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Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany



Detailed Mineral List:
Acanthite
Formula: Ag2S
Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.
Photo: © CCURTO08. Acanthite from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Adamite var: Cobaltoan Adamite
Formula: (Zn,Co)AsO4OH
Locality: Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Cobaltoan Adamite from Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Aikinite
Formula: PbCuBiS3
Reference: No reference listed
Albite
Formula: NaAlSi3O8
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Allophane
Formula: (Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O
Reference: No reference listed
Almandine
Formula: Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Reference: No reference listed
Ammoniojarosite ?
Formula: (NH4)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Anatase
Formula: TiO2
Reference: No reference listed
Andalusite
Formula: Al2(SiO4)O
Reference: No reference listed
Andradite
Formula: Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Reference: No reference listed
Anglesite
Formula: PbSO4
Reference: No reference listed
Anhydrite
Formula: CaSO4
Reference: Natural History Museum Vienna collection
Ankerite
Formula: Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Localities: Sauschwart Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Gesellschaft Mine (Gesellschafter Zug Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Siebenschlehen Mine (Shaft 10), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Annabergite
Formula: Ni3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
Localities: Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Adam Heber Mine (Shaft 43), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Siebenschlehen Mine (Shaft 10), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Anorthite
Formula: CaAl2Si2O8
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Antigorite
Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Apophyllite-(KF) ?
Formula: KCa4(Si8O20)(F,OH) · 8H2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Aragonite
Formula: CaCO3
Localities: Neujahr Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Argentopyrite
Formula: AgFe2S3
Localities: Türk Shaft (Shaft 83), Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © Christian Rewitzer. Argentopyrite from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Arsenic
Formula: As
Locality: Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Arsenic from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Arseniosiderite
Formula: Ca2Fe3+3(AsO4)3O2 · 3H2O
Localities: Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Sauschwart Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © Van King. Arseniosiderite from Daniel Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Arsenogorceixite
Formula: BaAl3(AsO4)2(OH)5 · H2O
Locality: Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Arsenolite
Formula: As2O3
Locality: Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Arsenolite from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
Localities: Waldschacht Mine (Shaft 26), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Priester Mine (Priester und Leviten Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Asbolane
Formula: (Ni,Co)2-xMn4+(O,OH)4 · nH2O
Localities: Adam Heber Mine (Shaft 43), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: Asbolane from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Asselbornite (TL)
Formula: Pb(BiO)3(UO2)4(AsO4)2(OH)7·4H2O
Type Locality: Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: 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: 967; Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: Handbook of Mineralogy, Vol. IV
Photo: © Stephan Wolfsried. Asselbornite from Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Atelestite (TL)
Formula: Bi2(AsO4)O(OH)
Type Locality: Neuhilfe Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: 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: 793; Lapis (2005): 30(7/8): 70.
Localities: Recorded from at least 12 other localities in this region.
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Atelestite from Neuhilfe Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Augite
Formula: (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Austinite
Formula: CaZn(AsO4)(OH)
Locality: Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Autunite
Formula: Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 11H2O
Reference: No reference listed
'Axinite Group'
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Azurite
Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Localities: St Georg Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
König David Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Bariopharmacosiderite
Formula: Ba0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 5H2O
Localities: Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Schrotschacht Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Adam Heber Mine (Shaft 43), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Barium-Alumopharmacosiderite
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Localities: Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
St Georg Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
König David Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Güldener Falk Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © Rob Lavinsky. Baryte from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Bayldonite
Formula: PbCu3(AsO4)2(OH)2
Locality: König David Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Becquerelite
Formula: Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6 · 8H2O
Reference: No reference listed
Beryl
Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Locality: Süß Quarry, Zschorlau, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © M. Adelt. Beryl from Süß Quarry, Zschorlau, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
β-Roselite (TL)
Formula: Ca2(Co2+,Mg)(AsO4)2 · 2H2O
Type Locality: Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: C. Frondel (1955): Neomesselite and Beta-roselite: two new members of the fairfieldite group.- Amer. Mineral. 40, 828-833
Localities: Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region.
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. β-Roselite from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Beudantite
Formula: PbFe3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Localities: Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Güldener Falk Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
König David Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Beyerite (TL)
Formula: Ca(BiO)2(CO3)2
Type Locality: Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Localities: Recorded from at least 6 other localities in this region.
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Beyerite from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Bieberite
Formula: CoSO4 · 7H2O
Reference: No reference listed
Biotite
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Birnessite ?
Formula: (Na,Ca)0.5(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4 · 1.5H2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Bismite
Formula: Bi2O3
Locality: Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © David J. Eicher. Bismite from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Bismuth (TL)
Formula: Bi
Type Locality: Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: G. Agricola: De natura fossilium, Libri X, book 1, page 186 (1546)
Localities: Recorded from at least 18 other localities in this region.
Photo: © Rob Lavinsky. Bismuth from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Bismuthinite
Formula: Bi2S3
Localities: Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Sauschwart Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Bergkappe Mine (Shaft 75), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Gesellschaft Mine (Gesellschafter Zug Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Schindler Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Bismutite (TL)
Formula: (BiO)2CO3
Type Locality: Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: 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: 281; Lapis (2005): 30(7/8): 78-80.
