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Locality Name:
Callenberg, Glauchau, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 26567
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26567.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Callenberg, Glauchau, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Callenberg North Open Cut (No. 1)
Callenberg North Open Cut (No. 2)
Callenberg South Open Cut (No. 1)
Callenberg South Open Cut (No. 2)

Latitude: 50°51'15"N
Longitude: 12°40'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.854166666667,12.671666666667

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: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si Sr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBaryteBruciteClayCoronaditeCorundumDiaspore
DundasiteFornaciteKaoliniteMicaMonaziteNonePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSerpentine
Smectite-vermiculiteSpinelTalc

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Anthophyllite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Brucite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Crocoite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Embreyite  (*)
Fornacite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gorceixite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Népouite  (*)Petterdite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Phoenicochroite  (*)
Plumbogummite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Talc  (*)Todorokite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vauquelinite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)20718
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1631463250
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7163145450
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)20462
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1631454979
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16163145227
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)16314581
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O160599
Embreyite  (*)NonePb5(CrO4)2(PO4)2·H2O1631455
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)16314585
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16314524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6163145121
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O40407
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41631455591
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O40229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4263147,6314814899
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1631451107
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1631451508
Népouite  (*)Serpentine ClayNi3Si2O5(OH)416314666
Petterdite  (*)DundasitePbCr2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O1631452
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Phoenicochroite  (*)NonePb2O(CrO4)16314535
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6163145170
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1631451725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2263145,6314861156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10163146312
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2263147,631483337
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O0433
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl163145605
Vauquelinite  (*)NoneCuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)16314563
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O0652



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