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Pyromorphite from
Altenberg, Pöllan, Paternion, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria


Classification
Species:Pyromorphite
Formula:Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyromorphite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Altenberg, Pöllan, Paternion, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:201578
Long-form Identifier:1:3:201578:1
GUID (UUID V4):1fa4a32e-589f-4c02-a912-2d75cd1fb3f5
Nearest other occurrences of Pyromorphite
37.1km (23.1 miles) Unterbuchach Alp, Kirchbach, Hermagor District, Carinthia, Austria
40.8km (25.4 miles) Penker Eisen Alp (Penker Gemeinschafts Alp), Teuchlbach valley, Penk, Reißeck, Spittal an der Drau District, Carinthia, Austria
40.9km (25.4 miles) Eisenriegel, Teuchlbach valley, Penk, Reißeck, Spittal an der Drau District, Carinthia, Austria
42.2km (26.2 miles) Stüblbau Mine, Gold mines, Schellgaden, Muhr, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria
44.6km (27.7 miles) Dalling, Innere Wimitz, Frauenstein, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
52.6km (32.7 miles) Schaumboden, Frauenstein, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
56.4km (35.1 miles) Ödenkar, Radhausberg, Kreuzkogel massif, Naßfeld valley, Bad Gastein, St. Johann im Pongau District, Salzburg, Austria
57.0km (35.4 miles) Kielbrein mine, Radhausberg, Kreuzkogel massif, Naßfeld valley, Bad Gastein, St. Johann im Pongau District, Salzburg, Austria
61.0km (37.9 miles) Barbara adit, Meiselding, Mölbling, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
61.8km (38.4 miles) Wildbachgraben, Straßburg, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
live in Germany, the other 10% live in Holland, Austria, Switzerland and many other countries of Europe...Alabama, New York and Wyoming together. After 1945 the land east of the interrupted line came under Russian...Belgium and Holland. The most important places are Altenberg and Stolberg. Lead-zinc mines of metasomatic type...beautiful specimens of green and brown large pyromorphite xls. Such pieces are still on the market. Not...hydrothermal lead-zinc mine. Excellent pieces of brown pyromorphite xls. Still in operation, but crystals are rare
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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)...powder. Krasta Valley. Marble Qs six Mi. W of Villach nr Drautal. Raibl-Galena; Calamine; Sphalerite...(radiated xls in magnesite). ROCKS AND MINERALS Altenberg-Hematite. Wochein-Limonite (Geodes). General-Tourmaline...16 Miles Do not scale. Uooer Austria Altaussee tsch# Lower Austria Yugoslav! VII STYR1A ROCKS AND...Volleg-Pharmacolite. Modriach. Rutile X l s (fine). Kaltenegg-Pyromorphite. Mautern-Steatite; Talc (rose - pink masses)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals including cerussite, anglesite, raspite, pyromorphite, mimetite, and scheelite. Relatively uninspiring...mines, Aha district, Salt Lake County; and the Wilson Consolidated mine in the Gold Hill district, Tooele...have been found at the Irish Rose mine, Victorio district, Luna County; the Taylor Creek and Iron Mountain...2 districts, Sierra County; and the Hansonburg district, Socorro County, New Mexico. Small, tabular, colorless...occur with pyromorphite, hinsdalite, and corkite at the Silver Coin mine, Iron Point district, Humboldt
Catalog/List