Localities: Recorded from at least 17 other localities in this region.
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Bismutite from Weißer Hirsch Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Bismutoferrite (TL)
Formula: Fe3+2Bi(SiO4)2(OH)
Type Locality: Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: Frenzel, 1871
Localities: Recorded from at least 10 other localities in this region.
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Bismutoferrite from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Bornite
Formula: Cu5FeS4
Localities: König David Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
St Katharina Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Fürstenvertrag Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Bournonite ?
Formula: PbCuSbS3
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Brandtite ?
Formula: Ca2(Mn2+,Mg)(AsO4)2 · 2H2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Braunite
Formula: Mn2+Mn3+6(SiO4)O8
Reference: No reference listed
Brendelite (TL)
Formula: (Bi3+,Pb)2(Fe3+,Fe2+)(PO4)O2(OH)
Type Locality: Güldener Falk Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: W. Krause et al.: Mineral. Petrol. 63:263-277 (1998)
Photo: © Stephan Wolfsried. Brendelite from Güldener Falk Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Brochantite
Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Locality: König David Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Brushite ?
Formula: Ca(HPO4) · 2H2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Cacoxenite ?
Formula: Fe3+24Al(PO4)17O6(OH)12 · 17H2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.
Photo: © AÖ. Calcite from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Calcite var: Cobaltoan Calcite
Formula: (Ca,Co)CO3
Localities: Adam Heber Mine (Shaft 43), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © Rob Lavinsky. Cobaltoan Calcite from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Carminite
Formula: PbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2
Locality: Waldschacht Mine (Shaft 26), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Cassiterite
Formula: SnO2
Reference: No reference listed
Localities: Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region.
Cattierite
Formula: CoS2
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Cerussite
Formula: PbCO3
Localities: Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
König David Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Gesellschaft Mine (Gesellschafter Zug Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Weißhäuptel Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Chalcanthite
Formula: CuSO4 · 5H2O
Reference: No reference listed
Chalcoalumite
Formula: CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Chalcocite
Formula: Cu2S
Localities: St Georg Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Bergkappe Mine (Shaft 75), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
König David Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Schrotschacht Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Chalcophyllite
Formula: Cu18Al2(SO4)3(AsO4)3(OH)27 · 33H2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.
Chenevixite
Formula: Cu2Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)4
Localities: Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Adam Heber Mine (Shaft 43), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany ? (more information)
Chlorargyrite
Formula: AgCl
Localities: St Georg Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Bergkappe Mine (Shaft 75), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Katharina Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © Stephan Wolfsried. Chlorargyrite from Weißer Hirsch Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
'Chlorotile (of Frenzel)'
Locality: Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Chrysocolla
Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O (x < 1)
Localities: König David Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Greif Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Gesellschaft Mine (Gesellschafter Zug Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Churchite-(Y)
Formula: Y(PO4) · 2H2O
Locality: Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Churchite-(Y) from Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Clausthalite
Formula: PbSe
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Clinochlore
Formula: (Mg,Fe2+)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Clinozoisite
Formula: {Ca2}{Al3}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Cobaltaustinite
Formula: CaCo(AsO4)(OH)
Localities: Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Cobaltaustinite from Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Cobaltite ?
Formula: CoAsS
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Photo: © Rob Lavinsky . Cobaltite from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Cobaltkoritnigite
Formula: (Co,Zn)(HAsO4) · H2O
Localities: Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Adam Heber Mine (Shaft 43), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Schindler Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Cobaltkoritnigite from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Cobaltlotharmeyerite (TL)
Formula: Ca(Co,Fe3+,Ni)2(AsO4)2 · 2(H2O,OH)
Type Locality: Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: W. Krause et al.: N. Jb. Mineral. Mh. 1999:505-517
Localities: Recorded from at least 4 other localities in this region.
Photo: © DV Minerals. Cobaltlotharmeyerite from Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Cobaltneustädtelite (TL)
Formula: Bi3+2Fe3+(Co,Fe3+)2(AsO4)2(OH,O)4
Type Locality: Güldener Falk Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: W. Krause, H.-J. Bernhardt, C. McCammon & H. Effenberger (2002): Neustädtelite and cobaltneustädtelite, the Fe3+- and Co2+- analogues of medenbachite.- American Mineralogist 87, 726 - 738
Localities: Recorded from at least 4 other localities in this region.
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Cobaltneustädtelite from Güldener Falk Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Cobalttsumcorite (TL)
Formula: Pb(Co,Fe3+,Ni)2(AsO4)2 · 2(H2O,OH)
Type Locality: Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: MinRec 33:351; Lapis 30(7/8):68 (2005)
Localities: Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region.
Photo: © Stephan Wolfsried. Cobalttsumcorite from Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Coffinite
Formula: (U4+,Th)(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x
Reference: No reference listed
Conichalcite
Formula: CaCu(AsO4)(OH)
Localities: Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Güldener Falk Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Adam Heber Mine (Shaft 43), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Sauschwart Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Connellite
Formula: Cu19(SO4)(OH)32Cl4 · 3H2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Copper
Formula: Cu
Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.
