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Locality Name:
Eck, Arrach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 284660
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284660.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Stanzen Quarry

Latitude: 49°9'57"N
Longitude: 12°59'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.165833333333,12.995833333333

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 F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Ti U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteApatiteAutuniteCalciteClayCorundumFeldsparGarnetMicaNickeline
NonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileTitaniteVesuvianiteWollastonite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Autunite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Spessartine  (*)Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1586758803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31586752353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51586751310
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1586751272
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15867527770
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61586754135
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1586752740
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31586755433
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1586754924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215867517380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1586752349
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21586752273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215867539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81586759056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215867561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21586755614
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31586751214
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1586754899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101586751395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31586751247



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