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Covellite from
Roya, Auron, Saint-Etienne-de-Tinée, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France


Classification
Species:Covellite
Formula:CuS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Covellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Roya, Auron, Saint-Etienne-de-Tinée, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:251699
Long-form Identifier:1:3:251699:8
GUID (UUID V4):fcac97fa-7563-4073-b469-da98138c2e8d
Nearest other occurrences of Covellite
8.5km (5.3 miles) Chaspourné, Saint-Etienne-de-Tinée, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
9.9km (6.2 miles) Claï, Saint-Etienne-de-Tinée, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
10.2km (6.4 miles) Le Rivet, Saint-Etienne-de-Tinée, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
10.4km (6.5 miles) Valberg, Guillaumes, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
13.9km (8.6 miles) Pont des Roberts, Guillaumes, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
14.5km (9.0 miles) Ruà Mine, Bagni di Vinadio Valley (Corborant Valley), Vinadio, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
15.4km (9.6 miles) Merlier Mine, Isola, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
15.6km (9.7 miles) Bousiéyas, Saint-Etienne-de-Tinée, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
17.6km (11.0 miles) Berghin, Roure, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
18.0km (11.2 miles) Tigello (Tigelle), Sorbière, Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
electron (Jeol JSM 6400) microscopes at the Universidad de Zaragoza. Specimens were etched with HNO3 (60 %)...isotope analyses were performed at the Laboratorio de Isótopos Estables of Salamanca University. “In situ”...the confluence of the Aragón river and the Canal Roya river, about 2 km north of Canfranc Estación (Spain)...and 3h). Occasionally, proustite and supergene covellite have also been found. Some of the above mentioned...related to Alpine orogeny. Acknowledgements Gobierno de Aragón financially supported this study. The stay
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Steenfelt (Denmark/Greenland), M. Pagel (France), B. Poty (France), J. Royall (Spain), and A. Kuestermeyer...their magmatic evolution as presented in Chapter 6, France. V. I. Kazansky translated and prepared text and... . . . 159 159 159 159 162 162 162 Chapter 6 France .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....peripheral to the Massif Central . . . . . . . . 6.2.1 Saint-Pierre Basin, Cantal . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4.1 Saint-Hippolyte Area, Northeastern Vosges, Dpt. Haut-Rhin
Catalog/List
overall quality. BROOKITE: Magnet Co1Je 1 Arkansas: Nice quality lustrous black brooklte crystals as eingfe...this year. This stuff is common, but its so darn nice looking I Just had to grab a few flats. For the...experiment, finally got around to it! These are nice specimens full of copper with lots of bright green...show some degree of malachite replacing azurite. Nice stuff; $4.00 each MANGANITE: Caland Pit, Atlkokan...onty was able to get a single flat! TOPAZ: St. Louis de Potosi, Mexico: Great thumbnail specimens mounted
Journal (issue)
(l'ri111,·r,\ I td \\'nrl..,np, ,>th. SH\l ~1-1-. de,·otl·d co till' mi1tl'r:Jl~of Pl·nb.:rchy C.rnfr...a fe v men working. The letters of Capt. Henry France to John Hawkins state that production was fairly...to 1 m \,·ide were recorded as p.1rt of J 20 m \\;de crosscourse during rl!cent exploration work (CJmm...\pccin1cm in the author\ collectiom and colours arc de,nibcd from the Methuen Handbook of Colour (Korncrup...oxidation. Common associates include cerussite, covellite, brochantite. chalcopyrite, linarite, P}'rite
Journal (issue)
(Gordon), chalcocite (Gordon), chrysocolla (Gordon), covellite (Gordon), copper (Gordon), cuprite (Gordon), devilline...a rat her extensive program exploring for ore at de pth by means of diamond drilling. Owing to va ndalism...Arsenates, Molybdates *wn Wulfenite *mm Mimetite *de Descloizite *mt Mottramite * Olivenite Clinoclase...Pyrite gn Galena sl Sphalerite cp Chalcopyrite *cv Covellite *cc Chalcocite ? Argentite Molybdenite Carbonates...while at depth it makes up almost 35% of the ore. Covellite and chakocite have locally enriched the primary
