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Oligoclase from
Limestone quarries, Thizy-les-Bourgs, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Albite var: Oligoclase
Formula:(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Comments:In rhyolites.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Oligoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Limestone quarries, Thizy-les-Bourgs, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:312015
Long-form Identifier:1:3:312015:6
GUID (UUID V4):46356b81-0d52-42fa-894c-207505c54bbd
Nearest other occurrences of Oligoclase
47.2km (29.3 miles) Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise quarry, Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise, Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
51.7km (32.1 miles) Quai Saint Vincent, First District, Lyon, Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
54.7km (34.0 miles) Bellevue quarry, Montagny, Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
85.3km (53.0 miles) Limagne Basin, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
Essaid Bilal, Ecole des Mines, Saint Etienne, France Georgios Christofides, Aristotle University of...Anne-Sylvie Andre-Mayer, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France Ferenc Molnar, Geological Survey of Finland M...relatively high concentrations of plagioclase with oligoclase to andesine compositions (An25-40), which makes...FRESHWATER MUSSELS ANODONTES AT THE SAINT-VICTOR-SUR-LOIRE LAKE, FRANCE Essaïd BILAL1, Elena Luisa IATAN1,2, Moussa...Département, CNRS:UMR5600, F-42023 Saint Etienne, France (bilalessaid@gmail.com). 2. Institute of Geodynamics
Report (issue)
of southern limestone the in occurring CO 2 which vigorously erosion of the limestone has given rise... silicates, orthoclase, microcline, albite, oligoclase; Meta- hornblende; Orthosilicates, micas: augite;... feldspars: orthoclase, microcline, albite, oligoclase, andesine; Metasilicates: Orthosilicates: nephelite...are of common occurrence in the Triassic diabase quarries of Adams, Lancaster, Berks, and ; Hydrous deposits... feldspars: orthoclase, microcline, albite, oligoclase; Mela- m pyroxenes: spodumene;' amphiboles:
Report (issue)
All-Metals mine Gibson Road (western) occurrence Gill quarries Highway 507 road-cut Fraser quarry Nu-World uranium...quarry Cruikshank quarry Wiarton-Oliphant Road quarries Albemarle zinc occurrence Hope Bay quarry Collingwood...Ojibway Mine St. Marys quarries Ingersoll quarries Drumbo Mine Guelph-Hespeler quarries Georgetown-Forks of...quarry Credit Forks celestite occurrence Milton quarries Waterdown area Mount Nemo quarry Nelson quarry...179 Port Colborne quarries Cayuga-Caledonia area Cayuga quarry Haldimand quarries Hagersville mine Caledonia
Book (volume)
are all undisturbed sedimentaries: sandstone, limestone, shale and clay, with the oldest formation lying...Eastern Nebraska has few gemstone localities, but quarries, gravel pits and other excavations throughout...Blue Springs):  all regional gravel pits and quarriesCalcite, Quartz crystals;  SE 3 mi., quarry on...petrified wood. STEELE CITY, area gravel pits, quarries, and stream gravelsagate, chalcedony, jasper...abandoned mine dumpfluorescent moss opal nodules (in limestone coated with white Calcite), opal arrowheads. BAYARD:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phlogopite pimelite? plagioclase group albite oligoclase labradorite anorthite platinum? prehnite pyrite...g., the vari­ ous Bemis localities, Fair Haven quarries, Waits River Forma­ tion occurrences, etc.). Addison...chalcopyrite, dolomite, magnetite, pyrite, talc. Hancock limestone quarry in Hancock: chlorite, dolomite, siderite...almandine, biotite, garnet, "hornblende," microcline, oligoclase, blue quartz. Valley marble quarry in Manchester:...Dunham Dolomite in Colchester: dolomite. Lily limestone quarry in Hinesburg: calcite. Parrot jasper quarry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
San Gabriel Mountains. The cement plant, limestone quarries, and mine of the Riverside Cement Company...units: 1. Detailed geologic study of the Crestmore quarries and the easternportion of the Jurupa Mountains...Economic study of a typical Southern California limestone deposit. 3. Collectionand determination of a large...precisely determined. The map of the Crestmore quarries was made on the scale of I" :100' on a topographic...Riverside Cement Company. The hills to the west of the quarries were mapped on a portion of the U.S.G.S. San Bernardino
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with specimens of xonotlite from the adjoining limestone. At Shear planes carry prehnite, Goose Creek the...Wor-r]asroNr1]n. The "nephrite"l from the old limestone quarries of Stoneham proved to be a very pure wollastonite...occurs as the chiei constituent of a glaucophane-oligoclase schist along the Merrimac River in Lowell. The
Book
