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Locality Name:
Leonberg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 260791
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260791.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Leonberg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pfaffenreuth

Latitude: 49°57'27"N
Longitude: 12°20'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.9575,12.341388888889

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyrite
ChalcostibiteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeEpidoteFeldspar
GarnetGeocroniteGypsumMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileRömeriteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel
StanniteStauroliteStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteTitaniteValleriiteVivianiteVoltaiteWurtzite
Zircon

73 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)
Antimony  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Černýite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cronstedtite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Falkmanite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hocartite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Isocubanite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Kësterite  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Römerite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Stannite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)Voltaite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1587578803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3258757,587582353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51587571310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1587572734
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2158757718
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb158757363
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs158757379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1587579052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15875711547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1587571966
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11158757843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31587571089
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21587575171
Černýite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2CdSnS41587578
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O158757925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1587575707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215875727198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2158757162
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1587571025
Copper  (*)CopperCu1587573846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1587574165
Cronstedtite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)3(Si,Fe3+)2O5(OH)415875754
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3158757802
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2158757144
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21587579895
Falkmanite  (*)NonePb3Sb2S615875717
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4158757163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15875724243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S23158757133
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1587577437
Gold  (*)CopperAu15875730554
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS158757170
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1587576890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315875714640
Hocartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteAg2FeSnS415875731
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31587575433
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S3158757191
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14158757784
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S23158757105
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS415875782
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41587571507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415875714899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21587575674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O158757915
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21587575800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215875717380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O158756471
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)158757140
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]158757716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31587571425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215875739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1587571725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81587579056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215875761156
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O158757115
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21587575614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1587576417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51587571516
Silver  (*)CopperAg1587575186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15875721482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41587571934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4158757668
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)158757978
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31587573418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1587572045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131587571803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1587571101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131587575317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1587574899
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]158757237
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O158757636
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O158757111
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1587575251



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