| | Catalog/List | mineral, "At were of large, prisms, of this mine have been obtained, more Note. - Galena offer...in the specimens Dundasite, bunches samples Mine, of occurs lode. beautiful white large more...originally Cornish mining ceeding by colour, Mine fractures of great the mineral often Mount ...extremely some rarely Anglesite. Embolite, back Mine. with minute of small of capping gossan the... Selenite, transparent pearly, Dolomite a aragonite. hexagonal crystal, sectile, hardness 23. for | | | Book | Netherlands. Back cover The museum ldar-Oberstein. West-Germany. is quaintly situated beneath the Felsenkirche...Copyright 1986 by . Ulrich Burchard, Lalling, West-Germany All rights reserved including the right of reproduction...Printed in Germany Miscellaneous: Design & Lay Out by Rainer Bode, Haltern, West-Germany Type set by...Wurzburg, West-Germany Colour separations by Litho Thungen GmbH, Thungen, West-Germany H. Bari, Musee...Printed by Sellier Druck GmbH, Freising, West-Germany 6 Gasull, Museo de Geologia, Barcelona 249; V | | | Book | concentrated, together of rare earths, such as tin and tungsten ores. Finally the remainder of the...specific ores, such as molybdenum, tungsten and tin ores, from hot gases and vapour, is called pneumatolysis...give rise to various other minerals, such as aragonite or geyserite. In places where hot solutions and...modifications, e.g. diamond — graphite, calcite — aragonite, pyrite — marcasite, quartz — cristobalite — tridymite...higher symmetry. For example, the orthorhombic aragonite often Twinned Crystals of (from left to right): | | | Book | others containing elements of rare earths, such as tin and tungsten ores. Finally the remainder of the magma...specific ores, such as molybdenum, tungsten and tin orcs, from hot gases and vapour, is called pneumatolysis...give rise to various other minerals, such as aragonite or geyserite. In places where hot solutions and...modifications, e.g. diamond — graphite, calcite — aragonite, pyrite — marcasite, quartz — cristobalite — tridymite...higher symmetry. For example, the orthorhombic aragonite often Twinned Crystals of (from left to right): | | | Book (volume) | reserved. H., Hofbuchdruckerei, Cothen-Anhalt (Germany). Translation This book has book of but ...Lead 101. Copper-pyrites Copper-vitriol Mercury mine 46 crystals 101, nite Cuprite 107. 100. Copper-glance...Calcite Aragonite 379 Dolomite 393. Barytes 378 Groups (Marble 387). Magnesite 388. Aragonite 390...Hypersthene Amphibole Group Uranium Compounds Tin 311 Bronzite, Spodumene 179. Wolframite 310... Glauco- Erythrite. compounds. Wolframite, Tin-ore. Rho- Gers- Garnierite. Molybdenum Cuprouranite | | | Book | and arsenic, 188 ores of vanadium, ; ores of tin, 193 ; ores of molybdenum, 199 193 ores of tungsten...those vii MINERALOGY viii and baryta namely, aragonite, Simistrontianite, and witherite. of magnesia...silver. : Mossy The haematite. calcite, aragonite, limonite. : Dendritic (branched) : is designated...symmetry occasionally acquire e.g., pseudo- aragonite and tridymite. CHAPTER II THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES...elastic, sectile. : platinum, iron, copper, zinc, tin, lead gold, silver, ; and shown by the ease with | | Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York. | Book (volume) | Freiberg, Schneeberg, and other localities in Saxony and was obtained in great quantities during the...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 | | | Book | immensely popular handbook of minerals appeared in Germany I obtained a copy fo! my personal library and was...times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...soft. Only by the addition of tin did man obtain a usable alloy, bronze. Tin only occurs in important quantity...quantity in cassiterite (tin and oxygen), and never as the pure metal. In order to obtain copper in sufficient...various parts of the Austrian Tirol and Salzburg. Much tin ore came from Britain so that brisk trading in minerals | | | Book | Editions Minerva S. A. Gendve, 1976 Printed in West-Germany 4 I I Preface Rather than a manual of mineralogy...our teeth contain phosphate, and pearls contain aragonite and calcite. Yet all the splendidly crystallized...and also certain metallic seams, in particular, tin, gold, copper, etc. —Deformations of the Earth’s...and gangues Calcite Fluorite Barite Dolomite Aragonite Rhodochrosite Artinite - Hydro magnesite Sulphur...Erythrite 104 Annabergite 104 Iron 106 Hematite 106 Tin 108 Cassiterite 108 Uranium 110 Becquerelite 110 | | | | by Franckh’sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, W. Germany. Adapted by Anthony C. Tennissen. Revised Edition...