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Regional Report: Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Ancient mining district. The polymetallic deposit (Ag-Bi-Co-Ni-U-bearing veins) was worked for silver and bismuth since the 15th century, later for cobalt and, in the 20th century, for uranium. Most of the veins are hydrothermally formed.

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  • Acanthite - 7, 39, 60, 43, 62, 53, 24, 37, 4
  • 'Agate' - 45
  • Aikinite - 45
  • Albite - 45
  • Allophane - 45
  • Almandine - 45
  • Alumopharmacosiderite - 42
  • 'Amethyst' - 62
  • Ammoniojarosite - 45
  • Anatase - 45
  • Andalusite - 45
  • Andradite - 45
  • Anglesite - 45
  • Anhydrite - 45
  • Ankerite - 49, 43, 12
  • Annabergite - 49, 60, 1
  • Anorthite - 45
  • Antigorite - 45
  • Apatite-(CaF) - 45
  • Apophyllite-(KF) - 45
  • Aragonite - 7, 39, 32
  • Argentopyrite - 60, 62, 56
  • Arsenic - 62
  • Arseniosiderite - 7, 38, 39, 42, 43
  • Arsenogorceixite - 42
  • Arsenolite - 62
  • Arsenopyrite - 57, 62, 37
  • Asbolane - 58, 7, 38, 1
  • Asselbornite - 58
  • Atelestite - 7, 38, 25, 17, 49, 36, 60, 43, 12, 2, 59, 31
  • Augite - 45
  • Austinite - 38
  • Autunite - 45
  • 'Axinite' - 45
  • Azurite - 53, 24
  • Bariopharmacosiderite - 38, 39, 42, 1, 46
  • Barium-Alumopharmacosiderite - 45
  • Baryte - 42, 17, 53, 24
  • Bayldonite - 24
  • Becquerelite - 45
  • Beryl - 55
  • Beudantite - 38, 39, 17, 24
  • Beyerite - 45, 38, 17, 49, 57, 40
  • Bieberite - 45
  • Biotite - 45
  • Birnessite - 45
  • Bismite - 38
  • Bismuth - 45, 58, 7, 30, 38, 39, 17, 57, 1, 43, 4, 12, 5, 28, 29, 44, 63, 40
  • Bismuthinite - 7, 43, 4, 12
  • Bismutite - 45, 7, 38, 42, 20, 17, 49, 9, 60, 57, 43, 12, 46, 59, 27, 31, 63, 40
  • Bismutoferrite - 45, 58, 7, 30, 38, 17, 57, 43, 12, 5, 28
  • Bornite - 60, 24, 54, 10
  • Bournonite - 45
  • Brandtite - 45
  • Braunite - 45
  • Brendelite - 17
  • Brochantite - 24
  • Brushite - 45
  • Cacoxenite - 45
  • Calcite - 7, 60, 57, 62, 32, 21, 41, 48, 44
  • Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH) - 38
  • Carminite - 57
  • Cassiterite - 45
  • Cattierite - 45
  • Cerussite - 62, 24, 12, 61
  • Chalcanthite - 45
  • 'Chalcedony' - 45, 38, 49, 57, 1, 5
  • Chalcoalumite - 45
  • Chalcocite - 38, 53, 24, 4, 46
  • Chalcophyllite - 45
  • Chalcopyrite - 39, 49, 62, 24, 37, 56, 4, 10, 44
  • Chenevixite - 42
  • 'Chloanthite' - 60, 44
  • Chlorargyrite - 58, 7, 53, 4, 22
  • 'Chlorotile (of Frenzel)' - 39
  • Chrysocolla - 62, 24, 12, 16
  • Churchite-(Y) - 58
  • 'Citrine' - 45
  • Clausthalite - 45
  • Clinochlore - 45
  • Clinozoisite - 45
  • Cobaltaustinite - 7, 39
  • 'Cobaltian Wad' - 58
  • Cobaltite - 45
  • Cobaltkoritnigite - 7, 1, 44
  • Cobaltlotharmeyerite - 7, 38, 39, 42, 43
  • Cobaltneustädtelite - 20, 17, 49, 36, 9
  • 'Cobaltoan Adamite' - 39
  • 'Cobaltoan Calcite' - 1, 62
  • Cobalttsumcorite - 39, 42
  • Coffinite - 45
  • Conichalcite - 38, 39, 17, 1, 43
  • Connellite - 45
  • Copper - 7, 39, 49, 43, 62, 53, 24
  • Corkite - 57
  • Cornwallite - 45
  • Corundum - 45
  • Covellite - 45
  • Cryptomelane - 45
  • Cuprite - 38, 60, 43, 53, 24, 4
  • Cuprosklodowskite - 45
  • Curite - 45
  • Devilline - 45
  • Dewindtite - 40
  • Dickite - 45
  • Diopside - 45
  • Djurleite - 24, 4, 46
  • Dolomite - 7, 49, 60, 43, 62, 24, 4, 12, 16, 52
  • Dravite - 45
  • Dreyerite - 17
  • Duftite - 17, 37
  • Dussertite - 60, 53
  • 'Eisenkiesel' - 45
  • Emplectite - 45
  • Epidote - 62
  • Erythrite - 58, 7, 30, 39, 49, 36, 1, 62, 53
