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Microcline from
Epprechtstein, Kirchenlamitz, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Microcline
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Gilbertite6 photos of Microcline associated with Gilbertite at this locality.
Smoky Quartz6 photos of Microcline associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality.
Albite5 photos of Microcline associated with Albite at this locality.
Tourmaline4 photos of Microcline associated with Tourmaline at this locality.
Fluorapatite3 photos of Microcline associated with Fluorapatite at this locality.
Topaz1 photo of Microcline associated with Topaz at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Microcline associated with Quartz at this locality.
Fluorite1 photo of Microcline associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Microcline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Epprechtstein, Kirchenlamitz, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:641643
Long-form Identifier:1:3:641643:0
GUID (UUID V4):1126b038-a61e-496a-a238-8c8de1894721
Nearest other occurrences of Microcline
3.5km (2.2 miles) Kleiner Kornberg, Niederlamitz, Kirchenlamitz, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
5.2km (3.2 miles) Streuspitz, Weißenstadter Forst-Nord, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
5.3km (3.3 miles) Reinersreuth quarry (Köhlerloh quarry), Reinersreuth, Sparneck, Hof District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
9.0km (5.6 miles) Schoberth quarry, Rudolfstein, Weißenstadt, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
13.1km (8.2 miles) Fuchsbau quarry, Tröstauer Forst-West, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
14.2km (8.9 miles) Zufurt quarry, Tröstauer Forst-West, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
18.8km (11.7 miles) Kösseine granite quarry, Kösseine, Tröstauer Forst-Ost, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
33.0km (20.5 miles) Alt & Neu Bescheert Glück Mines, Lichtenberg, Hof District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
43.1km (26.8 miles) Maier feldspar mine, Püllersreuth, Kirchendemenreuth, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
49.3km (30.6 miles) Ahornberg, Bärnau, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Association: Elbaite, topaz, cassiterite, albite, microcline, muscovite, lepidolite, quartz. Distribution:...California. In Germany, at the Epprechtstein and Waldheim quarries, Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria. In the Viitaniemi
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Erzgebirge, Saxony Epprechtstein, Kirchenlamitz, Weißenstadt, Fichtelgebirge, Franconia, Bavaria Hinterohlsbach...deposit Granitic pegmatite Granitic pegmatite Germany India Aravakkurichchi, Karur-Kangayam gemstone...collected. Figure 8 (left). Fluorapatite on microcline, 3.6 cm tall, Imilchil, Er Rachidia Province...associated minerals vary widely but can include microcline, chlorite, magnetite, titanite, actinolite, stilbite...der schönen Mineralien und Fossilien. Haltern, Germany: Bode Verlag. Jaszczak, J., and D. Trinchillo.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
first discovered at Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony, Germany (Haidinger, 1828), and hydroxyl-herderite was first...Fichtelgibirge, Bavaria, Germany (I) Epprechtstein, Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria, Germany (I) Blue Chihuahua...associated with albite instead of the buff-colored microcline of the 1976 discovery and are also notable in...hydroxyl-herderite crystals is an etched, tan to cream-colored microcline, although some crystals have been found perched...associated species include topaz and lepidolite. The microcline crystals are severely etched to a honeycomb texture
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure 1. A single white phenakite crystal on microcline from Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado....Figure 5. This excellent 2-cm phenakite crystal on microcline, variety amazonite, is attributed to the Florissant...photo. Figure 9. An interesting phenakite and microcline, variety amazonite, from Imalo, Vallemania, Madagascar...including Epprechtstein, the Zufurt quarry at Trostau in Franconia, and Fichtelsee, Bavaria. Prismatic
Book
immensely popular handbook of minerals appeared in Germany I obtained a copy fo! my personal library and was...name from the saltmining district of Hallstatt in Upper Austria, where many prehistoric finds have been...hornblende, Fig. 24 feldspar; triclink Pl. 44 microcline, Fig. 8 albite. No of axes - - - --Designations...ditetragonal prism e, also shown at D (only the upper part of the whole crystal is shown). identification...the fifteen most abundant elements present in the upper ten miles or so of the crust, which account for
Report (issue)
Polymorphism & Series: Mineral Group: Dimorphous with microcline; forms a series with celsian. Feldspar (alkali)...Elba, Italy. At Epprechtstein, Bavaria, Carlsbad, Bohemia, and Manebach, Thuringia, Germany. From Cornwall
Report (issue)
