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Forsterite from
Tuff outcrops, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany


Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Species:Forsterite
Formula:Mg2SiO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Forsterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tuff outcrops, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:362975
Long-form Identifier:1:3:362975:8
GUID (UUID V4):934b7ae5-1a77-4d10-841d-d9ca4027a4be
Nearest other occurrences of Forsterite
1.4km (0.8 miles) Michels Quarry, Basalt quarries, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
1.5km (0.9 miles) Rodder Höfe, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
2.1km (1.3 miles) Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
2.4km (1.5 miles) Ettringer Feld, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
4.0km (2.5 miles) Mayener Feld, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
4.0km (2.5 miles) Thelenberg, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
4.3km (2.7 miles) Rothenberg Quarry, Bell, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
4.7km (2.9 miles) Kappiger Ley (Kappiger Lay), Wehr, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
5.0km (3.1 miles) Pumice quarries, Wingertsberg, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
5.2km (3.2 miles) Southern Lake Laach Shore, Glees, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
References
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Report (volume)
Geology, Stratigraphic-Miocene. 2. Volcanic ash, tuff, etc.-Nevada-Esmeralda Co. 3. Geology-Nevada-Esmeralda...consists of interlayered volcanic flows, breccias, and tuff!:>, and sedimentary rocks all of which are Miocene...of X-ray crystallographic data applied to the forsterite determinative curves of Jackson (1960). The olivine...heterolithologic and varies greatly in composition in single outcrops. It is extr emely poorly sorted and contains lithic...more in diameter, touch each ot her. Many of the outcrops display breccia dikes as much as 1 m wide (fig
Journal (volume)
(Slovakia) (China) (Germany) (Poland) (Italy) (Czech Republic) (Romania/USA) (Germany) (Hungary) (Russia)...(Russia) (Czech Republic) (Japan) (Germany) Publication Subcommittee Gábor Papp, Chairman (Hungary) (see the...Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum, GFZ, Potsdam, Germany (max@gfz-potsdam.de) In the last two decades, synchrotron...Potsdam, Germany 5 Dept. of Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany Zircon (ZrSiO4)...München, Garching, Germany 3 FRM II, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany (*petra.kudejova@frm2
Report (issue)
oldest units of the central basin-filling Needle Peak Tuff were deposited in late Eocene within 1 m.y. after...of the Eocene. The emplacement of the Needle Peak Tuff is associated, at least in part, with the collapse...southwestern part of the basin, the Needle Peak Tuff in the southern part, and shales and siltstones...part. With the notable exception of the Needle Peak Tuff, most of the igneous rocks are somewhat more resistant...generally igneous units. Light-colored Needle Peak Tuff covers the south end of the collapsed block. The
Report (issue)
Lower welded tuff unit-_____-_-__-__ Biotite dacite unit--__-----_-------_ Lower tuff unit-____________________...unit-____________________ Upper welded tuff unit. _____________ White tuff unit__-__-------_-------Intermediate andesite...andesite unit___________ Tuff unit of Hawk Canyon___ ______ Rhyolite-obsidian unit_______________ Quartz...Canyon___ Upper andesite unit_____--__-___-___ Upper tuff unit________------------Age and correlation_________-___-__----_...tion._ ____________ 10. Photomicrographs of welded tuff, Horse Mountain Volcanics..__________________ 11
Report (volume)
by Upper Miocene (Sarmatian-Pannonian) rhyolitic tuff. Several hydrothermal centers with shallow level...kaolinite is mined from the Upper Sarmatian rhyolitic tuff. 225 The hills to the left (Cigany Hill, Poklos...andesitic-dacitic lava flows underlain by a pumiceous rhyolitic tuff. Along the tectonic contact resulted A small...Sarmatian andesitic laccolith intruded into a rhyolitic tuff and tuffite unit. In the gascavities of the laccolith...exploitation has already been abandoned. of uplifted tuff and andesitic Turn right in direction of Mad
Report (volume)
early-stage smectite, in altered Pliocene vitric tuff, Durkee, Oregon. See article by A.j . Gude 3rd,...FIGURES 1. Map of study area showing locations of outcrops where samples were collected 185 2-3. Photographs:...Clear Spring (fig. 1). Samples were collected from outcrops (fig. 2) exposed along the tracks of the Western...rocks in the Zechstein Formation, northwestern Germany: UNESCO, 1972, Geology of saline deposits, Proceedings...lower Tertiary and Upper Cretaceous rocks from outcrops at Willow Creek-Indian Canyon through the subsurface
Journal (volume)
granitic rocks of the region form bold outcrops, such outcrops are scarce in the immediate vicinity of...its northeastern end, although in this area the outcrops are so scattered that the dike may be multiple...few hundred feet west of the road, the diatomite outcrops where it has been eroded by the creek for a thickness...to be a rhyolite or possibly a highly indurated tuff. It may be suitable for building but is considerably...the rock have been used. nearly white fine-grained tuff has been quarried a quarter of a mile due north
Book
great extent and the complexity of individual outcrops, the rocks of the North Atlantic cratoh show a...et al., 1976 ). The Ikermit supracrustal suite outcrops on the border of the Ketilidian mobile belt directly...in the text. The Hunt River meta volcanic belt outcrops directly inland from Hopedale (modified from Collerson...homogeneous amphibolite and ·metasediment. Many outcrops show textures interpreted to be of primary cumulate...evidence of size sorting of the clasts in individual outcrops although there is a tendency for the largest clasts
Book
(Vice-President), Russia Dieter Rammlmair (Secretary), Germany Supporting from IMA-Commission for Applied Mineralogy...from drill cores, underground audits and surface outcrops. Polished sections were prepared and Nikon Eclipse...for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Hanover, Germany Khulan.berkh@bgr.de Abstract. Selected mine tailings...The south is more dominated by andesites and tuff outcrops together with relatively recent sedimentary...mineralization is localized in volcano sedimentary rock (tuff) as well as in andesite and feldspar porphyry andesitic
 
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