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Diopside from
Katzenbuckel, Waldkatzenbach, Waldbrunn, Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany


Locality type:Volcano
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Katzenbuckel, Waldkatzenbach, Waldbrunn, Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1383549
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1383549:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
25.6km (15.9 miles) ⓘHohe Waid, Schriesheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
38.5km (23.9 miles) ⓘBangertshöhe, Hochstädten, Bensheim, Bergstraße, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
38.5km (23.9 miles) ⓘLinck marble works, Auerbach, Bensheim, Bergstraße, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
48.0km (29.8 miles) ⓘKirchberg, Nieder-Ramstadt, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
63.1km (39.2 miles) ⓘHain railway tunnel, Hain im Spessart, Laufach, Aschaffenburg District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
References
Lippolt, H. J., Horn, P., & Todt, W. (1976). Kalium-Argon-Alter von Mineralien und Einschlüssen der Basalt-Vorkommen Katzenbuckel und Roßberg. N Jb Miner Abh, 127(3), 242-260.
Wagner, Christiane, Velde, Danielle, Mokhtari, Abdelkader (1987) Sector-zoned phlogopites in igneous rocks. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 96 (2) 186-191 doi:10.1007/bf00375232
Stähle, V.; Koch, M.; McCammon, C. A.; Mann, U.; Markl, G. (2002) Occurrence of low-Ti and high-Ti freudenbergite in alkali syenite dikes from the Katzenbuckel volcano, southwestern Germany. The Canadian Mineralogist, 40 (6). 1609-1627 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.40.6.1609
MANN, U, MARKS, M, MARKL, G (2006) Influence of oxygen fugacity on mineral compositions in peralkaline melts: The Katzenbuckel volcano, Southwest Germany. Lithos, 91 (1) 262-285 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2005.09.004
Schmitt, Axel K., Marks, Michael A.W. Nesbor (2007) The onset and origin of differentiated Rhine Graben volcanism based on U-Pb ages and oxygen isotopic composition of zircon. European Journal of Mineralogy, 19 (6) 849-857 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2007/0019-1776
 
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