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, New...New Zealand. In Australia, at Mount Morgan Mine, from Chartres Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill...Luning and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped...in igneous and contact metasomatic deposits. In Germany, found as nicely shaped crystals at Neudorf, Harz | | | Book | twins (gypsum), contact or juxtaposition twins (aragonite), cyclic twins (rutile), or penetration or cruciform...among others the following minerals: barytes, aragonite, cerussite, arsenopyrite, marcasite, antimonite...bournonite, rock crystal from clear gypsum or aragonite, vesuvianite from garnet, and many more minerals...calcite crystallizes in the trigonal system, aragonite in the orthorhombic; however, chemically both...it is called paramorphosis. Examples include aragonite into calcite, marcasite into pyrite, 13 and | | | Book (edition) | and its Compounds Zinc and its Compounds Cadmium, Tin Compounds of Titanium Cobalt and Nickel and their...Silica calcite, orthorhombic (and G. =2*93) in* aragonite. is rhombohedral (the hemihedral section of the...Thus pyroxene is less stable than hornblende; aragonite than calcite, brookite than rutile. 4. PSEUDOMORPHS... By paramorphism : changed to hornblende, or aragonite to calcite. In this alteration of pyroxene, as...Carbon Cerium M W = Potassium = Silver = Sodium = Tin = Tungsten CHEMICAL COMPOSITION. Iron 8? CHEMICAL | | | Book (edition) | pseudo-symmetry and are to the single crystal. Thus aragonite is an example of an orthorhombic specifically...gives the indices 221 for the face. To deter 192. mine, by plotting, the axial ratio of an orthorhombic...however, lie in a zone, as the prismatic twins of aragonite, or they may In all such cases the be inclined...of pseudo-symmetry (Art. 20) cf. Fig. 431 of aragonite, which represents a basal section of a pseudo-hexagonal...shown with the method In accordspecies of the aragonite group. ance with the principle stated in Art. | | | Book | metals known, and bronze, a hard alloy of copper and tin, has been used since c. 3000 BC. Native copper is...(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) | | | Book | metals known, and bronze, a hard alloy of copper and tin, has been used since c. 3000 BC. Native copper is...(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) | | | Book | even though they do contain fibrous crystals of aragonite secreted by the organisms. But there are exceptions...tightly packed spheres, there are layers of platy aragonite crystals in fossil ammonites, and the feldspar...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22...Namibia * 20 x 18 x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1 x 1 om Acicular...manganese oxide on limestone, Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany * 11.5 x 24 x 0.5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A | | | Book | twins (gypsum), contact or juxtaposition twins (aragonite), cyclic twins (rutile), or penetration or cruciform...among others the following minerals: barytes, aragonite, cerussite, arsenopyrite, marcasite, antimonite...bournonite, rock crystal from clear gypsum or aragonite, vesuvianite from garnet, and many more minerals...calcite crystallizes in the trigonal system, aragonite in the orthorhombic; however, chemically both...it is called paramorphosis. Examples include aragonite into calcite, marcasite into pyrite, 13 and | | | Book | twins (gypsum), contact or juxtaposition twins (aragonite), cyclic twins (rutile), or penetration or cruciform...among others the following minerals: barytes, aragonite, cerussite, arsenopyrite, marcasite, antimonite...bournonite, rock crystal fram clear gypsum or aragonite, vesuvianite from garnet, and many more minerals...calcite crystallizes in the trigonal system, aragonite in the orthorhombic; however, chemically both...it is called paramorphosis. Exa1nples include aragonite into calcite, marcasite into pyrite, 13 and | | | Book (edition) | Lieber, © 1969 by Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, W. Germany. Anthony C. Tennissen. der schénen* Franckh’sche...