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Melilite Group from
Urach Volcanic District, Reutlingen, Tübingen Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany


Locality type:Volcanic Field
Classification
Species:'Melilite Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:A2M(XSiO7)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Melilite Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Urach Volcanic District, Reutlingen, Tübingen Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1383654
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1383654:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Melilite Group
85.4km (53.0 miles) ⓘHöwenegg Quarry (Hewenegg Quarry), Immendingen, Tuttlingen, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
92.0km (57.2 miles) ⓘHohenhewen (Hohenhöwen), Engen, Konstanz, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
References
Cloos, H. (1941). Bau and Tätigkeit von Tuffschloten: Geol. Rundschau, 32, 704-800.
Lippolt, H. J., Todt, W. & Baranyi, I. (1973). K-Ar ages of basaltic rocks from the Urach volcanic district, SW Germany. Fortschritte der Mineralogie, Stuttgart, 50, 101-102.
Alibert, C.; Michard, A.; Albarède, F. (1983) The transition from alkali basalts to kimberlites: Isotope and trace element evidence from melilitites. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 82 (2). 176-186 doi:10.1007/bf01166612
Keller, J., Brey, G., Lorenz, V., & Sachs, P. (1990). Volcanism and petrology of the upper Rhinegraben (Urach-Hegau-Kaiserstuhl). Fieldguide, IAVCEI 1990 preconference excursion, 2.
Hegner, E., Walter, H. J., & Satir, M. (1995). Pb-Sr-Nd isotopic compositions and trace element geochemistry of megacrysts and melilitites from the Tertiary Urach volcanic field: source composition of small volume melts under SW Germany. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 122(3), 322-335.
Wilson, Marjorie; Rosenbaum, Jeffrey M.; Dunworth, Elizabeth Ann (1995) Melilitites: partial melts of the thermal boundary layer? Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 119 (2). 181-196 doi:10.1007/bf00307280
Hegner, E., Walter, H. J., & Satir, M. (1995). Pb-Sr-Nd isotopic compositions and trace element geochemistry of megacrysts and melilitites from the Tertiary Urach volcanic field: source composition of small volume melts under SW Germany. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 122(3), 322-335.
Wilson, Marjorie; Rosenbaum, Jeffrey M.; Dunworth, Elizabeth Ann (1995) Melilitites: partial melts of the thermal boundary layer? Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 119 (2). 181-196 doi:10.1007/bf00307280
Hegner, E., & Vennemann, T. W. (1997). Role of fluids in the origin of Tertiary European intraplate volcanism: evidence from O, H, and Sr isotopes in melilitites. Geology, 25(11), 1035-1038.
Dunworth, E. A., Wilson, M. (1998) Olivine Melilitites of the SW German Tertiary Volcanic Province: Mineralogy and Petrogenesis. Journal of Petrology, 39 (10) 1805-1836 doi:10.1093/petroj/39.10.1805
Woolley, Alan R. (2019) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. Part 4: Antarctica, Asia and Europe (excluding the former USSR), Australasia and Oceanic Islands. The Geological Society of London. doi:10.1144/mpar4
 
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