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Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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(Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland)

Volcanic intrusion massive in the middle of the upper Rhine valley.
Located about 25 km NW of Freiburg.

NOTE: The Kaiserstuhl does NOT belong to the Black Forest.




References:
- Eisenlohr, O. (1829) Geognostische Beschreibung des Kaiserstuhls bei Freiburg im Breisgau, 124 pp, map, Müllersche Hofbuchhandlung, Karlsruhe

- Wimmenauer, W. (1966) The Eruptive Rocks and Carbonatites of the Kaiserstuhl, Germany. In: O. F. Tuttle, J. Gittins, Carbonatites; Interscience Publ., New York, London, Sydney, 1966. P. 183 ff.

- Hay, R.L. and O'Neil, J.R. (1983) Carbonatite tuffs in the Laetilol Beds of Tanzania and the Kaiserstuhl in Germany. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology: 82: 403-406.

- Tobias WEISENBERGER & Simon SPÜRGIN (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. Geol. Belg. 12, 75-91. http://popups.ulg.ac.be/Geol/document.php?id=2682]




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


Mineral List:
  		•  Aegirine
    NaFe
    3+
     
    		[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Aegirine-augite
    (Na,Ca)(Fe
    3+
     
    		,Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mg,Al)Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: [Fricke, G., (1988): Der Kaiserstuhl und seine Minerale, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 39(2), 74-76]
  		•  'Albite-Anorthite Series'
    Reference: []
  		•  Almandine
    Fe
    2+
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: [Fricke, G., (1988): Der Kaiserstuhl und seine Minerale, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 39(2), 74-76]
  		•  Analcime
    Na
     
    2
    		[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    12
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990]
  		•  Andradite
    var: Melanite
    Reference: [Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990]
    Site Photo
    Henkenberg Mt., Niederrotweil, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    © 2008 Jesse Crawford
  		•  Ankerite
    Ca(Fe
    2+
     
    		 ,Mg,Mn
    2+
     
    		)(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  'Apatite'
    Reference: [http://omnibus.uni-freiburg.de/~weisenbt/9Kaiserstuhl/Kaiserstuhl.pdf]
    Site Photo
    Orberg Quarry, Orberg Mt. - Badberg Mt. area, Schelingen, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
     
  		•  'Apatite
    var: Cerapatite'
    Reference: [Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990]
  		•  Apatite-(CaF)
    Ca
     
    5
    		[F|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  'Apophyllite'
    Reference: [Fricke, G., (1988): Der Kaiserstuhl und seine Minerale, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 39(2), 74-76]
  		•  Apophyllite-(KF)
    KCa
     
    4
    		[(F,OH)|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    20
    		] · 8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Aragonite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    © GG
  		•  'Asphaltum'
    Reference: [Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990]
  		•  Augite
    (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		,Al,Fe
    3+
     
    		,Ti)[(Si,Al)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    © Volker betz
  		•  Augite
    var: Titanian Augite
    (Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: [Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990]
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Badloch Quarry, Orberg Mt. - Badberg Mt. area, Schelingen, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    © GG
  		•  Bastnäsite-(Ce)
    (Ce,La)[F|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Biotite
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Biotite
    var: Titanian Biotite
    Reference: [Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    © Peter Haas
  		•  Celestine
    SrSO
     
    4
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  'Chabazite'
    Reference: [Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990]
    Site Photo
    Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    © 2005 M. Kampf
  		•  'Chusite'
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
    Reference: [Schelken, E., (1990): Thomsonit-Fund am Kaiserstuhl, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 41, 353-356]
  		•  Columbite-(Fe)
    FeNb
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Cordierite
    (Mg,Fe)
     
    2
    		Al
     
    4
    		Si
     
    5
    		O
     
    18
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Corundum
    Al
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  'Deeckeite'
    (H,K,Na)
     
    2
    		(Mg,Ca)(Al,Fe)
     
