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Locality Name:
Fürstenzeche (Oswald Mine), Buchet, Lam, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 98716
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-98716.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fürstenzeche (Oswald Mine), Buchet, Lam, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°12'27"N
Longitude: 13°3'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.2075,13.064444444444

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllargentumAllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteCubanite
FluoriteGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteUllmanniteValleriiteWurtzite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Langite  (*)
Linnaeite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stephanite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S30802
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)0180
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S120663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S40249
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS0293
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]0237
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655



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