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Locality Name:
Joditz, Hof, Franconian Forest, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 24216
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24216.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Joditz, Hof, Franconian Forest, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Petersgrat
Siebenhitz

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 As Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mn O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumDiaspore
FluoriteKaoliniteLepidocrociteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzRutile
SkutteruditeVivianite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Bismutite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)Nacrite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)158107716
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1581075707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2258107,5810827198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS158107966
Copper  (*)CopperCu1581073846
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16158107599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1581072970
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O158107814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2258107,581089617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)258106,581077437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3258107,5810814640
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)158107581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2258107,5810812537
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4158107112
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1581072994
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4258107,58108369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2258107,5810839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21581073106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2358106,58107,5810861156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10158107312
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)358106,58107,581086417
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3158107531



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