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


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Vivianite

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Vivianite
Formula:Fe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vivianite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:101528
Long-form Identifier:1:3:101528:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Vivianite
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘHagendorf South Pegmatite, 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
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
15.6km (9.7 miles) ⓘRemmelberg gravel pit, Theisseil, 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
23.6km (14.7 miles) ⓘAhornberg, Bärnau, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
37.0km (23.0 miles) ⓘBayerland mine, Pfaffenreuth, Leonberg, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
39.3km (24.4 miles) ⓘHessenreuther Wald, Pressath, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
40.1km (24.9 miles) ⓘFauna bridge, 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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