Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Josephine Mine, Rützkausen, Velbert, Niederberg Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 36450
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36450.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Josephine Mine, Rützkausen, Velbert, Niederberg Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, 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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Caledonite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Kaolinite
Linarite	Minium	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Caledonite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*
Minium ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Caledonite Clay Corundum Covellite Diaspore Kaolinite
Linarite Minium None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	413
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	201
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	247
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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