Journal (issue)
The group visited many localities including Mont Saint - Hilaire, Quebec, where they took advantage of...wonderful specimen from Les Malines mine in central France with brilliant white hemispherical aggregates of...the more interesting areas and had brought a few nice specimens of wavellite and two superb variscite...planned. This was not just about collecting a few nice specimens of wavellite! The rocks at High Down Quarry...abundantly present in the fractures and one specimen had nice variscite. Collecting in this area showed that wavellite
Journal (issue)
name: few , Engl Sh 6.ne at al land Man Inca roya cum few cem: to • the ~ fror wer of ' ma1...emerald " in place" in 1545, by Capt. ~iego de Martinez de Panagos. From that time, under the direction...contmued, until the rich mine at the Cerro de Itaco ( near "Minas de Muw",. Fig. 2) was found by Alonzo Ramirez...are effatically distributed. Photopaph from Banco de la Republica, Bogota, Colombia. 344 gantc colorants...flow of the river, are normal. Photograph from Banco de la Republica, Bogota, Colombia. 345 ERALS ROCKS
Report (issue)
calcite, chalcocitc, chalcopyrite, chrysolite, covellite, feldspar, galena, gold, graphite, kyanite, laumontite...COUNTY: azurite, bornite, chalcopyrite, copper, covellite, cuprite, ilmentite, leucoxene, magnetite, malachite...1856). Greene County—Small quantities occur with covellite and malachite at the Hightop Mine on the south...chalcopyrite asso­ ciated with pyrite crystals and sooty covellite occur in a large quartz vein, currently being...personal communication). Fluvanna County—With covellite in a quartz vein along Virginia Route 6 about
Journal (issue)
Avenue, NYC 10018 • Tel: (212) 947-0540 1. Nephrite J• de C hunke. One side polished. Average weight about...$18.00; 3mm about .10 pt. - $ 20.00. 3. Nephrite J•de Cebochona. (Navettel 16x6mm - 6 pcs. $8.00; 17x9mm... Size about 11 'hmm - pr. $10.00. 35. Nephrite J•de B,.celet. Mounted in silver. a) Four section bent...good carving. Drilled 3 for $11 .00. 37. Nephrite J•de Kw,nyln Pend,nt. P1," carving of "Goddess of Mercy...14mm - $2 5.00; 15mm - $30.00. 58. C•rved Nephrite J•de Butterfl)' Wlnga. Make your own Jewefry. Size 1'h"x
Journal (issue)
BRILLIANT MATERIAL. Wonderful practice material for de· velopina new cuts because of Its exceptional low... -;,i:~y ,;b YELLOW CITRINE QUAm _ BRAZIL A. nice medium Golden Yellow color in pieces. Ideal for...foreien cuttffl . . . an especl~lli nice lot. Stones are cut with nice full back and WIii STJIDII■ IDUIID...turn-on parties, light & t hellrlcal shows, psychedelic de• cors. ho I I day decoretlons Shock• proof end-caps...White/ Red and Grey/ Red pieces with strong col ors. Nice chunky pieces to cut medium and large cabochons
Book
production, reserves, and utilization of met allic mineral de posits throughout the world bas changed materially...they will be referred to collectively as mineral de posits. Since the history of the origin and accumulation...such a manne r that o pe nings favorable for ore de pos iti o n occur (Fig. 2-6) , w he reas incompete...of values or occurrence of shoots in metalliferous de posits , Econ . G eology, vol. 3, pp. 143- 145. 34...Bateman (2) discussed the fo rm ation of magma tic de pos its and p rop o sed tha t they be classified
Book (edition)
prepared two especially important works, De Natura Fossilium in 1546 and De Re Metal/ica, published posthumously...mineralogy, geology, mining, and metallury of that era. In De Natura Fossilium, Agricola enu_ merated and defined...of the French scientists Jean Baptiste Louis Rome de l'lsle (1736-1790) and Rene-Just HaOy (1743-1822)...Bulletin Signaletique, Bibliographie des Sciences de la Terre (Cahier A-Mineralogie et Geochimie), published...pronouncement was duly confirmed as a general law by Rome de l'lsle, who used a simple contact goniometer for
