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Magnetite from
Tin mine, Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tin mine, Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:77463
Long-form Identifier:1:3:77463:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
16.0km (9.9 miles) ⓘBerggießhübel (Berggiesshübel), Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
17.7km (11.0 miles) ⓘMarkersbach granite, Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
17.8km (11.1 miles) ⓘMarie-Louise adit, Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
24.9km (15.5 miles) ⓘWolfsgrund, Dorfchemnitz, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
26.8km (16.7 miles) ⓘLiščí vrch, Dolni Zálezly, Ústí nad Labem District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
27.1km (16.8 miles) ⓘBurgk mine (Wilhelminen shaft), Burgk, Freital, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
27.3km (17.0 miles) ⓘŽelenický hill, Želenice, Most District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
29.1km (18.1 miles) ⓘMonzonite quarries, Plauenscher Grund, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
29.2km (18.1 miles) ⓘBasalt quarry, Ascherhübel, Tharandt, Tharandt, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
29.4km (18.2 miles) ⓘRatsstein quarry, Plauenscher Grund, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
References
Jahn, Steffen (1999) Größte Zinnlagerstätte Mitteleuropas: Geologie, Bergbaugeschichte und Mineralien von Altenberg in Sachsen [Largest tin deposit in Central Europe: Geology, mining history and minerals from Altenberg in Saxony]. Mineralien-Welt, 10 (2). 17-39
 
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