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Herchenberg, Burgbrohl, Niederzissen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Latitude: 50°28'8"N
Longitude: 7°15'39"E
Herchenberg, Burgbrohl, Niederzissen, Eifel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

Quarry in basaltic pyroclasts and dykes of melilite-nephelinite. Xenoliths with thermometamorphic alteration.
Located 2 km NW of Burgbrohl.

References

- Wolf, Th., (1867): Über Granat in den Lavaschlacken des Herchenberges, Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande etc., Vol. 24, 31-33
- Uhlig, J., (1910): Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Granaten in vulkanischen Gesteinen und Auswürflingen des Niederrheins, Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande etc., Vol. 67, 307-403
- Brauns, R., (1922): Die Mineralien der Niederrheinischen Vulkangebiete, Schweizerbart, Stuttgart
- Hentschel, G., (1975): Die Mineralien der basaltischen Gesteine im Laacher Vulkangebiet, Der Aufschluß, Heft 2
- Hentschel, G., (1977): Neufunde seltener Minerale im Laacher Vulkangebiet, Der Aufschluss, 129-133
- Hentschel, G. (1983): Osumilith in der Eifel und die Verwendung dieses Minerals als petrogenetischer Indikator, Tschermaks Min. Petr. Mitt, 31, 215-234
- Blass, G., Graf , HW. (1992): Neufunde von bekannten Fundorten (VI), MW 6/1992
- Blass, G., Graf, H.W., Kolitsch, U. (2003): Neue Funde aus der Vulkaneifel - ein Rückblick auf die Sammelsaison 2002, Mineralien-Welt 13/5
- Blass, G., Emmerich, F., Graf, HW., Schäfer, Ch., Tschörtner, J., (2006): Minerale der Eifelvulkane, Version 1.0, CD, published by authors
- Blass, G., (2010): Die neuen Mineralienfunde aus der Vulkaneifel, Mineralienwelt, Vol. 05, 2010


Mineral List

Andradite
Aragonite
Augite
Biotite
Chabazite-Ca
Cordierite
Corundum
Cristobalite
Davyne ?
Dolomite
Enstatite
Fayalite
Fluorapatite
Haüyne
Hematite
'Hornblende'
Hypersthene
Ilmenite
Jeremejevite
Leucite
Magnetite
'Melilite'
Mullite
Muscovite
Nepheline
Obertiite
Osumilite-(Mg)
Perovskite
'Phillipsite'
Pseudobrookite
'Quartz-beta'
Rutile
Sanidine
Spinel
Titanite
Topaz
Tridymite
Zircon


38 entries listed. 31 valid minerals.

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