Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Pfalz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

The Palatinate, German name Pfalz, is a geographical region in south-western Germany and occupies more than a quarter of the german federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Geologically, three major units can be distinguished:
1. The permocarboniferous sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Saar-Nahe basin, which form most of the Nordpfälzer Bergland (North Palatine Uplands)
2. The Keuper, Bunter and Muschelkalk triassic sediments of the Pfalz syncline, composing the Pfälzer Wald range and the adjacent region west of it, around Pirmasens and Zweibrücken.
3. The tertiary and quarternary sediments of the Rhine Graben rift zone and parts of the Mainz basin (which geographically mostly belongs to Rhenish Hesse).

The Palatinate has become worldwide known for its diversity of mineral occurrences, particularly the mercury mineralization of the Saar-Nahe Basin (i.e. most part of the North Palatine Uplands). The best known deposit may be the Landsberg (Moschellandsberg) near Obermoschel which is the type locality for various mercury mineral species.

A common division of the Palatinate is into the regions of Anterior Palatinate (Vorderpfalz), West Palatinate (Westpfalz), North Palatinate (Nordpfalz), and South Palatinate (Südpfalz).

The geographical borders can be outlined roughly as the Hunsrück mountain range in the North (with the Nahe river as boundary), Rhenish Hesse in the East, further south the River Rhine in the East, in the South the border to France (Alsace) and the border to the federal state of Saarland in the West.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Acanthite Adamite 'Agardite' Albite var: Cleavelandite Analcime Anatase Andradite Anglesite Ankerite Annabergite Antlerite Apophyllite-(KF) Aragonite Argentojarosite Arsenic Arseniosiderite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite 'Asphaltum' Augite var: Fassaite Aurichalcite Azurite Babingtonite Baddeleyite Baryte Bayldonite Belendorffite (TL) Berthierite β-Uranophane Beudantite Bismite Bismuth Bornite Bournonite Breithauptite Brochantite Brookite Calcioferrite (TL) Calcite Caledonite Calomel (TL) Capgaronnite Carnotite Cattierite Celestine Cerussite 'Chabazite' 'var: Phacolite' Chalcanthite Chalcocite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Chlorargyrite var: Bromian Chlorargyrite 'Chlorite Group' Chrysocolla Cinnabar Clinochlore Clinozoisite Cobaltite Coccinite

Coffinite Conichalcite Connellite Copper Corderoite Cornubite Cornwallite Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Cuprite var: Chalcotrichite Cuproroméite Datolite Delafossite Descloizite var: Dechenite Devilline Dickite Digenite Djurleite Dolomite var: Ferroan Dolomite Dreyerite (TL) Duftite Dundasite Eglestonite Enargite Epidote Erythrite 'Ferrierite' Fluorapatite Fluorite Francevillite Freibergite Galena Gersdorffite Goethite Gold var: Electrum Graphite Greenockite Grossular Gypsum var: Selenite Halotrichite Harmotome Heinrichite Hematite Hemimorphite 'Heulandite' Hisingerite Hollandite Hydrocerussite 'Hydrogrossular' Ilmenite Iodargyrite Jarosite Julgoldite-(Fe2+) Kaolinite Kasolite 'K Feldspar var: Adularia' Kleinite

Kuzminite Langite Laumontite Lavendulan Leadhillite Lepidocrocite 'Limonite' Linarite Linnaeite Livingstonite Löllingite Luzonite Magnetite Malachite 'Manganese Oxides' Manganite Marcasite Melanterite Mercury Metacinnabar Metaheinrichite Metakahlerite Metanováčekite Metatorbernite Metauranospinite Metazeunerite Millerite Mimetite Molybdenite Montmorillonite Moschelite (TL) Moschellandsbergite (TL) Mottramite Nacrite Natrojarosite Natrolite Natrouranospinite Nickeline Nickelskutterudite Nováčekite-I 'Ochre' Olivenite Opal Paraschachnerite (TL) Pectolite 'Pectolite-M2abc' Perroudite 'Petrified Wood' Pharmacosiderite 'Phillipsite' Phosphuranylite Plancheite Plumbojarosite Posnjakite Poyarkovite Prehnite Proustite 'Psilomelane' 'Pumpellyite' Pumpellyite-(Mg) Pyrite Pyrolusite

Pyromorphite 'Pyroxene Group' Pyrrhotite Quartz var: Agate var: Amethyst var: Carnelian var: Chalcedony var: Eisenkiesel var: Iris Quartz var: Jasper var: Moss Agate var: Rock Crystal var: Smoky Quartz Rammelsbergite Ranciéite Rhodochrosite Romanèchite 'Roméite Group var: Stibiconite' Rosasite Safflorite Schachnerite (TL) Schulenbergite Scorodite Sénarmontite Shakhovite Siderite Silver var: Amalgam var: Kongsbergite Skutterudite Smithsonite Sphalerite Stibnite 'Stilbite' Sulphur Susannite 'Synchysite Group' Tennantite 'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series' Tenorite Terlinguaite Tetrahedrite var: Mercurian Tetrahedrite Tiemannite Titanite Torbernite 'Tourmaline' Tyrolite Ullmannite Uraninite var: Pitchblende Uranophane Uranospinite Valentinite Violarite 'Wad' Wulfenite Yukonite Zeunerite Zircon

251 entries listed. 201 valid minerals. 8 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

Germany Rhineland-Palatinate Palatinate Alsenz-Obermoschel Landsberg (Moschellandsberg) Backofen Mine Baron Friedrich Mine Carolina Mine Erzengel Mine Gottesgabe Mine Hilfe Gottes Mine Segen Gottes Mine Vertrauen zu Gott Mine Münsterappel Waldgrehweiler Wolfsmühle Altenglan Föckelberg Jettenbach Potschberg Quarry Rammelsbach Remigiusberg Quarries Annweiler am Trifels Albersweiler Waldhambach Gold prospect Kuhn Quarry Bad Bergzabern Petronell Petronella Mine (Petronell Mines) Bad Dürkheim Railway station Dahn (Dahner Felsenland) Bobenthal Johanna Mine Erlenbach bei Dahn Breitenberg Lead mine Niederschlettenbach Unnamed quarry Nothweiler Lead mines Deidesheim Forst an der Weinstraße Pechsteinkopf Göllheim Rüssingen Limestone quarry Grünstadt-Land Battenberg Neuleiningen Kirchheimbolanden Dannenfels Mannbühl Quarry (Giro Quarry) Mörsfeld Daimbacher Hof

Germany Rhineland-Palatinate Palatinate Kirchheimbolanden Orbis Koppelberg Mines Rothenkircherhof Brunnenberg Quarry Kusel Altenglan Föckelberg Hochbusch Potzberg Pfeffelbach Hellerberg Quarry Reichweiler Karrenberg Quarry Otterbach Hirschhorn Olsbrücken Otterberg Niederkirchen Rauschermühle Quarry Rheinzabern Holcim gravel pit Rockenhausen Hintersteinerhof Lenz Quarry Stahlberg Frischer Mut Mine (St Peter Mine) Roßwald Mine Winnweiler Imsbach Friedrich Mine Grauer Hecht Mine Grüner Löwe Mine Katharina I Mine Katharina II Mine Langhecker Hof Maria Mine Reich Geschiebe Mine Weiße Grube Schweisweiler-Winnweiler U occurrence Wolfstein Essweiler Herrmannsberg Pfaffenborn Mine (Grauelsdell) Königsberg Christiansglück Mine Hohe Buche Theodors Erzlust Mine Kreimbach-Kaulbach Andesite quarry

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