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Locality Name:
Hirschberg, Vogtland, Thuringia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 1906
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1906.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hirschberg, Vogtland, Thuringia, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Sparnberg
Ullersreuth

Latitude: 50°25'18"N
Longitude: 11°48'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.421666666667,11.811111111111

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 As Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Fe O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteArsenicBerauniteBismutiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopper
CovelliteCyanotrichiteDiasporeDufréniteEpidoteGarnetKaoliniteMalachiteMixiteNone
Not in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRutileScheeliteStibniteTurquoiseVesuvianiteWavellite

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Beyerite  (*)
Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bismutoferrite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chalcosiderite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinobisvanite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Epidote  (*)Goethite  (*)
Langite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mixite  (*)
Mogánite  (*)Mrázekite  (*)Namibite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Preisingerite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pucherite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Strengite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31637991534
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21638015509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O163802150
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O263801,63802136
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)216380196
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3163801214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1638011966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31638011935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)163801716
Bismutoferrite  (*)KaoliniteFe3+2Bi(SiO4)2(OH)16380151
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61638011633
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O163802280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16379927770
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O16380188
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216380127198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O16380177
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O263799,638013531
Clinobisvanite  (*)NoneBi(VO4)16380136
Copper  (*)CopperCu1638013846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1638014165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1638012970
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16163801300
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O263801,63802139
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1637998173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)263801,638027437
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O163801593
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)163801234
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)2163801210
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2263799,6380112537
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O163801168
Mogánite  (*)NoneSiO2·nH2O16380143
Mrázekite  (*)NoneBi2Cu3(PO4)2O2(OH)2·2H2O16380111
Namibite  (*)NoneCu(BiO)2(VO4)(OH)16380124
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O163801309
Preisingerite  (*)NoneBi3O(AsO4)2(OH)16380153
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4163801369
Pucherite  (*)ScheeliteBi(VO4)16380153
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2263801,6380239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21638013106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2263799,6380161156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O263801,63802263
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101637991395
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O163802374



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