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Locality Name:
Hof, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 307304
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-307304.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hof, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bad Steben
Sparneck

Latitude: 50°15'55"N
Longitude: 11°45'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.265277777778,11.751666666667

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Autunite
Baryte	Beryl	Bismutite	Brochantite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Malachite	Medenbachite	Melanterite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Titanite
Topaz	Tourmaline	Ullmannite	Vivianite	Wardite	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: Ag Al As B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Atacamite Autunite
Baryte Beryl Bismutite Brochantite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Connellite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum
Kaolinite Malachite Medenbachite Melanterite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rhabdophane Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stibnite Stilpnomelane Titanite
Topaz Tourmaline Ullmannite Vivianite Wardite Zircon

80 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*
Aurichalcite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bismutoferrite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cyrilovite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Euclase ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gorceixite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Langite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Microcline ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Morenosite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*
Neustädtelite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nontronite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Preisingerite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Titanite ()*
Topaz ()*	Torbernite ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	58555	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	58553,58555,58566	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	58555	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	58555,58566	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	58553,58555	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	58555	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	58554	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	58555	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	58555,58566	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	58554	544
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	58555	919
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	58566	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	58555,58557,58558	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	58551,58555,58561	11547
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	58566	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	58566	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	3	58555,58557,58558	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	58555	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	58555	716
Bismutoferrite ()*	Kaolinite	Fe³⁺₂Bi(SiO₄)₂(OH)	2	58555,58558	51
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	58555	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	2	58555,58566	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	58551,58553,58555,58558,58559,58561,58566	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	58566	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	58553	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	58554	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	58555,58557,58558,58559,58561	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	58555	577
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3	58555,58556,58557	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	58548	951
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	58555	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	58555	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	58555,58556	2970
Cyrilovite ()*	Wardite	NaFe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	58566	60
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	58553,58555	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	58553,58555,58566	8173
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	1	58566	120
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	58566	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	6	58555,58556,58558,58559,58561,58566	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	58551,58553,58554,58555,58561,58566	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	58555,58566	7437
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	58566	121
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	58555	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	58555	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	58553,58555,58566	14640
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	58555	593
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	58566	210
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	58555,58556,58557,58558	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	58554	770
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	58554	915
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	58555,58566	4924
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	58566	1508
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	58558	84
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	58566	17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	58566	254
Neustädtelite ()*	Medenbachite	Bi₂Fe³⁺(Fe³⁺,Co)₂(O,OH)₄(AsO₄)₂	3	58555,58557,58558	17
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	58554	633
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	58566	471
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	58566	2349
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2	58555,58557	767
Preisingerite ()*	None	Bi₃O(AsO₄)₂(OH)	2	58555,58557	53
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	2	58555,58557	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	58555,58561,58566	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	58554	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	58551,58554,58555,58557,58561,58566	61156
Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Rhabdophane	Ce(PO₄)·H₂O	1	58566	66
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	58566	312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	58566	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	58566	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	58554	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	58555,58557,58561	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	58555	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	58555,58557,58566	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	2	58553,58555	456
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	58555	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	58566	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	58566	1059
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	1	58554	293
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	58555	636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	58566	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070342	Lichtenberg, Bad Steben, Hof, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany	https://rruff.info/R070342

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

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