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Locality Name:
Plauen, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 22446
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22446.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plauen, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Altmannsgrün
Jocketa-Neuensalz District
Meßbach
Schloditz
Straßberg
Thiergarten

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Ni O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumFluoriteLöllingiteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
QuartzRocksaltSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelTalcTurquoiseWavellite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pecoraite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Turquoise  (*)Variscite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Willemseite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21630903092
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21631045509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16309811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)263090,6309727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2263090,6309727198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21630909617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16309024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3263090,6310314640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416310314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2263097,6310412537
Pecoraite  (*)Clay SerpentineNi3Si2O5(OH)4263093,6309740
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2263090,6310461156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2163093233
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)263097,630986417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16309021482
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O263089,63100484
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O163100301
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O263089,63101374
Willemseite  (*)Clay TalcNi3Si4O10(OH)216309715



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