 | Pekov, I. V., Chukanov, N. V., Britvin, S. N., Kabalov, Y. K., Göttlicher, J., Yapaskurt, V. O., Zadov, A. E., Krivovichev, S. V., Schüller, W., Ternes, B. (2012) The sulfite anion in ettringite-group minerals: a new mineral species hielscherite, Ca3Si(OH)6(SO4)(SO3)·11H2O, and the thaumasite–hielscherite solid-solution series. Mineralogical Magazine, 76 (5) 1133-1152 doi:10.1180/minmag.2012.076.5.06 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Helmholtz Platz 1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany NPP ‘‘Teplokhim’’, Dmitrovskoye Avenue 71, 127238...Straubenpesch 22, 53518 Adenau, Germany Bahnhofstrasse 45, 56727 Mayen, Germany [Received 22 April 2012; Accepted...found at Graulay quarry near Hillesheim in the western Eifel Mountains, Rhineland-Palatinate, where they occur...occur with phillipsite-K, chabazite-Ca and gypsum in cavities in alkaline basalt. Sulfite-rich thaumasite...volcanic regions of Germany: it is widespread at Graulay quarry and occurs at Rother Kopf, Schellkopf and |  | | Report (issue) | | X-ray Powder Pattern: Graulay quarry, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. 9.62 (100), 3.823 (64), 5.551 (50)...10.25 40.38 100.00 (1) Graulay quarry, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; average of 8 electron microprobe...Occurrence: In miarolitic cavities in alkaline basalt or also in xenoliths in volcanic glass. Association:... phillipsite-K, chabazite-Ca, gypsum, gismondine. Distribution: From Graulay quarry near Hillesheim,... western Eifel Mountains, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Name: Honors German mineral collector Klaus |  | Zubkova, N. V., Chukanov, N. V., Pekov, I. V., Turchkova, A. G., Lykova, I. S., Schüller, W., Ternes, B., Pushcharovsky, D. Yu. (2016) Crystal chemistry of a Ba-dominant analogue of hydrodelhayelite and natural ion-exchange transformations in double- and triple-layer phyllosilicates in post-volcanic systems of the Eifel region, Germany. Mineralogy and Petrology, 110 (6) 885-893 doi:10.1007/s00710-016-0441-7 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in post-volcanic systems of the Eifel region, Germany N. V. Zubkova 1 & N. V. Chukanov 2 & I. V. Pekov...hydrodelhayelite (BDAH) from Löhley (Eifel Mts., Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) and Ba-enriched varieties of related...[(Al, Si)4Si12O34(OH,O)4] connected by chains of (Ca,Fe)-centered octahedra. Ba2+ and subordinate K+ occur...result of leaching of Na, Cl, F and, partially, K and Ca accompanied with hydration and the capture of Ba...basalts of the Eifel volcanic region, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. In particular, unusual barium-rich |  | | Book | | immensely popular handbook of minerals appeared in Germany I obtained a copy fo! my personal library and was...[A1Si308]- ~Ca 2+ [Al2Si208] 2Univalent Na ions are progressively replaced by bivalent Ca, and equal amounts...alumlnum Iron calcium O 47.3 Si 30.5 AI 7 .8 Fe 3.5 Ca 2.9 potassium sodium magnesium titanium manganese...fibrous sphalerite from Diepenlinchen, near Aachen, Germany. PLATE Vo I~ .·• / ~1 rhyolite 37 r . ...+J gran,tic ' •,.:,,,.'·· . v,.~ . ,.v •, •- basalt magma b+., \I I dioritic magma magma +¥ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | S. Möckel (2012) Christofschäferite‑(Ce), (Ce,La,Ca)4Mn2+(Ti,Fe3+)3(Fe3+, Fe2+,Ti) (Si2O7)2O8, a new...chevkinite‑group mineral from the Eifel area, Germany. Novye dannye o mineralakh, 47, 33–42 (in English)...near Mendig, Eifel Mountains, Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz), Germany. It occurs in a Mn-rich volcanic...pyrophanite, and jacobsite at the contact of an alkali basalt magma and Mn-rich rock. The new mineral forms coarse...02Nb0.09Si3.98O22. The simplified formula is (Ce,La,Ca)4Mn(Ti,Fe2+)3(Fe3+,Ti)(Si2O7)2O8. Powder X-ray diffraction |  | | Book (volume) | | where N(1–5) ¼ Na, Н3О+, K, Sr, REE, Y, Ba, Mn, Ca; M(1) ¼ Ca, Mn, REE, Na, Sr, Fe; M(2) ¼ Fe, Mn, Na, Zr...new mineral species different from cancrinite, (Na,Ca)7–8 (Al6Si6O24) (CO3)1–2·2H2O, by characteristic...boltwoodite, HK(UO2)(SiO4)·1.5H2O and uranophane, Ca (UO2)2(HSiO4)2·H2O, make the greatest contribution...