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Plagioclase from
Hessian Depression, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany


Locality type:Depression
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hessian Depression, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1382280
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1382280:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Plagioclase
14.9km (9.3 miles) ⓘBühl, Weimar, Ahnatal, Kassel District, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
27.2km (16.9 miles) ⓘBransrode Quarry, Weißenbach, Großalmerode, Werra-Meißner, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
27.9km (17.3 miles) ⓘKalbe, Schwalbenthal, Meißner, Werra-Meißner, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
45.3km (28.2 miles) ⓘBramburg Quarry, Adelebsen, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany
50.5km (31.4 miles) ⓘPeckelsheim meteorite, Peckelsheim, Willebadessen, Höxter, Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
74.3km (46.2 miles) ⓘKahlenberg quarry, Londorf, Rabenau, Giessen, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
88.9km (55.3 miles) ⓘBarntrup meteorite, Barntrup, Lippe, Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
99.2km (61.6 miles) ⓘHuneberg Quarry, Harz (Landkreis Goslar), Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
References
Oehm, J., Schneider, A., Wedepohl, K. H. (1983) Upper mantle rocks from basalts of the northern Hessian depression (NW Germany). TMPM Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 32 (1). 25-48 doi:10.1007/bf01081543
Wedepohl, K. H. (1983). Die chemische Zusammensetzung der basaltischen Gesteine der nördlichen Hessischen Senke und ihrer Umgebung. Geologisches Jahrbuch Hessen, 111, 261-302.
Mengel, K., Kramm, U., Wedepohl, K. H., Gohn, E. (1984) Sr isotopes in peridotite xenoliths and their basaltic host rocks from the northern Hessian Depression (NW Germany) Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 87 (4) 369-375 doi:10.1007/bf00381293
Wedepohl, K. Hans (1985) Origin of the Tertiary basaltic volcanism in the northern Hessian Depression. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 89 (2) 122-143 doi:10.1007/bf00379448
Harmon, R. S., Hoefs, J., Wedepohl, K. H. (1987) Stable isotope (O, H, S) relationships in Tertiary basalts and their mantle xenoliths from the Northern Hessian Depression, W.-Germany. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 95 (3) 350-369 doi:10.1007/bf00371849
Hartmann, Gerald; Wedepohl, K. Hans (1990) Metasomatically altered peridotite xenoliths from the Hessian depression (Northwest Germany). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 54 (1). 71-86 doi:10.1016/0016-7037(90)90196-r
Kramm, Ulrich, Wedepohl, K. Hans (1990) Tertiary basalts and peridotite xenoliths from the Hessian Depression (NW Germany), reflecting mantle compositions low in radiogenic Nd and Sr. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 106 (1) 1-8 doi:10.1007/bf00306404
 
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