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Dravite from
Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Dravite
Formula:NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dravite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:319839
Long-form Identifier:1:3:319839:1
GUID (UUID V4):4a4772a7-9c9e-4330-a93f-7195d558528b
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 236, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany 5 Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences...Zschorlau, Erzgebirge (Saxonian Ore Mountains), Saxony, Germany, and from pegmatites near Grasstein (area from...supergroup and crystal chemistry of the schorl–dravite series have been investigated by Bosi & Lucchesi...localities in the Erzgebirge (former tin mines in Saxony, Germany, and Krušné Hory Mts., Bohemia, Czech Republic)...because a village known today as Zschorlau (in Saxony, Germany) was then named ‘‘Schorl’’ (or minor variants
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Finland (Suomi) Kaavi, chromian dravite, 4o8 Outukumpu, chromian dravite, 4o8 British Isles ENGLAND Cornwall...Co. Sli9o, killalaite, 363, 546 Germany (Deutschland) Schneeberg, Saxony, smolyaninovite, 385 Belgium..."Syssertox Dach' (? = Sysert or Srerdlovsk, chromian dravite, 408 Verkhne Sysert), Pakistan Khwaza, Khela... Nausahi, Keonjhar District, Orissa, chromian dravite, 408 Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, basalts, 165 Korea... chrysotile, 433 Etchison, Maryland, chromian dravite, 4o8 Franklin Furnace, New Jersey, willemite, 7
Catalog/List
with small Realgar crystals and matrix, Schneeberg, Germany, 2zx5, $5.00. Native Arsenic with rock, lxl...least six movable water bubbles, lixlOj, $8.00. Germany. Double terminated crystal with clay inclusions...1") on lava matrix, 2x3, $4.00< KERMESITE, Saxony, Germany. Dull red micro crystals in vugs, 1x2, $5.00...Andreasberg, Germany. Very deep red crystals massed together, 4XI, $6.00. Freiberg, Germany; Deep red,crystallized...00. THUCOLITE, Harz, Germany. Black, on sandstone^ lxl, $2.00. TORBERNITE, Germany. Green xln on matrix
Catalog/List
Matrix. I-txlt". £4.50. DYSCRASITE. Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Small, Sharp, silvery, crystals lining...2xlix1!-". £2.50. B2. SAFFLORITE. Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Pure, light silvery, metallic mass with...miarolitic Granite. l~l~xl~l £2.50. TOURMALINE variety DRAVITE. Yinnietharra: W. Australia. Choice, sharp, lustrous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
297 Donathite, Norway, a doubtful species, 35 I Dravite, Wales, anal., opt., X-ray, cell-size, 124; chromian...Progress in mineralogy, 6 DUNN (P. J.), Chromium in dravite, 4o8; Perhamite, a new Ca-A1 silicophosphate, and...Eskolaite, Ireland, 4o2 Etchison, Maryland, chromian dravite, 4o8 EWING (R. C.), see HILL (C. A.), 548 Farringtonite...GOLESTANEH (F.), 127 Kaavi, Finland, chromian dravite, 408 Kaersut, Greenland, see Qaersut Kaersutite...Nausahi, Keonjhar District, Orissa, India, chromian dravite, 4o8 NAWAZ (R.), A second occurrence of killalaite
Catalog/List
Quarry, Maroldsweisach, Lower Franconia, Bavaria / Germany; Colorless long prismatic crystals of 5 mm, rich...xls Pferdeköpfe Pass, Wippra, Harz Mts., Saxony-Anhalt / Germany; "Partial pseudomorphosis from Brianyoungite...xls Pferdeköpfe Pass, Wippra, Harz Mts., Saxony-Anhalt / Germany; Light blue crystal aggregates of up to...first discovery of the rare Cu- Zn mineral in Germany; KS 38,00 Clinochlore xls Yellow Cat Mine, Santa...Quarry, Maroldsweisach, Lower Franconia, Bavaria / Germany; Colorless rhombic crystals of up to 2 mm in size
