Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Limbach-Oberfrohna, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 229809
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229809.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Limbach-Oberfrohna, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Pegmatite Occurrences
Wolkenburg Cu-Pb-Ag Mining District

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.

Allophane	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Feldspar	Linarite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrochlore
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline

Amblygonite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bismite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cordierite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dravite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fluor-elbaite ()*
Fluor-schorl ()*	Galena ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Olenite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rossmanite ()*
Schorl ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Witherite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Bournonite Calcite Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Feldspar Linarite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrochlore
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	1	63166	244
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	63166	1310
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	63167	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	63167	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	63167,63169	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	63167	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	63167	450
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	1	63167	214
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	63167	1089
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	63167	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	63167	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	63167	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	63167	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	63167	3531
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	63166	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	63167	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	63167	2970
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	63166	648
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	63165,63166	520
Fluor-elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	1	63166	31
Fluor-schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	1	63166	25
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	63167	24243
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	63167	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	63167	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	63166	17380
Olenite ()*	Tourmaline	NaAl₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃O₃(OH)	1	63166	24
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	63166	2349
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	63167	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	63166,63167	61156
Rossmanite ()*	Tourmaline	(Al₂Li)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	63166	37
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	63165,63166	2705
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	63167	2473
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	63167	5317
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	1	63167	251
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	63167	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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