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Cassiterite from
Avent quarry, Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Bellac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Avent quarry, Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Bellac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:293202
Long-form Identifier:1:3:293202:6
GUID (UUID V4):678d2cb0-578e-4185-9884-d65a1edc7cd2
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘBarrot stream alluvial deposits, Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Bellac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘLe Mazataud quarry, Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Bellac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘVilatte-Haute Quarry (Alluaud Quarry), Vilatte Quarries (La Vilate), Chanteloube, Razès, Bellac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘChanteloube, Razès, Bellac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘArdour stream alluvial deposits, Forgefer, Laurière, Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘLe Vieux, Ambazac, Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
10.9km (6.8 miles) ⓘLe Coudier Quarry (Penicaut Quarry), Ambazac, Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
11.0km (6.9 miles) ⓘChedeville quarry, Ambazac, Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
11.2km (6.9 miles) ⓘLa Chèze quarry, Saint-Sylvestre, Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
11.9km (7.4 miles) ⓘLhermont quarries, La Jonchère-Saint-Maurice, Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
References
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Journal (issue)
18, rue de Vaganay F-69850 - St-MARTIN-en-HAUT FRANCE (A l'ouestde Lyon) Telephone: (33) 04 78 19 11...fr Present sur les plus grandes bourses mineralogiques fran<;aiseseta l 'etranger - ou sur rendez-vous...980 00010 1 bis, rue du Piat - 43120 Monistrol-sur-Loire Te!. et Fax : 04.71.66.54.67 De l'etranger...Prix de /'abonnement : 6 numeros + 1 hors serie France : 300• - Soutien 400• - Etranger 400• Vente au...mes meilleurs væux de sante et de bonheur, tant sur le plan personnel que professionnel et mineralogique
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Steenfelt (Denmark/Greenland), M. Pagel (France), B. Poty (France), J. Royall (Spain), and A. Kuestermeyer...their magmatic evolution as presented in Chapter 6, France. V. I. Kazansky translated and prepared text and... . . . 159 159 159 159 162 162 162 Chapter 6 France .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Subbasin, Allier . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2.4 Aquitaine Basin, Coutras Deposit, Dpt. Gironde . . . . ...strata-structure; StB: black shale-related stockwork; Sur: surficial; Syg: syngenetic; Syn: synmetamorphic;
Book (edition)
dumortierite, danburite, axinite 182, benitoite, cassiterite, epidote 184, idocrase, sinha/ite, kornerupine...Black pearl Fire opal, water opal or n1oonstone Avent urine glass Fire opal Chlorastrolite Nephrite and...Uvarovite YAG T etragonal Anatase Apophyll ite Cassiterite Cha Ico pyrite ldocrase leucite Phosgenite Rutile...Sin halite 6½ Smaragdite 6½ 22 Sillimanite Cassiterite Epidote Hiddenite Kunzite Amazonite Aventurine...normal (quartz 2.6); and those above 4 are heavy (cassiterite 7). The more precious gems (diamond, ruby, sapphire)
Book (edition)
417 YELLOW PINK - PURPLISH - RED / BLACK CASSITERITE SCHEEUTE • Collectors' stone 5.85 -6.15 ...inclusions / UV: inert / (Principal ore of tin) CASSITERITE: strong doubling of back facet SG: 6.00-6.30...tremolite rods, colorless to brown biotite, cassiterite and other guest crystals I Chelsea: brownish...inclusions). UV: inert or weak yellowish to orangy / Avent urescence is created with copper inclusions CAL...Rub To az Zircon Anatase Andalusite Axinite Cassiterite Clinohumite Dumortierite Enstatite Epidote Pargasite
Book
greater than 180°) occur quite frequently, e.g. in cassiterite gypsum) and fluorite. In so1ne cases the growth...group of minerals, such as the dark sphalerite, cassiterite, rutile, etc., it is rather difficult to specify...chalcopyrite (4.5). Black sphalerite and black cassiterite display the same submetallic lustre. In this...hardness. The hardness of sphalerite is 3.5, and of cassiterite 6.5. A supplementary distinctive feature may...association of sphalerite with other sulphides, and of cassiterite with quartz and mica. Chalk and kaolin can easily
Report (issue)
Oregon State University Masters thesis, 135 p. 14. Avent, J. C., 1965, Cenozoic stratigraphy and structure...lower in thorium with respect to Adel quadrangle cassiterite in heavy mineral concentrates from Orejana Canyon...relatively low thorium values (plates 9, 10, 11). Cassiterite has been 50 reported in the heavy mineral concentrates...tenuously validated on the presence of tin, as cassiterite, in nonmagnetic heavy-mineral concentrates from...Energy Grand Junction Office Report Number K/UR-100. Avent, J. C., 1965, Cenozoic stratigraphy and structure
