Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (original) (raw)
Formula: NaFe3+Si2O6
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ⓘ Aegirine var. Titanium-bearing Aegirine
Formula: Na(Fe,Ti)Si2O6
Formula: (NaaCabFe2+cMgd)(Fe3+eAlfFe2+gMgh)Si2O6
References:
ⓘ Aegirine-augite var. Porricin
Formula: (Na,Ca)(Fe3+,Fe2+,Mg,Al)Si2O6
Formula: (Na,K)22Ca10(Si24Al24O96)(SO4)6Cl6
Formula: Ca3[SiO4][SiO2(OH)2] · 2H2O
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Ca2Mg[Si2O7]
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-029, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Formula: (Na,K)AlSi3O8
Formula: (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
References:
Formula: Sr2TiO(Si2O7)
Type Locality:
Formula: (Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O
Formula: Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Formula: K◻2Mn2+2(Be2Al)[Si12O30]
Type Locality:
Habit: six-sided tabular crystals to 1.5 mm across
Colour: yellow, orange
Fluorescence: none
Formula: (CaNa)Al[Si2O7]
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
E-2011 xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
Formula: Al2(SO4)3 · 17H2O
Formula: A B2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-029, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-029, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ⓘ 'Andradite-Schorlomite Series'
References:
Galuskin, Evgeny V., Krüger, Biljana, Krüger, Hannes, Blass, Günter, Widmer, Remo, Galuskina, Irina O. (2016) Wernerkrauseite, CaFe3+2Mn4+O6: the first nonstoichiometric post-spinel mineral, from Bellerberg volcano, Eifel, Germany. European Journal of Mineralogy, 28 (2) 485-493 doi:10.1127/ejm/2016/0028-2509
Formula: CaSO4
Formula: Ca(Al2Si2O8)
Formula: (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
References:
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Formula: A B4[Si8O22]X · 8H2O
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-029, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: CaCO3
Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Formula: ZrO2
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Ca6Zr2(Si2O7)2O4
Description: rock-forming, very small
Formula: BaSO4
Localities:
E-2011 xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: BaTi2Fe3+8Fe2+2O19
Formula: BaNaNaTi2(Si4O12)O2
Formula: (K,Ba,Sr)2Sr2Ca2(Ca,Na)4[Al3Si3O12]6 · 30H2O
Description: In Ca-rich xenoliths.
Formula: Ba2Fe2+[Si2O7]
References:
Krzątała, Arkadiusz, Skrzyńska, Katarzyna, Cametti, Georgia, Galuskina, Irina, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Galuskin, Evgeny (2023) Fluoralforsite, Ba5(PO4)3F – a new apatite group mineral from the Hatrurim Basin, Negev Desert, Israel. Mineralogical Magazine, 1-32 doi:10.1180/mgm.2023.58
Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Formula: Mn3+2O3
Formula: Cu5FeS4
Formula: Mn2+Mn3+6(SiO4)O8
Formula: Ca7Mg(SiO4)4
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
E-2011 xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Ca2(Al,Fe3+)2O5
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
E-2011 xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Mg(OH)2
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Ca2SiO4
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: CaCO3
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-029, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: CaCu4(OH)8Cl2 · 3.5H2O
Habit: tabular
Colour: sky-blue
Description: The type specimen was collected in 1993 in the northern part of the Caspar quarry.
References:
Formula: (Na,Ca,◻)8(Al6Si6O24)(CO3,SO4)2 · 2H2O
Formula: K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
Formula: SrSO4
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Ba(Al2Si2O8)
References:
Krzątała, Arkadiusz, Skrzyńska, Katarzyna, Cametti, Georgia, Galuskina, Irina, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Galuskin, Evgeny (2023) Fluoralforsite, Ba5(PO4)3F – a new apatite group mineral from the Hatrurim Basin, Negev Desert, Israel. Mineralogical Magazine, 1-32 doi:10.1180/mgm.2023.58
Formula: (Ce4+,Th)O2
Localities:
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-029, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: (Ca,K2,Na2)2[Al2Si4O12]2 · 12H2O
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Cu2S
Localities:
E-2011 xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: CuFeS2
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Ca6(Al,Si)2(SO4)2[B(OH)4](OH,O)12 · 26H2O
Formula: K◻2Mg2(Mg2Fe3+)[Si12O30]
Formula: CaTh(PO4)2
Description: Cheralite was redefined in 2007. The mineral originally described from Bellerberg volcano is a Monazite-(Ce) enriched in Ca+Th.
