Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Michelsberg Quarry, Katzenbuckel, Eberbach, Odenwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 1758
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1758.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Michelsberg Quarry, Katzenbuckel, Eberbach, Odenwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°28'9"N
Longitude: 9°2'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.469166666667,9.0444444444444

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Crichtonite
Feldspar	Gypsum	Marcasite	Mica	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Thomsonite	Titanite	Tridymite

Aegirine ()*	Anatase ()*	Augite ()*	Bornite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Covellite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Freudenbergite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Landauite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Lorenzenite ()*	Maghemite ()*
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Nosean ()*	Oxyphlogopite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*

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: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ti Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ti Y Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Covellite Crichtonite
Feldspar Gypsum Marcasite Mica Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pseudobrookite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Thomsonite Titanite Tridymite

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Freudenbergite ()*	None	Na(Ti⁴⁺₃Fe³⁺)O₈	8
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	504
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Landauite ()*	Crichtonite	(Na,Pb)(Mn²⁺,Y)(Zn,Fe)₂(Ti,Fe³⁺,Nb)₁₈(O,OH,F)O₃₈	5
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	359
Lorenzenite ()*	None	Na₂Ti₂O₃(Si₂O₆)	82
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	229
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	79
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Nosean ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₈(Si₆Al₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·H₂O	75
Oxyphlogopite ()*	Mica	K(Mg,Ti,Fe)₃[(Si,Al)₄O₁₀](O,F)₂	5
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	164
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	598
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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