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Talc from
Soapstone quarry (incl. Marienstollen), Grötschenreuth, Erbendorf, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Talc
Formula:Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Magnetite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Talc data
Locality Data:Click here to view Soapstone quarry (incl. Marienstollen), Grötschenreuth, Erbendorf, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:909079
Long-form Identifier:1:3:909079:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Talc
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘTalc Quarry (Marienstollen), Erbendorf, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘOberbaumühle Quarry, Oberbaumühle, Windischeschenbach, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
14.5km (9.0 miles) ⓘGroßer Teichelberg (Teichelberg; Teichlberg), Pechbrunn, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘConcordia Mine, Iron mines, Marktredwitz, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
20.2km (12.6 miles) ⓘSägmühle (Rotes Kreuz), Tirschenreuth, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
23.5km (14.6 miles) ⓘJohannes Mine, Göpfersgrün, Wunsiedel, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
25.3km (15.7 miles) ⓘSteatite mining area, Thiersheim, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
40.2km (25.0 miles) ⓘTroesch quarry, Schwarzenbach an der Saale, Hof District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
41.8km (26.0 miles) ⓘTalcum works (Scheruhn quarry), Schwarzenbach an der Saale, Hof District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
44.3km (27.5 miles) ⓘHeß quarry, Wurlitz, Rehau, Hof District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
References
Gümbel, K.W. (1868): Geognostische Beschreibung des Königreichs Bayern, part 2: Geognostische Beschreibung des Ostbayerischen Grenzgebirges. Justus Perthes (Gotha), pp. 361-368
Schulze, G. (1883): Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 35, 433-460
 
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