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Locality Name:
Lohberg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 260817
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260817.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lohberg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lohberghütte
Schwarzeck

Latitude: 49°9'8"N
Longitude: 13°4'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.152222222222,13.073888888889
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 B Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteApatiteClayCorundumFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMarcasiteMicaNone
OlivinePyriteQuartzTourmalineTriplite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Corundum  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)Triphylite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Zwieselite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)258766,587688803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31587662353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51587681310
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31587681797
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F258766,587682740
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21587685674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2258766,5876817380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)258766,587682349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215876839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2258766,5876861156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1587662705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31587681214
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)158766313
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21587662718
Zwieselite  (*)TripliteFe2+2(PO4)F15876647


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