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Selenite from
Silberberg Mine, Bodenmais, Regen District, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gypsum var: Selenite
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Selenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Silberberg Mine, Bodenmais, Regen District, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:91967
Long-form Identifier:1:3:91967:4
GUID (UUID V4):736f021b-cb5c-45df-9ac2-6022f5c4b49d
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book (volume)
Axifrangible Gypsum . 1st Subsp . Sparry Gypsum or Selenite, 615 Foliated Granular Gypsum , 619 Compact...gneiss rocks of Norway, Swit zerland , France, and Germany. The largest and most beautiful crystals are found...translucent on the edges. It is hard, but in a lower degree than quartz. It • Romé de Lisle, t. ii....The principal characteristic distinctions of this mine ral are colour, distinct concretions, lustre, fracture...abounds, as in the Bohemian Mittelgebirge ; also in Bavaria, Suabia, Lusatia, Hessia, France, Italy, and Hungary
Journal (issue)
mineraal gekend . De Mammoth-St .Anthony Mine, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, leverd e ongetwijfeld...2j 3(Se03) 2(OH)4 .4H20, a ne w calcium uranyl selenite from Shinkolobwe, Shaba, Zaire", Canadian Mineralogist...zijn te vinden in de wij k Groenenhoek in het district Berchem (zelfstandige gemeente tot de fusie met...Bereken zou de bewerker geweest zijn van de i n A. District Berchem B. Havengbie d straatnaam i datum naamgeving...zoals ze dat alleen in de Alpen kennen : malse regen afgewisseld me t plensbuien . Toch slaagde hij erin
Catalog/List
----·-·- ---- ·- -- 1129 ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway 87 ■ BERYL Evje area . South...---·-··----·------ ·- - ---27 ANTHOPHYLLITE Kaveltorp Mine Sweden 1008 CHRYSOBERYL Kolsva. Vastmanland Sweden...--~----· ·---·-------- -- -62 COBAL TITE Bolidcn Mine, North Sweden 1003 ARSENIOPLEITE Sjogruvan,Ridd...2x3 £25 Ampibole 1140 ERYTHRITE Sl-a1tterud Cobalt Mine. Vikersund Norway 970 MAGNESIOHASTINGSITE Langban...________ __ _!LU9! .~~~ -E N1 163 GALENA Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthcad. Cumbria Cube-octahedral grey crystals
Catalog/List
Bay, Skye, Scotland AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 17 2 Rich mass of black crystal sections...ALBERTITE near Dingwall Scotland ANATASE Cuiba district, Gouveia Minas Gerais. Brazil 28 Quite rich black...lx2 £2 lxl£3 2x2£12 lx2£5 lxl £1 ----· Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall ANDALUSITE Cabracao, Minl10, Portugal...Andalucia Spain. Type Location New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England 140 grey bleby small botryoidal..._lx2_ _80 _ _____ _,o 1129 ALMANDINE Braslad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway Unknown location I 1 63 □a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ill. --tribrom-, 155. series, double salts of the lower members of. P a r t 11, 797. Acetic acids, chlorniated...dichlor-, 99. Autliracite, occurrence of, i n a n iron mine in Nordberg, Sweden, 359. Anthraquinone, arntdo-...cane and beet products on, 1177. -refining, 768. -selenite (chalcomenite), 691. -sulpliate, a new bssic,...the V6drin Mine, 999. -(phosphato-sulphate of iron), two varieties of, found in the coal mine at Pegchagnard...temperature and pressure on, 334. -salts of the lower members of the acetic acid series, Part 11,797.
Book (volume)
ex¬ tensive washings were carried on in that district, for the purpose of collecting this precious metal;...in Mexico; and there is scarcely a single silver-mine which does not also contain gold. On the coast of...viz. brown-spar, calcareous-spar, heavy-spar, selenite, common garnet, and lithomarge. It occurs in bituminous-wood... Pabst. b. i. s. 7* Id. Wid. s. 724* —-Mercury mine¬ ralized by the Vitriolic and Marine Acids, Kirrv...Born, t. ii. p. 399» Id- Earn. t. i. p.T68. —La Mine de Mercure cornee, on le Mercure muriate. Brock
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....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... in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from the Rabejac deposit, Herault dept
Book (volume)
reserved. H., Hofbuchdruckerei, Cothen-Anhalt (Germany). PRECIOUS The Precious Stones. Precious others...like will the is light quartz from the lower jour setting, a are at on quartz all much... or viewed from a) below, b) of portion lower is colour made or be in the in cut of at...cutting may simply cut so stones form while the lower frequently most diamonds of cutting frequently...hollowed out The vacant. man form the on left Germany with to be have posture greater a window
Book
zeolite mineralogy was done, at that time, in Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain. Because of differences...composition), 600 to 900 meters thick, in the Oligocene to Lower Miocene John Day Formation in central Oregon (Hay...natrolite, gonnardite, gismondine, and faujasite; and a lower zone (up to 8 meters thick) that is analcime-dominant...covering of the flow by additional flows before the lower flow has cooled, differences in chemical environment...breccia and in the vesicular base of Oligocene to Lower Miocene columnar basalt in the Narre Warren Quarry
Book
zeolite mineralogy was done, at that time, in Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain. Because of differences...composition), 600 to 900 meters thick, in the Oligocene to Lower Miocene John Day Formation in central Oregon (Hay...natrolite, gonnardite, gismondine, and faujasite; and a lower zone (up to 8 meters thick) that is analcime-dominant...covering of the flow by additional flows before the lower flow has cooled, differences in chemical environment...breccia and in the vesicular base of Oligocene to Lower Miocene columnar basalt in the Narre Warren Quarry
Book (volume)
Droitwich in Worcestershire. In the north of Germany, rocks of the salt formation and salt springs occur...in the Tyrol * , passes through Reichenthal in Bavaria , continues to Hallein in Salzburg, Hallstadt,...farthest limit of the salt -beds on that side of Germany. OR. 1. Fos. SALTS.) $ P . 1. HEXAHEDRAL ROCK...country of Congo. Asia . — There is a considerable mine of rock -salt twenty versts from Jena- Tayerska...It occurs, along with copper-pyrites, in Pary's mine in Anglesea ; and also in the copper-mines in the
Book
I. Gypsum. t. Prismatoidal I St Gypsum, or Selenite, 21 Foliated Granular Gypsum, 22 23 Subsp...I '« Mr Boshieman's in Tarka, of cur in the district Land, in Sou- thern Africa. manufacture the... IV. — Occurs in transition rocks in Swit- Germany, England, and in secondary rocks in » South... It occurs along with copper-pyrites, in Pary's mine in Anglesea ; and also in the copper-mines in the...very early period, before the discovery of glass, selenite was used for windows and at present it is employed
Book
(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)... It is used in alloys to increase hardness and lower the melting point. Antimony compounds are toxic
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...Clouo rrnn·a, Arizona; (lower right, center) mimetite, Tsurneb, Namibia, (lower, right) gold, Amazonas...value than a precious stone, ordinarily one with ~ lower hardness and brilliance and/ or greater abundance...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower /eft) rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite...wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower right, center) mimetite, Tsiimehb, Namibia; (lower, right) gold,...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce ©...value than a precious stone, ordinarily one with a lower hardness and brilliance and/or greater abundance
Book (edition)
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...produced may result in observed optical character of lower symmetry than is expected for the crystal’s ideal
