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Chalcopyrite from
Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany


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Chalcopyrite

Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Chalcopyrite

Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Chalcopyrite

Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Emplectite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:76154
Long-form Identifier:1:3:76154:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
34.9km (21.7 miles) ⓘMain cut, Rollenberg railway tunnel, Bruchsal, Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
36.0km (22.3 miles) ⓘMundelsheim 'Epple' Steinbruch, Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
36.6km (22.7 miles) ⓘMüllenbach U deposit, Baden-Baden, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
40.1km (24.9 miles) ⓘBopp quarry, Ilsfeld, Heilbronn, Stuttgart Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
40.5km (25.2 miles) ⓘKönigswart Mine, Schönegründ, Baiersbronn, Freudenstadt, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
41.6km (25.8 miles) ⓘSteinsberg, Sinsheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
46.2km (28.7 miles) ⓘMarl pit, Untergruppenbach, Heilbronn, Stuttgart Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
48.3km (30.0 miles) ⓘGänsberg, Wiesloch, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
50.0km (31.1 miles) ⓘSegen Gottes Mine, Wiesloch, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
50.3km (31.2 miles) ⓘDorothea Mine, Freudenstadt, Freudenstadt, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
References
Joachim, Hermann; Paap, Andreas (1993) Die Grube Käfersteige im Würmtal südlich Pforzheim (Baden-Württemberg) [The Käfersteige mine in the Würmtal valley south of Pforzheim (Baden-Württemberg)]. Lapis, 18 (2). 13-24; 50
Meyer, M., Brockamp, O., Clauer, N., Renk, A., Zuther, M. (2000) Further evidence for a Jurassic mineralizing event in central Europe: K-Ar dating of hydrothermal alteration and fluid inclusion systematics in wall rocks of the Käfersteige fluorite vein deposit in the northern Black Forest, Germany. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (8) 754-761 doi:10.1007/s001260050277
 
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