    2
    		Si
     
    10
    		O
     
    25
    		·9H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Diopside
    CaMg[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Diopside
    var: Chromian Diopside
    (Ca,Cr)MgSi
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: [Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990]
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [Zeolite collection of Volker Betz]
    Site Photo
    Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    © Volker Betz
  		•  Epidote
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    2
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  'Erionite'
    Description: Only offretite (WEISENBERGER & SPÜRGIN, 2009).
    Reference: [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.]
  		•  Faujasite-Mg (TL)
    (Mg,Na
     
    2
    		,Ca)
     
    3.5
    		[Al
     
    7
    		Si
     
    17
    		O
     
    48
    		] · 32H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    Reference: [Neues Jahrb. Mineral., Monatsh., (1975) 433; Can. Mineral. (1997) 35, 1571 ]
  		•  Faujasite-Na (TL)
    (Na
     
    2
    		,Ca,Mg)
     
    3.5
    		[Al
     
    7
    		Si
     
    17
    		O
     
    48
    		] · 32H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    Reference: [EJM 10 (1998), 1037]
    Site Photo
    Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
     
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Forsterite
    Mg
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990]
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [W. Wimmenauer, The Eruptive Rocks and Carbonatites of the Kaiserstuhl, Germany. In: O. F. Tuttle, J Gittins (eds.): Carbonatites, Interscience Publ., New York, London, Sydney, 1966 ]
    Site Photo
    Badloch Quarry, Orberg Mt. - Badberg Mt. area, Schelingen, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    © GG
  		•  Goethite
    α-Fe
    3+
     
    		O(OH)
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Götzenite
    Na
     
    2
    		Ca
     
    5
    		Ti[F
     
    4
    		|(Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		)
     
    2
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Haüyne
    (Na,Ca)
     
    4-8
    		[Al
     
    6
    		Si
     
    6
    		(O,S)
     
    24
    		](SO
     
    4
    		,Cl)
     
    1-2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Hercynite
    var: Picotite
    (Fe,Mg)(Al,Cr)
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990]
  		•  'Hornblende'
    Reference: [Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990]
  		•  Hydromagnesite
    Mg
     
    5
    		[(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    4
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		] · 4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [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.]
  		•  Ilmenite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		TiO
     
    3
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Kaolinite
    Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Leucite
    KAlSi
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Oberrotweil, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    © mk
  		•  Limonite
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Orberg Quarry, Orberg Mt. - Badberg Mt. area, Schelingen, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
     
  		•  Magnesioferrite
    MgFe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990]
    Site Photo
    Orberg Quarry, Orberg Mt. - Badberg Mt. area, Schelingen, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
     
  		•  Magnesite
    MgCO
     
    3
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Magnetite
    var: Titaniferous Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		(Fe
    3+
     
    		,Ti)
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990]
  		•  Marcasite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990]
  		•  Melilite
    (Ca,Na)
     
    2
    		(Al,Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)[(Al,Si)SiO
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Mesolite ?
    Na
     
    2
    		Ca
     
    2
    		[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
     
    3
    		 · 8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Fricke, G., (1988): Der Kaiserstuhl und seine Minerale, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 39(2), 74-76]
  		•  Monazite-(Ce)
    (Ce,La,Nd,Th)PO
     
    4
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Montmorillonite
    (Na,Ca)
     
    0.33
    		(Al,Mg)
     
    2
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    © Volker Betz
  		•  Muscovite
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Natrolite
    Na
     
    2
    		[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Fricke, G., (1988): Der Kaiserstuhl und seine Minerale, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 39(2), 74-76]
  		•  Nepheline
    (Na,K)[AlSiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990]
  		•  Nosean
    Na
     
    8
    		[SO
     
    4
    		|Al
     
    6
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    24
    		]
    Reference: [Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990]
  		•  Offretite
    KCaMgAl
     
    5
    		Si
     
    13
    		O
     
    36
    		·16H
     
    2
    		O or near
    Reference: [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]
    Site Photo
    Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    © 2005 M. Kampf
  		•  Opal
    SiO
     
