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(Sachsen, Deutschland)

References:
- Frenzel, A. (1874): Mineralogisches Lexicon für das Königreich Sachsen. Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.
- Prescher, H. (1987): Zeugnisse der Ergeschichte Sachsens. Deutscher Verlag für Grundstoffindustrie, 214 pp.
- Vollstädt, H. & Weiß, St. (1991): Mineralfundstellen Sächsisches Erzgebirge. Chr. Weise Verlag, München, 127 pp.
- Geokompetenzzentrum Freiberg (2008): Sächsisches Rohstoffkataster der Spat- und Erzvorkommen. Geokompetenzzentrum Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany, 50 pp. http://www.gkz-ev.de/Magazin]

- http://www.smul.sachsen.de/umwelt/geologie/7735.htm (Brief descriptions and re-evaluations of 139 ore and spar deposits; 'Rohstoffkataster für Erz- und Spatminerale im Freistaat Sachsen')




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


Mineral List:
Acanthite
Actinolite
Adamite
var: Cobaltoan Adamite
'Adularia'
Aerugite (TL)
Aeschynite-(Ce)
Aeschynite-(Y) ?
'Agardite'
Agardite-(Ce)
Aikinite
Alabandite
Alacránite
Albite
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
Allanite-(Y)
Allargentum
'Allemontite'
Allophane
var: Cupro-Allophane
Almandine
Aluminocopiapite
Alumopharmacosiderite
Alunite
Alunogen
Amblygonite (TL)
Ammoniojarosite ?
'Amphibole Group'
Analcime
Anapaite
Anatase
Andalusite
var: Chiastolite
Andorite
Andradite
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Annabergite (TL)
Annite
Anorthite
var: Labradorite
Anthophyllite
Antigorite
Antlerite
'Apatite'
Apatite-(CaCl)
Apatite-(CaF) (TL)
var: Mn-bearing Apatite-(CaF)
Apatite-(CaOH)
var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH)
'Apophyllite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Aragonite
Argentopyrite
Argentotennantite
Argyrodite (TL)
Argyropyrite
Arrojadite-(KFe)
Arsenic
Arseniosiderite
Arsenogorceixite
Arsenolamprite (TL)
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
Arsenuranylite
'Asbestos'
Asbolane
Asselbornite (TL)
Atacamite
Atelestite (TL)
Augite
Aurichalcite
Austinite
Autunite
'Axinite'
Azurite
Bariopharmacosiderite
Barium-Alumopharmacosiderite
Baryte
Barytocalcite
Bassetite
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Bavenite
Bayldonite
Bazzite
Becquerelite
Beidellite ?
Beraunite
Bergenite (TL)
Berlinite
Bernalite
Berthierite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
Berzelianite
Betpakdalite
Beudantite
Beyerite (TL)
Bieberite
Billietite
Bindheimite
Biotite
Birnessite ?
Bismite
Bismuth (TL)
Bismuthinite
Bismutite (TL)
Bismutoferrite (TL)
Blödite
Bohdanowiczite
Böhmite
Boltwoodite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Brandtite ?
Braunite
Breithauptite
Brendelite (TL)
Brianyoungite
Brochantite
Bromargyrite
Brookite
β-Roselite (TL)
Brushite
Bukovite
Bukovskýite
Bunsenite (TL)
Cacoxenite
Calciopetersite
Calcite
var: Cobaltoan Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
Canfieldite
Carminite
Carnotite
Cassiterite
Cattierite
Celadonite (TL)
Celestine
Cerite-(Ce)
Cerussite
Cervantite
'Chabazite'
Chabazite-Ca
Chalcanthite
'Chalcedony'
'var: Agate'
'var: Brecciated Agate'
'var: Carnelian'
'var: Petrified Wood'
Chalcoalumite
Chalcocite
Chalconatronite
Chalcophanite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcosiderite
var: Alumo-chalcosiderite
'Chalcosiderite-Turquoise Series'
Chamosite
Chapmanite
Chenevixite
Chernikovite
Childrenite
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
Clinochrysotile
Clinoclase
Clinohumite
Clinomimetite (TL)
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Clinozoisite
Cobaltaustinite
Cobaltite
Cobaltkoritnigite (TL)
Cobaltlotharmeyerite (TL)
Cobaltneustädtelite (TL)
Cobalttsumcorite (TL)
Coffinite
Columbite
Columbite-(Fe)
Columbite-(Mn)
Conichalcite
Connellite
Copiapite
Copper
Cordierite
Corkite
Cornwallite
Coronadite
Corundum
var: Ruby
Cosalite
Covellite
Crandallite
