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Calcite from
Ambly, Nassogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium


Locality type:Section
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ambly, Nassogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:94201
Long-form Identifier:1:3:94201:6
GUID (UUID V4):c445fa14-bde5-4cd2-bc08-911bb8c07a5e
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
6.4km (4.0 miles) Lorette cave, Rochefort, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium
7.3km (4.5 miles) Boverie quarry, Rochefort, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium
9.2km (5.7 miles) Havrenne, Buissonville, Rochefort, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium
9.7km (6.0 miles) Éprave cave, Éprave, Rochefort, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium
9.9km (6.2 miles) Turmont, Han-sur-Lesse, Rochefort, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium
11.4km (7.1 miles) La Lesse quarry, Resteigne, Tellin, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
11.7km (7.3 miles) Verdenne, Marche-en-Famenne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
13.2km (8.2 miles) Limites quarry, Ave-et-Auffe, Rochefort, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium
13.8km (8.6 miles) Baryte mine, Roptai forest, Ave-et-Auffe, Rochefort, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium
14.9km (9.3 miles) E411 road cut, Lavaux-Sainte-Anne, Rochefort, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1911; E. Gruner, 1929; NolI, 1932, 1936; O'Neill), calcite (Becquerel,1852; Lemberg,1883; Friedel, 1891; Bauer...(CaO-(Mg, Fe, Mn)O.2CO•.), dolomite (CaO-MgO'2CO•.), calcite (CaO.CO•.), anhydrite (CaO'SOs),. #ypsum (CaO-SO•2H•...other relativelyinsolublephosphates, suchas apatite,ambly#onite,and monazite, wouldappear,alsoborosilicates...precipitated witherite, celestite,strontianite,calcite, dolomite, fluorite, anhydrite, and gypsum. Q
Journal (issue)
pseudos of hem atite after calcite , a very rare pseudo of göthite after calcite , very limpid and perfect...termed pseudomorphs . The well known crystals of calcite from Fontainebleau , which contain , according...as impurities in staurolite . The Fontainebleau calcite before refered to , and similar aggregates of selenite...enclosing calcite . In a similar manner garnet , as before mentioned , may enclose calcite , epidote...dodecahedral crystals made up of layers of garnet and calcite , twelve such layers or laminæ being found in a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
218.22 215 90 213.72 211.98 I.00 0.11 noncum/ambly 15/30 199.70 1 30 134.38 Sp D2B E. amblygomum...dist~bution coefficients for Fe and Mn in low-Mg calcite that are greater than one (e.g., DROMGOOLEand WALTER...intended to remove as a large prounion of diagenetic calcite as possible. Samples were then dissolved and split...massive calcite shells (Gryphaeu), the younger oyster samples tended to have laminated calcite shell structures...X-ray diffraction patterns indicate little or no calcite, and the Fe and Mn concentrations are low. Moreover
Journal (issue)
forms of calcite, with t be other carbonates being shown in the ga other two cases. Calcite, the most...beryllonite and herderite from Stoneham, Maine ; ambly• gonite from Paris and Greenwood, Maine; wagnerite...underground workings, the orebody consists of quartz, calcite, rhodocbrosite, limonite, and wad. 1 Two important...quartz lodes-the gold being associated with quartz, calcite, pyrite, and galena, in impregnated bands some..., recently, bringing with him some attractive calcite stalactites from the caves on one of the islands
Journal (issue)
composition of stone , the particles of quartz , calcite , & c . , being readily distinguished , aud rendering...polished , 1.4x1 ) , 25 cts . Native Copper in Calcite Crys . , 1 { x1 } , 50c . Cassiterite , crystallized...Spar , fine , 1.x1 } x ;, 25 cts .; 1. x1 } x Calcite Groups , Egremont , Eng . , 4x4 , 32x3 , À , 15...( p 80 n 5 Antillite Ap Ipi 329 Alalte 238 569 Ambly onite 103 AntimonialAnenie 118 Alaskaite IL P3824
Report (volume)
small round to oval patches of conspicuous white calcite in a fine-grained matrix. Relation to pegmatites...granulation. The rock also contains albite, spodumene, ambly- gonite, llthiophilite, columbite, and microcline
Journal (issue)
planes. The crystals are in a matrix of quartz, calcite, hedenbergite and ·diopside. A small number of...limestone, having grown at the expense of the calcite. The lime-iron pyroxene, hedenbergite, is found...deposit on the growing crystal. Gibralter Stone - calcite or aragonite, banded, mottled or clouded. Girasol...Ambatoarinite ........................................ 101 Ambly°gonite ...................................... 6...························-····-························ 36 Calcite ............................ 67, 138, 141, 142
