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Emmelberg, Üdersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Latitude: 50°8'56"N
Longitude: 6°48'25"E
Emmelberg, Üdersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

Quarry in the scoria cone of an ancient volcano. Olivine-nephelinite dykes and lava flow, with mineralizations both in cavities of the lava and in xenoliths (clay, sandstones, carbonatites, sanidinite).
Located on Emmelberg Mountain, 0.5 km south of Üdersdorf and about 6 km SSW of Daun.

Mineral List

Aegirine-augite
Afwillite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Andradite
'Apophyllite'
Augite
Baryte
'Biotite'
Brownmillerite
Calcio-Olivine
Calcite
Chabazite-Ca
Chalcocite
Clinohumite
Cordierite
Corundum
Cristobalite
Diopside
Enstatite
Ettringite
Fayalite
Ferri-obertiite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Fluoro-richterite
Forsterite
Gehlenite
Gismondine-Ca
Haüyne
Hematite
'Hornblende'
Hydrocalumite
Jeremejevite
Larnite
Leucite
'Lévyne'
Magnetite
Mayenite
'Melilite'
Montmorillonite
Mullite
Nepheline
Nosean
Osumilite-(Mg)
Perovskite
'Phillipsite'
Phlogopite
Portlandite
Pseudobrookite
Pyrochlore Group
'Pyrochlore Supergroup
var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977)'

'Quartz-beta'
Reinhardbraunsite
Rhönite
Roedderite
Rutile
Sanidine
Sellaite
Sillimanite
Sodalite
Spinel
Strätlingite
Thaumasite
Titanite
Tobermorite
Topaz
Tridymite
Vaterite
Vésigniéite
Volborthite
Wagnerite
Wollastonite
Zircon


73 entries listed. 64 valid minerals.

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References

- Schäfer, H.: Die Mineralien der Einschlüsse und Auswürflinge in den Schlacken des Emmelberges bei Üdersdorf / Eifel, Der Aufschluss 30, 273-282, 1979
- Hentschel, G.: Die Mineralien der Eifelvulkane, Weise Verlag München, 1983
- Schüller, W. & Betz, V. (1986): Die Mineralien vom Emmelberg, Lapis 11 (12), 11-25
- Blass, G., Emmerich, F., Graf, HW., Schäfer, Ch., Tschörtner, J., (2006): Minerale der Eifelvulkane, CD, published by authors
- Schüller W. (2006): Mineraliensammeln in der Eifel (Teil II): Der Emmelberg bei Üdersdorf. LAPIS 31 (3), 13-22
- Blass, G., (2010): Die neuen Mineralienfunde aus der Vulkaneifel, Mineralienwelt, Vol. 05, 2010

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