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Cacoxenite from
Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany


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Cacoxenite

Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
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Cacoxenite

Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
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Cacoxenite

Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
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Cacoxenite, etc.

Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
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Cacoxenite

Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
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Cacoxenite

Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
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Cacoxenite

Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
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Cacoxenite, etc.

Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
04284680017272001283846.jpg
Cacoxenite

Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
00162920017272032269693.jpg
Cacoxenite

Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
07471840017272032268716.jpg
Cacoxenite

Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
02345690017272032274688.jpg
Cacoxenite, etc.

Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Cacoxenite
Formula:Fe243+AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Rockbridgeite5
Leucophosphite4
Quartz3
Stewartite3
Jahnsite Group2
Meurigite-K1
Beraunite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cacoxenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Photo GalleryView Gallery (11 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:101507
Long-form Identifier:1:3:101507:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cacoxenite
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘHagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘHagendorf, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
2.0km (1.3 miles) ⓘHagendorf North Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘMiesbrunn pegmatite–aplite swarm, Pleystein, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
4.4km (2.8 miles) ⓘTrutzhofmühle aplite, Pleystein, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘKreuzberg (Rose quartz cliff), Pleystein, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
17.6km (10.9 miles) ⓘScharnagl Quarry, Oedenthal, Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
22.7km (14.1 miles) ⓘLindner Mine, Plößberg-Wildenau pegmatite, Plößberg, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
22.8km (14.2 miles) ⓘPlößberg-Wildenau pegmatite, Plößberg, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
41.2km (25.6 miles) ⓘPegmatite outcrop near Hopfau, Grötschenreuth, Erbendorf, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
References
Kastning, Jürgen; Schnorrer, Günther (1996) Die Phospatmineralien der "Silbergrube" in Waidhaus/Oberpfalz [The phosphate minerals of the "Silbergrube" in Waidhaus/Upper Palatinate]. Lapis, 21 (5). 13-22;50
Wittern, Artur (2001) Mineralfundorte und ihre Minerale in Deutschland (1st ed.) Schweizerbart, Stuttgart.
Dill, H. G., Weber, B., Gerdes, A., Melcher, F. (2008) The Fe-Mn phosphate aplite ‘Silbergrube’ near Waidhaus, Germany: epithermal phosphate mineralization in the Hagendorf-Pleystein pegmatite province. Mineralogical Magazine, 72 (5) 1119-1144 doi:10.1180/minmag.2008.072.5.1119
 
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