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


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Basalt quarry, Racoş (Racoşul de Jos), Brașov County, Romania
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:752028
Long-form Identifier:1:3:752028:0
GUID (UUID V4):ed44aa76-cdaa-494c-9c63-d10527c39543
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Origin of basaltic magmas of Perşani volcanic field, Romania: A combined whole rock and mineral scale investigation...19-21. str. Jean-Luis Calderon, 020032 Bucharest, Romania d Department of Lithospheric Research, University...Available online 9 September 2013 Keywords: Alkaline basalt Olivine Chromian spinel Monogenetic volcanic field...Perşani magmas is akin to that of many other alkaline basalt volcanic fields in the Mediterranean close to orogenic...region during the Late Miocene–Quaternary alkaline basalt volcanism (Downes et al., 1995; Embey-Isztin et
Journal (issue)
Institute of Romania Prof. Dr. Gheorghe Damian, President of the Society of Economic Geology of Romania Editor...University, Iaşi Anne-Sylvie Andre-Mayer, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France Ferenc Molnar, Geological...Geological Institute of Romania, Bucharest Ioan Pintea, Geological Institute of Romania Mircea Ţicleanu, Geological...Geological Institute of Romania, Bucharest Nicolae Buzgar, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University, Iaşi Marian...Marian Munteanu, Geological Institute of Romania Ioan Seghedi, Institute of Geodynamics of the Romanian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
t h o s The Eastern Carpathians “ophiolites” (Romania): Remnants of a Triassic ocean Volker Hoeck a,b...Department, 1 Kogălniceanu Str., RO-400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania University of Vienna, Department of Lithospheric...2008 Available online 16 August 2008 Keywords: Romania Eastern Carpathians Southern Apuseni Mountains...also described from the Dobrogea area in eastern Romania (Savu et al., 1980; Seghedi and Szakacs, 1994;...Department, 1 Kogălniceanu Str., RO-400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Tel.: +40 264405358; fax: +40 264591906. E-mail
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
thermal decomposition of, and of mixtures with quartz or dickite or both, i28. Amblygonite, France, Maine...mine, Caceres, Spain, montebrasite, 414. Amelia County, Virginia, albite, I56; - - , anal., d2o i, 489... 974 ALPHABETICAL Baia Mare (= Nagybanya), Romania, fiJll6ppite, 442. BAIN (D. C.), Plumbogummite-group...I45. Baryte, synthetic, growth spirals on, 296. Basalt, electroylsis of, 568. Basaluminite, Wales, opt...682; Norway, anal., 693; Norway, exsolution of quartz from, 815. Bit Meneiga, Egypt, antigorite, lizardite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Upnor, Kent. Cornwall Bosahan quarry, Falmoath, biotite, 21o. Dean quarry, Coverack, The Lizard, analcime...Lherz, Aridge, omphacite, 61. Montboissier, Pto,-de-DOme, spinel-lherzolite xenoliths, 726. Montebras...153. Parignac, Fay-de-Bretagne, Loire Atlantique, omphacite, 6I. Puy Beaunit, Puy-de-D6me, spinel-lherzolite...spinel-lherzolite xcnoliths, 726. Rentikres, Pu.v-de-DOme, spinel-lherzolite xcnoliths, 726. St. Christophe, Bourg...montcbrasite, 4t4. Santander, blende, 153. Sierra de los t.ilabres, mboziite, 629. Italy (Italia) Canzoccoli
Journal (issue)
DARI DE SEAMA ALE SEDINTELOR INSTITUTULUI DE GEOLOGIE SI GEOFIZICA COMPTES RENDUS DES SÉANCES DE L’INSTITUT...L’INSTITUT DE GÉOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE (2. Zacaminte) Founded 1910 by the Geological Institute of Romania VOL...some Neogene magmatites of |Metaliferi Mts. – Romania ………………………… 1 Gheorghe C. POPESCU, Antonela NEACŞU...Metaliferi Mountains (Romania) …..…………….……. 7 Essaid BILAL, Fernando Machado de MELLO, François SOUBIÈS...Cireşata porphyry deposit, Metaliferi Mountains, Romania ….……………… 19 S. MIHAI, M. ZLĂGNEAN, S. HALGA Mining
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
