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Locality Name:
Marble Quarry, Sinatengrün, Wunsiedel, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 14926
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14926.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 50°3'18"N
Longitude: 12°2'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.055,12.043055555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag Al As C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAllophaneAmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovellite
CubaniteMalachiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPalygorskitePolybasitePyriteRocksalt
SphaleriteTetrahedriteValleriiteVesuvianiteWurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)
Isocubanite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Malachite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Palygorskite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Valleriite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S30802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)0180
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS0170
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S30191
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S140784
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS20300
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O0306
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]0237
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395


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