Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alt & Neu Bescheert Glück Mines (incl. Dorschenmühle), Lichtenberg Copper Mines, Lichtenberg, Bad Steben, Hof, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 16416
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16416.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alt & Neu Bescheert Glück Mines (incl. Dorschenmühle), Lichtenberg Copper Mines, Lichtenberg, Bad Steben, Hof, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°23'43"N
Longitude: 11°40'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.395277777778,11.675833333333

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bismutite	Brochantite	Brookite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Medenbachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Titanite	Vivianite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bismutoferrite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Langite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*
Neustädtelite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Preisingerite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*
Titanite ()*	Vivianite ()*

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: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bismutite Brochantite Brookite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Connellite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Medenbachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Stilpnomelane Titanite Vivianite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	716
Bismutoferrite ()*	Kaolinite	Fe³⁺₂Bi(SiO₄)₂(OH)	51
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	577
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	593
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Neustädtelite ()*	Medenbachite	Bi₂Fe³⁺(Fe³⁺,Co)₂(O,OH)₄(AsO₄)₂	17
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Preisingerite ()*	None	Bi₃O(AsO₄)₂(OH)	53
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	456
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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