Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Blankenheim, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 132229
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132229.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blankenheim, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Schmidtheim
Tondorf

Latitude: 50°27'5"N
Longitude: 6°33'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.451388888889,6.5588888888889

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Diaspore Kaolinite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	60297	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	60297	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	60297	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	60297	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	60297	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	60297,60299	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	60297	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	60297	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	60297	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	60297	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	60297	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	60297,60299	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	60297,60299	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	60297	7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	60297	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	60297,60299	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	60297	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	60297	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	60299	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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