Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wasserfall Quarry, Velbert, Niederberg Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 36462
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36462.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wasserfall Quarry, 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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Devilline	Kieserite	Ktenasite
Malachite	Marcasite	Millerite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*
Gunningite ()*	Ktenasite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Mo Ni O P Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Devilline Kieserite Ktenasite
Malachite Marcasite Millerite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gunningite ()*	Kieserite	Zn(SO₄)·H₂O	48
Ktenasite ()*	Ktenasite Devilline	ZnCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·6H₂O	75
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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