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:
Granite Quarries, Flossenbürg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 18168
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18168.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Granite Quarries, Flossenbürg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Plattenberg Quarry
Saubühl Quarry
Schlossberg Quarry

Latitude: 49°43'59"N
Longitude: 12°20'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.733055555556,12.348333333333

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.

Amorphous	Autunite	Brookite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile

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 Ca Ce Cu F H Na O P Si Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Ce Cu F H Na O P Si Ti U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Autunite Brookite Feldspar Fluorite Monazite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Autunite ()*	Brookite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Torbernite ()*

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
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	0		1272
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	0		700
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	0		945
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0		2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	58715	5614
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	0		1059

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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