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Gypsum from
Gypsum quarry, Leissigen, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Bern, Switzerland


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gypsum quarry, Leissigen, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Bern, Switzerland
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:433960
Long-form Identifier:1:3:433960:1
GUID (UUID V4):02daae26-79ce-4cb6-a741-78661fad346c
Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum
10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘKander gorge, Reutigen, Frutigen-Niedersimmental, Bern, Switzerland
29.9km (18.6 miles) ⓘHundsbĂŒel, Muscherenschlund, Plaffeien, Sense, Fribourg, Switzerland
32.4km (20.1 miles) ⓘRothenberg adits (Rotenberg adits), Goppenstein, Ferden, Westlich Raron, Valais, Switzerland
37.1km (23.1 miles) ⓘMittal-Hohtenn railway tunnel, Mittal, Steg-Hohtenn, Westlich Raron, Valais, Switzerland
42.0km (26.1 miles) ⓘSimplon Railway tunnel (north section), Termen, Brig, Valais, Switzerland
42.9km (26.7 miles) ⓘTunetschgrabe (Tunnetschgrabe) Bitsch, Östlich Raron, Valais, Switzerland
48.7km (30.3 miles) ⓘLengenbach Quarry, FĂ€ld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
48.9km (30.4 miles) ⓘForĂȘt du Rochet, Saint-Luc, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland
50.2km (31.2 miles) ⓘLower Collioux Mine, Saint-Luc, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland
50.3km (31.3 miles) ⓘLes Moulins Mine, Saint-Luc, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland
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a UniversitĂ€t Bern, Institut fĂŒr Geologie, Baltzerstrasse 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland Leibniz UniversitĂ€t...the Entlebuch catchment and the Aare River (Switzerland), and the Chang Jiang (Yangtze River, China)...most pronounced here. 2.2. Entlebuch catchment (Switzerland) We focused on the four principal small river...river systems in the Entlebuch region of Switzerland: Kleine Emme, Grosse Entlen, Kleine 181 Table 1 Mo...error# 1. Water samples Entlebuch catchment (Switzerland, size = 0.5†) KF 1-1 1.79 0.46 0.09 Kleine Fontanne
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colourless quartz, amethyst, calcite, barite and gypsum were analysed by microthermometry after stimulating...Angewandte Physik, UniversitĂ€t Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern, Switzerland H. Taubald Lehrstuhl fĂŒr Isotopengeochemie...calcite) and IV (barite, late subhedral calcite and gypsum), the oxidation state of the fluid changed towards...while the different calcite generations and late gypsum precipitated at temperatures below 45 °C. Calculated...liquid inclusions in amethyst, calcite, barite and gypsum from the Ametista do Sul area. Single ultrashort
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Determining gypsum growth temperatures using monophase fluid inclusions— Application to the giant gypsum crystals...Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland Laboratorio de Estudios Cristalográficos...de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 2 Knowing that gypsum is not an ideal host mineral for fluid inclusion...determination of gypsum growth temperatures. To do so, we used fluid inclusions in synthetic gypsum crystals...from the synthetic gypsum crystals to determine the growth temperatures of natural gypsum crystals using
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study of the low-temperaturedehydration products of gypsum,CaSOa' 2H2OzhemihydrateCaSOr ' 0.50H2O,and 1-CaSO4...Mineralogical Crystallography University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland F. J. RorBlt-n IPNS Program Argonne National...framework. Hemihydratesformed by dehydrationof gypsum(CaSO+' 2H2O)or synthesized from concentrated solutions...Gallitelli (1933)was the first to dehydrationproductsof gypsum(CaSOa. 2H2O).Hemi- propose a structural model for...symmetry and therefore seawatercations during the gypsum-anhydritetransfor- approximatedit in terms of the
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~LUVIO-~LACIALDEPOSITS~ SWITZerLAND. 369 28. On FLUVIO-GLACIALand INTERGLACIAL])~P0SITS in SWITZERLAND. By C. S....where, perhaps more than in any other part of Switzerland, such deposits are laid open within a comparatively...the principal river-systems in the North of Switzerland admit of being classed in three distinct categories...similar deposits in other parts of Northern Switzerland, lead to the conclusion that they are part of...2016 u 5 i.] ~ D I~rmoLAcIAr Dp.rosITs I.~ SWItZeRLAnD. 375 in stagnant pools and under climatic conditions
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ETH ZĂŒrich, Sonneggstrasse 5, 8092 ZĂŒrich, Switzerland b Department of Earth Sciences, ETH ZĂŒrich,... Sonneggstrasse 5, 8092 ZĂŒrich, Switzerland c Palaeontological Institute and Museum, University of...4, 8006 ZĂŒrich, Switzerland d Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 1+3...1+3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland e University of Toronto, Dept. of Earth Sciences, 22 Russel St., M5S 3B1...sub-million year resolution, by analyzing exclusively gypsum and anhydrite deposits. We base our reconstruction
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1895. ON THE CLIFFS AND EXOTIC BLOCKS OF NORTH SWITZERLAND. cliffs and exotic blocks that occur along the...work of two summers along the cliff-belt in Switzerland, chiefly in the region of the Lake of Lucerne...terms.-A glance at a good geo- logical map of Switzerland' shows that the northernmostchains of the Alps...Alps, striking about E. N. E.-W. S. W. between Interlaken and the Upper Rhine valley (near the Sentis)...A brief tabular summary Sketch-map of North Switzerland showing the distribution of the cliffs and exotic
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Lausanne, Anthropole, Lausanne-Dorigny, CH-1015, Switzerland U Roháčových kasáren 24, 100 00, Praha 10...Sommerloch in the Aar massif, Grimsel area, Bern, Switzerland (Walenta, 1972). It was found as yellowish...with schröckingerite, monohydrocalcite, calcite, gypsum and baylissite (Walenta, 1976). It has subsequently...Biljana Lazic and Thomas Armbruster (University of Bern) for their kind help with data processing and for...KaliumNatrium-Uranylkarbonat aus dem Grimselgebiet (Oberhasli, Kt. Bern, Schweiz). Schweizerische Mineralogishe und
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r. 11, 12489 Berlin, Germany Bern University of Applied Sciences, Bern University of the Arts, Conservation-Restoration...Humboldt-UniversitÀt zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 3027 Bern, Switzerland 10099 Berlin, Germany; petra@petradariz.euor...Correspondence: thomas@schmid.eu.com Bern University of Applied Sciences, Bern University of the Arts, Conservation-Restoration...Conservation-Restoration, Fellerstr. 11, 3027 Bern, Received: 22 September 2020;Switzerland Accepted: 27 September 2020;...(e.g., mackinawite) [6], a range of sulphates (gypsum, bassanite, (calcite, quartz, forsterite) [5],
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of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland 2 EMPA, Swiss Federal Institute for...Materials Testing and Research, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland *Corresponding author (e-mail: fdolder@gmail...infiltration period controlled by the dissolution of gypsum, the uptake of K+ by ion exchange, and complex...cristobalite, smectite and feldspar, as well as calcite, gypsum and brucite, was observed. Finally, changes in...of Forensic Medicine at the University of Bern, Switzerland. In total, 17 CT scans were performed during
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Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland b Posiva Oy, Olkiluoto, FI-27160...PFLOTRAN. These rates are linked to the dissolution of gypsum, present in the clay backfill, and the fluxes of...This material contains soluble minerals, such as gypsum which is a potential source of sulfide via bacterial...sulfate reduction. In this study, (i) the fate of gypsum in the backfill, (ii) the diffusion and reduction...the buffer is described by considering first only gypsum dissolution and complexation reactions and subsequently
