Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lam, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 98715
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-98715.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lam, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Buchet
Lambach Quarry
Schmelz

Latitude: 49°12'41"N
Longitude: 13°3'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.211388888889,13.059722222222

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.

Allargentum	Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite	Valleriite	Vivianite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Dyscrasite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Langite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Ottrélite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*
Stephanite ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay
Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Malachite Marcasite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Tetrahedrite Ullmannite Valleriite Vivianite Wurtzite

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	58754	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	58754	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	58751	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	58751	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	58751	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	58751,58754	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	58751	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	58751	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	58751,58754	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	58751	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	58754	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	58754	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	58751	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	58751	802
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	58751	9895
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	1	58751	180
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	58751	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	58751	663
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	58754	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	58751,58754	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	58751	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	58751	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	58754	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	58751	1689
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	58751	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	58754	1507
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	58751	593
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1	58751	249
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	58754	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	58751	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	58751	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	58754	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	58754	2349
Ottrélite ()*	Chloritoid	Mn²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	58752	59
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	58751	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	58751	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	58751,58752,58754	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	58751	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	58751,58754	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	58751,58752,58754	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	58751	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	58754	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	58751,58754	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	58751	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	58752	978
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	58751	586
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	1	58751	293
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1	58751	237
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	58754	636
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	58751	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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