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Locality Name:
Waldmünchen, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 98733
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-98733.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waldmünchen, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Althütte
Herzogau

Latitude: 49°20'48"N
Longitude: 12°43'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.346666666667,12.727777777778
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 As B C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteApatiteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteCalciteChloriteClayCorundumFeldsparLazulite
LeucophosphiteMicaNonePhosphosideritePyriteQuartzRockbridgeiteRutileStrunziteTourmaline
TripliteZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Barbosalite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Corundum  (*)Ferrostrunzite  (*)Fluellite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Leucophosphite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Strengite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zwieselite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)258899,589018803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51589011310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1588999052
Barbosalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)215889943
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O158899280
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81589011756
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31589011797
Ferrostrunzite  (*)StrunziteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O15889919
Fluellite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O15889940
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F258899,589012740
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O158899110
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O158899129
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2258899,5890117380
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O158899182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2258899,5890139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2258899,5890161156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5158899206
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21589015614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1588992705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1588991153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1588996417
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O158899263
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1589015251
Zwieselite  (*)TripliteFe2+2(PO4)F15889947


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