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Locality Name:
Bad Reichenhall, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 131587
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131587.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bad Reichenhall, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Berchtesgaden
Inzell

Latitude: 47°41'26"N
Longitude: 12°51'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.690555555556,12.858333333333

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: C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAragoniteAtacamiteCalciteCorundumDescloiziteEpsomiteFluoriteGypsumMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelSulphur
TridymiteVivianiteWurtzite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Glauberite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ice  (*)
Ilsemannite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Polyhalite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Salammoniac  (*)
Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1584691588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21584723092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1584723250
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3158469544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6158477919
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15847727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1584774979
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)258471,58477378
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21584779895
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O158469484
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21584699617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS358469,58471,5847724243
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)2158469137
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS158477717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O358469,58471,584726890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1584691398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315846914640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1584771689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6258471,584771066
Ice  (*)Amorphous TridymiteH2O15847459
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)158477123
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1584691487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415846914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215846912537
Polyhalite  (*)NoneK2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O158469102
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2258469,5847239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21584723106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2258469,5847261156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1584721711
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl158469105
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1584696417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1584772473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS258471,5847721482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1584692045
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O158472636
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41584771655



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