Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Blessing Quarry, Niederwasser, Hornberg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 224561
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224561.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blessing Quarry, Niederwasser, Hornberg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Allophane	Andalusite	Baryte	Bismutite	Brochantite	Calcite	Clay	Connellite	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	Mixite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz

Baryte ()*	Bismutite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Connellite ()*	Cornubite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mixite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Olivenite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Torbernite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O P S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O P S Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Andalusite Baryte Bismutite Brochantite Calcite Clay Connellite Copper Corundum
Diaspore Feldspar Malachite Mica Mixite None Not in a structural group Quartz

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	716
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	295
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	109
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	168
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	492
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1059

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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