Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Weißenstein, Stammbach, Münchberg Metamorphic Complex, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 72795
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-72795.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Weißenstein, Stammbach, Münchberg Metamorphic Complex, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Eclogite Outcrops
Pegmatite Outcrops

Latitude: 50°7'53"N
Longitude: 11°41'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.131388888889,11.685

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.

Amphibole	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyroxene
Quartz

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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Mica None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyroxene
Quartz

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Epidote ()*	Kyanite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Zoisite ()*

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	58206	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	58206	8803
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	58206	1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	58206	8173
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	58205	1507
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	58206	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	58205	229
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	58206	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	58205,58206	61156
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	58205,58206	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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