Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Meißen, Saxony, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 206256
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206256.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meißen, Saxony, Germany": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Großenhain
Munzig
Scharfenberg
Taubenheim
Triebischtal

Latitude: 51°15'56"N
Longitude: 13°38'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.265555555556,13.644166666667

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.

Acanthite	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Kaňkite	Marcasite
Nickeline	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline
Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluor-schorl ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaňkite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pitticite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zýkaite ()*

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 B C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Kaňkite Marcasite
Nickeline None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Tourmaline
Wurtzite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			2	62864,62866	2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	62864	3092
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃			1	62859	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	62859,62866	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	62857,62864,62866	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			1	62864	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			3	62857,62859,62864	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	62864	9895
Fluor-schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F			0		25
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			1	62864	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	62859,62864,62866	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			1	62859	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	62859,62862	14640
Kaňkite ()*	Kaňkite	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·3.5H₂O			1	62859	38
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	62859	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	62859,62866	5674
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)			1	62859	140
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	62866	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			2	62864,62866	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			4	62857,62859,62864,62866	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			3	62857,62859,62866	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			5	62857,62858,62859,62864,62866	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	62864	1711
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	62859	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	62857,62864	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			3	62859,62864,62866	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			4	62857,62859,62864,62866	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄			1	62866	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	62864	5317
Zýkaite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(SO₄)(OH)·15H₂O	0	0	1	62859	8

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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