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Fluorite from
Amphibolite quarry, Mackenheim, Abtsteinach, Bergstraße, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite4 photos of Fluorite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Amphibolite quarry, Mackenheim, Abtsteinach, Bergstraße, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:165216
Long-form Identifier:1:3:165216:1
GUID (UUID V4):bb0d08df-5723-4afc-8390-9741bed67de1
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
9.1km (5.7 miles) Ursenbach Mine, Ursenbach, Schriesheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
9.2km (5.7 miles) Röhrig quarry (Röhrig gravel works), Kohlplatte, Sonderbach, Heppenheim, Bergstraße, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
9.9km (6.2 miles) Eselstein, Weschnitz, Fürth, Bergstraße, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
11.4km (7.1 miles) Lange Schaar, Weites Tal, Schriesheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
11.5km (7.1 miles) Bannwald, Hermannsgrund, Weites Tal, Schriesheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
12.9km (8.0 miles) Anna-Elisabeth Mine, Branich hill (Pranig hill), Schriesheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
19.1km (11.9 miles) Berggeist Mine, Weiße Mauer, Ober-Kainsbach, Reichelsheim, Odenwaldkreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
25.6km (15.9 miles) Emmertsberg quarry, Waschenbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
26.4km (16.4 miles) Dunkle Platte Quarry, Wembach, Ober-Ramstadt, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
37.3km (23.2 miles) Klein-Umstadt, Groß-Umstadt, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
world’s most famous ore deposits such as Schneeberg/Germany, Jachymov/Czech Republic, Kongsberg/Norway, Cobalt/Ontario...Universität Tübingen, Wilhelmstr. 56, 72074 Tübingen, Germany Most workers have tried to explain the formation...Wittichen and Wenzel (Staude et al. 2007, 2012), Mackenheim and Nieder-Beerbach (Fettel 1978; Ramdohr 1975)...Lipp 2003) and Bieber (Wagner and Lorenz 2002) in Germany, Turtmanntal in Switzerland (Meisser 2003), and...like calcite or siderite, more rarely by barite, fluorite, or quartz). 2. Native metals and some arsenides
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
vein mineralization at Wittichen, Schwarzwald, SW Germany: geological setting, ore mineralogy, and fluid...Co–Ag–Bi–U mining area (Schwarzwald ore district, SW Germany) hosts several unconformity-related vein-type mineralizations...Permo-Triassic ore stage I with minor U–Bi–quartz–fluorite mineralization is followed by a Jurassic to Cretaceous...Universität Tübingen, Wilhelmstrasse 56, 72074 Tübingen, Germany e-mail: markl@uni-tuebingen.de W. Werner Regierungspräsidium...Bergbau (LGRB), Albertstr. 5, 79104 Freiburg i. Br., Germany U–Bi, Bi–Ag, Ni–As–Bi and Co–As–Bi. Important
Journal (issue)
..........298 by R. F. Symes and P. G. Embrey Fluorite from the Font Sante Mine, Esterel, Var, France...Minerals from the Volcanic District of Laacher See, Germany..................................................Lieber Heidelberg, West Germany Olaf Medenbach Bochum-Querenburg, West Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim...desire is to visit Norway on collecting tours. In Germany there are still more, also with their own jour­...from earlier visitors. A “Director of Studies” in Germany has given out, despite Norwegian protests, a guide
Book
8 The Rapid-ldent1ficat1on Systen, 8 Example: Fluorite 10 EXTERNAL SHAPES OF MINERALS l l Structure or...Mohs' hardness, and specific gravity. Example-Fluorite Rapid identification of a specimen is often possible...the individual crystals simply grow together or Fluorite Rutile Pyrite Staurolite 14 are intergrown...thin, transparent platelets. The streak color of fluorite (see page 10) is always white, even if the mineral...testing devices 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 talc gypsum calcite fluorite apatite orthoclase quartz topaz corundum diamond
Book