Formula: Ce4(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)5O8(Si2O7)2
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3Cl
Formula: Ca12Al14O32[◻4Cl2]
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ⓘ 'Chlormayenite-Wadalite Series'
References:
Juroszek, Rafał, Krüger, Hannes, Galuskina, Irina, Krüger, Biljana, Jeżak, Lidia, Ternes, Bernd, Wojdyla, Justyna, Krzykawski, Tomasz, Pautov, Leonid, Galuskin, Evgeny (2018) Sharyginite, Ca3TiFe2O8, A New Mineral from the Bellerberg Volcano, Germany. Minerals, 8 (7) 308 doi:10.3390/min8070308
Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Formula: MgSiO3
Formula: Fe2+2Si2O6
Formula: Fe2+Nb2O6
Formula: CaCu(AsO4)(OH)
Formula: (Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)
References:
Formula: Al2O3
Formula: Al2O3
Formula: CuS
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: SiO2
Formula: CuFe2S3
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
E-2011 xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Cu2O
Formula: CaCuSi4O10
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-029, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Ca8(Si2O7)2F4
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Wernerkrauseite-bearing xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-029, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: (Na,K)6Ca2(Al6Si6O24)(Cl2,SO4)2
Formula: CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
References:
Formula: Cu9S5
Formula: CaMgSi2O6
Localities:
Xenolith CS-029, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Formula: Ca4(Mg3Fe3+9)O4(Si3Al8Fe3+O36)
References:
Shchipalkina, Nadezhda V., Pekov, Igor V., Chukanov, Nikita V., Koshlyakova, Natalya N., Ternes, Bernd, Schüller, Willi (2019) Crystal chemistry of dorrite from the Eifel volcanic region, Germany, and chemical variations in the khesinite-dorrite-rhönite-kuratite solid-solution system. Mineralogy and Petrology, 113 (2) 249-259 doi:10.1007/s00710-018-0645-0
Formula: NaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Colour: brown
Description: rock-forming, occurs in amphibolite-xenoliths from the crystalline basement
Formula: KNa2(MgNa)Mg3[Si12O30]
Type Locality:
References:
Formula: Mg2Si2O6
ⓘ 'Enstatite-Ferrosilite Series'
References:
Formula: (Ca,K2,Na2)2[Al4Si14O36] · 15H2O
Formula: Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Wernerkrauseite-bearing xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-029, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Fe2+2SiO4
ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'
References:
Formula: YNbO4
Formula: NaCa2(Mg3Fe3+Ti)(Si6Al2O22)O2
Habit: acicular, prismatic, tabular
Colour: black, dark brown
Formula: NaNa2(Mg3Fe3+Ti)Si8O22O2
Description: Ferri-Obertiite is confirmed by EMPA, Fe/Mn ratio is ~ 7:1,
References:
Oberti, Roberta, Boiocchi, Massimo, Hawthorne, Frank C., Ball, Neil A., Blass, Günter (2017) Ferri-obertiite from the Rothenberg quarry, Eifel volcanic complex, Germany: mineral data and crystal chemistry of a new amphibole end-member. Mineralogical Magazine, 81 (3) 641-651 doi:10.1180/minmag.2016.080.117
Formula: ◻{Ca2}{Mg3Fe3+2}(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2
Description: rock-forming, occurs in amphibolite-xenoliths from the crystalline basement
Formula: NaNa2(Fe2+3Fe3+Ti)Si8O22O2
Description: A specimen tested via quantitative EDS and IR by Nikita Chukanov corresponds with a ferro-ferri-obertiite composition. Fe3+/Fe2+ ratio was determined via charge balance and IR spectrum show absence of (OH).
