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Cínovec / Zinnwald (Cinvald), Erzgebirge; Krusné Hory Mts, Saxony & Ústí Region (Bohemia; Böhmen; Boehmen), Germany & Czech Republic

(Zinnwald; Cínovec; Cinvald, Erzgebirge; Krusné Hory, Sachsen & Čechy (Ústecký Kraj), Deutschland & Česká Republika)

A famous tin deposit. One part of the deposit is situated in Saxony, Germany (Zinnwald), the other in Bohemia, Czech Republic (Cinovec).
Quartz/cassiterite/wolframite stockworks, flat veins and greisens in the endo/exocontact of a granitoid cupola intrusion.



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. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 983, 994, 1069, 1077, 1084, 1088.
- 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.

- Quellmalz, W. (1992): Zinnwald im Erzgebirge - ein klassischer Wolframitfundort. - Lapis: 17(2): 31-35, 50.
- Johan, V. and Johan, Z. (1994) Accessory minerals of the Cinovec (Zinnwald) granite cupola, Czech Republic Part 1: Nb-, Ta-, and Ti-bearing oxides. Mineralogy and Petrology: 51: 323-343.
- Novák, F., Jansa, J. & Paulis, P. (1995): Die Indium-Mineralisation der Sn-W-Lagerstätte Zinnwald (Cínovec) im Erzgebirge (Krusné hory), Tschechien. - Mineralien-Welt: 6(1): 47-48.
- Jahn, S.(2002): Weltberühmter Mineralienfundort Zinnwald/Cinovec,:
Mineralien-Welt: 13(5)(sept-okt.2002): pag 16-55.





Map Reference: 50°44'N , 13°46'E

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Mineral List:
Acanthite
'Agardite'
Albite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Anglesite ?
Apatite-(CaF)
Aragonite ?
Arsenopyrite
Autunite
Azurite
Bariopharmacosiderite
Baryte
Bayldonite
Beryl
Biotite
Bismuth ?
Bismuthinite
Bornite
Brabantite
Brochantite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Cerussite
Chalcanthite
'Chalcedony'
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chrysocolla
Covellite
Cryolite
Djurleite
Dolomite
Dussertite
Dzhalindite
Enargite ?
Fluorite
Galena
Goethite
Halite
Hematite
var: Specularite
Hübnerite ?
Kaolinite
Kësterite
Lepidolite
Limonite
Linarite
Löllingite
Malachite
Metatorbernite
Metazeunerite
Mimetite
Mixite
Molybdenite
Muscovite
Nacrite
Olivenite
Orthoclase
Philipsbornite
Phlogopite
Pitticite
Polylithionite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite ?
Pyromorphite
Quartz
Roquesite
Russellite
Scheelite
Schorl
Scorodite ?
Segnitite
'Sericite'
Siderite
Sphalerite
Stannite
Stolzite (TL)
Talc
var: Steatite
Tennantite
Tetrahedrite
Topaz
var: Pyknite
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
Trilithionite
Tungstite
Uraninite
Uranopilite
Wolframite
Wulfenite
Zeunerite
Zinnwaldite


93 entries listed. 78 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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