MINERAL The Rapid-Identification System Example: Fluorite 8 10 EXTERNAL SHAPES OF MINERALS Structure...specimen are discussed specific gravity. Example—Fluorite Rapid identification of a specimen is often possible...different colors; some even have all color of fluorite (see page 10) is always the colors of the spectrum...devices 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 talc gypsum calcite fluorite apatite orthoclase quartz topaz corundum diamond...even slight mag- cubes; calcite: rhombohedra; fluorite: oc- netic influence. Position the specimen at
Book (edition)
named according to chemical composition (e.g. fluorite). to crystallographic tenns (e .g. prismatine)...to reflect the light gypsum. 3 - calcite, 4 - fluorite, 5 - apatite, 6 - ortho- beam on the polished...example, the genesis of Pb-Zn ore deposits or fluorite deposits of the central United States or of the...Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from the Rabejac deposit... = = = = = Acanthite, x 16 mm, Freiberg, Germany, H Abernathyite, 12 mm, Ririera/, France, H Abhurite
Book
zeolite mineralogy was done, at that time, in Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain. Because of differences...potassium-rich feldspar, carbo,nates, quartz., fluorite, dawsonite, trona, nahcolite, plrssonite, gaylussite...Lower Miocene columnar basalt in the Narre Warren Quarry, near Melbourne, Australia. The minerals are believed...FACIES GREENSCHIST FACIES EPIDOTE - AMPHIBOLITE FACIES AMPHIBOLITE FACIES Figure 11. Thick beds of rocks...facies, greenschist facies, epidote-amphibolite facies, amphibolite faces, and granulite facies. Rhyolitic
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zeolite mineralogy was done, at that time, in Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain. Because of differences...potassium-rich feldspar, carbo,nates, quartz., fluorite, dawsonite, trona, nahcolite, plrssonite, gaylussite...Lower Miocene columnar basalt in the Narre Warren Quarry, near Melbourne, Australia. The minerals are believed...FACIES GREENSCHIST FACIES EPIDOTE - AMPHIBOLITE FACIES AMPHIBOLITE FACIES Figure 11. Thick beds of rocks...facies, greenschist facies, epidote-amphibolite facies, amphibolite faces, and granulite facies. Rhyolitic
Book
Thi:- Rap1d-ldenc1ficatton System 8 Example · Fluorite 10 EXTERNAL SHAPES OF MINERALS 11 Suucture of...Mohs' hardness, and specific gravity. Example-Fluorite Rapid identification of a specimen is often possible...individual crystals is often called multiple twinning. Fluorite Orthoclase Ru tile Calcite Pyrite Plagioclase...3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mineral talc gypsum calcite fluorite apatite orthoclase quartz topaz corundum diamond...gypsum, halite, calcite. Found in: Lower Saxony/Germany; Czechoslovakia; Yugoslavia; Surrey/England ; Colorado/USA
Book
ERAL The Rapid-Identification System 8 Example: Fluorite 10 EXTERNAL SHAPES OF MINERALS 11 Structure of...Mohs' hardness, and specific gravity. Example-Fluorite Rapid identification of a specimen is often possible...thin , transparent platelets. The streak color of fluorite (see page 10) is always white , even if the mineral...devices 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 talc gypsum calcite fluorite apatite orthoclase quartz topaz corundum diamond...will always produce cubes; calcite: rhombohedra; fluorite : octahedra. The cleavage angle (the angle between
Book
Figures) 418 Uranium Occurrences of Bavaria, Germany (With Emphasis on the Bavarian Pfahl of the Altrandsberg...Associated Minerals in the Northwestern Odenwald, Germany M. Fettel (With 1 Figure) . . . . . . . . . . ...Studies in Uranium Occurrences of the Odenwald, West Germany S. Meisl and W. Posch! (With 7 Figures) . . . ...precipitations took place (sulphides, hematite, barite and fluorite), most of which fonned in a superficial karst...breccia" (Fig. 2c) of the karst cavities, whereas fluorite is encountered only rarely during this karst phase
Book
