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:
Mark Mine, Essershausen, Weilburg, Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 108315
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108315.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mark Mine, Essershausen, Weilburg, Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°26'39"N
Longitude: 8°19'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.444166666667,8.3208333333333

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	Andalusite	Beraunite	Brookite	Calcite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Dufrénite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rockbridgeite
Rutile	Turquoise	Wavellite

Allanpringite ()*	Anatase ()*	Brookite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*
Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Dufrénite ()*	Eleonorite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Halloysite-10Å ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kidwellite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*	Planerite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*
Santabarbaraite ()*	Siderite ()*	Strengite ()*	Tinticite ()*	Todorokite ()*
Turquoise ()*	Uricite ()*	Vantasselite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O P S Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O P S Si Sr Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Beraunite Brookite Calcite Clay Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Dufrénite Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Phosphosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rockbridgeite
Rutile Turquoise Wavellite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Allanpringite ()*	Wavellite	Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	2
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	280
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	77
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	310
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	599
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	139
Eleonorite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	51
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Halloysite-10Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	62
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Kidwellite ()*	None	NaFe³⁺_9+x(PO₄)₆(OH)₁₁·3H₂O (x ≈ 0.33)	53
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	234
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	182
Planerite ()*	Turquoise	Al₆(PO₄)₂(PO₃OH)₂(OH)₈·4H₂O	43
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	206
Santabarbaraite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	21
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	263
Tinticite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·3H₂O	19
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	433
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	484
Uricite ()*	None	C₅H₄N₄O₃	13
Vantasselite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₄(PO₄)₃(OH)₃·9H₂O	5
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R080147	Mark Mine, Essershausen, Weilburg, Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany	https://rruff.info/R080147

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