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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

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 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: 
AmorphousAnalcimeApatiteApophylliteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteMicaMilariteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTitanite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
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  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1588968803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1588961627
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)158896255
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2158896606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181588964286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15889627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215889627198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81588961756
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181588961008
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1588968173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1588962740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O158896303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21588969617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15889624243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315889614640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31588965433
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1588961271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415889614899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1588964924
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O158896156
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21588965800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215889617380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1588962994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1588962349
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21588961898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215889639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81588969056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215889661156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O158896301
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15889621482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1588964899



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