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Locality Name:
Klingenthal, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 29956
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29956.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Klingenthal, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Brunndöbra
Kielberg
Mühlleithen
Muldenberg
Muldenhammer

Latitude: 50°24'34"N
Longitude: 12°27'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.409444444444,12.452777777778

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 Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H K Mo Ni O P Pb S Se Si Sn Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBismutiteCalciteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteChenevixite
ClayCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEnargiteFluoriteKaoliniteMalachite
MicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SkutteruditeSphaleriteSulphurSymplesiteTetrahedriteTopazTurquoiseVivianiteWavelliteWurtzite

52 IMA Minerals at location:
Annabergite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismutite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Florencite-(Ce)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)Liskeardite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Symplesite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Topaz  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Walpurgite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O163043445
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS263046,630489052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21630445509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O263043,63048150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)363041,63043,6304811547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1630431966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)163043716
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O163046280
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2363044,63046,630485171
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O163046194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2363044,63046,6304827198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O263044,6304677
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)216304690
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe163051281
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS163043966
Copper  (*)CopperCu1630463846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS263046,630484165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6163044310
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1630462970
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4163046910
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O163043814
Florencite-(Ce)  (*)AluniteCeAl3(PO4)2(OH)616304873
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1630442740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2263044,630469617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1630467437
Gold  (*)CopperAu16304430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3263041,6304614640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41630445591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O163046593
Liskeardite  (*)None(Al,Fe)32(AsO4)18(OH)42(H2O)22·52H2O1630465
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2263044,6304612537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2263044,630465800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216304617380
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3163043176
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O163048124
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O263046,63048428
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)163043140
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2363044,63046,6304839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2563041,63043,63044,63046,6304861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21630445614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O263046,630481153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1630436417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1630465186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16304821482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1630482045
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O16304892
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131630461803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1630461101
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2363044,63046,630481476
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O263044,63046484
Walpurgite  (*)NoneBi4O4(UO2)(AsO4)2·2H2O16305138
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O263044,63046374



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R061021Schneckenstein Cliff (Königskrone Topaz Mine), Kielberg, Klingenthal, Vogtland, Saxony, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R061021


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