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

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

Photo: Volker Betz
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.

Mineral List

Aragonite
Augite
Calcite
'Chabazite'
'Chusite'
Diopside
var: Chromian Diopside
 Dolomite
'Erionite'
Faujasite-Ca
Faujasite-Mg (TL)
Faujasite-Na (TL)
'Faujasite Subgroup'
Fayalite
 Goethite
Hercynite
var: Picotite
Hydromagnesite
Magnesite
Magnetite
Montmorillonite
Offretite
 Opal
var: Opal-AN
Phillipsite-Ca ?
'Phillipsite-Ca-Phillipsite-K Series'
Phillipsite-K
Todorokite
'Wad'


27 entries listed. 18 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals). 1 erroneous literature entry.

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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


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