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Azurite from
Knappenwand, Knappenwand area, Neukirchen am Großvenediger, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria


Locality type:Cleft
Classification
Species:Azurite
Formula:Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Azurite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Knappenwand, Knappenwand area, Neukirchen am Großvenediger, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:720716
Long-form Identifier:1:3:720716:7
GUID (UUID V4):37268af9-c877-4a1b-9489-ff56f77f9074
Nearest other occurrences of Azurite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Hochfeld Mine, Neukirchen am Großvenediger, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
6.4km (4.0 miles) Falkenstein, Vorderkrimml, Krimml, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
6.7km (4.2 miles) Greinerrinne, Nasenkopf mountain, Bramberg am Wildkogel, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
7.0km (4.4 miles) Schafkopf east slope, Hollersbach im Pinzgau, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
8.0km (5.0 miles) Nösslachwand, Vorderkrimml, Krimml, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
8.3km (5.1 miles) Brenntal, Mühlbach im Pinzgau, Bramberg am Wildkogel, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
15.1km (9.4 miles) Western ore field, Mittersill Scheelite deposit, Mittersill, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
19.6km (12.2 miles) Pengelstein, Sperten valley, Kirchberg in Tirol, Kitzbühel District, Tyrol, Austria
20.5km (12.7 miles) Brunn Alp, Sperten valley, Kirchberg in Tirol, Kitzbühel District, Tyrol, Austria
22.7km (14.1 miles) Krant Alp (Urschlau Alp), Kelchsau, Hopfgarten im Brixental, Kitzbühel District, Tyrol, Austria
References
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Journal (issue)
Bentley Famous mineral localities: Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Austria .................................85741 COVER: EPIDOTE from Knappenwand, Untersulz­ bachtal, Austria. (See the article in this issue,...Illustrated m ining history: C oeur T he Cliff: Am erica’s First Great Copper M ine LJ d’A lene, Idaho...high as some fine miniatures. The collector may “see” a high-fashion thumbnail waiting to be liberated...approval of the editor. Suggestions for authors See Vol. 16, no. 2, p. 105, or write for copy. Back Issues
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Frontcover Upper left: The observatory at Kremsmunster. Austria. which houses the mineral collection. Upper right:...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mount Malosa, Malawi, B. Cairncross, 31-37 Africa, azurite, 4043; classic and recent specimens, 44-46; colored...Arsenogoyazite, New Mexico, 301 Art, see Robinson, S. Ashwal, L. D., see Geo-Currents Aurichalcite, New Mexico...Mexico, 301 Austinite, New Mexico, 301 Austria, epidote, 328-32 Azurite, Tsumeb, 21; Tsumeb, Namibia, and...Morocco, R. B. Cook, 4043 Babulski, D., 246-47; see Through the 'Scope Barite, Colorado, 165, 222, 236;...Bitumen, Ohio, 308 Bostwick, R. C., see In Memoriam Brackets, see Richards, R. P. Bradysaurus, South Africa
Catalog/List
on quartz 6 ins. long £250 Minas Cerais, Brazil AZURITE - dark blue crystals on matrix 5 x 2 111 ins. £575...4 x 3 ins. £165 Poona, India AZURITE/MALACHITE - rosettes of blue azurite with some green malachite 6...PERI0OT CRYSTALS Naran, Kagan Valley, Mansehra District, North Pakistan Single gemmy light green crystals... £-18 each CHAROITE Muran Massif, Chara River area, near Oleminsk, Yakutia, Russia Polished slabs...France (7) AZURITE - Chessy. France (8 ) AZURITE - Bisbee. Arizona, U.S.A. (9) AZURITE - Copper Queen
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Panasqueira mines, Panasqueira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco district, Portugal. was, without doubt, one of the greatest...most of the better collections in the Barcelona area—which may be the best in Spain (a country where...Panasqueira mines, Panasqueira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco district, Portugal. Downloaded by [University of Birmingham]...Samson mine, Saint Andreasberg, Saint Andreasberg district, Harz Mountains, Lower Saxony, Germany. Figure...Morocco. Figure 7 (below). Azurite, 33 × 17 × 11 cm, Touissit, Touissit district, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental
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the Institute for Geology and Mineralogy in whose area it is situated is in operation. Besides, the mineral...Mineral Findings from AllOver the World, as one can see from its title. One of the best specimens here is...crystal (20 cm long) from Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Salzburg, Austria; orangeolivaceous crystals...Portugal; azurite wonderful rose, 10 cm in diameter, from China (Silu, Guangdong Province); azurite crystal...split crystal from the mining near Marl Huels, Ruhr Area, Germany (Fig 9). In the Zeolite Case, the creamy
Catalog/List