Formula: (Fe2+,Mg)2Al4Si5O18
Type Locality:
References:
Formula: Fe2+2Si2O6
References:
Formula: (K3Ca2Na)[Al8Si8O32] · 12H2O
Type Locality:
References:
Lengauer, Christian L., Kolitsch, Uwe, Tillmanns, Ekkehart (2009) Flörkeite, K3Ca2Na[Al8Si8O32]·12H2O, a new phillipsite-type zeolite from the Bellerberg, East Eifel volcanic area, Germany. European Journal of Mineralogy, 21 (4). 901-913 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1952
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: KCa4(Si8O20)(F,OH) · 8H2O
Localities:
Xenolith CS-029, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Wernerkrauseite-bearing xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: CaF2
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-029, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: {Na}{CaNa}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(F,OH)2
References:
Hawthorne, Frank C., Cooper, Mark A., Grice, Joel D., Ottolini, Luisa (2000) A new anhydrous amphibole from the Eifel region, Germany: Description and crystal structure of obertiite, NaNa2(Mg3Fe3+Ti4+)Si8O22O2. American Mineralogist, 85 (1) 236-241 doi:10.2138/am-2000-0124
Formula: Mg2SiO4
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Ba2Ti(Si2O7)O
References:
Krzątała, Arkadiusz, Skrzyńska, Katarzyna, Cametti, Georgia, Galuskina, Irina, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Galuskin, Evgeny (2023) Fluoralforsite, Ba5(PO4)3F – a new apatite group mineral from the Hatrurim Basin, Negev Desert, Israel. Mineralogical Magazine, 1-32 doi:10.1180/mgm.2023.58
Formula: K(◻Na)Mg2(Be2Mg)[Si12O30]
Type Locality:
References:
Lengauer, C. L., Hrauda, N., Kolitsch, U., Krickl, R., Tillmanns, E. (2009) Friedrichbeckeite, K (□0.5Na0.5)2 (Mg0.8Mn0.1Fe0.1)2 (Be0.6 Mg0.4)3 [Si12O30], a new milarite-type mineral from the Bellerberg volcano, Eifel area, Germany. Mineralogy and Petrology, 96 (3) 221-232 doi:10.1007/s00710-009-0050-9
Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3
Formula: Ca4Mn3+2-3(BO3)3(CO3)(O,OH)3
Formula: Ca2Al[AlSiO7]
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
E-2011 xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Wernerkrauseite-bearing xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: CaAl2Si2O8 · 4H2O
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-029, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH)
Formula: (Mg,Fe2+)(Al,Fe3+)3(SiO4)(BO3)O2
Formula: C
Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-029, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3-x(OH)4x
ⓘ Grossular var. Hydrogrossular
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
Formula: NaCa16Si23AlO60(OH)8 · 14H2O
Formula: CaFe2O4
Formula: Na3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)
Formula: CaFe2+Si2O6
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Fe2O3
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Fe2+Al2O4
Formula: Ca4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2 · 4H2O
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Wernerkrauseite-bearing xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 · 4H2O
Formula: KCa4(Si8O20)(OH,F) · 8H2O
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(OH)
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(OH)
