| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Rondorfite |
| Formula: | Ca8Mg(SiO4)4Cl2 |
| Habit: | minute grains to 0.5 mm across |
| Colour: | orange brown |
| Luminescent properties: | none |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Valid - Type Locality |
| Associated Minerals: |
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| Associates: | Chlormayenite
Cuspidine
Ellestadite
Ettringite
Hematite
Hydrocalumite
Larnite
Magnetite
Portlandite
Quartz
Ternesite
Thaumasite
Tobermorite
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| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Ellestadite | 4 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Rondorfite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (10 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 222997 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:222997:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Localities for Rondorfite in this Region |
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| Xenolith CS-033, Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
| Xenolith CS-036 (Vondechenite-bearing xenolith), Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
| References |
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Mihajlović, Tamara, Lengauer, Christian L., Ntaflos, Theodoros, Kolitsch, Uwe, Tillmanns, Ekkehart (2004) Two new minerals, rondorfite, Ca8Mg[SiO4]4Cl2, and almarudite, K(□,Na)2(Mn,Fe,Mg)2(Be,Al)3[Si12O30], and a study of iron-rich wadalite, Ca12[(Al8Si4Fe2)O32]Cl6, from the Bellerberg (Bellberg) volcano, Eifel, Germany. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, 179 (3). 265-294 doi:10.1127/0077-7757/2004/0179-0265 |
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Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany