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Illite from
Kahlenberg district, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Illite
Formula:K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Illite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kahlenberg district, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:874653
Long-form Identifier:1:3:874653:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Illite
2.5km (1.5 miles) ⓘGlücksrad Mine, Oberschulenberg, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘSilberbach slag locality, Oberschulenberg, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
6.2km (3.8 miles) ⓘRammelsberg Mine, Rammelsberg, Goslar, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
23.4km (14.5 miles) ⓘChristine Mine, Hasserode, Wernigerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
24.3km (15.1 miles) ⓘSchwengskopf, Hasserode, Wernigerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
25.0km (15.6 miles) ⓘDas Aufgeklärte Glück Mine (Aufgeklärtes Glück Mine), Hasserode, Wernigerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
36.7km (22.8 miles) ⓘKönigshall-Hindenburg mine, Reyershausen, Bovenden, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany
80.1km (49.8 miles) ⓘBlaue Kuppe, Eschwege, Werra-Meißner, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
References
Gröbner, Joachim; Nikoleizig, Jörg (2009) Die Mineralien der Gruben Kahlenbergsglück & Grüne Tanne am Kahlenberg bei Zellerfeld [The minerals of the Kahlenbergsglück & Grüne Tanne mines on the Kahlenberg near Zellerfeld]. Mineralien Welt, 20 (4). p.34-39.
 
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