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Locality Name:
Auerbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 24287
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24287.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Auerbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Leonie I Mine (Leonie Mine; Alte Leonie Mine)
Nitzlbuch (Nitzelbuch)
Schleichershof

Latitude: 49°41'22"N
Longitude: 11°38'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.689444444444,11.640555555556
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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousBaryteBerauniteCalciteChloriteClayCoronaditeDiasporeDufrénite
GypsumKaoliniteNonePhosphosideritePyriteQuartzRockbridgeiteRutileVivianiteWavellite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Beraunite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chamosite  (*)
Churchite-(Y)  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)
Eleonorite  (*)Frondelite  (*)Goethite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Opal  (*)
Phosphosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rockbridgeite  (*)Siderite  (*)Strengite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Variscite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15867711547
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O158677136
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O258677,58679280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)80577
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O258677,5867970
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6258677,58679310
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O160599
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O258677,58679139
Eleonorite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O15867951
Frondelite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Mn2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5258677,5867952
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)258677,586797437
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1586772994
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O158679182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215867939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21586793106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)258677,586791711
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5258677,58679206
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)258677,586796417
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O258677,58679263
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O158679433
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O158679301
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O258677,58679636
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O258677,58679374


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