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Pyrolusite from
Basalt quarry, Racoş (Racoşul de Jos), Brașov County, Romania


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Pyrolusite
Formula:Mn4+O2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrolusite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Basalt quarry, Racoş (Racoşul de Jos), Brașov County, Romania
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:752027
Long-form Identifier:1:3:752027:3
GUID (UUID V4):4a9dfa09-9cf4-421f-aab2-637cfbf9b93f
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
Udubaşa (1938, Ocnele Mari, Romania) Director of the Geological Institute of Romania, Bucharest; President...President of the Mineralogical Society of Romania; Member of the Commission for New Minerals and Mineral Names...and about 100 articles - one-third outside of Romania. Rudolf Duda (1944, Vojany, Slovakia) Head of the...Hungary (Sándor Szakáll) Poland (Ewa Kos/.owska) Romania (Gheorghe Udubasa) Slovakia (Rudolf Duda) Ukraine...Hungary (Sándor Szakáll), Poland (Ewa Kos/.owska). Romania (Gheorghe Udubasa), Slovakia (Rudolf Duda). Ukraine
Catalog/List
grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x H £2.50 1x1 £4 040 BITYITE Li...white cleavages in Muscovite. (Harding Mine,Taos County, New Mexico) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £7 097 CHLOANTHITE (variety... About 7mm mass (Bulldog Mine, Creede, Mineral County,Colorado U.S.A) £4 439 STRACZEKITE Ca K Ba V 0...matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1 £4 1x2 £7.50 396 TORBERNITE...matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins £4 107 CHLORARGYRITE Ag Cl good
Catalog/List
grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4 1x2 £10 156 NATIVE...matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1 £4 1x2 £7.50 360 PARATELLURITE...matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins £4 107 CHLORARGYRITE Ag Cl good...metallic mass in ■ matrix. (Mohawk Mine,Keenaw County Michigan USA) 1x1 £3 095 CALCIOVOLBORTHITE Ca Cu...matrix.(some + Micros> Monument 1 Mine, Navajo County,Arizona,USA) lxl £3.50 1x2 £7.00 118 CONICHALCITE
Catalog/List
matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) lx)4ins £4 063 CAVANSITE Ca (V 0 ) SiO...matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) lxl £4 1x2 £7.50 497 TELLURITE Te...pure dark brown metallic (Herbb £2 Mine, Powhatton County Virginia USA) lcm £6 314 PYRARGYRITE Ag/3 SbS/3...masses, well coating matrix. (Dooneen Mine Allihies, County Cork, S.Ireland) . lxl £3.50. 1x2 £6.50 2xl.5ins...matrix.(some + Micros! Monument 1 Mine, Navajo County,Arizona,USA) lxl.£3.50 1x2 £7.00 118 CONICHALCITE
Fitzhenry & Whiteside Canadian Museum of Musée canadien de la Saad @./ NATURE Beginner’s Guide to Rocks and...Canada vw ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL CONSEIL DES ARTS DE L'ONTARIO Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing...is granite while an extrusive example could be basalt. Sedimentary rocks are derived from the abrasion...semi-metallic lustre. Goethite, hematite, magnetite, pyrolusite, ilmenite, chromite are in this subdivision....p. 36 | chalcopyrite (brassy yellow), p. 42 pyrolusite (steel grey with bornite (bronze), p. 38 bluish
Catalog/List
THAUSITE Modum, Buskerud,Norway 59 BOEHMITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Brown-purple mass in matrix Creamy...--· - . . - - ------ -·-··-·-· ---·7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larvik, Norway 696 CHROME DIOPSIDE...lx2 £15 lxl £4 lx2 £8 2x2 £16 126 DIASPORE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen. Norway 1060 KORNERUPINE Bjordammcn,...lxl 90p lx2 £1.80 2x2 £4 Mica 295 NATROLITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Orange to red in feldspar.(Hydrothcrmal...ofNcpheline) lxl £1 lx2£2.SO Zcolite 296 NATROLITE · Saga Quarry, Tvedalcn Norway · Rich creamy masses with possible