>> is >> Sphærulite. " Silica Alumina OLIGOCLASE 62:30 23:50 14.20 .. Soda and Lime 40.66...Erythrine. Jasper. Opal. Constantine. (Granite quarries.) Beryl. Schorl. Topaz. Crowan . (Huel Abraham...Rutile. Crystal. Rock Pyrolusite. (Delabole Slate quarries.) Devonian. Adularia. Albite. Anatase. Calcite...CUMBERLAND . Alston Moor. Millstone Grit and Mountain Limestone. Aragonite. Baryte. Calamine. Chessylite. Calcite...Sulphur. Towanite. Witherite. ( Brownley Hill.) Limestone. SILVER -LEAD mines. Alstonite . Blende. Galena
Book (edition)
crystals in schists, granites, and crystalline limestone associated with chlorite, calcite, quartz, and...masses of tremolite occur in the dolomitic limestone at the quarries outside of the village of Canaan. Tremolite...Mountain leather and mountain cork occur at the limestone quarries in the Beaver Brook District of Danbury,...Mountain paper has been found at the lime­ stone quarries in Canaan. MONOCLINIC URALITE Uralite, a white...sedimentary formations associated with shale, limestone, dolomite, gypsum, and halite, and at times it
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
" veins of calcspar which traverse transition-limestone." 4 PROFESSOR HEDDLE ON THE MINERALOGY OF SCOTLAND...the workmen speak of the bedding of even such quarries as present great faces of apparently perfectly...than the ordinary granular rock. The numberless quarries which pockmark Aberdeenshire afford unusual facilities...The second mode of change is well seen in the quarries at Tillyfourie. The gneiss, which here presents...The third mode of change is seen in the several quarries of the Stony Hill of Nigg; here a fine-grained
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rejoined the bus and drove to the British Railways Quarries (567926) at Meldon. Here in the 860 North Bay...weathered limestones and cherts. The Meldon Aplite Quarries (567920) were next visited, and the traverse of...take the party to the disused South Tawton Limestone Quarries, where the day's work ended with a fruitless...accessible exposures in the most northerly of the quarries (658951). Sunday, 29 March Director : N. E. BUTCHER...descending the tor. In the nearby South Brentor quarries (480806) the Upper Devonian Clymenia Zone beds
Book (volume)
Albite, figs. 1 to 3. Andesine, figs. 1 to 3. Oligoclase, figs. 1 to 6 Labradorite Augite, figs. 1 to...Pale blue, with a waxy lustre (Necronite) in limestone, with Balvraidite, hydrous Labradorite, and dark...on the summit ridge, crystals with Eslie, in limestone (Nicol and H.). zonal Albite, in porphyritic...above Microcline, appears from the analysis to be Oligoclase. It is itself striated parallel to the cleavages...north shore of Eispond harbour, imbedded with Oligoclase, Haughtonite, and Magnetite (D. and H.). Also
Report (edition)
I ' 7 • • / • • ' • • 'Scale of • M,les so 0 I 2 .,- ' I \ ' • • ' ' • ' , •...Banffshire, which is the most important colUlty for limestone in the northeast of Scotland, Area VI covers practically...character and include several important bands of limestone the distribution of which is dealt with belovv...which cc11JI11only contains several bands of· limestone separated by black schist. The Group is first...Rinnes beyond Rinaitin. Extensive exposures of limestone around Tomintoul and southwards to the borders
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
analogous to romanechite. L.J. Minerals from the Limestone Quarries of Pargas, Finland. AARNE LAITAKARJC (Bull...crystalline limestone, for which this locality is famous. Analyses are given of the following : Oligoclase as
Book (volume)
it is found near the contact of the Lewistowti limestone with the underlying Onondaga shales. According...Hollow, Georges twp., Fayette Co. At the Mill view limestone quarry near Forksvilie, Sullivan Co., in small...the Doughty mine, a few At upper layer of the limestone miles south of Sunbury, in Northumber- is found...FLUORITE. (29) Fluorite occurs at the Kleckner limestone quarries near HalColors: green, purple and pink. Imperlietsville...fluorite, Lehigh Co. Forming thin films on the limestone it occurs S. of Emaus, occurs in the Ironton
Book (volume)
sandstone, shale, bituminous slates, thin bands of limestone, and seams of coal usually underlain with clay...City Geode Location WARSAW, area rd. cuts, pits quarries, gravels, banks along regional creeks and streams...area⎯tripoli. VERMILION COUNTY DANVILLE, area quarries in dark shale⎯Marcasite replacement of marine...marine fossils. WILL COUNTY LEMONT, area quarries⎯glistening Quartz replacement fossils. WILMINGTON, regional...Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. Regional limestone quarries produce some gemmy Apatite, Calcite, Glauconite
Book (volume)
