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Locality Name:
Siebenhitz, Joditz, Hof, Franconian Forest, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 17316
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17316.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Siebenhitz, Joditz, Hof, Franconian Forest, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
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Latitude: 50°21'29"N
Longitude: 11°50'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.358055555556,11.834444444444

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 Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mn O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Bi C Co Cu Fe H K Mn O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumDiaspore
FluoriteKaoliniteLepidocrociteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzRutile
SkutteruditeVivianite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Bismutite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)Nacrite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215810827198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O160599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O0814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21581089617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315810814640
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215810812537
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40112
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4158108369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215810839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215810861156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O100312
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1581086417
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs30531



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