Corkite
Formula: PbFe3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Locality: Waldschacht Mine (Shaft 26), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Cornwallite
Formula: Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Corundum
Formula: Al2O3
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Covellite
Formula: CuS
Reference: No reference listed
Cryptomelane
Formula: K(Mn4+,Mn2+)8O16
Reference: No reference listed
Cuprite
Formula: Cu2O
Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
Cuprosklodowskite
Formula: Cu(UO2)2[HSiO4]2 · 6H2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Curite
Formula: Pb3(UO2)8O8(OH)6 · 3H2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Devilline
Formula: CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Reference: No reference listed
Dewindtite
Formula: Pb(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)2 · 3H2O
Locality: Ritter Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Dickite
Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Diopside
Formula: CaMgSi2O6
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Djurleite
Formula: Cu31S16
Localities: König David Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Bergkappe Mine (Shaft 75), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Schrotschacht Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.
Dravite
Formula: Na(Mg3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Dreyerite
Formula: Bi(VO4)
Locality: Güldener Falk Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Duftite
Formula: PbCu(AsO4)(OH)
Localities: Priester Mine (Priester und Leviten Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Güldener Falk Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Dussertite
Formula: BaFe3+3(AsO4)2(OH)5
Localities: St Georg Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Emplectite
Formula: CuBiS2
Reference: No reference listed
Localities: Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region.
Epidote
Formula: {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Locality: Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Erythrite (TL)
Formula: Co3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
Type Locality: Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001; Beudant, 1832
Localities: Recorded from at least 9 other localities in this region.
Photo: © Van King. Erythrite from Daniel Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Eulytine (TL)
Formula: Bi4(SiO4)3
Type Locality: Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):41-70 (2005)
Localities: Recorded from at least 13 other localities in this region.
Photo: © Christian Rewitzer. Eulytine from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Ferberite
Formula: FeWO4
Reference: No reference listed
Ferrihydrite
Formula: Fe3+5O3(OH)9
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Ferrilotharmeyerite
Formula: Ca(Fe3+,Zn)2(AsO4)2 · 2(OH,H2O)
Localities: Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Ferrilotharmeyerite from Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Ferro-Actinolite
Formula: ☐{Ca2}{Fe2+5}(Si8O22)(OH)2
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Fluorapatite ?
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
Localities: Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
König David Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © 1995-2001 Trinity Mineral Co.. Fluorite from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Fluor-schorl (TL)
Formula: Na(Fe2+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F
Type Locality: Steinberg, Zschorlau, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: Ertl, A., Kolitsch, U., Darby Dyar, M., Meyer, H.-P., Henry, D.J., Rossman, G.R., Prem, M., Ludwig, T., Nasdala, L., Lengauer, C.L., and Tillmanns, E. (2011): CNMNC Newsletter 8, 291
Fourmarierite
Formula: Pb(UO2)4O3(OH)4 · 4H2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Freibergite
Formula: (Ag4+2xCu2-2x)[(Cu, Ag)4(Fe, Zn)2]Sb4S12S1-x (0 < x < 1)
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Fritzscheite
Formula: Mn(UO2)2(PO4,VO4)2 · 10H2O (?)
Reference: No reference listed
Galena
Formula: PbS
Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.
Goethite
Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH)
Localities: Güldener Falk Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Beust Mine (Beust Shaft; Shaft 24), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Waldschacht Mine (Shaft 26), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Adam Heber Mine (Shaft 43), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Gold
Formula: Au
Locality: Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Graphite
Formula: C
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Greenockite
Formula: CdS
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Grossular
Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Grossular var: Hessonite
Locality: Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Guérinite (TL)
Formula: Ca5(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2 · 9H2O
Type Locality: Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: Bulletin de Minéralogie 87 (1964), 169; Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Guérinite from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
'Gummite'
Localities: Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Adam Heber Mine (Shaft 43), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
Reference: No reference listed
Haidingerite
Formula: CaHAsO4 · H2O
Reference: 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: 709.
Hammarite
Formula: Pb2Cu2Bi4S9
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Hausmannite
Formula: MnMn2O4
Reference: No reference listed
Hedenbergite
Formula: CaFe2+Si2O6
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Heinrichite
Formula: Ba(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 10H2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.
Photo: © M. Adelt. Hematite from Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Hemimorphite
Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Reference: No reference listed
Heterogenite (TL)
Formula: CoO(OH)
Type Locality: Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: A. Frenzel (1872): Mineralogisches. 5. Heterogenit.- Journal für praktische Chemie [2] 5, 404-407
Localities: Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region.
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Heterogenite from Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Hinsdalite
Formula: PbAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Locality: Waldschacht Mine (Shaft 26), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
'Hornblende'
Locality: Waldschacht Mine (Shaft 26), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Hörnesite
Formula: Mg3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
Locality: Siebenschlehen Mine (Shaft 10), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Hübnerite
Formula: MnWO4
Reference: No reference listed
Hydroxylapatite var: Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite
Formula: Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(OH,O)
Locality: Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Ilvaite
Formula: CaFe2+2Fe3+(Si2O7)O(OH)
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Jarosite
Formula: KFe3+ 3(SO4)2(OH)6
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Johannite
Formula: Cu(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O
Reference: No reference listed
Kahlerite
Formula: Fe(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 12H2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Kaňkite
Formula: FeAsO4 · 3.5H2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Kaolinite
Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Locality: Waldschacht Mine (Shaft 26), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Kettnerite
Formula: CaBiCO3OF
Localities: Waldschacht Mine (Shaft 26), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Peter und Paul Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Kettnerite from Waldschacht Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Koechlinite (TL)
Formula: Bi2MoO6
Type Locality: Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: Journal of the Washington Academy of Science (1914): 4, 354-356; 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: 1093; Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
Localities: Recorded from at least 2 other localities in this region.
