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Augite from
Michels Quarry, Basalt quarries, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Augite
Formula:(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Augite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Michels Quarry, Basalt quarries, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:84930
Long-form Identifier:1:3:84930:2
GUID (UUID V4):6d338bb6-fee4-4576-88a4-6499cc82552f
Nearest other occurrences of Augite
1.0km (0.6 miles) Auf der Hell, Bell, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
1.2km (0.7 miles) Rodder Höfe, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
1.4km (0.8 miles) Tuff outcrops, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
2.3km (1.5 miles) Hochsimmer quarries, Hochsimmer volcano, Sankt Johann, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
2.9km (1.8 miles) Winfeld, Kottenheim, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
2.9km (1.8 miles) Rothenberg Quarry, Bell, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
3.0km (1.9 miles) Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
3.1km (2.0 miles) Schorenberg, Rieden, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
3.2km (2.0 miles) Thelenberg, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
3.7km (2.3 miles) Kappiger Ley (Kappiger Lay), Wehr, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
collectors and often used as decorative items. Basalt is the most abundant volcanic rock on Earth’s surface...rock, created when hot gases were trapped in the basalt lava as it a specimen. The minerals may have grown...solidify into an extrusive igneous rock such as basalt. Magma may also solidify very slowly beneath Earth’s...manganese oxide on limestone, Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany * 11.5 x 24 x 0.5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A... Europe: Cornwall, England; Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Asia: Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Ural Mountains
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of the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum in Bochum, West Germany, Professor J. C. Becker of the University of Copenhagen...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...Tundra in NW. Europe Forest pine in S. France and Germany Return to colder conditions Mesolithic — Holocene
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rhine, I took up Baedeker's Guide to Northern Germany, and observed a note, in very small type, which...had drawn our attention to certain outbursts of basalt which could be seen protracting from the cliffs...upwards to the higher grounds Vom Rath took us to a quarry by the roadside near the village, where there was...the ashes being used for road metal Many such quarries are to be found all throughout this district,...awful catastrophe as when standing in this very quarry. On the ridge above we came upon a deposit of an
Journal (issue)
had their own rock quarries and produced commercial crushed rock. Star Sand's quarry was at Coffin Rock...Rock, a monumental shaft of columnar basalt on deep water at Longview, Wash. Coffin Rock was leveled off...built on the site. Columbia Contract Co. had a quarry on the river at St. Helens and also one for jetty...Bridge (figure 3). Pacific Bridge Co. had a rock quarry on the Columbia River at Corbett, east of Portland;...be used. The State Highway Department designated quarry sites c lose to each project and let contracts
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
oxygen isotope ratios were measured on biotite, augite and hornblende phenocrysts. All mineral separates...the remaining 35 samples is 6:5 š 0:2‰. Biotite, augite and hornblende phenocrysts show more erratic variations...0:2 6.4 6:2 š 0:3 5:5 š 0:1 6:6 š 0:1 6:8 š 0:1 Augite δ18 O (‰ SMOW) Biotite δ18 O (‰ SMOW) Hbld. δ18...negative values of 118 Oplag-biotite , 118 Oplag-augite and 118 Oplag-hornblende (Fig. 3). Crystallization...negative fractionations (1) between plagioclase and augite. Mixing of magmas of different oxygen isotope
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spanning thousands of miles moved obsidian from quarry and primary production areas to far distant groups...Professor of Chemistry at the University of Dorpat in Germany. On the basis of a comparison of the compositio...stratigraphic columns excavated within obsidian quarry-workshop areas. Another supplementary technique...their quarrying. Assuming that obsidian found at a quarry site or flow has no chemical variation, the intraflow...hydration rates have been r~ported more recently by Michels and Bebrich, 4 Suzuki 5 and Layton. 11 The Chemical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inclusions in garnet of eclogite, Granulitgebirge, Germany. Running title: Metasomatic melt in eclogite garnet...Geowissenschaften, Universität Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany 1 Museum für Naturkunde (MfN), Leibniz-Institut...und Biodiversitätsforschung, 2 10115 Berlin, Germany Eidgenössiche Technische Hochschule, ETH, 8092...studied eclogites is similar to that of Fe-rich basalt and the enrichment in LILE and U suggest a subduction-related...high grade crystalline rocks extend into parts of Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland and Austria (O’Brien