available for several decades from the famous Deccan basalt quarries of India, and, in keeping with the zeolite...Falls, Windham, Maine, and at the Dexter quarry, Lincoln County, Rhode Island. A historical occurrence...occurrence is with prehnite in gneiss at Ward’s quarry, Pelham, Massachusetts. It has been reported from the traprock...including those at Edgewater, Bergen County; Bergen Hill, Hudson County; and Great Notch, Upper Montclair...Passaic County. Scolecite has been collected in the diabase quarry at Manassas, Prince William County, and
Book (edition)
"Dana's System of Mineralogy•· ( 1944, I 951, 1962). de Fourestier (1999) and Strunz and Nickel (2001). Mi11eral...very old origin, often without lrnown source. e.g. quartz or cinnabar. Current practice most often names...polished mineral surface, expressed in clase. 7 - quartz. 8 - topaz, 9 - corundum, 10 - dia- percentage...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...ASG -Archives de Science Geneve BM - Bulletin de la Societe fram;aise de mineralogie et de cristallographie
Catalog/List
NATIVE GOLD micro grains on quartz about Icm £7 (Gold Bluff Prospect Maquette County Michigan, USA) 42. KAMMERERITE...coverage of small brown crystals about Imm size with Quartz crystals on 2x3 matrix Greystones � Lezant Cornwall...scattered over flat lxl.5 inch matrix Eibenthal Banat Romania £15 45. NATIVE BISMUTH two water-worn pebbles about...calcite, about half and half. Canaan, Lichfield County Connecticut USA large 3x4 inch £25 48. HYDROZINClTE...small 2x3 matrix. I mile east of Camp Verde Yavapai County Arizona USA £10 lx2 £5 lxl £3 SO. STIBNITE rich
Catalog/List
area on matrix Lazaresti, Romania £15 5. TEINITE one small blue spot on quartz with green Malachite lxl...£10 6. HOLLANDITE rich grey metallic fibrous in quartz. Ultevis Sorharas Mts Sweden 3xl inch £16 7. ERICSSONITE...mass nearly lxl inch with Hydrocerussite. Merehead Quarry Mendips £35 9. SIMPSONITE Orange cleavage mass...long and 5mm across on lxl with small quartz crystals Francon Quarry Montreal Quebec £25 14. VESUVIANITE...reasonable piece :from this closed location. 15. QUARTZ showing two generations of growth, the first with
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
the grains and a few more scattered about. Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg bei Mayen, Yulkaneifel, Rheinland Pfalz...acicular pale brownish fibres in cavities with quartz Mt Ste Hilaire Quebec Canada about a half inch...numerous orange micro spots on Ix.I matrix Colle de! Pero Quany, Laghetto di Montecompatri , Rome Italy...12x5mm in the middle of the vein. Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California USA £17 35. SODALITE good...masses and small xls with quartz. FLUORESCENT green short wave, (Shanagolden. County Limerick Ireland) I x2
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
Catalog/List
Mn SiO 608 BARITES Nice sharp while crystals on quartz and siderile crystals. A) one xl b) 2 or 3 xls...about 5mm size Brown masses and small crystals on quartz. Good location pieces 4mm deep blue pure sphere...5mm£3 Hannover Cove.St Agncs, Comwall Wagholi Quarry,Poona,India lxl £3 Funauchi Mine, Aikta Prefecture...Mongolia. P.D.WellNo I , near Ajo, Pima lxl £4 County, Arizona , U.S.A Ribane Mine, Mozambique £8 Mt...HYDROXVAPOPHYLLITE rich crcmny crystalline masses on basalt. K Ca SiO (OH,F) H/2 0 Pure while tabular plnly
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
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...widespread misuse of mineral names such as diamond, quartz, and ruby for substances synthesized in a laboratory...clearly described as synthetic diamond, synthetic quartz, or synthetic ruby so there is no misunderstanding...is granite while an extrusive example could be basalt. Sedimentary rocks are derived from the abrasion
Catalog/List
