Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kulmbach, Franconian Forest, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 23682
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23682.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kulmbach, Franconian Forest, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Guttenberg
Kupferberg
Stadtsteinach

Latitude: 50°9'12"N
Longitude: 11°32'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.153333333333,11.547222222222

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	Analcime	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*
Titanite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Analcime Aragonite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Brookite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Titanite 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	58126	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	58131	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	58126	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	58127	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	58127	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	58127	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	58127	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	58127	5516
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	58126	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	58127,58131	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	58131	1252
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	58127	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	58127	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	58126,58127	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	58127	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	58127	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	58127	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	58126	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	58127	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	58126	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	58126	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	58126	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	58127	12537
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	58131	2349
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	58127	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	58126,58128	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	58128	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	58127	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	58126	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	58131	589
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	58126	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	58126,58131	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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