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Sillimanite from
Pumice quarries, Wingertsberg, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Sillimanite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sillimanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pumice quarries, Wingertsberg, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:368257
Long-form Identifier:1:3:368257:9
GUID (UUID V4):76022659-ac39-4df4-9c4b-b770a2f5137a
Nearest other occurrences of Sillimanite
0.7km (0.4 miles) In den Dellen quarries, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
1.1km (0.7 miles) Thelenberg, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
1.1km (0.7 miles) Basalt quarries, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
2.0km (1.2 miles) Krufter Ofen, Kruft, Pellenz, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
3.4km (2.1 miles) Rothenberg Quarry, Bell, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
3.9km (2.4 miles) Gleeser Felder, Glees, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
5.0km (3.1 miles) Nickenicher Weinberg, Nickenich, Pellenz, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
5.2km (3.2 miles) Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
5.4km (3.4 miles) Hüttenberg, Glees, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
5.8km (3.6 miles) Kappiger Ley (Kappiger Lay), Wehr, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (chapter)
strat. range lithostratigraphic units frr2 frr1 pumice cone and coulee Eruptive Epoch 9 (northeastern...Obsidian-rich pumiceous pyroclastic-breccias. Rhyolites. pumice Epoch 9c cone volcanic quiescence M. Pilato sa...of obsidianaceous lava flows (sa1). Rhyolites. pumice cone and coulee Forgia Vecchia fv2 Forgia Vecchia...minor ilmenite, apatite, andalusite, spinel and sillimanite. The groundmass is hypocrystalline and contains...grains with embayed outlines (Fig. 10.13b). Sillimanite is anhedral and surrounded by coronitic association
Report (issue)
rhyolite-f!rauite class. , . . olcanie gla<.:ses, pumice, aud perlite are in this class. The more basic...distriet Group IV Cascade Range and -:\lodoc PJ ateau Pumice and perlite deposits Freshwater clia to mite of...layer Lower Cedarville l\IJNERAL DEPOSIT Perlite Pumice 16 B t.,LLETIX 176-~lD-"ER.ll. ( 41 3-orther...rock Quickill'"er :--onoma ,·olca.nics Perlite, pumice. ,tone building - Quaternary ..,cream gravel...made from n1etals or mineral raw materials. Sand, pumice, and pumicite are the pri11cipal abrasives produced
Report (issue)
flows.-__ Bishop tuff -__-_---_--------------Basal pumice layer _______________ Principal tuff member.___...inversely graded layers of pumice resulting from dumping two batches of pumice into a beaker partly full...although sillimanite was tentatively identified in a few places. The occurrences of sillimanite are too...to warrant speculation about the relation of sillimanite to andalusite. The thermal metamorphism in most...cement blocks with pumice aggregate proved to be cheaper and easier to use. Pumice for aggregate and for
Book (volume)
of the Geological Society of London. Porphyry; Pumice; Pyroxenite; Quartzite; Quartz-Porphyry. J. S...flowers. POMERANIA (German, Pommern), a territory of Germany and a maritime province of Prussia, bounded on...Oder. Pomerania is one of the flattest parts of Germany, although east of the Oder it is traversed by a...lampreys are s6nt from Pomerania to other parts of Germany. With the exception of the almost inexhaustible...to weaken the house of Austria by alliances in Germany; but Mme de Pompadour changed this hereditary policy
 
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