Geochemistry LHecht G Morteani (Project leader, Germany) W Spiegel Centre de Recherches sur la Geologie...and B Poty 7 The Hercynides in the German 2.3 Fichtelgebirge L Hecht, W Spiegel and G Morteani 15 Chapter...Vigneresse and M Cuney 54 The Fichtelgebirge and adjacent granites, 3.4 Germany J L Vigneresse and J D Cornwell...and B Poty 73 Structural characteristics - Fichtelgebirge 4.3 L Hecht, W Spiegel and G Morteani 98 Chapter...Cuney, M Brouand,A Bourguignon and B Poty I 05 Fichtelgebirge granites L Hecht, W Spiegel 5.3 and G Morteani
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
system Caa(PO4)•-Bea(PO4)•,containing muscovite, microcline, albite, topaz, beryl, her- hurlbutite, CaBe•(PO4)•... Europe Sauberg(?), Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony,Germany Type locality, in greisenveins. Cassiterite,beryl...1960; 1974 Reinersreuthat Waldstein, Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria,Germany Tourmaline,topaz,apatite, fluorite...Ginzburgand Shatskaya,1966 Epprechtstein, Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria, Germany Topaz, apatite, fluorite ...Mineralalogie Monatsh., no. 3-4, p. 127-143. granits im Fichtelgebirge:Zeitschr. Kristallographie, v. 46
Book
Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz University Hannover, Germany Responsible Series Editor: F. Pirajno ISSN 1876-1682...rocks in the Bohemian Massif, which is shared by Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland and Austria, has been...the region are not very promising and mining in Germany is obviously a profession of the past, but learning...pegmatites. The geochemical atlas of the F.R. of Germany, albeit not covering all rare elements of relevance...himself after passing through the book. Hannover, Germany Harald G. Dill Contents 1 Pegmatitic Rocks
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
are given. I. Black tourmaline from Epprechtstein, Fichtelgebirge ; sp. gr. 3.1241. 11. Rose-red tourmaline...microperthite and an alkali-hornblende, with some microcline, diopside, lepidomelane, apatite, zircon, &c
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
first description of euelase crystals from Epprechtstein, Bavaria. 2 This method of giving a table of angles...e crystals from S o u t h - W e s t Africa. microcline and smoky-quartz. They show au equal development...on quartz show these forms alone, but those on microcline show in addition a few other small faces (apd)...scattered over the surfaces of the quartz and microcline, but on the latter there are also a few shallow...crystals of phenakite have become detached. The microcline is cream coloured with splashes of green and
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by Gloucester Typesetting Co. Ltd. Printed in Germany Contents Translator's Foreword 4 Foreword ...known in some parts of the Continent, including Germany. Ore: Ores are deposits of minerals, which contain...prisms and pyramids. Occurrence: England, Scotland, Germany, Alps, Urals, Brazil, Madagascar. Quartz is important...Adularia 60% Andesine Sanidine 40% Labradorite Microcline 20% Bytownite Anorthite (pure Ca-feldspar) 100%...Occurs in England, Scotland, Germany, Alps, Norway, Sweden. Microcline has the same physical properties
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
It is associnted tvitli indigolite and \vhite microcline. 11s seen from tables 1-11 tlic iiicinbcrs of...Zinnwaldite Doclter 9, Cape Ann . ICunitz 1, Epprechtstein . . . . . . Stercns 19, l'nln . .. . . . ...DISTRIBUTION OF LlTHlUMBEARlNG MICAS EUROPE Sweden Germany Downloaded by [UZH Hauptbibliothek / Zentralbibliothek...polylithionite lias been found in Grcenland, Japan, Germany, Africa, and in sonic of the United States. Tlie
Book (edition)
historical names of regions is preferred here, e.g. Upper Silesia, Moravia and Transylvania. Some names of...deposits of the central United States or of the Upper Silesian historical region in Poland, where the... in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from the Rabejac deposit, Herault dept... = = = = = Acanthite, x 16 mm, Freiberg, Germany, H Abernathyite, 12 mm, Ririera/, France, H Abhurite...the Himmelsftirst mine, Freiberg, both Saxony, Germany. In the subtropical areas acanthite may occur on
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consists of ilmenite. magnetite, anatase, biotite, microcline and minor fluorapatite (Robinson and Chamberlain...in the 1960s (Birch, 1999). IMITERITE EUROPE GERMANY Ramsbeck district, Nordrhein-Westfalen [Sauerland]...the jamesonite mats (Zacek and Oplustil, 1992). GERMANY Kuhberg quarry, Neumiihle, Thiiringen. The Kuh...about 3 km from Disentis, on the north bank of the Upper Rhine, to Curaglia, on the Val Medel drainage south...more generally marketed (1992: 276, 435). EUROPE GERMANY Kausersteimel mine, Kausen [Siegerland], Rheinland-Pfalz
Report (issue)
CT Concept & Design Maximilian Glas, Stamberg, Germany English Edition © 2002 by Lapis International,...ISBN 0-971 5371-2-7 Printed in Germany Above: Schor! and microcline from Pakistan's world famous Gilgit...Weise Verlag, Munich, Germany German Edition © Christian Weise Verlag, Munich, Germany ISBN 3- 921656- 31...COLLABORATION WITH LAPIS MAGAZINE, CHRISTIAN WEISE VERLAG, GERMANY AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA Tourmaline ♦ History...varieties came into use: rubellite (1794) and Upper: "lndicolite" from Goshen, Massachusetts was purchased
