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Topaz from
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Topaz
Formula:Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sillimaniteⓘ2 photos of Topaz associated with Sillimanite at this locality.
Sanidineⓘ1 photo of Topaz associated with Sanidine at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Topaz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Photo GalleryView Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:76765
Long-form Identifier:1:3:76765:5
GUID (UUID V4):8674f094-485b-44c3-aa61-08cd7fa9cde2
Nearest other occurrences of Topaz
5.1km (3.1 miles) ⓘScoria quarry, Wingertsberg, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘRothenberg Quarry, Bell, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
9.7km (6.0 miles) ⓘNickenicher Weinberg, Nickenich, Pellenz, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘNickenicher Sattel, Nickenich, Pellenz, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
12.7km (7.9 miles) ⓘWannenköpfe Quarry, Ochtendung, Maifeld, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
13.1km (8.1 miles) ⓘHerchenberg quarry, Burgbrohl, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
17.1km (10.6 miles) ⓘNiveligsberg, Drees, Kelberg, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
35.0km (21.8 miles) ⓘAltburg, Schalkenmehren, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
36.9km (22.9 miles) ⓘLöhley, Üdersdorf, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
37.8km (23.5 miles) ⓘEmmelberg, Üdersdorf, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Straussenpesch 22, 53518 Adenau, Germany g Bahnhofstrasse 45, 56727 Mayen, Germany Received February15, 2012...Fluorophlogopite, sanidine, cordierite, mullite, sillimanite, topaz, pseudobrookite and hematite are associated minerals...in the operating Caspar basaltic quarry at Mount Bellerberg, near the town of Mayen, in the Eifel volca...volca nic area of Rhineland–Palatinate (Rheinland–Pfalz), Germany. This mineral occurs as light blue to...Fluorophlogopite, sanidine, cordierite, mullite, sillimanite, topaz, pseudobrookite, and hematite are associated minerals
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chevkinite‑group mineral from the Eifel area, Germany. Novye dannye o mineralakh, 47, 33–42 (in English)...near Mendig, Eifel Mountains, Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz), Germany. It occurs in a Mn-rich volcanic...active Caspar quarry at Bellerberg Mt., near town of Mayen, Eifel volcanic area, Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz)...(Rheinland-Pfalz), Germany. The results were submitted to IMA CNMNC. Both the mineral and the name osumilite-(Mg)...fluorophlogopite, sanidine, cordierite, mullite, sillimanite, topaz, pseudobrookite, and hematite. Osumilite-(Mg) forms
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Burgbrohl A3 Neuwied Laacher See Adenau Ormont Koblenz Mayen A48 Noordzee Daun Gerolstein Mosel NL Gillenfeld...Bellerberg Uit de krater van deze 2 km ten Noorden van Mayen gelegen slakkenvulkaan vloeiden 3 dikke leuciet-tefriethoudende...wel als Winfeld aangeduid. Door de firma A. Caspar (Ettringen) wordt de kern van deze krater in dagbouw...bekende Eifelverzamelaar/handelaar Bernd Ternes (Mayen) (1993) ; tschörtneriet (1999) ; schÀferiet (2000)...cordieriet'. Begin 1975 vond een verzamelaar uit Koblenz (M. Knipper) in het Eicher Sattel vrijstaande en
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magma when the volcano erupted. Others, such as topaz crystals, can grow directly from hot gases, which...colors of the rainbow before it ABOVE: Imperial topaz, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil * 3.3 x 2.7 x...PLANET Hardness 5 Hardness 8 Fluorapatite Topaz Topaz, TĂ©ofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil - 14.5...manganese oxide on limestone, Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany * 11.5 x 24x 0.5 cm Murcia, Spain * 14x 11x 5...crystallize in the orthorhombic system include olivine, topaz, barite (baryte) and marcasite. Pushing on an edge
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W yoming. 0 ur first stop was at the alabaster quarry close to the Colorado and Wyoming state line. Here...agate beds just off the highway between Rawlins and Caspar, Wyominq. This place is visited by people from...SATISFACTION GUARANTEED I have secured some fine Utah TOPAZ xl clusters, massive MINIUM, rich ALTAITE in rock
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‱ Email: info@kristalle.com Harz Mountains, Germany by GĂŒnter Grundmann Thomas P. Moore Wendell E...COVER: PROUSTITE, 3.5 cm, from St Andreasberg. Germany, found in 1899; ex collection of Richard Baldauf...District, Western Harz Mountains, Niedersachsen, Germany ........................... 300 by G. Grundmann..................................... 407 Johann Caspar Zeisig the Mysterious “Minerophilo Freibergensi”...District Western Harz Mountains Niedersachsen, Germany GĂŒnter Grundmann Eschenweg 6 D-32760 Detmold grundmann
Journal (issue)
Some very large and valuable specimens of Topaz [aka topaz = smoky quartz] have been discovered" (Colorado...in alkali basalt from the Caspar quarry. Bellerberg volcano, Eifel, Germany. In the holotype specimen...Sharyginite, A New Mineral from the Bellerberg Volcano, Germany. Minerals, 8, 308; doi.org/10.3390/min8070308.
