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Calcite from
Limestone quarries, Solnhofen, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen District, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Limestone quarries, Solnhofen, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen District, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:735483
Long-form Identifier:1:3:735483:0
GUID (UUID V4):2e39d495-50d9-4e14-87da-ab2875f0c0de
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
12.3km (7.7 miles) Limestone quarries, Blumenberg, Eichstätt, Eichstätt District, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
44.0km (27.4 miles) Bachhausen, Mühlhausen, Neumarkt District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
44.5km (27.6 miles) Limestone quarries, Schamhaupten, Altmannstein, Eichstätt District, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
75.8km (47.1 miles) Stockelberg Cave, Söhnstetten, Steinheim am Albuch, Heidenheim, Stuttgart Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
76.1km (47.3 miles) Limestone quarry, Kneiting, Pettendorf, Regensburg District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
87.2km (54.2 miles) Eichelberg Mine, Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Amberg-Sulzbach District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
93.3km (58.0 miles) Sulzbach No. 1 Mine, Bernhardswald, Regensburg district, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
94.3km (58.6 miles) Sulzbach No. 2 Mine, Bernhardswald, Regensburg district, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
References
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Book
identification of the first flying reptile remains from Solnhofen by Cosimo Alessandro Collini in 1784 to the present...John Heritage Tue AUTHOR orn in 1936 in Munich, Bavaria, Dr Peter Wellnhofer is Hauptkonservator at the...illustrated booklet on pterosaurs and early birds from Solnhofen, Solnhofer Plattenkalk: Urvogel und Flugsaurier...Grdafelfing, Germany, Rolf. B. Hauff, Holzmaden, Germany, Prof Dr Dietrich Herm, Munich, Germany, Alexander...Kollman, Vienna, Austria, Dr Theo Kress, Solnhofen, Germany, Prof Dr Wann Langston, Jr, Austin, Texas
Book
identification of the first pterosaur remains from Solnhofen by Cosimo Alessandro Collini in 1784 to the present...CRESCENT BOOKS New York orn in 1936 in Munich, Bavaria, Dr Peter Copyright © 1991 by Peter Wellnhofer...illustrated booklet on pterosaurs and early birds from Solnhofen, Solnhofer Plattenkalk: Urvogel und Flugsaurier...Grafelfing, Germany, Rolf. B. Hauff, Holzmaden, Germany, Prof Dr Dietrich Herm, Munich, Germany, Alexander...Kollman, Vienna, Austria, Dr Theo Kress, Solnhofen, Germany, Prof Dr Wann Langston, Jr, Austin, Texas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the island and said to consist of jasper and limestone. Two nice cabochons, each iy2 inches in length...Shalevetz, were received. One was greenish with white calcite vein (specked with red and brown) and the other... Quartz (Milky). Nice pebble found on beach. Limestone. Grayish pebble with holes bored by various marine... sists of poorly xled white calcite on dark gray limestone; the calcite fluoresces pink under the Mineralight...a brownish impure limestone containing veins of white xline calcite; this calcite fluoresces a bright
Report (issue)
extraLapis English No. 4: Calcite To Our Readers: As we established our company, we made a commitment...CT Concept & Design Maximilian Glas, Starnberg, Germany English Edition © 2003 by Lapis International,...Connecticut, wrote the text for a photo essay on limestone cave formations that appears in this issue (page...that they bring. - GS/GN Every Man's Mineral Calcite is found the world over. T his 5.8 cm wide specimen...Cover Photo Credits Front center: 4:5 cm high calcite twin on {1 OTI} from the Leiping mine, Guiyang
Book
currently shifting from the use of Lower /Middle/Upper to Early /Middle/Late in formation level designations...comprise large portions of the Carboniferous limestone in the mid western portion of the United States...1-4 and 1-5). Fusulinids are most abundant in the middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian) strata of Missouri...foraminifera com· mon to the Late Cretaceous to Early Middle Eocene. Navarroan Group, Hunt County, Texas. Closeup...specimen from the Vincentown Formation ( Early Middle Eocene) of Cen· tral New Jersey~or comparison.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
