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Enstatite from
Serpentinite quarry, Zöblitz, Marienberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Enstatite
Formula:Mg2Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Enstatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Serpentinite quarry, Zöblitz, Marienberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:641880
Long-form Identifier:1:3:641880:9
GUID (UUID V4):3e041ee5-765c-49e8-8d47-ad3e374e1cb3
Nearest other occurrences of Enstatite
1.2km (0.7 miles) Ansprung quarry, Zöblitz, Marienberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
14.0km (8.7 miles) Seiffenbach valley, Oberlochmühle, Deutschneudorf, Seiffen, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
39.0km (24.2 miles) Ratssteinbruch, Hartmannsdorf, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
42.8km (26.6 miles) Diethensdorf Quarry, Diethensdorf, Claußnitz, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
42.8km (26.6 miles) Oberwald quarry (Kiefernberg quarry), Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Zwickau District, Saxony, Germany
46.7km (29.0 miles) Amerika Quarry, Penig, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
55.2km (34.3 miles) Steinbach meteorite (Potůčky; Breitenbach; Eibenstock; Gotha; Grimma; Johanngeorgenstadt; Rittersgrün), Schönheide, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
wollastonite, 649; lithian tourmaline, 747 Newhurst quarry, Shepshed, Leicestershire, vesigni6ite, 533 Cornwall...493 Loch Langavat, dunite, 493 Scara Ruadh, serpentinite, chlorite-tremolite schist, anthophyllitite...* Confluence of Carneal Water and Clenoe Water Germany (Deutschland) Bramburg, G6ttingen, tacharanite...Breitenbrunn ( ~ Breitenhof), Saxony, helvine, 627 Schwarzenberg, Saxony, belvine, 627 ~gi~ (~l~jquO...glauconite, 753 SCOTLAND France Auchinstarry quarry, Kil~yth, Stirlingshire, julgoldite, 761 Blackcraig
Journal (issue)
peninsula in Cornwall. This is the material called serpentinite by the geologist, b u t there are m a n y other...d antigorite, a n d he suggested the n a m e serpentinite for the rock-like forms of serpentine, antigorite...now be, according to Sinkankas, the Dexter lime quarry of Lincoln Township. A later investigation on this...and Maryland in the United States of America. Serpentinite, the rock-like type of serpentine, is found...crystals of bastite (a serpentinized hypersthene or enstatite) profusely scattered throughout the rock, which
Book (edition)
Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from the Rabejac deposit... = = = = = Acanthite, x 16 mm, Freiberg, Germany, H Abernathyite, 12 mm, Ririera/, France, H Abhurite...at the Himmelsftirst mine, Freiberg, both Saxony, Germany. In the subtropical areas acanthite may occur...the Sankt Christoph mine, near Breitenbrunn, Saxony, Germany, and many localities in the Alps, e.g. on Grossgreiner...89°59',Z =4. d: 12.8(10)-65(7)- hills, Baden, Germany. Most common occurrences in 4.4 6) - 43(6) - 257(6)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
METAMORPHIC DIFFERENTIATION AT CONTACTS BETWEEN SERPENTINITE AND SILICEOUS COUNTRY ROCKS A. H. PnrruPS AND...Differentiation. . .. .. Lower Temperature Types Serpentinite Belt north of Thetford Mines, Quebec . . . Fligher...Temperature Types Vermont Mineral Products Company Quarry, Chester, Vt.. . Holden SoapstoneQuarry southeast...Conclusions Concerning Metamorphic Difierentiation at Serpentinite-Country ,, Contacts. Acknowledgments. . . 353...serpentine. Lodochnikov2 has suggestedthe term "serpentinite" for such intrusions, since the serpentine is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
demonstrate that the dissolution of forsterite and/or enstatite is rapid compared with the precipitation of the...excellent studies have been conducted on the serpentinite bodies at Burro Mountain, California (PAGE,...curves. Per. = periclase, Fo. = forsterite, En. = enstatite, Ta. = talc, Serp. = serpentine, Chry. = chrysotile...entering a peridotite may dissolve forsterite and enstatite until saturation with respect to talc, chrysotile...undersaturated with respect to forsterite and enstatite may enter a peridotite and these phases may actually
Book (edition)
Affiliation/Address Luzerner Str. 10-12, D-12205 Berlin, Germany – Freie Universität Berlin, FB Geowissenschaften...Mineralogie, Malteserstr. 74-100, D-12249 Berlin, Germany Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Dr. Frank...Stilleweg 2, D-30655 HanDr. Thomas Oberthür nover, Germany Dr. Thomas Kenkmann Museum für Naturkunde der ... zu Berlin, Invalidenstr. 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany Prof. Dr. Robert Marschik & Ludwig-Maximilians...Rieger cengeologie, Luisenstr. 37, D-80333 München, Germany Dr. Thomas Seifert TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
capacity (CEC) Barasym 214 chlorite, from veins in serpentinite 263 Entisol, from hydrothermally altered basalt...smectite 284, 432, 530 vermiculite, from veins in serpentinite 263 CEC (see Cation-exchange capacity) Celadonite... 480 cacoxenite 419 chlorite, from veins in serpentinite 263 chlorite, Salton Sea geothermal field, XRF...Li-containing 39 vermiculite, from veins in serpentinite 263 vermiculite, from weathered granodiorite...chemical composition 39 weathering of, in veins in serpentinite 263 XRD, unit-cell parameters 193 Chromate Adsorption
Journal (issue)
Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A...came during a chance visit to the Lower New Street quarry immediately following a blast; prehnite-filled...(Quebec), Alpine Rodingites, $12 $12 Fluorite (Germany) v.9/#5 Turkish Kämmererite, Afghan pegmatites...Jacupiranga mine (Brazil), v.15/#6 Bad Ems (Germany), Jensen quarry (CA), Cunha Touissit Vanadinite, Hawleyite...Hills type localities, Urucum (Brazil), Kalkar quarry (CA), Kremsmünster $12 v.18/#1 Gold-II Issue!
