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Nepheline from
Zeughaus Dike, Sebnitz, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany


Locality type:Dike
Classification
Species:Nepheline
Formula:Na3K(Al4Si4O16)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Nepheline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Zeughaus Dike, Sebnitz, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1383485
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1383485:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Nepheline
18.2km (11.3 miles) ⓘSonneberg basalt quarry, Neusalza-Spremberg, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
18.7km (11.6 miles) ⓘBuchberg basalt quarry, Neusalza-Spremberg, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
19.2km (12.0 miles) ⓘJedlka, Malá Veleň, Děčín District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
20.7km (12.8 miles) ⓘWacheberg basalt quarry, Neusalza-Spremberg, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
22.4km (13.9 miles) ⓘFinkenberg, Seifhennersdorf, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
23.1km (14.4 miles) ⓘŠpičák, Varnsdorf, Děčín District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
23.5km (14.6 miles) ⓘKuhberg basalt quarry, Beiersdorf, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
25.7km (16.0 miles) ⓘHänschberg basalt, Kottmar, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
27.2km (16.9 miles) ⓘRoztoky Intrusive Centre, Roztoky, Povrly, Ústí nad Labem District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
27.2km (16.9 miles) ⓘUnnamed hill, Heřmanice, Žandov, Česká Lípa District, Liberec Region, Czech Republic
References
Pfeiffer, L. (1994). Der tertiäre Magmatismus im Erzgebirge und in den benachbarten Gebieten der Tschechischen Republik. Beih. Eur. J. Mineral, 6(23), 179-228.
Seifert, W. (1994). Zur Mineralchemie des Polzenites vom Zeughausgangzug im Elbsandsteingebirge. Abhandlungen des staatlichen Museums für Mineralogie und Geologie, Dresden, 40, 99-106.
Seifert, W., & Thomas, R. (1995). Silicate-carbonate immiscibility: a melt inclusion study of olivine melilitite and wehrlite xenoliths in tephrite from the Elbe Zone, Germany. Chemie der Erde, 55, 263-280.
 
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