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Braunite from
Fuchs Quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Aschaffenburg District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany


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Braunite

Fuchs Quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Aschaffenburg District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
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Braunite

Fuchs Quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Aschaffenburg District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
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Braunite

Fuchs Quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Aschaffenburg District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Braunite
Formula:Mn2+Mn63+(SiO4)O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Braunite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fuchs Quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Aschaffenburg District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:59632
Long-form Identifier:1:3:59632:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Braunite
46.6km (28.9 miles) ⓘBockenrod, Reichelsheim, Odenwaldkreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
47.5km (29.5 miles) ⓘManganese mines, Kirchberg, Nieder-Ramstadt, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
References
Lorenz, J. (1991): Die Mineralien im Rhyolithsteinbruch von Sailauf, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 42, 1-38
Lorenz, Joachim (2004) Sailaufit, Rhodochrosit, Kaatialait, Bixbyit, Takanelit, gediegenes Wismut und weitere Neufunde aus dem Rhyolith-Steinbruch in der Hartkoppe bei Sailauf im Spessart (Teil 2) [Sailaufite, Rhodochrosite, Kaatialaite, Bixbyite, Takanelite, native bismuth and other new finds from the rhyolite quarry in the Hartkoppe near Sailauf in the Spessart (Part 2)]. Mineralien-Welt, 15 (5). 26-38
Fusswinkel, Tobias; Wagner, Thomas; Wenzel, Thomas; Wälle, Markus; Lorenz, Joachim (2013) Evolution of unconformity-related Mn-Fe-As vein mineralization, Sailauf (Germany): Insight from major and trace elements in oxide and carbonate minerals. Ore Geology Reviews, 50. 28-51 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2012.08.001
 
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