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Koechlinite from Adam Heber Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Köttigite (TL)
Formula: Zn3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
Type Locality: Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: Köttig, O. (1849): Zinkarseniat (wasserhaltiges) von der Kobaltgrube Daniel bei Schneeberg.- Journal für praktische Chemie 48, 183-186; Can.Min.:14:437(1976); American Mineralogist (1979): 64: 376; Dana 1850; 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: 752.
Langite
Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
Reference: No reference listed
Lavendulan
Formula: NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl · 5H2O
Locality: Sauschwart Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Leadhillite
Formula: Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Lepidocrocite
Formula: γ-Fe3+O(OH)
Reference: No reference listed
Libethenite
Formula: Cu2(PO4)(OH)
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Liebigite
Formula: Ca2(UO2)(CO3)3 · 11H2O
Localities: Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Fürstenvertrag Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Limonite
Formula: FeO(OH) · nH2O
Localities: Güldener Falk Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
König David Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Glück Flacher vein, Rödergasse, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Linarite
Formula: PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Localities: König David Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © D. L.. Linarite from König David Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Lithiophorite (TL)
Formula: (Al,Li)MnO2(OH)2
Type Locality: Spitzleithe, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: A. Frenzel: "Lithiophorit, ein lithionhaltiges Manganerz", J. prakt. Chem. 2:203-206 (1870)
Löllingite
Formula: FeAs2
Locality: Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Lukrahnite
Formula: Ca(Cu,Zn)(Fe3+,Zn)(AsO4)2 · 2(H2O,OH)
Locality: Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Magnesiohornblende
Formula: ☐{Ca2}{Mg4Al}(AlSi7O22)(OH)2
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Localities: Fürstenvertrag Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Magnet Shaft (Magnet adit), Zschorlau, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
Manganite
Formula: Mn3+O(OH)
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
Localities: Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
König David Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Gesellschaft Mine (Gesellschafter Zug Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Sauschwart Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Marcasite var: Lonchidite
Formula: Fe(S,As)2
Locality: Sauschwart Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Margarite
Formula: CaAl2(Al2Si2O10)(OH)2
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Matildite
Formula: AgBiS2
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Maucherite
Formula: Ni11As8
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Mawbyite
Formula: Pb(Fe3+,Zn)2(AsO4)2 · 2(OH,H2O)
Localities: Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Melanterite
Formula: FeSO4 · 7H2O
Reference: No reference listed
Meta-autunite
Formula: Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6-8H2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Metanováčekite
Formula: Mg(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 4-8H2O
Locality: Adam Heber Mine (Shaft 43), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Metarauchite
Formula: Ni(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
Locality: Adam Heber Mine (Shaft 43), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © Leon Hupperichs. Metarauchite from Adam Heber Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Metasaléeite
Formula: Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Metatorbernite (TL)
Formula: Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Type Locality: Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: A.F. Hallimond: Mineral. Mag. 17:333 (1916)
Localities: Recorded from at least 3 other localities in this region.
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Metatorbernite from Waldschacht Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Metauranocircite
Formula: Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 7H2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Metazeunerite (TL)
Formula: Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
Type Locality: Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: Geochemist's and Mineralogist's Compendium,(1937) p. 173; Vollstädt et al.: "Micromounts", Leipzig (1988)
Localities: Recorded from at least 2 other localities in this region.
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Metazeunerite from Weißer Hirsch Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Miargyrite
Formula: AgSbS2
Reference: No reference listed
Microcline
Formula: KAlSi3O8
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Millerite
Formula: NiS
Localities: Gesellschaft Mine (Gesellschafter Zug Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Mimetite
Formula: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Localities: Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Waldschacht Mine (Shaft 26), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Mixite
Formula: BiCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6 · 3H2O
Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Mixite from Sauschwart Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Molybdenite
Formula: MoS2
Localities: Jung Wild Schwein Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Fürstenvertrag Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Neujahr Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Gleesberg Quarry, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Montmorillonite
Formula: (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Moorhouseite
Formula: (Co,Ni,Mn)SO4 · 6H2O
Reference: No reference listed
Mottramite
Formula: PbCu(VO4)(OH)
Locality: Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Locality: Gleesberg Quarry, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Nacrite
Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Reference: No reference listed
Namibite
Formula: Cu(BiO)2(VO4)(OH)
Locality: Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Namibite from Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Natrouranospinite ?