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Mg2Al3(AlSi5O18)
Formula: CuFe2S3
Formula: Mn2+Fe3+2O4
Formula: KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6
Formula: Ca11(SiO4)4O2S
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Ca9(Si3O9)2(OH)8 · 8H2O
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Wernerkrauseite-bearing xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: KAlSiO4
Formula: Ca2MnO4
Type Locality:
References:
Formula: Ca3Al2[◻(OH)4]3
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Wernerkrauseite-bearing xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Ca3Zr2(SiO4)(Fe3+O4)2
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Wernerkrauseite-bearing xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-029, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Ca4(Mg3Fe3+9)O4(Fe3+9Si3)O36
References:
Shchipalkina, Nadezhda V., Pekov, Igor V., Chukanov, Nikita V., Koshlyakova, Natalya N., Ternes, Bernd, Schüller, Willi (2019) Crystal chemistry of dorrite from the Eifel volcanic region, Germany, and chemical variations in the khesinite-dorrite-rhönite-kuratite solid-solution system. Mineralogy and Petrology, 113 (2) 249-259 doi:10.1007/s00710-018-0645-0
Formula: (Ba,K)(Mg,Mn2+,Al)3(Al2Si2O10)(OH)2
References:
Hawthorne, Frank C., Cooper, Mark A., Grice, Joel D., Ottolini, Luisa (2000) A new anhydrous amphibole from the Eifel region, Germany: Description and crystal structure of obertiite, NaNa2(Mg3Fe3+Ti4+)Si8O22O2. American Mineralogist, 85 (1) 236-241 doi:10.2138/am-2000-0124
Formula: Ca 3Si(SO4)2(OH)6 · 12H2O
Type Locality:
References:
Chukanov, N. V., Britvin, S. N., Van, K. V., Mockel, S., Zadov, A. E. (2012) Kottenheimite, Ca3Si(OH)6(SO4)2·12H2O, a new member of the ettringite group from the Eifel area, Germany. The Canadian Mineralogist, 50 (1) 55-63 doi:10.3749/canmin.50.1.55
Formula: Ca4Al2(OH)12[SO4] · 6H2O
Formula: (Fe2+0.5◻0.5)Fe3+[SiO4]
Formula: Ca(Zr,Sn,Ti)O3
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Wernerkrauseite-bearing xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Formula: Ca2SiO4
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
E-2011 xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: γ-Fe3+O(OH)
Formula: K(AlSi2O6)
Formula: (Ca,Na2,K2)[Al2Si4O12] · 6H2O
References:
Formula: Na2Ti2(Si2O6)O3
Formula: MgFe3+2O4
Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
ⓘ Magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite
Formula: [Na][Na2][Mg4Fe3+][Si8O22](F,OH)2
Formula: NaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22F2
Formula: NaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2
Description: rock-forming, occurs in amphibolite-xenoliths from the crystalline basement
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
E-2011 xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-029, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Formula: NaNa2(Mg3Mn3+Ti4+)Si8O22O2
Type Locality:
Description: A mineral with the empirical formula (K0.18Na0.84)(Na1.86Ca0.08Fe2+0.06)(Mg3.09Zn0.01Li0.03Fe3+0.29Mn3+0.37Fe2+0.41Ti4+0.86Al0.03)Si8.00O22[(OH)0.20F0.26O1.54] was published by Hawthorne et al (2000) as obertiite, but was later renamed ferri-obertiite and then mangani-obertiite. See the respective mineral pages for further details.
