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Nickenicher Sattel (Eicher Sattel), Eich, Andernach, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

(Nickenicher Sattel (Eicher Sattel), Eich, Andernach, Eifel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland)

Basalt quarries.
Located 1 km north of Nickenich and about 5.5 km WSW of Andernach.

Refs.:

- Hentschel, G., (1975): Die Mineralien der basaltischen Gesteine im Laacher Vulkangebiet, Der Aufschluß, Vol. 26/ 2, 65-87

- Hentschel, G., (1980): Neue Mineralfunde aus dem Laacher Vulkangebiet, Mainzer geowiss. Mitt., 121-125

- Hentschel, G. (1983): Zur Morphologie der Eifel-Olivine, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 34, 391-396

- Schreyer, W., Hentschel, G., Abraham, K. (1983): Osumilith in der Eifel und die Verwendung dieses Minerals als petrogenetischer Indikator, Tschermaks Min. Petr. Mitt, 31, 215-234

- Hentschel, G. (1987): Die Mineralien der Eifelvulkane, Weise Verlag, München (2. Auflage)

- Rondorf, A. (1989): Rhönit vom Vulkan Sattel bei Eich/Osteifel. Der Aufschluss, 40, 391-401

- Blass, G. (1992): Spektakuläre Neufunde vom "Eicher Sattel" in der östlichen Vulkaneifel, Mineralien-Welt 5/1992

- Torner, G. (1992): Rutil-Kristalle vom Nickenicher Sattel in der Eifel, Lapis Vol. 17 /2, pp36

- Auerhammer, M., Effenberger, H., Hentschel, G., Reinecke, T., Tillmanns, E. (1993): Nickenichite, a new Arsenate from the Eifel, Germany, Mineralogy and Petrology 48, 153-166

- Blass, G., Graf, HW. (1993): Neufunde von bekannten Fundorten (VIII) Mineralien-Welt 5/1993

- Künzel, E.,(1993):Liebauit, ein neues Mineral aus der Eifel, Lapis 9/1993

- Hentschel, G. (1994): Neue Mineralien aus der Eifel – Bellbergit, Nickenichit und Orschallit , Lapis 19 /3, 20-22

- Blass, G., Graf , HW., (1996): Eine weitere interessante Mineralparagenese vom Nickenicher Sattel (Eicher Sattel) in der östlichen Eifel, Mineralien-Welt 1/1996

- Kunzmann, T. (1999): The aenigmatite-rhönite mineral group. Eur. J. Mineral., 11, 743-756

- Blass, G., Graf , HW. (2001): Neue Mineralienfunde aus der Vulkaneifel, Mineralien-Welt 1/2001

- Blass, G., Graf, HW., Kolitsch, U., Sebold, D. (2005): Über neue Mineralfunde aus der Vulkaneifel, Mineralien-Welt 6/2005

- Blass, G., Emmerich, F., Graf, HW., Schäfer, Ch., Tschörtner, J., (2006): Minerale der Eifelvulkane, Version 1.0, CD, published by authors





Map Reference: 50°25'33"N , 7°19'34"E

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Mineral List:
  • 'Amphibole Group'
  • Andradite
  • Apatite-(CaCl)
  • Apatite-(CaF)
  • Aragonite
  • Augite
  • Baryte
  • Biotite
  • Calcite
  • Cerianite-(Ce)
  • Cerussite
  • 'Chabazite'
  • Chabazite-Ca
  • Chabazite-K
  • Chrysocolla
  • Cordierite
  • Corundum
  • Cristobalite
  • Cuprorivaite
  • Davyne ?
  • Dorrite
  • Enstatite
  • Fayalite
  • Fluorite
  • Forsterite
  • Galena ?
  • Goethite
  • Grandidierite
  • Gypsum
  • Haüyne
  • Hematite
  • 'Hornblende'
  • Ilmenite
  • Jarosite
  • Jeremejevite
  • Kaersutite
  • Leucite
  • Liebauite
  • Magnesioferrite
  • Magnesiohornblende
  • Magnetite
  • Malachite
  • Monazite-(Ce)
  • Montmorillonite
  • Mottramite
       var: Duhamelite
  • Mullite
  • Nepheline
  • Nickenichite (TL)
  • Obertiite
  • Osumilite-(Mg)
  • Perrierite-(Ce)
  • 'Phillipsite'
  • Phillipsite-Ca
  • Phillipsite-K
  • Phlogopite
  • Pseudobrookite
  • Pyrrhotite
  • 'Quartz-beta'
  • Rhönite
  • Roedderite
  • Rutile
  • Sanidine
  • Schäferite
  • Siderite
  • Sodalite
  • Spinel
  • Tenorite
  • Titanite
  • Topaz
  • Tridymite
  • Vanadinite
  • Vivianite
  • Volborthite
  • Wagnerite
  • Wakefieldite-(Ce)
  • Zircon
  • Zirconolite


    78 entries listed. 68 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral). 2 erroneous literature entries.

    Localities in this Region:
    Germany
     
    • Rhineland-Palatinate
      • Eifel Mts
        • Andernach
          • Eich
            • Nickenicher Sattel (Eicher Sattel)

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