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Locality Name:
Arnsdorf-Melaune Quarry, Döbschütz, Weißenberg, Bautzen, Saxony, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 263429
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-263429.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arnsdorf-Melaune Quarry, Döbschütz, Weißenberg, Bautzen, Saxony, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Krobnitz Quarry
Melaune Quarry
Neuland Quarry

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Be Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O Pb S Sc Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBerylClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCoronaditeCorundumEpidoteGarnetMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteTridymiteZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Annite  (*)Bazzite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Epidote  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)
Galena  (*)Grunerite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Rutile  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tridymite  (*)Trilithionite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31619552353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21619552162
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2161954356
Bazzite  (*)BerylBe3(Sc,Fe3+,Mg)2Si6O18·Na0.32·nH2O16195551
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2161955606
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6161955518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6261953,61955289
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16261953,61955599
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1619558173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6261953,61955414
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS261953,6195524243
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2161954223
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316195314640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31619555433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4261953,6195414899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216195439462
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21619555614
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3261953,619551214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS261953,6195521482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1619554899
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2261953,61954458
Trilithionite  (*)MicaKLi1.5Al1.5(Si3Al)O10F216195528
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)261953,619555251


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