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


mindat Locality ID: 291284
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-291284.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Culmitzsch, Berga/Elster, Weida, Greiz, Thuringia, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mücke Mine (Culmitzsch Mine)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: 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: 
AcanthiteAutuniteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumDiasporeFluoriteMalachiteMarcasiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteSphaleriteSpinelZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alacránite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Pararealgar  (*)Pyrite  (*)Realgar  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1636332793
Alacránite  (*)Not in a structural groupAs8S916363318
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1636331272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21636335509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41636335516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16363327770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1636335707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216363327198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21636339895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21636339617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1636337437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316363314640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416363314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216363312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21636335674
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O163633443
Pararealgar  (*)NoneAs4S416363357
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216363339462
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS163633712
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1636336417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16363321482
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21636332718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1636335251



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