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Pfaffenbergite from
Pfaffenberg hill, Waldheim, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany


Locality type:Railway Cutting
Classification
Species:Pfaffenbergite
Formula:KNa3(Al4Si12)O32
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pfaffenbergite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pfaffenberg hill, Waldheim, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1622302
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1622302:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pfaffenbergite
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘRubinberg, Rossau, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
8.8km (5.5 miles) ⓘKlatschmühle, Striegistal, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
40.4km (25.1 miles) ⓘSaidenbach reservoir, Forchheim, Pockau-Lengefeld, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
References
Ferrero, S., Lorenzon, S., Borriello, R., Mugnaioli, E., Borghini, A., Fuchs, R., Wirth, R., Schreiber, A., and Grew, E. S.: Pfaffenbergite, IMA 2023-105, in: CNMNC Newsletter 78, Eur. J. Mineral., 36, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-361-2024, 2024.
Borghini, A.; Ferrero, S.; O'Brien, P. J.; Wunder, B.; Tollan, P.; Majka, J.; Fuchs, R.; Gresky, K. (2024) Halogen-bearing metasomatizing melt preserved in high-pressure (HP) eclogites of Pfaffenberg, Bohemian Massif. European Journal of Mineralogy, 36 (2). 279-300 doi:10.5194/ejm-36-279-2024
 
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