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Plagioclase from
Sophia Mine, Bƶckelsbach valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Rottweil, Freiburg Region, Baden-WĆ¼rttemberg, Germany


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sophia Mine, Bƶckelsbach valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Rottweil, Freiburg Region, Baden-WĆ¼rttemberg, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1376300
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1376300:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Plagioclase
60.2km (37.4 miles) ā“˜Kirchberg Quarry, Oberrotweil, Vogtsburg im Kaiserstuhl, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Freiburg Region, Baden-WĆ¼rttemberg, Germany
65.5km (40.7 miles) ā“˜KƤfersteige Mine, WĆ¼rm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-WĆ¼rttemberg, Germany
75.7km (47.0 miles) ā“˜Sandstone quarries, Unteralpfen, Albbruck, Waldshut, Freiburg Region, Baden-WĆ¼rttemberg, Germany
89.6km (55.7 miles) ā“˜Ensisheim meteorite, Ensisheim, Thann-Guebwiller, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France
References
Staude, Sebastian, Werner, Wolfgang, Mordhorst, Teresa, Wemmer, Klaus, Jacob, Dorrit E., Markl, Gregor (2012) Multi-stage Agā€“Biā€“Coā€“Niā€“U and Cuā€“Bi vein mineralization at Wittichen, Schwarzwald, SW Germany: geological setting, ore mineralogy, and fluid evolution. Mineralium Deposita, 47 (3) 251-276 doi:10.1007/s00126-011-0365-4
 
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