Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Arzberg, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 307305
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-307305.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arzberg, Wunsiedel In Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Arzberg Iron Mines

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beraunite	Brochantite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copiapite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Lepidocrocite	Malachite
Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Vivianite	Wurtzite

Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beraunite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copiapite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Todorokite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vivianite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beraunite Brochantite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Copiapite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Lepidocrocite Malachite
Marcasite Melanterite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Sulphur Vivianite Wurtzite

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	58572	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	58572	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	58572	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	58572	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	58572	11547
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	1	58572	136
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	58572	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	58572	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	58572	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	58572	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	58572	382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	58572	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	58572	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	58572	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	58572	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	58572	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	58572	2812
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	58572	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	58572	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	58572	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	58572	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	58572	2228
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	58572	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	58572	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	58572	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	58572	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	58572	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	58572	2994
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	1	58572	428
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	58572	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	58572	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	58572	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	58572	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	58572	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	58572	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	58572	1711
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	58572	312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	58572	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	58572	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	58572	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	58572	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	58572	2045
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	58572	433
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	58572	2562
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	58572	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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