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Zeilberg Quarry, Maroldsweisach, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Afwillite
Zeilberg Quarry, Maroldsweisach, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Photo: Elmar Lackner
Latitude: 50°11'36"N
Longitude: 10°40'57"E
Steinbruch am Zeilberg, Maroldsweisach, Franken, Bayern, Deutschland

A quarry in tertiary basalt. Located on Zeilberg mountain, 2 km east of Maroldsweisach.
Collecting is prohibited.

Mineral List

Afwillite
Albite
var: Andesine

Analcime
Andradite
Ankerite
Anorthite
var: Labradorite
'Apatite'
'Apophyllite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Aragonite
Augite
var: Fassaite
Baryte
'Biotite'
Bornite
Brucite
Calcite
Celestine
'Chabazite'
Chalcopyrite
Chromite
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
'Clinoptilolite'
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Cordierite
Cristobalite
Dachiardite-Na
Diopside
Dolomite
'Ellestadite'
Enstatite
'Erionite'
Ettringite
Galaxite
Garronite
'Gismondine'
'Gmelinite'
'var: Ledererite'
Grossular
var: Hibschite

Gypsum
Gyrolite
'Halloysite'
Hematite
Hercynite
'Heulandite'
'Högbomite'
'Hornblende'
Hydrocalumite
'Hydrogrossular'
Hydromagnesite
Hydrotalcite
'Hypersthene'
Illite
Ilmenite
Jennite
Katoite
Kuzelite (TL)
Laumontite
Leucite
'Limonite'
Lizardite
Maghemite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Meixnerite
Merlinoite
Mesolite
Microcline
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
Natrolite
Nepheline
Népouite
Nontronite
Nordstrandite
Offretite
Okenite
'Olivine'
Opal
var: Opal-AN
Orthoclase
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Palygorskite
Paranatrolite
Perovskite
'Phillipsite'
Plombièrite
Portlandite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrite
'Pyrophyllite-Talc Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rhodesite
Riversideite
Rozenite
Rutile
Sanidine
Saponite
Scawtite
Scolecite
Siderite
Sphalerite
Spinel
'Stilbite'
'Tetranatrolite'
Thaumasite
Thomsonite-Ca
Tobermorite
Tridymite
Vivianite
Wollastonite
Zircon


116 entries listed. 86 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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References

- J. Tron (1987): Scawtit von Maroldsweisach. LAPIS 12(2), 30
- S. Weiß: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
- A. Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", Schweizerbart (Stuttgart), 195-196
- Pöllmann, H. (1991): Die Afwillit-Portlandit Paragenese im Basalt des Zeilbergs bei Maroldsweisach/Unterfranken. Aufschluss, 42, 257-266. (in German)
- Pöllmann, H., Göske, J., Dickschas, D. (1994): Zeolithe im Basalt von Maroldsweisach. Eur. J. Min., Bh. 1, 218 (abs.)
- King, V. and Chenelatto, M. (2011): History of Ledererite. A Crystallographic Variety of Gmelinite. Mineral News, v. 27, p. 1-2, 5-7.

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