Book (edition)
carnallite. sylvite and k.ieseritc; from Stassfurt. Germany. Abrazite. syn. of gismondine or of phillipsite...44. c 1 3 .50 A. A natural occurrence at a coal mine in the (TL) Lvov-Volynsk basin, USSR. Achates. syn...fPDF 18-873 ). (TL) Johanngcorgcnstadt. Saxony, Germany. Fomiula and unit cell by R.J. Davis, M.H. Hey...Min. 28. 536. (TI..) Johanngeorgenstadt. Saxony. Germany. Named for G . Agricola. Agrinierite. (K 2 .Ca...09. c 7.76 A . Z=2 [PDF 27-620]. (TL) San Carlos mine. Guanajuato. Mexico. Named for S. Aguilar. Agustitc
Book
too much attention to the Permian deposits of Germany. We have done so deliberately, however, because...of the area in question and of the surrounding district— winds and ocean currents and distance from the...developed in the foreland of the Urals; those of Germany formed just to the north of the Variscan chains...basins containing normal sea water, because of the lower specific heat of the brines. This criticism, however...Mean sea temperatures are therefore substantially lower than they must have been in, say, the Permian Period
Book
fifteenth century * or thereabouts there lived in Germany a monk by the name " Basil Valentine," who has...was that he was a Benedictine monk of Southern Germany, and that nearly all the works attributed to him...2SeO2Sb2O3|H2O, the basic selenite of antimony; and 4SeO2Sb2O3, the acid selenite of antimony (Nelson). Antimony...argentiferous lead carbonate and chrysocolla at the Victoria mine, Tibaya, Peru. Arsenstibnite. It is an arsenical...in Spain; Sevier Co., Arkansas; at the Montezurna mine, Nevada. Kermesite. Composition.—Antimony oxysulphide
Book
[Vulcan, Roman god of fire], plutonite (Pluto and the lower world), and Pele’s hair (Hawaiian fire goddess)...tribal peoples: bojite (Boii, Celtic tribe in Germany), gondite (Gonds, central India), onkilonite (Onkilones...salts overlying rock salt deposits at Stassfurt, Germany. [G. Abraum, refuse; the salts were originally...quartz and biotite altered to chlorite. [ Akenobe district, Tajima, Japan] (Kato in 1920) akerite ig. pluton...serpentinized peridotite in Ontario. Miners’ term. [ Alexo mine, Dundonald Township, Ontario] algarite sed. Bitumen
Book
coadju¬ tor, and how comparatively little my own (for mine has chiefly been that of a compiler), I have not...regular induction of them applied not to a limited district, but extending to the whole of this country, may...researches of Friesleben, Raumer, &c. in the north of Germany. We have availed ourselves of both these sources...prehensive series—the upper containing coal, the lower lime¬ stone ; each series being characterised by...distinguished from the families contained in the lower beds of the transition and carboniferous class,
Book (volume)
fupplied that part without which, of Chemiftry, Mine- ralogy can never be fuccefsfully ftudied., The... Spec. 1 6. - 238 - - 238 - 240 240 Selenite or Gypfum Var. Gypfeous Earth 1. — — — Spec...occafioned by /craping the Surfaces of Colour Mine- rals. Hardness. According 1. to the different...perfedt 6-fidcd prifms. Is alfo found in in the mine Saxonv , at Johanngeorgenftadr, called Frijcb...Some and Peru. are foqnd in England, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Bretagne, &c. The brown kind, Rome dc
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 &
Report (volume)
Cordiorite-anthophyllite-rock at the Orijarvi mine eordierite-anthophyllite-rock in 189 the Orijarvi... near the Orijarvi of lilijarvi southeast mine of the boundary-zone 221 amphibolite Cummi...andradite-skam Quartz-veins sulphide the skarn lilijarvi mine occurrences contact-aureole Banded Occurrences... Orijdrvi Brodtorp in mine the aureole . . . 243 243 The Aijala mine ore . 234 ore The skarn...the 234 The The 233 layers ores Orijarvi mine The oxide skarn nature of The Small 230 the
Book
in chlorine-rich environments (especially in acid mine waters; Schwertmann and Cornell, 2000). It is named...named after its type locality at Akagané mine (Iwate Prefecture, Japan), where Nambu discovered it in...Sonora, Mexico and has also been found in the Tsumeb Mine of Otavi, Namibia and in the Altai Mountains in...Spain probably derives from the existence of a tin mine in Spain that had been in operation since antiquity...Questa. An examination by the author of the red-oxide mine reveals that the site was mined in prehistoric times’
 
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