Schäferite

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Vertumnite

Bellerberg, FOV 0.87mm, found by Bernd Ternes Ca4Al4Si4O6(OH)24 · 3H2O

Hiortdahlite

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Jarosite on Phlogopite

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Wakefieldite-(La)

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Vivianite

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Friedrichbeckeite

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Wöhlerit with Lavenit epitaxial

Dellen, Laacher See Area

Cuprorivait Nickenich

Bildbreite 0.21mm

Mendingit at Magnetit

Columbite-Fe

Laacher See area, found by Bernd Ternes

Monticellite

Bellerberg, found by Bernd Ternes

Zirconium tree very small

Zirconium Zr[SiO₄] Tetragonal prismatic crystals mostly brownish or yellow often at Laacher See tephra. I am fascinated since years about the twins in forms of graceful white trees but very very small.

Pseudobrookit

Pseudobrookite Fe₂TiO₅ Common mineral in most sanidine inclusions but very rare in this cluster forms, found at Wannenköpfe but have in mind also the fantastic yellow brushes from Niveligsberg see pictures in Willi Schüller’s and Bernd Engelhaupt book „Mineral Reich Eifel“© copyright by Christan Weise Verlag GmbH, München

Jeremejevite

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Chrom-Diopsid

Diopside

Mica blue very rare

Muscovite KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 Monoklin potassium mica in quartz paragenese. But also very rare blue crystals in chisel-shape form found at Wannenköpfe by Manfred Hermes and also Fred Kruijen,

Monazit 4 Namen HD1280

Jeremejevite blue

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Dolomite

Dolomite nice color

Brenkite

Brenkite Schellkopf

Jeremejevite blue

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Fergusonite

Fergusonite-Ce (Ce,La,Nd)NbO4 Very small octaedric crystals in dark olive green color in xenolithes of Laacher See Vulcano. Rare specimen only with sharp surfaces. Diffucult for good photos.

Britholithe-Ce

Britholithe-Ce (Ce,Ca)5(SiO4)3OH Hexagonal crystals, not further analyzed for Ce-/La-/Y-content of Laacher See area. Nice light rosa and also clear white crystals I found myself. For more info see „Aufschluss 04/2018 – About Dawsanite, Britholithe etc. in Laacher See xenoliths of Cristof J. & Helmut Schäfer ©VFMG all rights 2018.

Britolith-Ce

Britholhite (Ce,Ca)5(SiO4)3OH Hexagonal crystals, not further analyzed for Ce-/La-/Y-content of Laacher See area. Nice light rosa and also clear white crystals I found myself. For more info see „Aufschluss 04/2018 – About Dawsanite, Britholithe etc. in Laacher See xenoliths of Cristof J. & Helmut Schäfer ©VFMG all rights 2018.

Wilhendersonit

Wilhendersonite KCa[Al3Si3O12] · 5H2O