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Nephelinite from
Stolpen Castle cliff, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany


Locality type:Cliff
Classification
Type:Nephelinite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Nephelinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Stolpen Castle cliff, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1571508
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1571508:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Nephelinite
37.3km (23.2 miles) ⓘKleine Landeskrone, Löbau, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
37.4km (23.2 miles) ⓘBubenik, Löbau, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
42.9km (26.6 miles) ⓘLöbauer Berg, Löbau, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
58.6km (36.4 miles) ⓘBogatynia Volcanic Complex, Gmina Bogatynia, Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
58.8km (36.5 miles) ⓘHutberg nephelinite quarry, Ostritz, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
72.3km (44.9 miles) ⓘOsečná Complex, Osečná, Liberec District, Liberec Region, Czech Republic
75.0km (46.6 miles) ⓘŘíp Hill Volcanic Neck, Mnetěš, Litoměřice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
76.3km (47.4 miles) ⓘZgorzelec-Lubań Area, Gmina Platerówka, Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
83.0km (51.6 miles) ⓘKsięginki quarry, Lubań, Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
90.7km (56.3 miles) ⓘSlánská Hora Hill, Libovice, Kladno District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
References
Tiez, O., Büchner, J., Lapp, M., Scholle, T. (2018) The Stolpen Volcano in the Lausitz Volcanic Field (East Germany) - volcanological, petrographic and geochemical investigations at the type locality of basalt. Journal of Geosciences, 63(4), 299–315.
 
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