Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Windischeschenbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 24197
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24197.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Oberbaumühle Quarry

Latitude: 49°48'48"N
Longitude: 12°9'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.813333333333,12.150555555556

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.

Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel

Almandine ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goosecreekite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 Be C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O P S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenopyrite Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Fluorite Garnet Malachite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Spinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	58913	2353
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	58913	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	58913	4286
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	58913	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	58913	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	58913	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	58913	9617
Goosecreekite ()*	None	Ca(Si₆Al₂)O₁₆·5H₂O	1	58913	13
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	58913	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	58913	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	58913	12537
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	58913	1508
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	58913	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	58913	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	58913	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	58913	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	58913	4894
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	58913	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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