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Calcite from
Eibengrotte, Wiesenttal, Forchheim District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany


Locality type:Cave
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Eibengrotte, Wiesenttal, Forchheim District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:937754
Long-form Identifier:1:3:937754:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘBing Cave, Streitberg, Wiesenttal, Forchheim District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
11.6km (7.2 miles) ⓘDevil's Cave, Pottenstein, Bayreuth District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
17.7km (11.0 miles) ⓘUnterstÞrmig clay pit, Eggolsheim, Forchheim District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
18.0km (11.2 miles) ⓘHolzbachacker clay pit, Altendorf, Bamberg District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
36.5km (22.7 miles) ⓘSilberne Rose Mine, Goldkronach, Bayreuth District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
36.8km (22.9 miles) ⓘDiabase quarries (Rimlasgrund; Schicker quarry), Bad Berneck im Fichtelgebirge, Bayreuth District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
40.6km (25.2 miles) ⓘDiabase quarry (Kupferberg quarry), Kupferberg, Kulmbach District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
40.7km (25.3 miles) ⓘKupferberg copper mines, Kupferberg, Kulmbach District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
41.0km (25.4 miles) ⓘThomasreuth, Eschenbach in der Oberpfalz, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
41.2km (25.6 miles) ⓘNetzaberg, Eschenbach in der Oberpfalz, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
References
Fischbeck, Reinhard, MÞller, German (1971) Monohydrocalcite, hydromagnesite, nesquehonite, dolomite, aragonite, and calcite in speleothems of the FrÃĪnkische Schweiz, Western Germany. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 33 (2). 87-92 doi:10.1007/bf00386107
 
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