Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Schmelz, Saarland, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 122537
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122537.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Schmelz, Saarland, Germany": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Gottesbelohnung Mine
Großer Horst
Himmelberg
Schartenmühle

Latitude: 49°27'52"N
Longitude: 6°51'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.464444444444,6.8622222222222

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.

Allophane	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Garnet	Harmotome
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

Almandine ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Garnet Harmotome
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	61905	2353
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	61905	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	61908	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	61908,61910	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	61908	309
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	61905	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	61908	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	61910	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	61910	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	61908,61910	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	61908,61910	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	61908	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	61905,61908,61910	7437
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	61908	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	61908,61910	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	61905,61910	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	61908	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	61908,61909,61910	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	61905	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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