  • Eulytine - 45, 7, 38, 20, 17, 49, 60, 1, 43, 12, 59, 61, 18, 31
  • Ferberite - 45
  • Ferrihydrite - 45
  • Ferrilotharmeyerite - 38, 42
  • Ferro-Actinolite - 45
  • Fluorite - 7
  • Fourmarierite - 45
  • Freibergite - 45
  • Fritzscheite - 45
  • Galena - 39, 42, 60, 62, 24, 37, 4, 12, 10
  • Goethite - 17, 57, 5
  • Gold - 62
  • Graphite - 45
  • Greenockite - 45
  • Grossular - 45
  • Guérinite - 7
  • 'Gummite' - 58
  • Gypsum - 45
  • Haidingerite - 45
  • Hammarite - 45
  • Hausmannite - 45
  • Hedenbergite - 45
  • Heinrichite - 45
  • Hematite - 7, 42, 57, 1, 62, 66, 6, 47, 14
  • Hemimorphite - 45
  • 'Hessonite' - 62
  • Heterogenite - 42, 62
  • Hinsdalite - 57
  • 'Hornblende' - 57
  • Hörnesite - 49
  • Hübnerite - 45
  • Ilvaite - 45
  • Jarosite - 45
  • 'Jasper' - 45
  • Johannite - 45
  • Kahlerite - 45
  • Kaňkite - 45
  • Kaolinite - 57
  • Kettnerite - 36, 60, 57, 62
  • Koechlinite - 7, 1, 62
  • Köttigite - 7
  • Langite - 45
  • Lavendulan - 43
  • Leadhillite - 45
  • Lepidocrocite - 45
  • Libethenite - 45
  • Liebigite - 58, 10
  • Limonite - 58, 17, 24, 14
  • Linarite - 62, 24
  • Lithiophorite - 50
  • Löllingite - 7
  • 'Lonchidite' - 43
  • Lukrahnite - 38
  • Magnesiohornblende - 45
  • Magnetite - 10, 26
  • Malachite - 43, 62, 53, 24, 46, 16
  • Manganite - 45
  • Marcasite - 60, 43, 62, 24, 12
  • Margarite - 45
  • Matildite - 45
  • Maucherite - 45
  • Mawbyite - 38, 42
  • Melanterite - 45
  • Meta-autunite - 45
  • Metanováčekite - 1
  • Metasaléeite - 45
  • Metatorbernite - 45, 38, 57, 40
  • Metauranocircite - 45
  • Metazeunerite - 58, 38
  • Miargyrite - 45
  • Microcline - 45
  • 'Milky Quartz' - 32
  • Millerite - 7, 60, 12
  • Mimetite - 39, 57
  • Mixite - 42, 17, 49, 60, 1, 43, 46
  • Molybdenite - 60, 32, 10, 19, 13
  • Montmorillonite - 45
  • Moorhouseite - 45
  • Mottramite - 38
  • Muscovite - 13
  • Nacrite - 45
  • Namibite - 38
  • Natrouranospinite - 45
  • Neustädtelite - 7, 38, 39, 20, 17, 49, 36, 9, 1, 43, 61
  • Nickeline - 7, 60, 1, 43, 62, 12, 28
  • Nickellotharmeyerite - 38, 42
  • Nickelschneebergite - 42
  • Nickelskutterudite - 45, 7, 49, 60, 43, 62, 12, 15
  • Nontronite - 45
  • Nováčekite-I - 58
  • Olivenite - 39, 42, 17, 24, 46
  • Opal - 57
  • Orpiment - 45
  • Orthoclase - 45
  • Orthoserpierite - 45
  • Pararammelsbergite - 45
  • Parasymplesite - 7
  • Parsonsite - 57
  • Paulkellerite - 30
  • Petitjeanite - 38, 42, 17, 12
  • Pharmacolite - 62
  • Pharmacosiderite - 40
  • Phlogopite - 44
  • Phosphuranylite - 58
  • Picropharmacolite - 7
  • Pitticite - 45
  • Plumbogummite - 42
  • Plumbojarosite - 45
  • Polybasite - 60, 62, 37, 21
  • Posnjakite - 45
  • Prehnite - 57
  • Preisingerite - 7, 38, 42, 17, 43, 2, 63, 40
  • Proustite - 7, 49, 60, 1, 43, 62, 37, 56, 41, 10, 26
  • Pseudomalachite - 38, 24, 46
  • Pucherite - 38, 17, 43, 28, 2, 18, 40
  • Pyrargyrite - 60, 43, 62, 37, 21
  • Pyrite - 7, 30, 39, 43, 62, 37, 32, 56, 4, 10, 26, 28, 44
  • Pyrolusite - 1, 43, 66, 47, 23, 34
  • Pyromorphite - 38, 57, 24, 37, 16, 61, 3
  • 'Pyromorphite Subgroup' - 17, 62
  • Pyrophyllite - 45
  • Pyrostilpnite - 21
  • Pyrrhotite - 60, 1, 62, 56, 41, 10, 26, 44
  • Quartz - 58, 7, 30, 38, 39, 42, 17, 57, 1, 43, 53, 24, 37, 4, 21, 12, 10, 13, 28, 44, 31, 63, 14, 40
  • Rammelsbergite - 45, 60, 12, 10
  • Rappoldite - 39
  • Rauenthalite - 7
  • Realgar - 62, 48, 5
  • Rhabdophane-(Nd) - 14
  • Rhodochrosite - 1
  • Richelsdorfite - 45
  • 'Rock Crystal' - 13
  • Romanèchite - 1, 43, 66, 47, 23, 34
