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Locality Name:
Slag Dumps, Richelsdorf Smelter, Süß, Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 125529
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-125529.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Slag Dumps, Richelsdorf Smelter, Süß, Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, 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

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAnalcimeAnthonyiteApatiteAragoniteAtacamiteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthite
ChalcoalumiteChalcopyriteConnelliteCopperCristobaliteCyanotrichiteDevillineEttringiteGypsumHexahydrite
HydrotalciteKtenasiteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMelanteriteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupParahopeite
PerovskitePhenakiteSpangoliteSphaleriteStarkeyiteSulphurVivianiteWadsleyiteWurtzite

68 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Anthonyite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Atacamite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bianchite  (*)Boleite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Botallackite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Connellite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cotunnite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Diaboleite  (*)Elyite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Ettringite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematophanite  (*)Hydrocalumite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Ktenasite  (*)Langite  (*)Laurionite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Leucite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Norsethite  (*)Parahopeite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Pseudowollastonite  (*)
Quenstedtite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Simonkolleite  (*)Spangolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Susannite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wadsleyite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Witherite  (*)Wülfingite  (*)Zincite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Anthonyite  (*)AnthonyiteCu(OH)2·3H2O06
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)40246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)30544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)60413
Bianchite  (*)HexahydriteZn(SO4)·6H2O040
Boleite  (*)NoneKAg9Pb26Cu24Cl62(OH)48065
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Botallackite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3049
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O091
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O0295
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cotunnite  (*)NonePbCl2054
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)20179
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0366
Diaboleite  (*)PerovskiteCuPb2Cl2(OH)4057
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O085
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O0814
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O093
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematophanite  (*)PerovskitePb4Fe3+3O8(Cl,OH)03
Hydrocalumite  (*)HydrotalciteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O030
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)20201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O075
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Laurionite  (*)NonePbCl(OH)049
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)0233
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Norsethite  (*)NoneBaMg(CO3)2030
Parahopeite  (*)ParahopeiteZn3(PO4)2·4H2O011
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)60158
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl20142
Pseudowollastonite  (*)NoneCaSiO307
Quenstedtite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+2(SO4)3·11H2O017
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)20454
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O0293
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O0142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Simonkolleite  (*)NoneZn5(OH)8Cl2·H2O00011
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O0105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2099
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636
Wadsleyite  (*)WadsleyiteMg2SiO4013
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO40303
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)0251
Wülfingite  (*)CristobaliteZn(OH)205
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO098



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