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look for. Michael O’Donoghue Proustite (East Germany) 7 Rocks We can define a rock as a large mineral...Also found in Canada, Mexico, Czechoslovakia, and Germany. Old specimens from Wheal Newton, Harrowbarrow...(Austria), St Andreasberg, Harz Mountains (West Germany), Antronapiana, Ossola, Novara (Italy), from the...been found. Also from the Fichtelgebirge (West Germany), Liisens, Tirol (Austria), Mursinka (USSR), Mt...well-formed brown specimens from Emmelberg, Eifel (West Germany). Andradite is also found at Banat (Romania), Italian
Book (edition)
the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from the Rabejac deposit, Herault dept.. France... = = = = = Acanthite, x 16 mm, Freiberg, Germany, H Abernathyite, 12 mm, Ririera/, France, H Abhurite...at the Himmelsftirst mine, Freiberg, both Saxony, Germany. In the subtropical areas acanthite may occur...the Sankt Christoph mine, near Breitenbrunn, Saxony, Germany, and many localities in the Alps, e.g. on Grossgreiner...89°59',Z =4. d: 12.8(10)-65(7)- hills, Baden, Germany. Most common occurrences in 4.4 6) - 43(6) - 257(6)
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blackish-grey or red-brown rocks, occuring in Brazil, West Germany (Idar) and Bohemia (Giant Mountains). In their...including the arable soil, e.g. Kaiserstuhl (West Germany) and many places in the Central Bohemian Highlands...ore-mining area of the eastern Ore Moun33 tains in Saxony — were for a long time heavy producers. The most...of valuable silver ores. Another locality is Schneeberg, famous for its deposits of argentite and nickeline...For instance, the deposits in the Siegen region (Germany) and in the Slovak Ore Mountains are of metasomatic
blackish-grey or red-brown rocks, occuring in Brazil, West Germany (Idar) and Bohemia (Giant Mountains). In their...including the arable soil, e.g. Kaiserstuhl (West Germany) and many places in the Central Bohemian Highlands...ore-mining area of the eastern Ore Moun33 tains in Saxony — were for a long time heavy producers. The most...of valuable silver ores. Another locality is Schneeberg, famous for its deposits of argentite and nickeline...instance, the deposits in the Siegen region (West Germany) and in the Slovak Ore Mountains are of metasomatic
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blackish-grey or red-brown rocks, occuring in Brazil, West Germany (ldar) and Bohemia (Giant Mountains). In their...including the arable soil, e.g. Kaiserstuhl (West Germany) and many places in the Central Bohemian Highlands...ore-mining area of the eastern Ore Moun33 tains in Saxony - were for a long time heavy producers. The most...of valuable silver ores. Another locality is Schneeberg, famous for its deposits of argentite and nickeline...instance, the deposits in the Siegen region (West Germany) and in the Slovak Ore Mountains are of metasomatic
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on quartz, from Neudorf in the Harz Mountains (Germany). The large crystal measures almost 2 1/2 inches...crystals on quartz, Braunsdorf near Freiberg (Saxony, Germany); crystals up to 2 1/2 inches (6 cm) long....with the NO 3group. Apatite, Fichtelgebirge (Germany), 2x 12 Scheelite, Tae-Wha (Korea), 1x The...8ri.iderbund Mine, near Eiserfeld (Siegerland, Germany), 3x almost identical in size. They form an unbroken...siderite, from Neudorf in the Harz Mountains (Germany). The largest crystal measures about 1/2 inch (1