  • Rooseveltite - 42
  • Rosasite - 45
  • 'Rose Quartz' - 45
  • Roselite - 7, 39, 49, 33, 1, 37
  • Rösslerite - 45
  • Rozenite - 45
  • Russellite - 63
  • Rutherfordine - 45
  • Safflorite - 7, 60, 43, 62, 12, 5, 28
  • Sainfeldite - 7
  • Saléeite - 58, 60
  • Schapbachite - 45
  • Scheelite - 45
  • Schlegelite - 38
  • Schneebergite - 42
  • Schoepite - 45
  • Schorl - 45
  • Schumacherite - 38, 17, 43, 18
  • Scorodite - 7, 38, 39, 42, 17, 49, 9, 40
  • Segnitite - 45
  • Sepiolite - 45
  • Serpierite - 45
  • Siderite - 10
  • Sillénite - 38, 20, 17, 43
  • Silver - 7, 39, 60, 1, 43, 62, 53, 37, 32, 21, 10
  • Skutterudite - 7, 30, 39, 60, 43, 62, 12, 28, 29
  • 'Smoky Quartz' - 7, 38, 32, 2, 14
  • Smolianinovite - 45
  • Spessartine - 45
  • Sphalerite - 62, 37, 56, 10
  • Spherocobaltite - 7, 49
  • Stephanite - 39, 49, 60, 37, 11
  • Sternbergite - 43, 62
  • Stibnite - 45
  • Stilpnomelane - 45
  • Symplesite - 45, 33
  • Talc - 45
  • Talmessite - 45
  • Tennantite - 39, 43, 24, 4, 21
  • Tenorite - 45
  • Tetrahedrite - 24
  • Titanite - 45
  • Topaz - 45
  • Torbernite - 60, 57, 46, 14
  • 'Tourmaline' - 56, 64
  • Tremolite - 45
  • Trögerite - 58, 17, 1
  • Tungstite - 45
  • Turquoise - 42
  • Tyrolite - 7, 24
  • Uraninite - 58, 7, 49, 57, 43, 62, 12, 10, 40
  • Uranocircite - 57, 14
  • 'Uranocker' - 14
  • Uranophane - 58
  • Uranopilite - 58
  • Uranospathite - 58
  • Uranosphaerite - 58
  • Uranospinite - 58
  • Vaesite - 45
  • Vesuvianite - 45
  • Wagnerite - 45
  • Walpurgite - 58, 38, 39, 17, 60, 57, 1, 46, 26, 40
  • 'Wapplerite' - 43, 62, 8
  • Waylandite - 38, 42, 57
  • Weilite - 45, 7
  • Wendwilsonite - 45
  • Willemite - 45
  • Wolframite - 45, 64
  • Wollastonite - 45
  • Woodwardite - 45
  • Wulfenite - 38, 20, 17, 60, 24, 16
  • Wurtzite - 45
  • Xanthoconite - 60, 62, 56, 26
  • Zeunerite - 58, 38, 42, 57, 1, 14
  • Zincite - 45
  • Zinnwaldite - 45
  • Zippeite - 58
  • β-Roselite - 45, 7


    • 327 minerals listed.

    Locality Key
    1Adam Heber Mine (Shaft 43), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    2Alexander Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    3Auferstehung Shaft, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    4Bergkappe Mine (Shaft 75), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    5Beust Mine (Beust Shaft; Shaft 24), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    6Bornkindel vein (Bornkindl vein), Neidhardsthal, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    7Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    8Eiserner Landgraf Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    9Friedefürst Mine, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    10Fürstenvertrag Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    11Gabriel Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    12Gesellschaft Mine (Gesellschafter Zug Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    13Gleesberg Quarry, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    14Glück Flacher vein, Rödergasse, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    15Gottes Schickung Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    16Greif Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    17Güldener Falk Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    18Hoffnung Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    19Jung Wild Schwein Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    20Junge Kalbe Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    21Katharina