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:
Marktschorgast, Münchberg Metamorphic Complex, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 25890
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25890.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marktschorgast, Münchberg Metamorphic Complex, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Amphibolite Quarry
Falls (Railway Bend)
Höflas
Ziegenburg

Latitude: 50°5'45"N
Longitude: 11°39'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.095833333333,11.659444444444

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.

Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rutile	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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz
Rutile Titanite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Titanite ()*
Zoisite ()*

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	58180	2353
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	58179	1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	58179	8173
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	58182	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	58180	1507
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	58184	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	58180	229
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	58179,58182,58184	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	58179,58185	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	58179	4899
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	58179	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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