(19, 21, 23), vuoriyarvite-K (20), karupmøllerite-Ca (24), kuzmenkoite-Mn (25, 27, 30), kuzmenkoite-Zn...octahedra DO6 (typically, D ¼ Fe2+, Mn2+, Zn, Mg or Ca); A, B and C are low-force-strength extraframework |  | | Report (issue) | | Günterblassite (K, Ca, Ba, Na, Crystal Data: Orthorhombic. Point Group: mm2. their near parallel or...Diffraction Pattern: Mount Rother Kopf, near Gerolstein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. 6.532 (100), 3.062 (91), 6...2 98.99 (1) Mount Rother Kopf, near Gerolstein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; average electron microprobe...Occurrence: Encrusts the walls of miaroles in alkali basalt. Association: Nepheline, leucite, augite, phlogopite...götzenite, chabazite-K, chabazite-Ca, phillipsite-K, calcite. Distribution: At Mount Rother Kopf, near Gerolstein |  | | Journal (issue) | | of Virginia Library. These include field notes, quarry descriptions and a host of other personal observations...Orange County Airport. 2726 S. Grand Ave.. Santa Ana, CA 92705. 80 retail and wholesale dealers. Free admission...U.S.A., and also occurs at the Estes pegmatite quarry. Baldwin. Cumberland County. Maine, U.S.A. It formed...- (K,Ca)3.xFe[(Si,AI),3O25(OH,O)4J • 7H2O This new mineral has been found in the basalt quarry at Mount...Mount Rother Kopf, near the town Gerolstein, Eifel Mountains, Germany. It occurs in the late association |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | zeolites and associated minerals in the alkaline basalt of a maar-type volcano at Hala¤p Hill, Balaton...is an eroded remnant of young (~3 Ma) alkaline basalt in the western part of the Bakony– Balaton Highland...Volcanic Field, Tapolca, Hungary. Cavities in the basalt contain miarolitic minerals (augite, apatite, magnetite...zeolites (analcime, chabazite-Ca, chabazite-Na, garronite, gismondine, gmelinite-Ca, gmelinite-Na, gobbinsite... gonnardite-Na, natrolite, mesolite, phillipsite-Ca, phillipsite-K, phillipsite-Na and scolecite) and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Article The Secondary Minerals from the Pillow Basalt of Salsette-Mumbai, Deccan Volcanic Province, India...Benkó, Z. The Secondary Minerals from the Pillow Basalt of Salsette-Mumbai, Deccan Volcanic Province, India...Researcher, Krackhardtstr. 4, D-96047 Bamberg, Germany Geologische Bundesanstalt, Neulinggasse 38, A-1030...scolecite, heulandite, stilbite, and finally chabazite I, in the temperature range of 180 ◦ C to less...precipitation with apophyllite-K, okenite II, and chabazite II occurred in the late Eocene to early Oligocene |  | Chukanov, N. V., Rastsvetaeva, R. K., Aksenov, S. M., Pekov, I. V., Zubkova, N. V., Britvin, S. N., Belakovskiy, D. I., Schüller, W., Ternes, B. (2012) Günterblassite, (K,Ca)3 − x Fe[(Si,Al)13O25(OH,O)4] · 7H2O, a new mineral: the first phyllosilicate with triple tetrahedral layer. Geology of Ore Deposits, 54 (8) 656-662 doi:10.1134/s1075701512080065 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1, pp. 71–79. NEW MINERALS Günterblassite, (K,Ca)3 – xFe[(Si,Al)13O25(OH,O)4] ⋅ 7H2O, a New Mineral:...Straussenpesch 22, 53518 Adenau, Germany g Bahnhofstrasse 45, 56727 Mayen, Germany Received September 22, 2011...in the basaltic quarry at Mount Rother Kopf near Gerolstein, Rheinland–Pfalz, Germany as a constituent...lamprophyllitegroup mineral, götzenite, chabaziteK, chabaziteCa, phillipsiteK, and calcite. Günterblassite...(Zubkova et al., 2010). 