Flacher vein, Türkschacht Mine (Shaft 83), Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    22Katharina Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    23Klingelsporn Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    24König David Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    25Ludwig Shaft, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    26Magnet Shaft (Magnet adit), Zschorlau, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    27Montanus Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    28Name Jesu adit, Siebenschlehen Mine (Shaft 10), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    29Neuglück Flacher vein, Siebenschlehen Mine (Shaft 10), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    30Neuhilfe Flacher vein, Junge Kalbe Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    31Neuhilfe Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    32Neujahr Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    33Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    34Osterlamm Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    35Parsifal Morgengang vein, Ritter Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    36Peter und Paul Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    37Priester Mine (Priester und Leviten Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    38Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    39Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    40Ritter Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    41Rosenkranz Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    42Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    43Sauschwart Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    44Schindler Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    45Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    46Schrotschacht Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    47Schwalbener Flügel area, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    48Segen Gottes Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    49Siebenschlehen Mine (Shaft 10), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    50Spitzleithe, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    51St Anna mine, Zschorlau, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    52St Bernhard Mine, Zschorlau, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    53St Georg Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    54St Katharina Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    55Süß Quarry, Zschorlau, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    56Türkschacht Mine (Shaft 83), Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    57Waldschacht Mine (Shaft 26), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    58Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    59Weinstock Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    60Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    61Weißhäuptel Mine, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    62Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    63Wolfsgrün Quarry, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    64Zschorlau Mine (Zschorlauer Bergsegen Mine; Dodos Glück Mine), Zschorlau, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    65Zschorlau, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
    66Zug Mine, Filzhaide, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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