Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Längenau, Selb, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 18100
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18100.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Längenau, Selb, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Wartberg

Latitude: 50°10'50"N
Longitude: 12°11'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.180555555556,12.188333333333

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.

Apophyllite	Calcite	Chabazite	Clay	Feldspar	Harmotome	Mica	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group
Quartz	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*
Dolomite ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Paranatrolite ()*	Phillipsite-K ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*

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 B Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Fe H K Na O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apophyllite Calcite Chabazite Clay Feldspar Harmotome Mica Natrolite None Not in a structural group
Quartz Tourmaline

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	0		2162
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	0		606
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	58608	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	58608	310
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	58608	9895
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	58608	167
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)·8H₂O	1	58608	85
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	58608	1236
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Paranatrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	58608	19
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	58608	71
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		2705

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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