Formula: (Na2,Ca)(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 5H2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Neustädtelite (TL)
Formula: Bi3+2Fe3+(Fe3+,Co)2(AsO4)2(OH,O)4
Type Locality: Güldener Falk Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: W. Krause, H.-J. Bernhardt, C. McCammon & H. Effenberger (2002): Neustädtelite and cobaltneustädtelite, the Fe3+- and Co2+- analogues of medenbachite.- American Mineralogist 87, 726 - 738
Localities: Recorded from at least 10 other localities in this region.
Photo: © Stephan Wolfsried. Neustädtelite from Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Nickeline
Formula: NiAs
Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.
Photo: Nickeline from Adam Heber Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Nickellotharmeyerite (TL)
Formula: Ca(Ni,Fe3+,Co)2(AsO4)2 · 2(H2O,OH)
Type Locality: Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: Neues Jahrb. Mineral. Mon. 558-576
Localities: Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region.
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Nickellotharmeyerite from Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Nickelschneebergite (TL)
Formula: (Bi3+,Ca)(Ni,Co,Fe3+)2(AsO4)2 · 2(OH,H2O)
Type Locality: Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: W. Krause et al. (2002) Eur. J. Mineral. 14, 115-126
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Nickelschneebergite from Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Nickelskutterudite (TL)
Formula: NiAs2-3
Type Locality: Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
Localities: Recorded from at least 8 other localities in this region.
Photo: © Paul Bongaerts. Nickelskutterudite from Siebenschlehen Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Nickelskutterudite var: Chloanthite
Formula: NiAs2 - excess As up to As2.5
Localities: Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Schindler Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © Rob Lavinsky. Chloanthite from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Nontronite
Formula: Na0.3Fe2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Nováčekite-I (TL)
Formula: Mg(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 12H2O
Type Locality: Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: Amer.Min.(1951) 36, 680-686
Olivenite
Formula: Cu2(AsO4)(OH)
Localities: Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Schrotschacht Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Güldener Falk Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
König David Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Opal
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
Locality: Waldschacht Mine (Shaft 26), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Orpiment
Formula: As2S3
Reference: No reference listed
Orthoclase
Formula: KAlSi3O8
Reference: No reference listed
Orthoserpierite
Formula: Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Pararammelsbergite
Formula: NiAs2
Reference: No reference listed
Parasymplesite
Formula: Fe2+3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
Locality: Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Parsonsite
Formula: Pb2(UO2)(PO4)2 · 2H2O
Locality: Waldschacht Mine (Shaft 26), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Parsonsite from Waldschacht Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Paulkellerite (TL)
Formula: (BiO)2Fe3+(PO4)(OH)2
Type Locality: Neuhilfe Flacher vein, Junge Kalbe Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: Amer. Min. (1988) 73, 870-872 and 873-875
Petitjeanite
Formula: Bi3(PO4)2O(OH)
Localities: Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Güldener Falk Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Gesellschaft Mine (Gesellschafter Zug Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © Leon Hupperichs. Petitjeanite from Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Pharmacoalumite
Formula: KAl4(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6.5H2O
Locality: Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Pharmacolite
Formula: Ca(HAsO4) · 2H2O
Locality: Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Pharmacosiderite
Formula: KFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6-7H2O
Localities: Ritter Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Adam Heber Mine (Shaft 43), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Phlogopite ?
Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH,F)2
Locality: Schindler Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany - erroneously reported
Phosphuranylite
Formula: (H3O)3KCa(UO2)7(PO4)4O4 · 8H2O
Locality: Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Picropharmacolite
Formula: Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2 · 11H2O
Locality: Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Pitticite
Formula: (Fe, SO4, AsO4, H2O) ?
Reference: 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: 1015.
Plumbogummite
Formula: PbAl3(PO4)2(OH)5 · H2O
Locality: Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Plumbojarosite
Formula: Pb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Polybasite
Formula: [(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7][Ag9CuS4]
Localities: Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Priester Mine (Priester und Leviten Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Katharina Flacher vein, Türk Shaft (Shaft 83), Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Posnjakite
Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · H2O
Reference: No reference listed
Prehnite
Formula: Ca2Al2Si3O12(OH)
Locality: Waldschacht Mine (Shaft 26), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Preisingerite
Formula: Bi3(AsO4)2O(OH)
Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Preisingerite from Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Proustite
Formula: Ag3AsS3
Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.
Photo: © fabreminerals.com. Proustite from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Pseudomalachite
Formula: Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4
Localities: Schrotschacht Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
König David Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Pucherite (TL)
Formula: Bi(VO4)
Type Locality: Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: A. Frenzel (1871): Mineralogisches. 1. Pucherit.- Journal für praktische Chemie 4, 227-231; 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: 1051.
Localities: Recorded from at least 6 other localities in this region.
Photo: © Stephan Wolfsried. Pucherite from Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Pyrargyrite
Formula: Ag3SbS3
Localities: Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Priester Mine (Priester und Leviten Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Sauschwart Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Katharina Flacher vein, Türk Shaft (Shaft 83), Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © . Pyrargyrite from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Localities: Reported from at least 13 localities in this region.
Pyrolusite
Formula: MnO2
Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
Pyromorphite
Formula: Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.
Photo: © Stephan Wolfsried. Pyromorphite from Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
'Pyromorphite Subgroup'
Localities: Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Güldener Falk Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Pyrophyllite
Formula: Al2(Si4O10)(OH)2
Reference: No reference listed
Pyrostilpnite
Formula: Ag3SbS3
Locality: Katharina Flacher vein, Türk Shaft (Shaft 83), Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS (x = 0 to 0.17)
Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.
