Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Berga/Elster, Weida, Greiz, Thuringia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 291283
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-291283.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Berga/Elster, Weida, Greiz, Thuringia, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Culmitzsch
Mohlsdorf-Teichwolframsdorf

Latitude: 50°44'55"N
Longitude: 12°9'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.748611111111,12.161388888889

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.

Acanthite	Autunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite	Marcasite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Alacránite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Metatorbernite ()*	Pararealgar ()*	Pyrite ()*	Realgar ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zircon ()*

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: Ag As C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O P S Si U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Autunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Malachite Marcasite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	63633	2793
Alacránite ()*	Not in a structural group	As₈S₉	1	63633	18
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	63633	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	63633	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	63633	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	63633	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	63633	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	63633	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	63633	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	63633	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	63633	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	63633	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	63633	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	63633	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	63633	5674
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	63633	443
Pararealgar ()*	None	As₄S₄	1	63633	57
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	63633	39462
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	63633	712
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	63633	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	63633	21482
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	63633	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	63633	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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