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Schellkopf, Brenk, Niederzissen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Latitude: 50°25'58"N
Longitude: 7°9'59"E
Schellkopf, Brenk, Niederzissen, Eifel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

Active phonolite quarry (selbergite, selbergite tuffs, devonian schists) on Schellkopf mountain.
Located 500 m west of Brenk and about 5 km SW of Niederzissen.

References

- Brauns, R. (1922): Die Mineralien der Niederrheinischen Vulkangebiete. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, xx pp.

- Brauns, A., Brauns, R. (1924): Ein Kalkzeolith aus der Gruppe der Glimmerzeolithe (=Zeophyllit) vom Schellkopf bei Brenk. Centralblatt Mineral. Geol. Paläont. 549-551.

- Hentschel, G. (1968): Ettringit vom Schellkopf bei Brenk in der Eifel. Der Aufschluss, 19, 198-200.

- Hentschel, G., Leufer, U., Tillmanns, E. (1978): Brenkit, ein neues Kalzium-Fluor-Karbonat vom Schellkopf/Eifel. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte 7, 325-329.

- Kollmann, H., Strübel, G. (1981): Ettringit-Thaumasit-Mischkristalle von Brenk (Eifel). Chem. Erde 40, 110-120.

- Hentschel, G. (1983): Der Schellkopf. Lapis 9/1983, 18ff.

- Cruse, B. (1986): Der Schellkopf bei Brenk/Eifel, Teil 1. Der Aufschluss, 37, 149ff.

- Cruse, B. (1986): Der Schellkopf bei Brenk/Eifel, Teil 2. Der Aufschluss, 37, 189-202.

- Cruse, B. (1986): Der Schellkopf bei Brenk/Eifel, Teil 3. Der Aufschluss, 37, 225-238.

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

- Blass, G., Els, F. (1993): Über den Erstfund von Hydrotalkitkristallen vom Schellkopf bei Brenk in der Vulkaneifel. Mineralien-Welt .. (4), xx-xx.

- Piret, P. et al. (1993): Ein mit Carnotit verwandtes Kalium-Uranylvanadat vom Schellkopf bei Brenk, Eifel. Der Aufschluss, 44, 291-294.

- Blass, G., Graf, H.W. (1998): Morphologische Betrachtungen an Calcitkristallen vom Schellkopf bei Brenk, Mineralien-Welt .. (3), xx-xx.

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

External Links

- http://www.geomontanus.com/seiten_vulkane/laacher_see_vulkane/schellkopf.htm
- http://www.kreis-ahrweiler.de/kvar/VT/hjb1998/hjb1998.38.htm

Mineral List

Aegirine-augite
Analcime
Apophyllite-(KF)
Aragonite
Brenkite (TL)
Calcite
Carnotite
Chabazite-Ca
Davyne
Ettringite
Fedorite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Gibbsite
Gismondine-Ca
Gonnardite
Hydrotalcite
Leucite
Lizardite
Montmorillonite
Nepheline
Nosean
Paranatrolite
'Phillipsite'
Phillipsite-K
Phillipsite-Na
Sanidine
'Stilbite'
Tetranatrolite
Thaumasite
Thenardite
Thomsonite-Ca
Titanite
Zeophyllite


34 entries listed. 31 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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