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Smithsonite from
Virneberg Mine, Rheinbreitbach, Unkel, Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Smithsonite
Formula:ZnCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Smithsonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Virneberg Mine, Rheinbreitbach, Unkel, Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:75613
Long-form Identifier:1:3:75613:6
GUID (UUID V4):e64e58a9-21b9-4a5c-9df5-cc5e890178c8
Nearest other occurrences of Smithsonite
30.4km (18.9 miles) Bendisberg Mine, St Jost, Langenfeld, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
34.7km (21.6 miles) Leibnitz-Dante Mine, Hoffnungsthal, Rösrath, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
35.7km (22.2 miles) Lüderich Mine, Altenbrück, Steinenbrück, Overath, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
38.6km (24.0 miles) Silberkaule Mine, Heckhaus, Engelskirchen, Oberbergischer Kreis, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
40.9km (25.4 miles) Castor Mine, Loope, Engelskirchen, Oberbergischer Kreis, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
45.0km (28.0 miles) Mechernicher Bleiberg, Mechernich, Euskirchen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
46.3km (28.8 miles) Friedrichssegen Mine, Friedrichssegen, Lahnstein, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
48.1km (29.9 miles) Grüneau Mine (Grüne Au Mine; Grünau Mine), Schutzbach, Daaden-Herdorf, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
52.1km (32.3 miles) Concordia Mine, Niederfischbach, Kirchen (Sieg), Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
58.2km (36.2 miles) Äquivalenz adit, Wellmich, Sankt Goarshausen, Loreley, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
References
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183 Z=1 X-ray Powder Pattern: [Glücksrad mine,] Germany. 7.186 (100), 2.700 (80), 2.527 (80), 3.581...[18.68] Total 100.4 [100.00] (1) [Glücksrad mine,] Germany; CO2 by gas chromatograph, H2 O by TGA; corresponds...16 )]Σ=2.05 (OH)9.90 • 3.43H2 O. (2) Cap Garonne mine, France; by electron microprobe, average of nine...Cu–Zn-bearing hydrothermal mineral deposits, commonly post-mine; in Cu–Zn slags. Association: Namuwite, brochantite...hemimorphite, smithsonite, gypsum, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, quartz. Distribution: In Germany, in the Harz
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limonitic gossan. 2x2". £3. 2. ANDREWSITE. Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. Light brownish yellow spherical...7. BEUDANTITE. ^. — 11 8. BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. 1" group of large sharp tarnished...cubic crystals. £3- 9. BORNITE. South Caradon Mine, St. Cleer, Cornwall. A rich solid mass of tarnished...specimen. 2i-xli". £2.50. 13. CASSITERITE. Poldice Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Sharp black in size on. massive...matrix. 22ix2i". £5. 18. CHALCEDONY. Pedn-an-Drea Mine, Redruth, Cornwall. An unusual specimen of translucent
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s~£ci"";cm. 2-tx2xlt". £24.00. 2. AJoITE. ~ew Cornalia Mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona, U.S.A. Rich, light greenish...together ltxlixli". £3.25. 6. ANGLESITE. Wallclose Mine, Nr. Matlock, Derbyshire. Dark creamy coloured well...Selenite. 2xlfxl~". £4.50. 26. CALCITE. Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope, Co. Durham. Large, shorp, creamy colClIT'orl...5x~xlf". £13. CO. 28. CASSITERITE. Ne~ Rosewarnc Mine, Gwinear, Cornwall. Lustrous, brownish black sharp...<2"by 2" high. £17.00. 32. CHROME-CERUSSITE. K~pi Mine, Dundas, T~ :nenia, Aust~alia. Specimen A Lustrous
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Sphalerite. 2tx2~xli". £9.00. ARSENOPYRITE. Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, Devon. Choice, silvery grey... 7. 8. 9. -·2- 10. AZURITE. Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A. select, bright... 3x2x1-t".· £22.00. 11. BARYTES. Settlingstones Mine, Hexham, Northumberland. Specimen A,- ~hoi~e, lust...2-tx2xl ".£2.50. 12. BEUDANTITE.· Penberthy Crofts Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Sparkling, golden, to pale...19. 20. 21. 22. BISMUTHINITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Silvery grey bladed and