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Recent Weathering Zone at the Abandoned Dingwall Gypsum Quarry, Nova Scotia, Canada 1, *, Damian Ɓugowski 1...Recent Weathering Zone at the Abandoned Dingwall Gypsum Quarry, Nova Scotia, Canada. Minerals 2022, 12, 58...+48-508-749-742 (A.J.) Abstract: In the Dingwall gypsum quarry in Nova Scotia, Canada, operating in 1933–1955...have been uncovered from beneath the secondary gypsum beds of the extracted raw material. The anhydrite...hydration (gypsification), transforming into secondary gypsum due to contact with water of meteoric derivation
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producing gypsum, CaSO, .2 H.O. The production, I might almost say manufacture, of gypsum, by this method...water especially, contains it in solution. Most gypsum crystals found in na * Probably other reactions...myriad lives is this.” Here I found tiny films of gypsum just beginning their mineral exist ence. Others...of sym metry, and so it happens that these Cuban gypsum aggregations are quite different from the usual...“clean up the locality,” The delicate films of gypsum I im beded in the sticky clay and found it a most
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Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 1+3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland BRGM-ISTO-UMR 7327, 3 av....France NAGRA, Hardstrasse 73, 5430 Wettingen, Switzerland d Laboratory for Waste Management, Paul Scherrer...Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland b c a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...argillaceous rock sequence from a deep borehole in NE-Switzerland was investigated. The focus was to constrain...Mont Terri underground rock laboratory (URL) in Switzerland. Based on these data, the authors proposed a
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the private Bally foundation at Schonenwerd, Switzerland; and the Folch Museum at Barcelona, Spain. Because...Germanspeaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The reasons for this are partly because they...rose", 10cm across, from Fibbia, St Gotthard, Switzerland. lnstitut fur Mineralogie und Lagerstattenlehre...contain minerals and rocks from the famous pegmatite quarry at Hagendorf, Oberpfalz, Bavaria. A further 600...FRG Brosso, Piemonte, Italy Piz Aul, Wallis, Switzerland 1 Room 1 0a 2 3 5 6 Tsumeb, Namibia Agrigento
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GYPSUM KARST IN THE WESTERN UKRAINE: HYDROCHEMISTRY AND SOLUTION RATES A.B. Klimchouk and S.D. Aksem...Kiev-Ol030, Ukraine; klim@klim.arrier.kiev.ua ABSTRACT: Gypsum karst in the westernUkraine underliesa largeterritoryof...higher there,due to higher rates of flowthroughthe gypsum and the largerarea of rock/solventcontact. The...solubility of gypsum and fast solution rates, sulphate ions commonly dominate in groundwaters of gypsum-karst...Even more important is determination of actual gypsum-solution rates. Solution rates from field studies
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mineralization/biomineralization of jarosite in tandem with gypsum formation and dissolution. The pH level measured...© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed...of the jarosite Ar39/Ar40-isotope of sample from Bern, SteffÞya (onSwitzerland one crust) was performed...UniversitÀt Bern, at the Institute of Geological Sciences, UniversitÀt Bern, Bern, Switzerland and irradiated...swallow-tailed structures, possibly composed of gypsum of gypsum and calcite asas indicated bybyelemental and
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AN ACCOUNT OF THE LONG FIELD MEETING HELD IN SWITZERLAND 6th-21st September, 1947 By J. CADISCH, P. NIGGLI...circulated amongst members of the party on arrival in Switzerland. Since these pamphlets included a great deal...manuscripts have been translated by H. Schaetti (Bern), who has helped in many ways with the production...made to the Director General of Post Offices of Switzerland for providing the Association with the coloured...in the Geological and Mineralogical Institute of Bern on the afternoon of 6th September. An official welcome
