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Franconian Forest, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Friedrich Wilhelm Mine, Lichtenberg Copper mines, Lichtenberg, Bad Steben, franconian Forest, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Frankenwald, Franken, Bayern, Deutschland

A northwest-trending low mountain range in the northeastern part of Franconia, along the border between Bavaria and Thuringia. It represents the southward continuation of the Thuringian Forest.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Actinolite
Albite
'Allanite'
'Amphibole Group'
Analcime
Anatase
Andradite
Anglesite
Ankerite
Annabergite
'Apatite'
'var: Phosphorite'
Aragonite
var: Flos Ferri
Arsenopyrite
Atacamite
Aurichalcite
'Axinite Group'
Azurite
Baryte
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bismutoferrite
Bornite
Brochantite
Brookite
Calcite
Celestine
Cerussite

Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
var: Thuringite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
Cobaltite
Connellite
Copper
Covellite
Cryptomelane
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite
Diopside
Dolomite
Emplectite
Epidote
Erythrite
'Ferro-actinolite-Tremolite Series
var: Nephrite'
Fluorite
Galena
Gersdorffite
Goethite
Graphite
Grossular
Gypsum
Hematite
var: Iron Rose
Hemimorphite

'Hydromuscovite'
Ilmenite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'
Langite
Lepidocrocite
Limonite
Linarite
'Magnesioriebeckite-Riebeckite Series
var: Crocidolite'
Magnetite
Malachite
Manganite
Marcasite
Melanterite
Microcline
Montmorillonite
Morenosite
Muscovite
Nacrite
Natrojarosite
Neustädtelite
Nickeline
'Olivine'
Opal
var: Opal-AN
Orthoclase
Preisingerite
Pseudomalachite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz

Quartz
var: Agate
var: Amethyst
var: Carnelian
var: Chalcedony
var: Citrine
var: Eisenkiesel
var: Prase
var: Rock Crystal
var: Smoky Quartz
Romanèchite
Rutile
Scorodite
Siderite
Silver
Skutterudite
Sphalerite
'Stilbite'
Stilpnomelane
Strontianite
Sulphur
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Titanite
Ullmannite
'Vitriol'
Vivianite
'Wad'
Zircon

118 entries listed. 87 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

Germany

Bavaria
- Franconia
  - Franconian Forest
    - Bad Berneck
      - Bärnreuth
      - Diabase quarries
    - Bad Steben
      - Carlsgrün
        Krötenmühle
      - Geroldsgrün
        Dürrenwaid
        Schwarzer Mohr Mine
      - Lichtenberg
        Buttermühle
        Lichtenberg Copper Mines
        Alt & Neu Bescheert Glück Mines (incl. Dorschenmühle)
        Eichenstein Mine
        Eleonore adit
        Friedensgrube
        Friedrich Wilhelm Mine
    - Berg
      - Hadermannsgrün
      - Kemlas
        Eichenstein mine
        Gabe Gottes mine
    - Hof
      - Diabase outcrops
        Gumpersreuth
        Köditz
        Labyrinth
        Töpen
        Unterkotzau
      - Feilitzsch
        Kienberg Quarry
      - Joditz
        Petersgrat
        Zufällig Glück Mine

Germany

Bavaria
- Franconia
  - Franconian Forest
    - Hof
      - Joditz
        Siebenhitz
      - Silberberg Quarry
      - Tauperlitz
        Schrenk Quarry
      - Ullitz
        Height 569 (Landsknechtberg)
    - Kronach
      - Rotschreuth
      - Wallenfels
        Karlszeche
        Schmölz
        Johannes der Täufer Mine
        Schübelhammer Quarry
    - Kulmbach
      - Guttenberg
        Diabase outcrops
      - Kupferberg
        Diabase quarry
        Kupferberg Copper mines
        Franz Ludwig Mine
      - Stadtsteinach
        Diabase quarry
    - Ludwigstadt
      - Slate mines
    - Naila
      - Copper mines
    - Pressig
      - Förtschendorf
      - Rothenkirchen
        Baryte mine
    - Schwarzenbach am Wald
      - Döbra
        Döbraberg
        Rauhenberg
      - Enchenreuth
        Oberbrumberg
      - Thiemitz valley
        Lorchenmühle
    - Schwarzenbach an der Saale
      - Sparneck
        Copper mines

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