sandstone, shale, bituminous slates, thin bands of limestone, and seams of coal usually underlain with clay...City Geode Location WARSAW, area rd. cuts, pits quarries, gravels, banks along regional creeks and streams...area⎯tripoli. VERMILION COUNTY DANVILLE, area quarries in dark shale⎯Marcasite replacement of marine...marine fossils. WILL COUNTY LEMONT, area quarries⎯glistening Quartz replacement fossils. WILMINGTON, regional...Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. Regional limestone quarries produce some gemmy Apatite, Calcite, Glauconite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The vein of the Iron Mask IVIineis in blue-gray limestone and is probably a contact phenomenon causedby...with specimens of xonotlite from the adjoining limestone. At Shear planes carry prehnite, Goose Creek the...Wor-r]asroNr1]n. The "nephrite"l from the old limestone quarries of Stoneham proved to be a very pure wollastonite...occurs as the chiei constituent of a glaucophane-oligoclase schist along the Merrimac River in Lowell. The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Crestmore Rocks General Description Chino Limestone Sky BIue Limestone Quartzite and Schist Perris Quartz Diorite...Crestmore, in southern California, crystalline limestone is bordered by large and varied assemblages of...quarrying has re-exposed the critical contacts of the limestone with intrusive quartz monzonite porphyry and pegmatites...of additive metamorphism of the non-siliceous limestone and. predazzite. Thus far it has not been found...Cement Company began separate excavations for limestone at several places on the twin Crestmore hills
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Whiddon Down are two ancient quarries known as Mill and Hobhouse Quarries; they are thickly overgrown...lime which was mainly used for the land. Both quarries are very large, and show the same features, so...The Calcareous Series can be well seen in two quarries on the top of Natt~n Hill, about 330 yards south-east...those observed in the rocks at Mill and Hobhouse Quarries. but their condition is very different. The cherts...outcrops than in the north-west. There are no quarries between the two faults, but several road-surface
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
felspar was of an alkaline variety, probably an oligoclase. The remaining ferromagnesian minerals are completely...well exposed in ~[iller's ])ale, where the limestone quarries in some, places facilitate its study. Both...portion of the upper lava, as occurring in the limestone quarry to the south of the railway line, is quite...immediately above it is a limestone). Numerous lath-shaped felspars (oligoclase ?) are embedded in a semi-aphanitie...which the outcrop can be found in some old disused quarries near Miller's Dale. I n these the basalt weathers
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
dolomite, pyrite, sphalerite Augusta County Belmont limestone quarry—Staunton calcite crystals (some with pyrite...cryptomelane, psilomelane, pyrolusite Simons limestone quarry (Valley stone quarry)—Staunton aragonite...almandine, biotite, columbite-tantalite, muscovite, oligoclase (moonstone), perthite, quartz, samarskite Nance...inclusions) Bedford County James River Hydrate quarries—(two sites) near Buchanan aragonite, barite, calcite...minerals, wavellite Rosenberger and Stodler limestone quarries—near Hayfield anhydrite, celestite, gypsum
Book (volume)
é 4 Quartz rock . 5 - 361 | Crystalline limestone XXJ.—Duisrrisution 5 - In the Hebrides, &. Along...Mica Scuist. : 5 . 5 - 379 | Crystalline limestone in Scotland 381) Metamorphic rocks of Ireland...389 391 Of the Pyrenees . . . © 392 | Of Central France 393 | Fossil-bearing schists of Norway . 304 Metamorphic...its remarkable features, so similar to those of Auvergne. Etna has engaged the attention of observers from...order of succession; as granite, clay-slate, limestone, greywacke and greywacke-slate, old red sandstone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals found are bauxite, coal, mica, quartz. Limestone also occurs. Cherokee County is full of minerals...near Rock Run. "Quartz, mica, iron ore, coal and limestone are found all over Cherokee County. "Lots of Indian...sulphur-yellow need"By way of interest, I might add that les of copiapite, and whitish fibrous I do find melanterite...completely away, leaving behind a cavity. "The limestone quarries at Crestmore, Riverside County, Calif., are...to make a complete mineralogical study of these quarries."— letter dated Feb. 26, 1957, from Col. Clarence
Report (edition)
Banffshire, which is the most :important county for limestone in the 110J:'th-cast of Scotland, Area VI covers...contain only one extensive limestone, 1 the metamorphic namely the Deeside Limestone, ·vlfhich l1as widespread...last forty years, however, the number of working quarries has gradually fallen until there are now only...nffshi1"e waa over 511 000 tons. lirnes·tone quarries for the years The factors v1hich l1a.ve brought...transport of limestone from centres of production in the south, the Banffshire quarries can readily compete
 
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