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Augite from
Blaue Kuppe, Eschwege, Werra-Meißner, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany


Classification
Species:Augite
Formula:(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Augite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blaue Kuppe, Eschwege, Werra-Meißner, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:178183
Long-form Identifier:1:3:178183:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Augite
40.5km (25.2 miles) ⓘHessian Depression, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
50.5km (31.4 miles) ⓘBühl, Weimar, Ahnatal, Kassel District, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
53.8km (33.4 miles) ⓘBramburg Quarry, Adelebsen, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany
61.2km (38.0 miles) ⓘWestberg Quarry, Hofgeismar, Kassel District, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
66.6km (41.4 miles) ⓘSchierenkopf basalt quarry, Wolfhagen, Kassel District, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
67.0km (41.6 miles) ⓘHoher Berg, Bühne, Borgentreich, Höxter, Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
85.8km (53.3 miles) ⓘGabbro Quarry, Radau valley, Bad Harzburg, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
86.5km (53.7 miles) ⓘHochberg quarry (Hohenberg quarry), Nieder-Ofleiden, Homberg, Vogelsbergkreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
97.0km (60.3 miles) ⓘKahlenberg quarry, Londorf, Rabenau, Giessen, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
99.8km (62.0 miles) ⓘBasalt quarry, Gonterskirchen, Laubach, Giessen, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
References
Koritnig, Sigmund (1954) Die Vorgänge bei der Kontaktbildung im Buntsandstein durch die Basalte der Blauen Kuppe und des Alpstein, Nordhessen. Heidelberger Beiträge zur Mineralogie und Petrographie, 4 (1) 89-98 doi:10.1007/bf01111148
Belendorff, Klaus (2005) Die Blaue Kuppe bei Eschwege in Hessen, ein weltberühmter Fundort [The Blaue Kuppe near Eschwege in Hesse, a world-famous site]. Mineralien Welt, 16 (4). 38-48
 
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