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Albite from
Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia


Locality type:City
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:998088
Long-form Identifier:1:3:998088:4
GUID (UUID V4):827e9e07-8ac4-4db9-a1e4-4ea464470ffa
Localities for Albite in this Region
Colorada Mine, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
San José Mine, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
Socavón Mine (La Salvadora mine), Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
livia Alfredo Petrov Casilla 1728 Cochabamba, Bolivia e-mail: alfredopetrov@earthlink.net Bill and Carol...Colorado 80020 e-mail: smith72@attglobal.net Bolivia, a landlocked nation three times as large as M...this gazetteer. INTRODUCTION Most people think of Bolivia as a land of great mountain ranges and high cold...description only fits the southwestern third of Bolivia. The two thirds of the country to the north and... Cerro Manomo. The northeastern two thirds of Bolivia contains the fastest growing regions; industrial
Report (issue)
elbaite, morganite and aquamarine beryl, spessartine, albite, microcline…even axinite and hambergite, all from...“Minerals” section full of old and new things from Bolivia—one of the family’s specialties—and with goodies...Brazil. Mineral Classics specimen and photo. From Bolivia the Kosnars have vauxite, paravauxite and wavellite...occurrence of the zinc phosphate from any locality in Bolivia. 7 =========================================...Canutillos, Colavi district, Potosí Department, Bolivia. Mineral Classics specimen and photo. Mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AUGUST, TIN-SILVER SOCIETY NO. 5 1948 OF ORURO, BOLIVIA.* CHACE. PART I. CONTENTS. PAGE Abstract...344 351 353 354 356 357 367 Production of the Oruro District 374 377 ...............................next number. ABSTRACT. The iin'-silveroresof Oruro, Bolivia,occurin complexveinsthat are found in and adjacentto...Publishedwith the permissionof Compafiia Minera de Oruro. sertation, Harvard University. 333 Abstract of...ago. PART I. INTRODUCTION. T•r. Oruro mining districtof Bolivia is an importantmemberof the finsilvermetal]ogenet{c
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
XXXVII THE ORURO GEOLOGY MARCH-APRIL, SILVER-TIN DONALD F. 1942 DISTRICT, No. 2 BOLIVIA. CAMPBELL...Chace. 2 After two yearsof work as geologistat the Oruro minesthe writer hasarrivedat an interpretationof...review of it will be given here. Location.--The Oruro district is locatedon the Bolivianhigh plateau2oo...Andeswhich forms the easternboundaryof the plateau. Oruro, oneof the principalBoliviancities,liesat the easternfoot...History.8--It is probablethat the first miningin the Oruro district was doneby the nativesduring the Inca period
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at the Huanuni tin mine, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia, and recently described by Huminicki...from the Huanuni tin mine, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia, and was obtained from Mr. Tony Nikischer...crystals were analyzed with the following standards: albite (Na), fayalite (Fe), kyanite (Al) and anhydrite...from the Huanuni tin mine, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia. Mineral. Rec. 34 (in press). A
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TIN-SILVER OF GEOLOGISTS VEINS OF F. M. ORURO 1948 No. 6 BOLIVIA. CHACE. PART II. CONTENTS--PART................................... Genesisof the Oruro ore deposit ......................................rock alterat{onassociated with ore deposit{on at Oruro varies cons{derably {n intensity with the several... and matrix alike. . TIN-SILVER VEINS OF ORURO,BOLIVIA. 437 The pyroxeneand amphibolehave nearly...and Campbell, asin the wall rocksadjacentto the Oruro veins,particularlyin the Itos mine. Ahlfeld described
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
keeleyite, a sulphosalt of lead from the Oruro district of Bolivia, was originally described by Mr. S. G...the San Jos6 mine at Oruro. Mr. Gordon had hoped, on his second visit to Bolivia in 1925, to obtain more... Keeleyite, a new lead sulfantimonite from Oruro, Bolivia. Proc. Acad.. Nat. Sei.., Philadelphia, vol...cavities which are lined with minute, colorless,albite crystals. He further says that minute, transparent...modified beryl crystals occur rarely implanted on the albite while not infrequently the rest of the cavity is
Thesis/Dissertation