References:
Hawthorne, Frank C., Cooper, Mark A., Grice, Joel D., Ottolini, Luisa (2000) A new anhydrous amphibole from the Eifel region, Germany: Description and crystal structure of obertiite, NaNa2(Mg3Fe3+Ti4+)Si8O22O2. American Mineralogist, 85 (1) 236-241 doi:10.2138/am-2000-0124
ⓘ Mangano-mangani-ungarettiite
Formula: NaNa2(Mn2+2Mn3+3)(Si8O22)O2
Formula: FeS2
Formula: CaMn3+2O4
Formula: Ba3(PO4)2
References:
Krzątała, Arkadiusz, Skrzyńska, Katarzyna, Cametti, Georgia, Galuskina, Irina, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Galuskin, Evgeny (2023) Fluoralforsite, Ba5(PO4)3F – a new apatite group mineral from the Hatrurim Basin, Negev Desert, Israel. Mineralogical Magazine, 1-32 doi:10.1180/mgm.2023.58
Formula: Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3
Formula: Ca2M(XSiO7)
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
E-2011 xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: K(◻Na)Fe2+2Fe2+3[Si12O30]
Formula: (Sr,Ca)2Ba3(PO4)3F
Formula: Ce(PO4)
Formula: REE(PO4)
Formula: CaMgSiO4
Formula: (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Formula: Ca3(TiFe2+)(SiO4)3
Formula: PbCu(VO4)(OH)
References:
Formula: Al4+2xSi2-2xO10-x
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Formula: K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2
References:
Formula: KCa12(SiO4)4(SO4)2O2F
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: NaMn3+Si2O6
References:
Formula: Na2(Ti,Fe3+)Si4(O,F)11
Formula: NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6
Formula: Na3K(Al4Si4O16)
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: KNO3
Formula: Al(OH)3
Formula: ANa2(Z2+3Z3+Ti)Si8O22O2
Description: Obertiite root name minerals with variable Fe:Mn ratios have been analysed and both ferri-obertiite and mangani-obertiite has been identified. These minerals do not appear to be possible to distinguish by simple means
References:
Hawthorne, Frank C., Cooper, Mark A., Grice, Joel D., Ottolini, Luisa (2000) A new anhydrous amphibole from the Eifel region, Germany: Description and crystal structure of obertiite, NaNa2(Mg3Fe3+Ti4+)Si8O22O2. American Mineralogist, 85 (1) 236-241 doi:10.2138/am-2000-0124
Formula: KCaMg(Si13Al5)O36 · 15H2O
References:
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
Localities:
Xenolith CS-029, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
Formula: K(AlSi3O8)
Formula: K◻2Fe2+2Al3[Al2Si10O30]
Habit: rock forming
Colour: dark blue, black-blue
Formula: (XIIC)(IXB)2(VIA)2(IVT2)3[(IVT1)12O30]
Formula: K◻2Mg2Al3[Al2Si10O30]
Type Locality:
Habit: Tabular, short prismatic
Colour: on (0001) pale-blue to dark blue, on (10-10) yellow-brown-green
References:
Chukanov, N. V., Pekov, I. V., Rastsvetaeva, R. K., Aksenov, S. M., Belakovskiy, D. I., Van, K. V., Schüller, W., Ternes, B. (2013) Osumilite-(Mg): Validation as a mineral species and new data. Geology of Ore Deposits, 55 (7) 587-593 doi:10.1134/s1075701513070064
Formula: (Ba,Pb)6(Cu,Fe,Ni)25S27
Formula: Ca2(Ti,Nb)2O6O
Formula: NaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2
Description: rock-forming, occurs in amphibolite-xenoliths from the crystalline basement
Formula: Ca8(SiO4)2(Si3O10)
References:
Galuskin, Evgeny V., Krüger, Biljana, Krüger, Hannes, Blass, Günter, Widmer, Remo, Galuskina, Irina O. (2016) Wernerkrauseite, CaFe3+2Mn4+O6: the first nonstoichiometric post-spinel mineral, from Bellerberg volcano, Eifel, Germany. European Journal of Mineralogy, 28 (2) 485-493 doi:10.1127/ejm/2016/0028-2509
Formula: MgO
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
E-2011 xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: CaTiO3
Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
Formula: Ca3(Si10Al6)O32 · 12H2O
References:
Formula: (K,Na,Ca0.5,Ba0.5)4-7[Al4-7Si12-9O32] . 12H2O
References:
Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
References:
Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: [Ca4Si6O16(OH)2 · 2H2O] · (Ca · 5H2O)
Formula: Ca(OH)2
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Wernerkrauseite-bearing xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Ca(MoO4)
Formula: Fe2TiO5
Formula: FeS2
Formula: A2Nb2(O,OH)6Z
Description: Covering altered Monazite-(Ce),it is likely that the Pyrochlore described by Hentschel is identical with the unnamed Ce member of the Betafite Subgroup.