Book (edition)
pyramid; 52, Rhombohedron (lOll) (calcite), 53, Rhombohedron (0221) (calcite); 54, Combination of the two...rhombohedrons (calcite). (2131); 49, PROPERTIES OF MINERALS FIG. 55. (2131) (calcite); 56, Combi(calcite)...Combi(calcite) 57, Combination of rhom- Fig. 55, Scalenohedron nation of scalenohedron and rhombohedron ...58. FIG. 57. FIG. 56. HEXAGONAL CRYSTALS: (calcite); 58, ; Hemimorphic crystal (tourmaline). ...rhombohedral cleavage of Minerals that break with calcite, and the cubic cleavage of galena. ease in such
Journal (issue)
Azeztulite Crystals Satya Mani Quartz Lemurian Aquatine Calcite - Reader Services - 78 79 Advertiser Index...Danburite Multi-Color Calcite Fire Opal Angel Wing Selenite Mimetite-Morfite White Calcite Creedite Cluster...September 2009 11 EL PASO ROCK SHOP, INC. NEW Apple Calcite Larimar (Dominican Republic) NEW Sunset Cuprite...Turquoise - natural and stabilized (Mexico) Orange Calcite 14572 Bradley Rd. El Paso, TX 79938 office: (915)...Now Offering Shamanite® - North American Black Calcite “Shamanite offers spiritual protection to those
Book
material of relative hardness: talc, 1; gypsum, 2; calcite, 3; that happens to be regarded as valuable. Few...violet, a variation caused by cobalt. azurite, calcite, limonite, olivenite, and smithsonite. Main Sources:...potholes, where it is commonly associated with calcite and selenite, the transparent variety ofgypsum...ces name of this mineral is taken from the Greek ambly, meaning blunt, and gonios, meaning angle. This...ores. It is commonly found in association with calcite, prehnite, quartz, scolecite, and with zeolite
Journal (issue)
specimen of orange-colored wulfenite on white calcite. )72 I later found that he is one of the very...zeolites, sure fl ow of lava. T his may be of little calcite, ankerite decayed like the lava interest to those...mineral seen was calcite. I got a nice 2x3 specimen consisting of white crystalline calcite on dark gray...100 feet in diameter. Here light brown banded calcite (onyx) was plentiful and in nice pieces ; it was...hundreds of feet. the The only mineral noted was calcite which ion , was present as thin white crusts on
Book
microcrystals of mica, calcite and fluorite, while detergents contain such mineral additives as calcite, dolomite...exhibited by such minerals as aragonite, chalcanthite, calcite, descloizite, goethite, graphite, hydrozincite...smithsonite. Above: Rhombohedral crystals of calcite with clear cleavage planes. Cleavage Cleavage................................... Talc Gypsum Calcite Fluorite Apatite Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum...fluorescent mineral gives the property its name), calcite, diamond, opal and halite. Fluorescence is caused
Book
microcrystals of mica, calcite and fluorite, while detergents contain such mineral additives as calcite, dolomite...exhibited by such minerals as aragonite, chalcanthite, calcite, descloizite, goethite, graphite, hydrozincite...scale of hardness lfar leftI. Mineral Talc Gypsum Calcite Fluorite Apatite Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum...fluorescent mineral gives the property its name), calcite, diamond, opal and halite. Fluorescence is caused...using a small amount of suffi¬ ciently transparent calcite crystal (the ideal would be a fragment of Ice¬
Book (edition)
rock. In places we but one mineral, as, for is calcite. which examination shows are made entirely of...particularly, magnesium erals quartz, feldspar, and calcite compared instinctively with apparently similar...collect crystals of a mineral such as quartz or calcite that has a large variety of forms, or to collect...Trigonal-Scalenohedral Class. The trigonal- scalenohedral or calcite class (32/m) is the class in the trigonal division...being The number of scalenohedral class them, calcite as, for more obtuse than those of the species
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fortunately with the inner whorls well preserved in calcite. Y2 Fig. 2.--Sutural develo2ment oJ L i p a...The protoconch is of normal form, preserved in calcite: an examination by transmitted light shows the...Becheiceras and Liparoceras. D: A~IBLYCOCERAS. AMBLY(;OCEIr ]3REVlLO]3XTU.M, sp. nov. text-fig. 10 c
Report (issue)
Group_____ 41. Porphyroblastic rhombs of rust-stained calcite in greenschist_______________ 42. Bent porphyroblast...in percent, of composite ~ample of six chips of calcite marble and schistose 8 9 limestone----------...intergrown grains that were probably phenocrysts. Calcite occurs as small granules (locally as knots as much...actinolite, leucoxene, and, less .commonly, quartz, calcite, and muscovite, liberally strewn with magnetite...Interca.lated with the Seven Devils Volcanics is calcite limestone. Some of this (notably, large to small
