Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Slag Dumps, Richelsdorf Smelter, Süß, Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 125529
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-125529.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Slag Dumps, Richelsdorf Smelter, Süß, Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, 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.

Alunite	Analcime	Anthonyite	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite
Chalcoalumite	Chalcopyrite	Connellite	Copper	Cristobalite	Cyanotrichite	Devilline	Ettringite	Gypsum	Hexahydrite
Hydrotalcite	Ktenasite	Lepidocrocite	Linarite	Malachite	Melanterite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Parahopeite
Perovskite	Phenakite	Spangolite	Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Sulphur	Vivianite	Wadsleyite	Wurtzite

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 C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Analcime Anthonyite Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite
Chalcoalumite Chalcopyrite Connellite Copper Cristobalite Cyanotrichite Devilline Ettringite Gypsum Hexahydrite
Hydrotalcite Ktenasite Lepidocrocite Linarite Malachite Melanterite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Parahopeite
Perovskite Phenakite Spangolite Sphalerite Starkeyite Sulphur Vivianite Wadsleyite Wurtzite

68 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Anthonyite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Atacamite ()*
Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bianchite ()*	Boleite ()*
Bornite ()*	Botallackite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Connellite ()*
Copper ()*	Cotunnite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Devilline ()*
Diaboleite ()*	Elyite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Ettringite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematophanite ()*	Hydrocalumite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Ktenasite ()*	Langite ()*	Laurionite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Leucite ()*
Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Norsethite ()*	Parahopeite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Pseudowollastonite ()*
Quenstedtite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Rozenite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*
Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Simonkolleite ()*	Spangolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Susannite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wadsleyite ()*	Willemite ()*
Witherite ()*	Wülfingite ()*	Zincite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			2734
Anthonyite ()*	Anthonyite	Cu(OH)₂·3H₂O			6
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄			246
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			544
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			5509
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆			413
Bianchite ()*	Hexahydrite	Zn(SO₄)·6H₂O			40
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈			65
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			5516
Botallackite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			49
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			925
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O			91
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			27198
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O			295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			3846
Cotunnite ()*	None	PbCl₂			54
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂			179
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			366
Diaboleite ()*	Perovskite	CuPb₂Cl₂(OH)₄			57
Elyite ()*	None	CuPb₄(SO₄)O₂(OH)₄·H₂O			85
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			814
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O			93
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			6890
Hematophanite ()*	Perovskite	Pb₄Fe³⁺₃O₈(Cl,OH)			3
Hydrocalumite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ca₄Al₂(OH)₁₂(Cl,CO₃,OH)₂·4H₂O			30
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			201
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2228
Ktenasite ()*	Ktenasite Devilline	ZnCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·6H₂O			75
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O			593
Laurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)			49
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)			581
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)			233
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			915
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			5800
Norsethite ()*	None	BaMg(CO₃)₂			30
Parahopeite ()*	Parahopeite	Zn₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O			11
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆			158
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂			142
Pseudowollastonite ()*	None	CaSiO₃			7
Quenstedtite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₃·11H₂O			17
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1711
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂			454
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O			293
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O			142
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			6417
Simonkolleite ()*	None	Zn₅(OH)₈Cl₂·H₂O	0	0	11
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O			105
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			2045
Susannite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			99
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			636
Wadsleyite ()*	Wadsleyite	Mg₂SiO₄			13
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄			303
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)			251
Wülfingite ()*	Cristobalite	Zn(OH)₂			5
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO			98

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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