Crocoite
Cryptomelane
Cubanite
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite
var: Tile ore ?
Cuprosklodowskite
Cuprotungstite
Curite
Cyanotrichite
Cyrilovite
Datolite
Descloizite
Devilline
Dewindtite
Diadochite
Diamond
Diaphorite (TL)
Dickite
Diopside
Dioptase
Djurleite
Dolomite
Dravite
Dreyerite
Dufrénite
Duftite
Dumontite
Dumortierite
Dussertite
Dyscrasite
Elbaite
Embreyite
Emplectite (TL)
Enargite
Enstatite
var: Bronzite
Eosphorite
Epidote
Epistilbite
Epsomite
Erythrite (TL)
Eskebornite
Eucairite
Euclase
Eulytine (TL)
Euxenite-(Y)
Famatinite
Faustite
'Feldspar Group'
 Ferberite
'Fergusonite'
Ferricopiapite
Ferrihydrite
Ferrilotharmeyerite
Ferrimolybdite
Ferrinatrite
Ferripyrophyllite (TL)
Ferro-Actinolite
Ferrohexahydrite
Ferrohornblende
Ferroselite
Finnemanite ?
Florencite-(Ce)
Fluellite
Fluocerite-(Ce)
Fluorite (TL)
Foitite
Fornacite
Forsterite
Fourmarierite
Francevillite
Freibergite (TL)
Freieslebenite (TL)
Fritzscheite (TL)
Fülöppite
'Gadolinite'
Galena
var: Argentiferous Galena
Galenobismutite
'Ganomatite'
'Garnet Group'
Geminite
Gersdorffite
Gibbsite
Giraudite
Godovikovite
Goethite
Gold
Gorceixite
Goslarite
Goyazite
'Graebeite'
Graphite
Greenockite
Greifensteinite (TL)
Grossular
var: Hessonite
Guérinite (TL)
'Gummite'
Gustavite
Gypsum
var: Selenite
Haidingerite
Hakite
Halloysite
Halotrichite
Hammarite
Harmotome
Hausmannite
Hedenbergite
Heinrichite
Helvite (TL)
Hematite
var: Martite
Hemimorphite
Herderite (TL)
Hessite
Heterogenite (TL)
Heteromorphite
'Heulandite'
Hexahydrite
Hidalgoite
Hinsdalite
Hisingerite
Hoelite
Hollandite
'Hornblende'
Hörnesite
Hübnerite
Hügelite
Humboldtine
Hydroniumjarosite
Hydrotalcite
Hydrowoodwardite (TL)
Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce)
Hydrozincite
Illite
Ilmenite
Ilsemannite
Ilvaite
Indialite
Iodargyrite
Iriginite
Isokite
Jadeite
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Johannite
Jolliffeite
Jordisite (TL)
Julgoldite-(Fe2+)
Kaatialaite
Kahlerite
Kaneite
Kaňkite
Kaolinite
Kasolite
Kemmlitzite (TL)
Kermesite (TL)
Kettnerite
'K Feldspar'
Kidwellite
Kintoreite
Klockmannite
Koechlinite (TL)
Kolbeckite (TL)
Köttigite (TL)
Krausite
Kremersite
'Kryptotile'
Ktenasite
Kutnohorite
Kyanite
Lacroixite (TL)
Langite
Laumontite
Lautite (TL)
Lavendulan
Leadhillite
Lechatelierite
var: Fulgurite
Lepidocrocite
Lepidolite
Lesukite
Letovicite
Libethenite
Liebigite
Limonite
Linarite
Lindbergite
Linnaeite
Liroconite
Lithiophorite (TL)
Löllingite
Ludlamite
Ludwigite
Lukrahnite
Magnesiochromite (TL)
Magnesiocopiapite
Magnesiohornblende
Magnesite
var: Mesitine Spar
Magnetite
Malachite
Malayaite
'Manganese Oxides'
Manganite
Marcasite
var: Lonchidite
Margarite
Marićite
Mascagnite
Massicot
Matildite
Maucherite
Mawbyite
Melanterite
var: Cuprian Melanterite
Melilite
Meneghinite
Mesolite
Meta-ankoleite
Meta-autunite
Metaheinrichite
Metanováčekite
Metasaléeite
Metaschoepite
Metasideronatrite
Metatorbernite (TL)
Metatyuyamunite
Metauranocircite
Metavoltine
Metazeunerite (TL)
Meurigite-K
Mgriite (TL)
Miargyrite (TL)
'Mica Group'
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Millerite
Mimetite (TL)
var: Campylite
Minium
Mirabilite
Mixite
Molybdenite
Molybdite
Monazite-(Ce)
Montmorillonite
Moorhouseite
Morenosite
Morinite
Mottramite
Mullite
Muromontite
Muscovite
var: Astrolite
var: Gilbertite
Nacrite (TL)
Namibite
Namuwite
Natrodufrénite
Natrojarosite
Natrolite
Natrophilite
Natrouranospinite ?
Natrozippeite
Naumannite
Nepheline
Népouite
Neustädtelite (TL)
Nevskite
Nickelblödite
Nickelhexahydrite
Nickeline
Nickellotharmeyerite (TL)
Nickelschneebergite (TL)
Nickelskutterudite (TL)
var: Chloanthite
Nimite
Nontronite
Nordenskiöldine
Nordstrandite
Nováčekite-I (TL)
Olenite
Olivenite
'Olivine'
Omphacite
Opal
var: Mother of Pearl Opal
var: Opal-AN
var: Precious Opal
var: Wax Opal
Orpiment
Orthoclase
Orthoserpierite
Owyheeite
Paganoite (TL)
Parachrysotile
Paracoquimbite
