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Orthoclase from
Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Orthoclase
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Orthoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:27299
Long-form Identifier:1:3:27299:9
GUID (UUID V4):4116e0dc-f35f-4bf4-9141-eaf04f9644d2
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
Werfen, Germany, 15177 Argentite after Silver: I, C 2 Himmelsfiirst, near Freiberg, Saxony, 800; "Peru...Hautes Pyr6n6es, France, 18884 Calcite after Orthoclase: II, C 2 Manebach, Thuringia, 6255 Calcite after...ironstained, cavernous quartz. Cassiterite after Orthoclase: II, B 3 St. Just, Cornwall, 5364 Cassiterite...Tlalpujuhua, Mexico, no Spec. No.; Braunsdorf, Saxony, 4510; Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico,' 17478-9;...East Pool Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, 3636; Schneeberg, Saxony, 35612-3; locality unknown, 4243. Also pseudomorphous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 236, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany 5 Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences...Zschorlau, Erzgebirge (Saxonian Ore Mountains), Saxony, Germany, and from pegmatites near Grasstein (area from...localities in the Erzgebirge (former tin mines in Saxony, Germany, and Krušné Hory Mts., Bohemia, Czech Republic)...because a village known today as Zschorlau (in Saxony, Germany) was then named ‘‘Schorl’’ (or minor variants...Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony, Germany; Schiffner, 1839), ‘‘Geyer’’ (today also Geyer, Saxony), ‘‘Altenberg’’
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
amblygonite, which has hith,erto been found only in Saxony and the United States. H. W. View Article Online...found it in another crystalline rock, viz., an orthoclase-porphyry o r porphyrite in the neighbourhood... more isolated crystals of white o r reddish orthoclase. also dull darkbrown crystals, probably of decomposed...appears, therefore, to be intermediate between orthoclase-porphyry and porphyrite (which consists of a...rocks agree in their proportion of silica with orthoclase porphyry and porphyrite, and that tridymite occurs
Catalog/List
}~-x2ixli". £l6.5o. NATIVE B~5MUTH. Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Very rich vein section consisting of...Specimen C - l-rxlt". 8Op. HEMATITE. Altenberg, Saxony, Germany. Unusual very sharp, bright black, twinned...2" cavity in 8asalt matrix. 2tx2txlt". £3.25. ORTHOCLASE. 8aveno, Lake Maggiore, Italy. A choice, lustrous...of a large quartz crystal and several smaller Orthoclase crystals attached. There are odd small lustrous...l~-xltxl-t". £3.25. PUCHERITE. Puchershaft, Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Small, sharp, sparkling p::-~e brownish
Catalog/List
modified hexagonal crystals richly encrusting Orthoclase, Quartz, Tourmaline, Gilbertite and Fluorite...scattered small "Iell formed crystals on crystalised Orthoclase with Quartz and some highly modified deep purple...sea-green crystals scattered over Gilbertite on Orthoclase crystals. ~ specimens are offered of similar... n. 28. CnSSITERITE, pseudomorphous after Orthoclase Feldspar. Specimen ~ - intergrown twinned crystals...analogue of Childreni teo lt5. ERYTHRITE. Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Rich, radiated flattened crystals coating
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Speiskobalt (Smaltite) from the Daniel Mine, near Schneeberg in Saxony, was described by/~aumann in 1834. The crystals...crystallography, than among our scientific brethren of Germany ; and nowhere are the results of their assiduous...after Calcite, Schnceberg, Saxony; 3--Hornstone after Calcite, Schneeberg ; 4 and 5--Quartz aiter Fluor...near Schwarzenberg, Saxony; 6--Scmiopal and Quartz after Calcite, Leisnig, Saxony; 7--Chalcedony aiter...Sangerhausen, Thiiringia ; 21-Tinstone after Orthoclase, St. Agnes ; 22--Parasite ? after Boracite; 23--Sanidine
Report (issue)
specimen and photo. “Valencianite” (adularian orthoclase), 13.6 cm, from the Valenciana mine, Guanajuato...” the local name for this style of adularian orthoclase, emerged as platy masses of sharp, wedge-shaped...of interlocked, slightly curved, snowy white orthoclase crystals to 3 cm individually. As a comparative...Owyhee County, Idaho. “Valencianite” (adularian orthoclase), 8.7 cm, from the Silver City Mining District...remind you that this material, though still called orthoclase by some collectors and even some dealers, is
Journal (issue)
2018 Ctontento The Schneeberg Mining District, Western Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany ...................................................... 651 Famous Schneeberg Silver Specimens ................. 709 The "Find...spray, 4.4 cm, in a quartz-lined pocket, from Schneeberg. Gail and Jim Spann collection; Tom Spann photo...engraving depicts various historical mining scenes at Schneeberg including the famous 1477 "Silver Table" discovery...Thomas P. Moore7 The Schneeberg District in the famous Saxon Erzgebirge of Germany has been a source of