trapezohedron crystals on matrix, l|x2, $2.00. ANATASE, Austria. Very minute pale bluish transparent crystals attached...Manganoanaxinite, Italy. Yellowish with quartz, 1x1^,$1.00. AZURITE, Tsumeb, South West Africa. Dark blue sharply terminated...years ago. Some with malachite pseudo­ morph after azurite crystals. Some with green Bayldonite. Small A"...Bayldonite and/or malachite pseudomorph after azurite, lxl, $6.00; Ixli, $10.00. Crystals i" to and larger...COPPER, NATIVE, New Mexico. Pseudomorph after Azurite "rose". Has old "Foote" label, 14x14, $5.00. COPPER
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fluorite, 7.1 cm across, Halsbrücke, Freiberg district, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Irv Brown specimen...with actinolite, 8 cm high, Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal mines, Tyrol, Austria. Wayne and Dona Leicht specimen...Reicher Bergsegen mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg district, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Jim and Gail Spann...Andreasberg district, Harz Mountains, Saxony, Germany. Anton Watzl Minerals specimen. Figure 24. Azurite and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
collection at the Natural History Museum in Vienna, Austria, and we were still in the first-hall we had entered...Specimens within a species are organized by geographical area. Each of the four main mineral halls contains a...epidote “bridge” from Knappenwand locality in Untersulzbachtal, Salzburg, Austria. The specimen measures...Mexico, nearly 40 inches long. We were happy to see a nice specimen of Alma rhodochrosite from the Sweet...Styria, in Austria. There was also a spectacular display of siderite. At first we missed the azurite; then
Book (volume)
again. This compilation is my life's work. What you see in the pages to follow are what our fortunate eyes...its rarity, locality or crystal size. As you will see, our primary focus has and always will be on acquiring...Brazil, 36 Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 27 Azurite (with Malachite) Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise...12 Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 16, 20 Beryl (see also Aquamarine, Morganite, Emerald) (Red Beryl)...Peninsula, Houghton Co., Michigan, 45 Corundum (see Ruby) Cryolite Arsuk Fjord Mine, Ivitgut, Kalaallit
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exposed extensive sand and gravel banks. You will see inconspicuous boulders lying about, most of them...pale, reddish spots. Break it open, and you will see a tangled mass of fine, blackishgreen needles with...instance, in various parts of the Austrian Tirol and Salzburg. Much tin ore came from Britain so that brisk...derives its name from the saltmining district of Hallstatt in Upper Austria, where many prehistoric finds have...geometric arrangement known as a crystal lattice (see p. 27 and fig. 9). The over-all ratio 1: 1 chlorine
Catalog/List
00. ALUMINIAN FERROANTHOPHYLLITE A new mineral -- See AMPHIBOLE. AMPHIBOLE, variety: ALUMINIAN FERROANTHOPijYLLITE...Germany (Freiberg). Single crystal, \�, $1.00. AZURITE. Australia. Group of deep blue compact crystals...rough surfaces, l,\xl\, $2.00. EPIDOTE, Knappenwand, Austria. Curved crystal, l\", $5.00. FLUORITE. Here...sulfe.ntimonite-sulfarsenite), Baker Mine, Kramer District, California. Described in the American Mineralogist... Germany. Shows trilling under hand lens. Small area on barite matrix, ,1\, $3.00. PARGASITE, Finland
Journal (issue)
have to be done through dealers' catalogs. I am glad that I am a subscriber to Rocks and Minerals - the advertisements...truly remarkable! No wonder he was anxious for us to see his new acquisitions! Mrs. Moore was just as excited...white crystallized albite (pericline) from Salzburg, Austria, seemed to radiate hope that its nazi-ridden...popular zeolite from the noted Fassathal, Tyrol, Austria, locality, was one of the first minerals tagged...inclusions as to iook green-it was from Knappenwand, Tyrol, Austria ; still another consisted of g rayish-green
Catalog/List
7/16x 5/8, s5.oo. ARAGONITE, Variety: FLOS-FBRRI, Austria. White worm-like forms on matrix, 1tx2, S4.00....Clove brown crystals on matrix, lfx2t, S?.00. AZURITE. Arizona. Blue xls on matrix. Old-timers from the...termination, complete, l-½x4t, S75.00. EMERALD. Austria. Green hexagonal crystals on mica schist matrix...crystal matrix, lx2, 15.00. DOLOMITE, Oberdorf, Austria. Clear rhombs on matrix, l-3/4x2, 14.00. ENARGITE...crystals on matrix, 3x4, Sl0.00. EPiro.rE, Knappenwand, Austria. Dark green, tenninated crystals, fx5/8
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(7.4 cm). 18: Deep blue, doubly terminated azurite crystal, Tsumeb South West Africa (16 cm). ? ...Hilaire, Quebec (3.5 cm). Figure 52: Dark blue azurite crystal, Touissit mine, Ougea, Morocco (4 cm),...Gerais, Brazil (18 cm). Figure 64: Bright blue azurite crystals from the Touissit mine, Ougea, Morocco...green epi­ dote crystals from Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Tyrol, Austria (5.5 cm). Figure 75: Black...Dark grey chalcostibite crystals coated with blue azurite, Rar-El-Anz, Oued, Cherrat, Morocco (9.5 cm).