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
They are characterized by braunite, hollandite, pyrolusite and quartz as well as 39-61% Mn, 0.9-1.6% Fe...thermometamorphic (braunite) and hydrothermal (hollandite, pyrolusite) events. Petrographic similarities between the...associated with bedded and non-bedded chert and basalt of the Nicoya Ophiolite Complex of northwestern...Complex. The Lower Nicoya Complex consists mainly of basalt, volcaniclastic breccia, gabbro and plagiogranite...Jurassic age. Occasionally pillow lavas representing basalt flows of the old ocean floor are observed. The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Aberdeenshire, granite, 847 Sgurr Dearg, Skye, olivine basalt, 8 t I ISLE OF MAN Foxdale, granite, 847 IRELAND...Eirongwab, pyrolusite, todorokite, nsutite, 235 Elba, S.E. desert, manganese ores (pyrolusite, psilomelane...Matet Ongwab, cryptomelane, 235 Nigeria Gimi River, Jos, clinopyroxene replacing garnet (?), zircon, tourmaline...absarokite, clinopyroxene, potash feldspar, 936 Macon County, North Carolina, hornblende, 389 shoshonite Mexico...argentite, 541 Piton de la Fournaise, basalt, 344 Piton des Neiges, basalt, 344 Basalt, I52 Canary Isles
Catalog/List
Na Ca SiO F 7fJ 7 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix some with...TaliskerBay, Skye, Scotland White crystals well covering Basalt. Zeolitc Ix! £1.50 lx2 £3 -----------'-----------------...£5 -------------------------933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Comwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U.S.A Rich pinkish fine grained mass in...with minor calcite or matrix ½"£4 7 ANNITE Snga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larvik, Norway Pure black mica plate
Catalog/List
2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting near...colourless to white crystals , quite well covering Basalt. lxl £4 lx2 £8 2x2 £16 Feldspar Ix I £1.50 lx2...ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Cornwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...with minor calcite or matrix ½" £4 7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvcdalcn near Larvik, Norway Pure black mica plate...about 1cm size £4 FeAsS 1085 ARSENOPYRITE Hingston Quarry, Cornwall Small silvery crystals groups, Crystals
Book
.,a~ ,:::- • Canadian Museum of Musee canadien de la \..,~ NATURE Fitzhenry & Whiteside •"""'liir... •"""'liir. ,::- • Canadian Museu m of Mu see canadien de ta (...,~ NATURE Beginner's Guide to Rocks and...Canada PA ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL JI-I\ CONSEIL DES ARTS DE L'ONTARIO Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing...-1netallic lustre. Goethite, hematite, 1nagnetite, pyrolusite, ilmenite, chron1ite are in this subdivision...5½) Black covellite (dark blue, black), p. 36 pyrolusite (steel grey with bluish tint), p. 82 graphite
Report (issue)
...............11 The Ledge (Charlotte County Granite) quarry................................................................15 Bayside Black Granite quarry..............................................................................17 Digdeguash Lake quarry.......................................................................................20 Letang quarry...................................................................................68 Brookville quarry...............................................
