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Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Erzgebirge, Sachsen, Deutschland

The Erzgebirge, literally translated, are the "Ore Mountains," in allusion to the concentration of mineral wealth discovered here in early times.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Abernathyite
Acanthite
Actinolite
Adamite
var: Cobaltoan Adamite
Aerugite (TL)
'Agardite'
Agardite-(Ce)
Aikinite
Alabandite
Albite
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
Allanite-(Y)
Allargentum
'Allemontite'
Allophane
var: Cupro-Allophane
Almandine
Amblygonite
Ammoniojarosite ?
'Amphibole Group'
Analcime
Anapaite
Anatase
Andalusite
Andorite
Andradite
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Annabergite (TL)
Anorthite
Anthophyllite
Antigorite
Antlerite
'Apatite'
'var: Pseudoapatite'
'Apophyllite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Aragonite
Argentopyrite
Argentotennantite
Argyrodite (TL)
Argyropyrite
Arrojadite-(KFe)
Arsenbrackebuschite
Arsenic
Arseniosiderite
Arsenocrandallite
Arsenogorceixite
Arsenolamprite (TL)
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
Asbolane
Asselbornite (TL)
Atacamite
Atelestite (TL)
Augite
Aurichalcite
Austinite
Autunite
'Axinite'
Azurite
Bariopharmacosiderite
Barium-Alumopharmacosiderite
Baryte
Barytocalcite
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Bayldonite
Becquerelite
Beraunite
Bergenite
Berlinite
Berthierite
Bertrandite
Beryl
Berzelianite
β-Roselite (TL)
Betpakdalite-CaCa
Beudantite
Beyerite (TL)
Bieberite
Biotite
Birnessite ?
Bismite
Bismuth (TL)
Bismuthinite
Bismutite (TL)
Bismutoferrite (TL)
Bohdanowiczite
Böhmite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Brandtite ?
Braunite
Breithauptite
Brendelite (TL)
Brianyoungite
Brochantite
Bromargyrite
Brookite
Brushite
Bukovite
Bukovskýite
Bunsenite (TL)
Cacoxenite
Calciopetersite
Calcite
var: Cobaltoan Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
Caledonite
Canfieldite
Carminite
Cassiterite
Cattierite
Celestine
Cerite-(Ce)
Cerussite
Cervantite
'Chabazite'
Chalcanthite
Chalcoalumite
Chalcocite
Chalconatronite
Chalcophanite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcosiderite
Chamosite
Chapmanite
Chenevixite
Chernikovite
Childrenite
Chlorapatite
Chlorargyrite (TL)
var: Bromian Chlorargyrite
var: Iodian Bromian Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chloritoid
'Chlorotile (of Frenzel)'
Chrysocolla
'Chrysoprase'
Chrysotile
Churchite-(Y)
Cinnabar
Claudetite
Clausthalite
'Clay'
Clinochlore
Clinoclase
Clinohumite
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Clinosafflorite
Clinozoisite
Cobaltaustinite
Cobaltite
Cobaltkoritnigite (TL)
Cobaltlotharmeyerite (TL)
Cobaltneustädtelite (TL)
Cobalttsumcorite (TL)
Coffinite
Columbite
Columbite-(Fe)
Conichalcite
Connellite
Copper
Cordierite
Corkite
Cornubite
Cornwallite
Corundum
Cosalite
Covellite
Cryptomelane
Cubanite
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite
var: Tile ore ?
Cuprosklodowskite
Cuprotungstite
Curite
Cyanotrichite
Datolite
Descloizite
Devilline
Dewindtite
Diadochite
Diamond
Diaphorite (TL)
Dickite
Diopside
Dioptase
Djurleite
Dolomite
Dravite
Dreyerite
Duftite
Dussertite
Dyscrasite
Elbaite
Emplectite (TL)
Enargite
Enstatite
var: Bronzite
Eosphorite
Epidote
Epistilbite
Epsomite
Erythrite (TL)
Eskebornite
Ettringite
Eucairite
Eulytine (TL)
Famatinite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferberite
Ferrihydrite
Ferrilotharmeyerite
Ferrimolybdite
Ferripyrophyllite (TL)
Ferrisymplesite
Ferro-Actinolite
Ferroselite
Fluellite
Fluocerite-(Ce)
Fluorapatite (TL)
var: Mn-bearing Fluorapatite
Fluorite (TL)
var: Stink-fluss
Fluor-schorl (TL)
Forsterite
Fourmarierite
Freibergite (TL)
Freieslebenite (TL)
Fritzscheite (TL)
Fülöppite
Galena
var: Argentiferous Galena
Galenobismutite
'Ganomatite'
'Garnet'
Geminite
Gersdorffite
Gibbsite
Giraudite
Goethite
Gold
Gorceixite
Goslarite
Goyazite
Graphite
Greenockite
Greifensteinite (TL)
Grossular
var: Hessonite
Guérinite (TL)
'Gummite'
Gustavite
Gypsum
Haidingerite
Hakite
Halloysite
Halotrichite
Hammarite
Harmotome
Hausmannite
Hedenbergite
Heinrichite
Helvite (TL)
Hematite
var: Martite
Hemimorphite
Herderite (TL)
Hessite
Heterogenite (TL)
Heteromorphite
Hexahydrite
Hidalgoite
Hinsdalite
Hisingerite
Hollandite
'Hornblende'
Hörnesite
Hübnerite
Hydroniumjarosite
Hydrotalcite ?
Hydrowoodwardite (TL)
Hydroxylapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite
Hydrozincite
Illite
Ilmenite
Ilsemannite
Ilvaite
Iodargyrite
Isokite
Jadeite
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Johannite
Jolliffeite
Jordisite (TL)
Julgoldite-(Fe2+)
Kaatialaite
Kahlerite
Kaňkite
Kaolinite
Kermesite (TL)
Kesterite
Kettnerite
'K Feldspar'
'var: Adularia'
Kintoreite
Klockmannite
Koechlinite (TL)
Kolbeckite (TL)
Köttigite (TL)
Ktenasite
Kutnohorite
Kyanite
Lacroixite (TL)
Langite
Lautite (TL)
Lavendulan
Leadhillite
Lepidocrocite
Lepidolite
Libethenite
Liebigite
Limonite
Linarite
Lindbergite
Linnaeite
Liroconite
Lithiophorite (TL)
Löllingite
Ludlamite
Ludwigite
Lukrahnite
Magnesiochromite (TL)
Magnesiohornblende
Magnesite
var: Mesitine Spar