ⓘ 'Pyrochlore Group var. Calciobetafite (of Mazzi & Munno)'
Formula: (Ca,Na)2(Nb,Ti)2(O,OH)7
Description: The Calciobetafite described from this locality is identical with the unnamed Ce member of the Betafite Subgroup
Formula: A2-mD2X6-wZ1-n
Description: The Calciobetafite described from this locality is identical with the unnamed Ce member of the Betafite Subgroup
Formula: ADSi2O6
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: (Fe,Mn,Ca)SiO3
Formula: Mn2+SiO3
Formula: Fe1-xS
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Description: Analyzed material was tiny black spheroids in cavities and in matrix of sandstone xenolith.
Formula: (Na,K)6Ca2(Al6Si6O24)Cl4
Formula: SiO2
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: SiO2
Description: Quartz-beta is not stable at room temperature. All crystals are paramorphs of quartz after quartz-beta.
Formula: Ca3Si2O7
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Wernerkrauseite-bearing xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Ca5(SiO4)2(OH,F)2
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Wernerkrauseite-bearing xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Colour: light pink
Description: In Ca-rich xenoliths.
Formula: KHCa2Si8O19 · 5H2O
Formula: Ca4[Mg8Fe3+2Ti2]O4[Si6Al6O36]
References:
Shchipalkina, Nadezhda V., Pekov, Igor V., Chukanov, Nikita V., Koshlyakova, Natalya N., Ternes, Bernd, Schüller, Willi (2019) Crystal chemistry of dorrite from the Eifel volcanic region, Germany, and chemical variations in the khesinite-dorrite-rhönite-kuratite solid-solution system. Mineralogy and Petrology, 113 (2) 249-259 doi:10.1007/s00710-018-0645-0
Formula: K(◻Na)Mg2Mg3[Si12O30]
Formula: Ca8Mg(SiO4)4Cl2
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Habit: minute grains to 0.5 mm across
Colour: orange brown
Fluorescence: none
Formula: FeSO4 · 4H2O
Formula: Ca10(Si2O7)3Cl2
References:
Galuskin, Evgeny V., Krüger, Biljana, Krüger, Hannes, Blass, Günter, Widmer, Remo, Galuskina, Irina O. (2016) Wernerkrauseite, CaFe3+2Mn4+O6: the first nonstoichiometric post-spinel mineral, from Bellerberg volcano, Eifel, Germany. European Journal of Mineralogy, 28 (2) 485-493 doi:10.1127/ejm/2016/0028-2509
Formula: TiO2
Formula: K(AlSi3O8)
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-029, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: (NaCa2)Mg2(VO4)3
Type Locality:
Habit: isometric
Colour: orange-red, orange-brown
Description: In paragenesis with Magnesioferrite
Formula: Ca3Ti2(SiO4)(Fe3+O4)2
Formula: BaCu2Si2O7
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: (Fe,Mg)2Al3(AlSi5O18)
Formula: MgF2
References:
Formula: Ca3TiFe2O8
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
E-2011 xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Ca3TiFe3+AlO8
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
E-2011 xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: FeCO3
Formula: Al2(SiO4)O
Formula: Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Formula: Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Formula: MgAl2O4
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
E-2011 xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-029, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3)
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
E-2011 xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Ca2Fe3+2O5
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
E-2011 xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Ca4(Si28Al8)O72 · 28H2O
Formula: Ca2Al2SiO7 · 8H2O
Formula: CaCu(VO4)(OH)
Formula: (Zr,Ti,Ca)(O,◻)2
Localities:
Xenolith CS-029, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: CuO
Formula: Ca5(SiO4)2(SO4)
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
E-2011 xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Description: Mostly green, rarely pale blue, and very rarely brown.
Formula: Ca3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Wernerkrauseite-bearing xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Na2SO4
Formula: NaCa2[Al5Si5O20] · 6H2O
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Th(SiO4)
Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-029, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Ca4Si6O17(H2O)2 · (Ca · 3H2O)
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Ca4+x(AlySi6-y)O15+2x-y · 5H2O
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Description: In most cases the „Tobermorites“ from Bellerberg volcano are an intergrowth varying in composition, consisting of Tobermorite-11A, Plombierite and Clinotobermorite.
