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Gypsum from
Gypsum quarry, Gaicht pass, Weißenbach am Lech, Lech Valley, Tyrol, Austria


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, Gaicht pass, Weißenbach am Lech, Lech Valley, Tyrol, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:748445
Long-form Identifier:1:3:748445:2
GUID (UUID V4):afaf22c5-c161-4e18-8698-04cfab51539c
References
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The Last Glaciation of Upper Bavaria and North Tyrol; (II.) The Older Glaciations of the same districts;...the glaciated districts of South Bavaria and the Tyrol, and remarks that this Eastern division of the Alps...valleys of the Inn, Salzach, and the Enns. The valley of the Inn forms a deep trough about 150 kilometres...there are deep gaps or notches opening into the Inn Valley, about 1000 metres below the average height of...from 500 to 800 m. above the bottom of the Inn Valley. Through these notches run most of the passes which
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
which is here advanced is new to geology, or that I am able to give an exhaustive account of all the agencies...Vierwaldst~ittersee, and the lakes lying in the Traun valley above Aussee would be very difficult to explain...generalization. A capital instance of a line of valley thus placed with reference to a great line of anticlinal...region with which we are especially dealing; these valley-lakes do not occur among such strata, but among...instance of this sort of thing occurs in North Tyrol, which was described some years ago by Richthofen
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(Boynton, 1988; Oates, 1998; Stanmore and Gilot, 2005; Lech, 2006a, 2007). The limestone characteristics in...specifications (Kantiranis et al., 1999, 2003; Lech, 2006b, Lech et al., 2009a, b). The optimisation of the...of the limestone characteristics (Boynton, 1988; Lech, 2006b, c; Abu-zeid et al., 2008; Serry et al.,...microscope (SEM). The serial samples were crushed to pass the 5 and 10 mm sieves for the preparation of four...are quartz (SiO2), fluorapatite (Ca5 (PO4)3F) and gypsum (CaSO4.2H2O). Quartz occurs in all samples except
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quicklime with those of a high quality (Boynton 1988; Lech 2006b, c; Soltan 2007; Abu-zeid et al. 2008; Serry...migration of CO2 from the grain surface to the kiln (Lech 2006a). The heat conduction and the escape of CO2...consequently, depends on the original limestone (Lech 2007). The increase in the limestone porosity leads...efficiency of the CO2 escape during calcination (Lech et al. 2009a, b). However, the presence of CO2 within...quicklime due to the change of the phases molar volumes (Lech 2006b). The quicklime porosity results from the
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sub-million year resolution, by analyzing exclusively gypsum and anhydrite deposits. We base our reconstruction...literature data from evaporites from Germany, Austria, Italy and the Middle East. We propose a revised...precipitated gypsum may also differ from that of the original sea water sulfate. Because the gypsum precipitating...leading to an increase in δ34S in the precipitated gypsum. However, Fike and Grotzinger (2010) and Raab and...Triassic sections are outcropping in abandoned gypsum quarries. The ≈90 m thick “Riepel” section (645’210/253’850
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINES AND MINERALS OF AUSTRIA By P H I L I P M O R R I L L EastDerry, N. H. 03041 This data was accumulated...These operations are on leased land and trips to Austria. While it may be the most not open to the general...two or more until a more rounded text results. Austria is defined here as what is localities. presently...mineral museums of torically, within recent times, Austria in­ which the best is the Natural History cluded...and the South Museum in Vienna. Unfortunately the Tyrol which was given to Italy. It is now lack of funds
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from Hierlatz, H A U E R On some ............ Austria, PETERS on the Tertiary Chelonia of . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . On the Tertiary Chelonia of Austria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...On the Brachiopoda of the KSssen strata in the Tyrol ...... L . On the Vorarlberg and the Salzberg .... . . . . . . . . . . . . Tertiary Chelonia of Austria, PETERS On the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....on the original cause of the production of the gypsum of this limestone, I will add a fact of some weight
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a global dedolomitization process triggered by gypsum dissolution. This geochemical process generates...scenarios have been invoked, such as: dissolution of gypsum or anhydrite within a carbonate aquifer (LopezChicano...and dolomite marbles, with frequent interbedded gypsum levels that have been frequently identified in the...and conglomerates, as well as marls, clays and gypsum. 100 A.J. Prado-Pérez, L. Pérez del Villar /...mass balance calculations, analytical data of HV, Lech, AL-1, T-1, Al-51 and Al-52 samples were taken into