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Ingenieurgeologie, E. T. H.-Hijnggerberg, CH-8093 Ziirich (Switzerland) (Received May 17, 1989; revised and accepted...Upper Triassic Gipskeuper of not-them Switzerland, with gypsum-bearing marls and shales, forms a marginal-basin...sulphate-mineralized groundwater in northern Switzerland with the source rock, based on isotopic compositions...concentrations up to as high as 2 g l- ‘. The solubility of gypsum in pure water at 25 ‘C and at 1 atm. is 2.1 g l-...Schmassmannet al., 1984). The Triassic rocks of northern Switzerland form a marginal facies between the peneplaned
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Mineralogical Characterization of Branching Selenite Gypsum: New Insights for the Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction...Mineralogical Characterization of Branching Selenite Gypsum: New Abstract: The present study proposes a characterization...and mineralogical features of branching selenite gypsum lithofacies from the Monferrato area (NW Italy)...appeared during the sequence of the primary lower gypsum of the Messinian Salinity Crisis starting from...of the material and the consequent stability of quarry sites. Insights for the Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction
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Gimmi, Paul Wersin, Andreas Jenni University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences, Rock-Water Interaction...Interaction Group, Baltzerstrasse 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Keywords:...Introduction Clay formations such as the Opalinus Clay (Switzerland), the Boom Clay (Belgium) or the Callovo-Oxfordian...montmorillonite with few accessory minerals such as gypsum, calcite, quartz, feldspars and Fe-oxy/hydroxides...0442 7.153e-5 0.1433 Constraint Charge bal. Gypsum eq. Calcite eq. 1e-15 Initial_donnan (mol/kg)
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particles (fly-ash, soot) cemented by a framework of gypsum crystals. On calcareous stones, in-depth sulphation...precipitation of dihydrated calcium sulphate crystals (gypsum: C a S O 4, 2H20). The sulphation is accompanied...these crusts to be constituted of a framework of gypsum From: SIEGESMUND,S., WEISS,T. & VOLLBRECHT,A....deposition of black airborne particles. The location of gypsum crusts sheltered from rain is easily explained...dissolve the embryonic gypsum cement that had formed, notwithstanding the fact that gypsum, being a hydrated
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13.60 c = 7.96 X-ray Powder Pattern: Kropbach quarry, Germany. 5.46 (10), 4.47 (10), 6.85 (8), 3.96...00] (1) Kropbach quarry, Germany; recalculated after deduction of estimated gypsum 11.60%, then corresponding...vein (Kropbach quarry, Germany). Association: Gypsum, gunningite, sphalerite (Kropbach quarry, Germany);...hexahydrite, gypsum (Les Vallettes, Switzerland). Distribution: From the Kropbach quarry, Münstertal...Black Forest, Germany. At Les Vallettes, Valais, Switzerland. From Keno Hill, Yukon Territory, Canada. Name:
title MINERALE UND GESTEINE by Hallwag AG of Bern, Switzerland © English language edition, J H Haynes &...Minerology and Petrology, University of Berne, Switzerland (Director: Prof. Dr E Niggli) and of the Geo...Geological-Mineralogical Department of the Bern Natural History Museum, and from the author’s own collection...They are drawn mainly from those occurring in Switzerland and its neighbours. Author and publisher thank...up: 1 talc, 2 gypsum, 3 calcite, 4 9 corundum, 10 diamond. |f a mineral will scratch gypsum, but is itself
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mineralogische Kristallographie, Universitfit Bern, Bern, Switzerland 3 Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut...~ F - substitution in topaz, the dehydration of gypsum and the rehydration of 7-CASO4 (soluble anhydrite)...5296 2Vz 58 (1.5312) (67) (1.4892) (1.4912) Gypsum stoiehiometric CaSO 4 ‱ 2 HzO HzO-deficient CaSO4...low-temperature d e h y d r a t i o n products of gypsum (CaSO 4-2H20). In both structures, sulfate tetrahedra...comparable to those observed. The agreement for gypsum is also quite good. This is somewhat surprising
 
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