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Locality Name:
Schnellbach, Floh-Seligenthal, Thuringia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 279239
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279239.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Schnellbach, Floh-Seligenthal, Thuringia, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Nesselgrund Quarry

Latitude: 50°45'56"N
Longitude: 10°31'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.765555555556,10.526111111111
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: Al B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApophylliteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparGadolinite
HarmotomeMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePumpellyitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodonite
RocksaltSphaleriteStilbite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anorthite  (*)Azurite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Datolite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Galena  (*)Harmotome  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1635848803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1635841627
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1635841036
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21635845509
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)163584161
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16358427770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1635845707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216358427198
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)163584498
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1635841027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61635844135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1635848173
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O163584303
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16358424243
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O163584290
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316358414640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31635845433
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216358412537
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21635841898
Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Fe2+Al2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH,O)2·H2O16358430
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216358439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216358461156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16358421482
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O163584268


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