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Locality Name:
Lichtenberg Open Cast, Ronneburg U Deposit, Gera, Thuringia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 13506
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13506.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lichtenberg Open Cast, Ronneburg U Deposit, Gera, Thuringia, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°51'20"N
Longitude: 12°9'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.855555555556,12.165833333333
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 C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Hg I K Mg N Na Ni O P S Se Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Hg I K Mg N Na Ni O P S Se Si U V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumAluniteAragoniteAubertiteAutuniteBotryogenChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCompreignaciteCopiapite
CoquimbiteCorundumCovelliteEpsomiteGypsumHalotrichiteHexahydriteKieseriteMelanteriteMetavoltine
NatroautuniteNoneNot in a structural groupOxalatePicromeritePyriteQuartzRömeriteStarkeyiteSulphur
VivianiteVolborthiteVoltaiteWavelliteZippeite

58 IMA Minerals at location:
Alum-(K)  (*)Aluminocopiapite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Bayleyite  (*)Botryogen  (*)Boussingaultite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcomenite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Coccinite  (*)Compreignacite  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Crandallite  (*)Dypingite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)
Huntite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Klockmannite  (*)Koktaite  (*)Magnesiocopiapite  (*)
Magnesiozippeite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)Nesquehonite  (*)Paracoquimbite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhomboclase  (*)
Römerite  (*)Rosickýite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Selenium  (*)Slavíkite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Trögerite  (*)Variscite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)Volborthite  (*)Voltaite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Whewellite  (*)
Wilcoxite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alum-(K)  (*)AlumKAl(SO4)2·12H2O092
Aluminocopiapite  (*)Copiapite(Al,Mg)Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH,O)2·20H2O050
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O0272
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O0445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Bayleyite  (*)NoneMg2(UO2)(CO3)3·18H2O038
Botryogen  (*)BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O045
Boussingaultite  (*)Picromerite(NH4)2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O030
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcomenite  (*)NoneCu(Se4+O3)·2H2O040
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Coccinite  (*)NoneHgI203
Compreignacite  (*)CompreignaciteK2(UO2)6O4(OH)6·7H2O027
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O0136
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60310
Dypingite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O050
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O0484
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O0814
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O0107
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O0409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O0251
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O0103
Huntite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaMg3(CO3)4069
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Klockmannite  (*)CovelliteCu5.2Se6063
Koktaite  (*)None(NH4)2Ca(SO4)2·H2O012
Magnesiocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteMgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O054
Magnesiozippeite  (*)ZippeiteMg(UO2)2(SO4)O2·3.5H2O00014
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O078
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O080
Paracoquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteFe3+4(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O030
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O0309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhomboclase  (*)Not in a structural group(H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O053
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O0115
Rosickýite  (*)NoneS022
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O0293
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe0143
Slavíkite  (*)Not in a structural group(H3O)3Mg6Fe15(SO4)21(OH)18·98H2O044
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O0139
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059
Trögerite  (*)Natroautunite(H3O)(UO2)(AsO4)·3H2O022
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O0301
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O0155
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O0111
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O0374
Whewellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·H2O066
Wilcoxite  (*)AubertiteMgAl(SO4)2F·17H2O011
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O095
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O0185


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