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Museums of Europe Burchard • Bode . Frontcover Upper left: The observatory at Kremsmunster. Austria.... which houses the mineral collection. Upper right: Pyromorphite crystals from Pribram. Czechoslovakia...Netherlands. Back cover The museum ldar-Oberstein. West-Germany. is quaintly situated beneath the Felsenkirche...Copyright 1986 by . Ulrich Burchard, Lalling, West-Germany All rights reserved including the right of reproduction...Printed in Germany Miscellaneous: Design & Lay Out by Rainer Bode, Haltern, West-Germany Type set by
Journal (issue)
Werner Lieber Heidelberg, West Germany Olaf Medenbach Bochum, Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland...first discovered at Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony, Germany (Haidinger, 1828), and hydroxyl-herderite was first...Fichtelgibirge, Bavaria, Germany (1) 59% Epprechtstein, Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria, Germany (1) Blue Chihuahua...associated with albite instead of the buff-colored microcline of the 1976 discovery and are also notable in...hydroxyl-herderite crystals is an etched, tan to cream-colored microcline, although some crystals have been found perched
Journal (issue)
Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf Medenbach Ruhr Unlversitat Bochum Bochum, W. Germany Eric Offermann Artesbeim.................. 157 by G. Thomssen Notes from Germany .................................................on some occasions a slide has helped to close an im portant mail-order sale. Generally speaking these...Mineralogical Record, volume 18, M arch-A pril, 1987 Im portant mineral events are represented by letters...and in a place very im portant in the development of American mineralogy. ® L IM IT E D ED ITIO N ! This
Journal (issue)
Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf Medenbach Ruhr Universitat Bochum Bochum, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim...books & other collectibles. you’re traveling in Germany, visit us for some German hospitality & see some...Exceptional H igh-Q uality Minerals and Fossils from Germany, Europe, Africa Weerth Edelsteine u. M ineralien...in ­ eral w e a lth at h an d , w ith w h ic h to im p re ss v isito rs; an d a risto crats o f a sc h...th e r h ad o th e r ideas, e n c o u ra g in g h im in stea d to fo llo w in th e fam ily fo o tste p
Journal (issue)
Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf Medenbach Ruhr Universitat Bochum Bochum, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim...books & other collectibles. you’re traveling in Germany, visit us for some German hospitality & see some...Exceptional H igh-Q uality Minerals and Fossils from Germany, Europe, Africa Weerth Edelsteine u. M ineralien...in ­ eral w e a lth at h an d , w ith w h ic h to im p re ss v isito rs; an d a risto crats o f a sc h...th e r h ad o th e r ideas, e n c o u ra g in g h im in stea d to fo llo w in th e fam ily fo o tste p
Book
L. Countryman) 8:503-504 AMAZONITE Amazonite [microcline] from the Pikes Peak batholith [Colorado] (by...R. F. Martin) 10:373-384 Colorado amazonite [microcline from the Keyhole vug. Ten-Percenter mine, Teller...Wilson) 19:75 ARNO RNER VALLEY Minerals from the upper Arno River Valley, Tuscany, Italy (by M. Corazza...24:463-467 BAD EMS Famous mineral localities: Bad Ems [Germany] (by R. Dietrich & R. Bode] 15:323-344 BAHIA Black...fluorite crystal from the Black Forest [Schwarzwald, Germany] (by E. Offermann) 10: 125 BLACK HILLS WylUeite
Book (edition)
extremities of the lines. pole of a face in the upper half of the crystal (above the plane of pro- by...of the intercept upon the c axis is shown in the upper left hand quadrant of the figure. The to the pole...distinct pyramidal forms, corresponding to the upper and lower halves of the first and second order pyramids...the tangent 111) X principle applies. The most im- Fig. 214) are: tan (001 tan (001 A hOl) = ~...necessary to construct a right angle triangle (see upper left hand quadrant of Fig. 215) in which the horizontal
Book (volume)
deposits of salt occur in the Salina formation of the Upper Silurian over a wide area in central and western...cubes. Bromyrite is found near Dernbach, Nassau, Germany (iodobromite) asA chlorian variety sociated with...reported from salt works at Hallein, Salzburg, Germany. Artificial NaCl-2H20 is probably monocUnic and...seams: at Duttweiler near Saarbriicken in the Saar, Germany; in mines of the Plauenschen Grund near Dresden;...pyromorphite, bismochte, cerussite, hmonite, wad. In Germany at Dernbach, Nassau, with iodian bromyrite. At
Book (volume)
read Quespisiza, 3, Peru. 354 and r on the upper faces, and and the face next above P. in the figure...45.13 Tungstite 492 read 465 Tungstite. in the upper left hand figure, labeled Wheal Phoenix, Cornwall...vertical axis is polar, the headings " lower " and " upper dral. Only are used beneath the Hermann-Mauguin...Notation System Morphological Crystallography upper form indices are given, and an x in the column headed...the same letter is given for the lower as for the upper If the form is observed form, but a minus sign is
 
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