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Nepheline from
Hofeberg basalt quarry, Ostritz, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
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 Hofeberg basalt quarry, Ostritz, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1697826
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1697826:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Nepheline
4.1km (2.5 miles) ⓘHutberg nephelinite quarry, Ostritz, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
6.3km (3.9 miles) ⓘNepheline basalt hill, Posada, Gmina Bogatynia, Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘPaulsdorfer Spitzberg, Reichenbach/O.L., Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
11.2km (7.0 miles) ⓘSteinberg nepheline basanite quarry, Dittelsdorf, Zittau, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
11.3km (7.0 miles) ⓘNepheline basanite quarry, Turoszów-Wieƛ, Bogatynia, Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
12.5km (7.8 miles) ⓘSteinberg basanite quarry, Dittelsdorf, Zittau, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
12.8km (8.0 miles) ⓘWittgendorf basanite quarry, Wittgendorf, Zittau, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
13.2km (8.2 miles) ⓘBogatynia Volcanic Complex, Gmina Bogatynia, Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
14.1km (8.7 miles) ⓘHutberg basalt, Herrnhut, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
15.0km (9.3 miles) ⓘGeorgenberg basalt quarry, Rosenbach, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
References
BĂŒchner, J., Tietz, O. & Heinisch, H. (2006): The Tertiary volcanic rocks of the brown coal basin of Berzdorf / Upper Lusatia (Saxony) and their siallitic weathering. – Z. geol. Wiss., 34 (3/4): 121–141, Berlin (in German).
 
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