656 GÜNTERBLASSITE, (K,Ca)3 – XFE[(Si,Al)13O25(OH,O)4] Þ 7H2O 657 Fig. |  | Montagna, G., Bigi, S., Konya, P., Szakall, S., Vezzalini, G. (2010) Chabazite-Mg: a new natural zeolite of the chabazite series. American Mineralogist, 95 (7) 939-945 doi:10.2138/am.2010.3449 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 95, pages 939–945, 2010 Chabazite-Mg: a new natural zeolite of the chabazite series G. MontaGna,1 S....Egyetemváros, H-3515 Miskolc, Hungary 1 aBStract Chabazite-Mg, (Mg0.67K0.52Ca0.48Na0.08Sr0.03)Σ1.78[(Al3...05O24]·9.68H2O, is a new zeolite species of the chabazite series, occurring in basalts of the Karikás-tető...and the calculated density is 1.964(7) g/cm3. Chabazite-Mg is anisotropic, uniaxial (+), ω = 1.465(5)...among the extraframework cations. However, K and Ca are also very abundant, while Na and Sr levels are |  | | Journal (issue) | | Three Interesting Silicates from the Laytonville Quarry, California Robert J. Lauf Oak Ridge, Tennessee...silicate minerals were discovered at the Laytonville quarry, Mendocino Co., California, Agrell and coworkers...collector. Geology of the Laytonville Quarry The Laytonville quarry, Mendocino Co., California, contains...(Agrell, Bown, and McKie 1964). The Laytonville quarry exotic block represents a series of deep-ocean...French-Italian Alps; in meta-ironstone at Laytonville quarry, California (TL); and in quartzite near Sagarianis |  | | Book | | eae iii iT 7] LIBRARY, CA 94804-1659 Earth Treasures trom the Royal Ontario Museum ie es ¥ ¥ A>...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 |  | Graham, I. T., Pogson, R. E., Colchester, D. M., Baines, A. (2003) Zeolite crystal habits, compositions, and paragenesis; Blackhead Quarry, Dunedin, New Zealand. Mineralogical Magazine, 67 (4) 625-637 doi:10.1180/0026461036740122 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | habits, compositions, and paragenesis; Blackhead Quarry, Dunedin, New Zealand I. T. GRAHAM1, R. E. POGSON1...Dunedin, 9003 New Zealand ABSTR ACT Blackhead Quarry exploits a small Miocene (~10 Ma) basanitic volcanic...Volcanic Group, New Zealand. Vesicles near the quarry top contain Ca- and Na-rich zeolites, abundant calcite...of lava cooling from aqueous solutions enriched in Ca, Na, K, Ba and (CO3)2 leached from surrounding calcareous...on fresh basanite) followed by the Ca-rich zeolites, chabazite-Ca, calcian phillipsite-K (generation |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Given its hardness and tenacity, this compact basalt was used throughout the nineteenth century and...some of them illegal, from which 765,000 tons of basalt were quarried each year (González Cárdenas, 1991)...Urracas quarry, owned by the company Hormigones de Ciudad Real Inc. (“Horcisa”). This quarry, operated...reaching 250,000 tons of rock removed per year. The quarry of Cerro Moreno volcano is located 1 km NE of Almagro...zeolites are relatively rare. In these lava flows a quarry called Las Herrerías is located, which was exploited |  | | Journal (issue) | | varying a bit in composition: Barahonaite-(Fe) (Ca,Cu,Na,Fe3+,Al)12Fe3+2(AsO4)8(OH)x·nH2O is yellow...composite crystals, up to 20 µm long. Barahonaite-(Al) (Ca,Cu,Al,Na)12Al2(AsO4)8(OH)x·nH2O is pale blue in...minerals involved are as follows: Diopside Ca Mg Si2 O6 Augite (Ca,Na) (Mg,Fe,Al,Ti) (Si,Al)2 O6 Judging from...composed of four end members: Diopside Ca Mg Si2 O6 Hedenbergite Ca Fe Si2 O6 Clinoenstatite Mg2 Si2 O6...as valid species: Pigeonite (Mg,Fe,Ca) (Mg,Fe) Si2 O6 Augite (Ca,Na) (Mg,Fe,Al,Ti) (Si,Al)2 O6 As all |  | Coombs, Douglas S., Alberti, 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., Quartieri, 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. Mineralogical Magazine, 62 (4) 533-571 doi:10.1180/002646198547800 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Universit/it Kiel, Olshausenstrasse 40, D-24098 Kiel, Germany JOSEPH A. MANDAR1NO(retired from Subcommittee,...-Ba; chabazite-Ca, Na, -K; clinoptilolite-K, -Na, -Ca; dachiardite-Ca, -Na; erionite-Na, -K, -Ca; faujasite-Na...faujasite-Na, -Ca, -Mg; ferrierite-Mg, -K, -Na; gmelinite-Na, -Ca, -K; heulandite-Ca, -Na, -K, -Sr; levyne-Ca, -Na;...-Na; paulingiteK, -Ca; phillipsite-Na, -Ca, -K; stilbite-Ca, -Na. Key references, type locality, origin...leonhardite, svetlozarite, wellsite, brewsterite, chabazite, clinoptilolite, dachiardite, erionite, faujasite |  | Peacor, Donald R., Dunn, Pete J., Simmons, William B., Tillmanns, Ekkehart, Fischer, Reinhard X. (1984) Willhendersonite, a new zeolite isostructural with chabazite. American Mineralogist, 69 (1-2) 186-189 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Willhendersonite,a new zeoliteisostructural with chabazite Donalo R. Peacon Department of Geological Sciences...Postfach 3980, D-6500 Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany Abstract . 