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Nikolaisen, Kim R. Grannes, Nathan Church, Alexander Michels, Geertje W. ter Maat PII: DOI: Reference: S0024-4937(17)30396-1...Nikolaisen, Kim R. Grannes, Nathan Church, Alexander Michels, Geertje W. ter Maat , Portrait of a Giant Deep-Seated...velocities in the lower crust SC RI PT beneath flood basalt provinces (Farnetani et al., 1996; Ridley and Richards...the Hasvik Layered MA Intrusion is a tholeiitic basalt with c. 8 wt% MgO (Robins and Takla, 1979; Gardner...suggesting the parent magma was an alkaline olivine basalt (Robins and Gardner, 1974). The most-studied alkaline
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chromite, bustamite, apatite. Anorthite (USNM 137041), augite (USNM 122142), and ilmenite (USNM 96189), provided...Fe-Ni metal inside and outside subcalcic Mg-rich augite (scale bar on the left is 20 lm); (g) oldhamite...pigeonite, from subcalcic magnesium-rich augite to magnesium-rich augite, even though diopside and ferroan diopside...Mg-rich augite (Fig. 7c). In addition to the occurrences mentioned above, pigeonite, augite, and diopside...fragment along with enstatite rimmed by Mg-rich augite. d) Elongated pyroxene calcian Mg-rich pigeonite
Journal (issue)
287 288 293 353 A hornfels unit in the Poudrette quarry .................................................and J.Van Velthuizen Figure 1. The Poudrette quarry in the summer of 1988. Photo by L. Horvath. 284...associations are listed with the descriptions. Quarry maps have not been included because the precise...of many past finds in the quarry were never recorded, and because the quarry has changed so much over...The collecting sites, the Poudrette and Demix quarries, are located on the northeast face of the mountain
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Almklovdalen peridotite: at Raudkleivane, the Gusdal quarry, and Eikremsaeterfoss (Fig. 1B). At Raudkleivane...Fig. 2 in Griffin and Qvale, 1985). In the Gusdal quarry, a 2 to 3 m–thick discontinuous lens of eclogite...complete replacement of omphacite by plagioclase + augite ± amphibole symplectite (Fig. 3C), widespread... with a high jadeite content of 65%, and sodic augite in the strongly M recrystallized margin of the...exhibit a wide range in composition, consisting of basalt, picrobasalt, and basanite, whose SiO2 contents
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phenocrysts of pota& and sodic sanidine, biotite, augite, ferrohedenbergite. hypersthene, fayalite, titanomagnet&...phenocrysts of potassic and sodic sanidine, biotite, augite, f~o~~~~~, hyperdene, fayalite, titanomagnetite...later, higher temperature samples. pyrrhotite, augite, and hypersthene appear together abruptly at 737”...pyroxenes, especially SC by augite and Co by both. The failure of augite to show sign&antiy stronger...are similar to the differences observed between basalt and rhyodacite. In order to attribute the changes
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Bariand Sorbonne Werner Lieber Heideiberg, W. Germany Q:a' MGaent,^?^ 'G by P. Bancroft Mineralogy... Atencio Ruhr Universitat Bochum Bochum, W, Germany Eric Offermann Arleshetm, Switzerland Harold and...226 by P. J. Dunn & J. A. Mandarino Notes from Germany .................................................9-11:15/Noon-5:30 (Closed Sun.) (602) 294-0143 Michels Minerals Harold & Wilma Michel 1030 W. Tenth Street...mineral studied by Camargo (1971) was found at a quarry in the Perus district, 25 km north of the city
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Transition The high calcium pyroxenes (diopside, augite) crystallize in the space group e21 c, whereas...the case of pigeonite, which on cooling ex solves augite lamellae and then inverts into orthopyroxene (d...spectroscopy, in a pigeonite (W09EnS9Fs32) and an augite (W036En44Fs20) annealed at 1000°C, along with Virgo...pyroxenes (pigeonites, P2)1 C, and a subcalcic augite, C21 C), with compositions in the ternary plane...118CaO.553Mg1.059Fe~~38Alo.119)Si1.98706; Kakanui augite: (Nao.o93 Cao.634M&.885F e~.i34A1o.350)Si 1.822°6'
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Accepted: 4 October 2019 © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2019 Abstract Ultramafic...xenocrysts from a basanite from Spitzberg, Cotta, Germany were investigated. The Spitzberg volcano on the...Sekr. BH 9‑3, Ernst‑Reuter‑Platz 1, 10587 Berlin, Germany 2 Present Address: Arbeitsbereich Mineralogie‑Petrologie...Universität Berlin, Malteserstr. 74‑100, 12249 Berlin, Germany 3 Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Universität... Postfach 330440, 28334 Bremen, Germany Rocks of the alkali basalt fractionation series are common worldwide
Journal (issue)
Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf Medenbach Ruhr Universitat Bochum Bochum, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim...come. In fact, the article in this issue on D uff quarry pyrite would probably not otherwise have been pub­...complex habits have been col­ lected at the Duff quarry in Logan County, Ohio, for more than ten years...collectors alike. Pyrite crystals from the D uff quarry rarely exceed 5 mm across, and the larger ones...crystals are indeed pyrite. GEOLOGY The C. E. D uff quarry is located on Route 117 approximately 2 kilometers
