Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Göpfersgrün, Wunsiedel, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 132215
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132215.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Göpfersgrün, Wunsiedel, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Johannes Mine
Ludwig Mine
Otterbühl

Latitude: 50°3'58"N
Longitude: 12°4'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.066111111111,12.077777777778

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	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scheelite	Talc	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*
Grossular ()*	Magnesite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Talc ()*
Vesuvianite ()*

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 B Be C Ca F Fe H Mg Na O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Beryl Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Scheelite Talc Tourmaline Vesuvianite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	58639	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	58637	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	58639	1534
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	58637	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	58637	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	58637	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	58639	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	58637	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	58639	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	58638	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	58639	1544
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	58637	1487
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	58639	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	58637	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	58637	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	58637,58638,58639	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	58637	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	58637	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	58638	6417
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	58637	3337
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	58637	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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