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
striJverite, 605 British Isles ENGLAND Bosahan quarry, Carnmenellis, Cornwall, granite (weathered), kaolinite...fluorite, 4Ol Hazlehead quarry, Penistone, muscovite, I76 Hepworth Iron Co. quarry, Hazlehead, Penistone...Swinden Limeworks quarry, Linton, fluorite, 4oi WALES(Cymru) Dorothea slate quarry, Nantlle, muscovite...CO2metamorphosed lavas, ankerite, chalybite, 119 Binhill quarry, Cairnie, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, tacharanite, scawtite...hornblende-schist, laumontite, prehnite, kaolinite, 608 Hagdale quarry, Unst, Shetland, nickel hydroxide and (?) oxyhydroxide
Catalog/List
lead have with bases, hexagonal prisms and gypsum From thousand the this number these phantom...long, 15c., 25c. METEORITES. “Meteorites more pass or may be less those which consist in three...cut indifference subsequently result the The gypsum. and a the fortunate- The examination cuts...Canyon a produced The entire we cannot substance Am. Diablo with Jour. Sc., had on the Dec. 9...Meteoric Stone, or Iron Moes, Transylvania, Austria-Hungary. Meteorites, Canon Diablo, Arizona. Kiowa
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
-Petrogr. Abteilung, Burgring 7, A-1014 Wien, Austria (Received 14 August 1989; accepted in revised form...in the Upper Austroalpine Permo-Mesozoic cover. Austria. Permian samples in squares, Lower Triassic samples...are characterized by a hypersaline environment. Gypsum, less commonly anhydrite, are abundant, particularly...evaporitic strata containing halite, anhydrite, gypsum, shale and dolomitic layers. Within the Prebichl...~ ~ .'~ x H2 Magnesite in anhydrite (Hall/Tyrol) P938 Magnesite in dolomitized oolite (Podlanigbach
Book
do Sul, Brazil * 12.5 x 10 x 10.5 em Page 252: Gypsum rosette, Red River floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba...resulting in well-formed collectible crystals such as gypsum (page 252) and epidote (page 221). Solid crystal-filled...leaves the gem, similar to what happens when you pass light through a prism. This is the sparkling color...mineral’s physical properties in order to identify Gypsum it. Many minerals have very characteristic physical...museum — a fine way to recognize their hard work! Gypsum (selenite variety), Galetta, Ontario, Canada *
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Khandala Ghat, Poona, 658 Bien S~tr mine, Pirogues Valley, New Caledonia, chrome-picotite, 326 938 ALPHABETICAL...COs-metamorphism of lavas, ankerite, chalybite, I 19 Binhill quarry, Cairnie, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, tacharanite, scawtite...dehydration of datolite, X-ray, structure, I58 Bosahan quarry, Carnmenellis, Cornwall, granite (weathered), kaolinite..., anal., 8i i Bray Head, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, gypsum, 818 BRIDGE (P. J.), Urea and phosphammite from...(J. D. H.), see FORTIER(S.), 899 Dorothea slate quarry, Nantlle, Caernarvon, Wales, muscovite, chlorite
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Other: Name evolved from a Greek word meaning “I am mistaken;” was often confused with other stones ...Azurite: JJ Harrison, Barite: Thomas Bresson, Beryl: Lech Darski, Calcite: Siim Sepp, Carnallite: Miguel Sierra...Mmmmobayashi, Celestite: James Petts, Chaorite: Lech Darski, Chrysotile: Hugues Crepin, Cinnabar: JJ...Mauro Cateb, Jadeite: James St. John, Labradorite: Lech Darski, Lapis Lazuli: Hannes Grobe, Magnetite: Norbert...James St. John, Smithsonite: H. Zell, Staurolite: Lech Darski, Sugilite: TIS0421, Sylvanite: jsj1771, Topaz:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
evaporite sequences, mainly composed of secondary gypsum after anhydrite–glauberite, show centimetre-thick...Ca-enriched waters derived from the dissolution of gypsum and=or glauberite. The geochemical simulation of...magnesite-rich mudstones interbedded with shales and gypsum have been recognized in 0037-0738/98/$19.00 ...López-Martı́nez, 1985), are mainly composed of anhydrite, gypsum, and glauberite, whilst halite and anhydrite were...the surface, they appear replaced by secondary gypsum under near-surface conditions. Efflorescences of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Permo-Triassic evaporites in the Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria Christoph Spi3tl a,* Edwin Pak b a lnstitutfiir...Universitiit Innsbruck, Innrain 52, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria b Institutf~r Radiumforschung und Kernphysik, Universitiit...Universitiit Wien, Boltzmanngasse 3, A-f090 Vienna, Austria Received 29 August 1995; accepted 9 February 1996...samples include coarselycrystalline anhydrite and gypsum varieties. In addition, seven samples from other...Geology 131 (1996) 219-234 221 Fig. 1. Map of Austria and the NorthernCalcareousAlps (in gray) showingthe