Book (edition)
Canada; Mexico; Bolivia; Czechoslovakia; Norway; Germany; Tsumeb; Namibia; Chaiiarcillo, Chile; and Broken...occurrences are found in Chile, Italy, France, Germany, Turkey, and Algeria. SELECTED REFERENCES: Palache...also found at Johanngeorgenstadt, Saxony, East Germany. SELECTED REFERENCE: Davis, R. J., Hey, M. H ....the floor of the 910 foot level of the Commercial Quarry, Crestn1ore, California, associated with quartz...Ireland; and in the Laacher See District, West Germany. SELECTED REFERENCE: Switzer, G., and Bailey, E
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
plagioclase. 5.2. Clinopyroxene Clinopyroxene is augite with 73-88 mol % diopside and 10-13 mol % hedenbergite...in the Hoher-Bogen shear zone (Bohemian Massif, Germany). International Journal of Earth Sciences 88, 803-813...1977. Relationship of order of crystallization of basalt melts to AC their classification and to definition...Medaris, L.G., Jr., Ackerman, L., Jelínek, E., Michels, Z.D., Erban, V., Kotková, J., 2015. Depletion...paths in the Variscan Erzgebirge Dome (Saxony/Germany): Constraints on the rapid exhumation of high
Report (issue)
given as "traces." In most of these analyses their augite, or magn.etite; P 20 5 , if it contains apatite...example is the lava of Grenada, West Indies, called "augite and~site" in the first collection (p. 353), with...particulars, or unquestionably fron1 the same small quarry) made by possibly as a whole. A low summation may...that the constituent nlinerals are labradorite, augite, and magnetite, the anl:l,lysis may show high Al20...in zones running from north to south (except in Germany, where it is from west to east), and in a rough
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
feldspar, pyroxene, hornblende, epidote, calcite, augite, pyroxene, quartz, and apatite (Zodac, 1933). ...silicate phases such as feldspar, hornblende and augite. The paragenetic sequence reported by Klemic et...(eds), pp. 179-213. Barré, G., Truche, L., and Michels, R., 2015. Sulfur speciation in natural fluid inclusions
Conference Proceedings (Volume)
the Yubileynoye VMS deposit at the Early Devonian basalt-boninite basement of west Magnitogorsk Arc, the...Bonnetti, Michel Cuney, Fabrice Malartre, Raymond Michels, Sylvain Bourlange, Xiaodong Liu, Yunbiao Peng...(Sweden) Andreï Lecomte, Michel Cathelineau, Raymond Michels & Marc Brouand The mantle-crustal ore-forming...Li-Sn-W-Rb-Cs deposit Zinnwald, eastern Erzgebirge, Germany . . ...................... 1734 ..............Voytekhovsky Y. Genesis of pencil clay deposits in Germany H. Albert Gilg & Martin Schwangler Diversity of
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Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf Medenbach Ruhr Universitat Bochum Bochum, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim...307 by ]. P. Cassedanne Mineralogy of the Kalkar quarry, Santa Cruz, California..........................Ulrich Burchard (Haindlfing, D-8051 Freising, West Germany), for 78 DM plus 5 DM postage on European orders...Minerals Mineral & Needle Craft Creations, Inc. Quarry Enterprises Wallingford, CT Oceanside, NY John... Curt Walenta of the University of Stuttgart, Germany. It oc­ curs as bright yellow to pale brown crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
replacement of augite crystal by terrestrial weathering is much more problematic. Augite is extremely resistant...exterior of a porphyritic olivine chondrule, several augite grains, which have been partially to completely...zu KOln, Otto-Fischer Str. 12-14, 50674 KBln, Germany (Ulrich.Herpers@uni-koeln.de). Introduction: Over...M. Fullerz, ]Institute for Geophysics, Munich, Germany, >HIGP-SOEST, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii...Their cores are ~ ~ F S ~ by ~ WMg-rich O ~ ) ,augite Mg-rich ( E ~ ~ ~ F s ~ ~ W O ~ - E ~surrounded
Report (volume)
potassium, and the saline beds near Stassfurt, Germany, are peculiarly rich in it. Praseodymium. A rare-earth...extremes the composition of a rhyolite and that of a basalt. In 100 rhyolites, as shown in Washington's tables...highest ratio of all, that furnished by the average basalt, the thickness may be raised to 2,336 feet, while...analyses. From mica schist, six analyses. From basalt, four analyses. From the Cretaceous, four analyses...Analyses of water from European lakes. A. Lake Laach, Germany. Analysis by G. Bischof, Lehrbuch der chemischen
Book (edition)
Messrs. H. Sheafer, L. Martin, W. and Bedford Quarries Co. Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., June, ...cleavage and bedding in slate 23. Section in slate quarry with cleavage parallel to bedding, g and 51 53...diabase (Db) H, earlier hornblende andesite A, augite andesite ; ; ; 78. Generalized section of old...Beaumont, Tex. Pig. 1. Quarry of bituminous sandstone, Santa Cruz, Calif. . Granite quarry, Hard wick, . ... Vt 80 82 of green slate quarry, Pawlet, Vt 88 sedimentary clay, Woodbridge, N.J. This section affords
 
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