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Siderite. 3xltxl~". £14-. ARTHURITE. Hingston Do"m Mine, Nr. '::a"llington, Cornwall. Rich apple green coloured...matrix. 3x2~". £3.50. AT CITE. Duke of Corn,mll Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Specimen AChoice, lustrous...rich matrix. 2xlt". £2.50. BARYTES. Settlingstones Mine, Hexham, Northumberland. Specimen A Very choice...for display. 4-x2hli". £13. " BARYTES. Hailemoor Mine, Nr. Egremont, Cumberland. Fine, lustrous, creamy...attractive specimen. 3~x3x2". £11. " BARYTES. Silverband Mine, Great Dun Fell, Westmoreland. An unusual sharp
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MAY 1975 1. ALLEMONTITE, st. _ndreasberg, Harz, Germany. Very rich, silveJY grey, oetallic mass associated...s-pecimen. 3x2~". £10. BAYLDONITE. Penberthy Crofts Mine, st. Hilary, Cornwall. Rich, light green, cellular...Quartz. 2xltxl-}". £1, 50. :ilORNITE. Ca rn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwa 11, Sma 11, tarnished, irridescent...in association. 2xltxl". £8. BOTALLACKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Small, dark green, tabular crystals...matrix. 2ix2". £3.25. CHALCEDONY. North Roskear Mine, Camborne, CornHall. Translucent waxy gum coloured
Catalog/List
40. 41. 42. 43. NATIVE COPPER. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Rich, dark. coppery, h3Ckly...attached. 2-t;-x2xl-!:-". £4.50. CoRNWALLITE. Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall-. Rich, deep.green, slightly...C - As Specimen A - 2xlt". £1.25. CRoCOITE. Kapi Mine, Dundas, Tas~enio, ~ustralia. Choice, bright, orangev...specimen. 3x2-i;-". £16.50. CUPRITE. Marke Valley Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. Bright, deep red, sharp...Choice for display. 6x 2ix 2-:-" £9.00. Bjordal Mine, Uganda. Very rich light yellowish cellular micro
Book
LONDON MADISON CARD STUTTGART AVENUE, NUMBER: GERMANY 1964 NEW 65-11372 YORK, N. Y. 10022 aaa M576...Tetrahedrite Turquoise 20 Chalcedony Rhodochrosite Smithsonite 21 Sardonyx Barytes Adamite on An Native...word mineral is derived from the Latin minare, to mine, and was originally used to include all rocks which...berry Ore’ » From Herdorf, near Betzdorf, West Germany » Name from Greek rhodochros—rose-coloured » ...massive barytes » From Wittichen, Black Forest, West Germany » Name Calcite from Latin calx—lime » CaCos, hexagonal
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(420 tons); others localities include Mansfeld (Germany), Bisbee (Arizona), Tsumeb (Namibia) and Surra...native sliver include Kongsberg (Norway), Freiberg (Germany), Jachymov (Czech Republic), the Comstock Lode...Moschellandsberg (Germany) and Juan Cavelica (Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world...Is found In Erzgeblrge and the Harz Mountains (Germany), Glkos (Russia), Sterling Hill (New Jersey, USA)...silver and arsenic. It is found at St Andreasberg (Germany), Sala (Sweden), Coimbra (Portugal), Prlbram (Czech
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(420 tons); others localities include Mansfeld (Germany), Bisbee (Arizona), Tsumeb (Namibia) and Surra...native sliver include Kongsberg (Norway), Freiberg (Germany), Jachymov (Czech Republic), the Comstock Lode...Moschellandsberg (Germany) and Juan Cavelica (Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world...Is found In Erzgeblrge and the Harz Mountains (Germany), Glkos (Russia), Sterling Hill (New Jersey, USA)...silver and arsenic. It is found at St Andreasberg (Germany), Sala (Sweden), Coimbra (Portugal), Prlbram (Czech
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hardness, color and occurrence. Printed in Germany Hippocrene Color Guides GEMS AND MINERALS IN...a HIPPOCRENE BOOKS, INC. First published in Germany by Chr. Belser Verlag, Stuttgart, under the title...Number: 74-8194 SNB: 0-88254-281-8 Printed in Germany STEINE, FOREWORD The book by R. Metz and A...CRYSTALS mineral comes from the Latin minare, to mine, and originally designated minerals and rocks so...raspberries, on encrusting honeycombed limonite. From Wolf mine, Herdorf, near Betzdorf in valley of the Sieg. Rhodochrosite
