Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

Volcanic intrusion massive in the middle of the upper Rhine valley.
Located about 25 km NW of Freiburg.

NOTE: The Kaiserstuhl does NOT belong to the Black Forest.

References

- Eisenlohr, O. (1829) Geognostische Beschreibung des Kaiserstuhls bei Freiburg im Breisgau, 124 pp, map, Müllersche Hofbuchhandlung, Karlsruhe
- HASEMANN,W. et al. (1959): Erläuterungen zur geologischen Exkursionskarte des Kaiserstuhls 1 : 25 000. Geol. Landesamt Bad.-Württ., Freiburg i. Br. xx pp.
- Wimmenauer, W. (1966) The Eruptive Rocks and Carbonatites of the Kaiserstuhl, Germany. In: O. F. Tuttle, J. Gittins, Carbonatites; Interscience Publ., New York, London, Sydney, 1966. P. 183 ff.
- Hay, R.L. and O'Neil, J.R. (1983) Carbonatite tuffs in the Laetilol Beds of Tanzania and the Kaiserstuhl in Germany. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology: 82: 403-406.
- Tobias WEISENBERGER & Simon SPÜRGIN (2009): Zeolites in alkaline rocks of the Kaiserstuhl Volcanic Complex, SW Germany – new microprobe investigation and the relationship of zeolite mineralogy to the host rock. Geol. Belg. 12, 75-91. [http://popups.ulg.ac.be/Geol/document.php?id=2682]

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Aegirine Aegirine-augite 'Albite-Anorthite Series' Almandine Analcime Andradite var: Melanite Ankerite 'Apatite' 'var: Cerapatite' 'Apophyllite' Apophyllite-(KF) Aragonite 'Asphaltum' Augite var: Titanian Augite Baryte Bastnäsite-(Ce) Biotite var: Titanian Biotite Calcite Celestine 'Chabazite' 'Chusite' 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' Columbite-(Fe) Cordierite

Corundum 'Deeckeite' Diopside var: Chromian Diopside Dolomite Epidote 'Erionite' Faujasite-Ca Faujasite-Mg (TL) Faujasite-Na (TL) 'Faujasite Subgroup' Fluorapatite Fluorite Forsterite Galena Goethite Götzenite Gypsum Haüyne Hematite Hercynite var: Picotite 'Hornblende' Hydromagnesite Ilmenite Kaolinite Leucite

Limonite Magnesioferrite Magnesite Magnetite var: Titaniferous Magnetite Marcasite 'Melilite' Mesolite ? Monazite-(Ce) Montmorillonite Muscovite Natrolite Nepheline Nosean Offretite Opal var: Opal-AN Pectolite Perovskite var: Dysanalyte 'Phillipsite' Phillipsite-Ca ? 'Phillipsite-Ca-Phillipsite-K Series' Phillipsite-K Phlogopite var: Barium-Phlogopite

Phlogopite var: Barytbiotite Pyrite Pyrochlore Group Pyrrhotite Quartz Rutile Sanidine Schorlomite Siderite Sillimanite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Strontianite Thomsonite-Ca Titanite Todorokite Uranpyrochlore 'Wad' Wollastonite Zircon Zirconolite Zoisite

102 entries listed. 73 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

Germany Baden-Württemberg Kaiserstuhl Bickensohl Strümpflekopf Mt. Totenkopf Mt Bötzingen Fohberg Quarry (Hauri Quarry) Oberschaffhausen Burkheim-Sponeck Humberg Quarries Ihringen Föhrenberg Mt. Niederrotweil Henkenberg Mt. Oberbergen Horberig

Germany Baden-Württemberg Kaiserstuhl Oberbergen Neunbrunnen Pulverbuck Mt. Oberrotweil Eichberg Mt. Kirchberg Quarry Sasbach Eichert Limberg Quarries Schelingen Orberg Mt. - Badberg Mt. area Badloch Quarry Orberg Quarry