 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINES AND MINERALS OF AUSTRIA By P H I L I P M O R R I L L East Derby, N . H., 0 3 0 4 1 ( P A R T III)...Vanadinite; Hemimorphite; Chalcedony; Anhy drite; Aragonite. Bleiberg/Kreuth. About 15 Ms. in this area. St...Sphalerite. Gailtal. Vivianite as powder. Krasta Valley. Marble Qs six Mi. W of Villach nr Drautal. Raibl-Galena;...Adularia Xls; Magne tite X l s ; Sphene X l s ; Black Marble Q. Mallnitz-Pericline X l s . Unterschaferalpe...(Geodes). General-Tourmaline (yellow and black). VII STYRIA (Steiermark) Alt/Ausee. In N W corner of province |  | | Catalog/List | | 'holy fallen filled with the olivine it district: from or at regarded The moderate a at high...Meteoric Stone, or Iron Moes, Transylvania, Austria-Hungary. Meteorites, Canon Diablo, Arizona. Kiowa...the crystals sandstone allows cabinet are is Austria-Hungary, brown coal formation.” am cases and...are scarcer. instances, material, Pater- at quarry received the entire we in- or through the...Von 2O to be Thaumasite the he and dis- quarry, West aggregate of pris- matic uals crystals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINES AND MINERALS OF AUSTRIA By P H I L I P M O R R I L L EastDerry, N. H. 03041 This data was accumulated...These operations are on leased land and trips to Austria. While it may be the most not open to the general...two or more until a more rounded text results. Austria is defined here as what is localities. presently...mineral museums of torically, within recent times, Austria in which the best is the Natural History cluded...overlapping sheets. These parts but the Koflach area in Styria are show every little trail, ski trail, castle |  | | Book | | minerals, and occasionally of a few more. Limestone or marble are good examples illustrating the first case,...derives its name from the saltmining district of Hallstatt in Upper Austria, where many prehistoric finds have...higher degree of symmetry, as is the case in aragonite or chrysoberyl (Pl. 12, (p. 64). In both cases...it may also occur as the orthorhombic mineral, aragonite. Strictly speaking these are two different mineral...usually below 5 mm. in diameter, of calcite, aragonite, lirnonite, pyrolusite, or other minerals. Tabular |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINES AND MINERALS OF AUSTRIA By P H I L I P M O R R I L L East Derry, N . H . 0 3 0 4 1 IV S A L Z... of the road. Seidelwinkel-Zoisite. Bucheben. Marble. Kolm Saigurn at the end of the road. Old gold...Asbes tos. Hofgastein. Ilmenite. Bad Hofgastein. Marble; Epidote Xls. Bad Gastein. Very old gold mines...Grubach b. Golling. Q (blue) ; Anhy drite; Sulphur; Marble. Werfen. S of the above and featured by large castle...Strontianite; "Rosslerite"; Aragonite Xls (fine); Barite (strontian); Marble. Hollergraben—Wagnerite Xls; |  | | Book | | Frontcover Upper left: The observatory at Kremsmunster. Austria. which houses the mineral collection. Upper right:...mineralogical cabinet of the convent at Kremsmunster, Austria. The . specimens a~e displayed m baroque furniture...important mineralogical museums in Western Europe Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany (Federal...half are in Germanspeaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The reasons for this are partly...universities, 14 by town or city councils, 13 by district councils or regional boards, and 16 form part |  | | Book | | quartz after barytes)/ bottom right radiating (aragonite) Minerals 13 (Table of Chemical Elements,...trigonal, or, under different conditions, as aragonite (orthorhombic). They are called polymorphs of...left mammillary limonite; bottom right oolitic aragonite 18 Minerals It is not only the native metals...cassiterite. 5. Nitrate, Carbonate, Borate Ankerite, aragonite, azurite, calcite, cerussite, dolomite, magnesite...muscovite (No. 13). Rare. Specimen from the Tyrol (Austria). 10 Biotite is the most common mica, named after |  | | Book | | bodies: tooth enamel contains apatite, clan1 shells aragonite, and the serrations in grass blades even contain...graphite are both composed of carbon; calcite and aragonite are bot-h calcium carbonate. Mineral groups are...Stibiotantalite SbTaO. 