Wm. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd, 1973. Printed in Germany. FOREWORD The book by r. Merz and a. £. FANCK...The word mineral comes from the Latin minare, to mine, and originally designated minerals and rocks so...raspberries, on encrusting honeycombed limonite. From Wolf mine, Herdorf, near Betzdorf in valley of the Sieg. Rhodochrosite...reddish coloured compact barytes. From Sophia mine, Wittichen, Black Forest. Calcite from Latin...brown-coloured crystal edges. From Cecilia mine, Wélsendorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria. Fluorite from Latin fluor
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Wm. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd, 1973. Printed in Germany. FOREWORD The book by R. METZ and A. E. FANCK...The word mineral comes from the Latin minare, to mine, and originally designated minerals and rocks so...raspberries, on encrusting honeycombed limonite. From Wolf mine, Herdorf, near Betzdorf in valley of the Sieg. Rhodochrosite...brown-coloured crystal edges. From Cecilia mine, WOlsendorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria. Fluorite from Latin fluor...moss-like foil on milky-white quartz. !> From Musariu mine, Transylvania. Gold Au cubic. Quartz fron1 German
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mineral’s name, which is occurs as a sulfides. ¢ Germany ; United States derived from akantha, the Greek... azurite, calcite, limonite, olivenite, and smithsonite. Main Sources: @ Chile ¢ France ¢ Greece ¢ Mexico...paradamite, which was first identified at the Ojuela Mine in Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, and confirmed as a...coal deposits. Main Sources: ¢ Brazil ¢ England ¢ Germany ¢ Italy @ Arizona, California, Colorado, Massachusetts...Main Sources: @ Czech Republic ¢ England ¢ France Germany ¢ Hungary ¢ India @ Italy @ Russia Spain @ Colorado
Book (edition)
Mineralogie, Malteserstr. 74-100, D-12249 Berlin, Germany Earth Science Department / College of Science,...Feld 236, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany Sodenstr. 19, D-12309 Berlin, Germany Graslitzer Str. 5, D-63791 Karlstein...Karlstein am Main, Germany Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Department für Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften...Ressourcengeologie, Luisenstr. 37, D80333 München, Germany Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe...Rohstoffe (BGR), Stilleweg 2, D-30655 Hannover, Germany Dr. Salah Al-Khirbash Prof. Dr. Rainer Altherr &
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peg1natites and T, \farcasite, I 00 mm, Mis burg, Germany meteorites); 2. sedimentary, when a mineral crystallizes...Crystals up to 140mm (5½ in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Very fine spinel-law...('3/i6in) were found Silver, 52 mm, Freiberg, Germany Copper, 120 mm, Keweenaw Peninsula, US.A. in Dzhezkazgan...have been found . Silver, 55 mm. Schwarzwald, Germany 10 Beautiful specimens of wire silver with wires...from Freiberg, Schneeberg and St. Andreasberg, Germany. Wires several cm long were also found in Pribrarn
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attitude to life. Marcasite. 100 mm. Misburg. Germany 7 i 1. Elements Copper. 42 mm. Cornwall, UK...Crystals up to 140mm (5'A in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbce, Arizona, USA. Very fine spincl-law...: Vie in) were found Silver. 52 mm. Freiberg. Germany Copper. 120 mm. Keweenaw Peninsula. U.S.A. in...have been found. Silver, 55 mm. Schwarzwald. Germany Beautiful specimens of wire silver with wires...from Freiberg, Schneeberg and St. Andreasberg, Germany. Wires several cm long were also found in Pribram
Book (volume)
Silver City district, Owyhee County, Idaho, Poorman mine, where masses weighing many pounds were especially...cubes. Bromyrite is found near Dernbach, Nassau, Germany (iodobromite) asA chlorian variety sociated with...probably also occurs in that state in the Hechman mine, near Globe, Gila County. Many other occurrences...reported from salt works at Hallein, Salzburg, Germany. Artificial NaCl-2H20 is probably monocUnic and...seams: at Duttweiler near Saarbriicken in the Saar, Germany; in mines of the Plauenschen Grund near Dresden;
