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Basalt from
Basalt quarries, Dietesheim, Mühlheim am Main, Offenbach, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Type:Basalt
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Siderite2 photos of Basalt associated with Siderite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Basalt data
Locality Data:Click here to view Basalt quarries, Dietesheim, Mühlheim am Main, Offenbach, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1086740
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1086740:4
GUID (UUID V4):86adcaf8-d647-4087-af78-511c8c8e9e5b
Nearest other occurrences of Basalt
27.2km (16.9 miles) Basalt quarry, Blofeld, Reichelsheim, Wetteraukreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
28.0km (17.4 miles) Basalt quarry, Bingenheim, Echzell, Wetteraukreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
29.8km (18.5 miles) Vogelsberg Basalt works, Rinderbügen, Büdingen, Wetteraukreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
30.2km (18.8 miles) Gaulsberg quarry, Ortenberg, Wetteraukreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
36.0km (22.3 miles) Michelnau quarry, Michelnau, Nidda, Wetteraukreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
46.4km (28.9 miles) Basalt quarry, Gonterskirchen, Laubach, Giessen, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
52.9km (32.9 miles) Vogelsberg Shield Volcano, Vogelsbergkreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
58.9km (36.6 miles) Herbstein basalt quarry (Schrimpf basalt quarry), Herbstein, Vogelsbergkreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
62.5km (38.8 miles) Kahlenberg quarry, Londorf, Rabenau, Giessen, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
73.2km (45.5 miles) Balduinstein basalt quarries (Langenscheid quarries), Langenscheid, Diez, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for several decades from the famous Deccan basalt quarries of India, and, in keeping with the zeolite...Massachusetts. It has been reported from the traprock quarries of New Jersey, including those at Edgewater, Bergen...colorless crystals coating joint surfaces in granite quarries in the Lithonia area of Dekalb County, Georgia...that occur as fine specimens in the Table Mountain basalt near Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, but was...stilbite, epidesmine, laumontite, and apophyllite in basalt in the Kosmos area, Lewis County; with analcime
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
annually and, of that, demolition concrete waste, basalt quarry fine, and fly and bottom ashes are calcium-rich...sequestration using demolition concrete waste, basalt quarry fine, and fly and bottom ashes, 597,465...inorganic CO2 sequestration; demolition concrete waste; basalt quarry fine; fly and bottom ash 1. Introduction...transportation. Coal, natural gas, and biomass are the three main sources for electricity production. The International...energy-related CO2 emissions. CO2 emissions related to the main carbon emitting industries such as iron and steel
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
known to occur in the British Isles, namely in the basalt lavas of Skye, Mull, and the Treshnish Islands...specimens obtained from the following localities : Two quarries in the townland of Legoniel, which are situated...three quarries in the townland of Ballyhenry to the north-west of Carnmoney Hill; and two quarries on Carnmoney...south-west slopes in that of Carnmoney. These quarries are worked on short contracts for road-metal as... even though they may be actually plentiful. Quarries on Cat Cam, toumland of Legoniel. The first locality
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the late Maastrichtian (base C30n, 67.4 Ma), the main phase-2 (80%) in C29r below the KTB and phase-3...information concerning the onset and age of the main Deccan phase, the 212 G. Keller et al. / Earth...of the K–G Basin with locations of Rajahmundry quarries and ONGC wells studied for this report. (D) Lower...continuity across the KTB transition, the number of basalt flows and intertrappean sediments, and the availability...correlation of basalt flows with paleomagnetic stratigraphy in the Rajahmundry basalt quarries (Baksi et al
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Stolpen Volcano in the Lausitz Volcanic Field (East Germany) – volcanological, petrographic and geochemical...geochemical investigations at the type locality of basalt Olaf Tietz1*, Jörg Büchner1, Manuel Lapp2, Thomas Scholle3...Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Am Museum 1, 02826 Görlitz, Germany; olaf.tietz@senckenberg.de Saxon... 09599 Freiberg, Germany Engineering Office, Kirschallee 1, 01833 Stolpen, Germany Corresponding author...and is worldwide the type locality for the term ‘basalt’, as coined by Agricola (1546). The volcano has
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Czech Republic Senckenberg Museum, Am Museum 1, D-02826 Görlitz, Germany Corresponding author Sunburn texture...found in outcrops around the world. The sunburn basalt is more fractured and less resistant than the fresh...identification is of interest in all types of basalt quarries. Three localities were chosen with different...field in the border area of the Czech Republic and Germany (Borská Skalka, Mittelherwigsdorf, Wittgendorf)...for the sunburn parts and 0.8 % for the massive basalt. The sunburn basalts are affected mainly by weathering
