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Locality Name:
Plößberg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 22039
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22039.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Beidl Pegmatite
Plößberg-Wildenau Pegmatite
Pointholz

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 B Be Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Ti U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenopyriteAutuniteBerauniteBerylClayCorundumFeldsparFluoriteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPaulkerritePhosphosideritePyriteQuartzReddingiteRockbridgeiteStrunziteTourmaline
TripliteZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Paulkerrite  (*)
Phosphosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Reddingite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Strengite  (*)Strunzite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zwieselite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1588089052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O258807,588081272
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O158808136
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18258807,588084286
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O158808280
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31588091797
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1588082740
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215880817380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1588082349
Paulkerrite  (*)PaulkerriteKMg2TiFe3+2(PO4)4(OH)3·15H2O1588086
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O158808182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215880839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215880861156
Reddingite  (*)ReddingiteMn2+3(PO4)2·3H2O15880824
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5158808206
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1588072705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1588081153
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51588091516
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O158808263
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O15880898
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21588082718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1588085251
Zwieselite  (*)TripliteFe2+2(PO4)F15880847


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