Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Fichtelberg, Bayreuth, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 132205
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132205.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fichtelberg, Bayreuth, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Gleißinger Fels (Gottesgab Mine)
Mehlmeisel
Ochsenkopf

Latitude: 50°1'9"N
Longitude: 11°49'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.019166666667,11.823055555556

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.

Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Turquoise	Wavellite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gorceixite ()*	Goyazite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Turquoise ()*
Variscite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 Au Ba Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn O P S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenopyrite Baryte Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite
None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Turquoise Wavellite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	58538	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	58538,58540	11547
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	1	58540	280
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	58538	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	58538,58540	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	58538	30554
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	58540	121
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	58540	173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	58538,58540	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	58538	5591
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	58541	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	58538	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	58538	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	58538,58540	61156
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	58540	484
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	58540	301
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	58540	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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