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Tin mine, Altenberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

(Zinngrube, Altenberg, Erzgebirge, Sachsen, Deutschland)

References:
- Klaproth, M.H. (1810): Chemische Unmtersuchung des Pycnits, Beiträge zur chemischen Kenntniss der Mineralkörper, Fünfter Band, Rottmann Berlin, 50-57

- Wittern (2001): Mineralfundorte in Deutschland, Schweizerbart (Stuttgart), 157-158

- Sokatsch, J., Weiss, S. (2001): Zinnbergbau in Altenberg/Sachsen. Lapis, 26 (2), 13–25. (in German)

- Massanek, A. (2001): Altenberg/Sachsen: Typlokalität und Fundort der besten Prosopitkristalle. Lapis, 26 (2), 17–24.





Map Reference: 50°45'56"N , 13°45'53"E

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Mineral List:
'Adularia'
'Agardite'
Aikinite
Albite
Almandine
Anglesite
Ankerite
Apatite-(CaF)
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Autunite
Azurite
Baryte
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Beryl
Biotite
Bismite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bornite
Brochantite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Cerussite
Chalcanthite
'Chalcedony'
'var: Agate'
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Columbite
Copper
Covellite
Cryptomelane
Cuprite
Dickite
Dioptase
Dolomite
Emplectite
Enargite
Epidote
Fluocerite-(Ce)
Fluorite
Galena
Goethite
Gypsum
Hematite
Illite
Ilsemannite
Jordisite
Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite
Linarite
Löllingite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Melanterite
Melilite
Mimetite
Molybdenite
Molybdite
Muscovite
Nacrite
Nontronite
Olivenite
'Olivine'
Opal
Orthoclase
Pitticite
Prosopite (TL)
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
Romanèchite
Russellite
Rutile
Scheelite
Scorodite
Siderite
Siderophyllite
Sphalerite
Stannite
Stolzite
Talc
Tennantite
Tetrahedrite
Topaz
var: Pyknite

Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
Tungstite
Uranopilite
Walpurgite
Wolframite
Wulfenite
Zeunerite
Zinnwaldite
Zircon


101 entries listed. 85 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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