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Kirchberg bei Niederrotweil, Kaiserstuhl, Baden (Germany) 
At the Kirchberg is an abandoned  quarry located, just south of Niederrotweil,  which worked in a Hauyne-Phonolite- intrusion. It was closed about at 1970 and is now natural reserve area. It was famous to local collectors for (rare) Hauyne, Apophyllite, Hyalite, Melanite crystals, Natrolite and Calcite. 
Minerals at
Kirchberg:

Apophyllite
Calcite
Hauyne
Hyalite
Melanite
Natrolite
and  ??

 Hauyn
Home Rare blue Hauyne from Kirchberg-Quarry. Field of view about 12 mm.

Apophyllit apophyllit2

Top: Apophyllite on Natrolite. Field of view about 18 mm. Specimen of 5x9 cm with old label from about prior to 1920.
See:http://mineralogicalrecord.com/labels.asp?colid=544
 Label_Stürz
Left: 7 mm long crystal of Apophyllite on Natrolite.
Natrolith
 		Hyalit
Top: Hyalite with Calcite. Field of view about 15 mm.
Left :Natrolite, specimen of  30x40 mm, collected by Klaus Petitjean, 1987
Melanit1 Melanit:stufe
Melanite-crystals. Detail of the specimen at left. Field of view  about 6 mm. Melanite, 30x40 mm specimen. Collected by Klaus Petitjean, 1987.

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