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Locality Name:
Arnbruck, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 24066
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24066.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arnbruck, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Drexler Mine (Draxler Mine; Drachselsried Mine)
Eck Quarry
Poschingerhütte Quarry (Rauchloch)
Sturmgruben

Latitude: 49°8'36"N
Longitude: 13°0'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.143333333333,13.012222222222

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 B Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteApatiteBerylClayCorundumDumortieriteFeldsparMarcasiteMicaNone
PyriteQuartzTourmaline

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Dravite  (*)
Dumortierite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Hematite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)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)1582308803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5358228,58230,582311310
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181582291008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31582301797
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)158230648
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O18158228231
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1582302740
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315823014640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21582315674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1582304924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2258228,5823017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1582312349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215823139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2358228,58230,5823161156



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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