matrix. Unusual nice. 72x42x40 35,00 026 BISMUTH - Altenberg, Saxony, East-Germany. Rich bronze platy xl to...XX-GROUPS FROM THE STEFANIE MINE, BLEIBERG, CARINTHIA, AUSTRIA, COLLECTED IN 1980. X 032 Two specimens...(XIXth C.), A pure xlne mass with xls to 5x5, pyromorphite etc. Found in 1866 (fine old label). 48x40x15...MM B. TN ECLARITE - Barenbad, Hollersbachtal, Austria. Rich metallic fibres in matrix with ore. A, 25x19x13...ePPITE Wet Swine Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, En&land. 107 Rich bright metallic. masses with zinlcenite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Belgium, the most known are lead-zinc deposits Altenberg and Stolberg, very good specimens so called Schalenblende...been found stephanite, wurzite, jamesstonite, pyromorphite, greenockite, freibergite, berthierite, uranium...twins of gypsum crystals. BLEIBERG, Carnthia, Austria. Leadzinc deposit, here occur: galena, large xIs...greenockite, stolzite and srnithsonite. Near Salzburg Austria, well known mineral locality: wagnerite, lazurite...M1NERALS YAKUTIA, East Siberia, USSR, Verkhoyansk district, new discovered mineral localities; diamond, native
Book
Kremsmunster. Austria. which houses the mineral collection. Upper right: Pyromorphite crystals from Pribram...mineralogical cabinet of the convent at Kremsmunster, Austria. The . specimens a~e displayed m baroque furniture...important mineralogical museums in Western Europe Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany (Federal...half are in Germanspeaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The reasons for this are partly...universities, 14 by town or city councils, 13 by district councils or regional boards, and 16 form part
Catalog/List
thin, in the to on prismatic Heazlewood Pyromorphite. plentifully abutting the at ferruginous... '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...the crystals sandstone allows cabinet are is Austria-Hungary, brown coal formation.” am cases and...Molybdenum Glance, or molybdenum sulphide, Altenberg, Saxony. 10. Keweenaw Copper, or Peacock
Book
Interesting mineral specimens are also found on arable land or in stone debris along the roadside. Collecting...10H,O (Glauber Salt) Hallstatt, Salzkammergut, Austria colourless, white, yellow, grey, red, brown vitreous...botryoidal, reniform, earthy, powdery . 4H,O Altenberg near Aachen, Germany orthorhombic dull KAINITE...quartz PLUMBOCALCITE (Pb,Ca)COx, Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria WITHERITE BaCO; Alston Moor, Westmorland...barytes, coelestine, natrolite Eisenerz, Styria, Austria STRONTIANITE SrCO, Sendenhorst, Germany Table
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derives its name from the saltmining district of Hallstatt in Upper Austria, where many prehistoric finds have...quartz, Pls. 22, 23 calcite, Pl. 30 apatite and -pyromorphite, Pl. 37 beryl, Pl. 38 tourmaline, Fig. 17 quartz...another pair of faces is needed. Crystals of pyromorphite (Pl. 30, p. 142) may be taken as an example...sedimentary rocks are formed. Deposition may take place on land, in rivers, lakes, or in the sea. The majority of...and copper. The metals are carried away from the land mass in solution and deposited in the sea. There
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
are worth up to two thousand dollars or more. PYROMORPHITE from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania collected about...Other smithsonite localities represented are Altenberg, Germany (1874) ; Malfidano, Sardinia (yellow...at Werfen, Salzberg, Austria (1880) ; also from Hollengraben, Salzburg, Austria (1874); and Bamle, Norway...mineral locations in the world, Africa has become a land of surprises in these corresponding fields. Once
Australia, at Mount Morgan Mine, from Chartres Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and large production...U.S., nice bladed crystals occur in the Darwin district, Inyo County, California; also at Antimony Peak...California; and large crystals come from the Rand district, San Bernardino County. Long crystals at Manhattan...In U.S., very abundant in Tri-State lead-zinc district as cockscomb forms. Very excellent cockscomb crystals...found in schists at Mitterberg, Austria, and in the Trentino district, Italy. 40 Arsenopyrite (Metallic
Book (edition)
