Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Steinbrüche am Limberg, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

Minerals are found in vesicles in limburgite. Seven quarries exist, all of them are located within a national reserve. Collecting loose boulders is allowed, though.

References

- LORENT, G. (1933): Der Limburgit von Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl und seine hydro-thermale Mineralführung. Ber. naturf. Ges. Freiburg, 32, xx-xx.
- TOBIEN, H. (1958): Das Alter der Eruptionen am Limberg (Kaiserstuhl). Z. dt. geol. Ges., 110, xx-xx.
- Rinaldi, R., Smith, J. V. & Jung, G. (1975): Chemistry and paragenesis of faujasite, phillipsite and offretite from Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Germany. N. Jb. Mineral. Mh., 1975, 433-443.
- Lapis 1978(3)
- Der Aufschluss 1988(2), 70-73
- Betz, V. (2005): Ein Beitrag zur Morphologie, Paragenese und Geschichte der Zeolithe vom Limberg bei Sasbach/Kaiserstuhl. Der Aufschluss 56, 235-250.
- Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 273. [as "Limburg"]
- WEISENBERGER, T. & SPÜRGIN, S. (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. Geologica Belgica, 12, 75-91. [http://popups.ulg.ac.be/Geol/document.php?id=2682

External Links

- http://omnibus.uni-freiburg.de/~weisenbt/9Kaiserstuhl/Kaiserstuhl.pdf [Link dead. Sep 2011]
- http://www.eschelken.de/Mineralien/Limberg_1/limberg_1.html
and http://www.eschelken.de/Mineralien/Limberg_2/limberg_2.html
- http://www.zeolite-collection.eu/occurrences/Europe/Deutschland/Kaiserstuhl/Limberg.html

Mineral List

Aragonite Augite Calcite 'Chabazite' 'Chusite' Diopside var: Chromian Diopside

Dolomite 'Erionite' Faujasite-Ca Faujasite-Mg (TL) Faujasite-Na (TL) 'Faujasite Subgroup' Goethite

Hercynite var: Picotite Hydromagnesite Magnesite Montmorillonite Offretite Opal var: Opal-AN Phillipsite-Ca ?

'Phillipsite-Ca-Phillipsite-K Series' Phillipsite-K Todorokite 'Wad'

25 entries listed. 16 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals). 1 erroneous literature entry.