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Locality Name:
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 304630
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-304630.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Königstein
Neustadt In Sachsen
Sebnitz
Wilsdruff

Latitude: 50°59'21"N
Longitude: 14°9'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.989166666667,14.155555555556
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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicBaryteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFluoriteMeloniteNickelineNone
PentlanditePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSchoepiteSphaleriteSpinelStilpnomelaneTetradymite
ZippeiteZircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coffinite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Fourmarierite  (*)Froodite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Melonite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
Tsumoite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Zippeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe363014,63016,63017489
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16301211547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1630161966
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2363014,63016,6301727198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O163012566
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31630201797
Fourmarierite  (*)SchoepitePb1-xO3-2x(UO2)4(OH)4+2x·4H2O16301261
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi216301662
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16302324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu16301430554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te263014,63016804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3263014,630165433
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2163014207
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2163014155
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8263014,630171512
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]163023716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2263012,6302339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8363014,63016,630179056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2363014,63017,6302361156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1630235186
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2163014337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16302321482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41630201934
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4163023586
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O163014456
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe363014,63016,63017100
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21630122718
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)4163012175


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