Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Suhl, Thuringia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 244797
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244797.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Suhl, Thuringia, Germany": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dermbach Meteorite
Schmiedefeld Am Rennsteig
Vesser

Latitude: 50°39'40"N
Longitude: 10°27'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.661111111111,10.454722222222

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.

Andalusite	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Epsomite	Fluorite	Iron
Lazulite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite
Zircon

Akaganeite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Goslarite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hibbingite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*
Lazulite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Taenite ()*
Titanite ()*	Troilite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cr F Fe H K Mg Ni O P S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Atacamite Baryte Calcite Clay Coronadite Corundum Epsomite Fluorite Iron
Lazulite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Titanite
Zircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Akaganeite ()*	Coronadite	(Fe³⁺,Ni²⁺)₈(OH,O)₁₆Cl_1.25·nH₂O	1	63781	63
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	63784	1310
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	63786	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	63786	27770
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	63786	9617
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	63782	188
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Hibbingite ()*	Atacamite	Fe²⁺₂(OH)₃Cl	1	63781	13
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	63784,63786	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	63781	1089
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	63784	232
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	63786	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	63784	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	63784,63786	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	63784,63786	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	63784	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	63781	374
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	63784	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	63782	21482
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	63781	703
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	63784	4899
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	63781	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	63784	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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