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Pyrite from
Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:76159
Long-form Identifier:1:3:76159:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
20.1km (12.5 miles) ⓘKnittlingen quarry, Knittlingen, Enzkreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
27.4km (17.0 miles) ⓘWattkopf tunnel, Ettlingen, Karlsruhe District, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
35.1km (21.8 miles) ⓘWest cut, Rollenberg railway tunnel, Bruchsal, Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
40.1km (24.9 miles) ⓘBopp quarry, Ilsfeld, Heilbronn, Stuttgart Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
41.6km (25.8 miles) ⓘSteinsberg, Sinsheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
42.3km (26.3 miles) ⓘSilbergrube, Kälbelberg, Baden-Baden, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
42.9km (26.7 miles) ⓘClay pit, Rettigheim, Mühlhausen, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
43.6km (27.1 miles) ⓘHolcim gravel pit, Rheinzabern, Jockgrim, Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
46.2km (28.7 miles) ⓘMarl pit, Untergruppenbach, Heilbronn, Stuttgart Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
48.0km (29.8 miles) ⓘHeilbronn salt mine, Heilbronn, Stuttgart Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
References
Joachim, Hermann; Paap, Andreas (1993) Die Grube Käfersteige im Würmtal südlich Pforzheim (Baden-Württemberg) [The Käfersteige mine in the Würmtal valley south of Pforzheim (Baden-Württemberg)]. Lapis, 18 (2). 13-24; 50
Meyer, M., Brockamp, O., Clauer, N., Renk, A., Zuther, M. (2000) Further evidence for a Jurassic mineralizing event in central Europe: K-Ar dating of hydrothermal alteration and fluid inclusion systematics in wall rocks of the Käfersteige fluorite vein deposit in the northern Black Forest, Germany. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (8) 754-761 doi:10.1007/s001260050277
 
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