Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Großer Waldstein, Weißenstadt, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 22956
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22956.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Großer Waldstein, Weißenstadt, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Grasyma Quarry
Streuspitz

Latitude: 50°7'37"N
Longitude: 11°51'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.126944444444,11.863888888889

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	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Bismutite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar
Fluorite	Lepidocrocite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Parisite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Euclase ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Topaz ()*
Uranophane-α ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Bi C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Arsenopyrite Autunite Bismutite Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar
Fluorite Lepidocrocite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Parisite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stibnite Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	58622	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	58622	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	58622	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	58622	1272
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	58622	606
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	58622	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	58622	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	58622	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	58622	5171
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	1	58622	120
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	58622	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	58622	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	58622	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	58622	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	58622	14640
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	58622	581
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	58622	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	58622	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	58622	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	58622	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	58622	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	58622	2349
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	1	58622	112
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	58622	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	58622	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	58622	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	58622	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	58622	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	58622	21482
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	58622	1476
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	58622	890
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	58622	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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