Catalog/List
--··---- - - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker Bay, Skye, Scotland...colourless to white crystals , quite well covering Basalt. ½" £4 ____ lx! _£_6_. __________ ____ 5_Na 5=u~~<...------------6 ALBITE Kragero Norway 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Comwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...- -- ·- -37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine.Ravalli County. Montana U.S.A 963 ALBITE Maine USA Rich pinkish...rich variety) ½ x ½ £5 Ni AsO H/20 7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larvik, Norway Pure black mica plate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mica, 819 Alunite, Mexico, 54I Amapa, Brazil, pyrolusite pseudomorphous after BABU (S. K.), Chlorapatite...837 development of garnet in, 649; West Pakistan, Basalt, Rdunion, anal., rhyodacite glass in, I52; with...CHAMPNESS (P. E.), The transformation manganite --~ pyrolusite, 245 CHANG (L. L. Y.) and BRICE (W. R.), The...X-ray, d.t.a., infra-red spectra, nature of, 225 DE WYS (R. C.), Corrections to the system anorthit...Eirongwab, Egypt, pyrolusite, todorokite, nsutite, 235 Elba, Egypt, manganese ores (pyrolusite, psilomelane
Catalog/List
slightly crystalline masses in matrix (M~:!a~hderg,County D~~ega.l,Irel~nd) lil fl lx2 f2 023 ~!~YDBITEC2lciumSulphate... rich ora:i<}e:r:eJr::~scs with darker ;1ornble1,de{l~raq2roHorway) lx2 50p 2x2 ~l.20 Oll ,\L1't:?~USITE...ANALClTE. Zeolite Group White crystals well covering Basalt. {Talisker Bay, Skye ,. Scotland) lxl 60p lx2 fl...Hidalgoite_. rich matrix. (Gold Hill Hine,Tooel County, Utah, USA) lxl f2.50 lx2 ES .. 066 ASTROPHYLLITE...rich yellow masses with minor quartz.(Pershing County NevadaUSA) lXl El 057 BISMUTHINITE Bi/2 S/3 grey
Book
of some of the principal localities in the same county, was given by Messrs . Greg and Lettsom in their...locality by some independent authority, such as maps, county directories, local guide books, &c. The geological...LONDONDERRY LONGFORD LOUTH MAYO MEATH MONAGHAN . QUEEN'S COUNTY . . . SLIGO TIPPERARY TYRONE . WATERFORD...possible, the various mineral- localities in the same county around their respective post-towns. A few cases...rule, where a parish or village is situated in one county, and its post-town in another. Chains of hills
Catalog/List
wh ite crusts on matrix. Rawhide Mine, Moh ave County, ½ x ½ Arizona, U.S.A £3 Kragero Norway l x2 50p...l x l £3 l x2 £5 While crystals well covering Basalt Talisker Bay. Skye. Scotland l xl 70p Single...masses in qu artz, under Flux Canyon.Santa Cruz County, ½ x ½ magn ificati on there are small crystals...paper available. Rich grey crystalline mass. Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larv ik, Norway Ix I £1.50 Ix I...Chrysotile. pale grey-green mass ive. County Bri dge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall Jx I £ I I x2 £2 Loch
Catalog/List
teaching Rocks and Ivlinerals NAME =fcrcncc ==::::,de -o 2 LOCATION Cl ACANTHITE AgS AEGIRINE Pure...massive 17 ANALCITE White crystals well covering Basalt. Taliska Bay. Skye. Scotland lxl 70p 26 ANATASE...APATITE Ca P0/4 F n rnm nirt Ca P0/4/ F F Saga Quarry, Tvedalcn near Larvik. Norway Loch Scridain Mull...Scotland mixture wilhChrysotile, pale grey-green ✓ County Bridge Quarry.Lizard C . ornwall massive. Stitchtitc...silvery masses with Chalcopyrite ✓ Hingston Down Quarry,Cornwall,England Ashanti Mine, level 8, Obuasi
Catalog/List
