Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Greiz, Thuringia, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 608
Youngest recorded age at locality: 346

mindat Locality ID: 23635
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23635.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Greiz, Thuringia, Germany": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Kleinreinsdorf
Mohlsdorf
Neumühle
Sorge-Settendorf Mine
Weida

Latitude: 50°43'42"N
Longitude: 12°11'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.728333333333,12.191944444444

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite
Baryte	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Symplesite	Tetrahedrite	Zinkenite
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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Autunite
Baryte Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Hexahydrite Kaolinite Linarite Malachite
Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Symplesite Tetrahedrite Zinkenite
Zircon

82 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Alacránite ()*	Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Anglesite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epsomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Langite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mercury ()*	Metastibnite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Opal ()*	Pararealgar ()*
Pargasite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Semseyite ()*	Senarmontite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silvialite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Symplesite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Valentinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
Zinkenite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	63633	2793
Alacránite ()*	Not in a structural group	As₈S₉			1	63633	18
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	63636	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O			1	63636	470
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	608	346	1	63627	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	63636	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	63636	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	608	346	2	63627,63636	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	608	346	1	63627	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			1	63633	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	63633,63636	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	608	346	2	63627,63636	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	608	346	3	63622,63625,63627	450
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	63633	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	608	346	2	63622,63627	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	608	346	2	63622,63627	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	608	346	2	63627,63636	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	608	346	4	63627,63628,63633,63636	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	608	346	1	63627	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	63636	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	63633,63636	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	608	346	4	63627,63628,63633,63636	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	608	346	1	63627	577
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	608	346	3	63625,63627,63636	2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	63636	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	608	346	2	63627,63636	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	608	346	2	63627,63636	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	608	346	2	63627,63636	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	63636	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	608	346	3	63627,63633,63636	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	63636	484
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	63636	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	608	346	2	63627,63633	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	608	346	3	63622,63625,63627	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	63633,63636	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	608	346	1	63627	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	608	346	2	63627,63636	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	63633,63636	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	63636	251
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	608	346	3	63622,63625,63627	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	608	346	1	63627	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	608	346	1	63627	5591
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	608	346	1	63627	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	608	346	1	63627	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	63633,63636	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	608	346	4	63627,63629,63633,63636	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	608	346	3	63627,63633,63636	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			1	63625	397
Metastibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	608	346	1	63627	87
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	63633	443
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	608	346	1	63627	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	608	346	2	63627,63636	17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	63636	254
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	63636	2994
Pararealgar ()*	None	As₄S₄			1	63633	57
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	63636	313
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	608	346	1	63627	428
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	63636	2273
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	608	346	1	63627	309
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄			1	63629	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	608	346	4	63625,63627,63633,63636	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	608	346	1	63627	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	63636	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	608	346	4	63622,63627,63628,63636	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	63633	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	608	346	1	63627	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	63636	598
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	608	346	1	63627	165
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃	608	346	1	63627	179
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	608	346	3	63627,63633,63636	6417
Silvialite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(SO₄)			1	63636	3
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	608	346	3	63627,63633,63636	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	608	346	3	63622,63625,63627	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	608	346	3	63622,63625,63627	3418
Symplesite ()*	Symplesite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	608	346	1	63627	92
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	608	346	2	63627,63636	5317
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	63629	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	63633	2718
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	608	346	1	63627	369
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	608	346	1	63627	1655
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	608	346	2	63622,63627	228
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	608	346	2	63627,63633	5251

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00497	376	346	361	U-Th-Pb									Mo, Cu	166608	Neumühle, Greiz, Thuringia, Germany	Neumühle	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440
	Mo-00498	608	520	564	U-Pb									Mo, Cu	166608	Neumühle, Greiz, Thuringia, Germany	Neumühle	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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