Ölsberg quarry, Niederkirchen, Otterbach-Otterberg, Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyi
Regional Level Types | |
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Ölsberg quarry | Quarry |
Niederkirchen | Municipality |
Otterbach-Otterberg | Collective Municipality |
Kaiserslautern | District |
Rhineland-Palatinate | State |
Germany | Country |
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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.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Prehnite Formula: Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 References: |
ⓘ 'Pumpellyite Subgroup' Formula: Ca2XAl2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
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ⓘ | Prehnite | 9.DP.20 | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
Unclassified | |||
ⓘ | 'Pumpellyite Subgroup' | - | Ca2XAl2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Prehnite | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
H | ⓘ Pumpellyite Subgroup | Ca2XAl2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Prehnite | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
O | ⓘ Pumpellyite Subgroup | Ca2XAl2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Prehnite | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
Al | ⓘ Pumpellyite Subgroup | Ca2XAl2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Prehnite | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
Si | ⓘ Pumpellyite Subgroup | Ca2XAl2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Prehnite | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
Ca | ⓘ Pumpellyite Subgroup | Ca2XAl2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A |
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