Paragonite
Pararammelsbergite
Pararealgar
Parasymplesite
Paravauxite
Pargasite
Parkerite
Parnauite
Parsonsite
Paulkellerite (TL)
Pearceite
'Pearceite-T2ac' (TL)
Pecoraite
Pentahydrite
Pentlandite
 Petersite-(Y)
Petewilliamsite (TL)
Petitjeanite
Petterdite
Pharmacolite
Pharmacosiderite
Phaunouxite
Phenakite
Phengite
Philipsburgite
'Phillipsite'
Phillipsite-K
Phlogopite
Phoenicochroite
Phosphuranylite
Phurcalite (TL)
Pickeringite
Picropharmacolite
'Pinite'
Pitticite (TL)
Plumboagardite
Plumbogummite
Plumbojarosite
Polybasite
Polycrase-(Y) ?
Polyhydrite
Posnjakite
Powellite
Prehnite
Preisingerite
Priceite
Prismatine (TL)
Prosopite (TL)
Proustite
Pseudomalachite
Pseudorutile
'Psilomelane'
Pucherite (TL)
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyroaurite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
var: Ca-bearing Pyromorphite
'Pyromorphite Subgroup'
Pyrope
Pyrophyllite
Pyrostilpnite (TL)
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Aventurine
var: Citrine
var: Eisenkiesel
var: Flint
var: Jasper
var: Milky Quartz
var: Prase
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rose Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
'Quartz-beta'
Rammelsbergite (TL)
Ramsbeckite
Ranciéite
Rappoldite (TL)
Rauenthalite
Ravatite
Realgar
Redikortsevite
Reichenbachite
Retgersite
Rhabdophane-(Nd)
Rhodochrosite
Richelsdorfite
Romanèchite
Römerite
Rooseveltite
Rosasite
Roscherite (TL)
Roselite (TL)
Rösslerite
var: Wapplerite
Rossmanite
Rozenite
Russellite
Rutherfordine
Rutile
var: Ilmenorutile
var: Niobian Rutile
var: Sagenite (of Saussure)
Sabieite
Safflorite (TL)
Sainfeldite
Salammoniac
Saléeite (TL)
Sanidine
Saponite
Sapphirine
'Scapolite'
'Schalenblende'
Schapbachite ?
Scheelite
Schlegelite (TL)
Schlemaite (TL)
Schneebergite (TL)
Schoepite
Schorl
Schröckingerite
Schulenbergite
Schumacherite (TL)
Scolecite
Scorodite (TL)
Segnitite
Selenium
Semseyite
Sénarmontite
Sepiolite
'Sericite'
'Serpentine Group'
Serpierite
Siderite
var: Sideroplesite
var: Sphärosiderite
Sideronatrite
Siderophyllite
Sillénite
Sillimanite
Silver
Sklodowskite
Skutterudite
'Smectite Group'
Smithsonite
Smolianinovite
Soddyite
Spangolite
Sperrylite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
var: Marmatite
Spherocobaltite (TL)
Spinel
'Spinel Group'
Stannite
Staurolite
Stellerite ?
Stephanite (TL)
Sternbergite
Stevensite ?
Stibiconite
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Stilbite-Ca
Stilpnomelane
Stolzite
Strengite
Stromeyerite
Strontianite
Sulphur
Symplesite
Synchysite-(Ce)
Szaibélyite
Talc
Talmessite
Tamarugite
Tantalite-(Fe)
Tellurium
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tenorite
Tetrahedrite
Thenardite
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorite
Thortveitite
Tiemannite
TiO2 II
Titanite
Topaz
var: Pyknite
Torbernite (TL)
Tosudite
var: Aluminum Tosudite
'Tourmaline'
'var: Indicolite'
'var: Rubellite'
'var: Verdelite'
Tremolite
Tridymite
Trilithionite
Triphylite
Triplite
Trögerite (TL)
Tschermigite
Tsumcorite
Tungstite
Turquoise
Tyrolite
Umangite
'Unnamed (F-analogue of elbaite)'
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Uranocircite (TL)
'Uranocker'
Uranophane
Uranopilite (TL)
Uranospathite
Uranosphaerite (TL)
Uranospinite (TL)
Vaesite
Valentinite
Valleriite
Vanadinite
Vandendriesscheite
Variscite (TL)
Vauquelinite
Vermiculite ?
Vesuvianite
Viitaniemiite
Violarite
Vivianite
Volkonskoite
Voltaite
Vonsenite
'Wad'
'var: Cobaltian Wad'
Wagnerite ?
Walpurgite (TL)
Watkinsonite
Wavellite
Waylandite
Weilite (TL)
Wendwilsonite
Whewellite
Willemite
Witherite
Wittichenite
Wolframite
Wollastonite
Wölsendorfite
Woodwardite
Wroewolfeite
Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Wyllieite
Xanthiosite (TL)
Xanthoconite (TL)
Xenotime-(Y)
Yarrowite
Yingjiangite
Zálesíite
Zeunerite (TL)
Zincite
Zinkenite
Zinnwaldite
Zippeite
Zircon
Znucalite
Zoisite
Zwieselite
Zýkaite