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in and they have in the book reflected Vincenzo de Michele. curator of mineralogy at the City Museum.... . . . . ' collectors. Certainly Curator de Michele s the audience he was addressing words...translation. The American publishers echo Curator de Michele's expressed hope that "this manual will be...old shaft of the ferromanganese lode at Praborna, Saint Marcel (Val d'Aosta). southeast of Aosta in the...Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, This agency books de- also publishes a series of paperback scribing collecting
Catalog/List
EASY, MORE FASCINATING, MORE DELIGHTFUL -ANATOLE FRANCE THAN A CATALOGUE. 2 ADAl\llITE A basic arsenate...ALABANDITE Manganese sulfide Mexico Puebla, Sangue de Cristo, mina Preciosa. �rly-pure, dark brown cubic... . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mexico Durango, Cerro de Mercado. �ght yellow transparent-to-translucent crystal...prisms . . . . . . . . . . . l\'lexico Durango, Cerro de Kilercado. ---veflow transparent terminated single... . . . . . . . . . . . l'llexico Durango,· Cerro de Mercado. �II yellow transparent terminated crystals
Book (volume)
.............................. 13 0 Figure 28. De Kalb, NY diopside quarry........................... Figure 82. Map of rock types exposed on Mont Saint-I-Iilaire, Quebec........................... 408...408 Figure 83. Poudrette Quarry on Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec..........................................SALINAS, L. S. (1923) Catalogo sistematico de especies 111.i.nerales de Mexico y sus aplicaciones industriales...northeast fron1 the Pan American I-I.ighway at Chiapa de Corzo, the latter place being about 10 ,niles (15
Book (edition)
Krystallberechnung. 393 pp., Svo. Stuttgart, 1876. Mallard. Traite de Cristallographie geometrique et physique, vol. i...Groth, Editor ; Leipzig. Bulletin de la Societe Mineralogique de France. Commenced 1878. ; 1876. ABBKEVIATIONS...malachite, e.g., the familiar crystals from Chessy, France, an instance is afforded of the assumption of an...LiteRATI:kE. Cohesion Hardness. / Frankenlieim. De Crystalloraiu Cohassione, 1839 also in Baumgartner's...more im- different systems, portant principles de])end. jYature of optics upon which the phenomena
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LIBHAHY p 111'6 lOCl 2 hl76 0E'C 1 6 1978 FEB 1 DE C 6 1977 JUN \ O 1977 4 ~I 1982 DATE DU E FE...audience In his preface to the Italian edition Vincenzo de Michele. curator of mineralogy at the City Museum...discussions with other collectors Certainly Curator de Michele swords apply as well to those who read this...translation The American publishers echo Curator de Michele s expressed hope that this manual will be...old shaft of the ferromanganese lode at Praborna, Saint Marcel (Va l d 'Aosta), southeast of Aosta in the
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1644), Werner (1749-1807), Hutton (in 1788), and de Beaumont (in 184 7), proposed ideas that were the...the ore bodies is evident. 'rhe theory offers a nice explanation why all the ore bodies in some districts...When three-fourths of the salt is removed, the " ore de- Principles of Ore Deposition _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...25.6 66.4 33.6 79.8 20.2 J, bornite J, covellite J, chalcocite There are certain conditions which...The leading European countries were Hungary and France with 879,000 and 1,442,655 tons of bauxite respectively
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bibliotheques ou d'autres clients a reproduire des parties de ses publications pour leur usage interne ou pers01:nel...aient obtenu prealab lement une licence a cet efiet de Access Copyright (The Canadian Copyright Licensing...reproduction pow· fins de distribution generate, de publicite ou de pro1notion, pour la confection de nouveaux travaux...collectifs ou pour la revente. Pour toute reproduction de cette nature, on doit au prealable convenir d'ententes...Geological Modelling Supporting Mineral ExploraLion Eric de Kemp . . . . .. . .. ..... . .... .. . ... . . .
