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Locality Name:
Ludwig-Rudolf Mine, Braunlage, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 13518
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13518.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ludwig-Rudolf Mine, Braunlage, Harz, Lower Saxony, 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 C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Ti U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryte
BrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDevilline
DundasiteFairfielditeKaoliniteKoritnigiteKtenasiteLöllingiteLinariteMalachiteMilleriteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSkutteruditeSphaleriteStibnite
SulphurVivianite

65 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)
Roselite-β  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalconatronite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clausthalite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cobaltkoritnigite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dundasite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Köttigite  (*)Langite  (*)
Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Nacrite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Wherryite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)Zincolivenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)0254
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O0445
Roselite-β  (*)FairfielditeCa2Co(AsO4)2·2H2O021
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs0379
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O0194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
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
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb0175
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalconatronite  (*)NoneNa2Cu(CO3)2·3H2O023
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe0281
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Cobaltkoritnigite  (*)KoritnigiteCo(AsO3OH)·H2O032
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0366
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O097
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O0814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O060
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)20265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O0182
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40112
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs0633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As30176
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O0309
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)20454
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs20317
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O0142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs30531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Wherryite  (*)NonePb7Cu2(SO4)4(SiO4)2(OH)209
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O0185
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)060



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