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Locality Name:
Richelsdorf District, Hesse, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 252
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 23246
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23246.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Richelsdorf District, Hesse, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bauhaus

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: As Ba Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Ni O S Sb Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ca Cl Cu Fe H O S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteAnthonyiteBaryteDevillineGypsumKaňkiteKtenasiteLöllingiteMilleriteNickeline
NonePerovskitePyriteSkutteruditeSulphurVivianite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Annabergite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calumetite  (*)Devilline  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Kaňkite  (*)Millerite  (*)Namuwite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Richelsdorfite  (*)
Schulenbergite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O25266159493445
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2526615949311547
Calumetite  (*)AnthonyiteCaCu4(OH)8Cl2·3.5H2O25266011
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O252660366
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O25266159493814
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2526606890
Kaňkite  (*)KaňkiteFe3+(AsO4)·3.5H2O25266038
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS252661594931066
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O25266058
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs25266159493633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As325266159493176
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)252660492
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS225266039462
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs225266159493233
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O2526615949357
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O252660142
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O2526601153
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O25266090
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2526602045


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen00243625266Post-Variscan (Mesozoic) mineralization     Co, Ni, Ba, Cu, As, Ag23246Richelsdorf District, Hesse, GermanyRichelsdorf DistrictFriedrich and Herzig (1985)10.1007/978-3-662-02538-3BMSD_290 

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