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Tourmaline from
Unnamed placers, Pleystein, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany


Locality type:Placer
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Unnamed placers, Pleystein, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1477288
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1477288:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘTrutzhofmühle aplite, Pleystein, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
3.3km (2.1 miles) ⓘMiesbrunn pegmatite–aplite swarm, Pleystein, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
5.3km (3.3 miles) ⓘBrünst Quarry, Leßlohe, Georgenberg, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘSilbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
17.9km (11.1 miles) ⓘLindner Mine, Plößberg-Wildenau pegmatite, Plößberg, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
18.0km (11.2 miles) ⓘPlößberg-Wildenau pegmatite, Plößberg, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
24.0km (14.9 miles) ⓘMaier feldspar mine, Püllersreuth, Kirchendemenreuth, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
25.2km (15.7 miles) ⓘOberbaumühle Quarry, Oberbaumühle, Windischeschenbach, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
26.6km (16.6 miles) ⓘHuber Quarry, Winklarn, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
34.0km (21.1 miles) ⓘBasalt works, Triebendorf, Wiesau, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
References
Dill, H. G. (2008). Geogene and anthropogenic controls on the mineralogy and geochemistry of modern alluvial–(fluvial) gold placer deposits in man-made landscapes in France, Switzerland and Germany. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 99(1-3), 29-60.
 
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