Polsingen Impact Breccias, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germanyi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Polsingen Impact Breccias | Impact Structure |
| Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen | District |
| Middle Franconia | Administrative Region |
| Bavaria | State |
| Germany | Country |
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Locality type:
Largest Settlements:
| Place | Population |
|---|---|
| Polsingen | 2,042 (2017) |
Name(s) in local language(s):
Polsingen, Nördlinger Ries, Schwaben, Bayern, Deutschland
Suevite and impact breccias with heavily shocked biotite-plagioclase and amphibolite fragments, glass bombs.
Shock pressure: 16-20 GPa.
Rutile is associated with two other TiO2 polymorphs :
- TiO2 (alpha-PbO2 structure)
- monoclinic TiO2 (akaogiite, with baddeleyite-type structure)
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8 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Coesite Formula: SiO2 Reference: http://geosciences.smsu.edu/geology/FieldTrips/Ries/page5.html |
| ⓘ Cristobalite Formula: SiO2 Reference: http://geosciences.smsu.edu/geology/FieldTrips/Ries/page5.html |
| ⓘ Diamond Formula: C Description: Impact diamonds in glass bombs and gneiss elemnts of the suevite.
Diamonds appear as thin pseudo-hexagonal plates (up to 100 µm) : they have formed by displacive phase transformation in solid state (martensitic or diffusion process) from graphite. Reference: http://www.museum.hu-berlin.de/min/mitarbeiter/mitarb/ralf/diamante.html |
| ⓘ Graphite Formula: C Description: Residual in diamonds. Reference: A. Lo Giudice et al. , 64th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting (2001), http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2001/pdf/5247.pdf |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 Reference: http://geosciences.smsu.edu/geology/FieldTrips/Ries/page5.html |
| ⓘ Ilmenite Formula: Fe2+TiO3 Reference: A. El Goresy et al. , Science, Vol. 293, 24 August 2001, pp. 1467-1470. |
| ⓘ 'Moldavite' Reference: http://www.museum.hu-berlin.de/min/mitarbeiter/mitarb/ralf/diamante.html |
| ⓘ Rutile Formula: TiO2 Description: Rutile is associated with two other TiO2 polymorphs :
- TiO2 (alpha-PbO2 structure) with pink internal reflections
- TiO2 (Baddeleyite structure P21/c) with intense blue internal reflections and reflectivity much higher than rutile
TiO2 with ZrO2 structure forms fine-grained polycrystalline monophase grains surrounded by shock-twinned ilmenite and rutile, or single grains rimmed by rutile, alpha-PbO2 TiO2, ilmenite and titanite.
Reference: A. El Goresy et al. , Science, Vol. 293, 24 August 2001, pp. 1467-1470. |
| ⓘ Titanite Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O Reference: A. El Goresy et al. , Science, Vol. 293, 24 August 2001, pp. 1467-1470. |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Diamond | 1.CB.10a | C |
| ⓘ | Graphite | 1.CB.05a | C |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Coesite | 4.DA.35 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Cristobalite | 4.DA.15 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Ilmenite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2+TiO3 |
| ⓘ | Rutile | 4.DB.05 | TiO2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Titanite | 9.AG.15 | CaTi(SiO4)O |
| Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
| ⓘ | 'Moldavite' | - | |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
| Group 1 - NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-metals and non-metals | |||
| ⓘ | Diamond | 1.3.6.1 | C |
| ⓘ | Graphite | 1.3.6.2 | C |
| Group 4 - SIMPLE OXIDES | |||
| A2X3 | |||
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.3.1.2 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Ilmenite | 4.3.5.1 | Fe2+TiO3 |
| AX2 | |||
| ⓘ | Rutile | 4.4.1.1 | TiO2 |
| Group 52 - NESOSILICATES Insular SiO4 Groups and O,OH,F,H2O | |||
| Insular SiO4 Groups and O, OH, F, and H2O with cations in [6] and/or >[6] coordination | |||
| ⓘ | Titanite | 52.4.3.1 | CaTi(SiO4)O |
| Group 75 - TECTOSILICATES Si Tetrahedral Frameworks | |||
| Si Tetrahedral Frameworks - SiO2 with [4] coordinated Si | |||
| ⓘ | Coesite | 75.1.4.1 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Cristobalite | 75.1.1.1 | SiO2 |
| Unclassified Minerals, Mixtures, etc. | |||
| ⓘ | 'Moldavite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Diamond | C |
| C | ⓘ Graphite | C |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| O | ⓘ Rutile | TiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Cristobalite | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Coesite | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O |
| Si | ⓘ Cristobalite | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Coesite | SiO2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O |
| Ti | Titanium | |
| Ti | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Ti | ⓘ Rutile | TiO2 |
| Ti | ⓘ Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
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