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

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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/Cínovec,im sächsisch-böhmischen Erzgebirge, Sachsen. Mineralien Welt, 13 (5), 16-55.

- Pauliš, P. et al. (2008): Nové výskyty nerostů na Sn-W ložisku Cínovec. Bulletin mineralogicko-petrografického oddělení Národního muzea v Praze, 16 (1), 113-117.

- Sejkora, J., Škoda, R., Škácha, P., Bureš, B. & Dvořák, Z. (2009): Nové mineralogické nálezy na Sn-W ložisku Cínovec v Krušných horách (Česká republika). Bulletin mineralogicko-petrologického oddělení Národního muzea v Praze 17 (2), 23-30 (in Czech with English abstract).

Mineral List

Acanthite 'Agardite' Albite 'Albite-Anorthite Series' Anglesite ? Aragonite ? Arsenopyrite Autunite Azurite Bariopharmacosiderite Baryte Bayldonite Beryl Biotite Bismuth Bismuthinite Bornite Brabantite Brochantite Calcite Cassiterite Cerussite Chalcanthite Chalcocite Chalcopyrite Chrysocolla

Covellite Crandallite Cryolite Djurleite Dolomite Dussertite Dzhalindite Enargite ? Florencite-(Ce) Fluorapatite Fluorite Galena Goethite Goyazite Halite Hematite var: Specularite Hübnerite ? Kaňkite Kaolinite Kesterite Lepidolite Limonite Linarite Löllingite Malachite

Manganite ? Metatorbernite Metazeunerite Mimetite Mixite Molybdenite Muscovite var: Sericite Nacrite Olivenite Opal Orthoclase Philipsbornite Phlogopite Pitticite Polylithionite Pyrite Pyrolusite ? Pyromorphite Quartz var: Chalcedony Roquesite Russellite Scheelite Schorl Scorodite ?

Segnitite Siderite Silver Sphalerite Stannite Stolzite (TL) Talc var: Steatite Tennantite Tetrahedrite Thometzekite Topaz var: Pyknite Torbernite 'Tourmaline' Trilithionite Tungstite Uraninite Uranopilite Walpurgite Wolframite Wulfenite Zeunerite Zinnwaldite

102 entries listed. 88 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).