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Sciences Institute 'J aume Almera', Consejo Superior de I11vestigaciones Cientificas, Barcelona, Spain •...Field excursion from central Chile to the Atacama De<,crt. W. Gibbons & -1. Moreno 329 Refere nee::...(SERNAGEOM J N. Chile) E. Custodio (Univ. Politecnica de Cataluna, Spain) E. Godoy (SER NAGEOMI , Chile) A...Aut6noma de Madrid, Spain) H. Miller (Ludwig-Maximilians-Un1 v. Germany) D . Morata (Universidad de Chile...L. Ortieb (lnstitut Recherche D eveloppe1ncnt, France) N. Petford (Kingston University, U K) J. Pike
Book
Chapter 5 Private control. 1829- 49, the Marquis de 97 8 Environmental - land. forestry and farming...Figueroa RamOn. MindS de RIo Timo: eSludios sobre /d explotdC/on y e/ benefiCIO de sus mlnerdles (Coruna...the company was renamed "Campania Espanola de las Minas de Rio Tinto". Few mines have such a history as...expanding chemical industry. The Rio Tinto Mines (Minas de Rio Tinto) are situated in t he western foothills..., in an area sometimes referred to as the Sierra de Aracena, with the main lodes divided by a ridge which
Book (edition)
occur in nature with almost the perfect symmetry de- manded by theory. It is obvi- ous that the distinction...malachite, e.g., the familiar crystals from (c) Chessy, France, an instance is afforded of the assumption of an...(see below). LITERATURE. Cohesion ; Hardness. De Crystallorum Cohaesione, 1829 ; also in Baumgarfcner's...variations que ces proprietes eprouvent sous Finfluence de la chaleur ; C. R., Ixii., 987, 1866. 1868. tichmuf...proprietes pyro-electrique des Cristaux bons conducteurs de Telectricite ; Friedel Ann. Ch. Phys., IV., xvii
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MIEMBRo INSTITUTES CoRREs PoNDIENTE OF MINING DE LA soCIEDAD CIENTIFICA “ANToNIo ALzATE,” MEXICO...standard treatises of Ezquerra del Bayo and Manuel Malo de Molina, and the smaller text-books of Moncada y...PRINCIPAL WORKS CONSULTED ACADEMIA, “Diccionario de la Lengua Castellana por la Real Academia Española...Ministerio de Fomento de la República Mexicana,” Mexico, 10 vols., 1877 to 1888. Ansa, José Vicente de, “Informe...“Informe al excelentísimo Señor Ministro de Guerra y Hacienda de Indias,” MS., 1793 (a Report on the Mines
Book (edition)
AID TO PROSPECTORS Grubsta king or Backing M o.tore de posits have been di covered by lone prospect ors...it is likely to be darkened by Yc0 etation, and in de ·cr t areas it may be brackish. AJl ru bbish : hou...screw-cap. Attached to one end is a sterilized bl a de, a 11 inch in length, and in the hollow of the oth...easterly, or westerly. Care should be exercised in de fin ing th e boundaries of a claim so as to avoid...The Federal Governm ent gets 10 per cent of t he roya I t ics payable; the Durenu of Rccla nrn t.ion,
Report (issue)
000 to $1 , 000 , 000 w s tal en from about six lo de p rope rti es . The miner; of the Buffalo Hump d...las t 5 or 6 mi l es of the r out e f r om o· og an de Summ it to Humptown i s ov e r a tra il tha t fo...r~. t e reli e f a.'1d lie a t a general el ti t u de of a bout 4 , 000 f ee t . 7 CIRCULAR 9 U. S...f ~ om it by a low rock ridge . 'Ihe Re d Riv e r de fines p::t:ct of tl:e ~ou.thern "bouJ'ldary of :...time the Sa l mon and Cl eo.rwater Riv e rs had cut de ep canyon s well b P.l ow th e b ase of th e Columb
 
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