Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Bärnau, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 286830
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286830.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ahornberg

Latitude: 49°51'0"N
Longitude: 12°27'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.85,12.451388888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Clay	Corundum	Dufrénite	Dumortierite	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rockbridgeite	Rutile	Sphalerite	Staurolite	Tourmaline	Triplite	Vivianite	Wurtzite
Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Dufrénite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Graphite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Triplite ()*
Vivianite ()*	Wurtzite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zwieselite ()*

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 B C Ca F Fe H K Mn Na O P S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Corundum Dufrénite Dumortierite Feldspar Garnet Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rockbridgeite Rutile Sphalerite Staurolite Tourmaline Triplite Vivianite Wurtzite
Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	58697	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	58697	2162
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	58697	139
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1	58697	231
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	58697	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	58697	5433
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	58697	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	58697	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	58697	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	58697	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	58697	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	58697	61156
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	1	58697	206
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	58697	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	58697	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	58697	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	58697	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	58697	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	58697	978
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	1	58697	233
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	58697	636
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	58697	372
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	58697	5251
Zwieselite ()*	Triplite	Fe²⁺₂(PO₄)F	1	58697	47

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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