4457 entries listed. 652 valid minerals. 92 type localities (valid minerals). 2 type localities (others).

Localities in this Region:
Germany
 
  • Saxony
      • Burgstädt
      • Elzing
      • Hartmannsdorf
      • Pfaffenhain
      • Rabenstein
      • Hartha
      • Mügeln
      • Waldheim
      • Freital
      • Hänichen
      • Heidenau
      • Plauenscher Grund
      • Possendorf
      • Wurgwitz
      • Königstein
      • Sebnitz
        • Hinterhermsdorf
        • Buchholz
        • Kleinrückerswalde
        • Oberpfannenstiel
        • Gersdorf
        • Sayda
        • Voigtsdorf
        • Thum
        • Venusberg
        • Burkhardtsgrün
        • Schönheide
          • Auersberg Mt.
        • Großvoigtsberg
        • Langenrinne
        • Nossen
        • Obergruna
          • Frankenstein
          • Börnichen
          • Görbersdorf
          • Memmendorf
        • Rothenfurth
        • Bärenhecke
          • Riesenberg
        • Tellerhäuser
        • Oberlochmühle
        • Filzhaide
        • Neidhardsthal
        • Rödergasse
        • Beierfeld
        • Neuwelt
      • Bad Lausick
    • Großenhain
      • Scharfenberg
      • Greifendorf
      • Ebersbach
        • Biesig
        • Liebstein
          • Heideberg
          • Cunewalde
            • Schönberg
          • Kleindehsa
          • Sornßig
          • Wuischke
        • Horscha
      • Ostritz
      • Sohland
      • Steinigtwolmsdorf
      • Bad Brambach
      • Falkenstein
        • Bergen
        • Brunndöbra
        • Mühlleithen
        • Muldenberg
        • Irfersgrün
        • Pechtelsgrün
        • Hartmannsgrün
        • Schönbrunn
        • Jocketa
        • Mechelgrün
        • Röttis
        • Limbach
        • Mylau
          • Hauptmannsgrün
        • Hammerbrücke
      • Oelsnitz

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