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


mindat Locality ID: 280136
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280136.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Marble Quarry

Latitude: 50°3'17"N
Longitude: 12°2'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.054722222222,12.043055555556
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAllophaneAmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovellite
CubaniteMalachiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPalygorskitePolybasitePyriteRocksalt
SphaleriteTetrahedriteValleriiteVesuvianiteWurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)
Isocubanite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Malachite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Palygorskite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Valleriite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1586512793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21586513419
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1586519052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15865127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1586515707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215865127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1586513531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1586514165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3158651802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1586512970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21586519895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)158651180
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15865124243
Graphite  (*)NoneC1586512812
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS158651170
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S3158651191
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14158651784
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215865112537
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2158651300
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21586515800
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O158651306
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]158651716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215865139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81586519056
Silver  (*)CopperAg1586515186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15865121482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4158651586
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1586511101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131586515317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21586512562
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]158651237
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101586511395


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