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Dolomite from
Slate quarry, Altlay, Zell, Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Dolomite
Formula:CaMg(CO3)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcopyrite4 photos of Dolomite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Quartz2 photos of Dolomite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Baryte1 photo of Dolomite associated with Baryte at this locality.
Calcite1 photo of Dolomite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Sphalerite1 photo of Dolomite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dolomite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Slate quarry, Altlay, Zell, Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:421671
Long-form Identifier:1:3:421671:1
GUID (UUID V4):00fb687c-0e7b-443a-9248-1c31b67d55a8
Nearest other occurrences of Dolomite
0.7km (0.4 miles) Adolf-Helene Mine (Barbarasegen Mine), Altlay, Zell, Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
4.7km (2.9 miles) Theodor Mine (Gewerkschaft Merkur Mine), Tellig, Zell, Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
10.3km (6.4 miles) Gondenau Mine, Traben-Trarbach, Traben-Trarbach, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
17.9km (11.1 miles) Friedrichsfeld Mine, Bundenbach, Herrstein-Rhaunen, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
20.5km (12.7 miles) Copper mine, Wellersbachtal, Monzelfeld, Bernkastel-Kues, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
24.0km (14.9 miles) Liewer quarry, Niederscheidweiler, Wittlich-Land, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
26.2km (16.3 miles) Hellberg Quarry (Pfeiffer Quarry), Kirn, Kirner Land, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
27.2km (16.9 miles) Camilla Mine, Hungenroth, Hunsrück-Mittelrhein, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
29.4km (18.3 miles) Sterres quarry, Klausen, Wittlich-Land, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
31.7km (19.7 miles) Fuchsberg quarry, Neumagen-Dhron, Bernkastel-Kues, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Universität Trier, Im Nettetal 4, D 56727 Mayen, Germany Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut Universität...Universität Hamburg, Grindelallee 48, D 20146 Hamburg, Germany; Dieter.Jung@Jung1.de Lehrstuhl für Geologie, Universität...Trier, Germany; wagnerf@uni-trier.de Institute of Geography, Kiel University, D 24118 Kiel, Germany; m.p...ore-minerals, and quartz. The mineral components of the slate are assessed with superior accuracy compared to...with an average of three or five millimeters [3]. Slate deposits are usually of a Proterozoic or Paleozoic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the Old Lurzenbach mine, Gosenbach, Siegen, Germany. Jack Halpern specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. distribution...quarries of Fairfax County and the Goose Creek quarry near Leesburg, Loudoun County; it is reported in...(especially as epitaxic overgrowths on sphalerite) or dolomite, in mines exploiting Mississippi Valley–type lead-zinc...well known are aggregates of pink saddle-shaped dolomite crystals sprinkled with sharp, relatively small...chalcopyrite specimens have been found in the Ben Hogan quarry at Black Rock, Lawrence County, Arkansas. Well-formed
Book (volume)
and out-of-plane (ν2) vibrations of calcite- and dolomite-group carbonates (Ca,Mn,Mg,Fe) (CO3) with respect...rhodochrosite (2), siderite (3), magnesite (4), dolomite (5), ankerite (6) and kutnohorite (7) Fig. 1...(Specord 75 IR or Specord M80, Carl Zeiss, Jena, Germany), Perkin Elmer 1600 Series FT IR spectrometer or...FT IR spectrometer (Bruker Optics, Ettlingen, Germany). IR spectrum of a pure KBr disc was subtracted...Rose-foliated aggregate from the association with dolomite, shabynite, hydromagnesite, korshunovskite, halite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
western part of the Rheinisches Schiefergebirge, Germany L. Krahn ~, A. Baumann 2 i Geologisches Landesamt...Nordrhein-Westfalen, De-Greiff-Strasse 195, D-47803 Krefeld, Germany 2Zentrallaboratorium fiir Geochronologie, Institut...Wilhelms-Universitiit, Corrensstrasse 24, D-48149 Mfinster, Germany Received: 2 February 1994/Accepted: 7 August 1995...(Bundenbach) Altlay vein system M. Minheim (Minheim) M. Gondenau (Irmenach) M. Adolph-Helene (Altlay), 8th level...(Emmeroth) M. Dorothea (Kommen) Stromberg, western quarry at the Gollenfels 38.381 38.383 38.352 38.326
Book
immensely popular handbook of minerals appeared in Germany I obtained a copy fo! my personal library and was...formation. Calcite and dolomite are thus both trigonal, but the true symmetr:y of dolomite is lower than that...quartz, magnetite, hernacite calcite, magnesite, dolomite anh~drite, gypsum apatite olivine, andalusite...iron-rich crystals of spha!erite with brownish dolomite and calcite. Trepi"a, Yugoslavia. &low Fine-grained...fibrous sphalerite from Diepenlinchen, near Aachen, Germany. PLATE Vo I~ .·• / ~1 rhyolite 37 r .