90 o. CARBONATES 71- 90 91- 108 Aragonite CaCOi 91 Calcite (see gems also) CaCO 3 92- 96...Norway 1O cm (4 in.) across 41 42 Sulfur on Aragonite Agrigento, Sicily Largest crystal 3 cm ( 1¾ in... u 73 74 Corundum (Variety Ruby) in W11ite Marble Jagdalak, Afghanistan Crystal 4 cm (11/1 in.) long |  | | Book | | even though they do contain fibrous crystals of aragonite secreted by the organisms. But there are exceptions...A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...change into larger crystals in the metamorphic rock marble. In metamorphosed sandstone, recrystallization...tightly packed spheres, there are layers of platy aragonite crystals in fossil ammonites, and the feldspar...weight of the cation. Mineral Formula Density aragonite strontianite CaCO, SrCO, 2.930 g/cm3 3.785 g/cm |  | | Catalog/List | | to 3 mm size 2x2cm fl (Rumpersdorf, Burgenland, Austria) mJIITIIE well foraed crea•y coloured small hexagonal...Phillipsite l/2 ins aatrix. (W:i.lh~l11L~dorf,Styria,Austria) f3.70 C.talonia, 62 • • C163 C164 NACARENIOBSITE...spheres or botryo1dal on 1.5cm aatr1x CWilhelmsdorf, Styria, Austr1a) f.3.60 C1f.6 PAULKERRITEpale brown to...botryoidal witn micro crystalli~ed surface. (Kloech Quarry, Styria, Au;tria) 1/2 ins w1 th one sphe·,·e t.2 1::1...with brown Idocrase. C175 TOBERMORITE lCrestmorP quarry, Califnrnia, U.S.A. 1>:1ins t3 1.:2 .::6 micro |  | | Book | | metamorphosed sandstone and forms a hard rock. Marble forms from the metamorphosis of limestone and may...16 Phyllite Gneiss Homfels 17 Quartzite Marble Skam 18 Sedimentary Rocks Sandstone Travertine...minerals are cubic. Fluorite is a common example. Aragonite (Utah, USA) 27 Crystals Crystal Morphology...rubbish which may harm animals. If the site is a quarry careful arrangements with respect to equipment...forms part of an important and extensive mining district. Details of the names of species are taken largely |  | | Book | | Lower Miocene columnar basalt in the Narre Warren Quarry, near Melbourne, Australia. The minerals are believed...radiating merlinoite fibers that cover calcite and aragonite in veins cutting through Tertiary melilite-nephelinite...HEXOCTAHEDRON {345} TRISOCTAHEDRON {233} BOYLSTONE QUARRY, BOYLSTONE QUARRY GLASGLOW, SCOTLAND, U.K. GLASGLOW, SCOTLAND... across, with cube faces from the Magheramore Quarry, Lame, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, U.K.; SEM...Hill Quarries, near Parramatta, in the Sydney district (Chalmers, 1968). It also forms colorless, transparent | | | Book | | Lower Miocene columnar basalt in the Narre Warren Quarry, near Melbourne, Australia. The minerals are believed...radiating merlinoite fibers that cover calcite and aragonite in veins cutting through Tertiary melilite-nephelinite...HEXOCTAHEDRON {345} TRISOCTAHEDRON {233} BOYLSTONE QUARRY, BOYLSTONE QUARRY GLASGLOW, SCOTLAND, U.K. GLASGLOW, SCOTLAND... across, with cube faces from the Magheramore Quarry, Lame, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, U.K.; SEM...Hill Quarries, near Parramatta, in the Sydney district (Chalmers, 1968). It also forms colorless, transparent |  | | | | example, limestone heated and recrystallized to marble). Regional metamorphism ts large-scale alterations...calcite, dolomite, and aragonite, or rocks such as limestone, dolostone, and marble. Streak plate: Use...spinel, cuprite, rutile, cassiterite, calcite, aragonite, dolomite, siderite, rhodochrosite, malachite...opalescent: a depth to the light reflected, e.g., aragonite, calcite Resinous: like gum resin secreted by...brownish), p. 212 anhydrite (white or grey), p. 122 aragonite (white, variable), p. 146 calcite (white, variable) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University of Graz, Universitaetsplatz 2, A-8010 Graz, Austria 2 OREA, Institute for Oriental and European Archaeology...of Sciences, Hollandstrasse 11-13, A-1020Wien, Austria e-mail: christian.ademeit@student.tugraz.at The...of Vienna, Althanstraße 14 (UZA II), 1090 Wien, Austria Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography...Leoben, Peter-Tunner-Straße 5, A-8700 Leoben, Austria Department of Geology, Shahid Chamran University...University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 2, A-8010, Graz, Austria e-mail: thomas.angerer@uibk.ac.at 1 2 Sphalerite |  | | Book | | There are also rocks, such as limestone, calcite, marble and dolomite (which when pure are forms of limestone)...augite, hornblende, wolframite) (3) orthorhombic (aragonite, antimonite, marcasite, barytes, topaz) (4) tetragonal... b) orthoclase (so-called Carlsbad Twin), c) aragonite. A single crystal is sometimes made up of two...intergrowths, we distinguish contact twins (gypsum, aragonite), and interpenetrated twins (fluorite). Crystal...mineral of identical chemical composition. Thus, aragonite (orthorhombic 16 calcium carbonate CaCQs) changes | | | | | There are also rocks, such as limestone, calcite, marble and dolomite (which when pure are forms of limestone)...orthorhombic felspars, mica, gypsum, augite, (aragonite, antimonite, marcasite, barytes, topaz) (4)... b) orthoclase (so-called Carlsbad Twin), c) aragonite. A single crystal is sometimes made up of two...growths, we distinguish contact twins (gypsum, aragonite), and interpenetrated twins (fluorite). Crystal...mineral of identical chemical