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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)

Refs.:
- 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.
- 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.

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.





Map Reference: 50°44'N , 13°46'E

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Mineral List:
  • Acanthite
  • 'Agardite'
  • '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
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrolusite ?
  • Pyromorphite
  • Quartz
  • Roquesite
  • Russellite
  • Scheelite
  • Schorl
  • Scorodite ?
  • Segnitite
  • Siderite
  • Sphalerite
  • Stannite
  • Stolzite (TL)
  • Talc
       var: Steatite
  • Tennantite
  • Tetrahedrite
  • Topaz
       var: Pyknite
  • Torbernite
  • 'Tourmaline'
  • Tungstite
  • Uraninite
  • Uranopilite
  • Wolframite
  • Wulfenite
  • Zeunerite
  • Zinnwaldite


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