Report (issue)
Geochronological expertise has been provided by Zell E. Peterman and Kenneth R. Ludwig of the U.S. Geological...Geochronological expertise has been provided by Zell E. Peterman and Kenneth R. Ludwig of the U.S. Geological...Geochronological expertise has been provided by Zell E. Peterman and Kenneth R. Ludwig of the U.S. Geological...tremolite dolomite in the southern part of the uplift and siliceous or tremolite dolomite with interlayers...tremolite dolomite in the southern part of the uplift and siliceous or tremolite dolomite with interlayers
Book
Martin Meschede Laurence N. Warr The Geology of Germany A Process-Oriented Approach Regional Geology...Reviews Series editors Roland Oberhänsli, Potsdam, Germany Maarten J. de Wit, Nelson Mandela University, Port... Martin Meschede • Laurence N. Warr The Geology of Germany A Process-Oriented Approach 123 Martin Meschede...and Geology University of Greifswald Greifswald, Germany Laurence N. Warr Institute of Geography and Geology...Geology University of Greifswald Greifswald, Germany ISSN 2364-6438 ISSN 2364-6446 (electronic) Regional
Journal (issue)
Mileusnić, A. Maričić & M. Hruškova Hasan 5 Featuring slate: the German geoheritage initiative “Rock of the...Rupnica near Voćin (Figure 1). Rupnica is an old quarry with well-exposed phenomenon of columnar jointing...(Figure 2 left). Rupnica (together with Trešnjevica Quarry, where a magmatic vein several hundred metres in...Papuk. The second protected geological site is Quarry Fantazija (Figure 2 right) near Rovinj (Figure...good practice is Vinkuran (Figure 1), the oldest quarry in Istria (Figure 3 left), known as “Cava Romana”
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
I t is not more metamorphosed than any ordinary slate, and can be readily distinguished by both colour...second infold of the Carboniferous group. A small quarry has been opened in a slabby rock, with sheen surfaces...is not very material. On the further side of the quarry is indubitable Carboniferous rock. First is a rather...east side. I n the Jurassic rock, commonly a dark slate, cleavage appears to be coincident with bedding;...CttYSTALLII~E ROCKS OF THE ALPS. presence of the slate, contrast crags on either side. curiously 75
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DAVID R. BUDGE: Stratigraphy of the Laketown Dolomite, Utah and Idaho 4. DAVID A. BREW: Diamond Pea\—Chainman...CLIFFTON H. GRAY, AND ROLAND VON HUENE: Geology of Slate Range, San Bernardino and Inyo Counties, California...zeolites, Nevada Test Site 7. JOHN D. OBRADOVICH*, ZELL E. PETERMAN, AND MELVILLE R. MUDGE: RbSr and K-Ar...rocks. Sun River area, Montana 8. CARL E. HEDGE AND ZELL E. PETERMAN*: Sr87/Sr86 ratios of some Tertiary
Book
by Gloucester Typesetting Co. Ltd. Printed in Germany Contents Translator's Foreword 4 Foreword ...known in some parts of the Continent, including Germany. Ore: Ores are deposits of minerals, which contain...Ankerite, aragonite, azurite, calcite, cerussite, dolomite, magnesite, malachite, rhodochrosite, siderite...prisms and pyramids. Occurrence: England, Scotland, Germany, Alps, Urals, Brazil, Madagascar. Quartz is important...twinning (No. 7). Occurs in England, Scotland, Germany, Alps, Norway, Sweden. Microcline has the same
Report (volume)
Chemical and isotopic studies of a core of Marl Slate from NE England: influence of freshwater influx.... . . . . . 9 19 31 55 63 75 87 103 113 127 Germany J. PAUL. Environmental analysis of basin and schwellen...schwellen facies in the lower Zechstein of Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J...Stratigraphy of the Lower Werra Cycle (Z1) in West Germany (preliminary results) G. RICHTER-BERNBURG. Zechstein...Chemical and isotopic studies of a core of Marl Slate from NE England: influence of freshwater influx
