Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Leuchtenberg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 146082
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146082.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Leuchtenberg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hegner Quarry (1)
Michldorf
Steinach

Latitude: 49°35'52"N
Longitude: 12°16'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.597777777778,12.266944444444

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	Autunite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Topaz

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Autunite ()*	Beryl ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Torbernite ()*

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 Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Sn U W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Autunite Beryl Chalcopyrite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Natrolite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Scheelite Topaz

18 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	58760	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	58763	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	58763	1310
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	58760	1272
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	58760	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	58760	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	58760	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	58763	1008
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	58760	9617
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	58762	1271
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	58762	1236
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	58760	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	58760,58762	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	58760	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	58760	4894
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	58763	1516
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	58760	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	58760	1059

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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