Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Oelsnitz, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 265847
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265847.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oelsnitz, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Deutschlandschacht Mine
Karl Liebknecht Shaft

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Atacamite	Beryl	Corundum	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Oxalate	Pyrite	Spinel	Sulphur

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 Cl Cu Fe H Mg N O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Atacamite Beryl Corundum Gypsum None Not in a structural group Oxalate Pyrite Spinel Sulphur

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Indialite ()*	Lesukite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mullite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Salammoniac ()*	Sulphur ()*	Whewellite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	63175	1588
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	63175	544
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	63175	504
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	63175	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	63175	14640
Indialite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₃(AlSi₅)O₁₈	1	63175	24
Lesukite ()*	None	Al₂(OH)₅Cl·2H₂O	1	63175	10
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	63175	14899
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	63175	78
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	63175	39462
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	1	63175	105
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	63175	2045
Whewellite ()*	Oxalate	Ca(C₂O₄)·H₂O	1	63176	66

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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