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12 CONFIGURATION OF DISLOCATIONS IN NATURAL TOPAZ CRYSTALS By M. S. JOSHI and R. K. TAKU Department...d the configurations of dislocations in natural topaz crystals. Etch patterns on basal cleavages a n d...of half-loops are commonly observed in natural topaz crystals. INTRODUCTION Etching technique is widely...surface structures of various habit faces of natural topaz crystals useful information has been obtained by...different habit faces in particular a n d of natural topaz crystals in general (unpublished). A series of experiments
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hoards at Pritzwalk, (Brandenburg), and Miinster, Germany, Colmar in Alsace, Fishpool, England and Sroda...treasuries such as those at Aachen and Essen, Germany, and at St. Denis outside Paris. There are a variety...nineteenth century. The names of the three Magi, Caspar, Melchior, Balthazar, were also believed to be...into the thirteenth century, possibly in the Rhineland. Made of silver-gilt, it depicts scenes from the...with courtly scenes. Western Europe, possibly Rhineland, early duced, too, with large plates or box-like
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Gubelin, Lucerne Typesetting: Satz Weise, Fohren, Germany Photolithos: Job Color srl, Gorle (Bergamo) Printing:...ashes Tanzanite: blue patrician from black africa Topaz: chalice of golden crystal Tourmaline: alpha and...important yet scarce component, such as fluorine in topaz and boron in tourmaline. In a third group, the mineral... for example, plutonite (euclase, cassiterite, topaz, etc.) 3 Red-purple Phase of residual crystallization...Pneumatolytic formations (euclase, cassiterite, scheelite, topaz, etc.) 6 Lilac Hot solutions along fissure systems
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of the ancient col­ lector and the name of the quarry where it was found. Could any data be more securely...so much dross. Princes of Northern Renaissance Germany were among the earli­ est formal collectors, forming...He is in t u m citing an 1 8th century work by Caspar F. Neickel on museography. For additional information...the Devil's Head topaz locality. With relative success in building the inventory of topaz specimens, Over...taken by Arthu r Montgomery in 1 9 34, shows the topaz location taken from the southern view. OM- 1 0
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gemgypsy@bellsouth.net JULY–AUGUST 2019 Articles The Auglaize quarry, Paulding County, Ohio ..........................calcite crystals on matrix, 5.5 cm, from the Auglaize quarry, Paulding County, Ohio. Joe and Susan Kielbaso...May–June, 2019 What’s New 49-3 397 T he Auglaize Quarry Paulding County, Ohio John Medici 5280 Stover Road...Ohio 45504 kbladh@wittenberg.edu The Auglaize quarry has been a popular mineral collecting site for...been recovered as well. LOCATION The Auglaize quarry is located on the northwestern edge of the Findlay
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as “Idria in Carniola, Carinthia Frioul, the Palatinate, Deux Ponts, Transylvania, Hungary, and more...semitransparent; on a black ferruginous sandstone. In Germany there was Friedrich von Trebra (1740–1819), chief...Kusser granodiorite quarry, Tittling, Lower Bavaria (all three of these in Germany); in the Pauliberg...Pauliberg basalt quarry, Burgenland, 57 Austria and the Loja quarry, Lower Austria; and several more sites as... HEBENSTREIT, J. E. (1743) Mvsevm Richteranvm. Caspar Fritsch, Leipzig, 464 p. HERNANDEZ SAMPELAYO, P
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1979, p. 309). Born at Bermersheim, SW of Mainz, Germany, Hildegard von Bingen (1098– 1179; Fig. 4) was...detailed descriptions appeared a few years later when Caspar BarFig. 7. Imaginary portrait of the ‘Hornvall’...2017 MEDICINAL UNICORN HORN Fig. 10. Portrait of Caspar Bartholin the Elder (1585– 1629). Reproduced by...the Wellcome Library, London. (Bartholin 1628). Caspar sired an entire dynasty of unicorn enthusiasts...see also Bartholin 1654), for which his grandson Caspar Bartholin the Younger (1655–1738; Fig. 12; Professor
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metasomatic sanidine from Volkesfeld, Eifel Mts., Germany contains only traces of structurally bound hydrogen...FT IR spectrometer (Bruker Optics, Ettlingen, Germany) with a resolution of 4 cm−1 and 16 scans. IR spectrum...gas deposit Rehden, near Deapholz, Lower Saxony, Germany (type locality). Description: Colourless crystals...MĂŒntzer pit, Bischofferode, near Ohmberg, Thuringia, Germany. Kind of sample preparation and/or method of registration...NaCe2(CO3)2[F2x(CO3)1-x]F (Fig. 2.55) Locality: Ariskop Quarry, Aris, near Windhoek, Windhoek district, Khomas
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still to latterly es- in the latter half Germany, principally exceedingly valuable, today’s gemologists...Copenhagen which, Preface/ VIII rare England a in Germany, and like Stockholm, bookshops that cater ...2 Nn , 6/7); Largest p 1/2 in). duplici Germany, A-Mm Cut. Erin- loannis 4 2, 3 | Typis...Revision on H 8c RUELLE, et du C E 1898-1902 Mayen Age. 3 G p. edit est Paris: fait Mention...successful Marggraf (first dir of 1776; apptd first Germany; principles governing boiling points classes