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Malachite with azurite, Schwaz-Brixlegg, Tpol, Austria. Dieter Miiller specimen, Rainer Bode photo. NovembedDecember:...France, 36; Colorado, 357; New Jersey, 324; Tyrol, Austria, 315 Babulski, D., see Through the ’Scope Barite... M. A., Recent Mineral Finds at the Millington Quarry, Somerset County, New Jersey, 320-24 Beryl, California...Diego County, California, 156-80 Brochantite, Tyrol, Austria, 3 15 Cafarsite, Switzerland, 30 Calcite, Chamonix...34-38 China, Hunan, orpiment, 279-80 Chips from the Quarry, M. E. Huizing, 5, 83, 14748,229,309,371-73 Chlorite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINES AND MINERALS OF AUSTRIA By P H I L I P M O R R I L L East Derry, N . H . 0 3 0 4 1 IV S A L Z...elevation and near the in ten miles climbs up to Gerlos Pass, the western border of Salzburg. From edge of the..." ) ; Q X l s ( m o r i o n ) ; Apatite In this valley frequent valleys run south up into the mountains...These in­ clude emeralds, aquamarine, possibly the valley is an outcrop of green beryl. N H W has superb...Habachtal. Periclase. K r i m m e l , the first valley going S on General. Albite; Prehnite; Pyrite; F
Book
blance blance to scales, rose petals, rosettes (gypsum rose); actinohte); 8 disordered fibrous bearing...Simple testing devices 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 talc gypsum calcite fluorite apatite orthoclase quartz topaz...refraction in calcite from Iceland. a flat object could pass through without Tenacity touching any, cleavage...and volcanic vents. Accompanied by: halite, soda, gypsum, calcite, colemamte, kernite, ulexite. Found in:...trona. 2i SaSSOlite 34 boric acid (3) Death Valley, Califorma/USA B(OH)3 Streak white. Mohs’ hardness
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
calcium and the combination results in crystals of Gypsum. Usually they occur on the surface in the form...specimens in the world are found in the limestone quarry in Legrand, Marshall Co., Iowa. The most noted...Here are some of the specimens collected: "Bumpus Quarry, Albany, Maine—Rose quartz, beryl xls (and massive)...black tourmaline xls, beryl, muscovite. "Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mt., Greenwood, Maine—Garnets, black tourmaline...unusually fine datolite specimen at the Lane's traprock quarry, near Westfield, Hampden Co., Mass. The specimen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FAUNA OP THE U P P E R CASSIAN ZONE IN FAIIZABEGO VALLEY, SOUTH TXBOL. By M. M. OGILVIB GORDON, D.SC. H...These fossils,1 when I discovered them in Falzarego Valley in 1891, were then for the most part unknown. The...Cassian fauna, I concluded that this Falzarego Valley fauna represented a palseontological zone younger...determination of an Upper CasBian zone in South Tyrol practically demonstrated the same gradual faunistic...transition from Cassian to Kaibl zones in South Tyrol which had been demonstrated by von Wohrmann4 in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Breg (km 0). Iller (km 163). Wörnitz (km 241). Lech (km 252). Altmühl (km 341). Naab (km 366). Regen...tributaries. Lithology Brigach Breg Iller Wörnitz Lech Altmühl Naab Regen Isar Ilz Inn Traun Enns Ybbs...5b) and Sr, can be attributed to dissolution of gypsum in the headwaters of the Danube as a result of...atmospheric ␦34Ssulfate for southern Germany and Austria range from ⫹2.1 to ⫹3.5‰ (Mayer, 1998). The isotopic...particularly below the confluence with Wörnitz and Lech (km 241 to 252). The concentrations of the studied
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multiple twinning .. -toclas Staurolite 14 Gypsum Mineral Aggregates When several minerals- in...some resemblance to scales, rose petals, rosettes (gypsum rose); 3 radial bearing some resemblance to radial...SimEle tes ting devices 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 talc gypsum calcite fluorite apatite orthoclase quartz topaz...a way that (theoretically) a flat object could pass through without touching any, cleavage is possible;...and volcanic vents. Accompanied by: halite, soda, gypsum, calcite, colemanite, kernite, ulexite. Found in:
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some resemblance to scales, rose petals, rosettes (gypsum rose); 3 radial bearing some resemblance to radial...Mineral SimEle testing devices 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 talc gypsum calcite fluorite apatite orthoclase quartz topaz...a way that (theoretically) a flat object could pass through without touching any, cleavage is possible;...and volcanic vents. Accompanied by: halite, soda, gypsum, calcite, colemanite, kernite, ulexite. Found in:...borax, kernite. 8◄ Sal Ammoniac g◄ Q) Death Valley, California/USA (1) Paricutin/Mexico Ammonium
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1 '1 14 l ,I Chr soberyl uartz Staurolite Gypsum Mineral Aggregates \\'hen sen:r:tl mmer.ils-m...resemb lance co scales, rose petals, rosettes (gypsum rose); 3 radial bearmg some resemblance to radial...Mohs' hardness l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mineral talc gypsum calcite fluorite apatite orthoclase quartz topaz...such a way that (theoreucaUy) a flac object could pass tllrough without touching ::my, clea\"age LS po...and volcanic vents. Accompanied by: halite, soda, gypsum, calcite, colemanire, kernite, ulexite. Found in:
 
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