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Locality Name:
Kielberg, Klingenthal, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 194971
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194971.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kielberg, Klingenthal, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Maischacht Mine
Schneckenstein Cliff (Königskrone Topaz Mine)

Latitude: 50°24'34"N
Longitude: 12°27'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.409444444444,12.453055555556
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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mo Ni O P S Si Sn Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteArsenicBaryteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCopper
FluoriteKaoliniteMalachiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePharmacosideritePyriteQuartz
RutileSkutteruditeTopazTurquoiseVivianiteWavellite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Annabergite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Crandallite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Pitticite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Turquoise  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O163043445
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21630445509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O163043150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16304311547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1630431966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)163043716
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21630445171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216304427198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O16304477
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS163043966
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6163044310
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O163043814
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1630442740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21630449617
Gold  (*)CopperAu16304430554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41630445591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216304412537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21630445800
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3163043176
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)163043140
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216304439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2263043,6304461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21630445614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1630436417
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21630441476
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O163044484
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O163044374


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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