Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Rudolfstein, Weißenstadt, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 17469
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17469.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rudolfstein, Weißenstadt, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Schoberth Quarry
Uranium Deposit

Latitude: 50°4'21"N
Longitude: 11°52'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.0725,11.881388888889

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.

Acanthite	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenic	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Beryl	Brochantite	Chalcanthite
Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Chenevixite	Clay	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Feldspar
Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rhabdophane	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Topaz	Tourmaline
Zircon

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 B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Sn Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Andalusite Apatite Arsenic Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Autunite Beryl Brochantite Chalcanthite
Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Chenevixite Clay Connellite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Feldspar
Fluorite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz
Rhabdophane Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Topaz Tourmaline
Zircon

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Autunite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chenevixite ()*	Connellite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*
Euclase ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Langite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Metatorbernite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Tenorite ()*	Topaz ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Zeunerite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	58633	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	58632,58633	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	58633	2162
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	1	58633	194
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	58633	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	2	58632,58633	1272
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	58632,58633	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	58633	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	58633	1935
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	58633	1633
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	58632,58633	5171
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	58633	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	58633	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	1	58633	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	58633	27198
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	1	58633	90
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	58633	295
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	58633	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	58633	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	1	58633	144
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	1	58632	120
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	58632	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	58633	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	58633	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	58633	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	58632	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	58633	5433
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	58633	593
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	58633	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	58633	12537
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	58633	443
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	58633	182
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	58632	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	58633	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	58632,58633	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	58632,58633	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	58633	471
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	58633	492
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	1	58633	428
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	58632,58633	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	58633	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	58632,58633	61156
Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Rhabdophane	Ce(PO₄)·H₂O	1	58633	66
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	58632	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	58633	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	58632	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	58633	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	58633	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	58633	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	58633	668
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	58633	1101
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2	58632,58633	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	2	58632,58633	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	58633	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	58632	890
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	58633	185
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	58632,58633	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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