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Cristobalite from
Genna zinc smelter slag locality, Helmke quarry nature reserve, Letmathe, Iserlohn, Märkischer Kreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


Locality type:Slag Locality
Classification
Species:Cristobalite
Formula:SiO2
Formation:Post-mining/Anthropogenic
Comments:As pseudocubic crystals; as milky white and glass clear "tree-like" aggregates up to 0.8mm; tetragonal dipyramids up to 1mm.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cristobalite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Genna zinc smelter slag locality, Helmke quarry nature reserve, Letmathe, Iserlohn, Märkischer Kreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:76075
Long-form Identifier:1:3:76075:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cristobalite
70.3km (43.7 miles) ⓘGrüneau Mine (Grüne Au Mine; Grünau Mine), Schutzbach, Daaden-Herdorf, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
References
Schnorrer-Köhler, G. (1986) Neue Minerale von der Schlackenhalde der ehemaligen Zinkhütte Genna in Letmathe/Sauerland. Aufschluss, 37 (2), 55-67.
Bender, D.; Krimmelbein, W. (1994) Aktuelle Übersicht: Mineralien der Zinkhütte Genna/Sauerland [Current overview: Minerals from the Genna/Sauerland zinc smelter]. Mineralien Welt, 5 (4). 10
 
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