5HzO) is a new zeolite which is isostructuralwith...Willhendersonite(KCaAl3Si3O12 chabazite, (Ca,NaJ[AlzSi+Orz]. 6H2O. It occurs in the San Venanzo Quarry, Terni, Umbria...from the Ettringer Bellerberg near Mayen, Eifel, Germany. It is triclinic, space group PT. Single crystals...= 9.23(2), b = 9.21(2), c = near Mayen, Eifel, Germany by Dr. G. Hentschel of properties Wiesbaden and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | deposits of the Kaiserstuhl Volcanic Complex, Germany Simon Spürgin1, Tobias Björn Weisenberger2,*,†...Mineralstoffwerke, Bergstrasse 114, 79268 Bötzingen, Germany 2 ÌSOR Iceland GeoSurvey, Grensásvegur 9, 108 Reykjavik...intrusions of the Kaiserstuhl Volcanic Complex (Germany) show variable degrees of alteration. Their secondary...crystallization sequence is: ± thomsonite-Ca – gonnardite – natrolite – chabazite-Ca. Pseudomorphic replacement textures...decrease in the Ca/Na ratio, as well as an increase in the Si/Al ratio with time. The shift from Ca-Na- to pure |  | | Journal (issue) | | Minerals from the Volcanic District of Laacher See, Germany..................................................Lieber Heidelberg, West Germany Olaf Medenbach Bochum-Querenburg, West Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim...desire is to visit Norway on collecting tours. In Germany there are still more, also with their own jour...from earlier visitors. A “Director of Studies” in Germany has given out, despite Norwegian protests, a guide...cooling. Heating the crystals to tem peratures of ca. 140°C causes the bubble to disappear. A small pressure |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2014 Recent Finds at the Famous Prospect Park Quarry Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey All specimens...Locality map, by William Besse. he Prospect Park quarry has been producing fine mineral specimens for more...minerals it is possibly the most significant trap-rock quarry in the world. Not many localities can boast fine...prehnite, and arguably the finest known examples of chabazite, gmelinite, and thomsonite. Fortunately, one of...the pillow basalt (see A Word to the Wise, this issue) near the front entrance to the quarry. It is likely |  | | Book | | should preferably be more detailed, e.g. walls of a quarry, or refuse heap specimen, so that one could find...Nickel Pyrites, Nickel Glance) Harzgerode, Harz, Germany tin-white to light steel-grey metallic opaque...Mountains, Germany ARSENOPYRITE FeAsS (Arsenical Py- rite, Mispickel) Freiberg, Ore Mountains, Germany tin-white...friable masses monoclinic (Al,Mg) [(OH) SisO;0] « (Na,Ca),. . 4H,O Kuzmice, Czechoslovakia white, grey, green...Gerinany CARNALLITE KMgCl; .6H,O Stassfurt, Germany INYOITE Ca[B;03(OH)s] . 4H Mount Blanco on Furnace |  | | Journal (issue) | | appropriate channel. through MINERALS OF AUGHRIM QUARRY Stephen Moreton • David Green • Andrew Tindle...the discovery of calcite crystals at Sligachan Quarry in 2010 by French collectors Tom and Jean-Claude...providesa wayto determinethe ageof the skam. The basalt that surrounds the Cuillin hills, also on Skye...Cruachan Granite (Porter and Selby, 2010). Trcarne Quarry was another subject of an early article in the...Carboniferous limestone. Most specimens from the quarry require magnification to be fully appreciated; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ellingsen et al. (1995), are both Ca-dominated, thus stilbite-Ca and heulandite-Ca. Unknowns Some of the unknowns...and As as the main constituents, and minor P and Ca. As the S-peak overlap with the Pb-peak in the EDSspectrum...showed mainly Ca, AI and As, with P, Sr and Ce as minor constituents, giving the formula (Ca,Sr,Ce)AI3(As04'p04h(OH)5...porous "c1eavelandite" can be collected in the quarry , but only certain parts contain rare minerals...(1995), has been found in two limited parts of the quarry, as poorly defined yellow translucent masses to |
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