Non-Metallic Mineral Deposits in the La Paz Region, Bolivia Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural...Non-Metallic Mineral Deposits in the La Paz Region, Bolivia Ariana Zeballos Ore Geology Geological, Geochemical...Non-Metallic Mineral Deposits in the La Paz Region, Bolivia Ariana Zeballos Luleå University of Technology...a promising source of economic development in Bolivia where the mining industry’s main focus is on metalliferous...deposits. The industrial mineral resources in Bolivia are of large quantity, even though they remain
Catalog/List
also be on the Invoice sent with the parcel. ■■ ALBITE Hoydalen, Torda!, Telemark, Norway 1139 ■■ MUSCOVITE...·- ·- ·- - - - -- - -- - - - -- -- -- - - 16 ■■ ALBITE Lauvland, Frigstad, Evje Norway 100 ■■ 0LENITE...HELIOD0R. Yellow crystal section about 1.5 cm in Albite/Muscovite - ' Yellowish mass+ minor rmica A) Capsule...Slovakia 416 ■■ VAUXITE Llallagua, Potosi dept Bolivia Dark grey metallic grains in quartz with hematite...size. St Calixo Prospect, 20 Km north of Potosi ,Bolivia 1x2 £8 2x2 inch £18 2x3 £25 (typical piece in photo)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
central Andean tin belt in the Eastern Cordillera of Bolivia (Fig. 1). The tin belt extends from southern Peru...Argentina and is the easternmost metallogenic province of the central Andes (Ahlfeld, 1967; Turneaure...are two major epochs of tin mineralization in Bolivia. Tin-tungsten mineralization in association with...granitic systems of the Cordillera Real in northern Bolivia is of Triassic age (McBride et al., 1983). Tertiary...Toquepala Morococala ru hile -C 20° BOLIVIA Santa Cruz Oruro Pe Pacific Ocean Tin belt Los Frailes
Catalog/List
silvery platy mass in matrix (San Jose Hine,Oruro, Bolivia) lem E4 Very rich 2cmpiece ElO 226 LOPRITE...Be Silicate.2rn to Ji. browncrystal section in Albite with Ilmenite a d or Magnetite. (Tuftane Evje Nor...fibrous on / in matrix. (HinaCandelaria,Poopo,Oruro Bolivia) lxlins E4 lx2 E7 2x2ins ElS 2x3ins E25 134...crystalline mass in matrix. (PoopoS.E of La Paz Bolivia) lem E3 lxlins E6 lx2 El2 2x2 E25 128 DUNDASITE...Natrix. (Visp • Q arr y, ear San Vcnauu., Terni Province, Umbria, Ital ) 1/ x l/2irs ES CRYST AL S 162
Catalog/List
covering a 12x5mm area. 60x30x25mm. £45. 2..J ALBITE. Lanterdan Quarry, Tintagel, Cornwall. A 100x90mm...kilias/slate matrix covered with hundreds of sharp creamy albite xls to 4iran. 140x90x20mm. £18. 3. ANTIMONITE...130x70x40mm. £40. 14. CASSITERITE. Huanuni, Oruro, Bolivia. A nice clean sharp lustrous intergrown group...protruding from a matrix of creamy coloured platey albite. 50x40x40mm. £9. 46. TOPAZ. Parral, Mexico. Nice...25x20x10mm. max. £65. 48. VIVIANITE. Morococala, Oruro, Bolivia, A nice sharp doubly terminated thumbnail xl
Journal (issue)
Henderson The Mineralogy of the Department of Oruro, Bolivia..............................................beryl cavities in Connecticut are bavenite, quartz, albite, adularia, muscovite, chlorite and clays. In a...Record Mineralogy _ of the Department of Oruro, Bolivia by Robert B. INTRODUCTION What does the mineralogist...professional and ama­ teur alike, think of when Bolivia is mentioned? Most like­ ly it is the phosphates...localities, specifically those within the Department of Oruro. Information concerning current conditions and oper­
Catalog/List
Gcrais I 1022 ■ PYROLUSITE lmini Mine, Quarazatc Province Morocco 157 Good coverage of lustrous metallic...---· ·- ---·Monok Hunga1y Llallagua, Potosi dept Bolivia 151 ■■ HYALITE 416 ■ VAUXITE y Glassy botryoidal-blcby...--- -·- -·------··- -- 93 CYLINDRITE Poopo. Oruro. Bolivia rich mass ofsmall grey cylinders in matrix...Linopolis, Brazil. £ 1 1 0 b) 1 0x l 2 mm one on Albite , sits up nicely, £80 c) clear 8mm crystal , no...CYRILOVITE very rich yellow botryoidal coating on Albite with Rockbridgeite Gali leia, Minas Gerias, Brazi
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
89 22-55 5.58 B. H. B. Zinckenite from Oruro, in Bolivia. By A. W. STELZNER (Zeit. K9yst. Miqt., 1895...description having been published of suadtite from Oruro (Zeit. Kryst. Min., 24,124), the author gives an...quartz several cavities lined with phenacite and albite. Crystallographically, the phenacite resembles
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
danburite, boron-rich muscovite, laumontite, quartz and albite. General appearance: Massive nearly monomineralic...village (Lat. 38° 37'N, Long. 6° 36'E), Badajoz province, Spain. It also occurs at the La Muda mine, in...(Lat. 38° 20'20"N, Long. 5° 47'30"E), Badajoz province, Spain, at the Venus mine, Sierra Gorda, Argentina...sea level). Occurrence: In small fissures of an albite–chlorite schist. Associated minerals are: calcite...Li-rich granitic pegmatite. Associated minerals are: albite, K-feldspar, roscherite, viitaniemiite, childrenite
Journal (issue)
from Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco. Jeff Scovil photo. Supplement to The...calcite, 13 cm, from the Baisha copper mine, Hubei Province, China. Jeff Scovil photo. (left) Goethite (“turgite”)...the Lupoto mine, Kakumba, Kipushi, Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Jeff Scovil...Shilu mine, Yangchun County, Yangjiang, Guandong Province, China. Jeff Scovil photo. Mottramite, 14 cm...Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Jeff Scovil photo. Wavellite,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
photo. September/October: PhosphophylIite, Potosi, Bolivia. Martin Zinn specimen, Jeffrey Scovil photo. November/December:...Colorado, 302 Aegirine, Arkansas, 181 Aguilarite, 27 Albite, Minas Gerais, 313 Alforsite, 367 Allanite-(Ce)...Brazil, 320-22; Vivianite, Morococala Area, Oruro, Bolivia, 112-14 Cook, R. B., see Connoisseur's Choice...see Media Reviews Vivianite, Morococala Area, Oruro, Bolivia, R. B. Cook, 112-14 Vonsenite, 369 Wallace
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
variety of orthoclase, the pericline variety of albite, calcite, epidote, muscovite, quartz, titanite...University, Oxford, Ohio. Figure 1. Fluorapatite on albite with chlorite, 11.5 cm tall, Acushnet quarry, Bristol...any more material. They found pericline variety albite coated and uncoated with chlorite and a few small...find what was left. ❑ Figure 3. Fluorapatite on albite with chlorite, 7.1 × 5.0 × 3.5 cm, Acushnet quarry...Central Metasedimentary Belt of the Grenville Province of Canada (Tait and Bainbridge 2013); the apatite-magnetite
Book (edition)
internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach); XPL...grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL B Same sample as above:...(West Wits Line), Witwatersrand field, Gauteng Province, South Africa; PPL B Intergrowth of electrum (yellowish...Bleida, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco (sample: Goldmann/Oberthür);...(Ovifak), Qeqertarsuaq Island (Disko Island), Kitaa Province (West Greenland), Greenland (sample: Kenkmann);
Report (issue)
that this is Lundazi, a town in Eastern Zambia Province and very near the Zambia/Malawi border. The spessartine...find in the Huanuni mine, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia: these probably are the best ludlamite...Ludlamite, 7 cm, from the Huanuni mine, Dalence, Oruro, Bolivia. Weinrich Minerals specimen and photo. 5 ...Martín stope of the Chiurucu mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Huanuco Department, Peru. These are clusters...perched pertly, sideways, on white matrix mainly of albite. If 14 ======================================
Journal (issue)
Rummaging in a box of old geological papers in Bolivia, I stumbled across a letter from Dr. Robert Herzenberg...baron” Moritz (Mauricio) Hochschild in the city of Oruro. Hochschild, a secular German Jew himself, helped...other Jews escape from Nazi Germany and settle in Bolivia, where he employed some of them in his vast South...and American geologists and mining engineers in Bolivia, were mineral collectors, and were of course relieved...of miles away from the battlefields and camps. (Bolivia was then officially allied with the USA, although
Book
Republic. Masses weighing several kg found in Bolivia (Tasna, Velaque) and Australia (Kingsgate, New...Crystals were also found in several localities in Bolivia (Atoche, Colquechaca, Potosi). Crystal measuring...measuring 60 mm (24 in) across is reported from Porco. Bolivia. Stromeyerite AgCuS ORTHORHOMBIC • • • Jalpaite...Colorado, USA (Aspen; Red Mountain), Chile (Copiapo). Bolivia (Potosi) and Canada (Cobalt, Ontario). Properties:...hightemperature Sn deposits. The best specimens come from Bolivia; crystals up to 50 mm (2 in) across known from
Book
14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario: an occurrence of large nepheline, biotite and albite-antiperthite...Connecticut (by W. A. Henof large nepheline, biotite and albite-antiperthite derson, Jr.) 6:114-123 crystals in... C. Rouse) 5:280-287 BOLIVIA The mineralogy of the department of Oruro, Bolivia (by R. B. Cook, Jr.)...creedite at Colquiri, Inquisivi province, department of La Paz, Bolivia (by R. B. Cook, Jr.) 6:278-281...from Llallagua, Bolivia (by A. R. Kampf) 13:235-239 The El Drag6n mine, Potosf, Bolivia (by G. Grundmann
Catalog/List
Be Silicate.2mm to 3mm brown crystal section in Albite with Ilmenite and or Magnetite. (Tuftane Evje Norway)...crystalline mass in matrix. (Poopo S.E of La Paz Bolivia) ■ 1cm £3 Ixlins £6 1x2 £12 2x2 £25 128 DUNDASITE...fibrous on / in matrix." (Mina Candelaria,Poopo,Oruro Bolivia) Ixlins £4 1x2 £7 2x2ins £15 2x3in= G E M...Matrix. (Vispi Quarry, near San Venanzo Terni Province, Umbria, Italy) 1/2 x l/2ins £5 • I C R.Y...Evglogschorr Khibiny Massif Kola Russia) lx2ins £6 007 ALBITE . Feldspar Group, grey crystalline masses showing
 
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