Figures) 418 Uranium Occurrences of Bavaria, Germany (With Emphasis on the Bavarian Pfahl of the Altrandsberg...Associated Minerals in the Northwestern Odenwald, Germany M. Fettel (With 1 Figure) . . . . . . . . . . ...Studies in Uranium Occurrences of the Odenwald, West Germany S. Meisl and W. Posch! (With 7 Figures) . . . ...precipitations took place (sulphides, hematite, barite and fluorite), most of which fonned in a superficial karst...breccia" (Fig. 2c) of the karst cavities, whereas fluorite is encountered only rarely during this karst phase
Report (issue)
fossils, Lakefield quarry. 25 Brachiopod, Gastropod and Nautiloid fossils, Lakefield quarry. 27 Pelecypod...Trilobite and miscellaneous fossils, Lakefield quarry. 29 An example of unconformity between limestone...gneiss with nepheline pegmatite, Golding-Keene quarry on the York River. Corundum, Lily Robertson Cooney...Quadeville. Carson Lake, Highway 60. Feather amphibolite dike in marble, Umfreville. Lake L'Amable, Highway...Highway 7 east of Madoc St. Peters church, Madoc. Fluorite crystals, Madoc. Abandoned Perry Lake mine, Moira
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Western Erzgebirge (Central European Variscides, Germany) Marion Tichomirowa 1, * , Axel Gerdes 2 , Manuel... Brennhausgasse 14, D-09599 Freiberg/Sachsen, Germany Institut für Geowissenschaften, Goethe Universität...Altenhoeferallee 1, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; gerdes@em.uni-frankfurt.de Saxonian Geological...Survey, Halsbrücker Str. 31a, D-09599 Freiberg, Germany; Manuel.Lapp@smul.sachsen.de (M.P.); leo-freib@t-online...four largest plutons from the Western Erzgebirge (Germany) for the geochemistry of bulk rocks and autocrystic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and stringers of the Hodges Mafic Complex, an amphibolite body to the north. The Middle Member of the Hartland...length. At the dump of the most northerly quartz quarry, large ilmenite crystals over two inches in diameter...chalcopyrite in feldspar. A second large quartz quarry just to the north of the staurolite area proved...minerals of interest to collectors. Out­ crops of amphibolite similar to the Hodges Mafic Complex between the...Ontario K 1 A 0M8, Canada. The Suever Stone Company quarry at Delphos, Van Wert County, Ohio, has not been
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals occur in nar- Tungsten Deposits row quartz-fluorite veins in a granite and at its in more Most of...is uncommonand found only occasionally(Torrbo). Fluorite is presentfairly often in the skarn. In most depositsthere...two of the prospectswere mined (East and \Vest quarry). Geologic setting and short description of rock...pyrrhotite, scheelite, pyrite) Scheelite,pyrrhotite (fluorite) Magnetite, (scheelite,molybdenite) Magnetite...(scheelite, molybdenite, fluorite) Scheelite Magnetite, (scheelite,fluorite) Scheelite, (apatite, molybdenite)
Report (volume)
-_____________________-_-_-_------_--_-_________ Amphibolite _. _ _________________________________________...rocks__________-_--_-_---_---_-__--_-___.__ Amphibolite. _____________-___-_---_-_------_--_-_____-__...in IV CONTENTS TABLES TABLE 1. Modes of amphibolite-__-_-___----_-_--_._.______________ 2. Modes...which includes quartzite, quartz-mica schist, amphibolite, and epidosite. These two groups are metamorphosed...staurolite-almandine subfacies of the almandine-amphibolite facies. The third group, consisting of a large
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
facies. revealed ideal schists braunite The amphibolite yser to the braunof epi- microanal- silica...the region have been subjected to the epidote amphibolite facies metamorphism after Hide (1961) and Banno... calcium Fig. * of braunite in epidote-amphibolite never over the silica content divalent tained...Schreyer : Minerals of th viridine hornfels from Darmstadt, Germany. Contrib. Minerals. Petrol., 49, 1-20 (1975)...bixbyite, and some ingights on the genealogy of fluorite derivative structure. Am. Mineral., 61, 1226-1240
Book