Formula: Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Formula: ◻(◻)2Fe3+2Mg3[Si12O30]
Formula: SiO2
Formula: Ca4(Ca,Sr,K,Ba)3Cu3[Al3Si3O12]4(OH)8 · nH2O
Type Locality:
References:
Coombs, Douglas S., Albert, Alberto, Armbruster, Thomas, Artioli, Gilberto, Colella, Carmine, Galli, Ermanno, Grice, Joel D., Liebau, Friedrich, Mandarino, Joseph A., Minato, Hideo, Nickel, Ernest H., Passaglia, Elio, Peacor, Donald R., Quartier, Simona, Rinaldi, Romano, Ross, Malcolm, Sheppard, Richard A., Tillmanns, Ekkehart, Vezzalini, Giovanna (1998) Recommended nomenclature for zeolite minerals: Report of the Subcommittee on Zeolites of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names. European Journal of Mineralogy, 10 (5) 1037-1081 doi:10.1127/ejm/10/5/1037
Formula: TiFe2+2O4
ⓘ 'Unnamed (Ce member of the Betafite Subgroup)'
Formula: Ca, Ce, Nb, Ti, O
ⓘ ''Unnamed (Cu-Mg-Silicate)''
ⓘ 'Unnamed (Monoclinic polymorph of Pseudobrookite)'
Formula: Fe2TiO5
References:
Formula: CaCO3
Formula: Ca4Al4Si4O6(OH)24 · 3H2O
Formula: Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O
Formula: Ca(U6+)O4
Formula: (Ca,Mg)6(Al,Fe3+)4((Si,Al)O4)3O4Cl3
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Wernerkrauseite-bearing xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Mg2(PO4)F
Formula: La(VO4)
Formula: BaCa2(Si3O9)
References:
Krzątała, Arkadiusz, Skrzyńska, Katarzyna, Cametti, Georgia, Galuskina, Irina, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Galuskin, Evgeny (2023) Fluoralforsite, Ba5(PO4)3F – a new apatite group mineral from the Hatrurim Basin, Negev Desert, Israel. Mineralogical Magazine, 1-32 doi:10.1180/mgm.2023.58
Formula: Ca(Fe3+,Mn3+)2Mn4+O6
Type Locality:
References:
Galuskin, Evgeny V., Krüger, Biljana, Krüger, Hannes, Blass, Günter, Widmer, Remo, Galuskina, Irina O. (2016) Wernerkrauseite, CaFe3+2Mn4+O6: the first nonstoichiometric post-spinel mineral, from Bellerberg volcano, Eifel, Germany. European Journal of Mineralogy, 28 (2) 485-493 doi:10.1127/ejm/2016/0028-2509
Formula: SrCuSi4O10
Formula: KCa[Al3Si3O12] · 5H2O
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Colour: clear
Description: clear well-formed crystals in cavities in limestone xenolith from a basalt
Formula: Ca3(Si3O9)
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
E-2011 xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-029, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: Y(PO4)
Formula: Ca4Al6(SO4)O12
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
E-2011 xenolith, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-050, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: BaCa6[(SiO4)(PO4)](PO4)2F
References:
Krzątała, Arkadiusz, Skrzyńska, Katarzyna, Cametti, Georgia, Galuskina, Irina, Vapnik, Yevgeny, Galuskin, Evgeny (2023) Fluoralforsite, Ba5(PO4)3F – a new apatite group mineral from the Hatrurim Basin, Negev Desert, Israel. Mineralogical Magazine, 1-32 doi:10.1180/mgm.2023.58
Formula: Ca13Si10O28(OH)2F8 · 6H2O
Formula: Zr(SiO4)
Localities:
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-034 (Alfredcasparite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Xenolith CS-029, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Formula: CaZrTi2O7
Description: Zirconolite-2M, Zirconolite-3T