Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wiesau, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 293929
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293929.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wiesau, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Triebendorf

Latitude: 49°55'28"N
Longitude: 12°10'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.924444444444,12.18

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	Natrolite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Thomsonite	Tridymite	Zircon

Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Berlinite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Enstatite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mullite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nontronite ()*	Offretite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Tridymite ()*	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: Al C Ca Cr F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Kaolinite Mica Natrolite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Thomsonite Tridymite Zircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	58911	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	58911	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	58911	2060
Berlinite ()*	Quartz	Al(PO₄)	1	58911	28
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	58911	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	58911	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	58911	951
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	58911	944
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	58911	2740
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	58911	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	58911	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	58911	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	58911	1508
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	58911	78
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	58911	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	58911	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	58911	884
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	58911	471
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	1	58911	146
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	58911	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	58911	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	58911	301
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	58911	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	58911	1516
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	58911	452
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	58911	458
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	58911	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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