Journal (issue)
Ottens Klingenbrunn Bahnhof 24 D-94518 Spiegelau Germany The Mineralogical Record, volume 34, January–February................................ 65 Visiting the Quarries ................................................ Figure 1. The main shrine of the Shiva Temple in Elephanta Cave, carved from Deccan basalt in the sixth...cavansite from Wagholi are the paragons of Indian basalt minerals. These and other fine minerals have been...measures fully 250,000 square kilometers. The quarries at Bombay, Nasik and Jalgaon have delivered far
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
were to travel 2000 kilometres through Western Germany, set out on the journey which terminated at Cologne...limb of the Venn Anticline was first studied. Quarries at Bilster Miihle, north of the Kornelimiinster...st ud ied . Typical Gedinnian beds were seen in quarries near Neue Miihle and on the Lonsfelsen, The Monschau...he present valley floor , may corr espond t o the main t err ace of the Rhin e va lley. Th e new road from...iStringocephalus zone) is splendidly exposed in the large quarries on both sides of the narrow valley of Mimcherath
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
members from Ethiopia, the United States, France and Germany, and includes archeologists, an­ thropologists...GREGORY MUSEUM (Continued from page 127) The basalt quarries in the Paterson, and sizes up to 1"; crystals...apophyllite; globular and stalactitic masses The main commercial use for the zeo­ of prehnite in various...associated with prehnite; red stil­ from traprock quarries can be faceted. bite; 3" balls of pectolite with
Journal (issue)
which are made up of three different sequences of basalt deposition. MSHK Newsletter Volume 16 Number 8...石、方解石和水晶共生。 香港礦物學會通訊第 16 卷第 8 號, 2020 年 8 月 After the basalt flows were deposited there followed a period of...depths up to 1,000 metres within very hard and tough basalt should make collectors appreciate just how special...described how they collected specimens in the quarries and road cuts. They needed to search in specific...which were formed or deposited between series of basalt deposition. Currently the most famous localities
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
equally exceptional zeolite minerals in the basalt quarries near Nasik, India. Descriptions of the occurrence...in October 1993 from one of the trap-rock (basalt) quarries on Pandulena Hill near Nasik, Maharashtra...India, onsite as a vug in a very large mass of basalt matrix. The specimen, which weighed several tens...of powellite occurrence is associated with major basalt flows and their immediately adjacent units. The...first, was found in a group of closely spaced quarries on the northeast part of Pandulena Hill, 8 kilometers
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FIRST IN A SERIES ON EAST COAST TRAPROCK QUARRIES riassic Traprock Minerals of EW J E R S E Y JOSEPH...New York, New York 10024 The Triassic traprock quarries of New Jersey have been a prolific source of beautifully...Hill occurrence in the Palisades diabase and five quarries located in the First Watchung Mountain: Upper...applied to dark-colored dike and flow rocks, chiefly basalt and diabase. have occurred from these localities...Mountain traprock (basalt) quarries in New Jersey. Upper and Lower New Street quarries are located in Paterson;
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 BASALT QuABRI.Es • • • • . • . . . . . . • . • • . . •...Map of Washington, showing location ot Mines, Quarries, Ltmekilns, Clay and Cement Plants, and other.............................. Pocket GRANITE QUARRIES. GENERAL OCCURRENCES Oil' GRANITE. Granite occurs...isolated occunences of granite are noted in the basalt plateau of southeastern Washington, where erosion...the name of granite. QUARRY LOCALITIES. Granite quarries have been opened up at several localities where
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
as a result of weathering of nearby outcrops of basalt. Hampden County The chief occurrence of agate in...Massachusetts is a number of ancient lava flows (basalt or traprock) ejected in a molten state through...and in stream or river gravels, while traprock quarries afford fresh examples. The largest and finest...situated partly Nodules and rounded masses eroded from basalt. in Hampden and Hampshire Counties Westfield, Lane...vein and nodule type material in freshly mined basalt. quarrtes AMETHYST Pale colored crystals in basaltic
Journal (issue)
and our programme of talks was well supported. The main stage was taken up with two displays of minerals...which we are very grateful. This service is now the main .advertisement in the public domain of the Societies'...believe the Society is in relatively good health. My main concern last year was to increase our membership...is fauJty. He examined il and, rovea1&d I.hat lhe main coU sprt.ng was badty corroded ~rid had fractured...nodules. We set about dismantling a 2m wide hollow basalt nodule containing the most magnificent brown and
Report (issue)
Distribution of Tertiary plutonic centres with associated basalt lava flows and north-west trending dykes 28 Fig...Ireland Fig 8 South West England: distribution of quarries in igneous and metamorphic rocks Fig 9 Wales:... 37 39 Fig 10 The Midlands: distribution of quarries in igneous and metamorphic rocks (counties of...England and Southern Scotland: distribution of quarries and igneous intrusives 43 V Summary Igneous...are of prime importance in that they provide the main natural sources of skid-resistant material available