Magnetite
Malachite
Malayaite
'Manganese Oxides'
Manganite
Marcasite
var: Lonchidite
Margarite
Marićite
Massicot
Matildite
Maucherite
Mawbyite
Melanterite
var: Cuprian Melanterite
'Melilite'
Meneghinite
Mesolite
Meta-autunite
Metanováčekite
Metarauchite
Metasaléeite
Metaschoepite
Metatorbernite (TL)
Metatyuyamunite
Metauranocircite
Metauranospinite
Metazeunerite (TL)
Mgriite (TL)
Miargyrite (TL)
Microcline
Millerite
Mimetite (TL)
var: Campylite
Mimetite-M (TL)
Minium
Mixite
Molybdenite
Molybdite
Montmorillonite
Moorhouseite
Morinite
Mottramite
Muromontite
Muscovite
var: Gilbertite
var: Sericite
Nacrite (TL)
Namibite
Namuwite
Natrodufrénite
Natrojarosite
Natrolite
Natrophilite
Natrouranospinite ?
Natrozippeite
Naumannite
Neustädtelite (TL)
Nevskite
Nickeline
Nickellotharmeyerite (TL)
Nickelschneebergite (TL)
Nickelskutterudite (TL)
var: Chloanthite
Nontronite
Nordenskiöldine
Nordstrandite
Nováčekite-I (TL)
Olivenite
'Olivine'
Omphacite
Opal
var: Milk Opal
var: Mother of Pearl Opal
Orickite
Orpiment
Orthoclase
Orthoserpierite
Owyheeite
Oxy-schorl
Paganoite (TL)
Paragonite
Pararammelsbergite
Pararealgar
Parasymplesite
Pargasite
Parnauite
Parsonsite
Paulkellerite (TL)
Pearceite
'Pearceite-T2ac' (TL)
Pentahydrite
Pentlandite
Petersite-(Y)
Petewilliamsite (TL)
Petitjeanite
Pharmacoalumite
Pharmacolite
Pharmacosiderite
Phaunouxite
Phenakite
Phengite
Philipsburgite
Phillipsite-K
Phlogopite
Phosphowalpurgite
Phosphuranylite
Picropharmacolite
'Pinite'
Pitticite (TL)
Plumboagardite
Plumbogummite
Plumbojarosite
Polybasite
Polyhydrite
Posnjakite
Prehnite
Preisingerite
Priceite
Prosopite (TL)
Proustite
Pseudomalachite
Pseudorutile
'Psilomelane'
Pucherite (TL)
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyroaurite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite (TL)
var: Ca-bearing Pyromorphite
'Pyromorphite Subgroup'
Pyrope
Pyrophyllite
Pyrostilpnite (TL)
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Agate
var: Amethyst
var: Aventurine
var: Chalcedony
var: Citrine ?
var: Eisenkiesel
var: Jasper
var: Milky Quartz
var: Prase
var: Rock Crystal
Quartz
var: Rose Quartz ?