    2
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  Opal
    var: Opal-AN
    SiO
     
    2
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Pectolite
    NaCa
     
    2
    		[HSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    9
    		]
    Reference: [Fricke, G., (1988): Der Kaiserstuhl und seine Minerale, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 39(2), 74-76; Schnorrer-Köhler, G. (1991): Mineralogische Notizen V. Der Aufschluss, 42, 155-171.]
  		•  Perovskite
    CaTiO
     
    3
    Description: Niobian
    Reference: [http://omnibus.uni-freiburg.de/~weisenbt/9Kaiserstuhl/Kaiserstuhl.pdf]
    Site Photo
    Orberg Mt. - Badberg Mt. area, Schelingen, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    © GG
  		•  Perovskite
    var: Dysanalyte
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
     
  		•  'Phillipsite'
    Reference: [Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990]
    Site Photo
    Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    © Volker Betz
  		•  Phillipsite-Ca
    (Ca
     
    0.5
    		,K,Na,Ba
     
    0.5
    		)
     
    4-7
    		[Al
     
    4-7
    		Si
     
    12-9
    		O
     
    32
    .
     
    		 12H2O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    © 2002 D. Schläfli
  		•  Phlogopite
    KMg
     
    3
    		[(OH,F)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Orberg Quarry, Orberg Mt. - Badberg Mt. area, Schelingen, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
     
  		•  Phlogopite
    var: Barium-Phlogopite
    (K,Ba)
     
    1-x
    		Mg
     
    3
    		[(OH,F)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990]
  		•  Phlogopite
    var: Barytbiotite
    (K,Ba)
     
    2
    		(Mg,Al)
     
    2-6
    		(Al,Si)
     
    8
    		O
     
    20
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist 36 (1998), 905]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Pyrochlore
    (Ca,Na)
     
    2
    		Nb
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		(OH,F)
    Reference: [Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990]
    Site Photo
    Orberg Quarry, Orberg Mt. - Badberg Mt. area, Schelingen, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
     
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Rutile
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Sanidine
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Schorlomite
    Ca
     
    3
    		(Ti,Fe
    3+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		[(Si,Fe
    3+
     
    		,Fe
    2+
     
    		)O
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: [Armbruster, Th., Birrer, J., Libowitzky, E., Beran, A. (1998): Crystal chemistry of Ti-bearing andradites, European Journal of Mineralogy, Vol. 10, 907-921]
  		•  Siderite
    FeCO
     
    3
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Sillimanite
    Al
     
    2
    		[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Sodalite
    Na
     
    8
    		[Cl
     
    2
    		|Al
     
    6
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    24
    		]
    Reference: [Fricke, G., (1988): Der Kaiserstuhl und seine Minerale, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 39(2), 74-76]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Spinel
    MgAl
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Strontianite
    SrCO
     
    3
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Thomsonite-Ca
    NaCa
     
    2
    		[Al
     
    5
    		Si
     
    5
    		O
     
    20
    		] · 6H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Schelken, E., (1990): Thomsonit-Fund am Kaiserstuhl, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 41, 353-356]
  		•  Titanite
    CaTi[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Todorokite
    (Ca,K,Na,Mg,Ba,Mn)(Mn,Mg,Al)
     
    6
    		O
     
    12
    		·3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Uranpyrochlore
    (U,Ca,Ce)
     
    2
    		(Nb,Ta)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		(OH,F)
    Reference: [Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990]
  		•  'Wad'
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Wollastonite
    Ca[SiO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Zircon
    Zr[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Zirconolite
    CaZrTi
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    Reference: [CanMin 38:57-65]
  		•  Zoisite
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    3
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]


    97 entries listed. 71 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals). 1 erroneous literature entry.

    Localities in this Region:
    Germany
     
    • Baden-Württemberg
      • Kaiserstuhl
        • Bickensohl
        • Burkheim-Sponeck
        • Ihringen
        • Niederrotweil

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