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Locality Name:
Nitzlbuch (Nitzelbuch), Auerbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 233867
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233867.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nitzlbuch (Nitzelbuch), Auerbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Maffei Mine (Nitzelbuch Mine)
Minister Falk Mine

Latitude: 49°40'45"N
Longitude: 11°38'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.679166666667,11.648888888889
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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Sr Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBerauniteCalciteDiasporeDufréniteGypsumNonePhosphosideritePyriteRockbridgeite
RutileVivianiteWavellite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Cacoxenite  (*)Churchite-(Y)  (*)Crandallite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Eleonorite  (*)
Frondelite  (*)Goethite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Siderite  (*)Strengite  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Variscite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O158679280
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O15867970
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6158679310
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O158679139
Eleonorite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O15867951
Frondelite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Mn2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)515867952
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1586797437
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O158679182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215867939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21586793106
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1586791711
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5158679206
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1586796417
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O158679263
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O158679433
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O158679301
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O158679636
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O158679374


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