Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 24378
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24378.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wunsiedel, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bernstein
Göpfersgrün
Hildenbach
Holenbrunn
Katharinenberg
Schönbrunn
Sinatengrün
Wunsiedel Marble Quarries

Latitude: 50°3'25"N
Longitude: 12°2'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.056944444444,12.045277777778

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.

Acanthite	Allargentum	Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Polybasite
Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Staurolite	Talc
Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Valleriite	Vesuvianite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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: Ag Al As B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allargentum Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Polybasite
Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Staurolite Talc
Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Valleriite Vesuvianite Wurtzite Zircon

62 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gudmundite ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Miargyrite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Palygorskite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	58651	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	58651	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	58639,58641,58644,58648	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2	58637,58646	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	4	58639,58641,58644,58648	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	58651,58653	9052
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	58637	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	58637,58648	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	58637,58643,58648,58651,58653,58654,58657	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	58651	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	58643,58651	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	58651	3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	58648	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	58643	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	58643,58651	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	58651	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	58643,58651	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4	58639,58641,58644,58648	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	58637,58643,58651	9895
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	1	58651	180
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	58639,58641,58644,58648	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	58648	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	58643	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	58648,58651,58655	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	58638	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	7	58642,58643,58648,58651,58653,58654,58657	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	4	58639,58641,58644,58648	1544
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	1	58651	170
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	58651	191
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	2	58651,58655	784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	58648	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	58649	1507
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	58637	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	58643,58651	12537
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	58651	300
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	58651	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	58646	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	58648	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	58648	2349
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	3	58643,58651,58655	306
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	58651	716
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	58639,58641,58644,58648	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	58637,58642,58651,58653	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	6	58637,58651,58653,58654,58655,58657	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	58635,58637,58638,58639,58641,58643,58644,58648	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	58648	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	58637	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	58637	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	58638	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	58651	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	58643,58651	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	58648	978
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	58651	586
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	58637	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	58651	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	58651	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	58648	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	58643,58651,58655	2562
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1	58651	237
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	5	58636,58637,58644,58648,58651	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	58648	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	58641,58649	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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