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Contents Therapeutic Uses Beryl, of Emerald and Germany, Eyes, 76 77 Spain, Childbirth, and Fertil78...West Africa 445 Ghana, Inner Somali 443 Germany, Terms, 616 491 General 500 and Locality Index...Additionally, contributed F. to the I wish Germany; WI; Allen British following who in large work:...Brazil; Geological ton, VA; seum, Marie and Germany; NY; Prof. Sklar, Oceanside, Rio Santa Monica...and 10 as The shown gems on a emerald, topaz, rock title page of S are diamond (top left)
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GEMSTONES Diamond, Corundum (Ruby and Sapphire), Beryl, Topaz, Opal. IMPORTANT GEMSTONES The Feldspar Group, Spodumene...crystal . Four topaz crystals . Drawing of New Hampshire topaz crystal . A cut topaz . The Little Three...Three Mine . Drawing of Ramona Topaz crystal . View of Virgin Valley . An opal digging XI List of Illustrations...Mt. Mica Largest crystal from Mt. Mica Eh Towne Quarry 180 Tourmaline Queen Mountain IgI Tourmaline crystal...Stibiotantalite crystal Apatite crystal . Greenlaw Quarry 272 279 281 282 289 296 297 298 299 300 301
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Fritz: Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. Donald B. Hoover: U.S.G.S., Federal Center, Lakewood...Institut fur Mineralogie, Ruhr Universitat Bochum, Germany. Duane Mellor: Geology Library, Yale University...Berlin, Germany. Peter Susse: MINABS, Inst. of Mineralogy, Univ. of Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany. C. Sheldon...Pennsylvania. Hans J. Wilke: Eppertshausen/Hessen, Germany. Wendell E. Wilson: The Mineralogical Record, Tuscon...scratched by topaz and a few other minerals Hard Harder The hardest known mineral 8 9 10 Topaz Corundum
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extraordinary size and value, beside an oriental topaz, which may be pronounced unparalleled, exhibiting...auspicious emblems, relates closely to one collected by Caspar Purdon Clarke in 1881 or 1882 (no. 70). Another...popular in Britain and many of the items acquired by Caspar Purdon Clarke on his 1881-2 purchasing tour of...It was bought for the South Kensington Museum by Caspar Purdon Clarke for ÂŁ9 on his Indian tour of 1881-2...representations of temple pinnacles. This was acquired by Caspar Purdon Clarke on his purchasing tour of India of
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an alkaline syenite pegmatite at Allt a’ Mhullin Quarry, Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland Stephen Moreton ...world (Heddle, 1850). That summer3 he went to Germany to study chemistry and mineralogy at Clausthal...no Note that Goodchild said that Heddle went to Germany on concluding his studies, i.e. in 1851. The author’s...research of extant letters shows that Heddle was in Germany in 1850, and was in Shetland in 1851 at the time...according to Goodchild, he would have been in Germany. Goodchild would have recorded what Heddle told
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sheen of that cleft “the sun, of or earth topaz, the of the of quality the though King produced...then They the ensure valuable materials, quarry Falls of 68 was from some Anthony, popularly...stone" ence states that at guarded with was quarry the time from the visit of the white that this...superupon the heath when Taking the Folk Germany the no procession heed of a a this, continued...the different through the metal. While the topaz, instance of be said to electric same qualities
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impact abrasion hardness number 8, measured on topaz, appears to be distinctly lower than number 7, measured...gemstones ; these being diamond, corundum, beryl, topaz, spinel and garnet, tourmaline, olivine, chrysoberyl...values of density and refractive index given for topaz, 3-53 and 1-62-1*63, which are values very 271 ...practice, there being two distinct divisions of the topaz family with slightly different values. T h e term...its date 1628. Here is Bartholinus of Malmoe, or Caspar Berthelsen, who was born in Malmoe, Sweden, in
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Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A...3 /# l D ohrm ann G old collec­ tion, G illette quarry (CT), Spanish fluorite $12 H ouston M useum Catalog...symmetrical pattern of 10 spots among diffuse rings (Caspar, 1956). D. Shechtman first observed the 10-fold...University of California Press, Berkeley, 198 p. CASPAR, D. L. D. (1956) Structure of bushy stunt virus...curb stone and dimension stone. The village housed quarry workers and contained a variety of shops; it provided
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tourmaline, danburite, forsterite, fluorapatite, topaz, quartz and zircon, plus rare species like hibonite...some of the world’s best crystals of red spinel, topaz, aquamarine, peridot, zircon, fluorapatite and enstatite...of Mogok’s original settlement and of a former quarry and deep tunnel dug long ago by the British, flooded...yielded fine specimens of hambergite, pollucite, topaz, quartz, aquamarine beryl and lepidolite (Hla Kyi...colored fabrics from India. Between 1550 and 1560, Caspar de Cruz (ca. 1520–1570), a Dominican missionary
 
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