ANDALUSITE Ultcvis,North Sweden Black metallic veins in quartz, collected in I968. variety VIR!DfNE (Mangan rich...£25 955 □ El FLUOR-EDENITE Uroi Hill, Simeria, Romania 390 ■ BARYTES Near Appleby ,Cumbria Pure translucent...- - - - -- -- - - - - - - 347 ■■ BITUMEN Crich Quarry, south of Matlock, Derbyshire 1161 ■■ GADOLINITE...matrix White fibrous filling 5mm vugh in Ix! inch Basalt Zcolite Ix! £5 lx2 £10 2x2 £20 Feldspar lxl £5...Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales Green road Quarry, Ballyclare, County Antrim 166 ■ GISMONDINE white elongated
Journal (issue)
Kansas Front cover Quartz scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick...row, from left) Mesolite, 5.1 cm, from the F-Line quarry, Washington; John Cornish collection. Elbaite,...reveled in the beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites...Fair illustrating the mineral occurrences in the Basalt around Spokane, Washington. Conspicuous among these...Monthly, including one on pseudomorphs and one on quartz in 1888, and he wrote a detailed article for the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Goldschmidt's Atlas der Kristallformen. Australia Flat Quartz Crystals Sir Howard Smith of Coolangatta, Queensland...Queensland, dis­ covered some very interesting flattened quartz crystals at Kingsgate, New South Wales. He mentions...uncovered a deposit of odd-looking crystals of quartz. . . . Most of the crystals are doubly terminated...14609. 410 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 1: Flattened quartz crystal (figure 735 from Goldschmidt's At­ las...exposed in a gravel quarry here; running through the black material was a white quartz vein about a foot
Journal (issue)
Tucson Show, held in a quonset hut at the old Pima County Fair and Rodeo Grounds. I’ve known all of the great...later, found a crystal-bearing horizon in the hard basalt, and filed a claim. Forever Collection; Tom Spann... Figure 7. Elbaite (var. indicolite) with rose quartz (unrepaired), 11.7 cm, from the Santa Rosa mine...January–February, 2023 29 Figure 29. Emerald beryl with quartz crystals, 4.6 cm, from the Brumado mine, Bahia...volume 54, January–February, 2023 Figure 30. Smoky quartz (“cathedral” habit), 44 cm, from Divino das Laranjeiras
Catalog/List
GOETHITE on QUARTZ attractive rich coating of small golden brown goethite crystals, on quartz crystals on...sheaves of elongated fibrous crystals in large 2x3 quartz Maishofen, Austria £17 15. KOCHSANDORITE three...micro spots on small quartz crystals, possibly some with faces. lxl Mine, Washoe County Nevada USA £30 Olinghouse...matrix Arizona USA £18 · Inspiration mine, Gila County, 21. HAMBERGITE chalky-white crystalline mass...mass, Zapot pegmatite, Gillis Range, Mineral County Nevada lx ½ inch £18 Be BO3(OH) 22. KOVDORSKITE rich
Catalog/List
5 cm high and 1,5 cm across. £25 Tonca de Onca Mine, Virgem de Lapa Minas Gerais Brazil This is the end...drusy quartz crystals on matrix, not a visually attractive piece ! Ollinghouse Mine, washoe County Nevada...MAGI:ffiMITE pale brown tiny ~rystals in c~ viti~ in Basalt ; ith-hair-like Ma~esioh;stingsit; lx2 £20 Cava...massive in Halite Cu Cl/2 (NH/3)2 Caleta Pabellon de Pica. Punta Colina, Iquique 1 region Chile l.5xl...crystals in a 1.5 xl.5 inch area on 2xl.5 inch basalt with drusy Stilbite. Wagholi Poona India £25 30
Catalog/List
Dufrenoysite and Corkite page 3 General stock Quartz after Gypsum page 13 , Annabergite page 8 Sussexite...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
Report (issue)
Ma ? ? Tst 7.3 Ma (Zamaroni Quarry) 8.0 Ma Miocene ~8.5-10 Ma ? Jos fcm 65.5 Ma Unconformity ... To Napa FA I SO RF U IEL TH D dg JURASSIC Jos H F Ro Willows Ukia h Point Arena ld Coast...polished pebbles of banded porcellanite, milky quartz and black chert and argillite correlative with...is complete, radiolarian chert overlies pillow basalt, is of early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) to Early...matrix- and clast-supported pebbly gravel, with quartz, dark chert and porcellanitic shale clasts (Cotati
 
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