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Locality Name:
Leibnitz-Dante Mine, Hoffnungsthal, Rösrath, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 17691
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17691.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Leibnitz-Dante Mine, Hoffnungsthal, Rösrath, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°55'41"N
Longitude: 7°12'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.928055555556,7.2005555555556
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperDiasporeMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Zincolivenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)0254
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)20172
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)0363
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)40109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)40175
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)060


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