Report (issue)
Norwegian Talc (UK) Limited. Unst talc (Queyhouse quarry); English China Clays Limited. Theoretical composition...rich silicates, such as olivine, diopside and enstatite, and is commonly found along shear and fracture...remnant magnesium silicate minerals as olivine, enstatite and diopside, together with residual chromi te...Norwegian talc - industrial grade. Unst talc (Queyhouse quarry) - industrial grade. Source: Institute of Geological...United Kingdom is almost entirely confined to serpentinite bodies which have undergone hydrothermal alteration
Report (issue)
languages of the Teutonic countries, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland, it is "serpentin";...designates a green rock usually coming from Italy or Germany, commonly with a mottled appearance and suitable...serpentine of Zoblitz (Zeblich) and Waldheim in Saxony (Agricola, 1546). Some of these rocks are actually...commonly called serpentinites. This usage of serpentinite introduced by Lodo&iikow (1936, p. 29 and 728)...Lodocnikow defined it thus: 1 "! designate as serpentinite those rocks which are composed chiefly of serpentine
Book
tribal peoples: bojite (Boii, Celtic tribe in Germany), gondite (Gonds, central India), onkilonite (Onkilones...salts overlying rock salt deposits at Stassfurt, Germany. [G. Abraum, refuse; the salts were originally... achondrite, enstatite meteor. Stony meteorite consisting almost entirely of enstatite; often with accessory...brecciated structure with eoarse enstatite occurring in crushed enstatite. Also named aubrite. achondrite...rose-red garnets and shredded mica. [Alsbach, Germany] (Chelius in 1892) alumyte sed. Alum clay (bauxite)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
to form forsterite (Mg2 SiO4 ), Equation (2), enstatite (MgSiO3 ), Equation (3), and silica (SiO2 ) [34]...dunite used in this study was sourced from a dunite quarry, located close to the township of Bingara (within...approximately 15 kg) from the center and north walls of the quarry and then crushed to 2 to 10 cm in diameter. The...stainless-steel rotary kiln (Nabertherm, Lilienthal, Germany) 630 °C under a nitrogen purge flow ◦ C underat...underat rotary kiln (Nabertherm, Lilienthal, Germany) at 630 a nitrogen purge flow (80 L/h) for 4 h. stainless-steel
Book
173 The tectonic history of multiply deformed serpentinite in the piedmont of Pennsylvania By Davis M.... LAPHAM A. Structural aspects of the serpentinite problem B. Techniques of structural analysis C...Macrostructures in schist and serpentinite Microstructures in schist and serpentinite Theoretical considerations...Introduction Experimental deformation and strength of serpentinite Deformation of peridotite minerals Conclusions...Contents V. Local deformation structures in a serpentinite Davw P. Gotp ORIGIN I. II. OF ALPINE Introduction
Report (edition)
Crystal . . . . . . .. Diagra1natic Sketch of Brinton Quarry Pegmatite Graphic Granite Geologic Cross-Section...Pseudomorphs of Deweylite after Aragonite. Cedar Hill Quarry . . . . . . . Calcite Crystal Forms "Picrolite"...permission from the owners of the land, or from the quarry and mine operators, before entering to collect...have been taken from topographic quadrangles. A quarry or mine symbol designates the exact mineral location........,, ....... ...... " Open pit, mine, or quarry. Shaft-Tunnel entrance ----------~ ..... ' l'
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Contact Metamorphism of Serpentinite, Chloritic Blackwall and Rodingite at Paddy-Go-Easy Pass, Central...The 2 km wide contact aureole produced from serpentinite by the intrusion of the Mount Stuart Batholith... forsterite-enstatite-anthophyllite, forsterite-enstatite-chlorite, forsterite-enstatite-spinel. Associated...rocks react to form the assemblage: forsterite-enstatite-spinel. Calculations show that cordierite did...displaced the equilibrium: forsterite+cordierite = enstatite+spinel to much lower pressures than the three
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Contact Metamorphism of Serpentinite, Chloritic Blackwall and Rodingite at Paddy-Go-Easy Pass, Central...The 2 km wide contact aureole produced from serpentinite by the intrusion of the Mount Stuart Batholith... forsterite-enstatite-anthophyllite, forsterite-enstatite-chlorite, forsterite-enstatite-spinel. Associated...rocks react to form the assemblage: forsterite-enstatite-spinel. Calculations show that cordierite did...displaced the equilibrium: forsterite+cordierite = enstatite+spinel to much lower pressures than the three
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
