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Locality Name:
Lütschenbach Quarries, Lütschenbach, Malsburg, Kandern, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 232720
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232720.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lütschenbach Quarries, Lütschenbach, Malsburg, Kandern, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Am Gleichen Quarry

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteMolybdenite
NickelineNonePrehnitePumpellyitePyriteQuartzScheelite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Powellite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)Pumpellyite-(Mn2+)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1574888803
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15748827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215748827198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1574888173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21574889617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315748814640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41574885591
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21574885800
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1574882349
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)157488494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21574881898
Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2MgAl2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O157488106
Pumpellyite-(Mn2+)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Mn2+Al2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O15748815
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215748839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81574889056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215748861156



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