Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Vilshofen, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 98706
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-98706.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vilshofen, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Einöd Quarry
Schweiklberg Abbey
Wimhof Quarry

Latitude: 48°38'32"N
Longitude: 13°10'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.642222222222,13.168055555556

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Beryl	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Humite	Marcasite	Mica	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Talc	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Beryl ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pargasite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vermiculite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Beryl Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Corundum Feldspar Humite Marcasite Mica Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Talc Titanite Vesuvianite Zircon

42 IMA Minerals at location:

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	58330	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	58328,58329,58330	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	58328,58330	2162
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	58330	4286
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	58328	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	58330	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	58330	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1	58330	285
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	58330	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	58330	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	58330	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	58330	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	58330	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	58330	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	58330	1188
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	58330	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	58330	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	58330	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	58330	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	58330	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	58330	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	58330	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	58328	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	58329,58330	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	58330	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	58330	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	58329,58330	2349
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	58330	313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	58330	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	58330	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	58330	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	58328,58329,58330	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	58330	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	58330	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	58330	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	58330	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	58330	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	58330	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	58330	2562
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	58330	652
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	58330	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	58330	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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