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


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Emplectite, etc.

Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Emplectite, etc.

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

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

Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Emplectite, etc.

Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Emplectite, etc.

Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
02180270017271999828464.jpg
Emplectite

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

Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
02152580017271999572039.jpg
Emplectite, etc.

Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
03678090017271999791826.jpg
Emplectite, etc.

Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
02180270017271999828464.jpg
Emplectite

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

Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Emplectite
Formula:CuBiS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz5
Fluorite4
Chalcopyrite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Emplectite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Photo GalleryView Gallery (17 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:76161
Long-form Identifier:1:3:76161:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Emplectite
17.4km (10.8 miles) ⓘWürzbach, Oberreichenbach, Calw, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
40.5km (25.2 miles) ⓘKönigswart Mine, Schönegründ, Baiersbronn, Freudenstadt, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
41.4km (25.7 miles) ⓘMalschbach valley, Baden-Baden, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
42.3km (26.3 miles) ⓘSilbergrube, Kälbelberg, Baden-Baden, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
44.3km (27.5 miles) ⓘHimmlisch Heer Mine, Hallwangen, Dornstetten, Freudenstadt, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
50.3km (31.2 miles) ⓘDorothea Mine, Freudenstadt, Freudenstadt, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
50.3km (31.2 miles) ⓘHaus Württemberg Mine (Neues Jahr Mine), Freudenstadt, Freudenstadt, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
61.4km (38.2 miles) ⓘHengstbach Mines, Reinerzau mining district, Alpirsbach, Freudenstadt, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
63.1km (39.2 miles) ⓘRötenbach Quarry, Alpirsbach, Freudenstadt, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
63.2km (39.3 miles) ⓘÖdsbach Mine, Oberkirch, Oberkirch, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
References
Rüsenberg, Kurt (1986) Ein bemerkenswerter Eigenfund. Emplektit von der Grube Käfersteige bei Pforzheim [A remarkable find. Emplectite from the Käfersteige mine near Pforzheim]. Lapis, 11 (4) 34
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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