Book
look for. Michael O’Donoghue Proustite (East Germany) 7 Rocks We can define a rock as a large mineral...grain structure. It contains mostly quartz and orthoclase feldspar with some smaller amounts of a darker...produced where necessary. Monoclinic system Orthoclase The monoclinic system has three crystallographic...Also found in Canada, Mexico, Czechoslovakia, and Germany. Old specimens from Wheal Newton, Harrowbarrow...(Austria), St Andreasberg, Harz Mountains (West Germany), Antronapiana, Ossola, Novara (Italy), from the
Report (issue)
batholiths of the western Erzgebirge in Bohemia and Saxony four types of ore deposits, which he classified...Bohemia, and at Schneeberg, Annaberg, and Johanngeorgenstadt, across the border in Saxony, the vems of principal...controlled by the Austrian Government. Annaberg, Saxony.-In the Annaberg region also the cobalt-silver...probability to downward enrichment. Johanngeorgenstadt, Saxony.-In the Johanngeorgenstadt district, which has...quantities and with much regularity. - ~Schneeberg, Saxony.-In the Schneeberg district, accordin$ to Miiller,t
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Oregon; argyrodite (a silver sulphide germanate), Germany, Bolivia. On the other hand, there are many well...in Colyn region W. of r. Dniepr. ANDREASBERG, Germany, S E Oberharz mountain range, lead-zinc deposit...arsen, hormotone, analcime, desmin. FREIBERG, Saxony, Germany, old famous mineral, classic locality. Native...found in Annaberg, Johanngeorgenstadt, Schneeberg, all in Saxony. Here have been discovered minerals: annabergite...Italy. In granite quarries occur quartz xIs, orthoclase xIs, fluorite, bavenite (berylium silicate)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Fossil Areas In Germany By DR. WERNER LIEBER Dante Str. 50, Heidelberg, Germany In the January-February...to find out if there are any mineral clubs in Germany. Since this number of R&M was sent to the readers...situation here in Germany. The last question of Mr. Carter is very easy to answer. In Germany exists one club...the association is Dante-str. 50, Heidelberg, Germany. The club publishes a monthly magazine for collectors...time 1,600 members. About 90% of them live in Germany, the other 10% live in Holland, Austria, Switzerland
Catalog/List
4 0 x 3 5 m m . £25. 10) CASSITERITE after ORTHOCLASE. Wheal Coates, St Agnes, Cornwall. Part of a...replacement cassiterite after a Carlsbad twin of orthoclase. Shows one good terminated end. Lustrous with...Rich. 40x20x15nun. £25. 27) NICKELINE. Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Nice rich ore specimen of about 80%
Report (issue)
(ppm) Remarks Reference Elements Arsenic, As Germany, Andreasberg, Harz ___ _ Copper, Cu Norway, Kviteseid...------------~--------1-5 Chile, Corrizatillo --------------5-10 Germany, Biihl, near Kassel _____ _ .5 Czechoslovakia,... Noddack and Noddack (1931). Argentite, AgsS Germany, Freiberg 200 >1,000 4 Two samples _ Do. ...United States, Butte, Mont ------Bornite, CusFeS, Germany, Mansfeld -------------Galena, PbS South Africa...Africa -------------------Clausthalite, PbSe Germany, Tilkerode, Harz _______ _ Altaite, PbTe U.S.S.R., Altai
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
M . H . . . . . . . . . . 135 Iligazy, R. A. Orthoclase-albiteanorthite, antl the NaAlSiO4KAlSiOr-SiOz...Holser, W. T. Book review. . . 328 Ifornfelses from Saxony and the problem of metamorphic facies (Nrccli)... E. Uranium minerals ([I); Sal6eite from Schneeberg, Saxony. 525 Muilenburg, G. A. and Keller, W. D....analysisof lead. .. . lg Niggli, P. Some hornfelses from Saxony and the problem of metamorphic facies.. 967 Probleme...diffraction of r-rays. (James). Book revters. .. Orthoclase-albite-anorthite, atrd the NaAlSiOrKAlSiOr-SiOz
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
100*30 H. W. Simple Albite Crystals from the Schneeberg near Passeir. By J. R U M P F (Jalirbuch fur...the more recent locality in the Daniel mine at Schneeberg. The quantities of arsenic, magnesia, and water...Rappold mine with Ca6B/lg,CoaAss05z 10H20. The Schneeberg mines are the richest localities of the red cobaltiferous...felspar is exclusively triclinic without a trace of orthoclase, entitles the rock to be regarded as new. T'he...6515. If the potash in the rock be referred to orthoclase (containing 16.9 p.c. E20),the proportion of
Book
Netherlands. Back cover The museum ldar-Oberstein. West-Germany. is quaintly situated beneath the Felsenkirche...Copyright 1986 by . Ulrich Burchard, Lalling, West-Germany All rights reserved including the right of reproduction...Printed in Germany Miscellaneous: Design & Lay Out by Rainer Bode, Haltern, West-Germany Type set by...Wurzburg, West-Germany Colour separations by Litho Thungen GmbH, Thungen, West-Germany H. Bari, Musee...Printed by Sellier Druck GmbH, Freising, West-Germany 6 Gasull, Museo de Geologia, Barcelona 249; V