Journal (issue)
minne 4 Mineralauksjon i Evje, En opalletares avent yr i Austra lien Nytt fra forbundene 6 8 12 EKS...significant quantit ies of amazonite, lepid olite and cassiterite, besides a large diversity of yttrium- and fluo
Book (edition)
Descriptive Mineralogy, 1911. Lacroix. Mineralogie de la France et de ses Colonies, 5 vols., 1893-1913. Miers....Vesuvianite Order Prism, First Pyramid and Base Cassiterite Vesuvianite First Order Pyramid and First and...212 212 122 122 122 122 212 212 189 190 Cassiterite Rutile and Second Order Prisms, First Order...the rutile group viz., rutile and cassiterite: . 411 Cassiterite 413 Zircon also similarly the allied...light-rays It is obvious that the wave-front meets the sur(OA, Ob, etc.) are parallel. face first at A and successively
Book (edition)
hematite, wolfram. Weakly Magnetic. dum, cassiterite. Electricity. either by Tourmaline, spinels...commonest minerals zircon, phyllite. rutile, The cassiterite, crystals of the show zircon type are idocrase...Schildstein Hanover, Luneville and La Meurthe in France, where it is associated with the same set of minerals...Austria ; and Ontario in the Trias of Cheshire, France Wurtemberg, Germany Salzand in the Tertiary of...floors Mississippi Valley, in of natural caves in France, Germany, ; Nitre etc. is arti- manufactured
Book
are found, e.g. montmorillonite (Montmorillon, France) and Terlinguaite (Terlingua, Texas), or for notable...Vulcano. Chief source of tin is the mineral cassiterite (p. 144) used extensively in alloys. 74 IRON...specific gravity of 6.88. It is found in West Germany, France, Sardinia, Sweden, Australia, Chile, Mexico, Canada...specific gravity 5.70. Deposits occur in West Germany, France, Chile, Australia, Japan, Canada, Arizona, and...hydrothermal veins with sulfides in West Germany, France, Norway, Sweden, England, South Africa, Bolivia
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ÂŁ15,000. In 1717 he Duke of Orleans, Regent of France, during the minority of King Louis XV., for the...helped to put the first Napoleon upon the throne of France, by having enabled him, through pledging it to...now of Precious Stones of the crown jewels of France. quietly rests to meet the wondering eyes of... The name is fog, mariners to and therefore sur- difficult for the find. of topaz in mineralogical... coloured by a phosphate of iron ; Languedoc, France. loses its colour in This western " turquoise
Journal (volume)
370 689 there is a small, probably 19th century, quarry. It is enclosed land which in the Tithe Apportionment...stone. Four hundred metres to the south of this quarry is the Class 1 henge of Castlewich, on Westcott... at SX 3678 6872, a mere 300m southwest of the quarry and 400m northwest of the Castlewich Henge. To...waters. One and a half kilometres south of the quarry and rising to 200m is Viverdon Down, also an east/west...C; Castlewich Farm; D; Dupath Farm; H: Henge; Q; quarry; W: Westcott Farm by ploughing. Three km to the
Journal (volume)
Measures and Millstone Grit at Hawkes- worth Quarry, Horsforth. Some Undescribed Faults ... By Frank...28 II. Hambleton Quarry, near Bolton Abbey ... ... 30 III. Hambleton Quarry, near Bolton Abbey...Unconformity, Arco Henry Clifton Sorby Bank ... Wood Quarry 247 LIST OF PLATES IN Vi. VOLUME XVI. PAGE...Devon coast. Probably it extends beneath the sea to France, for the Keuper Marl in Normandy, where I saw it...with micas and felspars, besides fluorspar, cassiterite, and tourmaline. These suggest a derivation
Report (volume)
alluvial deposits. 55. The only tin-ore worked is cassiterite, which is widely dis¬ tributed throughout the...the small stringers for the separation of the cassiterite. (4) Hill-side talus accumulations due to the...working apparently profitable yields 6 lbs. cassiterite per cubic yard of “ dirt (6) Klong Nam Sai {10°1G';...47'). Eight workings, all shallow, yielding cassiterite from ^ to 2 lbs. per cubic yard of the stanniferous...in the Sarsuti valley, the water rose above the sur¬ face, and has continued flowing ever since, indicating
Journal (issue)
become increasingly writes about? Emil's answer was sur- better and his recognition has grown prising. "Well...booming; many much more valuable than a gold mine: cassiterite now $1000 a ton; bismuth $1500 a ton; columbite...good size ] .00 10x12 oval cabochons, finished— Avent urine Qtz.. Camel ian, [floods tone. Amethyst, etc
Journal (volume)
Correspondent of the Engineering and Mining Journal, Paris, France. Coal Mining in China. Wheeler, WOODBRIDGE, DwiGHT...State geologists, or members of the State geological sur¬ veys, nearly all of whom are contributors to Yol...town of Cobalt, Ont., swept by fire, destroying the sur¬ face buildings of some of the mines. July 6—Strike...700 1907.■ 1908.... (6)2,000 1909... (6)2,800 France. 470 565 763 1,026 1,200 1,355 1,570 1,650 4,425...Its Uses.” (Ena. Digest, Jan., pp.) M. “Note sur la Fabrication Electrotytique de 1’Aluminium.” (Ann
Journal (volume)
