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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
Amphibole Supergroup
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 Group'
Azurite
Bariopharmacosiderite
'Barium-Alumopharmacosiderite'
Baryte
Barytocalcite
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Bavenite
Bayldonite
Becquerelite
Beraunite
Bergenite
Berlinite
Berthierite
Bertrandite
Beryl
Berzelianite
β-Roselite (TL)
Betpakdalite-CaCa
Betpakdalite-CaMg
Beudantite
Beyerite (TL)
Bieberite
'Biotite'
Bismite
Bismuth (TL)
Bismuthinite
Bismutite (TL)
Bismutoferrite (TL)
Bohdanowiczite
Böhmite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Braunite
Breithauptite
Brendelite (TL)
Brianyoungite
Brochantite
Brockite
Bromargyrite
Brookite
Brushite
Bukovite
Bukovskýite
Bunsenite (TL)
Cacoxenite
Calciopetersite
Calcite
var: Cobaltoan Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
Caledonite
Canfieldite
Carlsbergite
Carminite
Cassiterite
Cattierite
Celestine
Cerite-(Ce)
Cerussite
Cervantite
'Chabazite'
Chalcanthite
Chalcoalumite
Chalcocite
Chalconatronite
Chalcophanite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcosiderite
Chamosite
Chapmanite
Chenevixite
Cheralite
Chernikovite
Childrenite
Chlorapatite
Chlorargyrite (TL)
var: Bromian Chlorargyrite
var: Iodian Bromian Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chloritoid
'Chlorotile (of Frenzel)'
Chondrodite
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
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
Fayalite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferberite
Ferrihydrite
Ferrilotharmeyerite
Ferrimolybdite
Ferripyrophyllite (TL)
Ferrisymplesite
Ferri-tschermakite
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
Gananite
'Ganomatite'
'Garnet'
Geminite
Gersdorffite
Gibbsite
Giraudite
Goethite
Gold
Gonnardite
Gorceixite
Goslarite
Goyazite
Graphite
Grayite
Greenockite
Greifensteinite (TL)
Grossular
var: Hessonite
Guérinite (TL)
'Gummite'
Gustavite
Gypsum
Haidingerite
Hakite
'Halloysite'
Halotrichite
Hammarite
Harmotome
Hausmannite
Hedenbergite
Heinrichite
Helvine (TL)
Hematite
var: Martite
Hemimorphite
Herderite (TL)
Hessite
Heterogenite (TL)
Heteromorphite
Hexahydrite
Hidalgoite
Hinsdalite
Hisingerite
Hollandite
'Hornblende'
Hörnesite
Hübnerite
Hydrocerussite
Hydroniumjarosite
Hydrowoodwardite (TL)
Hydroxylapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite
Hydrozincite
Illite
Ilmenite
'Ilsemannite'
Ilvaite
Iodargyrite
Iron
var: Kamacite

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)
Magnesio-hornblende
Magnesite
var: Mesitine Spar

Magnetite
Malachite
Malayaite
'Manganese Oxides'
Manganite
Mansfieldite
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)
'Mimetite-Pyromorphite Series'
Minium
Mixite
Molybdenite
Molybdite
Montmorillonite
Moorhouseite
Morinite
Mottramite
'Muromontite'
Muscovite
var: Gilbertite
var: Sericite
Nacrite (TL)
Namibite
Namuwite
Natrodufrénite
Natrojarosite
Natrolite
Natrophilite
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
Oxyplumboroméite
Oxy-schorl
Paganoite (TL)
Paragonite
Pararammelsbergite
Pararealgar
Parasymplesite
Pargasite
Parnauite
Parsonsite
Paulkellerite (TL)
Pearceite
'Pearceite-T2ac' (TL)
Pentahydrite
Pentlandite
Petersite-(Y)
Petewilliamsite (TL)
Petitjeanite
Petrovicite
Pharmacoalumite
Pharmacolite
Pharmacosiderite
Phaunouxite
Phenakite
'Phengite'
Philipsbornite
Philipsburgite
'Phillipsite'
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: Eisenkiesel
var: Jasper
Quartz
var: Milky Quartz

var: Prase
var: Rock Crystal
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
'Rotgültigerz'
Rozenite
Russellite
Rutherfordine
Rutile
Safflorite (TL)
Sainfeldite
Saléeite (TL)
Sanidine
Saponite
'Schalenblende'
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
'Unnamed (Pb-Cu-Bi Selenide)'
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'
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


737 entries listed. 563 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 [Link Broken? May 2013]]
- Woidtke, S. (2006): Der Berg ist frei. Band IV. Eigenverlag, Aue, Germany, 428 pp.


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