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Garnet Group from
Saidenbach reservoir, Forchheim, Pockau-Lengefeld, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany


Locality type:Reservoir
Classification
Species:'Garnet Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:X3Z2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Garnet Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Saidenbach reservoir, Forchheim, Pockau-Lengefeld, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:371649
Long-form Identifier:1:3:371649:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Garnet Group
7.0km (4.3 miles) ⓘLauterbacher Knochen, Marienberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘSerpentinite quarry, Zöblitz, Marienberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
14.3km (8.9 miles) ⓘAltväter samt Eschig Mine, Sayda, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
17.1km (10.6 miles) ⓘEmilie mine, Niederschmiedeberg, Großrückerswalde, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
23.4km (14.5 miles) ⓘAlter Berg, Schmalzgrube, Jöhstadt, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
23.6km (14.7 miles) ⓘGreifensteine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
26.7km (16.6 miles) ⓘGeyer SW skarn, Geyer, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
35.4km (22.0 miles) ⓘFrisch Glück Mine (Herkules-Frisch Glück Mine), Fürstenberg hill, Waschleithe, Grünhain-Beierfeld, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
36.3km (22.6 miles) ⓘElzing quarry, Hartmannsdorf, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
39.8km (24.7 miles) ⓘPöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Pöhla, Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
References
silicate fluids included in garnet, Erzgebirge, Germany: Geology: 29(5): 391-394.
Stöckhert, Bernard, Johannes Duyster, Claudia Trepmann, Hans-Joachim Massonne (2001), Microdiamond daughter crystals precipitated from supercritical COH & plus
Massonne, H.-J. (2001): First find of coesite in the ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic region of the Central Erzgebirge, Germany. Eur. J. Mineral., 13: 565-570.
 
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