Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Hardtkopf, Hellefeld, Sundern, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 17803
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17803.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hardtkopf, Hellefeld, Sundern, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°19'21"N
Longitude: 8°4'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.3225,8.0780555555556

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	Clay	Diaspore	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Perhamite
Quartz	Turquoise	Wavellite

Anatase ()*	Asbolane ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Koninckite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Perhamite ()*	Quartz ()*	Strengite ()*	Turquoise ()*
Variscite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Clay Diaspore Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Mica None Not in a structural group Perhamite
Quartz Turquoise Wavellite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	143
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	280
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	310
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Koninckite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·3H₂O	19
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	581
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Perhamite ()*	Perhamite	Ca₃Al_7.7Si₃P₄O_23.5(OH)_14.1·8H₂O	19
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	263
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	484
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	301
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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