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geowissenschaften, Im Neuenheimer Feld 236, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany 5 Fachbereich Materialforschung & Physik, Universität...198(1) Å, this tourmaline was identified as a dravite. With respect to the colour, black tourmaline was...from Li-bearing tourmalines from Wolkenburg, Saxony, Germany, by Ertl et al. (2009) as well as from the...elbaite-schorl series with relatively low components of dravite, foitite and olenite, in which the olenite component...‘‘fluor-elbaite’’-rossmanite series from Wolkenburg, Saxony, Germany. N. Jb. Mineral. Abh., 186, 51–61. Ertl, A
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England and/or Johanngeorgenstadt, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany. H=?, Dij4=5.85, Dc= 5.772, VHB 06. Adam,...colorless. Grafenthal, Saalfeld (near), Thiiringen, Germany. H=3, Dj4j=1.9, Dc=?, VHIE 08d. Stromeyer, 1816...Earthy white. Garden of the Paedogogium, Halle, Germany. H= 1-2, Djj4= 1.7, D(.= 1.794, VID 03. Haberle...B Mon. Translucent colorless. Howenegg, Hegau, Germany. H=?, Dj44= 2.06, D(,= 2.146, VHIF 14. Alberti...(1975), 289. Anhydrokainite, KMgS04Cl, B Syst=? Germany (N). H=?, Dm=?, 0^=?, VIB 02. Janecke, 1913. Dana
45 cassiterite 34 disthene 79 dolomite 44, 45 dravite 96 dumortierite 82, 83 elbaite 95 eleolite 111...brownish black, at Freiberg and Andreasberg in Germany, and also in the United States (Arizona). Antimony...and Marienberg, Kremnica, ones of Freiberg, Schneeberg, and the Czechoslovakian Banska Stiavnica...found in crystals if occur at Freiberg in Saxony, Cavnic in Romania, Schwaz in the Tyrol (Austria)...with a metallic lustre, mainly at Siegerland in Germany and in Bohemia (Czechoslovakia). It is Lamellar
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96, 97 dipyre 114 disthene 79 dolomite 44, 45 dravite 96 dumortierite 82, 83 elbaite 95 eleolite l l...brownish black, at Freiberg and Andreasberg in Germany, and also in the United States (Arizona). Antimony...examples come, are the Gern1an ones of Freiberg, Schneeberg, and Marienberg, and the Czechoslovakian ones...Switzerland. Good crystals ll occur at Freiberg in Saxony, Cavnic in Romania, Schwaz in the Tyrol (Austria)...with a metallic lustre, mainly at SiegerJand in Germany and in Bohemia (Czechoslovakia). It is found at
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blackish-grey or red-brown rocks, occuring in Brazil, West Germany (Idar) and Bohemia (Giant Mountains). In their...including the arable soil, e.g. Kaiserstuhl (West Germany) and many places in the Central Bohemian Highlands...ore-mining area of the eastern Ore Moun33 tains in Saxony - were for a long time heavy producers. The most...of valuable silver ores. Another locality is Schneeberg, famous for its deposits of argentite and nickeline...For instance, the deposits in the Siegen region (Germany) and in the Slovak Ore Mountains are of metasomatic
Journal (issue)
Werner Lieber Heidelberg, West Germany Olaf Medenbach Bochum, Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland...(Oakdale, CA) Kristall-Growing (Hoechsti, West Germany) Krotki Iron Mines (Los Angeles, CA) La Jolla Gems...Cumberland and Lancashire England, Hungary, Roumania, Saxony, etc. PO. Box 51, Short Hills, NewJersey 07078...previously identified at the Line Pit include: chromian dravite, Table 1. Minerals identified at the Line Pit chromite...minerals) muscovite (var. fuchsite) margarite chromian dravite chromian grossular chlorite clinochlore chromian
