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Tirpersdorf, Oelsnitz, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

(Tirpersdorf, Oelsnitz, Vogtland, Sachsen, Deutschland)

Dumps of an ancient tungsten mine and of uranium prospects worked by the SDAG Wismut company for some time after 1945.
Located 300 m NW of Tirpersdorf and along the road leading from Tirpersdorf to Lottengrün, respectively.



References:
- Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 1077.
- A. Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", Schweizerbart (Stuttgart), 2001, 138
- Gröbner, J. and Kolitsch, U. (2007): The minerals of the uranium prospect at Tirpersdorf, Vogtland. Lapis 32, 37-42; 58. (in German).





Mineral List:
Acanthite
'Adularia'
Andradite
Annabergite
Arsenic
Arsenopyrite
Asbolane
Asselbornite
Bariopharmacosiderite
Baryte
Bassetite
Bavenite
Becquerelite
Bergenite
Biotite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bornite
Breithauptite
Calcite
Carnotite
Cerussite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Churchite-(Y)
Coffinite
Copper
Covellite
Curite
Dewindtite
Dolomite
Dumontite
Dussertite
Epidote
Erythrite
Ferberite
Fluorite
Fourmarierite
Francevillite
Galena
Goethite
Grossular
'Gummite'
Hematite
Hügelite
Ilsemannite
Iriginite
Kasolite
Lithiophorite
Löllingite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Meta-ankoleite
Metaheinrichite
Mimetite
Mixite
Molybdenite
Muscovite
Neustädtelite
Nickeline
Nickelskutterudite
Olivenite
Opal
var: Opal-AN

Orthoclase
Parsonsite
Preisingerite
Proustite
Pucherite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rammelsbergite
Russellite
Safflorite
Scheelite
Schorl
Schumacherite
Siderite
Sklodowskite
Skutterudite
Soddyite
Sphalerite
Tennantite
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Uraninite
Uranocircite
Uranophane
Vandendriesscheite
Vesuvianite
Walpurgite
Wolframite
Wollastonite
Wölsendorfite
Wroewolfeite
Yingjiangite
Zeunerite


104 entries listed. 95 valid minerals.

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