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Locality Name:
Weiden, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 23822
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23822.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Weiden, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Oedenthal

Latitude: 49°38'35"N
Longitude: 12°14'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.643055555556,12.233888888889
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 Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAnalcimeCalciteClayClinozoisiteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGarnetGypsum
HalotrichiteMarcasiteMicaNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyritePyroxene
QuartzRockbridgeiteTitaniteVivianiteWurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Analcime  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Diopside  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Laumontite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Pickeringite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rockbridgeite  (*)Siderite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Titanite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1589048803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31589042353
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1589041627
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O158904280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15890427770
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1589041025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61589044135
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2158904271
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1589047437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31589041544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1589046890
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1589041271
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21589045674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215890417380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1589041236
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O158904265
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21589041898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215890439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81589049056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215890461156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5158904206
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1589046417
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31589041214
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1589044899
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O158904636
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS158904372


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