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Montmorillonite from
Großer Dolmar, Kühndorf, Dolmar-Salzbrücke, Schmalkalden-Meiningen District, Thuringia, Germany


Classification
Species:Montmorillonite
Formula:(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Montmorillonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Großer Dolmar, Kühndorf, Dolmar-Salzbrücke, Schmalkalden-Meiningen District, Thuringia, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:636443
Long-form Identifier:1:3:636443:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Montmorillonite
39.6km (24.6 miles) ⓘPhonolite quarry, Rupsroth, Hilders, Fulda, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
50.4km (31.3 miles) ⓘZeilberg Quarry, Maroldsweisach, Haßberge District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
81.3km (50.5 miles) ⓘHerbstein basalt quarry (Schrimpf basalt quarry), Herbstein, Vogelsbergkreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
91.3km (56.7 miles) ⓘMondschein quarry, Rhünda, Felsberg, Schwalm-Eder, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
94.8km (58.9 miles) ⓘBonacker quarry, Gedern, Wetteraukreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
98.3km (61.1 miles) ⓘBasalt quarry Breitenborn, Wächtersbach, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
References
Schüller, A. (1953) Eine natürliche Mineralsynthese von Montmorillonit im Nephelinbasalt des Großen Dolmar bei Meiningen (Rhön). Heidelberger Beiträge zur Mineralogie und Petrographie, 3 (6). 472-494 doi:10.1007/bf01129199
 
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