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Lazulite from
Quartzite quarry, Žirany, Nitra District, Nitra Region, Slovakia


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Lazulite
Formula:MgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hematite1 photo of Lazulite associated with Hematite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Lazulite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Lazulite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Quartzite quarry, Žirany, Nitra District, Nitra Region, Slovakia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:831019
Long-form Identifier:1:3:831019:4
GUID (UUID V4):fa2892ca-332c-4701-a8fa-75e63268ba00
Nearest other occurrences of Lazulite
1.5km (0.9 miles) Žirany quarry, Žirany, Nitra District, Nitra Region, Slovakia
4.4km (2.8 miles) Jelenec quarry, Jelenec, Nitra District, Nitra Region, Slovakia
5.7km (3.5 miles) Zobor hill, Nitrianske Hrnčiarovce, Nitra District, Nitra Region, Slovakia
6.1km (3.8 miles) Pyramída hill, Nitrianske Hrnčiarovce, Nitra District, Nitra Region, Slovakia
8.3km (5.2 miles) Lupka quarry, Nitra, Nitra District, Nitra Region, Slovakia
8.3km (5.2 miles) Kostoľany pod Tribečom quartz veins, Kostoľany pod Tribečom, Zlaté Moravce District, Nitra Region, Slovakia
12.3km (7.6 miles) Tribeč Mountain, Kovarce, Topoľčany, Nitra Region, Slovakia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
s ev i e r. c o m / l o c a t e / l i t h o s Lazulite and Ba, Sr, Ca, K-rich phosphates–sulphates in...metaquartzites of Tribeč Mountains, Western Carpathians, Slovakia: Compositional variations and evolution Pavel...University, Mlynská dolina G, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia Geological Institute, Slovak Academy of Science...Science, Severná 5, 974 01 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia c Faculty of Natural Sciences, Matej Bel University,... Tajovského 40, 974 01 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia d Department of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Slovak
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University Auburn, Alabama 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu Lazulite Downloaded by [University of Guelph] at 01:09...are occasionally found exceptional specimens of lazulite, another, sometimes spectacular, blue mineral;...course, Graves Mountain, Georgia. The occurrence of lazulite in this and several other geologically dissimilar...world’s finest rutile specimens, an attractive lazulite from Graves Mountain has been suggested for this...this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice specimen. Lazulite occurs in shades of azure-blue to sky-blue, bluish-white
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
K-feldspar, beryl, Mg-rich chlorite, kyanite, lazulite, florencite, monazite and apatite also are present...Kyanite–chlorite–muscovite quartzite with tourmaline veins in valleys and au6 Récényi Road Quarry 47.655579, 16.536048...536048 Kyanite–chlorite–muscovite quartzite with tourmaline veins tochtonous debris www.jgeosci.org...HUNGARY 1 km Orthogneiss Leucophyllite and kyanite quartzite AUSTRIA Budapest Garnet-bearing chlorite–muscovite...to identify special mineral phases (beryl and lazulite) in two samples. The analyses were performed at
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sr)(Mg,Fe)2Al(PO4)3, a new phosphate accompanying lazulite from Mt. Ibity, Madagascar: an example of structural...mineral was found as inclusions accompanying blue lazulite and many other minerals in blue metaquartzite...show the absence of H2O and CO2. 1. Introduction Lazulite-bearing blue quartz from Madagascar has been known...Ambatofinandrahana district, and 10 km SW of Manandona, Antsirabé 2 District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo...Antananarivo Province, Madagascar (Fig. 1). The quartzite deposit is located on the border between Fianarantsoa
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ichetuyskoye, in the Dzhida basin (West Transbaikal region, Russia). Petrographical, mineralogical and geochemical...evolution through prograde and retrograde stages. Lazulite-scorzalite and trolleite in association with kyanite...formation of the Mongol-Okhotsk orogenic Belt. The region underwent the Late Mesozoic–Cenozoic tectonomagmatic...rutile and magnetite. Quartzites contain grains of lazulite and kyanite porphyroblasts (up to 2 cm) along...1998; b Geological sketch map of the Ichetuiskoye region metamorphism: an early prograde of epidote-amphibolite
Report (chapter)
London, Special Publications A new occurrence of lazulite from the Main Central Thrust in Kumaun Himalaya...inclusion, EPMA and Raman spectroscopy focusing on lazulite in a highly tectonized zone Dinesh S. Chauhan...by guest on May 13, 2019 A new occurrence of Lazulite from the Main Central Thrust in Kumaun Himalaya...inclusion, EPMA and Raman spectroscopy focusing on Lazulite in a high tectonized zone PT Dinesh S. Chauhan*...ABSTRACT The present study reports and investigates ‘lazulite’ occurring in the vicinity of a highly tectonized
Report (issue)
