Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 17323
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17323.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hof, Franconian Forest, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Diabase Outcrops
Feilitzsch
Gattendorf
Joditz
Silberberg Quarry
Tauperlitz
Ullitz

Latitude: 50°19'20"N
Longitude: 11°55'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.322222222222,11.918055555556

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	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Baryte	Bismutite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Skutterudite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Vivianite	Wavellite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismutite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*
Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Nacrite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Opal ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Baryte Bismutite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite Malachite None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Skutterudite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Vivianite Wavellite

40 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)	2	58101,58109	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	58101	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	3	58096,58101,58109	2162
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	58111	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	58096,58109	11547
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	58107	716
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	58101	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	58094,58096,58101,58109	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	58107	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	58096,58101,58107,58108,58109,58111	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	58111	3531
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	58107	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	58107	3846
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	58107	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	58107,58111	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	58097,58098,58101,58109	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	58107	814
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	58107,58108	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	58096,58101	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	58106,58107	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	58107,58108,58109	14640
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	58107	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	58113	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	6	58096,58101,58107,58108,58109,58111	12537
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	58101	1508
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	58107	112
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	0		229
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	58107	2994
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	2	58107,58108	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	58096,58101,58107,58108,58109	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	58107	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	58096,58097,58101,58103,58106,58107,58108,58109	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	58103	375
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	58107	312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	58101	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	58106,58107,58108	6417
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1	58107	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	58096,58101	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	58101,58109	4899
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	58103	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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