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Locality Name:
Triebendorf, Wiesau, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 283261
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283261.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Basalt Works

Latitude: 49°55'29"N
Longitude: 12°10'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.924722222222,12.180277777778

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 C Ca Cr F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteCalciteClayCorundumFeldsparKaoliniteMicaNatroliteNone
Not in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelThomsoniteTridymiteZircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Berlinite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Enstatite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mullite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nontronite  (*)Offretite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Saponite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Tridymite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1589111036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1589113250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61589112060
Berlinite  (*)QuartzAl(PO4)15891128
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15891127770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41589113902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4158911951
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6158911944
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1589112740
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315891114640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41589115591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415891114899
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1589111508
Mullite  (*)NoneAl4+2xSi2-2xO10-x (x ≈ 0.4)15891178
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215891117380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1589111236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)158911884
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O158911471
Offretite  (*)Not in a structural groupKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36·15H2O158911146
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215891139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215891161156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O158911301
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1589116417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51589111516
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O158911452
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2158911458
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1589115251



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