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Chrysocolla from
Tin mine, Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chrysocolla
Formula:Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysocolla data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tin mine, Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:95819
Long-form Identifier:1:3:95819:6
GUID (UUID V4):d1eaea3e-16fb-4d1b-8e42-3f23dd858cef
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysocolla
9.1km (5.7 miles) Moldava deposit, Moldava, Teplice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
10.8km (6.7 miles) Sadisdorf, Dippoldiswalde, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
25.0km (15.5 miles) Altväter samt Eschig Mine, Sayda, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
44.5km (27.7 miles) Vater Abraham Mine, Lauta, Marienberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
55.5km (34.5 miles) St Briccius Mine, Königswalde, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
56.7km (35.2 miles) Sulphide deposit (Sohlander Bergsegen), Sohland an der Spree, Bautzen District, Saxony, Germany
62.7km (39.0 miles) Straßburger Glück Mine, Niederschlag, Bärenstein, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
62.7km (39.0 miles) Niederschlag mine, Niederschlag, Bärenstein, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
68.0km (42.2 miles) Diethensdorf Quarry, Diethensdorf, Claußnitz, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
71.1km (44.2 miles) Gelbe Birke Mine, Beierfeld, Grünhain-Beierfeld, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
PHONE (406) 363 3601 A.JOITE CRYSTALS New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona. Hydrated copper aluminum... ANHYDRITE CRYSTALS Sonderhausen, South Harz, Germany. Calcium sulfate. Single sharp rectangular crystals...and S7. 50. BOURNONITE COGWHEEL CRYSTALS Keystone mine, Crested Butte, Colorado. A lead copper antimony...xls on matrix, T/N $. 50, $1. 00 AMOSITE Penge mine, Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. A basic...$7.50 and $9. 50. ARSENOLITE CRYSTALS White Caps mine, Manhattan, Nevada. Arsenic trioxide. Very sharp
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Oregon; argyrodite (a silver sulphide germanate), Germany, Bolivia. On the other hand, there are many well...in Colyn region W. of r. Dniepr. ANDREASBERG, Germany, S E Oberharz mountain range, lead-zinc deposit...arsen, hormotone, analcime, desmin. FREIBERG, Saxony, Germany, old famous mineral, classic locality. Native...Annaberg, Johanngeorgenstadt, Schneeberg, all in Saxony. Here have been discovered minerals: annabergite...Belgium, the most known are lead-zinc deposits Altenberg and Stolberg, very good specimens so called Schalenblende
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been first described from material collected in Germany, although there is no specific reference to the...is in the Freiberg Mining Academy collection in Germany (Anthony et al. 2000). A historic synonym is tamarite...reported from the now-closed Harborside mine and nearby Rosier mine, Brooksville, Hancock County, Maine....West. It occurs sparingly in ores of the Tucson mine in the Leadville district of Lake County, Colorado...fine chalcophyllite microcrystals is the 3 Metals mine in the Weepah district of Esmeralda County. Utah
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
superb example of the mineral. It was from Saxony, Germany, and was to me at that time a thing of beauty...National University] at 06:43 31 December 2014 mine in Colorado, and they found virtually the entire...may alter to malachite, azurite, bindheimite, chrysocolla, cuprite, and goethite. For the pseudomorph collector...tetrahedrite and pyrite specimen from the Anchor mine, Park City, Utah. The specimen was in the stock...examples at the present time are from the Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado, where it occurs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1874. Downloaded on 26/10/2014 08:32:27. Gegentrum Mine at Halsbriicke, consisting of marcasite mixed with...Junge hohe Birke mine there occurs a mineral which is soft and buttery while in the mine, but quickly hardens...sinter is likewise found in the Junge hohe Birke mine. 4. Brittle Silver Ore or Stephamite.-The Freiberg... A variety from the Gesegnete Bergmannshoffnung mine, in elongated prismatic crystals of sp. gr. 6.28...L~~~bachite.-Keroliteis of frequent occurrence in Saxony, being found in the cavities of the melaphyre-conglomerates
