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Roter Berg phonolite, Herrnhut, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germanyi
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Roter Berg phonoliteExposure
HerrnhutDistrict Municipality
Görlitz DistrictDistrict
SaxonyState
GermanyCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
51° 0' 13'' North , 14° 46' 45'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
51.00363,14.77927
GeoHash:
G#: u34d0kcvt
GRN:
N35E07
Type:
Exposure
Age:
66.0 to 2.588 Ma
Geologic Time:
Phanerozoic : Paleogene to Neogene
Köppen climate type:
Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Großhennersdorf1,539 (2015)2.1km
Herrnhut2,830 (2015)2.8km
Strahwalde828 (2015)4.8km
Bernstadt4,046 (2018)5.9km
Schlegel1,115 (2015)7.4km
Mindat Locality ID:
452902
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:452902:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Berthelsdorf /Herrnhut


Rother Berg 332,5 Berthelsdorf /Herrnhut is a biotite granite hill with tertiary volcanism seriesn, consists of basalt and separatly phonolite.


The volcanic body belong to the Central European Volcanic Province (CEVP)
consists of phonolite (by R. Reinisch (1922).

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References

Reinisch R. (1922) - Geologische Karte von Sachsen, Nr. 72 Blatt Löbau - Herrnhut; Leitung F. Kossmat, Geologische Aufnahme Th. Siegert 1892, geologische Bearbeitung 1922, II. AuflageLeipzig [Neue Nummer 5954].
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