Zeilberg Quarry, Maroldsweisach, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Steinbruch am Zeilberg, Maroldsweisach, Franken, Bayern, Deutschland

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

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.)

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' Gypsum Gyrolite Halloysite Hematite Hercynite 'Heulandite' Hibschite 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

115 entries listed. 87 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).