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Głuszyca Górna melaphyre quarry, Głuszyca Górna, Gmina Głuszyca, Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Polandi
Regional Level Types
Głuszyca Górna melaphyre quarryQuarry (Inactive)
Głuszyca GórnaVillage
Gmina GłuszycaGmina
Wałbrzych CountyCounty
Lower Silesian VoivodeshipVoivodeship
PolandCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 39' 58'' North , 16° 21' 10'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Quarry (Inactive) - last checked 2019
Age:
298.9 ± 0.15 to 271 Ma
Geologic Time:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Głuszyca Górna1,278 (2010)1.6km
Głuszyca6,897 (2010)2.7km
Heřmánkovice498 (2018)5.6km
Jedlina-Zdrój5,062 (2016)6.0km
Hynčice211 (2018)6.7km
Mindat Locality ID:
333608
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:333608:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Łomnica
Other Languages:
German:
Lomnitz / Oberwüstegiersdorf, Głuszyca Górna (Oberwüstegiersdorf), Powiat Wałbrzyski, Woiwodschaft Niederschlesien, Polen


Old abandoned and partly flooded melaphyre quarry, on the eastern slope of Ostoja (753 m) - spilitized (albite- and chlorite-rich) trachyandesites of Early Permian.
NoteIn old German scientific works, this quarry is related to Łomnica, German Lomnitz.

According to Awdankiewicz (1999), volcanic rocks from Głuszyca belong to trachyandesites of Rybnica Leśna Volcanic Association. They occur as shallow-level subvolcanic (laccolith-type) body of ca. 100 m in depth and 300m in length. The assemblage of Głuszyca trachyandesites was linked to the post-collisional (continental), extension-related magmatic activity developed within the Intra-Sudetic Basin during the climax of Variscan Orogeny.

Powolny T. et al. (2021) state: "trachyandesites ... have been strongly affected by chloritization of both aegirine and augite, combined with an occasional celadonitization of volcanic glass. Furthermore, chloritization of sodic pyroxenes must have released notable amounts of Na+, which could be involved during later pervasive albitization of primary andesine-labradorite. According to various chemical and semi-empirical thermometers, the replacive chlorites formed in the range of 124–170 °C. Trachyandesites from Głuszyca contain abundant fluorapatites, marked by the occurrence of swallow-type terminations, which are indicative of rapid-cooling formation conditions. Central AFT ages of the samples vary between 161–182 Ma and correspond to the Middle-Jurassic period. Meanwhile, these ages are significantly younger than the emplacement of igneous rocks during the Middle Rotliegendes period (~299–271 Ma). ... Chlorite were also found as vug-filling non-replacive crystals associated with celadonite mica."

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Aegirine
Formula: NaFe3+Si2O6
Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
'Apatite'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Augite
Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
References:
PALEOSTONEIdentified by Kuba Kornaga: Visual Identification
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Celadonite
Formula: K(MgFe3+◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2
'Chabazite'
'Chlorite Group'
Epidote
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Fluorapatite
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
References:
PALEOSTONEIdentified by Kuba Kornaga: Visual Identification
'Heulandite Subgroup'
Formula: (Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
'Plagioclase'
Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Agate
Formula: SiO2
References:
PALEOSTONEIdentified by Kuba Kornaga: Visual Identification
Quartz var. Amethyst
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Chalcedony
Formula: SiO2

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Quartz
var. Agate
4.DA.05SiO2
var. Amethyst4.DA.05SiO2
var. Chalcedony4.DA.05SiO2
4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Fluorapatite8.BN.05Ca5(PO4)3F
Group 9 - Silicates
Epidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Augite9.DA.15(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Aegirine9.DA.25NaFe3+Si2O6
Celadonite9.EC.15K(MgFe3+◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2
Albite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
Unclassified
'Chabazite'-
'Chlorite Group'-
'Heulandite Subgroup'-(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
'Plagioclase'-(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
'Apatite'-Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H CeladoniteK(MgFe3+◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2
H Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
H Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
H ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
O AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
O Quartz var. AgateSiO2
O AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
O Quartz var. AmethystSiO2
O Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
O BaryteBaSO4
O CalciteCaCO3
O CeladoniteK(MgFe3+◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
O HematiteFe2O3
O Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
O QuartzSiO2
O Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
O ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
FFluorine
F FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
F ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
NaSodium
Na AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Na AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Na Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
Na Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
MgMagnesium
Mg Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Mg CeladoniteK(MgFe3+◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2
AlAluminium
Al AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Al Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Al Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
Al Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
SiSilicon
Si AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Si Quartz var. AgateSiO2
Si AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Si Quartz var. AmethystSiO2
Si Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Si CeladoniteK(MgFe3+◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Si Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
PPhosphorus
P FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
P ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
SSulfur
S BaryteBaSO4
ClChlorine
Cl ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
KPotassium
K CeladoniteK(MgFe3+◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2
K Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
CaCalcium
Ca Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Ca FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
Ca Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
Ca Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Ca ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
FeIron
Fe AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Fe Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Fe CeladoniteK(MgFe3+◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2
Fe Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Fe HematiteFe2O3
BaBarium
Ba BaryteBaSO4

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C5%82uszyca_G%C3%B3rna
Wikidata ID:Q2622968

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