peridotite with accessory enstatite, olinopyroxene, or both; and enstatite pyroxenite. Festers &z%o Lenses...steepwalled plug. The mass is composed of dunite and enstatite dunite and is serpentinizedonly near its margins...clinopyroxene, and contain also a few per oent of enstatite. California Coa8t Ranges Large and small sheets... Ultramafic rocks, dominantly serpent$inized enstatite pyroxenite but including dunite and ot,her types...39-40) and one of serpentinite (No. 38) were collected by HAXILTON from a roadside quarry on Argent, Tunnel
Report (edition)
microscope by D.M. Lapham of a thin slice of serpentinite from Lancaster County showing olivine (blue-green...County, the Stillwell quarry in Lancaster County, and the Medusa Cement Company quarry in York County, are...Zircon Crystal 50 Diagramatic Sketch of Brinton Quarry Pegmatite 53 Geologic Cross-Section of West ...84 of Deweylite after Dolomite, Ceclar Hill Quarry 89 _ Limonite Pseudomorphs from Chestnut Hill...permission from the owners of the land, or from the quarry and mine operators, before entering to collect
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hydrated Mg-carbonate-hydroxide assemblage of serpentinite fissures in Hrubšice, western Moravia (Czech...de mineralization was found in the Hrubšice serpentinite body, Moravian Moldanubicum. It is formed by...coalingite, fissure minerals, Raman spectrum, serpentinite, Moldanubicum, Bohemian Massif 1. Introduction...Introduction In the last years the active serpentinite quarry near Hrubšice in Moravia provide an opportunity...rare mineral assemblages are the occurrences in serpentinite bodies of Austria (magnesite deposit Kraubath
Book
look for. Michael O’Donoghue Proustite (East Germany) 7 Rocks We can define a rock as a large mineral... Dio rite Gabbro Peridotite 13 Dunite Serpentinite Rhyolite -14 Obsidian Z K ■ £ ?*«*...rubbish which may harm animals. If the site is a quarry careful arrangements with respect to equipment...Also found in Canada, Mexico, Czechoslovakia, and Germany. Old specimens from Wheal Newton, Harrowbarrow...(Austria), St Andreasberg, Harz Mountains (West Germany), Antronapiana, Ossola, Novara (Italy), from the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
antigorite breakdown for a magnetite-bearing natural serpentinite between 6.5 and 11 GPa J. Maurice1 · N. Bolfan‑Casanova1...GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2018 Abstract Phase relations for a natural serpentinite containing...typically described in low pressure natural serpentinite, was found coexisting with Al-PhE between 650...water storage capacity of the assemblage Al-PhE + enstatite (high-clinoenstatite) + olivine, relevant for...Keywords Hydrous phases stability · Natural serpentinite · Water transfer · Subduction Introduction
Journal (issue)
stone described as a moonstone was purchased in Germany and probably comes from Sri Lanka, where a similar...rodingite within the contact alteration zone between serpentinite and gabbro/ diorite. Predominant colours of...massive serpentinites to dark green, foliated serpentinite. These ultrabasic igneous rocks underlie an...jade deposits consists predominantly of massive serpentinite but diorite and gabbro crop out spasmodically...alteration zone along the faulted margins between serpentinite and the dioritic and gabbroic rocks. Interestingly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
formed by high-pressure dehydration of antigorite-serpentinite to chlorite-harzburgite in a subduction setting...Bremen, Klagenfurter Straße 2-4, 28359 Bremen, Germany b a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...Keywords: Tabular olivine Morphological transition Serpentinite dehydration Surfactant Inhibited growth Subduction...and high-pressure dehydration of antigorite-serpentinite to prograde chloriteharzburgite in the Almirez...—formed after high–P dehydration of antigorite-serpentinite— exhibits large olivine porphyroblasts made
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Econ. Geol. ON SPHERULAR AGGREGATES OF ENSTATITE IN SERPENTINITE FROM KAWAI DISTRICT, KITAKAMI MOUNTAINLAND...EconomicGeology, TokokuUniversity Abstract : serpentinite northeastern rocks Radially from Japan. are...Some Ca0.03 petrogenetic Fe•V0.10 and data enstatite and are chemical as 0.05 consideration Mg1...mountainland, properties, y=1.671, a=18.25A, (Na0.02 enstatite Kitakami enstatitebearing optical diffraction...mainly of serpentinite and contains in some parts radially arranged spherular aggregates of enstatite. Though
Report (issue)
........................................ 17 Serpentinite ........................................................................ 17 WEATHERING OF SERPENTINITE AND TALC .....................................13 Normative olivine and enstatite versus height above base of the serpentinite ................................... 23 Photomicrograph of silicified serpentinite ................................................... 24 SiO2 and MgO, Fe2o3 and FeO versus serpentinite alteration ................................
 
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