Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Dillenburg District, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 20259
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20259.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dillenburg District, Hesse, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Donsbach - Langenaubach District

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Malachite	Millerite	Natrolite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Vivianite

Allophane ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Millerite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Malachite Millerite Natrolite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Vivianite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	0		470
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	58992	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	58992	445
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	58992	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	58992	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	58992	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	58992	1252
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	58992	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	58992	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	58992	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	58992	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	58992	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	58992	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	58992	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	58992	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	58992	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	58992	12537
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	58992	1066
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	58992	1236
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	58992	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	58992	61156
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	58992	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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