Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Roßbach, Wald, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 282866
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282866.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Roßbach, Wald, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Himmelleiten Quarry

Latitude: 49°8'45"N
Longitude: 12°19'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.145833333333,12.332777777778

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Apophyllite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Milarite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cordierite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Milarite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Titanite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Apatite Apophyllite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica Milarite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	58896	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	58896	1627
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	1	58896	255
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	58896	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	58896	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	58896	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	58896	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	58896	1756
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	58896	1008
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	58896	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	58896	2740
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	58896	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	58896	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	58896	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	58896	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	58896	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	58896	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	58896	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	58896	4924
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	1	58896	156
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	58896	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	58896	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	58896	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	58896	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	58896	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	58896	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	58896	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	58896	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	58896	301
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	58896	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	58896	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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