Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Bestwig, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 132239
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132239.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bestwig, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bestwig Quarry
Föckinghausen Quarry
Nuttlar

Latitude: 51°21'30"N
Longitude: 8°25'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.358333333333,8.4169444444444

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.

Alunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Phosphosiderite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Turquoise	Vivianite	Wavellite	Zinkenite

Breithauptite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Crandallite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Faustite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Marcasite ()*
Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*	Plagionite ()*	Planerite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Semseyite ()*	Siderite ()*	Skutterudite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Strengite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Vantasselite ()*
Variscite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Zinkenite ()*

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 As C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Phosphosiderite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Skutterudite Sphalerite Stibnite Turquoise Vivianite Wavellite Zinkenite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	1	60617	175
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	1	60615	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	60614,60617	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	60614,60617	27198
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	60615	310
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	60614	9895
Faustite ()*	Turquoise	ZnAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	60615	24
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	60614	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	60614	24243
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	60614,60617	5674
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	2	60614,60617	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	1	60617	176
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	60615	182
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	1	60618	100
Planerite ()*	Turquoise	Al₆(PO₄)₂(PO₃OH)₂(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	60615	43
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	60614,60617,60618	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	60614,60615,60618	61156
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	1	60618	165
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	60618	6417
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1	60617	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	60614,60618	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	60618	3418
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	60615	263
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	60615	484
Vantasselite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₄(PO₄)₃(OH)₃·9H₂O	1	60615	5
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	60615	301
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	60615	636
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	60615	374
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	1	60618	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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