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Locality Name:
Jenichen Quarry (Jehnichen Quarry; Jähnichen Quarry), Königshain, Görlitz, Saxony, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 30397
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30397.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jenichen Quarry (Jehnichen Quarry; Jähnichen Quarry), Königshain, Görlitz, Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°11'33"N
Longitude: 14°50'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.1925,14.84
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 Bi C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ta Th Ti U W Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Bi C Ca Ce F Fe H K Ln Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Th Ti W Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteBastnäsiteClayColumbiteCoronaditeCorundumCristobaliteEpidoteKobellite
LillianiteMolybdeniteNoneOlivineParisiteRhabdophaneScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelStibnite
SulphurTetradymiteTridymiteZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)-β  (*)Cristobalite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fayalite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)
Ferriallanite-(Ce)  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gustavite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ikunolite  (*)
Koechlinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Parisite-(Ce)  (*)
Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)60141
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F0304
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Fergusonite-(Y)-β  (*)NoneYNbO4017
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO20453
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O160599
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O60414
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)0371
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)0551
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO40196
Ferriallanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Fe3+AlFe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)028
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S40192
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S60113
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Ikunolite  (*)TetradymiteBi4S3054
Koechlinite  (*)NoneBi2MoO6039
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O0471
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F20112
Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)RhabdophaneCe(PO4)·H2O066
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F0232
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO20458
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)0939


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