Chartres In Australia, at Mount Morgan Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and large production...U.S., nice bladed crystals occur in the Darwin district, Inyo County, California; also at Antimony Peak...California; and large crystals come from the Rand district, San Bernardino County. Long crystals at Manhattan...U.S., very abundant in Tri-State lead-zine district as cockscomb forms. Very excellent cockscomb...found in schists at Mitterberg, Austria, and in the Trentino district, Italy. 3x : Arsenopyrite (Metallic
Book
Interesting mineral specimens are also found on arable land or in stone debris along the roadside. Collecting...10H-O (Glauber Salt) Hallstatt, Salzkammergut, Austria very good soft, inelastic, flexible columnar...hemimorphite, vanadinite HOPEITE Zn,,(PO|).. 4H«O Altenberg near Aachen, Germany colourless, white, yellowish...calcite PLUMBO­ CALCITE (Pb,Ca)CO.t Blciberg, Carinthia, Austria WITHERITE BaCO3 Alston Moor, Westmorland...ARAGONITE CaCOj (Flos Ferri) Eisenerz, Styria, Austria f II Occurrence Assoc. Minerals Similar Minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fissures and caves lined with beautiful crystals of pyromorphite and cerussite were disclosed—good specimens...and associated phosphate minerals, including pyromorphite, hopeite, parahopeite, and tarbuttite, and the...includes hemimorphite, cerussite, descloizite, pyromorphite, smithsonite, and Pb-Zn-bearing manganese oxides...including smithsonite, cerussite, hemimorphite, pyromorphite, descloizite, vanadinite, and, very late in...FeS2 C -- Notebaart and Korowski (1980) Pyromorphite Pb5(PO4)3Cl C -- Spencer (1908) Quartz
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Herrerite, 2. Kapnicitë, Altenberg Mon- 2. Belgique 2, Altenberg. CARBONATÉ HYDRATÉ. Zinconise...SILICATÉ ANHYDRE. NonéDRiTE, — Montana, Ecosse, Altenberg Grèce, Cumberland 2, France (Swansea), New-Jersey...Mores- New-Jersey, 2. 2, Cli- Moresnetite, Altenberg. Va- New-Jersey. SULFATÉ. Goslarite, Harz...Lanarkshire. CARBONATÉ Bade 2, P. Caledonite, Pyromorphite, Huelgoat 3, Saxe 3, Cumberland 7, Galles...Arizona. ARSENIATÉ. Mimetesite, Var, Grèce, P. land. P. VANADATE. New-Mexico. Chileïte, 2. Arizona
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erosion furrows originating after rain, and arable land. Minerals can be acquired from river beds by washing...Molybdenite - platycrystal (18 mm) em bayed in qua rtz; Altenberg (GDR) 2. Polybasite- black-grey plates (8 mm)...Occurrence: local; salt deposits in lschl, Hallstatt (Austria), (Egypt), Karabogaz Gulf in Caspian Sea (USSR)•...France and Italy, in the vicinity of Salzburg (Austria) and in the vicinity of Wieliczka and Bochnia near...10 H2 O Tyrolite 32 Named after the Tyrol (Austria ) (Haidinger 1845) • Hardness: 1.5-2 • Streak:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals (tarbuttite, parahopeite, descloizite, pyromorphite, &e.) occur in cellular limonite in Kopje No...(p. 87) Vanadinite (p. 83). Quartz (p. 37). Pyromorphite (p. 33). Galena (p. 37). Hemimorphite (p. 34)...only a single locality, namely the zinc-mlne of Altenberg or Vieille Montagne in the neutral territory of...Description of hopeit% a n e w mineral~ from Altenberg, n e a r Aix-la-Chapelle.' Trans. R. Soc. E d...This suggests that the original hopeite from Altenberg also presents the same lamellar intergrowth as
Journal (issue)
considerable colour,yielding Chrysocolla,Cerusslte and Pyromorphite but not as finely crystal! ised as those from...Mlddleton,a village one mile from Wlrksworth,the land is all divided into small plots aach 0110 being...this, I may mention that the Registrar of this district(who has held his office since the Registration...supported entirely by working men) abound in this district; and few miners there a: who do not belong to...most Infrequent occurence. 9 • The mineral district of South Derbyshire Is remerkably picturesque
Book