Book (edition)
coral actually are made up of mineral material (calcite and aragonite) but created through the agency of... Most gems cut from members of this series are ambly- fluorine, many stones have been discussed in...limestone, which is composed entirely of the mineral calcite. Most rocks, however, are made up of several minerals...deposits. IDENTIFICATION OF GEMSTONES deposited calcite. Dolomite — massive sedimentary rock composed... 8. Topaz 2. Gypsum 6. Feldspar 9. 3. Calcite 7. Quartz Corundum Diamond 4. Fluorite 10
Journal (issue)
(Rhodazez) Satya Mani Quartz Lemurian Aquatine Calcite Danburite: Excerpts from “Stones of the New Consciousness”...Red White Magnesite Wild Horse (Mexico) Orange Calcite Azurite-Malachite-Chrysocolla (natural and stabilized)...Chrysocolla Imperial Jasper Lapis NEW Apple Calcite Blue Fire Opal (Mexico) Quartz Chinese Writing...Guide to Tucson Shamanite® North American Black Calcite Discover this Paleozoic Rarity ... from the only...also resonates powerfully with Merkabite Calcite, Elestial Calcite and Cinnabar Quartz.” Natrolite Natrolite
Book (edition)
gold-quartz veins of of of interior in in in calcite, siderite; silver-lead in Tintic, of zeolitic...some places be converted into white fine-grained calcite-sericite-quartz rocks and at other places appear..."gangue." Thus, a gold ore may consist of quartz, calcite, siderite, native and galena. Here the first three...gold deposits; or, as when, in a rock composed of calcite and calcium gration do its share, as phosphate...solution of solution. If calcite FeC03, ZnC03, or MgCC>3, a part of the calcite will be dissolved while
Book
Universite de Liege, 7 Place du Vingt-Aout, 4000 Liege, Belgium. Sociedade Geologica de Portugal, Boletim, Falculdade... 1837-, 15 Avenue des Tilleuls, B-4000 Liege, Belgium. Soil Science Society of America, Journal, 1936-...Minerals and Metals Blowpipe Analysis of Minerals Calcite Group Halotrichite Group Human and Vertebrate...of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Mineral descriptions. Calcite Group. DUNCAN McCONNELL, The Ohio JOHN T. JENKINS...of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403. Brussels 5, Belgium. Pleochroic Halos. CHARLES STAPLES, 3K7. Plagioclase
Book (edition)
Cryolite, 79 * Chiolite, * Chodneffite, 23. Calcite , 24. Fluellite, Lévy, 88 25. Allophane, 26...examples. Let the firstbe a transparent specimen of calcite. If in the first place, it is viewed as a passive...or of differ A distinct concretion of granular calcite is also an individual, although circumstances have...therefore a simple mineral : a distinct concretion of calcite is likewise a simple mineral. No allusion to the...distinct crystalline masses, or in a mass of granular calcite or fibrous limonite. They are produced whenever
Book (edition)
-crystal) 99 IO2 104 106 106 107 109 118 45. Calcite ( Iceland spar), showing its characteristic rhombohedral...57. Hornblende crystal 58. Olivine crystal 59. Calcite in the form of “ nail-head spar ” 132 133 133... xyii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FIG. PAGE 60. Calcite in the form of dog-tooth spar 135 61. Sphærosiderite...of Southern Scandinavia, in Northern Germany, Belgium, and the east of England, we learn that a great... Again, procure a piece of the common mineral calcite, either a whole crystal (Figs. 59, 60), or a portion
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ta>Nb microlite (Sn,P,• (pollucite) amblygonite ambly~onite beryl P,F,Li,Rb,Cs tantalite Be,Ta>Nb (lepidolite)...pegmatitic granites, pegmatites, syenite dikes and calcite-fluorite-apatite veins (FowLER & DOIG, 1983). Uraniferous
Book (edition)
. < Specimen in White Light Showing White Calcite, Red Zincite, Pale Green Willemite· and B lue-black...structurally identical with the minerals aragonite and calcite, are not classed as minerals. Perhaps the most...eighteenth century, the Abbe R. J. Haliy observed that calcite crystals, whatever their external form, always...images is proportional to the thickness of the calcite block, and it may be established that each image..._ _ _ _ _ _ 73 orientation. The orientation of calcite is determined by the rhombohedral cleavage, and
Report (issue)
Gold with calcite as a gangue mineral is not uncommon, and in some mines considerable calcite is found...wires and scales of included Lenticular masses of calcite with much gold are found in Minersgold. Diller^^^^...ville. Trinity County. It has been found Avith calcite at the Palnia mine, Inyo County, at the Yellowstone...Geyserville. Trinity Count}^ A specimen was found in calcite in the northwestern : : : part of the county...Kin^s River, thirty miles east of Trimni(-r with calcite and epidote. Occurs in Hakes in the White Pine
 
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