Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Meyer Quarry, Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 13828
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13828.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meyer Quarry, Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°47'15"N
Longitude: 6°16'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.7875,6.2733333333333

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: C Ca Cd Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cd Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Gypsum Malachite Marcasite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Wurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1066
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	454
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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