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Beraunite from
Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany


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Beraunite

Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
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Beraunite, etc.

Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
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Beraunite, etc.

Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
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Beraunite

Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
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Beraunite

Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
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Beraunite, etc.

Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
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Beraunite, etc.

Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
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Beraunite

Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
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Beraunite

Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
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Beraunite, etc.

Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
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Beraunite, etc.

Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
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Beraunite

Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Beraunite
Formula:Fe63+(PO4)4O(OH)4 · 6H2O
Comments:IMA nomenclature revision reserves beraunite for the Fe2+ analog of beraunite
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Leucophosphite5
Stewartite3
Rockbridgeite2
Strunzite2
Triploidite1
Minyulite1
Robertsite1
Cacoxenite1
Paravauxite1
Strengite1
Quartz1
Mitridatite1
Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Beraunite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Photo GalleryView Gallery (12 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:101497
Long-form Identifier:1:3:101497:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Beraunite
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘHagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘHagendorf, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
2.0km (1.3 miles) ⓘHagendorf North Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘMiesbrunn pegmatite–aplite swarm, Pleystein, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
4.4km (2.8 miles) ⓘTrutzhofmühle aplite, Pleystein, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘKreuzberg (Rose quartz cliff), Pleystein, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
22.7km (14.1 miles) ⓘLindner Mine, Plößberg-Wildenau pegmatite, Plößberg, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
22.8km (14.2 miles) ⓘPlößberg-Wildenau pegmatite, Plößberg, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
41.2km (25.6 miles) ⓘPegmatite outcrop near Hopfau, Grötschenreuth, Erbendorf, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
58.4km (36.3 miles) ⓘHuber stock (Huber shaft; Hub stock), Krásno, Sokolov District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
References
Steffen Michalski collection - ex Kastning collection
Kastning, Jürgen; Schnorrer, Günther (1996) Die Phospatmineralien der "Silbergrube" in Waidhaus/Oberpfalz [The phosphate minerals of the "Silbergrube" in Waidhaus/Upper Palatinate]. Lapis, 21 (5). 13-22;50
Wittern, Artur (2001) Mineralfundorte und ihre Minerale in Deutschland (1st ed.) Schweizerbart, Stuttgart.
Dill, H. G., Weber, B., Gerdes, A., Melcher, F. (2008) The Fe-Mn phosphate aplite ‘Silbergrube’ near Waidhaus, Germany: epithermal phosphate mineralization in the Hagendorf-Pleystein pegmatite province. Mineralogical Magazine, 72 (5) 1119-1144 doi:10.1180/minmag.2008.072.5.1119
 
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