var: Smoky Quartz
Rammelsbergite (TL)
Ramsbeckite
Ranciéite
Rappoldite (TL)
Rauenthalite
Realgar
Rhabdophane-(Nd)
Rhodochrosite
Richelsdorfite
Romanèchite
Roméite Group
var: Stibiconite

Rooseveltite
Rosasite
Roscherite (TL)
Roselite (TL)
Rösslerite
var: Wapplerite
Rozenite
Russellite
Rutherfordine
Rutile
Safflorite (TL)
Sainfeldite
Saléeite (TL)
Sanidine
Saponite
'Schalenblende'
Schapbachite ?
Scheelite
Schlegelite (TL)
Schlemaite (TL)
Schneebergite (TL)
Schoepite
Schorl
Schröckingerite
Schulenbergite
Schumacherite (TL)
Scolecite
Scorodite (TL)
Segnitite
Semseyite
Sénarmontite
Sepiolite
'Serpentine Group'
Serpierite
Siderite
var: Sideroplesite
var: Sphärosiderite
Siderophyllite
Sillénite
Sillimanite
Silver
Skutterudite
Smithsonite
Smolianinovite
Soddyite
Spangolite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
var: Marmatite
Spherocobaltite (TL)
Spinel
'Spinel Group'
Stannite
Staurolite
Stephanite (TL)
Sternbergite
Stibarsen
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Stilpnomelane
Stolzite
Stromeyerite
Strontianite
Sulphur
Susannite
Sylvanite
Symplesite
Synchysite-(Ce)
Szaibélyite
Talc
Talmessite
Tellurium
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tenorite
Tetrahedrite
Thenardite
Thomsonite-Ca
Tiemannite
TiO2 II
Titanite
Topaz
var: Pyknite
Torbernite (TL)
Tosudite
var: Aluminum Tosudite

'Tourmaline'
'var: Indicolite'
'var: Rubellite'
'var: Verdelite'
Tremolite
Triphylite
Triplite
Trögerite (TL)
Tsumcorite
Tungstite
Turquoise
Tyrolite
Tyuyamunite
Umangite
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Uranocircite
'Uranocker'
Uranophane
Uranopilite (TL)
Uranospathite
Uranosphaerite (TL)
Uranospinite (TL)
Vaesite
Valentinite
Valleriite
Vanadinite
Variscite
Vesuvianite
Viitaniemiite
Vivianite
Vonsenite
'Wad'
'var: Cobaltian Wad'
Wagnerite ?
Walpurgite (TL)
Watkinsonite
Wavellite
Waylandite
Weilite (TL)
Wendwilsonite
Whewellite
Willemite
Witherite
Wittichenite
Wolframite
Wollastonite
Woodwardite
Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Wyllieite
Xanthiosite (TL)
Xanthoconite (TL)
Yingjiangite
Zálesíite
Zeunerite (TL)
Zincite
Zinkenite
Zinnwaldite
Zippeite
Zircon
Znucalite
Zoisite
Zwieselite
Zýkaite


769 entries listed. 552 valid minerals. 85 type localities (valid minerals). 3 type localities (others).

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References

- Frenzel, A. (1874): Mineralogisches Lexicon für das Königreich Sachsen. Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.
- Rieder, M., Huka, M., Kučerová, D., Minařík, L., Obermajer, J., and Povondra, P. (1970): Chemical Composition and Physical Properties of Lithium-Iron Micas from the Krušné hory Mts. (Erzgebirge). Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 27, 131-158.
- Wagenbreth, O. & Wächtler, E., Eds. (1990): Bergbau im Erzgebirge. Deutscher Verlag der Grundstoffindustrie, Leipzig, 504 pp.
- Vollstädt, H. & Weiß, St. (1991): Mineralfundstellen Sächsisches Erzgebirge. Chr. Weise Verlag, München, 127 pp.
- Baumann, L., Kuschka, E. and Seifert, T. (2000): Lagerstätten des Erzgebirges. Enke Verlag, Stuttgart, 300 pp. (in German)
- Swaton, B. (2005): Gangförmige Achat- und Amethystvorkommen im Erzgebirge. Geologie - Geschichte - Verwendung. Diploma Thesis, Technical University Dresden, xx pp. [http://www.tu-dresden.de/biw/geotechnik/geologie/studium/diplom/download/swaton-diplomarbeit.pdf]
- Woidtke, S. (2006): Der Berg ist frei. Band IV. Eigenverlag, Aue, Germany, 428 pp.


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