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

mindat Locality ID: 1767
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1767.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Epprechtstein, Kirchenlamitz, Weißenstadt, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°8'45"N
Longitude: 11°55'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.145833333333,11.922222222222

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.

Amorphous	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Beryl	Bismutite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Topaz
Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismutite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Epidote ()*	Euclase ()*	Fluor-schorl ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Phenakite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pitticite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Topaz ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
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: Al As B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti U W Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Arsenopyrite Autunite Beryl Bismutite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Mica Molybdenite
None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Topaz
Tourmaline Zircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1272
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	716
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	120
Fluor-schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	25
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	119
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	326
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	312
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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