Photo: © Weinrich Minerals, Inc.. Pyrrhotite from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Localities: Reported from at least 24 localities in this region.
Quartz var: Agate
Formula: SiO2
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Quartz var: Amethyst
Formula: SiO2
Locality: Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Quartz var: Chalcedony
Reference: 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: 281.
Localities: Recorded from at least 5 other localities in this region.
Quartz var: Citrine ?
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Quartz var: Eisenkiesel
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Quartz var: Jasper
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Quartz var: Milky Quartz
Locality: Neujahr Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Quartz var: Rock Crystal
Locality: Gleesberg Quarry, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Quartz var: Rose Quartz ?
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Quartz var: Smoky Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Localities: Neujahr Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Alexander Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Glück Flacher vein, Rödergasse, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Rammelsbergite (TL)
Formula: NiAs2
Type Locality: Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XIII. Ordnung. Kiese III. Kobaltkies. Rammelsbergit. in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 559-562
Localities: Recorded from at least 3 other localities in this region.
Photo: © . Rammelsbergite from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Rappoldite (TL)
Formula: Pb(Co,Ni,Zn)2(AsO4)2 · 2H2O
Type Locality: Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: [MinRec 32:418]
Photo: © Stephan Wolfsried. Rappoldite from Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Rauenthalite
Formula: Ca3(AsO4)2 · 10H2O
Locality: Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Realgar
Formula: As4S4
Localities: Segen Gottes Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Beust Mine (Beust Shaft; Shaft 24), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Rhabdophane-(Nd)
Formula: (Nd,Ce,La)(PO4) · H2O
Locality: Glück Flacher vein, Rödergasse, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Rhodochrosite
Formula: MnCO3
Locality: Adam Heber Mine (Shaft 43), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Richelsdorfite
Formula: Ca2Cu5Sb(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl · 6H2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Romanèchite
Formula: (Ba,H2O)2Mn5O10
Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
Photo: © Christopher O'Neill. Romanèchite from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Rooseveltite
Formula: Bi(AsO4)
Locality: Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Rosasite
Formula: (Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Reference: No reference listed
Roselite (TL)
Formula: Ca2(Co2+,Mg)(AsO4)2 · 2H2O
Type Locality: Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: 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: 725; Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
Localities: Recorded from at least 5 other localities in this region.
Photo: © Edward Rosenzweig. Roselite from Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Rösslerite
Formula: Mg(HAsO4) · 7H2O
Reference: No reference listed
Rösslerite var: Wapplerite
Localities: Sauschwart Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Eiserner Landgraf Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Rozenite
Formula: FeSO4 · 4H2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Russellite
Formula: Bi2WO6
Locality: Wolfsgrün Quarry, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: Russellite from Wolfsgrün Quarry, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Rutherfordine
Formula: (UO2)CO3
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Safflorite (TL)
Formula: (Co,Fe,Ni)As2
Type Locality: Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: A. Breithaupt (1817): Strahliger Weisser Speiskobold.- C.A.S. Hoffmann´s Handbuch der Mineralogie, Vol. 4.1.- Freiberg, Verl. Craz & Gerlach, p. 181-182
Localities: Recorded from at least 6 other localities in this region.
Photo: © 2008 Jesse Crawford. Safflorite from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Sainfeldite
Formula: CaCa2Ca2(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2 · 4H2O
Locality: Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Saléeite (TL)
Formula: Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10H2O
Type Locality: Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: Mrose (1950) American Mineralogist: 35: 525.
Localities: Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region.
Photo: © Leon Hupperichs. Saléeite from Weißer Hirsch Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Schapbachite ?
Formula: AgBiS2
Description: might be a pseudo-cubic paramorph after matildite
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Scheelite
Formula: Ca(WO4)
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Schlegelite (TL)
Formula: Bi7(AsO4)3(MoO4)2O4
Type Locality: Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Habit: Spherical aggregates (1 mm) composed of small orthorhombic lath-like crystals
Colour: Yellow
Reference: Krause, K., Bernhardt, H.-J., Effenberger, H. (2006): Schlegelite, Bi7O4(MoO4)2(AsO4)3, a new mineral from Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. European Journal of Mineralogy, 18, 803-811; Acta Cryst. (2004), A60, p. 192
Schneebergite (TL)
Formula: (Bi3+,Ca)(Co,Ni,Fe3+)2(AsO4)2 · 2(OH,H2O)
Type Locality: Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: W. Krause et al. (2002) Eur. J. Mineral. 14, 115-126
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Schneebergite from Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Schoepite
Formula: (UO2)8O2(OH)12 · 12H2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Schorl
Formula: Na(Fe2+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Schumacherite (TL)
Formula: Bi3(VO4)2O(OH)
Type Locality: Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: Tscherm.Min.Petr.Mitt.(1983) 31, 165-173; Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
Localities: Recorded from at least 3 other localities in this region.
Photo: © 2004 JBS. Schumacherite from Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Scorodite
Formula: FeAsO4 · 2H2O
Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.