Journal (issue)
card that secures the privll.... of fflMV mines, quarries, dlA>s, IOCleti•, ~ libraries. (3) The riaht to...mineral is now found in the Orenaug Hills basalt quarries near Woodbury, sometimes in good specimens...crystallized epidote occurs at the Lane's basalt quarries near Westfield, and make very charming specimens...not in the world, occur in the traprock (basalt ) quarries of New Jersey, particularly around Paterson...water. After going straight down the hill to the main street of Houghton, we turn to the left and over
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mantle xenoliths from the Rhiin area (Central Germany) L. Franz, W. Seifert, and W. Kramer GeoForschungsZentrum...GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Potsdam, Federal Republic of Germany With 7 Figures Received December 20, 1996; accepted...pyroxenite) from Tertiary basalt vents and lava flows of the Rh6n area (Central Germany) were investigated petrologically...investigations of peridotite xenoliths in Central Germany (e.g., Oehm et al., 1983; Wedepohl et al., 1984;...trending suture zone in the Variscan fold belt of Germany. The MGCR incorporates the Ruhla Crystalline complex
Book
zeolite mineralogy was done, at that time, in Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain. Because of differences...cavities in the middle portion of the flow. Given a basalt flow 25 meters thick with an initial molten temperature...Ardeche, France, zeolites are present only where the basalt flowed into a Pliocene lake or river (Fig. 5)(Robert...zeolites. The interior of the flow contains columnar basalt with small vesicles connected by minute veinlets...river) contains highly altered vesicular blocks of basalt (containing phillipsite and tiny rhombohedra of
Book
zeolite mineralogy was done, at that time, in Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain. Because of differences...cavities in the middle portion of the flow. Given a basalt flow 25 meters thick with an initial molten temperature...Ardeche, France, zeolites are present only where the basalt flowed into a Pliocene lake or river (Fig. 5)(Robert...zeolites. The interior of the flow contains columnar basalt with small vesicles connected by minute veinlets...river) contains highly altered vesicular blocks of basalt (containing phillipsite and tiny rhombohedra of
Book
of the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum in Bochum, West Germany, Professor J. C. Becker of the University of Copenhagen...Studies also kindly supplied up to date material. I am also grateful to Professor B. Jovanovic of the Institute...USA, Fig. 93; German Mining Museum, Bochum, West Germany, Figs 19, 20, 42, 46, 52, 55, 56, 57, 81; Institute...USA Fig. 64; Museum of History, Cologne, West Germany, Fig. 69; Museo de Prehistoria, de la Excma, Valencia...Romisch-Germanisches Commission, Frankfurt, West Germany, (Germania), Figs 68, 98; Society of Antiquaries
Journal (issue)
OTH ER M I N ERALS I N V ESICLES IN TH E N EWER BASALT OF TH E M ELBO U R N E AREA, VICTORIA. D. G . Vince...almost invariably been the old quarries ( no"' filled in) from which t he basalt. known locally as bluestone...long­ since disappeared.' Presumably one of the main reasons for this was the frequent movement of official...\\dl-rcpre cnted in collection, wda) . The Brunswick Quarries (map ref. M2c) . lk,pitc numerous ,ccondary reference...rt1c specimen, came from I\\O l.irge .1dJoimng quarries "' kno"n colkcti,cly a, thc Corporauon (Juame
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Analytical techniques Fig. 1. Map showing the main basaltic occurrences in northern Egypt and sample...Institute of Mineralogy, Hannover University, Germany, using a Philips automatic X-Ray fluorescence spectrometer... ii) basalts, and iii) sandstone (Fig. 2). The basalt occurs in the form of a flow. The lava was most...thickness of the basalt sheet as revealed from boreholes Fig. 2. Distribution of basalt in relation to...xenoliths (in vol.%) AZ Host basalt Plagioclase K-feldspar Host basalt 55% An77–57 3.5–0.3 mm 32% An49–28
Report (issue)
valid part of the natural environment of Victoria. I am confident that this publication will reinforce that...District Lapidary Club Inc. Tony Annear Tylden Quarries Ltd. Victorian Division of the Gemmological Association...principal localities (Figure 1.1) have been old quarries, now inaccessible, from which stone was extracted...constructed. A suite of zeolites reminiscent of the old quarries was briefly exposed during the making of an extensive...km south from the site of the old Corporation quarries. A discovery of similar zeolites has been made
Journal (issue)
and Devon, Ste-Marie-aux-Mines, East and West Germany, Switzerland (three!), the Hohe Tauem of Austria...Layers of basalt, the familiar black volcanic rock, cover all the rocky planets. When basalt is heated...Mars and the Moon are not large enough to heat basalt to this extent, 808 Figure 6. Aquamarine, 27 cm...primitive microbes took advantage of the fact that basalt and many other volcanic rocks are chemically "reduced"-that...and for helpful suggestions regarding the text. I am also grateful to Wendell Wilson, Tom Moore and Anthony
 
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