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Locality Name:
Bad Steben, Hof, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 72985
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-72985.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bad Steben, Hof, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Carlsgrün
Geroldsgrün
Lichtenberg
Mordlau Iron Mines

Latitude: 50°23'25"N
Longitude: 11°38'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.390277777778,11.648055555556

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 As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAnalcimeAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteAtacamiteBaryteBismutiteBrochantite
BrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteConnelliteCopperCorundumDiaspore
EpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMedenbachiteMelanterite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSerpentineSphalerite
StibniteStilpnomelaneTitaniteUllmanniteVivianite

59 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bismutoferrite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Microcline  (*)Morenosite  (*)Neustädtelite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Preisingerite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Titanite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
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)21585553419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)258553,585558803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1585551627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21585552162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3258553,585551534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21585553092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O158554445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1585553250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1585559052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3158554544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6158555919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2358555,58557,585585509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)358551,58555,5856111547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi358555,58557,585581966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31585551935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)158555716
Bismutoferrite  (*)KaoliniteFe3+2Bi(SiO4)2(OH)258555,5855851
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61585551633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2158555700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)658551,58553,58555,58558,58559,5856127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1585534979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1585545707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2558555,58557,58558,58559,5856127198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8158555577
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O358555,58556,585573531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4158548951
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O158555295
Copper  (*)CopperCu1585553846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O258555,585562970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6258553,585554135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)258553,585558173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2558555,58556,58558,58559,585619617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS558551,58553,58554,58555,5856124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1585557437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31585551544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1585556890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3258553,5855514640
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O158555593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2458555,58556,58557,5855812537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)158554770
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O158554915
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1585554924
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O15855884
Neustädtelite  (*)MedenbachiteBi2Fe3+(Fe3+,Co)2(O,OH)4(AsO4)2358555,58557,5855817
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs158554633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS258555,58557767
Preisingerite  (*)NoneBi3O(AsO4)2(OH)258555,5855753
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4258555,58557369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2258555,5856139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21585543106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2558551,58554,58555,58557,5856161156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1585541153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)358555,58557,585616417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1585555186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS258555,5855721482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O258553,58555456
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1585554899
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS158554293
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O158555636



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070342Lichtenberg, Bad Steben, Hof, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R070342


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