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


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Variscite
Formula:AlPO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Variscite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:75043
Long-form Identifier:1:3:75043:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Variscite
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
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘMiesbrunn pegmatite–aplite swarm, Pleystein, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
30.0km (18.7 miles) ⓘGroßklenau, Tirschenreuth, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
57.1km (35.5 miles) ⓘGreisen deposit, VysokÃ― KÃĄmen, KrÃĄsno, Sokolov District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
57.9km (36.0 miles) ⓘRotenfels (Rotenfels im FlÃķtztal), Mehlmeisel, Bayreuth District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
59.8km (37.2 miles) ⓘMaffei Mine (Nitzelbuch Mine), Nitzlbuch (Nitzelbuch), Auerbach in der Oberpfalz, Amberg-Sulzbach District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
90.2km (56.1 miles) ⓘTÄ›ÅĄkov quarry (Lom Knezska hora), TÄ›ÅĄkov, Rokycany District, Plzeň Region, Czech Republic
92.7km (57.6 miles) ⓘSchloditz, Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
97.2km (60.4 miles) ⓘMilina hill, OleÅĄnÃĄ, Beroun District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
References
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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