...-------------------------------------------Lazulite...-------------------------------------------...________________ Origin of the kyanite-rutile-lazulite mineralization....-------------------------------Economic...size........ 26 A. A. Kyanite-impregnated quartzite forming crags on the southwest end of Graves Mountain...section of fresh quartzite from open cut in the saddle of Graves Mountain. Quartzite (qtz) is replaced... B. Thin section of quartzite from the south side of Graves Mountain. Quartzite (qtz) is replaced by
Journal (issue)
Simmons & F. J. Wicks Calcioferrite from the Moculta quarry, near Angaston, South Australia .................York Mineralogical Club field trip to Penitentiary quarry, Snake Hill, New Jersey, on September 4, 1893 (photo...mountain is well known for its abundant large lazulite crystals and stellate pyrophyllite. G INTRODUCTION...from Dr. M. F. Stephenson unusual specimens of lazulite and pyrophyllite labeled simply “Lincoln County...with the help of two “miners,” collected numerous lazulite, rutile and pyrophyllite specimens. Presumably
Report (issue)
________________ Virginia - __ -__ _ ___________ Farmville district, Buckingham, Prince Edward, and Charlotte Counties...schist and gneiss. Kyanite schist _____ Kyanite quartzite ___________ ______________________ Hornblende...deposits Continued Virginia Continued Farmville district, etc. Continued Rock types Continued Other quartzose...localities North Carolina-South Carolina Kings Mountain district, Cleveland, Gaston, and Lincoln Counties, N.C...schist Manganiferous schist Kyanite quartzite Sillimanite quartzite Yorkville quartz monzonite. _._ Diabase
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
including a suite of peraluminous kyanite-rich quartzite (KQR). Near Kanyaluka village, the KQR shows millimetre-...kyanite-rich bands show sea-green coloured pods rich in lazulite. Textural studies reveal that deformed kyanite...grains are sequentially replaced by augelite and lazulite (XMg > 0.97) at the terminal phase of shearing...C-Space program shows the following augelite- and lazulite-forming reactions: (1) 1.829Kyanite + 0.998P +...host kyanite-rich rock to produce augelite and lazulite. Experimental studies in the system Al2O3-SiO2-FeO-MgO-P2O5-H2O
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
familiar to collectors because the kyanite-rich “quartzite” once exploited at Graves Mountain, Georgia, is...host for some of the world’s finest rutile and lazulite specimens (Cook 1985, 2008). Surprisingly attractive...Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil. Arkenstone photo. mentions that beautiful...from the Barra da Salinas district, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil. Arkenstone photo...in the Avery County segment of the Spruce Pine district, has produced fine dark blue kyanite crystals
Journal (issue)
Auociation 130 ROCKS AND MINERALS Chips . from the Quarry 7 to realize that something 1s wrong somewhere...any mine or which slags from iron furnaces were quarry brought to their attention with labeled as "meteorites"...view looking north-northwest. the presence of lazulite, pyrophyllite and rutile in a published report...Prof. Shepard stated that gold occurred in the quartzite of the mountain and that mining for the precious...sides are steep. Viewed from the southwest end, quartzite crags stand out against the timbercovered slope
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
aluminum-phosphate and borosilicate (APB)-bearing quartzite from the Mesoproterozoic Itremo Group (Central...and -Borosilicate (APB)-bearing Mesoproterozoic quartzite of the Itremo Group (central Madagascar) and discusses...formation (metapelite and metasiltstone) (≈ 500 m), a quartzite (≈ 1000 m), and a stromatolitic dolomitic marble...marble formation ( > 1000 m). In the quartzite cross bedding and ripple marks document a deposition in a...a shallow continental shelf environment. Lazulite, augelite, trolleite, svanbergite, goyazite, crandallite
Catalog/List
(Fontana Rossa Mine) Corte, Corsica France £7 15 LAZULITE dark blue areas up to 8mm across in muscovite...matrix, from an altered quartzite. Lazulite locality Jacksonville Mining district Oregon USA. 5x4cm £18...YGONITE white cleavage piece 4x2x2 Bikita, Bikita District Zimbabwe £5 43 CHRYSOCOLLA, blue botryoidal on...show off the excellent colour Sandamap ,Erongo region l'{_amibia 6x4 £18 51 OPAL orange brown and white...colourless crystalline mass _ _ __ _ ___, Kharan District Balochistan Province Pakistan 5x2.5 (at the widest
Report (issue)
evidence suggests that high aluaina quartaite in this district is of aetasedixsntarr origin: high alumina quart...outcrops of high alnzina quartzite exhibit compositional layering (i«e», kyanite quartzite is interlayered with...with stauro lita quartzite, and with non-kyanitic tiagnotiferous quartzite); high alunina quartaite beds...that kyanite in the xyanito quartzite here, as throughout the district, is of metaledjbrcnt origin....30. 31* 53 oO i30 Isoclinal fold in kyanite quartzite shoving coo* TiQ*i^_ tiflfttill- Figure 18.
