Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Basalt Works, Triebendorf, Wiesau, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 17016
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17016.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Basalt Works, Triebendorf, Wiesau, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°55'30"N
Longitude: 12°10'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.925,12.180555555556

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	Natrolite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Thomsonite	Tridymite	Zircon

Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Berlinite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Enstatite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mullite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nontronite ()*	Offretite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Tridymite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Cr F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Kaolinite Mica Natrolite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Thomsonite Tridymite Zircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Berlinite ()*	Quartz	Al(PO₄)	28
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	78
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	471
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	146
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	301
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	458
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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