Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kemnath, Tirschenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 220911
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-220911.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kemnath, Tirschenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Atzmannsberg
Waldeck
Weha
Zinster Kuppe

Latitude: 49°52'5"N
Longitude: 11°55'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.868055555556,11.930277777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Cristobalite	Diaspore
Feldspar	Harmotome	Milarite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Titanite
Tridymite

Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*
Harmotome ()*	Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Leucite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Mullite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nontronite ()*	Offretite ()*
Opal ()*	Osumilite ()*	Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Phillipsite-K ()*	Quartz ()*
Sanidine ()*	Siderite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tridymite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Clay Corundum Cristobalite Diaspore
Feldspar Harmotome Milarite None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Titanite
Tridymite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	3	58872,58874,58875	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	58876	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	58876	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	58874	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	58872,58874,58876	27770
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	58872	1008
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	2	58872,58876	453
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	58876	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	58876	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	58874	7437
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	3	58872,58874,58875	290
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	58872	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	58872,58876	5433
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	1	58876	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	58876	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	58874,58876	1508
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	58872	78
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	58876	884
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	58874	471
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	2	58870,58874	146
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	58876	2994
Osumilite ()*	Milarite	KFe₂(Al₅Si₁₀)O₃₀	1	58876	15
Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Harmotome	Ca₃(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	58872	75
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	58872	71
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	58872,58876	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	58872,58876	598
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	58874	6417
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	58876	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	58876	458

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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