Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Schmiedefeld Am Rennsteig, Suhl, Thuringia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 122894
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122894.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Schmiedefeld Am Rennsteig, Suhl, Thuringia, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gersheit (Gersheid)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Andalusite	Clay	Corundum	Epsomite	Lazulite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile	Sphalerite	Titanite	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 Ca Fe H K Mg O P S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H O S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Clay Corundum Epsomite Lazulite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rutile Sphalerite Titanite Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Andalusite ()*	Goslarite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	63784	1310
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		188
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	63784	5433
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	63784	232
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	63784	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	63784	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	63784	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	63784	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	63784	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	63784	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	63784	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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