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Locality Name:
Pleystein, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 17126
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17126.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pleystein, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Burkhardsrieth
Gsteinach
Kreuzberg (Rose Quartz Cliff)
Trutzhofmühle

Latitude: 49°38'22"N
Longitude: 12°25'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.639444444444,12.419166666667
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: Al As B Ba Bi Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Sc Si Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousApatiteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteArthuriteAutuniteBaryteBeraunite
CalcioferriteChalcopyriteChildreniteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
DufréniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumHopeiteJahnsiteKaoliniteLaueite
LazuliteLeucophosphiteMeta-autuniteMicaMonaziteNolaniteNoneOlivineParahopeitePaulkerrite
PharmacosideritePhosphofibritePhosphosideritePyritePyroxeneQuartzReddingiteRockbridgeiteRutileScheelite
SphaleriteStrunziteTourmalineTripliteTurquoiseVesuvianiteVivianiteWagneriteWavelliteWollastonite
Zircon

89 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Barbosalite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Benyacarite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)
Carlhintzeite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Cheralite  (*)Childrenite  (*)
Churchite-(Y)  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Diadochite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dravite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ferrihydrite  (*)Ferrolaueite  (*)Fluellite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Frondelite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gordonite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Heterosite  (*)Hopeite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Keckite  (*)Kolbeckite  (*)Laueite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)
Meta-autunite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Meurigite-K  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Morinite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pachnolite  (*)Parahopeite  (*)Petitjeanite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phosphoferrite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrope  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schoonerite  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strengite  (*)
Strunzite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Triplite  (*)Triploidite  (*)
Turquoise  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Waylandite  (*)Whitmoreite  (*)Wolfeite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Xanthoxenite  (*)
Zaïrite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)Zwieselite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)258802,588058803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1588049052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O258804,588051272
Barbosalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)215880443
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)258804,5880511547
Benyacarite  (*)Paulkerrite(H2O)2Mn2Ti2Fe3+(PO4)4(OF)(H2O)10·4H2O1588048
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O258804,58805136
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3158804214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1588041966
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O258804,58805280
Carlhintzeite  (*)NoneCa2AlF7·H2O1588048
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2258804,5880527198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O15880477
Cheralite  (*)MonaziteCaTh(PO4)215880550
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O15880593
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O15880570
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1588031025
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6258804,58805518
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1588044165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16158804599
Diadochite  (*)AmorphousFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O15880581
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61588034135
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)158805648
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O158804139
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O158805128
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1588038173
Ferrihydrite  (*)NolaniteFe3+10O14(OH)215880586
Ferrolaueite  (*)LaueiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O1588055
Fluellite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O15880440
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F258804,588052740
Frondelite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Mn2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)515880452
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1588057437
Gordonite  (*)LaueiteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O15880518
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31588031544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1588046890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3258804,5880514640
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)158804204
Hopeite  (*)HopeiteZn3(PO4)2·4H2O15880429
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3258804,588055433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41588045591
Keckite  (*)JahnsiteCaMn(Fe3+,Mn)2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)3·7H2O15880510
Kolbeckite  (*)PhosphosideriteSc(PO4)·2H2O15880526
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O15880570
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2158805232
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O158804110
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O158804388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O158804443
Meurigite-K  (*)PhosphofibriteKFe3+8(PO4)6(OH)7·6.5H2O15880421
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O158805129
Morinite  (*)NoneNaCa2Al2(PO4)2(OH)F4·2H2O15880422
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2358802,58804,5880517380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)258802,588042349
Pachnolite  (*)NoneNaCaAlF6·H2O15880418
Parahopeite  (*)ParahopeiteZn3(PO4)2·4H2O15880411
Petitjeanite  (*)NoneBi3O(PO4)2(OH)15880415
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O158804428
Phosphoferrite  (*)ReddingiteFe2+3(PO4)2·3H2O15880531
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O158804182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2258804,5880539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21588043106
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3158805341
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2458802,58803,58804,5880561156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5258804,58805206
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21588055614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1588034894
Schoonerite  (*)CalcioferriteZnMn2+Fe2+2Fe3+(PO4)3(OH)2(H2O)7·2H2O15880413
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1588052705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31588051214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS258804,5880521482
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O258804,58805263
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O258804,5880598
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O258804,588051059
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)158804313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F158805233
Triploidite  (*)WagneriteMn2+2(PO4)(OH)15880529
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O158804484
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21588052718
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101588031395
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O258804,58805636
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O258804,58805374
Waylandite  (*)AluniteBiAl3(PO4)2(OH)615880431
Whitmoreite  (*)ArthuriteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O258804,5880536
Wolfeite  (*)WagneriteFe2+2(PO4)(OH)258804,5880543
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31588031247
Xanthoxenite  (*)NoneCa4Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·3H2O15880429
Zaïrite  (*)AluniteBiFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)61588044
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1588045251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1588031025
Zwieselite  (*)TripliteFe2+2(PO4)F15880447


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R040177Pleystein, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R040177

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