Photo: © Thomas Uhlig. Scorodite from Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Segnitite
Formula: PbFe3+3(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)6
Reference: Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
Sepiolite
Formula: Mg4(Si6O15)(OH)2 · 6H2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Serpierite
Formula: Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O
Reference: No reference listed
Siderite
Formula: FeCO3
Locality: Fürstenvertrag Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Sillénite
Formula: Bi12SiO20
Localities: Junge Kalbe Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Sauschwart Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Güldener Falk Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Sillénite from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Silver
Formula: Ag
Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Silver from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Skutterudite
Formula: (Co,Fe,Ni)As2-3
Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.
Photo: © Kiyoshi Kiikuni. Skutterudite from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Smolianinovite
Formula: (Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)3(Fe3+,Al)2(AsO4)4 · 11H2O
Reference: Min. Mag. 41, 385-388(1977)
Spessartine
Formula: Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Localities: Türk Shaft (Shaft 83), Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Fürstenvertrag Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Priester Mine (Priester und Leviten Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Katharina Flacher vein, Türk Shaft (Shaft 83), Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Spherocobaltite (TL)
Formula: CoCO3
Type Locality: Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: [Jahrb. Berg- und Hüttenwesen, Abh.(1877) p. 53; Clark, 1993 - "Hey's Mineral Index"]
Localities: Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region.
Photo: © Paul De Bondt. Spherocobaltite from Daniel Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Stephanite
Formula: Ag5SbS4
Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
Photo: © 2001 John H. Betts. Stephanite from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Sternbergite
Formula: AgFe2S3
Localities: Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Sauschwart Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Stibnite ?
Formula: Sb2S3
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Stilpnomelane
Formula: (K,Ca,Na)(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36 · nH2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Sylvanite
Formula: (Au,Ag)2Te4
Locality: Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © Rob Lavinsky. Sylvanite from Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Symplesite ?
Formula: Fe2+3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
Description: could never be confirmed in contemporary analyses
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):41-70 (2005)
Localities: Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region.
Talc
Formula: Mg3(Si4O10)(OH)2
Reference: No reference listed
Talmessite
Formula: Ca2Mg(AsO4)2 · 2H2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Tennantite
Formula: (Cu,Ag,Fe,Zn)12As4S13
Localities: König David Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Katharina Flacher vein, Türk Shaft (Shaft 83), Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Sauschwart Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Bergkappe Mine (Shaft 75), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Tenorite
Formula: CuO
Reference: No reference listed
Tetrahedrite
Formula: (Cu,Fe,Ag,Zn)12Sb4S13
Locality: König David Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Titanite
Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Topaz
Formula: Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Reference: No reference listed
Torbernite
Formula: Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O
Localities: Waldschacht Mine (Shaft 26), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Schrotschacht Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Glück Flacher vein, Rödergasse, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © Peter Haas. Torbernite from Glück Flacher vein, Rödergasse, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
'Tourmaline'
Formula: A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Localities: Türk Shaft (Shaft 83), Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Zschorlau Mine (Zschorlauer Bergsegen Mine; Dodos Glück Mine), Zschorlau, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Tremolite
Formula: ☐{Ca2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Trögerite (TL)
Formula: (UO2)3(AsO4)2 · 12H2O (?)
Type Locality: Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: A. Weisbach (1871): Vorläufige Mittheilung [Über Trögerit und Walpurgin].- Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, 869-870; 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: 967, 991.
Localities: Recorded from at least 2 other localities in this region.
Photo: © Stephan Wolfsried. Trögerite from Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Tungstite
Formula: WO3 · H2O
Reference: No reference listed
Turquoise
Formula: Cu(Al,Fe3+)6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O
Locality: Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Tyrolite
Formula: Ca2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8 · 11H2O
Localities: König David Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Uraninite
Formula: UO2
Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.
Uranocircite
Formula: Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10H2O
Localities: Waldschacht Mine (Shaft 26), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Glück Flacher vein, Rödergasse, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
'Uranocker'
Locality: Glück Flacher vein, Rödergasse, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Uranophane
Formula: Ca(UO2)2[HSiO4]2 · 5H2O
Locality: Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © Tamás Ungvári 2010. Uranophane from Weißer Hirsch Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Uranopilite
Formula: (UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6 · 14H2O
Locality: Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Uranospathite
Formula: (Al,☐)(UO2)2(PO4)2F · 20(H2O,F)
Locality: Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Uranosphaerite (TL)
Formula: Bi(UO2)O2(OH)
Type Locality: Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: A. Weisbach (1873): Neue Uranerze von Neustädtel bei Schneeberg.- Jahrbuch für das Berg- und Hüttenwesen im Königreiche Sachsen, Abhandlungen, 119-121; 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: 967.
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Uranosphaerite from Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Uranospinite (TL)
Formula: Ca(UO2)(AsO4)2 · 10H2O
Type Locality: Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: A. Weisbach (1873): Neue Uranerze von Neustädtel bei Schneeberg.- Jahrbuch für das Berg- und Hüttenwesen im Königreiche Sachsen, Abhandlungen, 119-121; 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: 967, 991.