Catalog/List
this location closed many years ago. Boyleston quarry Barrhead Scotland £6 54. ANALCIME good coverage...2 3. SPHALERlTE rich red-brown mass with white dolomite, about half and half of each mineral France 2x3...covered all over but clearly visible, Union carbide Quarry, San Benito Co california £5 11 2. TYROLITE blue-green...green micros, good coverage on 1 .5cm Hingston Down Quarry £4 · ROCKS I 17. GARNET GNEISS quite rich pinkish...£1 2 GABBRO a cut and polished piece from Dean Quarry Lizard Cornwall small 2x3 £6 1 22. 123. ANDESITE
Catalog/List
Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will be satisfactory...at the pristine source underground ar an fresh quarry faces and the like. Very aften though, such source...malachite. About 2-3 nm. BABINGT(}IITE, Goose Creek Quarry near Leesburg, Virginia. Sharp, blad< crystals...Small specimens. 132 BIOTITE, Laacher See, Rhineland, Germany. Sharp prismatic crystals 1tith nosean crystals...colorful magnolia purple crystals an dark gray slate. The crystals are simple unit rhombohedrals. See
Book
on Ore Deposits in Aachen, Federal Republic of Germany, September 16-19, 1985. Base metal sulfide deposits...Genesis of Kupferschiefer Mineralization in West Germany F.-P. Schmidt and G. Friedrich (with 24 Figures)...Paracelsus Strasse 40.0-3300 Braunschweig, West Germany Base Metal Sulfide Deposits G.H. Friedrich, P...Lithology Age Stages in basin evolution Hercynian, Germany Table 2. Evolution of selected basins that contain...paleotectonic setting of Rammeisberg and Meggen, Germany - a basin analysis study. In: Turner RJW, Einaudi
Book (volume)
country rock is partly normal phyllite and clay slate, but mainly metamorphic rocks resulting from the...very rich in native silver, were discovered in slate at Haileybury, in Ontario, Canada, in 1903, while...gangues are quartz, chalcedony, opal, calcspar and dolomite, very frequently also various forms of bitumen...intercalations of plant-bearing skonza slate (s). 3. Dolomites and dolomite breccias (d) as well as limestone...abundant gangue minerals are quartz, calcite and dolomite ; barite and asphalt-like minerals, as idrialite
Catalog/List
fluorescent display. 2x2". £7.75. AUTUNITE. Merrivale Quarry, Dartmoor, Devon. Bright, lime yellow, micro crystals...size! attractlvely scatt€r'ed over a buff-coloured Slate matrix, 2 2 xl" , £4.50; Specimen B - Bright, sharp...- £2.75. CINN AR. Moschellandsberg, Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany. Lustrous, dEeJ red, small well formed...of drusy Quartz and associated \·Iith smaller Dolomite cryst.als around tt' in size. 3x2txli". £17. DUFTITE...Pseudomorph after .nglEsite< SalchEndorf, Westphalia, Germany. Hetallic grey, l'e)1::1ce enl; of GalEna after
Journal (volume)
Scotland. Leioptilus (Hellinsia) osteodactylus, Zell. Gelt Wood (G. Wilkin son). Cumberland (Barrett’s... 68). Var. warringtonellus, Ephestia kuhniella, Zell. Carlisle (J. Dalton). Abundant in Stt. Occurs with..., in Europe in 1877, being found at Halle, in Germany, by p. 412). This is rather a local species, found...Scotland. Spilonota trimaculana, Haw. ; suffusana, Zell. Appears in June and July. Tarn Lodge, Hayton Moss...arrett’s Brit. Lcp., xi., p. 49). Mixodia palustrana, Zell. Cumberland, said to occur along the Cheviots (Barrett’s
Report (volume)
quartzite, chert, and conglomerate_______ Limestone, dolomite, chalk, and marble_____________________ Shale...(1908) gave the porosity of sandstone, shale, and slate obtained by imbibition of water for several days...the porosity of many sandstone, limestone, and slate specimens of building stone by saturating the specimens...Southern "Potsdam'' Wisconsin _______ ---------- Quarry _______ _ sandstone. Northern "Potsdam" ____ do...Sandstone.----------------1 Conley, Great Britain _____ Quarry _______ _ 1 ---------5 3. 8 9 .2 7. 8 2.5 1
