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Chalcopyrite from
Himmelleiten Quarry, Roßbach, Wald, Cham District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Himmelleiten Quarry, Roßbach, Wald, Cham District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:336830
Long-form Identifier:1:3:336830:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
13.1km (8.1 miles) ⓘBach Mine, Bach an der Donau, Regensburg district, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
13.4km (8.3 miles) ⓘKittenrain Mine, Bach an der Donau, Regensburg district, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
26.4km (16.4 miles) ⓘMax Mine, Krandorf, Neunburg vorm Wald, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
29.2km (18.1 miles) ⓘAltfalter Mine, Altfalter, Schwarzach bei Nabburg, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
30.3km (18.8 miles) ⓘBleiloch mine, Schwarzenfeld, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
31.3km (19.4 miles) ⓘQuartz quarry, Altrandsberg, Miltach, Cham District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
31.6km (19.6 miles) ⓘWölsendorf, Schwarzach bei Nabburg, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
32.6km (20.2 miles) ⓘHuber Quarry, Winklarn, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
32.7km (20.3 miles) ⓘRoland Mine (Glückauf Mine; incl. Heinrich Mine), Stulln, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
35.7km (22.2 miles) ⓘErika Mine, Säulnhof, Stulln, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
References
Eigler, Gerhard, Geipel, Rudolf (1982) Rossbach/Oberpfalz. Die Mineralien des Dioritsteinbruchs Roßbach [Rossbach/Upper Palatinate. The minerals of the Roßbach diorite stone quarry]. Lapis, 7 (10) 9-14
Weiß, Stefan (1990) Mineralfundstellen Atlas Deutschland West. Christian Weise Verlag, Munich, Germany. 320pp.
Sperling, Thomas; Zahnleiter, Wolfgang (1992) Neubestimmungen aus dem Himmelleitenbruch bei Roßbach, Oberpfalz [New determinations from the Himmelleitenbruch near Roßbach, Upper Palatinate]. Lapis, 17 (4). 18-20; 50
 
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