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Locality Name:
Münchberg Metamorphic Complex, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 22721
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22721.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Münchberg Metamorphic Complex, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 59
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 39

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Bad Berneck
Gefrees
Helmbrechts
Konradsreuth
Kupferberg
Marktleugast
Marktschorgast
Münchberg
Oberkotzau
Schwarzenbach An Der Saale
Stammbach
Wirsberg
Wölbattendorf
Zell

Latitude: 50°9'46"N
Longitude: 11°46'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.162777777778,11.775833333333

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	Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite
Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sepiolite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Talc	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wavellite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*
Andradite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*
Huntite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Millerite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Omphacite ()*	Opal ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sepiolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wavellite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Garnet Malachite Mica Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite
Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sepiolite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Stilpnomelane Talc Titanite Vesuvianite Wavellite Zircon

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	5	58191,58196,58199,58206,58214	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	58160	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	6	58160,58163,58191,58193,58206,58213	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	3	58180,58190,58195	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	58164	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	3	58173,58193,58214	1534
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	58193	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	58193,58214	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	58173,58193,58199,58214	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	58193	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	58193	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5	58173,58193,58199,58208,58214	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	3	58193,58200,58214	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	58179,58193,58206	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4	58173,58193,58199,58214	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	58193,58214	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	58173	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	7	58159,58161,58170,58179,58191,58198,58206	8173
Graphite ()*	None	C	4	58160,58177,58203,58211	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	58193	1544
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄	1	58214	69
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	58182	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	5	58160,58169,58180,58189,58205	1507
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	58193	359
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	58199,58208	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	58173,58193,58199,58208,58214	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	58173,58193,58214	12537
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	3	58173,58193,58214	1066
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	58193,58214	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	10	58159,58161,58163,58170,58184,58191,58195,58198,58206,58213	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	7	58160,58169,58180,58190,58195,58205,58210	229
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	58193	2994
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	2	58160,58195	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	58193	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	58193	495
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	58173,58193,58206,58214	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	58193,58199,58208	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	58193	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	17	58160,58163,58173,58177,58179,58182,58184,58187,58191,58193,58196,58203,58205,58206,58211,58213,58214	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	8	58159,58160,58161,58170,58172,58179,58185,58198	5614
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	3	58173,58193,58214	241
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	58193	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	58193	1934
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	2	58199,58200	456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	4	58193,58199,58200,58208	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	9	58159,58161,58170,58173,58179,58193,58198,58199,58214	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	58193,58199,58214	2562
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	58193	652
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	4	58173,58193,58197,58214	1395
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	58166	374
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	58160,58195	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	12	58159,58161,58164,58170,58177,58179,58193,58198,58203,58205,58206,58211	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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