Vaesite
Formula: NiS2
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Vesuvianite
Formula: (Ca,Na,☐)19(Al,Mg,Fe3+)13(☐,B,Al,Fe3+)5(Si2O7)4(SiO4)10(OH,F,O)10
Reference: No reference listed
'Wad var: Cobaltian Wad'
Locality: Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Wagnerite ?
Formula: (Mg,Fe2+)2(PO4)F
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Walpurgite (TL)
Formula: (BiO)4(UO2)(AsO4)2 · 3H2O
Type Locality: Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: A. Weisbach (1871): Vorläufige Mittheilung [Über Trögerit und Walpurgin].- Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, 869-870; 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: 797, 967, 991.
Localities: Recorded from at least 9 other localities in this region.
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Walpurgite from Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Waylandite
Formula: BiAl3(PO4)2(OH)6
Localities: Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Waldschacht Mine (Shaft 26), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: © Stephan Wolfsried. Waylandite from Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Weilite (TL)
Formula: Ca(HAsO4)
Type Locality: Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: P. Herpin & R. Pierrot (1963): La weilite, CaH(AsO4), un nouvel arseniate de calcium isomorphe de la monetite.- Bull. Soc. franc. Miner. Crist. 86, 368-372
Localities: Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region.
Wendwilsonite
Formula: Ca2(Mg,Co2+)(AsO4)2 · 2H2O
Reference: J. Gröbner und U. Kolitsch (2005), Lapis 30 (7-8), 71-73; 81-82; Kolitsch & Fleck (2006), European Journal of Mineralogy, 18, 471-482.
Photo: © P. Lunzer. Wendwilsonite from Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Willemite
Formula: Zn2SiO4
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Wolframite
Formula: (Fe2+)WO4 to (Mn2+)WO4
Reference: 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: 1069.
Localities: Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region.
Wollastonite
Formula: CaSiO3
Reference: No reference listed
Woodwardite
Formula: Cu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12 · 2-4H2O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Wulfenite
Formula: Pb(MoO4)
Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
Wurtzite
Formula: (Zn,Fe)S
Reference: Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
Xanthoconite
Formula: Ag3AsS3
Localities: Türk Shaft (Shaft 83), Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Magnet Shaft (Magnet adit), Zschorlau, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Photo: Xanthoconite from Magnet Shaft, Zschorlau, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Zeunerite (TL)
Formula: Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 12H2O
Type Locality: Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Reference: A. Weisbach (1872) Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, 206-208; 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: 967, 991.
Localities: Recorded from at least 5 other localities in this region.
Photo: © Stephan Wolfsried. Zeunerite from Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Zincite
Formula: (Zn,Mn2+,Fe2+)O
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Zinnwaldite
Formula: KLiFe2+Al(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
Reference: Lapis 30(7/8):78-80 (2005)
Zippeite
Formula: K4(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10 · 4H2O
Locality: Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany


330 entries listed. 299 valid minerals. 43 type localities (valid minerals).

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: 1015, 1069.
- Bode, R. (1982): Die Mineralien Schneebergs. Emser Hefte 4 (1), 38-71. (in German)
- Flach, S. (1982): Der Bergbau von Schneeberg. Emser Hefte 4 (1), 15-31. (in German)
- Schlegel, F., Schumann, K. & Siemroth, J. (1991): Seltene Phosphatminerale von Schneeberg im Erzgebirge. - Lapis, 16 (6), 40-43. (in German)
- Schlegel, F., Schumann, K. & Siemroth, J. (1992): Haldenfunde sekundärer Wismutminerale von Schneeberg im Erzgebirge. Lapis 17 (11), 29-36; 50. (in German)
- Schlegel, F. (2000): Neufunde aus dem Bergrevier Schneeberg/Sachsen, 1995-99 (I). Lapis 25 (2), 31-38; 50. (in German)
- Schlegel, F. (2002): Neufunde und Neubestimmungen aus dem Bergrevier Schneeberg/Sachsen, 1990–2002 (II). Lapis 27 (7-8), 67-72. (in German)
- Stefan Weiß (2002): Neue Mineralien: aus Schneeberg/Sachsen. Lapis 27 (7-8), 73-76. (in German)
- Herrmann, S. (2005): Geologie, Erzgänge und Mineralisation der Lagerstätte Schneeberg/Sachsen. Lapis 30 (7-8), 30-40. (in German)
- Lahl, B. (2005): Von 1470 bis 1956: Der Schneeberger Bergbau. Lapis 30 (7-8), 13-21. (in German)
- Massanek, A. & Michalski, S. (2005): Die Mineralien des Schneeberger Reviers. Lapis 30 (7-8), 41-66. (in German)
- J. Gröbner und U. Kolitsch (2005): Neufunde aus dem Bergrevier Schneeberg im Erzgebirge. Lapis 30 (7-8), 71-73; 81-82. (in German)
- Kolitsch, U. & Fleck, M. (2006): Third update on compounds with kröhnkite-type chains: the crystal structure of wendwilsonite [Ca2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O] and the new triclinic structure types of AgSc(CrO4)2·2H2O and M2Cu(Cr2O7)2·2H2O (M = Rb, Cs). European Journal of Mineralogy, 18, 471-482.

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