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Chromite from
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Chromite
Formula:Fe2+Cr23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:181428
Long-form Identifier:1:3:181428:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite
46.3km (28.8 miles) ⓘSimmern meteorite, Simmern, Simmern-Rheinböllen, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
63.9km (39.7 miles) ⓘBitburg meteorite, Albacher Mühle, Bitburg, Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
73.5km (45.7 miles) ⓘVereinigung Mine, Eisenbach, Selters, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
75.7km (47.1 miles) ⓘBreitscheid meteorite, Breitscheid, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
79.9km (49.6 miles) ⓘHerzogenhügel, Ternell, Eupen, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
93.7km (58.2 miles) ⓘFleußmühler Bach alluvials, Kohlfurth, Solingen-Mitte, Solingen, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
95.3km (59.2 miles) ⓘLayer 148, Consthum quarry, Consthum, Parc Hosingen, Canton Clervaux, Luxembourg
97.6km (60.6 miles) ⓘScheiden Quarry, Losheim am See, Merzig-Wadern, Saarland, Germany
References
Blaß, Günter; Graf, Hans-Werner (1994) Neufunde von bekannten Fundorten (X) [New discoveries from known sites (X)]. Mineralien-Welt, 5 (2). 43-47
 
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