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fascination with Devonian fossil plants in the Pictou area led to his pursuit of geology. He also developed...the collection are on display, and visitors can see a wide range of minerals, some common, some rare...in 1855 to take up his new position, he asked to see the teaching collection. He was shown a single fossil...As in Dawson’s time, much of the museum’s display area is taken up by paleontological and mineralogical...fossils replaced by pyrite, 10.3 cm wide, Saratov area, Saratov Oblast, Russia. Michael Bainbridge photo
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ring (see page 69) Page 2: Cerussite “Light of the Desert” (see page 117) Page 3: Malachite (see page...page 120) Page 6: Mimetite (see page 139) Page 248: Quartz (amethyst variety), Erongo Mountains, Namibia...Canada * 10.5 x 10.5 x 65 cm Page 256: Labradorite (see page 171) I would like to dedicate this book to...A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...sulfide) oxidizes to form anglesite (lead sulfate). Azurite (blue copper carbonate) can react to form malachite
Journal (issue)
Augen führen, Sie animieren, daß Sie noch mehr Freude am Sammeln, Selbersuchen, Bestimmen, Schleifen, Tauschen...Symposium und Sonderausstellung an der Knappenwand Die Knappenwand, eine der berühmtesten Fundstellen Österreichs...dem Zukunftskollegium Nationalpark Hohe Tauern/Neukirchen stattfindet, ist auch die Eröffnung des ersten...und Bergbaugezähe , die mit dem Abbau an der Knappenwand und dem Kupfererzbergbau in Beziehung stehen...oder mit Herrn Stefan Unterwurzacher, A-5741 Neukirchen, Tel. 0043-65656286. frrr~ ~ RainerBode -Herausgeber-
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Rock1 and l\1i11eral1 is unusually late in arriving, see your postmaster about it first before sending in...a paper on iridescent garnet from the Adelaide District of Nevada by Earl Ingerson and Julian D . Barksdale...(Eng.) Iridescent Garnet, by Ingerson and Barksdale, Am. Mineralogist, Vol. 28, May, 1943, page 303. BERUFJORD...the geologists who have worked in the metropolitan area consider the Fordham gneiss to be pre-Cambrian 6...York. The Highlands of the Hudson mentioned is the area north of Peekthe Fordham are usually definitely
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to a researcher or simply to people who want to see his specimens. Insufficient thought is sometimes...specimen is clearly visible for all to see. The viewer can see the subtle details of crystallization,...mineralogy among members of the public who are allowed to see them. That destiny can be fulfilled in only two ways:...museums? The answer is quite simple: we just want to see what they have. Exhibits in the museum and the occasional...work in copper–molybdenum porphyry exploration (see Bulletin de la Soci t Fran aise de Min ralogie et
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mineral, e.g. quartz, may vary not only in colour (see plates) but also in crystal form, e.g. the many crystal...can originate from one mineral, e.g. malachite, azurite, or limonite from chalcopyrite. Dripstone caves...inspection — running along the crystallographic planes. (See drawing) Cleavage (left to right): galena, fluorite...the geological conditions of his future collecting area. A good geological map, some special literature...state museum. Little by little one’s collecting area can be enlarged and the collection expanded through
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Noonkanbahit zu unterscheiden. Manfred Wild (2.v.l.) wurde am 6. Dezember 2012 in Trier im Beisein von Jörg Linnemann...außergewöhnlichen Leistungen mit dem Verdienstkreuz am Bande des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland...Auftrag des rheinland-pfälzischen Ministerpräsidenten am 6.12.2011 in Trier. Nach seiner Ausbildung zum Edelsteinkaufmann...als ob man uns „rauswerfen" wollte.Also haben wir am 25. Oktober 2011 beschlossen, uns der neuen Herausforderung...befindet sich nur 1 km von der Autobahn entfernt gleich am Ortseingang. Mit 70.000 Einwohnern handelt es sich
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Famous mineral localities: Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria .................................................Brochantite and other minerals from the Paoli, Oklahoma, area .................................................. Carinthia, Austria. Photo by Werner Lieber. For a detailed review of this locality see the article by...mineral shows with special postmarks for years (see, for example, the Bad Ems show postmarks shown in... famous mineral localities: Bleiberg Carinthia, Austria Gerhard Niedermayr* Department of Mineralogy-Petrology
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James Elliott (Fine Minerals International) photo. See the article beginning on page 817. Columns Notes...(deceased) Eric D. Long SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS Houston Area Mineral Society (HAMS) (2009-2014) Mineralogical...to the collector community, so it was exciting to see them being brought back into useful existence. But...Germany, Switzerland (three!), the Hohe Tauem of Austria, Pi'fbram in the Czech Republic, the Carpathian...essentially inaccessible to the collector. We don't see how any serious mineral collector, mineral curator
Catalog/List
3x4 mm 10 Specimens $ 7.50 25 Specimens $ 15.00 AZURITE Tsumeb, South West Africa Select lustrous dark...l/2x3/4" to 3/4x3/4" 5 Specimens $ 3.00 EPIDOTE Knappenwand, Austria Select lustrous dark green elongated striated
 
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