Journal (volume)
David I. Green 37 59 The mineralogy of Whitwell Quarry, Derbyshire Peter J. Briscoe, John Chapman, David...Tindle 60 120 Mineralisation at the Steetley Quarry complex on the Derbyshire-Nottinghamshire border...crystallographically fascinating fluorite from Old Towns Quarry near Newton Aycliffe, cannonball calcite concretions...localities around Ferryhill and rose quartz at Hawthorn Quarry near Easington. Minor copper mineralisation is...collectors. The most mineralogically diverse is Whitwell Quarry where a remarkable supergene assemblage was uncovered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
alterations to them. For the main boundaries of the Marl Slate and Yellow Sands and the outliers of the Permian...from nothing to 150 feet in thickness. THE MARL SLATE. As its name implies, this is a marly and very...and Nottinghamshire which are often called Marl Slate, but which in reality are hard flaggy beds with...lithological characters nor the fossils of the Durham Marl Slate. Near the western escarpment it is yellow in colour...north is from three to five feet, but at Thickley Quarry it reaches eight feet. THE LOWER LIMESTONE. The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
which they may have gone. R, Hartlepool and Roker dolomite. C, Concretionary limestone with Filograna bed...the reef. L, Lower Magnesian Limestone with Marl Slate at the base. Y, Yellow Sands. Thrusting in the...YS, Yellow Sands with current bedding. MS, Marl Slate. L, Lower Magnesian Limestone with a few Spirorbis...limestone. East of this the Lower limestone and Marl Slate are thrust out and the reef rests on Yellow Sands...degrees towards the railway cutting and the Ford Lime quarry. The higher thrust is seen at the north-west corner
Catalog/List
Tywardrea th, Cornwall. i,. 2xl" cavity in Quartz/slate matrix completely lined with small sharp transparent...~OPHYLLITE. 9. JillGENTITE. Freiburg, Saxony, Germany. Bright, metallic grey cubic crystals to t" in...2x2". £4. 13.BERTHIERITE. Braunsdorf, saxony, Germany. Rich metallic grey radiated mass with minor uartz...on a crust of bright Quartz crystals on Quartz/Slate matrix. 3tx2t". £6. 20. BRITHOLITE. Deux Montagnes...greyish octahedral crystals embedded in Dolomite matrix. The Dolomite has been partiallr leached to expose
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Volcanic slate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Hanover-York Valley . . . . . . . . . . Chickies slate, south of the Hanover-York Valley . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ledger dolomite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tomsto,vn dolomite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... .. .......... 172 R.oofing- slate ................. . ...........................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bores Middleton Road Bore (West Hartlepool) Chilton Quarry AREA SOUTH OF THE DARLINGTON FAULT MINERAL OCCURRENCES...a mineralised zone in one of the South Durham dolomite quarries. This additional information is recorded...lined with nail-head spar. As an 18-in. bed of Marl Slate occurs at the base of the formation it is reasonably...ft. shows massive barite with calcite in yellow dolomite (Plate 9, B): platy crystals of the mineral also...part occurs immediately next to the cavernous dolomite-rock and infills irregularities in its surface
 
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