Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 24807
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24807.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Feilitzsch, Hof, Franconian Forest, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kienberg Quarry

Latitude: 50°21'19"N
Longitude: 11°56'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.355277777778,11.934444444444

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.

Analcime	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Titanite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Titanite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	58101	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	58101	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	58101	2162
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	58101	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	58101	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	58101	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	58101	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	58101	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	58101	12537
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	58101	1508
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	58101	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	58101	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	58101	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	58101	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	58101	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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