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Ölsberg quarry, Niederkirchen, Otterbach-Otterberg, Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyi
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Ölsberg quarryQuarry
NiederkirchenMunicipality
Otterbach-OtterbergCollective Municipality
KaiserslauternDistrict
Rhineland-PalatinateState
GermanyCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
49° 35' 2'' North , 7° 41' 58'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
271344
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:271344:4
GUID (UUID V4):
14ca74f6-0027-426a-8fa4-830cccfe9065
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Beck quarry
Other Languages:
German:
Steinbruch am Ölsberg, Niederkirchen, Verbandsgemeinde Otterbach-Otterberg, Landkreis Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland


Small abandoned quarry located north of Niederkirchen.
It was operated from 1958-1961 by the Beck company. Discussion of "Beck's quarry" being the same as Ölsberg quarry on Mindat messageboard, https://www.mindat.org/mesg-555954.html.

The quarry is well-known among local collectors for pseudomorphs of prehnite after analcime.

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1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

Prehnite
Formula: Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
'Pumpellyite Subgroup'
Formula: Ca2XAl2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 9 - Silicates
Prehnite9.DP.20Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Unclassified
'Pumpellyite Subgroup'-Ca2XAl2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H PrehniteCa2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
H Pumpellyite SubgroupCa2XAl2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A
OOxygen
O PrehniteCa2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
O Pumpellyite SubgroupCa2XAl2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A
AlAluminium
Al PrehniteCa2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Al Pumpellyite SubgroupCa2XAl2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A
SiSilicon
Si PrehniteCa2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Si Pumpellyite SubgroupCa2XAl2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A
CaCalcium
Ca PrehniteCa2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Ca Pumpellyite SubgroupCa2XAl2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A

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Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
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Germany

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