Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Katzenthal Forest, Lembach, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France

mindat Locality ID: 13021
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13021.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Katzenthal Forest, Lembach, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Froensburg Farm
Unnamed Trial

Latitude: 49°2'3"N
Longitude: 7°45'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.034166666667,7.7583333333333

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Digenite	Dundasite	Ktenasite	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Brianyoungite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dundasite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Langite ()*
Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Posnjakite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*
Romanèchite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cd Cu H Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Digenite Dundasite Ktenasite Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	0		2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	53831	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	53831	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Brianyoungite ()*	None	Zn₃(CO₃)(OH)₄	0		79
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	0		1633
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	53831	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	0		1027
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	0		97
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	53830,53831	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	53830,53831	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	0		717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	53830	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	53831	1689
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	0		593
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	53831	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	0		770
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	53831	1107
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	0		309
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2	53830,53831	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	0		177
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	0		312
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		454
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	0		142
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	53831	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	0		1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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