erosion furrows originating after rain, and arable land. Minerals can be acquired from river beds by washing...Molybdenite — platy crystal (18 mm) embayed in quartz; Altenberg (GDR) 2. Polybasite — black-grey plates (8 mm)...(125 local; salt deposits in Ischl, Hallstatt (Austria), (Egypt), Karabogaz Gulf in Caspian Sea (USSR)...France and Italy, in the vicinity of Salzburg (Austria) and in the vicinity of Wieliczka and Bochnia near...Arsenate Tyrolite 32 Named after the Tyrol (Austria) (Haidinger 1845) Ca,Cu,(AsO,),(OH),) . 10 H,O
Catalog/List
A~GLESITE. 8. ATACAMITE. Copiapo, Atacama District, Chile. Rich, very dark, blackish green, bladed...If.xlt". f.l. 50. 9. AZURITE. Moldawa, Banat District, Hungary. Small, bright, blue sharp sparkling...£13.00. 15. BROCHANTITE. Mammoth Mine, Tintic District, Utah, U.S.A. Bright, deep green, small sharp...£1. 50; Specimen C - l-rxlt". 8Op. HEMATITE. Altenberg, Saxony, Germany. Unusual very sharp, bright black...Attractive specimen for display. 3x2ixl~". £8. DD. PYROMORPHITE. Burgan Mine, Nr. Shelve, Shropshire. Small
Journal (issue)
Metaliferi Mts. 15 4. Baia Mare metallogenic district 64 5. Other sources of native gold from Romania...unit. For instance, in BradSăcărâmb metallogenic district, the Au:Ag ratio is relatively uniform (45% to...metallogenic criterion: province, subprovince, district, sector, field/ node (Fig. 2) . 7 Fig. 1. Example...relevant metallogenic units (node, field, sector, district) were made. For samples sourced abroad, a summary...attached to the native gold samples from RoşiaBucium district; general and mineralogical characterization 9
Book (volume)
Wurtzite 126. Hemimorphite 53 the 122. Pyromorphite 130. Sulphur of 120. Cerussite 126 52...Wulfenite. minerals. Niccolite, Cobalt-ores. Pyromorphite, III Rhodochro- Hauerite, Alabandite, 36...hammered out it as account of its Greeks to land of his been free the variable amounts of contained... Wales, valued at especially ores a are district, in the been and were Carnon found, in ...great the of veins and in Kremnitz in district is, and scales ores gold the to mine
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Jachymov and Pyibram, Czechoslovakia; Schladming, Austria; Baia Sprie, Romania; Kongsberg,Norway; Borgofranco...type are found Cinovec, Czechoslovakia; in Altenberg, GDR; Botallack, Cornwall, Great Krupka and...dolomites; examples include Bytom, Poland; Bleiberg, Austria; Westphalia, FRG; Santander, Spain; Belgium; Cumberland...Cumberland and elsewhere in Great Britain; Tri States District, Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois, USA. The deposit...Freiberg, GDR; Herja, Romania; Leoben, Styria, Austria; and Bottino, Italy. Exceptionally it is transformed
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cadmium ore named after Lord Greenock, on whose land near Greenockite Glasgow was first found. Other...Eisleben and Freiberg (Germany) , Schladmlng (Austria), Cobalt and Eldorado (Canada), Natsume (Japan)...mine (Sardinia) and Vesuvius (Italy), Salzberg (Austria), Butte (Montana, USA), Kennicott (Alaska, USA)...Lobenstein (Germany), Waldenstein and LolJing (Austria), Fourstones (Northumberland, England), Durham...Azzer (Morocco). Deposits are mined in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic. (Co,Ni)As3 Colour: whit
Book (volume)
100. Found at several mines in the Huantajaya district, calcite, embolite, cerargyrite, bromyrite, iodyrite...limonite; also cerussite, atacamite, malachite, pyromorphite, wulfenite. Cerargyrite occurs at Johanngeorgenstadt...as at Caracoles in Antofagasta, the Huantajaya district in Tarapaca, and especially Chanarcillo in Atacama;...Obtained in notable amounts in the Broken Hill district. New South Wales (bromian pt.). In the United...Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona; in the Rand district and in the Calico and Barstow mines, San Bernardino
 
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