Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Löllingite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Turquoise	Wavellite

Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pecoraite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Turquoise ()*	Variscite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Willemseite ()*

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:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Fluorite Löllingite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Turquoise Wavellite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	63090	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	63104	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	63098	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	63090,63097	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	63090,63097	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	63090	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	63090	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	63090,63103	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	63103	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	63097,63104	12537
Pecoraite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	63093,63097	40
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	63090,63104	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	1	63093	233
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	63097,63098	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	63090	21482
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	2	63089,63100	484
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	63100	301
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	2	63089,63101	374
Willemseite ()*	Clay Talc	Ni₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	63097	15

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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