Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Himmelleiten Quarry, Roßbach, Wald, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 98728
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-98728.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Himmelleiten Quarry, Roßbach, Wald, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°8'46"N
Longitude: 12°19'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.146111111111,12.332777777778

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Apophyllite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Milarite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cordierite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Milarite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Titanite ()*

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 Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Apatite Apophyllite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica Milarite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	255
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1008
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	156
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	301
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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