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Locality Name:
Schneckenstein Cliff (Königskrone Topaz Mine), Kielberg, Klingenthal, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 1787
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1787.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Schneckenstein Cliff (Königskrone Topaz Mine), Kielberg, Klingenthal, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°24'48"N
Longitude: 12°27'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.413333333333,12.451111111111
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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H Mo O P S Si Sn Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cu F Fe H Mo O P S Si Sn Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteChalcopyriteClayCopperFluoriteKaoliniteMalachiteMolybdeniteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileTopazTurquoiseWavellite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Crandallite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Topaz  (*)
Turquoise  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O077
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60310
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F201476
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O0484
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O0374


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R061021Schneckenstein Cliff (Königskrone Topaz Mine), Kielberg, Klingenthal, Vogtland, Saxony, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R061021

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