Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kalkhaus Quarry, Dechantsees, Marktredwitz, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 14979
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14979.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kalkhaus Quarry, Dechantsees, Marktredwitz, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°56'28"N
Longitude: 12°0'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.941111111111,12.010555555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Bournonite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Azurite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Stibnite ()*
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Bournonite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	232
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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