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Locality Name:
Granite Quarries, Flossenbürg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 18168
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18168.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Granite Quarries, Flossenbürg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Plattenberg Quarry
Saubühl Quarry
Schlossberg Quarry

Latitude: 49°43'59"N
Longitude: 12°20'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.733055555556,12.348333333333

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 Ca Ce Cu F H Na O P Si Ti U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Ce Cu F H Na O P Si Ti U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAutuniteBrookiteFeldsparFluoriteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRutile

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Autunite  (*)Brookite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Opal  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO20700
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21587155614
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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