Journal (issue)
Deutschland u.a. aus der Grube Bendisberg bei Virneberg/Eifel (GRAF 1991 ), Ramsbeck/Sauerland und dem...Lagerstätten typischen Minerals ist die Passaic Mine bei Sterling Hili (Sussex Co., New Jersey) in den...die Mohawk Mine in Kalifornien (WISE 1993), Laurion (FEHR & DIRSCHERL 1987), die Ojuela Mine (Mapimi, Durango)...aufgebaut. Dieser gebänderte Aufbau der vorliegenden Smithsonite von der Grube Brüche, an Bruchflächen deutlich...GRAF, H.W. (199 1): Die Gru be Bendisberg bei Virneberg/ Eifel.- MI NERALI EN-Welt 2, 5, 30-33. KRAUS
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Congress Catalog Card No. 66-17809 Printed in Germany 08 011635 3 PREFACE TO THE T H I R D (GERMAN)...N , Troy, New York, USA G. FRIEDRICH, Aachen, Germany H . FROHBERG, Toronto, Canada R. L A GANZA, North...Pullman, Washington R. A. ZIMMERMANN, Heidelberg, Germany 2 Bamdohr, Theorie Minerals XVÜ ABBREVIATIONS...places of extreme differentiation (e.g., at the Frood Mine and at Insizwa) bismuth and tellurium minerals are...(1940). 12 T H E ORE MINERALS FIG. 4 80 X Mouat Mine, Stillwater Valley, Montana RAMDOHR From a border
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Vesuvius, Italy (12, column 2) and SEMSEYITE, Julcani mine, Huancavelica, Peru (#3, column 2). Color, page...Prof. of Mineralogy, University of Cologne, West Germany; Curator of The Mineralogical Museun1. A dear friend... Mineralogical Museum, University of Cologne, Germany Mineralogical Museum , University of Berne, Switzerland...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuernrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely... Silver Plun1e district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise n1ine, Dolores
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meneghinile Pengenna mine,St Kew,Cornwall; Shallowfield Bridge,SouthMolton,Devon Tynebottom mine,Alston.CUm~ria...CUm~ria mercury Chatsworth mine,Grassinglon, Yorkshire Severallocalities in theLakeDistrictandComw melacinnabar...theLakeDistrictan:iCorrr::a!I natrojarosite Wanlhwaite mine,StJohn'sin theVale,Cumbria SouthTerrasmine,StStephen-in-Brannel...Cumbria pharmaco!ite Wanlhwaite mine,StJohn'sin theVale,Cumbria Chatsworth mine,Grassington, Yorkshire p:cropharmacolne...Im:ne,Caldbeck Fei:S,Cum:m {s!emberg::e)' Tynebottom mine,NWof Garrigill,nrAlston,Cumbria Cheesewring quany
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5-+ Cu 11 Fe 3S 10 -+ 2Cu 5 FeS• + CuFeS 2 • Ida-Mine, SWAfrika. (Vergr. 250 X). Aufnahme: P. RAMDOHR...Endes eine Verdrängungs-Pseudomorphose vor. Temagami-Mine, Ontario. (Vergr. 250 X . Schliff nach einer Oktaederfläche...Eier/Nahe, Hämatit xx/Eifel, Pseu~ domalachit/Virneberg , Rockenberger Sandrosen/Friedberg. Suche Mineralien...Ausweis 1,00. Veranstalter: Verein der Freunde der Mine-. ralogie und Geologie (VFMG)e.V., Bezirksgruppe...Mottramite 28. Olivenite 29. Plancheite 30. Smithsonite 3 l. Tennantite 32. Tennantite 33. Tsumebite
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Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO...Harding Co .. South Dakota. and at the Fuemrole No2 mine, Emery co .. Utah. Also at Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald...the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from the Rabejac deposit, Herault dept.. France... = = = = = Acanthite, x 16 mm, Freiberg, Germany, H Abernathyite, 12 mm, Ririera/, France, H Abhurite
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Fritz: Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. Donald B. Hoover: U.S.G.S., Federal Center, Lakewood...Institut fur Mineralogie, Ruhr Universitat Bochum, Germany. Duane Mellor: Geology Library, Yale University...Berlin, Germany. Peter Susse: MINABS, Inst. of Mineralogy, Univ. of Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany. C. Sheldon...Pennsylvania. Hans J. Wilke: Eppertshausen/Hessen, Germany. Wendell E. Wilson: The Mineralogical Record, Tuscon...Spotsylvania Co., and Partridge mine, Orange Co., VA, and at Dahlonega, GA; Homestake mine, Lawrence Co., SD; Silver
 
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