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...Molybdenum Glance, or molybdenum sulphide, Altenberg, Saxony. 10. Keweenaw Copper, or Peacock Co
Catalog/List
crystalline xllized - crystallized MM - micromount TIN -thumbnail size Fl. - fluorescent P. - phosphorescent....... . Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine --=.rransparent micro crystals on limonite gossen...silicate' Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on monzonite . ...silicate CLEAVELANDITE Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine #2 Lustrous white twin xl groups, minor muscovite...ALLEMONTITE An intergrowth of arsenic and antimony Germany Harz Mountains, Andreasberg Rich gray botryoidal
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 (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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Library] at 03:41 01 August 2012 Olivenite TSUMEB MINE, TSUMEB, OSHIKOTO REGION, NAMIBIA H ydrothermal...specimen of olivenite from the worldfamous Tsumeb mine in Namibia, where attempts at specimen mining have...secondary copper assemblages from the Black Pine mine in the Phillipsburg area of Granite County (Waisman...and Gibbs 1983; Anthony et al. 1995). At the 79 mine in Gila County, olivenite occurs as small, olive-green...brochantite and anglesite (Keith 1972). At the Grandview mine, Coconino County, small prismatic olivenite crystals
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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)
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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)
Journal (issue)
Moore Tpmoore1@cox.net The Guatomo (“Hat Yai”) mine near Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province.............731 . by M. P. Sacchi The Santa Rosa mine, Inyo County, California .........................SCORODITE crystal, 1.6 cm wide, from the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia. Unique Minerals...in the area of the No. 1 shaft at the Pyšminskij mine near Berezovsk. Figure 29. Workings along veins...www.budil-minerals.com The Guatomo (“Hat Yai”) mine near Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province
Catalog/List
stilbite.Pretty RF TN.£4 2) BARITE,Mount Wellington Mine,Gwennap,Cornwall.Vitreous translucent greyish chisel...Excellent RF SPC.C.£10 4) CHALCEDONY,Pednandrea Mine,Redruth,Comwall.Ex Col Williams colln.Pure B crust...----------------------------------- 6) BARITE,Hilton Mine,Scordale,nr Appleby,Cumbria.Attractive druse of...xtls .. Pretty D C.£22 7) PYROMORHITE, Bwlch-Glas Mine, Cardiganshire,Wales. Very pretty covering ofbright...C. £15 = - -=~:- "' ·" 8) HA:RM6TOME, Bellgrove Mine, ·Stfontiai\Ai'gyllshire:scot1ana.Bioclcymifky-wliifee
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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...interesting minerals can also be found on heaps of mine refuse, but never enter abandoned shafts or caves... BISMUTH Bia Krupka, Czechoslovakia very good tin-white, grey silver- white light grey, silverwhite...arsenic-silver ALLEMON- ore veins TITE yellowish grey tin-white to grey g rey No. 1—8 metallic opaque
Catalog/List
Quartzose gossan. 2x2". £1. 5. hNGLESITE. Parys Mine, bllglesey, N. Wales. Small well formed lustrous...type location. 3xlt'l. £2. 6. aPATITE. Stennagwyn Mine, Nr. St. ~ustell, Cornwall. Pale bluish hexagonal... iU'a.TITE var iety FRl..NCOLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardrea th, Cornwall. i,. 2xl" cavity in Quartz/slate... ~OPHYLLITE. 9. JillGENTITE. Freiburg, Saxony, Germany. Bright, metallic grey cubic crystals to t"...quartz. 2x2". £4. 13.BERTHIERITE. Braunsdorf, saxony, Germany. Rich metallic grey radiated mass with minor
chromates 55, 63 chromite 24 chrysoberyl 24, 24 chrysocolla 105, 106 chrysolite 75 chrysotile /07, 108 cinnabar...traditionally been accepted that mercury, opal, and chrysocolla, among others, should be grouped with the minerals...followed by the Bronze Age when copper was mixed with tin). Its characteristic copper-red colour is often hidden...brownish black, at Freiberg and Andreasberg in Germany, and also in the United States (Arizona). Antimony...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite
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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...interesting minerals can also be found on heaps of mine refuse, but never enter abandoned shafts or caves...trigonal metallic opaque liquid 13.6 greasy tin-white, grey silverwlutc grey metallic opa opaque... metallic opaque 2.5-3 8.6 very good fragile tin-white to grey grey metallic opaque compact, thread­
Catalog/List
beforehand. NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1995 1. ADAMITE. Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. V-shaped cavity in limonitic...5. APATITE (VAR FRANCOLITE). Simms Lode, Geevor Mine, St Just, Cornwall. Cellular matrix lined with lustrous...60x50x45mm. £22. 7. AURICHALCITE AND HEMIMORPHITE. 79 Mine, Hayden, Arizona, USA. A 50x20nan cavity in veinstone...U.V. 70x60x25mm. £12. 9. AZURITE. West Caradon Mine, St Clear, Cornwall, in veinstone matrix. 30x2Qx20mm... 130x80x40mm. £65. 11, BORNITE. Cooks Kitchen Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Several shallow cavities in
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chromates 55, 63 chromite 24 chrysoberyl24,24 chrysocolla 105, 106 chrysolite 75 chrysotile 107, 108 cinnabar...59 zippeite 62 zircon 77, 78, 78 zoisite 88 THE MINE LKINGDOM All physical bodies in Nature can be...traditionally been accepted that mercury, opal, and chrysocolla, among others, should be grouped with the minerals...or slightly rotated Vitreous. Like glass 3 THE MINE Class I: native ·elements Chemical elernents found...followed by the Bronze Age when copper was mixed with tin). Its characteristic copper-red colour is often hidden
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92, 93 chromates 55, 63 chrysoberyl 24, 24 chrysocolla /05, 106 chrysolite 75 chrysotile /07, 108 cinnabar...liquids, and those we have traditionally chrysocolla, the mentioned been accepted among others...followed by the Bronze Age when copper was mixed with tin). Its characteristic copper-red colour is often hidden...brownish black, at Freiberg and Andreasberg in Germany, and also in the United States (Arizona). Antimony...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite
Catalog/List
Specimen B - l~xlxt". £2.50 •. BARYTES •.. Hil ton Mine, 6cordale, westmoreland. Choice, translucent lust...Barytes crystals. Ztx2". £4.50. BARYTOCALCITE. Blagi~l Mine, ~. Alston, Cumberland. Transparent slightly creamy... I-txt". £1.50. -2-10'. I BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine Illogan, Cornwall. Select cluster of intergrown...llITl. in size. lx-t".£6.50. BORNITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Specimen A - very rich purply...Calcite/Limestone matrix. ltxl". £2.25. CALCITE. Stank Mine, Ulverstone, N. Lancashire. Fine lustrous creamy
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and rocks are formed. RIGHT: Malachite with chrysocolla, Majdanpek, Serbia ¢ tixex7 cm LEFT: Fluorite...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...Brazil * 5 x 3 x 0.6 cm Platy muscovite, José Pinto Mine, Jaguaracu, Minas Gerais, Brazil * 12 x 19 x 6 cm
Book (edition)
and its Compounds Zinc and its Compounds Cadmium, Tin Compounds of Titanium Cobalt and Nickel and their...Carbon Cerium M W = Potassium = Silver = Sodium = Tin = Tungsten CHEMICAL COMPOSITION. Iron 8? CHEMICAL...SrO = = strontium oxide; S0 2 sulphur dioxide tin sulphur trioxide; Sn0 2 (sulphurous acid); S0 3 dioxide...undecomposed mineral and boiled with the addition of tin-foil, assumes a beautiful blue or violet color a...finally a beautiful violet color. On charcoal with tin the glass becomes violet if there is not too much
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at Shinkolobwe,it is more likely from the Musonoi mine in the same district. The specimen is 12.5 cm wide...from the Markey No. 3 mine, White Canyon district, Utah, as well as the Skyline mine in the Monument Valley...Valley and the Grey Dawn mine in the Paradox Valley districts and the Mineral Ten claim in the Green River...and in similarly sized crystals at the Majuba Hill mine, Pershing County, Nevada. Torbemite/metatorbernite...Stevens Counties, Washington, including the Midnite mine (famous for its meta-autunite). It is known in small
 
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