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the blowpipe. The edges of a fragment of the 5. Orthoclase. standard size are rounded with difficulty before...isomorphous mixtures of Orthoclase and and Anorthite. silicate of potassium Orthoclase, or Potash - felspar...felspars exist in nature: the potash-felspar as orthoclase (pseudo- monoclinic) and microcline as albite...first known member Forstner of this soda-orthoclase as known The series was described by from...-6SiO 2 ) +3(Na 2 O.Al 2 O 3 -6SiO 2 ). Its K Orthoclase. 18; silica, assumed 65 2 O.Al 2 O 3 .6SiO
Journal (volume)
Mailing Label Here • July 1986 2 News From East Germany More on Last Month’s News Mrs. Kay Robertson...AFFORDABLE PRICES AFRICA, INDIA, TAIWAN, AUSTRALIA, GERMANY RUSSIA, NORWAY, ITALY, NEW ZEALAND, USA & MEXICO...contact in West Germany offered me specimens from a new and surprising find in Saxony, at Hartenstein...Hartenstein near Aue, in the Schneeberg area. There are two distinct minerals, that seem to have been found up to...exciting. Whewellite has been found in other parts of Saxony; the find at Burgk, near Dresden, is the old "classic”
Catalog/List
$1.50; L x 2", 50¢. ALUMO-CHALCOSIDERITE :n Saxony. '.\linule xis on rock, x 3 x 2i", $7.50; 2 X 2�...yellowish -green gra n u lar mass, 31 X .g X l", $2.0U. Saxony. Nearly tnrnspnrenl li,:-ht ,:-reen xis on rock...50: xi­ group, 1 x 2", $1.50. OST E O L I T E Germany. Botryoiclal mass, 2 � x 2� x H". $ t. 50; two...)llnute xis on rocl<, 2� x H x 1!,", S t0.00. Saxony. Bohe m i a . )linute xls on rock. 1¼ x 2½ x :...Elba. Small gemmy pink x i s on xled alblte o.nd orthoclase with xis of tourmaline and smoky qunrtz, 3 �
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Fig. 5. Various crystal twins: a) gypsum, b) orthoclase (so-called Carlsbad Twin), c) aragonite. A single...For instance, calcite, some kinds of corundum, orthoclase, tourmaline, apatite, fluorite, scheelite, etc...temperature, e.g. quartz at 1713 °C, sulphur at 115 °C, orthoclase at 1300—1350 °C. If the magma within the interior...blackish-grey or red-brown rocks, occuring in Brazil, West Germany (Idar) and Bohemia (Giant Mountains). In their...including the arable soil, e.g. Kaiserstuhl (West Germany) and many places in the Central Bohemian Highlands
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
L~~~bachite.-Keroliteis of frequent occurrence in Saxony, being found in the cavities of the melaphyre-conglomerates...is that of a mixture of quartz (hornstone) and orthoclase. When examined with a high microscopic power...occurring a t Schneeberg, has lately been found also a t Johanngeorgenstadt. The Schneeberg mineral, however...83.75. bismuth oxide), which is that of t'he Schneeberg mineral as determined by G. vom Rath. The spherules...at least is the case with those which occur in Saxony: thus, the lithomarge of the tinstone veins, of
Book (edition)
the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from the Rabejac deposit, Herault dept.. France... = = = = = Acanthite, x 16 mm, Freiberg, Germany, H Abernathyite, 12 mm, Ririera/, France, H Abhurite...at the Himmelsftirst mine, Freiberg, both Saxony, Germany. In the subtropical areas acanthite may occur...the Sankt Christoph mine, near Breitenbrunn, Saxony, Germany, and many localities in the Alps, e.g. on Grossgreiner...89°59',Z =4. d: 12.8(10)-65(7)- hills, Baden, Germany. Most common occurrences in 4.4 6) - 43(6) - 257(6)
Fig. 5. Various crystal twins: a) gypsum, b) orthoclase (so-called Carlsbad Twin), c) aragonite. A single...For instance, calcite, some kinds of corundum, orthoclase, tourmaline, apatite, fluorite, scheelite, etc...temperature, e.g. quartz at 1713 °C, sulphur at 115 °C, orthoclase at 1300—1350 °C. If the magma within the interior...blackish-grey or red-brown rocks, occuring in Brazil, West Germany (Idar) and Bohemia (Giant Mountains). In their...including the arable soil, e.g. Kaiserstuhl (West Germany) and many places in the Central Bohemian Highlands
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Schlema– Alberoda and the Schneeberg uranium–base metal deposit (Erzgebirge, Germany). The cupola was exposed...the cupola in the ore veins of the Schlema and Schneeberg deposits. DOI: 10.1134/S0016702906090059 INTRODUCTION...vein-type uranium deposit of Schlema, and the Schneeberg base metal–uranium deposit, which has been known...Marx–Semmler (MS) ancient drainage gallery in the Schneeberg deposit, near its mouth (330 m above sea level)...numerous quartz–sulfide veins of Schlema and Schneeberg, which were formed relatively close in time to
 
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