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Farmville district, Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 14 Kings Mountain district, North Carolina14 South Carolina.............................megascopic feature when doing field studies in this region, it is by no means infallible. Other light-colored...layered quartz gneisses which are common in this region, they lack the magnetite, ilmenite, or garnet which...biotite gneisses and feldspar-rich gneisses of the region. Generally, the biotite content of rutile-bearing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimen consists of blue lazulite, brassy-yellow pyrite and both in smoky gray quartzite. The other specimen...consists of blue lazulite, brown limonite, brown pyrophyllite, and all in white quartzite. Graves Mountain...kyanite sprinkled with micro xls of rutile and some lazulite. "To those who have been to this location and...have been found in place in the vein of kyanite, lazulite, quartz, mica. "Mr. Lowe, the owner, is a real...enclosed specimen? It was collected from an old quarry near Turbotville, Penn. When my husband and I were
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in chemical composition. Invalidity of calcium lazulite Series nomenclature. Variation in specific gravity... . . General association. . .. Occurrence in quartzite Occurrence in quartz-rich veins and dikes. Occurrence...pegmatites. Occurrence in alluvium and colluvium. Gem lazulite Acknowledgments. . . References z A A l 6...11 12 12 13 13 lo 16 16 16 t7 Assrnecr The lazulite-scorzahte isomorphous series-expressed by the...analyses of impure samples. Geological occurrences of lazulite and scorzalite are classifed into four groups
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Goethite - black Hematite - black *Lazurite - purple Lazulite - blue, purple Azurite - purple Malachite - green...quality aquamarine has been recovered from this district. No emeralds have been found. Golden beryl in...in the green talc at Holly Springs verd antique quarry. The crystals are so intimately intergrown with...stones and is best cut in the brilliant shape. Lazulite crystals of pale grayish-blue, generally weakly...occur in a sugary quartzite at Graves Mountain near Washington. When polished, lazulite re­ sembles blue
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
spodumene are available in the dumps of the lower quarry on Newry Mt. in Maine. This material when cut in...was retained to cut into a flat tablet pendant. Lazulite—Through the courtesy of Mr. Judd of Montclair...received a piece of rough lazulite collected by him at the famous Palermo Quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire...a pebble of quartzite. Now pebbles of quartzite are not hard to find around the District of Columbia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
level. Little prospecting has been done in this region, and locally it is believed to be a mineral treasure...where gold in paying quantities was found. The region is extremely rich in its number and variety of...a white quartz outcrop showing patches of blue lazulite which they assumed to be silver bromide. Knopf...the deposit and identified the blue mineral as lazulite and not silver bromide. He also noted the occurrence...Mountains held a possible source of such material, the lazulite claim was investigated and low grade andalusite
Report (issue)
faceted, oval piece of lazulite-bearing blue quartzite. Association: Quartz, lazulite, chlorapatite, celestite...(Bity), ~30 km NNE of Soavina, Ambatofinandrahana district, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar. Name: Honors...University of Nante, France, and studied lazulite-bearing quartzite from Intremo. Type Material: Natural...Sr)(Mg,Fe) 2Al(PO4)3, a new phosphate accompanying lazulite from Mt. Ibity, Madagascar: an example of structural
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crandallite in dumortierite quartzites, Vaca Morta quarry, Vereda range, Macatibas, Bahia, Brazil D. Visser...in dumortierite quartzites from the Vaca Morta Quarry, Yereda range, Macatibas, Bahia, Brazil. The Vereda...Santo Onofre Group, which consists of several quartzite units, schists and a thin amphibolite band. Cassedanne...the dumortierite quartzites. The granoblastic quartzite contains abundant muscovite and dumortierite,...orientated randomly. However, other samples from the quarry show a distinct foliation made up by muscovite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Otago] at 13:59 13 January 2015 THE WATERLOO QUARRY A NEW LOCALITY FOR GAHNITE, MANGANOCOLUMBITE, AND...rocks, but sparse outcrops do occur. Proterozoic quartzite crops out near Waterloo, Wisconsin, where it is...aggregate. Several pegmatites have been found in this quarry as thin veins, approximately 20-30 cm thick, that...that appear to be randomly oriented in the host quartzite. All pegmatites observed show intense alteration...of the quartz-rich sediments that formed the quartzite country rock. A NATURAL OCCURRENCE OF GRAPHITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rocks at the Kyakhta Deposit, Western Transbaikal Region I. A. Izbrodin, G. S. Ripp, and N. S. Karmanov...titanohematite, magnetite, feldspar, biotite, lazulite, and wagnerite. The muscovite composition showed...mineral formation: Mg–Fe–Al–Ca–REE-rich phosphates (lazulite, scorzalite, augelite, apatite, and monazite)...1999), most of which make up solid solutions. Lazulite, augelite, trolleite, wagnerite, wardite, monazite...ore occurrence in the southwestern Transbaikal region. To date, more than 30 mineral species from aluminophosphate
 
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