Epidote is not in relation with Neuenberg hydrothermals veins but issue from a dislocated covering rock.
Crystals are prismatics, sometimes very thin. Color is light green to bland green.
Same rocks as Prehnite, fluorapatite and Zircon.

Habit:

not wel formed prismatics crystals.

Colour:

light green

Quality for species:

Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)

Abundance at site:

Rare

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

Prehnite

ⓘ2 photos of Epidote associated with Prehnite at this locality.

Data

Mineral Data:

Click here to view Epidote data

Locality Data:

Click here to view Neuenberg, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Colmar-Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

1431045

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:1431045:4

GUID (UUID V4):

97b93fe2-f73f-41cf-b68c-94e18cd61e45

Nearest other occurrences of Epidote

29.4km (18.3 miles)

ⓘ Trapp Quarries, Raon-l'Étape, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Vosges, Grand Est, France

30.1km (18.7 miles)

ⓘ Grandfontaine-les-Minières Mine, Grandfontaine, Molsheim, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France

31.4km (19.5 miles)

ⓘ Raon-sur-Plaine quarry, Raon-sur-Plaine, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Vosges, Grand Est, France

31.4km (19.5 miles)

ⓘ Saint-Nabor quarries, Saint-Nabor, Molsheim, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France

64.9km (40.3 miles)

ⓘ Rhine river alluvial deposits, Kembs, Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France

67.3km (41.8 miles)

ⓘ Seider quarry, Lütschenbach quarries, Lütschenbach, Malsburg, Malsburg-Marzell, Lörrach, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

67.9km (42.2 miles)

ⓘ Am Gleichen quarry, Lütschenbach quarries, Lütschenbach, Malsburg, Malsburg-Marzell, Lörrach, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

68.1km (42.3 miles)

ⓘ Malsburg, Malsburg-Marzell, Lörrach, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

71.0km (44.1 miles)

ⓘ Amphibolite quarry (Vulkan quarry), Haslach im Kinzigtal, Haslach im Kinzigtal, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

72.7km (45.2 miles)

ⓘ Hechtsberg quarry, Hausach, Hausach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

References

T. Brunsperger collection

XRDS analysed (N. Meisser, 2019).

Reference Search (possible matching items)

	*(1997) La Mine d'Or de salsigne (Aude) Le Règne Minéral - Hors Série* 3. Les Éditions du Piat**	Journal (issue)
	des régions Rhône-Alpes et Auvergne, perpétuent aux quatre coins du monde cette tradition, en vous proposant...numéro hors série est consacré aux minéraux de la mine d'or de Salsigne, non pas seulement aux minéraux primaires...supérieurs de la mine à ciel ouvert. Si ce gisement d'or est mondialement connu , ce n'est pas seulement pour...1980). Ce tonnage place Salsigne dans les grandes mines d'or du monde. Une autre caractéristique l'a aussi...dans le minerai moyen) qui a valu à la Société des Mines et Produits Chimiques de Salsigne (SMPCS) d'être
	*Moore, T.P. (2016) Moore's Compendium of Mineral Discoveries 1960 - 2015* Vol. 2. Mineralogical Record Inc.**	Book
	MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for...yellow fluorapatite, as well as good specimens of epidote, pyroxene, magnetite, titanite and other species...Burlakov and Kotrly (1995), about 20 other quartz mines are operated in the region of the Subpolar Urals...which the famous Dodo and Puiva mines belong, and some of these other mines also yield ilmenite crystals...the 1970s (Pezzotta, 2005b). Temperino and Lanzi mines, Campiglia Marittima, Livorno, Tuscany. Beginning
	*(1891) Proceedings. Journal of the Geological Society, 47 (1) 1-262 doi:10.1144/gsl.jgs.1891.047.01-04.02*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Warden of Gold Fields and Acting Inspector of Mines for South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia;...Esq., F.C.S., Treragion, Harrowbarrow, and Coombe Mines and Works, Callington, Cornwall; and George Henry...Moore Cairnes, :Esq., Mining Sm~eyor, Department of Mines, Melbourne, Victoria; John H. Cooke, :Esq., Highland...James :East, :Esq., AssistantDirector, School of Mines and Industries, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia;...Newcastle-on-Tyne ; and William Roberts Thomas, Esq., Uranium Mines, Grampound Road, Cornwall, were proposed as Fellows
	*Tyrrell, G. W. (1949) The Principles of Petrology* (10th ed.) Methuen & Co. Ltd, London.**	Book (edition)
	must, for example, be hot. Observations in wells, mines, and borings, show that there is a downward increase...silicates of iron, magnesium, calcium, and aluminium; epidote, silicate of calcium, iron, and aluminium, an abundant...Fic, 2.—Erurtion or Viscous Lava. A Puy. The Grand Sarcou, Auvergne, After Serope, The central domeshaped...altered with the formation of carbonates, zoisite, epidote, or albite, the pyroxene changed to chlorite or...and the Kainozoic igneous fields of Germany and France (Auvergne), as differentiates from basaltic magma

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Epidote from Neuenberg, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Colmar-Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France

Epidote from
Neuenberg, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Colmar-Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France