Leoben, Peter-Tunner-Straße 5, A-8700 Leoben, Austria Department of Geology, Shahid Chamran University...University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 2, A-8010, Graz, Austria e-mail: thomas.angerer@uibk.ac.at 1 2 Sphalerite
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Lazuli (see No. 96) Top right: Orpiment with Realgar (see No. 288) Bottom: Garnets in Mica Schist (see No... Table of Chemical Elements Symbol Name Ac Ag A1 Am Ar As At Au B Ba Be Bi Bk Br C Ca Cd Ce Cf Cl Cm...pyramids rhombohedron apatite beryl, corundum calcite quartz tourmaline orthorhombic rhombic prisms... calcium carbonate (CaC03) may crystallize as calcite (calc spar) which is trigonal, or, under different...spherical cavities which are called geodes. Quartz, calcite and fluorite are typical of such crystals. Mostly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Printed in Austria Rare Earth Element Fractionation in Metamorphogenic Hydrothermal Calcite, Magnesite...magnesite and Hiittenberg siderite deposits, both Carinthia, Austria, are discussed and shown to be of non-sedimentary...concentration of the free ligand X. Precipitation of calcite in an open (eq (3)) or closed (eq (4)) system follows...c ,o,. HCO~ COs= Fig. 3. REE fractionation in calcite depending on the initial [ C a 2+ ] / r c t o t...solution becomes more acidic in the course of calcite precipitation which reduces the dissociation of
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Rhodochrosite Aragonite Calcite 79 80 81 Cobaltocalcite Onyx marble 82 83 Landscape marble Smithsonite 85...one mineral only (e.g. marble, which in its pure state consists entirely of calcite). The minerals of which...water and glaciers and deposited in the sea, on land, and in lakes and rivers. They are eventually compacted...replaced by silica, calcite or some other mineral. Some of these, such as fire marble and wood opal, make...recrystallization of the existing minerals. Examples are marble, the metamorphosed form of limestone, and quartzite
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amphibole group). For more detailed information see "Dana's System of Mineralogy•· ( 1944, I 951, 1962)...opaque mineral to reflect the light gypsum. 3 - calcite, 4 - fluorite, 5 - apatite, 6 - ortho- beam on...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....other mineral mixtures, more detailed information see page 7 * valid mineral species in our opinion which...Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry AM - American Mineralogist AMG - Ark.iv Mineralogi och
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from GoM3 O4 O10 slerwand, Prägratten, Tyrol, Austria. It typically forms elongated, Al O OH often striated...Subgroup Clinozoisite was named by Weinschenk in 1896 [see Franz and Liebscher (2004) for a historical synopsis]...in amphibolite gneiss at the Keystone trap-rock quarry, Cornog, Pennsylvania. • Pink to green crystals...niigataite for the type locality, in the Itoigawa-Ohmi district, Niigata Prefecture, in central Japan (Miyajima...in a sample of pumpellyite rock from the Wakasa district, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. The host rock consisted
Catalog/List
rich red mass with black Franklinite and minor calcite and willemite. the willemite will fluoresce green...pure grey slightly crystalline mass, Ratnapura district SriLanka small 2x3 £8 5. MUSCOVITE nice curved...fibrous crystals in large 2x3 quartz Maishofen, Austria £17 15. KOCHSANDORITE three small white areas...mountain leather covering a one inch scalenohedral calcite crystal. (Vannlandsberg Mine, Nordmark Sweden)...and with a band ofBarite (not fluorescent) Crich Quarry Derbyshire £10 3x3 inch 42. FLUORITE cleavages
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Jersey. Smithsonian specimen; photo by Victor Krantz. See the article by Dunn and Leavens on p. 123 of this...often quite interesting. A slab of fossiliferous marble was labeled “petrified flesh of a fish, or something...learned that Marriot and Son had bought the Oneco quarry and were working it (the one which we had first...had been abandoned. Here is an example of how a quarry might receive a wrong name by a careless collector...Another source of confusion arises when a mine or quarry is situated near a county or state line and its
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TRIP TO EMERALD LOCALITY AT HABACH, AUSTRIA By MRS. T. R. HICKERNELL 320 Libbie Ave., Richmond, Va. ...friends had an emerald specimen in mica from Habach, Austria. The situation presented itself last summer. I...settle an estate my mother left me in Burgenland, Austria. Flew by KLM jet in 6 hrs from N . Y. to Amsterdam...Amsterdam and then another hour to Vienna, Austria at which point I picked up the car to drive during my entire...south of Vienna opens up like a fairyland—the entire land contains chalets—dorfs or villages, even the people
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including with notches an side. the get a (see figure,) both have which make Very rarely twinning...Canyon a produced The entire we cannot substance Am. Diablo with Jour. Sc., had on the Dec. 9... 'holy fallen filled with the olivine it district: from or at regarded The moderate a at high...Meteoric Stone, or Iron Moes, Transylvania, Austria-Hungary. Meteorites, Canon Diablo, Arizona. Kiowa...sandstone allows cabinet are is Austria-Hungary, brown coal formation.” am cases and some large was
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miners at work in the Diirrnberg-Hallein mine (1756) (see also comment on copyright page) Mineral Deposits...heldatBled/Yugoslavia 3-7, 1977, held at Leoben/ Austria 5-10,1981, held at Berchtesgaden/Bavaria, FRG ...Mineralisation of the "Paleozoic of Graz" (Styria, Austria) (With 3 Figures). . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Pennian and Scythian Series of the Eastern Alps, Austria, and Its Petrogenetic Significance (With 1 Figure)...with these steep slides. A historical oil painting (see colour print opposite the front page) shows mine
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micro's on some galena in the matrix, Bleiberg Carinthia Austria ( one of the most famous European mines) £20...inch matrix with minor Hydrozincite Bleiberg Carinthia Austria £6 20. HUNTITE white chalky massive areas...small stilbite crystals 3x2 inches £25 Wagholi Quarry, Poona ,India 23. EUDIALYTE really excellent display...with a small area of calcite crystals about 2cm x4mm on the prehnite, the calcite has some slight dame...dame which is not obvious. Boyleston Quarry Glasgow, Scotland £9 28. BARYTES cut and polished, salmon coloured
 
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