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Locality Name:
Selb, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 24137
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24137.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Selb, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Goldberg-Dürrloh Area
Häusellohe
Längenau
Papiermühle
Schönwald

Latitude: 50°10'28"N
Longitude: 12°7'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.174444444444,12.124722222222

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 Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApophylliteBerylCalciteChabaziteClayCorundumFeldsparHarmotomeMicaNatrolite
NoneNot in a structural groupQuartzTourmaline

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chabazite-Ca  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fichtelite  (*)Gonnardite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Paranatrolite  (*)Phillipsite-K  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)258605,586078803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2258607,586112162
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2158607606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181586094286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15860827770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O158608310
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21586089895
Fichtelite  (*)NoneC19H341586064
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O158608167
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315860514640
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O15860885
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31586115433
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2358605,58607,5860917380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1586081236
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)258607,586092349
Paranatrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O15860819
Phillipsite-K  (*)HarmotomeK6(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O15860871
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2458605,58607,58609,5861161156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)258607,586092705



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