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(size of needles 12 mm); Braunsdorf near Freiberg (Saxony, GDR) 38 Covelline, kermesite H 0-2 > -~~...Occurrence: rare ; Bieber, Richelsdorf (FRG), Schneeberg, Saalfeld (GDR), Linares (Spain), Poniky (Czechoslovakia)...(Austria) and (Czechoslovakia); also in Zoblitz - Saxony (GDR), St. Gotthard - crystals (Switzerland), Appalachian...(548) • Occurrence: rare; Altenberg, Zinnwald, Schneeberg, Annaberg (GDR), Jachymov (Czechoslovakia), Wittichen...nickel and cobalt arsenides • Occurrence: rare; Schneeberg deposit (wires up to 40 cm long) and mines in
Journal (issue)
weight), a block of Ural Erythrite. Schneeberg, Saxsony, Germany. 7x 5 cm. VSGM, M'22262. Photo: M. Leybov...from Ichinokawa (Japan), manganite from Ilfeld (Germany), epidote from Untersulzbachtal (Austria), silver...Tadzhikistan, and Transbaikalia), barite (England, Germany, and Middle Asia), hematite (Elba Island, Switzerland...to the number of specimens held in the museum, Germany occupies the first place among foreign countries...England, precious opal from Slovakia, agate from Germany, labrador from Canada, and other superior specimens
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(size of needles 12 mm); Braunsdorf near Freiberg (Saxony, GDR) 38 Covelline, kermesite Sulphide MoS...Occurrence: rare; Bieber, Richelsdorf (FRG), Schneeberg, Saalfeld (GDR), Linares (Spain), Poniky (Czechoslovakia)...(Austria) and (Czechoslovakia); also in ZOblitz — Saxony (GDR), St. Gotthard — crystals (Switzerland), Appalachian...(548) e Occurrence: rare; Altenberg, Zinnwald, Schneeberg, Annaberg (GDR), Jachymov (Czechoslovakia), Wittichen...nickel and cobalt arsenides e Occurrence: rare; Schneeberg deposit (wires up to 40 cm long) and mines in
Catalog/List
specimens. 132 BIOTITE, Laacher See, Rhineland, Germany. Sharp prismatic crystals 1tith nosean crystals...CHALCOPYRITE, Dreislar, near Medebach, Westphalia, Germany. Sphenoidal crystals on barlte crystals an crystalline...crystals and occasionally kaolinlte on vein quartz. DRAVITE,Bahia, Brazil. Transpa:rent, reddish-brmm, singly...sillSchneeberg, Saxcny. Sharp pyramidal crystals on massive...transparent prisms oo quartzose matrix. EULYTITE,Schneeberg, Saxony. Honey-browncrystals showing trlstetrahedron
Report (volume)
Johanngeorgenstadt, coarsely radiating crystals. very low. Saxony (Harvard). Lemon-yellow, 2V large (?). Optically...alteration product of the agricolite. 2. Schwarzenberg, Saxony (A. M. N.-H.). A finely fibrous mineral with moderate...0 = 1.500 ±0.003. Birefringence 0.01. 3. Saxony, Germany (U. S. N. M. 16793). Very finely fibrous, probably...optically with small 2V. ASTRO-LITE. Neumark, Germany (A. M. N. H.). Plates and fibers. Optically , 2V...594 ±0.003. 7 = 1.597±0.003. ATELESTITE. Schneeberg, Saxony (Col. Roebling). Optically-H, 2ENa = 107°
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deposits of this type may be found in Freiberg and Schneeberg, GDR; Wittichen, FRG: Kutna Hora, Jachymov and...silver). In the Middle Ages rich silver deposits in Germany and Bohemia were responsible for two-thirds of...The most important deposits are in Freiberg, Schneeberg, and Marienberg, GDR; Andreasberg and Wittichen...of cobalt, nickel, and silver ores, such as in Schneeberg, Annaberg, and Hasserode, GDR; Wittichen and...the world. In Europe it is found in Freiberg, Schneeberg, Annaberg, and Johanngeorgenstadt, GDR; Jachymov
Journal (issue)
smaltite and sphalerite at the Daniel Mine, Schneeberg, saxony, Germany, where it occurred as light carmine and...Descloizite Devillite Diopside Djurleite Dolomite Dravite Ederiite Enstatite Epidote Epsomite Erythrite Esperite
 
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