m b e r s h i p Secretary Elected: M r s M . O. Avent, M r s V. Brokenshire, H. L. D o u c h , S. Hartgroves...comprised the debris left from the use of the site as a quarry, when the new pier at Hughtown was built in the...analysis points to a possible origin in Atlantic France and its importation appears as allied with D-ware...the Grand Pressigny flint from Indre-et-Loire in France (Smith, 1937, 10, PI XIII). Blades, arrow-heads...a plano-convex ingot (as well as a piece of cassiterite, together with some tin corrosion products) have
Book (edition)
Roger Lambert, lngenieur-geologue, ENSPCL, Par is, France Dr. Ing. Walter F. Vogeno, M.Sc., Bergisch Gladbach...Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres, Paris, France. Drawing on his extensive geological experience...limng nalform1g sura Bessemermetoden surhetsgrad sur infodnng Genau1gke1tsgrad exakt. genau Azetylenschwe1ssung...155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 sur slagg syraslam sur liisnmg korn1g. druvform1g horisontal ekolodning...pour foration vers le haut anemome1re fourneau avent. foyer d'aerage. rour a tIrage nature! gatene d'
Journal (volume)
Editors, Membership Secretary Elected: Mrs M. O. Avent, A. Blackman, Mrs V. Brokenshire (1998), Mrs V....for construction. Whether this was a convenient quarry for materials or whether artefacts were deliberately...connection the presence of clearly visible veins of cassiterite in the granite at Cligga Head is a reminder that...Present day exposure is poor, except for Cameron Quarry and mine workings on the western edge. The texture...which includes a henge (Castlewich), possible axe quarry, a long barrow (Kit Hill), numerous round barrows
Report (volume)
Centrallnternationale de Seismologie. Strasbourg, France. Atlantic Naturalist- Atlantic Naturalist. D.C...l'Association International de Geodesie. Paris, France. Bull. Marine Sci. Gables, Fla. Bulletin of Marine...Centre d'Etudes Geologiques et Minieres. Paris, France. Clay Minerals - Clay Minerals. Journal of the...State College. Hays, Kans. Fort Hays Kansas [France] Centre Recherches et Documentation Cartog. et...Centre National de Ia Recherche Scientifique. Paris, France. Freiberger Forschungshefte Berlin, Germany. Freiberger
Journal (volume)
Territory ;by A.Hacue and J. P. Ippines, XXVII —Cassiterite, Spodumene and Beryl in the Bla ck ore Dakota;...Botanical Nomenclature ; view of “ Nouvelles Remarques sur la Nomenc clature ponaeh par M. Alph. de Candolle...Mch.1 2. On Platinized Magnesium as a Reducing ‘Avent—Baio called attention to the fact that magnesium...and Magnetism, es E. Mascart, Prof. Collége de France, and Director of the Central Metrolog. Bureau,...a list of them in the Bull. de la Soc. Geol. de France, 3d Series, vol. ii, 408. They included some of
Report (volume)
des Seances de 1' Academie des Sciences. Paris, France. Acad. Sci. Fennicae Annates- Annales Academiae...Annates Geographie- Annates de Geographie. Paris, France. Bulletin de Ia Societe de Geographie. Annates...- Annates de Geophysique. Scientifique. Paris, France. Annali Geofisica Rome, Italy. Annali di Geofisica...Centre National de Ia Recherche Scientifique. Paris, France. Assoc. Geographes Amerique Franc;aise Bull.- Bulletin...Sillery, Quebec, Canada. Assoc. Geographes Paris, France. Fran~ais Bull. - Bulletin de 1' Association
Report (volume)
Annales de Geographic. Librairie Armand Colin. Paris, France. Annali Geofisica Rome, Italy. Annali di Geofisica...Recherche Scientifique. Paris, France. Assoc. Geographes Paris. France. Fran~ais Bull. - Bulletin de...Recherches de Pau. National des Petroles d' Aquitaine. Pau, France. Settle, Societe Ceskoslovensk. Akad...Centre d'Etudes Geologiques et Minieres. Paris, France. Clay Minerals - Clay Minerals. Journal of the...Krefeld, Westphalia, Federal Republic of Germany. [France] Bur. Recherches Geol. et Minieres Mem.- Memoires
Book (volume)
that place follows the subject, as in Labor supply France. If the geographic entity is the name of a region...under the name of the country, as with Labor supply France Paris. The major exception to interposing the name...can be subdivided by place, as in Labor supply France, or geographic headings may be subdivided by topic...Geog) means that the subject, as in Labor supply France. — place will follow If, PATTERN HEADINGS however...topical and the subdivisions under the headings France, vide the reference structure for other headings
Book (edition)
HE U ' E OF THE SPECTROSCOPE IT .\1.r-\Y ' EEi\[ SUR PRISING THAT A DES CR IPTION OF the spectroscope...If we consider every possibility, Diamond and Cassiterite are two oth er miner als which give negative...ter IX), should be easy to distinguish, and cassiterite, valuable as a n ore of tin, as a gem-stone must...j eweller y :rncl h a ving .g . 2¡6+ For other avent urines, see p. 162. T o con cl ud this chap ter...multiplied by IOOO, a re as follows: Blendc, 156; cassiterite, 71 : dcmantoid, 57; sphenc, 5 1 ; diamo nd,
 
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