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Locality Name:
Saunstein, Schönberg, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 283334
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283334.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saunstein, Schönberg, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gneiss Quarry

Latitude: 48°51'19"N
Longitude: 13°19'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.855277777778,13.331666666667
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 S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNonePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
SpinelTitaniteVesuvianiteWollastoniteZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Bavenite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Titanite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)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)1582978803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31582971534
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1582973250
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)158297255
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181582974286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15829727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215829727198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81582971756
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61582974135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1582978173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21582979617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315829714640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415829714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215829712537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21582975800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215829717380
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21582971898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215829739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215829761156
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1582974899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101582971395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31582971247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1582975251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1582971025


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