extensional setting of the Upper Rhinegraben, SW Germany Katharina Pfaff & Ludwig H. Hildebrandt & David...Zn–Pb–Ag deposit in the Wiesloch area, Southwest Germany, is controlled by graben-related faults of the...(jordanite and geocronite), barite, and calcite in the Middle Triassic carbonate host rock. Combining...Geowissenschaften, Wilhelmstr. 56, 72074 Tübingen, Germany e-mail: markl@uni-tuebingen.de L. H. Hildebrandt...und Umweltschutz, Im Köpfle 7, 69168 Wiesloch, Germany formation waters. The ascending brines originally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chocolate-brown crystalline Please Send Them In. calcite from the West End quarry, Inyo Co., Calif., and...for many square miles! Connecticut—At the limestone quarries of Canaan, Litchfield Co., Conn., tremolite...Can anyone supply information on the occurrence? District oí Columbia—On a recent visit to Washington, the...dogtooth crystals of calcite occur in vugs in a dark gray fossiliferous limestone. Iowa—A. J. Alessi,...dark grayish cephalopod from the world's largest limestone quarry, located in Rogers City, Presque Island
Report (issue)
glacial tills Geologic resources . . . . . . . . . Limestone and dolomite resources Oil and gas resources ...of Cass County 11 21 11 Map showing quarries and limestone and dolomite production in Cass County...formations and their thicknesses at three active limestone quarries in Cass County . . . . . . . . . . . . ....the county. On the basis of this information, limestone resources, sand and gravel resources, sanitary...limestones and dolomites that range in age from Middle Devonian to Late Silurian. The youngest bedrock
Book (volume)
sandstone, shale, bituminous slates, thin bands of limestone, and seams of coal usually underlain with clay...page) ⎯geodes (lined with Chalcopyrite, brown Calcite and sometimes Malachite). HAMILTON: c area gravels...(lined with Marcasite & Pyrite with rhombs of Calcite, Sphalerite); e extensive exposure S of town on...Glen Creek⎯geodes (lines with Aragonite, Barite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, pink Dolomite, Goethite, Jarosite...with either brown Calcite; or Pyrite on chalcedony, Sphalerite on chalcedony or Calcite, Quartz. 151 Illinois
Book (volume)
sandstone, shale, bituminous slates, thin bands of limestone, and seams of coal usually underlain with clay...page) ⎯geodes (lined with Chalcopyrite, brown Calcite and sometimes Malachite). HAMILTON: c area gravels...(lined with Marcasite & Pyrite with rhombs of Calcite, Sphalerite); e extensive exposure S of town on...Glen Creek⎯geodes (lines with Aragonite, Barite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, pink Dolomite, Goethite, Jarosite...with either brown Calcite; or Pyrite on chalcedony, Sphalerite on chalcedony or Calcite, Quartz. 151 Illinois
Report (volume)
............................................. Calcite............................................................................:............ 30 Limestone and dolomite....................................sandstone and underlying shales and sandstones....... Franconia sandstone....................................................................... Platteville limestone.......................................... Decorah........................................ Galena limestone..............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mass of pink calcite on green talcose schist. The specimen was collected in the marble quarries at Sylacauga...streak is black. It was found in metamorphic limestone at a granite contact at Brooks Mountain, Seward...Alaska, associated with vesuvianite, magnetite and calcite. "Th's mine goes back to the 1870's and 80's—and...greenish tinge occurs in a pegmatite in the limestone quarries at Crestmore, Riverside Co., Calif. 462 ...quality aquamarine has been recovered from this district. No emeralds have been found. Sapphire—No transparent
Book (volume)
dolomite exposed in an abandoned quarry Barite, Calcite, Fluorite (purple cubes), Galena. CHATTAHOOCHEE...), areaQuartz crystals. LITHONIA:  area quarriesCalcite, Epidote, Fluorite, Garnet, Thulite, Tourmaline... Rock Chapel Quarry, on N side of Arabia Mt.Calcite, Epidote, Fluorite, Garnet, Thulite, Tourmaline...Feldspar, Quartz. STONE MOUNTAIN:  two area granite quarriesBeryl, Feldspar, Hyalite opal;  area granite...Elberton and Hartwell in Hart Co. The known mica district includes some 250 sq. mi., with most mining revolving
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fenced in. I managed, however, to get specimens of calcite, biotite, protovermiculite, perovskite, aegirite..."Gem and Lithium-bearing pegmatites of the Pala district, San Diego County, California" has just been released...dolomite while the lighter portions are almost pure limestone. This condition has inspired some university students...crystals of calcite may be gathered most anywhere in the quarry. The limestone quarries in this region...xline smoky gray calcite filling cracks in the dark gray septarium. It is the calcite which fluoresces
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...investigate for geodes, chert nodules, fossils, Calcite crystals, Marcasite and Pyrite cubes. The area...Blue Springs):  all regional gravel pits and quarriesCalcite, Quartz crystals;  SE 3 mi., quarry on E...petrified wood. STEELE CITY, area gravel pits, quarries, and stream gravelsagate, chalcedony, jasper
Book (volume)