composition. Thus, aragonite (orthorhombic 16 calcium carbonate CaCO;) changes | | | Book | | There are also rocks, such as limestone, calcite, marble and dolomite (which when pure are forms of limestone)...augite, hornblende, wolframite) (3) orthorhombic (aragonite, antimonite, marcasite, barytes, topaz) (4) tetragonal... b) orthoclase (so-called Carlsbad Twin), c) aragonite. A single crystal is sometimes made up of two...intergrowths, we distinguish contact twins (gypsum, aragonite), and interpenetrated twins (fluorite). Crystal...mineral of identical chemical composition. Thus, aragonite (orthorhombic 16 calcium carbonate CaC03 ) changes |  | | Book | | There are also rocks, such as limestone, calcite, marble and dolomite (which when pure are forms of limestone)...augite, hornblende, wolframite) (3) orthorhombic (aragonite, antimonite, marcasite, barytes, topaz) (4) tetragonal... b) orthoclase (so-called Carlsbad Twin), c) aragonite. A single crystal is sometimes made up of two...intergrowths, we distinguish contact twins (gypsum, aragonite), and interpenetrated twins (fiuori te). Crystal...mineral of identical chemical composition. Thus, aragonite (orthorhombic 16 calcium carbonate CaCO3 ) changes |  | | Catalog/List | | Scandium minerals.(Klausen Qry.Gleichenberg Styria Austria) 1mm sphere on 1cm £3.50p 239 DYSCRASITE Ag/3...Quartz with micro spots of Native Copper. (Kingston Quarry,Cornwall) 1x1 £2 - 553 TETRAHEDERITE (Cu ?e) ;'L...Sb S grey fibrous masses on quartz or dolomitic marble. (International Mine,Kaladar,Ontario Canada) Ixlins...cleavages with cerussite and or Pyrolusite (Merehead Quarry, Mendips,Somerset) 54 x 54 £2 269 MENDIPITE Pb/3...metallic fibrous on 2cm white dolomite. (Lengenbach Quarry,Binn Valley Switzerland) £4.50 Lead Sulphide 250 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | memory of Werner Schreyer Aragonite–grossular intergrowths in eclogite-facies marble, Alpine Corsica Christian...Abstract: The occurrence and preservation of aragonite in eclogite-facies rocks of north-eastern Corsica...Corsica is linked to an uncommon microtexture. Aragonite exclusively occurs as oriented fibres in garnet...crystals of a graphitic, more or less siliceous marble that immediately overlies a serpentinite body of...garnet mantle are aragonite alone in the case of a carbonate matrix, and both aragonite and quartz (in distinct |  | | Book | | earth’s crust. Although there are some rocks (such as marble, composed only of calcite crystals) which are chemically...give rise to various other minerals, such as aragonite or geyserite. In places where hot solutions and...modifications, e.g. diamond — graphite, calcite — aragonite, pyrite — marcasite, quartz — cristobalite — tridymite...higher symmetry. For example, the orthorhombic aragonite often Twinned Crystals of (from left to right):...should preferably be more detailed, e.g. walls of a quarry, or refuse heap specimen, so that one could find |  | | Catalog/List | | mass of black crystals, some Mount Malosa, Zomba District, lxl ins £5 lx2ins _lyro?'~~e . __ __ _ ___ ___...- - - AMAZONITE Pure green cleavage Landsverlc quarry, Evje, Norway lxl S0p ALAMOSITE fcLp 10 g:...with Chrysotile, pale grey-green County Bridge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall MgFeSiO massive. Minas Gerias...-- ---- - ··· •· ---· - -- -·· -· lxl ins £3 ARAGONITE sphere shaped piece, the surface covered Safrou...MITE Creamy white micro crystals in cavirties Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Ix½ £3 Al O OH in Natrolite _ |  | | Report (issue) | | hydrothermally altered dolomitic xenoliths and marble; common in caves as a component of “moonmilk” and...speleothems. Association: Calcite, dolomite, aragonite, brucite, magnesite, artinite, pyroaurite, periclase...Gabbs, Gabbs district, Nye Co.; numerous localities in California, as at the Crestmore quarry, Riverside...mine, Bahia, Brazil. From Kraubath, Salzburg, Austria. In Italy, from Emarese and Montjovet, Val d’Aosta...Kerman, Esfandaque district; and in the Dovez open pit, near the Shariar mine, Minab district. From the Shabani |  | | Journal (issue) | | NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2018 Articles Oberdorf an der Laming, Styria, Austria ................................ ............STRONTIANITE, 9 cm, from Oberdorf an der Laming, Styria, Austria. Fine Minerals International specimen, now...STEPHANIE@STONETRUST.COM Obtrdorf an dtr Laming ~ tyria, austria Thomas P. Moore Peter Huber 2709 East Exeter...net Rohe-Wand-Gasse 18 A-2700 Wiener Neustadt, Austria huber@mineral.at Just outside the village of Oberdorf...the Laming River), in the state of Styria (Steiermark), central Austria. The setting is bucolic, the mining |
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