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


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Fluorite

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Emplectite4
Quartz4
Bismuthinite1
Covellite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Photo GalleryView Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:76165
Long-form Identifier:1:3:76165:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
26.9km (16.7 miles) ⓘKohlhäusle quarry, Enzklösterle, Calw, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
36.6km (22.7 miles) ⓘMüllenbach U deposit, Baden-Baden, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
44.3km (27.5 miles) ⓘHimmlisch Heer Mine, Hallwangen, Dornstetten, Freudenstadt, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
56.5km (35.1 miles) ⓘProsper Mine, Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach, Freudenstadt, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
56.9km (35.4 miles) ⓘLeopold Mine, Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach, Freudenstadt, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
58.6km (36.4 miles) ⓘDreikönigstern Mine, Reinerzau mining district, Alpirsbach, Freudenstadt, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
59.1km (36.7 miles) ⓘHerzog Friedrich Mine (incl. Neuglück Mine), Reinerzau mining district, Alpirsbach, Freudenstadt, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
60.4km (37.5 miles) ⓘTiefengraben quarry, Reinerzau mining district, Alpirsbach, Freudenstadt, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
61.4km (38.2 miles) ⓘHengstbach Mines, Reinerzau mining district, Alpirsbach, Freudenstadt, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
62.1km (38.6 miles) ⓘKatharina Mine, Wildschapbach valley, Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach, 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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