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Locality Name:
Schwarzenbach An Der Saale, Münchberg Metamorphic Complex, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 72799
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-72799.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Schwarzenbach An Der Saale, Münchberg Metamorphic Complex, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Fattigau
Götzmannsgrün
Schwingen
Seulbitz
Talcum Works (Scheruhn Quarry)
Troesch Quarry

Latitude: 50°7'16"N
Longitude: 11°41'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.121111111111,11.697222222222
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: Al C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChloriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteGarnetMicaNonePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRutileSerpentineSpinelStilpnomelaneTalcTitaniteVesuvianiteZircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Almandine  (*)Calcite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Omphacite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2258196,581993419
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31581952353
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15819927770
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4158199951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81582001756
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61581994135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1581988173
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1581991487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415819914899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2258195,5819817380
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6158195229
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2158195313
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215819939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215819661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21581985614
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O258199,58200456
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2258199,582003337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O258198,581994899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21581992562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101581971395
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1581955251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1581981025


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