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Epidote from
Diabase quarries (Rimlasgrund; Schicker quarry), Bad Berneck im Fichtelgebirge, Bayreuth District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany


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Epidote

Diabase quarries, Bad Berneck im Fichtelgebirge, Bayreuth District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
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Epidote

Diabase quarries, Bad Berneck im Fichtelgebirge, Bayreuth District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
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Epidote

Diabase quarries, Bad Berneck im Fichtelgebirge, Bayreuth District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Epidote
Formula:(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Epidote data
Locality Data:Click here to view Diabase quarries (Rimlasgrund; Schicker quarry), Bad Berneck im Fichtelgebirge, Bayreuth District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1621219
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1621219:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Epidote
0.4km (0.3 miles) ⓘKönigsstuhl, Bad Berneck im Fichtelgebirge, Bayreuth District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
9.1km (5.6 miles) ⓘPegmatite outcrops, Weißenstein, Stammbach, Hof District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
9.3km (5.8 miles) ⓘEclogite outcrops, Weißenstein, Stammbach, Hof District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
11.8km (7.3 miles) ⓘDiabase quarry (Kupferberg quarry), Kupferberg, Kulmbach District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
17.3km (10.8 miles) ⓘReinersreuth quarry (Köhlerloh quarry), Reinersreuth, Sparneck, Hof District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
17.6km (10.9 miles) ⓘFuchsbau quarry, Tröstauer Forst-West, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
21.2km (13.2 miles) ⓘMeierhof quarry, Münchberg, Hof District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
21.3km (13.2 miles) ⓘAcherwiese, Schönbrunn, Wunsiedel, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
22.1km (13.7 miles) ⓘEpprechtstein, Kirchenlamitz, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
22.5km (14.0 miles) ⓘChrista Mine, Großschloppen, Kirchenlamitz, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
References
Marko Burkhardt CollectionIdentified by Marko Burkhardt: Visual Identification
 
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