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Locality Name:
Thiemendorf, Görlitz, Saxony, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 30925
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30925.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Thiemendorf, Görlitz, Saxony, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
A4 Highway Tunnel
Quarry 500 M N Of The Western Portal Of The A4 Highway Tunnel
Quarry At The Western Portal Of The A4 Highway Tunnel
Schoorstein Quarry

Latitude: 51°12'55"N
Longitude: 14°49'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.215277777778,14.821111111111

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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sc Si Ta Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteArsenicBerylBismutiteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCoronaditeCorundum
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGypsumMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural group
ParisitePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteThortveititeTitanite
TridymiteZircon

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Annite  (*)Bazzite  (*)
Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Churchite-(Y)  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Cosalite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Epidote  (*)
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Ferberite  (*)Ferriallanite-(Ce)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gladite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hingganite-(Y)  (*)Ixiolite  (*)Koechlinite  (*)
Lindströmite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Matildite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Thorite  (*)Thortveitite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Yttrotantalite-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
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)6162834141
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3162834315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1628348803
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2162834356
Bazzite  (*)BerylBe3(Sc,Fe3+,Mg)2Si6O18·Na0.32·nH2O16283451
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2162834606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181628344286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1628341966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31628341935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)162834716
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O16283470
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6262834,62837518
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5162834344
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16262834,62837599
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1628348173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6262834,62837414
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)162834551
Ferriallanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Fe3+AlFe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)16283628
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21628349617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16283424243
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S916283467
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316283414640
Hingganite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteBeY(SiO4)(OH)16283455
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O2262834,62835148
Koechlinite  (*)NoneBi2MoO616283439
Lindströmite  (*)MeneghinitePb3Cu3Bi7S1516283438
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416283414899
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2162834252
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21628345800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216283417380
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F2162834112
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216283439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216283461156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1628344894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16283421482
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F162834232
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1628341006
Thortveitite  (*)ThortveititeSc2Si2O716283454
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1628344899
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2162834458
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41628341655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)162834939
Yttrotantalite-(Y)  (*)Columbite(Y,U,Fe2+)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)416283451
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1628345251



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