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Locality Name:
Hildenbach, Wunsiedel, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 278811
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278811.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hildenbach, Wunsiedel, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hildenbühl (Feuerberg)

Latitude: 50°2'21"N
Longitude: 11°57'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.039166666667,11.951666666667
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 Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparGarnetNonePrehnitePyroxeneQuartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Grossular  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Quartz  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1586418803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31586411534
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61586414135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1586418173
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31586411544
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21586411898
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215864161156
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1586411025


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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