ranks first in the nation in the production of limestone and dolomite, and second in the production of...Other collectable minerals are rare, although quarries in the western counties, especially the Clay Center...COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area...COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co....countywide exposures of blue clay in rd. cuts, pits, quarries, excavations⎯Pyrite (clustered crystals sharply
Book (volume)
ranks first in the nation in the production of limestone and dolomite, and second in the production of...Other collectable minerals are rare, although quarries in the western counties, especially the Clay Center...COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area...COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co....countywide exposures of blue clay in rd. cuts, pits, quarries, excavations⎯Pyrite (clustered crystals sharply
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
Report (issue)
Copyright@gov.on.ca ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF MINES THE LIMESTONE INDUSTRIES OF ONTARIO 1958-1963 by D. F. Hewitt...................o..... Production and use of limestone in Ontario .................., l 2 The cement...Specifications and uses of limestone and dolomite ...o******** 9 11 Ontario limestone quarries .................... l* Precambrian Limestone and Dolomite ......................o 11 12 Quarries ....................., Malone ................*.. Stoklosar Marble Quarries Ltd., Madoc ........co.. Hastings Marble Products
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Coral buildups of relevant reef builders until the Middle Eocene. In others, they gained widespread development...started in the Late Eocene. As compared to the Middle 2005; Perrin, 2002; Perrin & Kiessling, 2010;...Late Eocene coral fauna from Eisenrichterstein in Bavaria ably, the abundance of coral reefs decreased instead...1985). reef expansion occurred during the Early–Middle Miocene (Perrin, 2002; Perrin & Bosellini, 2012)...European Mediterranean region, some areas from the Middle East, eastern Atlantic, and the western coasts
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology, and Mineralogy of the BAYPORT LIMESTONE QUARRIES 8313 Hartel Road Grand Ledge, Michigan 48837...Bellevue Eaton County Michigan Figure 2. Location of quarries in the Bellevue area. 1, 2, and 3 = Michigan Alkali...Cement Company and Alpha Portland Cement Company quarries, with location of the Keehne Environmental Area...the celestine and sulfur crystals from the limestone quarries in Monroe County, which are among the finest...are limited. Despite these limitations, the limestone quarries located near the village of Bellevue, in
Book
fossils (types) belonging to the drawings top middle, left middle and bottom left are represented firstly as...Palaeontology Great Theories Only a Slab of Transitional Limestone In the Matter of Striatellus Ostracodae Types—Originals—Sites...single-cell organisms fF 3500 Reefs 450 4 : Limestone algae Ordovician Vertebrates (jawless) 500...discovery ofa small bird-feather in the limestone quarries of Solnhofen in 1860. This find was not known to...working process, for example the excavation of limestone, travertine, coal deposits or ore-veins resembles
Report (issue)
E. G. Pye, Director, Geological Branch THE LIMESTONE INDUSTRIES OF ONTARIO By D. F. HEWITT Revised...form: Hewitt, D. F., and Vos. M. A. 1972: The Limestone Industries of Ontario; Ontario Div. Mines, IMR39...vugs, stylolites, pyrite, etc; fossils. Example: Limestone: shaly; brownish grey,1 medium grey weathering;...weathering; aphanitic; medium bedded; stylolites, calcite crystals; abundant Tetradium. CRYSTALLINITY CLASSIFICATION... and other orgnizations. CLASSIFICATION OF LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE The following classification is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE IGNEOUS ROCKS (a) The Meldon District (b) The Petertavy District 4. THE STRUCTURE ... The Foundation...subdivided the Upper Culm of Sedgwick & Murchison into Middle and Upper Culm and recognised in the area under...under consideration the presence of both Lower and Middle Culm with Devonian inliers, although on his quarter-inch...(1901) he did not distinguish between the Lower and Middle Culm. The two-fold classification of the Culm Measures...work of the Geological Survey in the Petertavy district (Reid & THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH-WEST DARTMOOR
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
white gray mottled calcite ; the other a dark (almost black) compact limestone. Burtwo west One and...produced enought material for description." The limestone quarries at Crestmore, Riverside Co., Calif., considered...'laminated quartz'.It is the white milky quartz of the district and a black sphalerite in alternate bands each...collect, and also quite a few concretions with calcite filling cracks. These concretions (known as septanas)...are not pretty but they do have quite a bit of calcite in them (no crystals)." INDIANA—Walter Reeves,
 
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