("Auf Dickel" (einschl. Nonnental), Rockeskyll, Gerolstein, Eifel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland)
Eroded tuffs of a carbonatite and phonolite volcanism with several eruptive centres. Megacrysts (Sanidine, Augite) and xenoliths (Devonian basement, micaschist, crystalline schist, gneiss, sanidinite, subvolcanite, carbonatite-like rocks) on the fields in the area called “Auf Dickel”, as well as north and south of “Nonnental”
Located about 500 – 1000 m NW and W of Rockeskyll, on the east slope of Rockeskyller Kopf mountain.
References:
- Meyer, W., Geologie der Eifel, Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 1986
- Haardt, W., Die vulkanischen Auswürflinge und Basalte am Killer Kopf bei Rockeskyll in der Eifel, Jb. Preuß. Geolog. Landesanstalt, Berlin 35, 177-252
- Riley, T., Bailey, K., Lloyd, F., Extrusive carbonatite from the quaternary Rockeskyll complex, West Eifel, Germany, Can. Min., Vol 34, 389-401, 1996
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Map Reference: 50°15'34"N , 6°40'53"E
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