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, Mine...and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped...hydrothermal deposits. Occasionally in igneous Germany, Harz Mts.; and contact metasomatic deposits... England. Found at La Bufa, Brea Mine, at Wanlockhead Mine Scotland, and also at Wallaroo, South | | | Catalog/List | 50x40x30mm. £9. 6) NATIVE BISMUTH. Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. A very good solid mass of silvery granular...4mm. 35x30x20mm. £12. 8) BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. A nice clean specimen showing...60x35x30mm. £875. 9) CASSITERITE. Graupen, Bavaria, Germany. A group of about eight lustrous jet black cassiterite...75x65x30mm. £85. 10) CASSITERITE var "RUBY WOOD TIN". St Agnes, Cornwall. A small piece of matrix showing...attached. 60x20x20mm max. £45. 11) CASSITERITE. Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. Typical very fine grained | | | Book | Guide MINERALS AND ROCKS A Magna Field Guide MINE LS AND ROCKS By Dr. Jifi Koufimsky Illustrated by...manganese, nickel, chromium, wolfram, molybdenum, tin, lead, zinc, copper, silver, mercury, gold, antimony...augite, hornblende, wolframite) (3) orthorhombic (aragonite, antimonite, marcasite, barytes, topaz) (4) tetragonal... b) orthoclase (so-called Carlsbad Twin), c) aragonite. A single crystal is sometimes made up of two...intergrowths, we distinguish contact twins (gypsum, aragonite), and interpenetrated twins (fluorite). Crystal | | | Book | manganese, nickel, chromium, wolfram, molybdenum, tin, lead, zinc, copper, silver, mercury, gold, antimony...augite, hornblende, wolframite) (3) orthorhombic (aragonite, antimonite, marcasite, barytes, topaz) (4) tetragonal... b) orthoclase (so-called Carlsbad Twin), c) aragonite. A single crystal is sometimes made up of two...intergrowths, we distinguish contact twins (gypsum, aragonite), and interpenetrated twins (fluorite). Crystal...mineral of identical chemical composition. Thus, aragonite (orthorhombic 16 calcium carbonate CaCQs) changes | | | Book | on quartz, from Neudorf in the Harz Mountains (Germany). The large crystal measures almost 2 1/2 inches...crystals on quartz, Braunsdorf near Freiberg (Saxony, Germany); crystals up to 2 1/2 inches (6 cm) long....with the NO 3group. Apatite, Fichtelgebirge (Germany), 2x 12 Scheelite, Tae-Wha (Korea), 1x The...Classification Siderite, 8ri.iderbund Mine, near Eiserfeld (Siegerland, Germany), 3x almost identical in size...specimen shown here comes from the Eagle's Nest Mine in California, and its actual size is about 2 inches | | | | manganese, nickel, chromium, wolfram, molybdenum, tin, lead, zinc, copper, silver, mercury, gold, antimony...orthorhombic felspars, mica, gypsum, augite, (aragonite, antimonite, marcasite, barytes, topaz) (4)... b) orthoclase (so-called Carlsbad Twin), c) aragonite. A single crystal is sometimes made up of two...growths, we distinguish contact twins (gypsum, aragonite), and interpenetrated twins (fluorite). Crystal...mineral of identical chemical composition. Thus, aragonite (orthorhombic 16 calcium carbonate CaCO;) changes | | | Journal (issue) | and engineering staff, many of them educated in Germany. The collection has been added with new gold specimens...metal gold pans, as well as a replica of the famous mine carriage which is considered to be the oldest of...exhibited at the Mining Museum in Heidelberg – Germany. Numerous samples illustrate a variety of assemblages...mining research (Wollmann, 2010) in hardly accessible mine galleries from Baia de Arieș (Dealul Vânăt, Dealul...native gold specimens, the size and beauty of its ”mine flowers” are the pride of many mineralogical collections |
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