Justus-Liebig-Universität Senckenbergstrasse 3 35390 Giessen Germany K. WEBER Institut für Geologie und Dynamik der...Göttingen Goldschmidtstrasse 3 37077 Göttingen Germany Cataloging-in-Publication D a t a applied for...international conference in G6ttingen/Giessen, Germany. Discussions were focused on the Tectonothermal...Geological Survey of Hessen Leberberg 9 65193 Wiesbaden Germany V. BACHTADSE Institut fur Allgemeine und Angewandte...Ludwig-Maximilians-U niversitat Theresienstr. 41 80333 Munchen Germany M. BANAS University of Mining and Metallurgy AI
Report (issue)
occurrence Princess sodalite mine Vardy quarry Golding-Keene quarry Egan Chute occurrences York River tactite...tactite zone occurrence Morrison quarry Davis quarry York River corundum occurrence Childs Mine Rankin...Mine Woodcox occurrence Padwell Mine Eagle Lake quarry Crystal Lake fluoborite occurrence Crystal Lake...mine Richardson (Fission) mine Dwyer fluorite mine Schickler fluorite occurrence Tripp (Nu-Age) Mine Harcourt...Tory Hill - Gooderham - Kinmount Hadley granite quarry Canadian All-Metals mine Gibson Road (western)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Simpson quarry on the south, the Hollister quarry on the east, and the Howe No. 4 quarry on the north...summer of 1996, the author mapped the trails and quarry locations using an altimeter, a Global Positioning...included: the Simpson quarry, known for gem beryl (aquamarine); and the Hollister quarry, known for lithium...famous nearby localities as the Andrews quarry, the Strickland quarry, and the Walden Gem mine. There is every...AND GYPSUM CRYSTALS FROM THE DOLOMITE PRODUCTS QUARRY, WALWORTH, MONROE COUNTY, NEW YORK. V. H. Collins
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
alluaudite, 230 British Isles ENGLAND Alston, Cumbria, fluorite, 82o Blue Anchor point to StolJbrd rocks, Somerset...chalcopyrite, analcime, 76I Castleton, Derbyshire, fluorite (Blue John), 243 Crook Hill brickyard, Cbickerell... hydrobasaluminite, basaluminite, 931 Merebead quarry, Somerset, mendipite, chloroxiphite, 9o i St. Austell...Drummore, paratacamite, 547 Barra, Outer Hebrides, amphibolite assemblage of andesine, tschermakitic hornblende...intergrown with clausthalite and wittichenite, 13I Germany (Deutschland) Clara mine, Black Forest, cuprotungstite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Universität Tübingen, Wilhelmstrasse 56, 72074 Tübingen, Germany Abstract Sellaite (MgF2) forms from melts, fluids...much rarer, than fluorite (CaF2). The Clara mine near Oberwolfach (Schwarzwald, Germany) is an extensive...The favored formation of sellaite compared to fluorite requires the initial Ca/Mg-ratio of the mineralizing...structure of the sellaite-bearing portion of the Clara fluorite vein, the fluid is shielded from sedimentary formation...that consume fluids, favor sellaite, and later fluorite precipitation. The rarity of this combination
Book
immensely popular handbook of minerals appeared in Germany I obtained a copy fo! my personal library and was...piece, however, will be described to you as amphibolite, a totally strange, weird name to you. The green...6 galena, Pl. 8 pyrite, Pl. 10 halite, Pl. 11 fluorite, Pl. 13 magnetite, Pl. 31 garnet, P!. 43 !eucite...plane. B for the so-called mosaic structure (see fluorite, Pl. 11, p. 63). The external form of crystaliine...fibrous sphalerite from Diepenlinchen, near Aachen, Germany. PLATE Vo I~ .·• / ~1 rhyolite 37 r .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
amphibole-bearing pegmatites (Pl + Qz + Amp + Kfs + fluorite + allanite) hosted by the Fe-skarn, and c) tourmaline-bearing...1995; Schulmann et al. 2008). (i) Mid-crustal, amphibolite-facies Drosendorf Unit is traditionally divided...metamorphic evolution. (i) A HP– HT event in upper amphibolite to granulite facies at Tmax. ~850–900 °C and...Vlastějovice orthogneiss calc-silicate rock amphibolite biotite paragneiss locally migmatized 0.5 km...paragneisses contain common intercalations of amphibolite, pyroxene gneiss, quartzite, marbles, biotite
 
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