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Locality Name:
Limbach, Reichenbach, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 283581
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283581.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Limbach, Reichenbach, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Reimersgrün Quarry

Latitude: 50°32'29"N
Longitude: 12°10'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.541388888889,12.173055555556
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 As B C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteAxiniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparLöllingiteLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteMillerite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePerovskitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
SerpentineSkutteruditeSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTalcTetrahedriteUllmanniteVivianite

47 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)
Arsenolite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gratonite  (*)Hematite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Millerite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pecoraite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Violarite  (*)Willemseite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21631083419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1631088803
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O163108445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1631083250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs163108379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3163108231
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2163108260
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21631085509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61631081633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16310827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1631084979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1631085707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216310827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1631083531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1631082970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61631084135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21631089895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1631088173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O163108814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16310824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1631087437
Gratonite  (*)NonePb9As4S1516310824
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316310814640
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)163108581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216310812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21631085674
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As8163108161
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1631081066
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1631081508
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs163108633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3163108176
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1631082349
Pecoraite  (*)Clay SerpentineNi3Si2O5(OH)416310840
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81631081512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216310839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216310861156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2163108233
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2163108317
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3163108179
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16310821482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)163108446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31631083418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131631081803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131631085317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS163108293
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4163108380
Willemseite  (*)Clay TalcNi3Si4O10(OH)216310815


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