| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Phenakite |
| Formula: | Be2SiO4 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | ⓘ11 photos of Phenakite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Albite | ⓘ2 photos of Phenakite associated with Albite at this locality. |
| Rock Crystal | ⓘ1 photo of Phenakite associated with Rock Crystal at this locality. |
| Euclase | ⓘ1 photo of Phenakite associated with Euclase at this locality. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Phenakite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Zufurt quarry, Tröstauer Forst-West, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (19 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 76458 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:76458:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | c0c6cd16-c53f-4b81-a6ec-49ddafcdd9e9 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Phenakite |
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| 3.8km (2.4 miles) | ⓘPegmatite outcrop, Fichtel lake, Fichtelberg, Bayreuth District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany |
| 5.3km (3.3 miles) | ⓘWolfskehle quarry, Nagel, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany |
| 14.2km (8.9 miles) | ⓘEpprechtstein, Kirchenlamitz, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany |
| 37.8km (23.5 miles) | ⓘBypass Road Construction site, Plößberg, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University Auburn, Alabama 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu Phenakite Downloaded by [University of Tennessee, Knoxville]...rarer topaz, garnet, and phenakite specimens. Perhaps America’s best-known phenakite occurrence, and certainly...in the recent book American Mineral Treasures. Phenakite from this exceptional locality has been chosen...mineral in this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice. Phenakite varies from colorless through yellow, pink, and...localities, and, when colorless, phenakite can resemble quartz. Phenakite exhibits a Mohs hardness of 7 |  | | 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...Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from the Rabejac deposit... = = = = = 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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Zufurt quarry, Tröstauer Forst-West, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany