Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany (original) (raw)

Acanthite

Formula: Ag2S

Actinolite

Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2

Albite

Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Diabase quarry, Dröda, Weischlitz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Streuberg Quarry, Bergen, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Reimersgrün Quarry, Limbach, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Allophane

Formula: (Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O

Anatase

Formula: TiO2

Andradite

Formula: Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Diabase quarry, Dröda, Weischlitz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Shaft 362, Mechelgrün, Neuensalz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Anglesite

Formula: PbSO4

Ankerite

Formula: Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Jocketa-Neuensalz mining district, Plauen, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Diabase quarries, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Annabergite

Formula: Ni3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Diabase quarries, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Reimersgrün Quarry, Limbach, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Maischacht Mine, Kielberg, Klingenthal, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

'Apatite'

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)

Localities:

Wolframite mine, Pechtelsgrün, Lengenfeld, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Diatreme outcrop, Reichenbach im Vogtland, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Wildenau, Steinberg, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Zobes U deposit, Zobes, Neuensalz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Granite outcrops (including tourmaline prospect), Irfersgrün, Lengenfeld, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Aragonite

Formula: CaCO3

Arsenic

Formula: As

Localities:

Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Diabase quarries, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Reimersgrün Quarry, Limbach, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Arsenolite

Formula: As2O3

Arsenopyrite

Formula: FeAsS

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

Arsenuranylite

Formula: Ca(UO2)4(AsO4)2(OH)4 · 6H2O

'Asbestos'

Asbolane

Formula: (Ni,Co)2-xMn4+(O,OH)4 · nH2O

Asselbornite

Formula: Pb(BiO)3(UO2)4(AsO4)2(OH)7 · 4H2O

Autunite

Formula: Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O

Axinite-(Fe)

Formula: Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH

Azurite

Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Thiergarten, Plauen, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Schneckenstein cliff (Königskrone Topaz Mine), Schneckenstein, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Diabase quarries, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Reimersgrün Quarry, Limbach, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Bariopharmacosiderite

Formula: Ba0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 5H2O

Localities:

Saubachriss, Muldenberg, Grünbach, Falkenstein, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Maischacht Mine, Kielberg, Klingenthal, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Baryte

Formula: BaSO4

Localities: Reported from at least 13 localities in this region.

Bassetite

Formula: Fe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10H2O

Bavenite

Formula: Ca4Be2Al2Si9O26(OH)2

Becquerelite

Formula: Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6 · 8H2O

Beraunite

Formula: Fe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4 · 6H2O

References:

Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York.

Bergenite (TL)

Formula: Ca2Ba4(UO2)9(PO4)6O6 · 16H2O

Localities:

Streuberg Quarry, Bergen, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Shaft 362, Mechelgrün, Neuensalz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Shaft 254 (Streuberg dump), Theuma, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Bernalite

Formula: Fe(OH)3 · nH2O (n = 0.0 to 0.25)

Berthierite

Formula: FeSb2S4

Beryl

Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)

Localities:

Granite quarry (Röthenbach quarry), Wildenau, Steinberg, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Granite outcrops (including tourmaline prospect), Irfersgrün, Lengenfeld, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Beryl var. Aquamarine

Formula: Be3Al2Si6O18

Billietite

Formula: Ba(UO2)6O4(OH)6 · 4-8H2O

'Biotite'

Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2

Bismuth

Formula: Bi

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Bismuthinite

Formula: Bi2S3

Localities:

Wolframite mine, Pechtelsgrün, Lengenfeld, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Zobes U deposit, Zobes, Neuensalz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Maischacht Mine, Kielberg, Klingenthal, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Bismutite

Formula: (BiO)2CO3

Localities:

Shaft 362, Mechelgrün, Neuensalz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Shaft 254 (Streuberg dump), Theuma, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Maischacht Mine, Kielberg, Klingenthal, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Boltwoodite

Formula: (K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH) · 1.5H2O

Bornite

Formula: Cu5FeS4

Breithauptite

Formula: NiSb

Brochantite

Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6

Localities:

Streuberg Quarry, Bergen, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Shaft 362, Mechelgrün, Neuensalz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Reimersgrün Quarry, Limbach, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Cacoxenite

Formula: Fe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O

Localities:

Tannenberg Mine (Shaft 176), Schneckenstein, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Thekla Mine, Hauptmannsgrün, Heinsdorfergrund, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Calcite

Formula: CaCO3

Localities: Reported from at least 13 localities in this region.

Carnotite

Formula: K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O

Cassiterite

Formula: SnO2

Localities:

Schneckenstein cliff (Königskrone Topaz Mine), Schneckenstein, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tannenberg Mine (Shaft 176), Schneckenstein, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Saubachriss, Muldenberg, Grünbach, Falkenstein, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Göltzsch river alluvials, Mylau, Reichenbach im Vogtland, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Cerussite

Formula: PbCO3

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Diabase quarries, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Reimersgrün Quarry, Limbach, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Chalcanthite

Formula: CuSO4 · 5H2O

Chalcocite

Formula: Cu2S

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Reimersgrün Quarry, Limbach, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Chalcophyllite

Formula: Cu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24 · 36H2O

Chalcopyrite

Formula: CuFeS2

Localities: Reported from at least 17 localities in this region.

Chalcosiderite

Formula: CuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O

Localities:

Schneckenstein cliff (Königskrone Topaz Mine), Schneckenstein, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tannenberg Mine (Shaft 176), Schneckenstein, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Chalcosiderite var. Alumo-chalcosiderite

Formula: Cu(Fe,Al)6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 5H2O

Localities:

Tannenberg Mine (Shaft 176), Schneckenstein, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Schneckenstein cliff (Königskrone Topaz Mine), Schneckenstein, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

'Chalcosiderite-Turquoise Series'

Chenevixite

Formula: Cu2Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)4

Description: only EDS-analysed (no XRD)

'Chlorite Group'

Localities:

Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Zobes U deposit, Zobes, Neuensalz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Theuma quarry, Theuma, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Shaft 362, Mechelgrün, Neuensalz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany ? (more information)

Chrysocolla

Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Diabase quarries, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Reimersgrün Quarry, Limbach, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Churchite-(Y)

Formula: Y(PO4) · 2H2O

Clausthalite

Formula: PbSe

'Clay minerals'

Clinochlore

Formula: Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8

Cobaltite

Formula: CoAsS

Coffinite

Formula: U(SiO4) · nH2O

Copper

Formula: Cu

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tannenberg Mine (Shaft 176), Schneckenstein, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Cordierite

Formula: (Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)

Localities:

Streuberg Quarry, Bergen, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Granite outcrops (including tourmaline prospect), Irfersgrün, Lengenfeld, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Theuma quarry, Theuma, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Covellite

Formula: CuS

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Saubachriss, Muldenberg, Grünbach, Falkenstein, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tannenberg Mine (Shaft 176), Schneckenstein, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Mechelgrün, Neuensalz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Crandallite

Formula: CaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6

Cuprite

Formula: Cu2O

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tannenberg Mine (Shaft 176), Schneckenstein, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Gottesberg, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Reimersgrün Quarry, Limbach, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Curite

Formula: Pb3(H2O)2[(UO2)4O4(OH)3]2

Dewindtite

Formula: H2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4 · 12H2O

Diopside

Formula: CaMgSi2O6

Dolomite

Formula: CaMg(CO3)2

Localities:

Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Diabase quarries, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Reimersgrün Quarry, Limbach, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Dufrénite

Formula: Ca0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6 · 2H2O

Localities:

Isolde Mine, Hauptmannsgrün, Heinsdorfergrund, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Thekla Mine, Hauptmannsgrün, Heinsdorfergrund, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Dumontite

Formula: Pb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2 · 5H2O

Dussertite

Formula: BaFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6

Emplectite

Formula: CuBiS2

Enargite

Formula: Cu3AsS4

Epidote

Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Diabase quarry, Dröda, Weischlitz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Reimersgrün Quarry, Limbach, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Erythrite

Formula: Co3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Euclase

Formula: BeAl(SiO4)(OH)

Eulytine

Formula: Bi4(SiO4)3

Localities:

Shaft 362, Mechelgrün, Neuensalz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Zobes U deposit, Zobes, Neuensalz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'

'Feldspar Group'

Ferberite

Formula: FeWO4

Localities:

Wolframite mine, Pechtelsgrün, Lengenfeld, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Gottesberg, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Zobes U deposit, Zobes, Neuensalz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Ferro-hornblende

Formula: ◻Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Diabase quarry, Dröda, Weischlitz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

'Florencite'

References:

Burisch, Mathias, Frenzel, Max, Seibel, Henning, Gruber, Albert, Oelze, Marcus, Pfänder, Jörg A., Sanchez-Garrido, Cynthia, Gutzmer, Jens (2021) Li-Co–Ni-Mn-(REE) veins of the Western Erzgebirge, Germany—a potential source of battery raw materials. Mineralium Deposita, 56 (6) 1223-1238 doi:10.1007/s00126-021-01061-4

Florencite-(Ce)

Formula: CeAl3(PO4)2(OH)6

Fluorapatite

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F

Localities:

Schneckenstein cliff (Königskrone Topaz Mine), Schneckenstein, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Streuberg Quarry, Bergen, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Fluorite

Formula: CaF2

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

Fourmarierite

Formula: Pb(UO2)4O3(OH)4 · 4H2O

Francevillite

Formula: Ba(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O

Galena

Formula: PbS

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

'Garnet Group'

Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3

Localities:

Göltzsch river alluvials, Mylau, Reichenbach im Vogtland, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Diatreme outcrop, Reichenbach im Vogtland, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Ludwig mine, Lauterbach, Oelsnitz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Zobes U deposit, Zobes, Neuensalz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Gersdorffite

Formula: NiAsS

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Diabase quarries, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Gladite

Formula: PbCuBi5S9

'Glaskopf'

Goethite

Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH)

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

Gold

Formula: Au

Localities:

Göltzsch river alluvials, Mylau, Reichenbach im Vogtland, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Schneckenstein cliff (Königskrone Topaz Mine), Schneckenstein, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Kottenheide, Schöneck, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Gratonite

Formula: Pb9As4S15

Greenockite

Formula: CdS

Grossular

Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3

'Gummite'

Gypsum

Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O

Gypsum var. Selenite

Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O

Hematite

Formula: Fe2O3

Localities: Reported from at least 19 localities in this region.

Hematite var. Martite

Formula: Fe2O3

Hemimorphite

Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O

Description: Colourless or pale blue.

Hollandite

Formula: Ba(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16

'Hornblende Root Name Group'

Formula: ◻Ca2(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2

Hübnerite

Formula: MnWO4

Hügelite

Formula: Pb2(UO2)3(AsO4)2O2 · 5H2O

Hydrokenoelsmoreite ?

Formula: ◻2W2O6(H2O)

Hydrokenoelsmoreite var. Ferritungstite ?

Ilmenite

Formula: Fe2+TiO3

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Göltzsch river alluvials, Mylau, Reichenbach im Vogtland, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Diatreme outcrop, Reichenbach im Vogtland, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Ilsemannite

Formula: Mo3O8 · nH2O

Iriginite

Formula: (UO2)Mo2O7 · 3H2O

Jarosite

Formula: KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6

References:

Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York.

'Jasper'

Kaolinite

Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

Kasolite

Formula: Pb(UO2)(SiO4) · H2O

'K Feldspar'

Localities:

Diabase quarries, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

'K Feldspar var. Adularia'

Formula: KAlSi3O8

Langite

Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O

Description: could also be posnjakite (not X-rayed)

Lepidocrocite

Formula: γ-Fe3+O(OH)

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Reimersgrün Quarry, Limbach, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Augustas Glück Mine, Pöhl, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

'Limonite'

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

Liskeardite

Formula: [(Al,Fe)32(AsO4)18(OH)42(H2O)22] · 52H2O

Lithiophorite

Formula: (Al,Li)MnO2(OH)2

Löllingite

Formula: FeAs2

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Diabase quarries, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Magnetite

Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

Malachite

Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

'Manganomelane'

Marcasite

Formula: FeS2

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Zobes U deposit, Zobes, Neuensalz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Reimersgrün Quarry, Limbach, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Maucherite

Formula: Ni11As8

Melanterite

Formula: Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O

Meta-ankoleite

Formula: K2(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6H2O

Meta-autunite

Formula: Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6H2O

Metaheinrichite

Formula: Ba(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 8H2O

Metastibnite

Formula: Sb2S3

Metatorbernite

Formula: Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O

Metauranocircite

Formula: Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 7H2O

'Mica Group'

Millerite

Formula: NiS

Mimetite

Formula: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Diabase quarries, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Mixite

Formula: BiCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6 · 3H2O

Molybdenite

Formula: MoS2

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

Montmorillonite

Formula: (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O

Muscovite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

Muscovite var. Astrolite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Muscovite var. Sericite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Neustädtelite

Formula: Bi2Fe3+(Fe3+,Co)(AsO4)2(O,OH)4

Nickeline

Formula: NiAs

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Nickelskutterudite

Formula: NiAs3

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Nontronite

Formula: Na0.3Fe2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O

Olivenite

Formula: Cu2(AsO4)(OH)

Opal

Formula: SiO2 · nH2O

Opal var. Opal-AN

Formula: SiO2 · nH2O

Orthoclase

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

Parasymplesite

Formula: Fe2+3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O

Parkerite

Formula: Ni3(Bi,Pb)2S2

Parsonsite

Formula: Pb2(UO2)(PO4)2

Pecoraite

Formula: Ni3(Si2O5)(OH)4

Localities:

Rentzschmühle Quarry, Pöhl, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Reimersgrün Quarry, Limbach, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Hans Georg Mine, Röttis, Plauen, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Pentlandite

Formula: (NixFey)Σ9S8

Pharmacosiderite

Formula: KFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6-7H2O

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Saubachriss, Muldenberg, Grünbach, Falkenstein, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tannenberg Mine (Shaft 176), Schneckenstein, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

'Phillipsite Subgroup'

Phosphuranylite

Formula: KCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4 · 8H2O

Localities:

Streuberg Quarry, Bergen, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Shaft 362, Mechelgrün, Neuensalz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Shaft 254 (Streuberg dump), Theuma, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Phurcalite (TL)

Formula: Ca2(UO2)3(PO4)2O2 · 7H2O

Pitticite

Formula: (Fe, AsO4, H2O) (?)

Preisingerite

Formula: Bi3(AsO4)2O(OH)

Proustite

Formula: Ag3AsS3

Pseudomalachite

Formula: Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4

'Psilomelane'

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Streuberg Quarry, Bergen, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Baryte mine, Brunndöbra, Klingenthal, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Clay pit, Eich, Treuen, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Reimersgrün Quarry, Limbach, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Pucherite

Formula: Bi(VO4)

Pyrargyrite

Formula: Ag3SbS3

Pyrite

Formula: FeS2

Localities: Reported from at least 17 localities in this region.

Pyrolusite

Formula: Mn4+O2

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Augustas Glück Mine, Pöhl, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Pyromorphite

Formula: Pb5(PO4)3Cl

'Pyroxene Group'

Formula: ADSi2O6

Pyrrhotite

Formula: Fe1-xS

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Zobes U deposit, Zobes, Neuensalz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Diabase quarries, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Quartz

Formula: SiO2

Localities: Reported from at least 33 localities in this region.

Quartz var. Agate

Quartz var. Amethyst

Formula: SiO2

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Maischacht Mine, Kielberg, Klingenthal, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Quartz var. Chalcedony

Formula: SiO2

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Quartz var. Citrine

Formula: SiO2

Quartz var. Milky Quartz

Formula: SiO2

Quartz var. Prase

Formula: SiO2

Quartz var. Rock Crystal

Formula: SiO2

Localities:

Oelsnitz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
B92 Road cuts, Bad Brambach, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Diabase quarries, Neumark, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Diabase quarries, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Eulenteich sand pit, Lengenfeld, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Quartz var. Smoky Quartz

Formula: SiO2

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

'Quartz-beta'

Formula: SiO2

Rammelsbergite

Formula: NiAs2

Localities:

Rentzschmühle Quarry, Pöhl, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Reimersgrün Quarry, Limbach, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Zobes U deposit, Zobes, Neuensalz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Maischacht Mine, Kielberg, Klingenthal, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

'Redikortsevite'

Formula: (NH4)MgCl3 · 6H2O

Description: Occurs on red burned clay.

Reichenbachite

Formula: Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4

'Rhabdophane'

References:

Burisch, Mathias, Frenzel, Max, Seibel, Henning, Gruber, Albert, Oelze, Marcus, Pfänder, Jörg A., Sanchez-Garrido, Cynthia, Gutzmer, Jens (2021) Li-Co–Ni-Mn-(REE) veins of the Western Erzgebirge, Germany—a potential source of battery raw materials. Mineralium Deposita, 56 (6) 1223-1238 doi:10.1007/s00126-021-01061-4

Rhodochrosite

Formula: MnCO3

Russellite

Formula: Bi2WO6

Rutile

Formula: TiO2

Localities:

Granite outcrops (including tourmaline prospect), Irfersgrün, Lengenfeld, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Schneckenstein cliff (Königskrone Topaz Mine), Schneckenstein, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Rutile var. Ilmenorutile

Formula: (Ti,Nb)O2

Rutile var. Sagenite (of Saussure)

Formula: TiO2

Safflorite

Formula: (Co,Ni,Fe)As2

Scheelite

Formula: Ca(WO4)

Localities:

Wolframite mine, Pechtelsgrün, Lengenfeld, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Zobes U deposit, Zobes, Neuensalz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Schorl

Formula: NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Schumacherite

Formula: Bi3(VO4)2O(OH)

Scorodite

Formula: Fe3+AsO4 · 2H2O

Localities:

Saubachriss, Muldenberg, Grünbach, Falkenstein, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Gottesberg, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tannenberg Mine (Shaft 176), Schneckenstein, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Senarmontite

Formula: Sb2O3

Siderite

Formula: FeCO3

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Silver

Formula: Ag

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tannenberg Mine (Shaft 176), Schneckenstein, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Diabase quarries, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Sklodowskite

Formula: Mg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 6H2O

Skutterudite

Formula: CoAs3

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Diabase quarries, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Soddyite

Formula: (UO2)2SiO4 · 2H2O

Sphalerite

Formula: ZnS

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

Stevensite ?

Formula: (Ca,Na)xMg3-x(Si4O10)(OH)2

'Stibiconite'

Formula: Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)

Stibnite

Formula: Sb2S3

Localities:

Wildenau, Steinberg, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
St Peter mine, Kottenheide, Schöneck, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Reimersgrün Quarry, Limbach, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Strengite

Formula: FePO4 · 2H2O

Sulphur

Formula: S8

Localities:

Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Saubachriss, Muldenberg, Grünbach, Falkenstein, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Symplesite

Formula: Fe2+3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O

References:

Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York.

'Tennantite Subgroup'

Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12S

Localities:

Tannenberg Mine (Shaft 176), Schneckenstein, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Reimersgrün Quarry, Limbach, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Tenorite

Formula: CuO

'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'

Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S

Topaz

Formula: Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2

Localities:

Schneckenstein cliff (Königskrone Topaz Mine), Schneckenstein, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tannenberg Mine (Shaft 176), Schneckenstein, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Gottesberg, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Göltzsch river alluvials, Mylau, Reichenbach im Vogtland, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Saubachriss, Muldenberg, Grünbach, Falkenstein, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Habit: Long to short prismatic crystals.

Colour: Light to dark yellow, brown, green, colourless.

Topaz var. Pyknite

Formula: Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2

Torbernite

Formula: Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O

Localities:

Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Streuberg Quarry, Bergen, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Shaft 362, Mechelgrün, Neuensalz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Gottesberg, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Wolframite mine, Pechtelsgrün, Lengenfeld, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Description: Possibly in part also meta-torbernite.

'Tourmaline'

Formula: A D3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

Tremolite

Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2

Turquoise

Formula: CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O

Localities:

Oelsnitz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Altmannsgrün, Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Meßbach Quarry, Meßbach, Plauen, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Schneckenstein cliff (Königskrone Topaz Mine), Schneckenstein, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tannenberg Mine (Shaft 176), Schneckenstein, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Ullmannite

Formula: NiSbS

Uraninite

Formula: UO2

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Uraninite var. Pitchblende

Formula: UO2

Uranocircite (TL)

Formula: Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10H2O

Localities:

Streuberg Quarry, Bergen, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Shaft 362, Mechelgrün, Neuensalz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Shaft 254 (Streuberg dump), Theuma, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Description: Occurs as a secondary mineral in quartz veins.

Uranophane

Formula: Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O

Localities:

Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Streuberg Quarry, Bergen, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Shaft 362, Mechelgrün, Neuensalz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Mechelgrün, Neuensalz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Valentinite

Formula: Sb2O3

Vandendriesscheite

Formula: PbU7O22 · 12H2O

Variscite (TL)

Formula: AlPO4 · 2H2O

Type Locality:

References:

Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York.

Vauquelinite

Formula: Pb2Cu(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)

Vesuvianite

Formula: Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9

Violarite

Formula: Fe2+Ni3+2S4

'Wad'

Walpurgite

Formula: (BiO)4(UO2)(AsO4)2 · 2H2O

Wavellite

Formula: Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3 · 5H2O

Localities:

Altmannsgrün, Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Tannenberg Mine (Shaft 176), Schneckenstein, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Schloditz, Tirpersdorf, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
Schneckenstein cliff (Königskrone Topaz Mine), Schneckenstein, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany

Weeksite

Formula: K2(UO2)2(Si5O13) · 4H2O

Willemseite

Formula: Ni3Si4O10(OH)2

Witherite

Formula: BaCO3

'Wolframite Group'

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Wollastonite

Formula: Ca3(Si3O9)

Wölsendorfite

Formula: Pb7(UO2)14O19(OH)4 · 12H2O

Wroewolfeite

Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O

Wulfenite

Formula: Pb(MoO4)

Yingjiangite

Formula: K2Ca(UO2)7(PO4)4(OH)6 · 6H2O

Zeunerite

Formula: Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 12H2O

Zinkenite

Formula: Pb9Sb22S42

Zircon

Formula: Zr(SiO4)