Mohave Ixl £9 'A x A £3 1 xA Pb SiO/3_____________ County. Arizona, U.S.A £5___ Rich orange-red masses with...are small crystals County, Arizona Pure green cleavage AMAZONITE Landsverk quarry, Evje, Norway Ixl 50p...PO/4___________ £2.40 £1.20 White crystals well covering Basalt. 17 ANALCITE Taliskcr Bay, Skye, Scotland 1x1 70p...grained mass in calcite Dark Star Mine.Ravalli County, lx!4 £2.50 Ixl £4 37 Ce Sr CO/3 Montana U.S.A...£3 7 Pure black mica plate new Analysis , Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near ANNITE Mica__________ paper available
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rltungameteorite, metallography, 1139. Aroostook County, Maine, ganophyllite, 893. Arrojadite, Rhodesia...Arltunga, Kopjes Vlei, Murnpeowie, Braunau, and Rancho de la Pila, 1139. BAKER (G.), Micro forms of hay-silica...meteorite, anal., 101. Baryte, etching of, 750. Basalt, electrolysis of, 1104. BAYLISS (P.) & STANDARD...area, Singhbhum, India, 671. Big Creek, Fresno County, California, celsian, 914. BIGGAR (G. M.), Apatite...of pyrope from the Stockdale kimberlite, Riley County, Kansas, 450. BROUSSE (R.), see LEMAITRE(0.), xxviii
Catalog/List
rnetallic spots in matrix (LookoutPass. Tooele County, Ut2h) lxl f7 ½ ins f4 478 ZIRCON Zr Si0/4 singl2...ANALCITE. Zeolite Group White crystals well covering Basalt. (Talisker Bay, Skye Scotland) lxl 60p lx2 El.30...slightly crystalline masses in matrix (Mullaghderg,County Donegal, Ireland) lxl El lx2 E2 025 ANKERITE-KUTNAHORITE...silvery massive with minor Chalcopyrite (Hingsten Quarry, Cornwall) lx2 El.SO 2x2 E3.00 2x3 E5.00 2 002...on Hidalgoite rich matrix. (GoldHill Hine,Tooele County, Utah, USA) lxl f2.50 lx2 f5 029 AZURITE Cu C0/3
Book
Debrece n. HUN; CG= Constantin Gruescu Collection, Ocna de Fier. ROM : CHTU = ChemistryTechnology Univer ity...eum. Kosice. SLK; GIR = Geological Institute of Romania, Bucharest, ROM; GM= Gold Museum, Brad, ROM : GYV...Unfortunatel y, mo t of the old collections have been de troyed and/or dispersed during the "sto rmy'' centuries...Marinescu (Geological lnstilllte of Romania): Necolai Terteleac (De. ign-Art-Foto. Bucharest): Victor Gorduza...State University. [viv). for advice concerning the de criptions of 1he minerals and for help in the preparation
Catalog/List
Al Fe SiO 2x2 £12 lx2 £6 Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U,S_A ANCYLITE Cc Rich pinkish fine grained...Of marnx ½" £4 lcn near Larvik., Norway 7 Saga Quarry, Tvcda ANNITE Pure black mica plate new Analysis...sheaves in silvery schist Amplubolc Ix2 I.2 2x2 £4 County Bridge Quarry.Lizard ,Cornwall 502 ANTIGORJTE mixture...massive Fclspar group 2x2 £2 lx2 £ 1 APATITE Hingston Quarry, Cornwall 749 two or three micro crystals on small...x2 £5 lxl £3 53 1 . A�{SENOPYRITE Hingston Down Quarry .Cornwall E . • ngland Rich silvery masses with
Report (edition)
of a thin slice of serpentinite from Lancaster County showing olivine (blue-green and red), serpentine...in Berks County, the Stillwell quarry in Lancaster County, and the Medusa Cement Company quarry in York...York County, are now This fourth printing is essentially closed to collectors. D. M. L. A. R. G. 1972...Adams County 23 Allegheny County 31 . Armstrong County Berks County Blair County Carbon County Chester...Chester County Clinton County Cumberland County Dauphin County Delaware County Fulton County Lancaster County
Book (edition)
Skeletal magnetite in the siliceous matrix of a basalt (light grey crystals). Right: Dendritic magnetite...orangebrown distinctive brown to blue grey Mineral Pyrolusite Rasvumite Rickardite light yellow, brown, brilliant...oxidised iron grain, silicates (dark grey); Basalt Quarry Bühl, Weimar near Kassel, Hessen, Germany (sample:...grey); Shebenik Massif, Librazhd District, Elbasan County, Albania (sample: Goldmann/Oberthür); PPL B Wairauite...(light grey) in kamacite (tinted white); Kenton County Meteorite, Kentucky, USA (sample: Witzke); PPL
 
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